I have a kindle fire 8.9" and it is hard bricked (I think at some point I flashed the wrong bootloader) it turns on and shows battery charging thing and the kindle fire logo however freezes after the logo.
Anyone in the UK or Europe who I can ship this to and have them try a new bootloader to unbrick it?
(If possible also flash unlocked bootloader and twrp)
Thanks!
Go to Amazon and find the latest firmware. Then boot into fastboot by Pressing and holding volume down and power button until you see recovery. Adb sideload the new firmware. If you need further help I can assist later today.
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Hi guys ... I hope you can help. I apologize if this has been answered, but I cna't seem to put my fnger on an exact next step.
My Kindle Fire HD (8.9 inch) has been rooted before and I did it with zero problems. Last month Amazon sent out an update and I lost root status.
This morning I decided to root again. This time I used Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.6 (binary cmd). I ran twrp, clockwork and fff. At the end of FFF it stalled and rebooted. The Fire never came back on. It will not power on at all. Plugging it in with usb does no good - it is not recognized by my laptop.
I don't think it is hard bricked, but I can't figure a way out of this jam. I have read various posts, but nothing definite jumps out at me as the way I should go. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I promise I will pass it on.
Brian
Uh ... fff was for 1st gen kf, not kfhd 8.9. Fairly sure you're toast. You could try something though ...
Your bootloader may be toast. If you're able to use fastboot you may be able to fix your problem. There's a lot of threads on making sure adb works ... doesn't seem to be your problem. Hashcode has a good thread on installing twrp using fastboot ... step 4.5 I believe may fix your loader. Just that step.
You'd have to be powered off to go into fastboot (described in Hashcode's post). Fyi, if the kindle (under normal operation) will power on when it's plugged into a power source. If you think your kindle needs charging for a bit, you'll want to connect the charger, wait a moment, then press and hold the power button for 20 to 30 seconds ... at least 10, to make sure it does a hard power off to charge.
If you want to try getting into fastboot, plug in you kfhd ... wait a few moments ... then hold down the power button to ensure a hard power off. You issue the first fastboot command with it off, and if it's going to work, it'll bring up the fastboot screen when you turn it on ( keep it connected).
If all you're going to do is repair your bootloader, you'd issue the command 4.5 from Hashcode's twrp guide, then a fastboot reboot command. That might do the trick.
You should search the forums for the kfhd 8.9 rooting method, bin4ry. That's what you shoulda used. Hope you're not completely bricked!
at my wits end
Ok ... I am totally lost. Getting out of the game, no more tinkering- just want my Kindle Fire back.
Is there anyone here who wants to (knows how to) possibly undo what I have done? I'll trade the repair for an acoustic guitar and case. Any takers?
(this is the Op with a new address)
NOOB here. I rooted my KFHD 8.9 and installed TWRP.
But while rebooting, my kindle is stuck. Brifely see the yellow/white logo and then stuck on Blue/White logo.
I tried powering it off and pressing VOL Up button while powering on again and was able to get it into Twrp a couple of times but after multiple attempts.
Please help!!!!!
If you made backups of your Fire, you can restore using fastboot, or you can enter TWRP and use adb to push whatever ROM and gapps you were intending to install onto the KFHD, and then flash them. That's what I opted for when this happened to me Instructions for how to use adb push to do this if you don't know how are in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1667929. Hope this works for you.
Hey there.
I have just reverted my kindle fire to stock rom, but apparently forgot to wipe, cause it just kept on failing processes and rebooting.
In order to solve it, I tried using kindle fire utility to get it in fastboot mode. After this, it's stuck on the logo screen, without any animation and with backlight on. I cant figure out whether its actually in fastboot mode, or if its bricked?
I cant find it with neither unbrick utility, KFU or using dba.. What to do?
Thanks already!
Delete drivers and reinstall
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Hello.
For Christmas, I picked myself up a new Kindle Fire (Ford/KFFOWI, I believe it came with Fire OS 5.1.1) off of Amazon for $50, because it seemed like a good deal.
I quickly tired of Fire OS, and came to xda to see what I could do with this device. I managed to get SlimLP flashed onto the device using FlashFire after rooting, and I was happy with it for roughly a week or so. Then, I wanted to get Xposed working, and found that I'd need to switch to a different ROM, as some of the ART optimizations in the SlimLP build didn't play nicely with Xposed.
I tried flashing CM12.1 (again, using FlashFire), but the device powered off during flashing.
Now, it appears CM is partially flashed, but I also have a brick.
Holding the volume down key while booting gets stuck at the amazon boot screen, and I'm unable to enter recovery mode. Since the bootloader was locked, I was never able to get TWRP flashed either.
Holding down the volume up key successfully enters fastboot mode, but I don't see very many useful things that I can do from here.
Booting normally, without holding down any buttons, gets stuck at the CM bootscreen with the blue android.
Is there anything that I can do for this device? I'm leaning towards no. Would the best bet be returning it to Amazon, hoping that they replace it, despite the bricked device & voided warranty?
Thanks
My apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place, or haven't provided enough information.
I think I was supposed to post this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/help-thread-question-noob-friendly-t3205441
@questionblock
i have the same issue getting into recovery. just keep trying. power and the volume key nearest the power button will put you in fastboot mode, power and the volume button furthest away should put you in recovery. mine doesn't always boot recovery 1st time (just keep trying) with the locked bootloader etc it can't be bricked as there is no way the recovery or bootloader can be messed with. once in recovery just sideload a new factory img
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Any luck?
Just curious if you ever got it resolved? I am having exactly the same problem and am pulling my hair out over it.
Give me a little hope and tell me how you got it fixed.
Thanks.
questionblock said:
Hello.
For Christmas, I picked myself up a new Kindle Fire (Ford/KFFOWI, I believe it came with Fire OS 5.1.1) off of Amazon for $50, because it seemed like a good deal.
I quickly tired of Fire OS, and came to xda to see what I could do with this device. I managed to get SlimLP flashed onto the device using FlashFire after rooting, and I was happy with it for roughly a week or so. Then, I wanted to get Xposed working, and found that I'd need to switch to a different ROM, as some of the ART optimizations in the SlimLP build didn't play nicely with Xposed.
I tried flashing CM12.1 (again, using FlashFire), but the device powered off during flashing.
Now, it appears CM is partially flashed, but I also have a brick.
Holding the volume down key while booting gets stuck at the amazon boot screen, and I'm unable to enter recovery mode. Since the bootloader was locked, I was never able to get TWRP flashed either.
Holding down the volume up key successfully enters fastboot mode, but I don't see very many useful things that I can do from here.
Booting normally, without holding down any buttons, gets stuck at the CM bootscreen with the blue android.
Is there anything that I can do for this device? I'm leaning towards no. Would the best bet be returning it to Amazon, hoping that they replace it, despite the bricked device & voided warranty?
Thanks
My apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place, or haven't provided enough information.
I think I was supposed to post this here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help/help-thread-question-noob-friendly-t3205441
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I received this Kindle HD 8.9 from a friend. I'm not sure what they did, but it says this when I try to boot:
Kindle Fire System Recovery
Your Kindle doesn't seem to be able to boot. Resetting your device to Factory defaults may help you to fix this issue.
Volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select.
Reboot your Kindle
Reset to Factory Defaults
I tried both and it still comes up.
I see this problem on the forum before, but it was a few years ago.
Help would be much appreciatedno
Thank you.
How do I install this driver found in this guy's signature?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=45621137&postcount=7
I just need the stock recovery and bootloader images now. I messed up and overwrote them! I have the stock system image. Help would be much appreciated.