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8.9 Won't power on

Hi Guys,
I've been rooting android devices for a while now, and this is the first time I've had to post up a question like this... Can't seem to get the Kindle Fire 8.9 to power on. Tried holding power down for over a minute, not dice. 20 seconds, no dice.... I've done a search and can't seem to find anyone else with a 8.9 in this situation. I reached out to SkOrPn and he mentioned for the 8.9 there is NO factory cable to push into fastboot.
Hopefully someone can shed some light?
Thanks.

mcgrathpatj said:
Hi Guys,
I've been rooting android devices for a while now, and this is the first time I've had to post up a question like this... Can't seem to get the Kindle Fire 8.9 to power on. Tried holding power down for over a minute, not dice. 20 seconds, no dice.... I've done a search and can't seem to find anyone else with a 8.9 in this situation. I reached out to SkOrPn and he mentioned for the 8.9 there is NO factory cable to push into fastboot.
Hopefully someone can shed some light?
Thanks.
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Did you brick it? Sounds like you did.

seokhun said:
Did you brick it? Sounds like you did.
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Sure seems like I did... I was hoping someone could confirm I did or may have a solution.
If I did it's my first brick! Kind of funny actually. I bought it at best buy.... Hopefully they won't give me too much **** trying to return it.

mcgrathpatj said:
Sure seems like I did... I was hoping someone could confirm I did or may have a solution.
If I did it's my first brick! Kind of funny actually. I bought it at best buy.... Hopefully they won't give me too much **** trying to return it.
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If you're in warranty, you're good to go. If not, you can always go the factory cable route, see the thread in my signature for the 8.9" #6 and Step 2.

mcgrathpatj said:
Hi Guys,
I've been rooting android devices for a while now, and this is the first time I've had to post up a question like this... Can't seem to get the Kindle Fire 8.9 to power on. Tried holding power down for over a minute, not dice. 20 seconds, no dice.... I've done a search and can't seem to find anyone else with a 8.9 in this situation. I reached out to SkOrPn and he mentioned for the 8.9 there is NO factory cable to push into fastboot.
Hopefully someone can shed some light?
Thanks.
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Sorry to tell you this but if a KFHD is not powering up even when charged, It's hard bricked, But don't panic.
May i ask what tool you used to root your device, Because it seems to me that you used Kindle Fire Utility KFU, I know this because failing the rooting process can cause a bootloop but will not hard brick your device the way it happened, Only a damaged bootloader can cause the device not to power up, KFU attempts to install FFF bootloader which is designed for the original kindle fire and will damage the bootloader of any 2nd generation device and hard brick it.
What you need to do right now
Ship your device ASAP to Christian Bryant (XDA username Prokennexusa), At
Xerocomm, Inc. - 1684 Northstar Drive - Petaluma CA 94954.
I talked to him and he said if you ship it now it'll be done by the end of the week.
Chris receives many kindles so make sure you send him an email at [email protected]
Good luck

Black screen

Long story short i try to root my kindle fire hd and did something wrong and have a black screen.I try to do the hard reset pressing the power button and nothing.Thinking i bricked my device i go to ebay bought a factory cable to see if i can get to boot or something and nothing.Can't do a recovery because the device doesn't turn on and my computer don't see it.i try to read everything on forums see nothing similar to happen to somebody Can somebody please help me?
Sorry for my English is not my first language thanks in advance

I hate to say but it sounds like it is permanently bricked.

thanks for the reply:crying:

cuernov said:
thanks for the reply:crying:
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Do you have kf first aide. P.m. me and see if I can help.
Sent from my Kindle Fire 8.9 HD via T-T Hd

OH S.. FIREFIREFIRE Boot loader

I just flashed fff-u-boot_v1.4a.zip, now the Kindle Fire HD will not turn on. Please help!!!

Seriously?... That's for the original Kindle Fire 1st Generation. You're in the wrong forum mate.
Also, what exactly happens when you hold down the power button?

veeman said:
Seriously?... That's for the original Kindle Fire 1st Generation. You're in the wrong forum mate.
Also, what exactly happens when you hold down the power button?
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**** I was tring to load 4.3 and it said I needed that bootloader. Nothing happens at all
Dead as a brick

pmgreen said:
**** I was tring to load 4.3 and it said I needed that bootloader. Nothing happens at all
Dead as a brick
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Yeah, idk if there's anything that can be done for your Kindle since you flashed the wrong bootloader. But I'd wait until one of the experienced guys replies.

It's dead, Jim.

Anyone know how to fix a bricked FTV

Hi guys,
I have a problem with my firetv where it won't boot past the Amazon logo. This happened after restarting the system when I installed firetv Boot Menu.
Any help would be welcomed

Sorry I'm not likely to have a fix, but are you sure you unlocked boot loader before attempting to install the boot menu? This could be the cause for the brick.
Are you able to boot to recovery? If so you might be ok. I VERY TENTATIVELY say that if you can get into recovery from there either a factory reset or reflashing a prerooted fw might help BUT if you're able to get there PLEASE don't proceed till someone with more experience chimes in!
I will say that there's hope if you can get to recovery... probably? But this never happened to me.
Have you tried restarting with usb keyboard attached and pressing the print alt screen? Good luck.

Phill360 said:
Hi guys,
I have a problem with my firetv where it won't boot past the Amazon logo. This happened after restarting the system when I installed firetv Boot Menu.
Any help would be welcomed
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hi,
I am not an expert on this matter but you should provide detail info exactly what you did to your Fire TV, the exact steps and sequence so folks can help you better.
In the meantime, check these all link out before you do anything. It seems few folks has some success see link 2 and 3 as always try it on your risk. I hope someone else can provide a better solution.
http://www.aftvnews.com/top-ways-to-brick-your-fire-tv/
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-unbr...ry-mode-and-factory-reset-the-amazon-fire-tv/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799779
http://www.aftvnews.com/factory-reset-on-amazon-fire-tv-and-fire-tv-stick-explained/
btw, if you are using amazon fire tv for xbmc as it seems most folks are using it for, i would just get Raspberry PI, it is awesome never had to worry about bricking the damn thing, sure it slower than fire tv but i have use it and i love it, it plays 1080 and 3d movies and no buffering either.
I also fire tv but i am always scared this thing will brick as it seems many folks have this problem.
Thank you

KLit75 said:
Sorry I'm not likely to have a fix, but are you sure you unlocked boot loader before attempting to install the boot menu? This could be the cause for the brick.
Are you able to boot to recovery? If so you might be ok. I VERY TENTATIVELY say that if you can get into recovery from there either a factory reset or reflashing a prerooted fw might help BUT if you're able to get there PLEASE don't proceed till someone with more experience chimes in!
I will say that there's hope if you can get to recovery... probably? But this never happened to me.
Have you tried restarting with usb keyboard attached and pressing the print alt screen? Good luck.
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Thanks for the reply Klite, I didn't unlock the bootloader before installing the menu so that must have caused the brick.
I'm only able to see the Amazon logo, it does not reach the Fire TV Logo. I have plugged in a USB keyboard but i can't seem to get to recovery.

ashsha7877 said:
hi,
btw, if you are using amazon fire tv for xbmc as it seems most folks are using it for, i would just get Raspberry PI, it is awesome never had to worry about bricking the damn thing, sure it slower than fire tv but i have use it and i love it, it plays 1080 and 3d movies and no buffering either.
I also fire tv but i am always scared this thing will brick as it seems many folks have this problem.
Thank you
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Hi Ashsha
I do mainly use my FTV for Kodi, I did previously use a Raspberry Pi but i bought this to replace it as i wanted something more powerful due to the problems i was having with stutters during play back.
Thanks for the links too, i did try them but i have had no luck so far.

Does anyone know if it possible to unbrick my FTV via USB using Fastboot or ADB?

Phill360 said:
Hi guys,
I have a problem with my firetv where it won't boot past the Amazon logo. This happened after restarting the system when I installed firetv Boot Menu.
Any help would be welcomed
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Phill360 said:
Does anyone know if it possible to unbrick my FTV via USB using Fastboot or ADB?
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That's a very good question. I know it's pretty much essential to unbrick a kindle fire but can't find any info specific to aftv. But you're motivation to get an answer is greater than mine. Do you have one?
I'd be confident in trying it with a phone or tablet but I just don't know enough about the variables (like could you do more damage sending power to somewhere that has an external power source)
My best advice is to be patient, keep looking for possible fixes online, but I'd caution not to experiment. Instead keep coming back here to get thoughts on possible fixes that might work. At the very least your thread will stay high in the forum search results giving you a better chance of having the right xda member to notice it.

KLit75 said:
That's a very good question. I know it's pretty much essential to unbrick a kindle fire but can't find any info specific to aftv. But you're motivation to get an answer is greater than mine. Do you have one?
I'd be confident in trying it with a phone or tablet but I just don't know enough about the variables (like could you do more damage sending power to somewhere that has an external power source)
My best advice is to be patient, keep looking for possible fixes online, but I'd caution not to experiment. Instead keep coming back here to get thoughts on possible fixes that might work. At the very least your thread will stay high in the forum search results giving you a better chance of having the right xda member to notice it.
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If you didn't follow the directions and didn't unlock, then it is bricked and the only way to fix it is the hw mod to write to the mmc. If you have an A to A plugged in, on boot it'll stop in the bootloader and fastboot will work, unfortunately there is no commands you can actually run that will do anything. If you don't have an A to A plugged in, it will try to load the boot image. Since you didn't unlock, it won't boot the image, and it'll just die.

if all else fails, you can always go to amazon for replacement, remember amazon fire tv hasn't been a year old yet and you still have warranty for it, thats what i did with mine, i acted i didn't know what i was doing and suddenly it wouldn't load or boot up, etc.. u will need to know ur email adress or account thats associated with ur fire tv.. op korz .. they will do it... 100%

rbox said:
If you didn't follow the directions and didn't unlock, then it is bricked and the only way to fix it is the hw mod to write to the mmc. If you have an A to A plugged in, on boot it'll stop in the bootloader and fastboot will work, unfortunately there is no commands you can actually run that will do anything. If you don't have an A to A plugged in, it will try to load the boot image. Since you didn't unlock, it won't boot the image, and it'll just die.
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Thanks for the reply rbox.
So what your saying is my Fire TV is dead.
I might just move on then to a new device like the Razor Forge TV when that comes out.
daffung said:
if all else fails, you can always go to amazon for replacement, remember amazon fire tv hasn't been a year old yet and you still have warranty for it, thats what i did with mine, i acted i didn't know what i was doing and suddenly it wouldn't load or boot up, etc.. u will need to know ur email adress or account thats associated with ur fire tv.. op korz .. they will do it... 100%
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I'd love to return my FTV under warranty but i live in Australia and can't be bothered paying for postage to get it replaced

Just wondering if anyone has worked out a way of fixing this type of Brick?
Not sure was version of the software on, I'm hoping that it might be on 51.1.6.1 or 54.1.2.1
thanks

Phill360 said:
Just wondering if anyone has worked out a way of fixing this type of Brick?
Not sure was version of the software on, I'm hoping that it might be on 51.1.6.1 or 54.1.2.1
thanks
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Depending on how much of the instructions you actually followed, and if your bootloader is 51.1.0.2 or older, there is a method that @AFTVnews.com is working on a writeup for that should recover it. But if the bootloader wasn't downgraded to 51.1.0.2, then it's dead.

[Q] Bricked Fire TV help

Hi there. I've two fire tv's. One is on FW 51.1.0.2 and rooted. I havent installed anything except kodi.
No partial bootloader, no ClockWorkMod. Nothing.
I've bought the second one 4 days ago. And I've started to follow AFTV news sites guide.
I've succesfully updated it to the fw version 51.1.4.0. When i tried to install Rbox's boot menu to my second fire TV
I've accidentaly installed it to my first fire tv (the one with fw 51.1.0.2). And its bricked. It hangs on white amazon logo.
Any advice?

Do you have a wireless keyboard? If so, while its booting, try this by holding the alt, prt scr and i button. Try hitting those buttons four to five times and the system should boot up in clockwork mod.

I've tried with 3 different USB keyboards. No luck.

Berrybare said:
Do you have a wireless keyboard? If so, while its booting, try this by holding the alt, prt scr and i button. Try hitting those buttons four to five times and the system should boot up in clockwork mod.
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He did not have CWM installed on this box, so it is no way getting back in now.

I guess so.
my adb server directly connected to my first FTV.
When i realize I've panicked and restarted.
Stuck at white amazon logo... So there is no hope?

ninefingers_heh said:
I guess so.
my adb server directly connected to my first FTV.
When i realize I've panicked and restarted.
Stuck at white amazon logo... So there is no hope?
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Sorry to say, but i dont think theres anything you can do.
You might contact amazon for a replacement. Technically they dont have to replace it because you knowingly tampered with the box but from what ive read about how great customer service is...i have a theory that theyd be willing to take a loss on the hardware in order to keep that amazon store in your house. And the new update really takes a lot of the benefits of rooting away.

I live in Turkey. And also it's a second hand unit.
I bought someone who went to USA for a short time.
I'll put the box away and cross my fingers for a solution. Thanks.