OK so im pretty sure my fire is bricked.. not the way most people here think is bricked though.. im not stuck at the yellow triangle or anything like that.. nope im pretty sure im screwed. it does not:
-turn on
-take a charge
-show any flashing on the screen
-make orange or green light on power button (ever)
What im saying is that when i press the power button, plug it in to the charger (or into my computer), there is absolutely no response at all.
p.s when plugged into the computer nothing shows up on the pc, kfu, or any other program that lists my devices
What i did was...
i flashed cm7 and was working fine but i wanted to see what some of the things that came with it did, (this was a while ago, my fire has been sitting on my dresser for a month.. i didn't feel like messing with it) so i was messing with something that could flash clockwork recovery to it and i had to pick my device from a big list. Of course the Kindle Fire wasn't listed so i pick another tablet (ya i know it was pretty stupid of me) then rebooted. After that, nothing. And its been like that since.
I know its probably doomed but it would be nice if anyone out there could help me. If not it would also be helpful if anyone knows where i can buy a Kindle Fire Motherboard becuase most of the the sites i see are out of stock.
Thanks
The only thing I know you can try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you need to use firekit.
it allows you to boot your pc of a linux usb live pen drive with some tools preloaded.
all you need is to shortout a contact inside kindle and insert usb cable into kindle at the same time.
ill post a link in a minute. just follow the instructions exactly and i'm sure it will bring your kindle back to life.
hope this helps
steve
sent from my new non bricked kindle
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link is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
Get a new replacement one...
alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I did bricked my first Kindle, then I called Amazon (it still in warrentee), they sent me a new one next day. They tell you to send the old one back. They did not even ask me what happened. I've just said it no longer worked.
alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I was in the same situation as you were, i messed up my KF but was able to revive it using the USB Firekit (link in the first reply you got), just follow it carefully. This will require you to open up your KF.
Dont despair, it will work
if you have probs with firekit.
post as much detail as pos of what you've done and where you're at in the process.
its not too hard as long as you follow the post to the T.
let us know how you get on.
cheers
steve
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I had the same problem, but I fixed it by my resolder my USB port
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alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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do you know what 3.0 kernel version you had installed. if it was #10 or lower follow the instructions below. my kf did the same thing and it's any easy fix. most likely your kf's battery is completely utterly dead.
NOTE: this may or may not work depending on what the kfu or unbrick utility did without you knowing.
1. plug your kf into the wall charger.
2. press and hold the power button until the light comes on. if this happens it will boot to a black blank screen but you will notice the backlight is on. let it sit this way overnight.
3. after it has sat overnight, unplug it from the charger and hold the power button until it powers off (light will go off as well ass back light lcd)
4. hold the power button until it comes back on. let it fully boot. you'll notice the time and date are incorrect.
5. power off again
6. download hashcodes newest 3.0 kernel #12
7. power back on and boot into recovery.
8. flash the newest kernel you downloaded
9. wipe dalvik and cache
10. reboot normally.
you'll then need to reset the date and time and you shouldnt have any problems after that.
alekslove said:
I have searched and searched for three nights already. I actually opened the kindle in fustrsation hoping it was only a lose cable or something. No luck. My kindle was running ICS and one night it turned off. I plugged it in the charger and called it a night. In the morning I turned it back on but no go. And its been like that ever since. I have no idea how to get it to connect to my laptop. I tried everything and anything I found here and elsewhere online. Everyone says to connect or put on boot mode or something. But I have no idea if the kindle is even on or not. It just has a blank screen and thats it. I tried using the various tools such as kindle unblock utility and kindle utility but there useless since I can't connect the kindle cause i don't know if its on or not. Then I tried loading the drivers that came with unbrick utility but it says something about driver is unsigned. Scoured the web for an answer to THAT dilemma and nobody has a real solution. Seems every solution starts with, "connect device in fasboot or slow boot or snail boot" but the whole point of seeking a solution as far as Im concerned is cause the device DOES NOT CONNECT OR CANT CONECT TO ANYTHING!!!! Im at my wits end. Its three in the morning and my wife is on her 5th dream...again this week!!!! Please help!!! Im willing to ship this POS out to anyone that can fix it and I will donate a g2X rooted and unlocked for your time!!!! I swear I will!!! I just want to get this over with. PLEASE HEKP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i think i can help you .But i am in shanghai of China.
because this KF was made in our factory
Hold the power button for like a few mins couldn't hurt then try to power it on
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Not to mention since you have the back off disconnect the battery for awhile then reconnect and power it on
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If that doesn't work use pookeys firekit http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
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I have it working now. But one issue. The Kindle boots up normally now first into FFF then to android. Everything seems to be working fine except my battery shows 0% charge all the time. It does not charge. I unplug it and immediately shuts down. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? By the way, thanks for everyone who helped or contributed some input. By the way if anyone wants to know the method that work led was the Firekit method using Ubuntu Linux and the short test trick. I tried it several times even had some help on Teamviewer from a very helpful member. But after trying as few commands, it finally booted to the yellow triangle and after that I went to recovery and reinstalled CM9. So yeah everything seems to work now except the battery basically acts like its not even there.
alekslove said:
I have it working now. But one issue. The Kindle boots up normally now first into FFF then to android. Everything seems to be working fine except my battery shows 0% charge all the time. It does not charge. I unplug it and immediately shuts down. Anyone know what I can do to fix this? By the way, thanks for everyone who helped or contributed some input. By the way if anyone wants to know the method that work led was the Firekit method using Ubuntu Linux and the short test trick. I tried it several times even had some help on Teamviewer from a very helpful member. But after trying as few commands, it finally booted to the yellow triangle and after that I went to recovery and reinstalled CM9. So yeah everything seems to work now except the battery basically acts like its not even there.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244
Just flash FFF 1.4a, plug it into a USB Port on your computer, and take a nap. It should charge enough that you can reboot into your system and let you continue charging it normally.
same problem KHFD 8.9"
well
I didnt read everything carefully but succeded in rooting my KHFD 8.9"
then i tried to install FFF using KFU and then it restarted and i couldnt power it on
well i have tried using FireKit .. but it says waiting for OMAP device..
then i wanted to do the shorting trick !!
i have searched for two days and couldnt find any where the how to USB shorting of KHFD 8.9
please help I am getting frustrated..
kanchan.n.mahajan said:
well
I didnt read everything carefully but succeded in rooting my KHFD 8.9"
then i tried to install FFF using KFU and then it restarted and i couldnt power it on
well i have tried using FireKit .. but it says waiting for OMAP device..
then i wanted to do the shorting trick !!
i have searched for two days and couldnt find any where the how to USB shorting of KHFD 8.9
please help I am getting frustrated..
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KFU is for the original kindle fire. Go post your problem in the KF2/KFHD QA. Most likely you have bricked your kindle. And factory cables don't work on that kf.
Whew. Didn't have to do anything elaborate on mine. Someone unplugged the wall wart and I didn't notice it for a few days. Held the power button for a minute or so as suggested above. Then tried a normal power on. That worked :good: Now I have it sitting in TWRP at 1%. When it gets over 10% I'll reboot into the OS.
THANK YOU!
Thepooch said:
Hold the power button for like a few mins couldn't hurt then try to power it on
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THANKS! I thought..what the heck.. I will try what you suggested and it worked!
Hi everyone,
Hope someone out there can help me. I flashed my kindle about 2 months ago and everything when fine, no issues. just tonight as i was browsing the internet on the flashed kindle, the screen when black and now I cant do anything to the kindle. pressing and/or holding the power button does nothing and even plugging it into the computer doesn't work. what can I do to fix it?
Thanks
[Edit] I got it working again....Thank god!. Sorry for bothering everyone
It isn't rooted. It's in a case. After a day of work, Tried putting it on, Logo comes up, Then comes off. It's the 7". Tried the Hard Reset and it doesnt seem to help. I put it to charge until I find another solution. What should I do?
stretcherz said:
It isn't rooted. It's in a case. After a day of work, Tried putting it on, Logo comes up, Then comes off. It's the 7". Tried the Hard Reset and it doesnt seem to help. I put it to charge until I find another solution. What should I do?
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You might have better results asking this question in the Kindle Fire HD forum
The kind folks at the kindle fire HD forum will help you out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1784
Hi Guys,
i bought a Fire TV today and i think i already ****ed up.
I unpacked it, plugged everything in and got no signal on my TV. I saw that the remote was working since the light on the AFTV responded to my inputs. Tried changing channels on my TV but nothing worked. Then i figured to restart the AFTV and see again. Did that 2 or 3 times and nothing.
Turns out the HDMI cable wasn't fully plugged in. Stupid i know, but happens i guess.
So now i got the signal and the AFTV said the update failed and it should restart in a few minutes. OMG i think i unplugged it while it updated? Oh god no.
It never did restart on its own. I waited at least 15 min. Then i unplugged it again like the screen said and now it is stuck in the boot animation logo. 45 min in and nothing happens.
So i think i bricked my brand new AFTV. Is there anything i can do or do i have to send it back. Cant reach amazon support and support page says nothing about this. I m so mad right now.
Plugged in a usb keyboard and got into recovery mode. Recovery mode says the device will reboot in a "few minutes". It doesn't. I'm stuck.
CaptainFlakes said:
Plugged in a usb keyboard and got into recovery mode. Recovery mode says the device will reboot in a "few minutes". It doesn't. I'm stuck.
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I think if you hit escape or something you should be able to get to the recovery menu. You could try doing a factory reset.
No i can't do anything in the amazon recovery. It just says the AFTV will restart. But it doesn't.
Why don't you just phone Amazon? They are usually VERY helpful and will help you out
Arkadian1 said:
Why don't you just phone Amazon? They are usually VERY helpful and will help you out
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Yeah they did. They send me replacement. Just hoped to avoid that. But there seems no way to properly reset the device.
Thx for the help guys.
CaptainFlakes said:
Yeah they did. They send me replacement. Just hoped to avoid that. But there seems no way to properly reset the device.
Thx for the help guys.
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That's best I don't work for Amazon, but I can't deny that their customer service is second to none!
Useful to know, though... never unplug a Fire TV when it is updating
I did it once with an iPad... I managed to sort it out, but it wasn't the easiest thing in the world to accomplish.