I have a kindle fire 2 and I thought it was a 1st gen because when I bought it on eBay it was advertised as that.
So I stupidly tried to flash a kindle fire 1st gen recovery and bootloader from a root app, because I was having trouble getting into fastboot mode. I now have a fastboot cable that my dad made for me (because I dont know how to use a soldering iron). But I still can't get it to go into fastboot mode, it just goes to the red screen after showing the kindle fire logo for half a second.
I would really appreciate some help because i'd really like to get it working.
I also have a Kindle Fire that I was confused about whether it was first or second generation. Everything mentions software version 6.x.x, but I couldn't find anything like that. Mine was running 10.5.1. I'm not 100% sure that's the right software version I was looking at. Anyway, it kept coming up as Otter-something in my device manager, and I finally found something saying Otter was 1st gen, and Blaze was 2nd gen. Then I installed the TWRP app, I think, to flash TWRP after I had it rooted, and it kept coming up saying it was Blaze. I can't remember what else, but I had multiple indicators suggesting it was 1st gen, and the same for 2nd gen. So since that app said Blaze, I flashed the Blaze TWRP file, and now it just boots to a red screen.
I do have a fastboot cable, and it boots up to the Fastboot traffic light screen, but if I try to run fastboot on my PC, I just get "waiting for device." I've looked at tons of guides that say "make sure blah blah in Android SDK." Am I right in thinking Android SDK has been replaced by Android studio? If so, how the hell do you do whatever they're telling you to do in Android Studio? Because I can't figure it out.
Any insight anyone can offer would be most appreciated.
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i see this firefirefire talk and dont know what it is...... i have twrp and flash different roms and have no clue what firefirefire does. do i need it?
If you have fff with the yellow triangle you have a bootloader but you can easily upgrade to a better one using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 it allows for charging if you drain your battery
so the yellow triangle is fff? is there stuff that i should be doing to it. i'm new to all this. i know how to do backups, restores, flash new roms...... thats it, kindle fire is my first tablet and just really want to get to know it. i have been fooling with it for months but just now getting in to asking questions.
the yellow triangle is fff like I said you can upgrade it using the method above if you do you will be greeted by a screen with a white kindle and blue fire logo the only difference to do your backups and access recovery when you see this screen push the power button a few times quickly you will then see this
Normal
Recovery
Reset bootmode
Use the power button to move through the options if you want to access recovery you want it to look like this --recovery-- otherwise dont do anything when you see the white kindle blue fire logo and it will simply boot to your rom follow the instructions in the thread I gave you the link for. With the script you can also upgrage your recovery to the latest version of twrp.
If you are happy the way things function the dont upgrade. The biggest reason to upgrade your bootloader is to avoid this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244
And as well if at sometime you get stuck in the wrong bootmode this can save you from that as well.
pooch i appreciate the help but dont understand what to do from the other post. do i need to download a fff v 1.4a .zip and flash it through twrp just like i do roms?
OK go here download the file place it on your sdcard flash it in twrp no need to wipe just simply flash and reboot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1632375
It is definitely a good idea to have FireFireFire 1.4 on a modified device.
thanks pooch i appreciate the help
Your welcome
yeah man this kindle fire has really become a hobby of mine, figuring out how to root, flash, do all this stuff that the majority of people have no idea you can do is fun as hell, i rooted my evo from this website so i can have wifi tether for free..... kindle goes everywhere i go and people trip out like, "thats not what mine looks like" you xda peeps are cool in my book.
This is the 2nd Kindle Fire 6.3.1 I've rooted. The first one works like a dream thanks to everyone here at xda, you guys also helped me root and overclock my s3. My friend asked me to do his kindle and I'm having problems I searched through the forums to no avail. I already had the driver installed and checked my device manager on windows 7 and saw that everything was working . I opened up ADB 0.9.6 saw that I was online and rooted it, everything went fine. When I tried to boot into recovery nothing happens well almost. When the kindle fire logo is up it flickers and I think I'm seeing the recovery screen but it's only for a fraction of a second. I can't get the triangle to pop up. I also don't have the SU in my app drawer. I have tried everything I can think of. Any ideas?
eric1976mi said:
This is the 2nd Kindle Fire 6.3.1 I've rooted. The first one works like a dream thanks to everyone here at xda, you guys also helped me root and overclock my s3. My friend asked me to do his kindle and I'm having problems I searched through the forums to no avail. I already had the driver installed and checked my device manager on windows 7 and saw that everything was working . I opened up ADB 0.9.6 saw that I was online and rooted it, everything went fine. When I tried to boot into recovery nothing happens well almost. When the kindle fire logo is up it flickers and I think I'm seeing the recovery screen but it's only for a fraction of a second. I can't get the triangle to pop up. I also don't have the SU in my app drawer. I have tried everything I can think of. Any ideas?
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this is the entirely wrong forum. we are the kindle fire 10.2.* community.. the kf2 community... the forum you seek is the kindle fire 1 forum...
Hi there. I recently sold my dual boot (6.2.3 and GB) original Kindle Fire and then decided to buy a new one. This one has Stock 10.2.6. I rooted it and then later added TWRP, but I've been unable to make it dual boot. I've got it into a kind of fastboot (with what looked like traffic lights) to flash it, but my computer was <waiting for device> and nothing changed. I don't want to use KFU's fastboot, because that is not meant for 10.2.6 that I know of, and I do not really want a brick that much. Could I use it, though, and be safe? If not, what can I do to dual boot JB and the Stock? Are there any guides I have not found? Thanks for any help.
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Hi there. I recently sold my dual boot (6.2.3 and GB) original Kindle Fire and then decided to buy a new one. This one has Stock 10.2.6. I rooted it and then later added TWRP, but I've been unable to make it dual boot. I've got it into a kind of fastboot (with what looked like traffic lights) to flash it, but my computer was <waiting for device> and nothing changed. I don't want to use KFU's fastboot, because that is not meant for 10.2.6 that I know of, and I do not really want a brick that much. Could I use it, though, and be safe? If not, what can I do to dual boot JB and the Stock? Are there any guides I have not found? Thanks for any help.
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You'll need a bootloader that supports a dual boot. I think that's something Hashcode or someone of equivalent knowledge would have to work on before something like that is available to us.
Okay then. It can't be long in coming, the KF2 has already been out for around half of a year already. Thank you.
The Problem I am having seems to be a Infinite boot logo after Undoing a custom Otter jelly bean KF rom. I went through the motions of ADB KFU booting into recovery. I factory restored, wiped and attempted to install my back up of the stock kindle fire rom. wiped caches, and then let it do its "boot up" how ever it did not move past that point, and has been stuck at the "kindle fire" logo screen.
Is there anyway to fix what I probably broke?
KFU Utility vers 0.9.6
TWRP vers 2.4.4
OS version Windows 8 X64
Kindle fire Rom version 6.2.1
Otter jelly bean was 4.2.1 a release sometime in February is the closest I can get. I can't exactly roll back now can I?
Any other information I forgot or neglected to supply on first post was unintentional. First time I have ever had a problem.
Thanks in advance
~ Zach
I had that problem awhile back. What I ended up doing was flashed another ROM and then see if it worked(it did). Then I flashed the stock ROM again and deleted everything. Cache, SD, factory reset etc. After that it seemed to be working just fine.
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jakeyablosky said:
I had that problem awhile back. What I ended up doing was flashed another ROM and then see if it worked(it did). Then I flashed the stock ROM again and deleted everything. Cache, SD, factory reset etc. After that it seemed to be working just fine.
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My problem is, I can't get the device out of this logo "loop" it won't let me install TWRP or the other one. Let alone get into the TWRP currently installed. I wonder if I can get Screen Shots up on here.
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My problem is, I can't get the device out of this logo "loop" it won't let me install TWRP or the other one. Let alone get into the TWRP currently installed. I wonder if I can get Screen Shots up on here.
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I think you're having the same problem I'm having. If you look at my post regarding stuck at logo that I posted yesterday see if it's the same.
What is your logo doing? Does it stay bright or does it turn on and blink and then fade?
Based on what I've read we need them to get them into fastboot and then side load TWRP and FFF and start again.
I think what we've done is removed or cleared too much in TWRP and our bootloaders are broken, but I could be talking out of my you know what.
Good luck to you and I will follow your thread and you may want to follow mine.
The only thing I can think of is getting a Factory Cable and reset you Kindle Fire
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Leroy,
I think Jakey has it.
I was just about ready to pitch this thing in the trash and I decided to plug in my factory cable one last time and run KFU.
For whatever reason I decided to select the root option again even though it said status offline and it rerooted my device.
My logo is now white/blue and I think I can get a rom back onto it.
You may want to hit Skorpn up for a cable, he shipped it super fast and it's great work.
Leroy,
Since it seems you are having the same problem I was and replies are pretty slow in here these days (I'm sure most people are tired of repeat posts like mine), I thought I would post precisely what I did to fix mine.
I too had the infinite boot logo that stayed bright and tried everything from KFU, to unbrick tool, to Soupkit, nothing seemed to work. I bought a factory cable from Skorpn, but didn't really understand how to use it. I think there is so much information here and many various ways to get things fixed it takes awhile to digest it.
Right before I got ready to pitch it in the trash I figured I would try KFU one more time even though it wasn't seeing my Kindle. Device manager saw the ADB drivers in Android device though.
I plugged in the factory cable
Launched KFU
Device said "offline"
Tried various options until I finally saw the install permanent root with superuser (option 2)
That did the trick
I then unplugged my factory cable from both the PC and KF and booted the KF into recovery
I downloaded a ROM (Hashcodes and GAPPS) and side loaded them
That did it!
I'm not sure how or why since it said it was offline but it fixed it.
Again, Skorpn was awesome to work with and sent the cable to me quickly.
Good luck to you!
So, without really thinking about what I was doing, I uploaded the FIREFIREFIRE 1.4 bootloader and flashed it onto my KFHD using TWRP. Now my Kindle won't power on.
I know it's supposed to be "really hard" to brick one of these Fire HD tablets but did I just managed to do it? I get absolutely no response from the device at all, so I can't even get into fastboot to restore the stock images. Is there anything I can do to get it back, or should I just toss it in the trash and go get a Nexus?
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So, without really thinking about what I was doing, I uploaded the FIREFIREFIRE 1.4 bootloader and flashed it onto my KFHD using TWRP. Now my Kindle won't power on.
I know it's supposed to be "really hard" to brick one of these Fire HD tablets but did I just managed to do it? I get absolutely no response from the device at all, so I can't even get into fastboot to restore the stock images. Is there anything I can do to get it back, or should I just toss it in the trash and go get a Nexus?
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That bootloader is specifically for the original kindle, although i suspect you've figured it out already. If it truly is defunct, best thing to do is contact amazon support. They'll replace it so long as the original is returned.
If it's not even powering on i doubt warranty invalidation will be an issue.(Because you voided the warranty by flashing the bootloader)
I would just return the Kindle to Amazon for a replacement. Their customer service is very good. And you now have a Kindle "that just doesn't do anything."
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