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[Q] Son in trouble with pissed off dad about bricked KF!

OK, I have ready many posts and guides an am completely lost. This is my 12 year old sons Kindle Fire that he decided to "root". I am fairly computer savvy but this thing has got me baffled. He used "superoneclick" and now it tries to boot and stops at the kindle fire boot screen and goes no further. Any help on pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. I do know this. The hard reset obviously does not work because I have tried that at least 100 times. My pc currently does not allow me to access it as a drive although it does show up. It sounds like a bootloader" problem? Again, please give me hand before I kill my son after telling him in advance not to do this.
Thanks
Forrest

Try and see if you can get KindleFireUtility to recognize your Kindle Fire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889

Veeman, thanks I will try that and report back.

do you have fastboot?
type
fastboot devices in terminal and see if it returns your kindle number.
you are stuck in fastbootmode.
kfu will sort it out for you.
some more info would be of help.
what operating system on pc?
has your son got fastboot installed in sdk/tools or sdk/platform tools?
what stage was he at in the rooting process?
don't worry, has far as i know there is only one hardbrick issue at the moment, and that has to do with one type of recovery and doing a wipe/restore.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

I understand your concern, and I don't mean to be out of line and tell you how to be a parent but...
If you're really computer savvy, you know that on the way there, you fudged some settings that made the computer unstable or unbootable. You installed programs, printers, a different way and had it not quite work out because you didn't follow directions.
My point is this: A 12 year rooting his kindle shows a level of intellectual curiosity that I think should be commended and encouraged. Any electrician, programmer, repair guy, anyone who does this kind of stuff will tell you; they learned the most when they screwed up.
What I would do? Work together with him to fix it. Show him what and how you're doing it, how you're asking for help (and that that's okay) and where to find what he needs to fix it.
You're not hard bricked, at least its unlikely, you're likely just stuck in fastboot which is not a big deal at all.
Just take it with a grain of salt. I know to when a kid breaks something it's "There goes X dollars" But sometimes, you have to break some eggs.
Good luck though.

Well, you came to the right place for guidance! I'm sure a forum search for "stuck in fastboot" would lead you and your son in the right direction. Unless there is a better way I'm not aware of, you will need to get adb up and running on a PC (which is most of the work). Then you will be able to get the kf out of fastboot by issuing commands from your computer's terminal/command prompt
But....
I think you should let your son do it... Especially if he plans on keeping his fire rooted. "Rooting" allows users to make changes to critical system files... On one hand this is really cool because it will allow your son to load custom ROMs (operating systems) and take full advantage of the kf's hardware....But, it will also make it very easy to royally screw things up.
So, if that's something he's interested in he needs to learn how to troubleshoot and fix things himself. You definitely came to the right place though... xda is a very sweet resource.
Goodluck!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668159

Update
Ok folks, thanks for all the input so far. We (my son and I) have worked on it and found KFU useful. We installed the latest update and it is now working. However, TWRP will not go away. We need to take this in for service so I need to reset everything. We have tried the wipe and install of the update several times it restarts with the blue kindle fire logo with the option for recovery. How do we get rid of this?

Firemancfd said:
Ok folks, thanks for all the input so far. We (my son and I) have worked on it and found KFU useful. We installed the latest update and it is now working. However, TWRP will not go away. We need to take this in for service so I need to reset everything. We have tried the wipe and install of the update several times it restarts with the blue kindle fire logo with the option for recovery. How do we get rid of this?
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1. Download Kindle Fire Software Update Version 6.3.1
2. Rename the file to update.zip
3. Get in to TWRP and mount USB drive
4. Copy update.zip to Kindle Fire
5. Unmount USB drive
6. Do factory reset, then wipe system cache, and dalvik cache
7. Flash the update.zip

Tera Tike, thanks for the answer. I have tried that multiple times and the twrp blue kindle fire with boot options keeps coming back.

Felnarion said:
My point is this: A 12 year rooting his kindle shows a level of intellectual curiosity that I think should be commended and encouraged. Any electrician, programmer, repair guy, anyone who does this kind of stuff will tell you; they learned the most when they screwed up.
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True, but I think it's a tad different when you spend a couple of hundred dollars on something and specifically asked the lad not to do this one thing.

Firemancfd said:
Tera Tike, thanks for the answer. I have tried that multiple times and the twrp blue kindle fire with boot options keeps coming back.
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Try letting it sit while it "bootloops."
Might sound strange but I've had this exact same thing happen recently after a fresh install, and it loaded up back to normal after a handful of loops.

sbeddoesdesign, you are right i was upset not about the act but that he done it after i told him not to, then he lied to me about doing it. Either way, I have calmed down about it now and he is helping and participating. We are learning a lot together and its good dad/son time.
anomalya, i tried that and let it sit for an hour and no change.

FIXED
Thanks to all who helped. We finally got it to work correctly. Everyone was a big help and we appreciate everything.

I am glad that you got it working, but I am posting this for anyone else that can't seem to read or do a simple search. If you have the KFU all you need to do is have it running and restart your KF while connected the computer, and send the normal boot cmd when it first connects for those few seconds, and you are good to go, but seeing how too many people are to stupid to understand this, I believe that everyone should stop responding to them!!! We see this too often and everyone gives them this long work around...

kinfauns said:
3) Not all "stuck on bootlogo" problems are fixable with the KFU remedy you provided.
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Are -any- such problems fixable with KFU? :silly:

Yeah, because 99% of the problems can be fixed by simply sending the command to start in normal boot you are offended and want to try and say I was saying something about you? If you are offended, then yu might be one of the people that can't seem to learn from the past!!!
---------- Post added at 06:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:43 PM ----------
BTW, seeing how most of the issues that fall under this, have been fixed in the exact way I described, it adds to my credit!

Firemancfd said:
Tera Tike, thanks for the answer. I have tried that multiple times and the twrp blue kindle fire with boot options keeps coming back.
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Blue Kindle Fire logo is FFF1.4a

Thread cleaned up and closed.

Help needed. Before i break my kindle with a hammer.

I've been trying to root my kindle for several days but to no avail. Whenever i use KFU, and no matter what i do. I get Adb status offlline and unknown boot mode. I've manually installed the drivers at least a few dozen times. I've reset my kindle to factory defaults. I've turned it off and on many times. Nothing seems to work. It just seems like every device i touch breaks. Same thing with my computer. Overclocked it, and it died the next day. HELP ME PLEASE, I'M AT MY WITS END

Maybe it's time to change your handle...perhaps?
What? Too soon?
Anyway, Windows drivers are a REAL pain. You could keep fighting with Windows and hope for the best, or you could step it up and learn how it's really done. I'm talking about using the command line...in Linux.
OH NOES! NOT THE "L" WORD!
It's not that hard, really. You just have to read a little to learn what's going on (which you probably should have done anyway).
Anyway, start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23747567
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25730650
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26435498
Read through all of it first and get a good idea of what's going on and what to do.
And when you're ready:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30629067
don't be skerd

can i root 6.3.1 with this, or just older versions

YES, you CAN!
Sorry, couldn't help it.

so what version of linux do you recommend?

I use Ubuntu 11.10 but 12.4 works just as well.

and thankssss sooooo much dude, i almost went ballistic

oh and any tips on installing it? cd or installer. My rig right now has windows 8 and windows . can i triple boot ubuntu with windows 8 and 7?

Whatever suits your needs. Typically I tell people to go the LiveUSB route w/800+ MB persistence if you plan on using my script. But either will work just fine.

thanks for helping me root my kindle, i got it to work through sweat and tears.

Windows. The place where everything is not as good.

[Q] Clone entire Fire Stick?

Hello. I've been doing research and just can't seem to find a way to clone my original fire sticks onto the other two. It seems most "cloning" or "back-up" applications out there are geared towards cloning or backing up Kodi only...and not the stick.
So, does anyone know if there's a way to clone a stick so that Kodi and everything else I've installed onto it will be on the other sticks when complete?
Thnx!

ye how

tune345 said:
ye how
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Mate, why are you bumping all these "cloning/backup" threads? One should be enough!
However, asking "how to" it's not enough, more details are required, like what do you want to backup, for what purpose and if you are rooted or not..
If you are rooted and have twrp, then you could use TWRP to backup boot, system, vendor and data.
Or you can use a terminal and" dd " method to backup most partitions (this is an advanced method and i only recommended it if you really know what you are doing).

Sorry ._.
My request is same as OP. Not sure if I am rooted or not but I followed the hardware mod for the 4k firestick mantis and I dont want to wait for the OTG plug to arrive.
Am on the twrp screen swipe to continue scree but I don't have keyboard mouse to attach right now.
How can I run commands from abd? I was installing stuff like for 4 hours I don't want to do it again. I want to copy THE ENTIRE firestick exactly how it is.
Thanks and sorry again...just wanted to reply to old threadz so they dont feel left out lol

tune345 said:
Sorry ._.
My request is same as OP. Not sure if I am rooted or not but I followed the hardware mod for the 4k firestick mantis and I dont want to wait for the OTG plug to arrive.
Am on the twrp screen swipe to continue scree but I don't have keyboard mouse to attach right now.
How can I run commands from abd? I was installing stuff like for 4 hours I don't want to do it again. I want to copy THE ENTIRE firestick exactly how it is.
Thanks and sorry again...just wanted to reply to old threadz so they dont feel left out lol
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In this case, you are unlocked but not rooted. If i were you, i would wait for the OTG y cable to arrive before messing with anything else.

grimloktt said:
Hello. I've been doing research and just can't seem to find a way to clone my original fire sticks onto the other two. It seems most "cloning" or "back-up" applications out there are geared towards cloning or backing up Kodi only...and not the stick.
So, does anyone know if there's a way to clone a stick so that Kodi and everything else I've installed onto it will be on the other sticks when complete?
Thnx!
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You can use CloneIt app: https://apkpure.com/cloneit-batch-copy-all-data/com.lenovo.anyshare.cloneit

AmznUser444 Dev said:
You can use CloneIt app: https://apkpure.com/cloneit-batch-copy-all-data/com.lenovo.anyshare.cloneit
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looked promising but doesn't work on firestick. doesnt let me create the hotspot even in the rooted version , i guess it needs google services. really wished it worked. concept is great !

Noob needs help w/ selecting custom ROM for Kindle Fire Gen 1

As the title says, I'm pretty noob when it comes to rooting and custom roms. I have a Kindle Fire Gen 1 that just ins't cutting it for me anymore. I'd like to use it as the screen for my DJI Phantom, but the DJI app is only available for Android and iOS. So, I needed to root this device and I'd like to turn it into a typical Android tablet. I followed SD Shadows tutorials across multiple threads to get to to where I am now; Rooted w/ TWRP installed (openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.1-blaze.img). The last step I got to was what he covers in his video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJwF26qlAyc
In that video he warns that if someone is going to install a custom ROM, they need to make sure it is compatible w/ the TWRP used. My problem is, when I go to browse the various custom ROM options here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859851), I don't see where they describe the TWRP required for compatibility. I'm just wanting a simple ROM that is clean and efficient that (preferably) has Google's Play Store already installed and will let me use this device with the DJI Vision App (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dji.vision&hl=en).
Can anyone spare a moment to help me out? I don't want to install an incompatible ROM and get myself in a bad situation. I'll provide whatever info I can to anyone willing to help me out here. Just remember that I am a noob, so you may need to explain what you need in simple, easy to understand terms. =D
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can lend.

I just noticed the sticky above for Gen 1 Kindle Fire questions. I posted this there. Please feel free to remove this thread if you don't want it to clutter up the place. My apologies.

Need help with custom rom about root

Hey guys,
sorry if my english isn't right but I am so tired so now and so frustrated that I don't know what I could do.
The story is simple: I have a android head unit, running allwinner t3 (aka R40) with stock rom and stock recovery.
So far, there isn't any custom recovery available (I would like to create/compile CWM but CWM-Builder have some 502 Bad Gateways...) and the only way to root on 4.4.2 is with 360Root (On 6.0.1 for the newer Models only with Kingroot).
So far not bad but it takes a lot of patience sometimes and sometimes you can try over 1 week every day many hours and it still don't work!
So where do I need help? I want to add Root/SuperSU/... manually but I have many limitation.
First one is that I can only modify the system.img without any chmod and else (Maybe because I am using windows? Maybe because the Firmware has to be flashed while the Head Unit is powered off aka "Dead flash")
Secondly, ADB is not working, to be honest, the head unit act only as a receiver! It accepts any devices like Keyboard, UMTS/WCDMA Stick, USB Stick, ... but MTP fom HeadUnit or ADB, ... don't work. The only way for ADB is ADB over Wifi but I don't know whether it's good or bad. I saw that the USB is plugged into a slot which seems to be bend out, maybe they plugged it in wrong? I don't know how I can test that but I heard that connecting two devices with wrong polarity will break at least one of them!
Thirdly is, that I can't notice a difference between a rooted stock rom and a unrooted stock rom.
According to WinMerge, the rooted ROM have two new files (/etc/install-recovery.sh and /bin/su) but that's it!
If I transfer those files to my custom ROM with the same rooting app, it wont recognize them! I can try and try until I die.
And last, maybe worst, I can't just update something over. Every change outside the Android OS is mainly done by flashing the whole firmware! They changed that policy a little bit after Android 6.0.1 but this Android have the worst stability, worst GPS Modules and completely bricked Bluetooth! Also the stock recovery on 4.4.2 is useless, touch isn't working and the touch-buttons are also not working. I also tried to use a usb keyboard but also useless. Only the 6.0.1 stock recovery recognizes the touch screen and the touch-buttons but as I said, the Android 6 is terribly made...
I know what it sound like a noob and I didn't provided much information but I want to know whether someone can help me or want to help me... maybe someone say that I have to provide information xyz so yeah, feel free to ask
Best regards
Pascal

At what point did you install the ADB device drivers (kinda important) for your device, so that when you plugged it into anything, the thing could register you were plugging in the HeadUnit......