Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I am probably way over my head but I have an issue. I did something stupid and edited some build props to try to get a game to work. Now when I start my kindle its stuck on "starting applications: updating kindle". Like I said I'm really new to all this rooting stuff and even just android products. I have a jailbroken iPhone 4 and I thought all this we b cool to try. I successfully rooted my kindle fire he 7 a few days back and was having fun with the play store but I got way over my head and now I'm stuck. I need to know how to restore or reset my kindle thru the computer bc it doesn't even turn on.. Oh and by the way I'm really bad with all this adb, recovery, fastboot stuff like I said newbie.. PLEASE HELP
lacoursiere18 said:
Hey guys I'm a newbie here and I am probably way over my head but I have an issue. I did something stupid and edited some build props to try to get a game to work. Now when I start my kindle its stuck on "starting applications: updating kindle". Like I said I'm really new to all this rooting stuff and even just android products. I have a jailbroken iPhone 4 and I thought all this we b cool to try. I successfully rooted my kindle fire he 7 a few days back and was having fun with the play store but I got way over my head and now I'm stuck. I need to know how to restore or reset my kindle thru the computer bc it doesn't even turn on.. Oh and by the way I'm really bad with all this adb, recovery, fastboot stuff like I said newbie.. PLEASE HELP
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You will need to get into fastboot somehow to fix it.
You are new to adb but you had to have had the drivers installed to root, so when you connect it to the computer does it show up in your device manager?
If yes, then you can get into fastboot by opening a cmd prompt where you have access to adb. If you used the qemu root tool then the files you need will be in there.(Or since you will need it anyway, download KFHD Restore tool from here: LINK, you will want v1.2.3, it also has adb files you'll need). To open a cmd prompt from that folder, hold shift and right click on the folder. There should be an option to "open cmd prompt from this location", or something to that affect.
In the cmd prompt use these cmds(press enter between each cmd):
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot bootloader
After you are in fastboot then follow the directions in the Restore Tool post from the link above.
If you can't get into fastboot that way then you will need a factory cable, You can make your own or here is where you can buy one: Factory Cable by Skorpn. I've also heard of people purchasing on amazon but not as quality as Skorpn's
onemeila said:
You will need to get into fastboot somehow to fix it.
You are new to adb but you had to have had the drivers installed to root, so when you connect it to the computer does it show up in your device manager?
If yes, then you can get into fastboot by opening a cmd prompt where you have access to adb. If you used the qemu root tool then the files you need will be in there.(Or since you will need it anyway, download KFHD Restore tool from here: LINK, you will want v1.2.3, it also has adb files you'll need). To open a cmd prompt from that folder, hold shift and right click on the folder. There should be an option to "open cmd prompt from this location", or something to that affect.
In the cmd prompt use these cmds(press enter between each cmd):
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot bootloader
After you are in fastboot then follow the directions in the Restore Tool post from the link above.
If you can't get into fastboot that way then you will need a factory cable, You can make your own or here is where you can buy one: Factory Cable by Skorpn. I've also heard of people purchasing on amazon but not as quality as Skorpn's
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Now when I plugged it in the first time I saw it in the device manager with a yellow triangle and an explantion mark. Yes I was definetly rooted bc I had the google play store and access to a lot. When you say you can open a command prompt where you have access to adb.. what do you mean. Like I said a newbie. I know where command prompt is on my computer but Im not sure about this adb thing. Could you explain step by step Windows XP. And the folder your talking about is the one you provided the link for? Sorry so many ?'s I really appreciae you time.
anybody... PLEASE
You are in the wrong forum. This is for 2nd generation Kindle Fire 2/Kindle Fire HDs, and you obviously have an original 1st generation Kindle Fire.
You need to take a step back for a second and do a little research before you proceed and get a better idea of what's going on. A great place to start is a thread in the Amazon Kindle Fire General forum titled "Kindle Fire for Beginners". It will give you a better understanding of how things work and possibly how to fix it.
Outside of that, there are tools and utilities to help you along the way but in your situation, you really need to understand why your Kindle isn't working properly for them to do you much good.
Oh, and if you're looking for "step-by-step" instructions from someone, it probably won't happen. The information is there, you just have to find it. You wouldn't start working on your car without having the knowledge to do so, therefore why would you try with a technological piece of equipment?
That being said, if you have a question or need help understanding something in particular, I'm sure there will be plenty of people who would be wiling to assist you.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"
soupmagnet said:
You are in the wrong forum. This is for 2nd generation Kindle Fire 2/Kindle Fire HDs, and you obviously have an original 1st generation Kindle Fire.
You need to take a step back for a second and do a little research before you proceed and get a better idea of what's going on. A great place to start is a thread in the Amazon Kindle Fire General forum titled "Kindle Fire for Beginners". It will give you a better understanding of how things work and possibly how to fix it.
Outside of that, there are tools and utilities to help you along the way but in your situation, you really need to understand why your Kindle isn't working properly for them to do you much good.
Oh, and if you're looking for "step-by-step" instructions from someone, it probably won't happen. The information is there, you just have to find it. You wouldn't start working on your car without having the knowledge to do so, therefore why would you try with a technological piece of equipment?
That being said, if you have a question or need help understanding something in particular, I'm sure there will be plenty of people who would be wiling to assist you.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"
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Nice quote.. Well at least I know now who not to talk too in this forum. If YOU CAN READ in my origanl post it says I have a Kindle Fire HD 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That being said I have done a lot of research on this throughout the day and I am planning on attempting what the origanl replier was talking about. Don't be a ****, life's to short.
lacoursiere18 said:
Nice quote.. Well at least I know now who not to talk too in this forum. If YOU CAN READ in my origanl post it says I have a Kindle Fire HD 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That being said I have done a lot of research on this throughout the day and I am planning on attempting what the origanl replier was talking about. Don't be a ****, life's to short.
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Ok i'm going to back up a little bit and appologize for calling you a ****. But, maybe you need re read what you wrote or maybe I took you text out of context. For a newbie on this site, you came accross pretty offensive. But I took your advice and read the Kindle Fire for Begginers and learned quite a bit. I will def have to re read it several times but it helped. So again I apologize and thank you
lacoursiere18 said:
Nice quote.. Well at least I know now who not to talk too in this forum. If YOU CAN READ in my origanl post it says I have a Kindle Fire HD 7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That being said I have done a lot of research on this throughout the day and I am planning on attempting what the origanl replier was talking about. Don't be a ****, life's to short.
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Yes I did read what you wrote, and you said when you plug the device in, all you see is the "yellow triangle". Typically speaking, the "yellow triangle" is typical of a modified bootloader which can only be found on the original Kindle Fires. It is possible we aren't speaking about the same yellow triangle so I apologize for making the assumption. But when you see as many egregiously ignorant questions I see from new users every day, and the extraordinary number of users that don't know the difference between the different KF devices, you'll see how easy it is to make that mistake.
I've helped a lot of people around here, and my "matter of fact" way of going about it has prevented a lot of unneeded mishaps, so for that, I won't apologize. And if you think I'm a **** for expecting a new user to adhere to the policies and guidelines set forth by XDA and research basic tasks like using the command prompt and ADB, so be it. But the fact still remains, people here are more likely to give you general instructions and expect you to know how to carry them out on your own, than spend the time to write out explicit step-by-step instructions for something that takes more than a few lines of text to explain, and in such a way that someone who knows nothing about it can understand.
Take my advice or don't, but whether you think so or not, I am trying to help by getting you going in the right direction, so you can get your problem solved in a more efficient manner.
soupmagnet said:
Yes I did read what you wrote, and you said when you plug the device in, all you see is the "yellow triangle". Typically speaking, the "yellow triangle" is typical of a modified bootloader which can only be found on the original Kindle Fires. It is possible we aren't speaking about the same yellow triangle so I apologize for making the assumption. But when you see as many egregiously ignorant questions I see from new users every day, and the extraordinary number of users that don't know the difference between the different KF devices, you'll see how easy it is to make that mistake.
I've helped a lot of people around here, and my "matter of fact" way of going about it has prevented a lot of unneeded mishaps, so for that, I won't apologize. And if you think I'm a **** for expecting a new user to adhere to the policies and guidelines set forth by XDA and research basic tasks like using the command prompt and ADB, so be it. But the fact still remains, people here are more likely to give you general instructions and expect you to know how to carry them out on your own, than spend the time to write out explicit step-by-step instructions for something that takes more than a few lines of text to explain, and in such a way that someone who knows nothing about it can understand.
Take my advice or don't, but whether you think so or not, I am trying to help by getting you going in the right direction, so you can get your problem solved in a more efficient manner.
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ok now I am stuck. I have got my adb drivers installed and I believe correctly. I use the cmd prompt to navigate to the folder and execute those commands given. My kindle now has a Fastboot logo, that it nothing else. I went to use the tool in the LINK given and I try option 3? EDIT: ok so I hit option 3 and it went through its thing. It restarted my kindle and it was stuck on the highlighted kindle fire logo forever....
lacoursiere18 said:
ok now I am stuck. I have got my adb drivers installed and I believe correctly. I use the cmd prompt to navigate to the folder and execute those commands given. My kindle now has a Fastboot logo, that it nothing else. I went to use the tool in the LINK given and I try option 3? EDIT: ok so I hit option 3 and it went through its thing. It restarted my kindle and it was stuck on the highlighted kindle fire logo forever....
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Ok i am officially out of luck and knowledge. I truned off my kindle when it was stuck on the highlighted kindle logo. I went to restart and now my computer does not recognize it. I am starting form scracth I deleted everything on my computer I dont know what to do
lacoursiere18 said:
Ok i am officially out of luck and knowledge. I truned off my kindle when it was stuck on the highlighted kindle logo. I went to restart and now my computer does not recognize it. I am starting form scracth I deleted everything on my computer I dont know what to do
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You're still ok, I sent you a PM on what you'll need to do.
fire is upgrading, starting applications stuck
onemeila said:
You're still ok, I sent you a PM on what you'll need to do.
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I have also the similar problem with my hdx 7, it stuck at "fire is upgrading, starting applications", i have tried factory reset, but it proved to be useless. I have talked to Amazon, they ask me to send my hdx back them(without any repayment) and buy a new one. So amazon will not help solve this problem, then do u have a solution pls?
Hi, I recently ran into the same problem with the "fire is upgrading, starting applications" screen and could not solve it yet. First of all let me tell you the facts:
Kindle Fire HD 7 (3rd generation)
FireOS 4.5.5.1 (no update available when checking for update on the Kindel Fire itself)
Developers mode enabled
adb is unauthorized (unfortunately)
OTA was unfortunately on
Rooted with Kingroot
I was playing around with my Kindle and checked out Kingroot and rooted my Kindle with it. Unfortunately I got distracted forgot to disable OTA updates and guess there lies the problem of my misery, i.e. the sudden Kindle Fire update over night with the starting applications message (where the starting applications takes a long time, i.e. never ends). Hence, I can not operate my Kindle Fire, and moreover I cannot access it over adb since the device is unauthorized. Side note, I'm using Linux and OSX and have Win7 in a VM (if there are OS specific solutions/tools for solving my problem). I'm not in possession of a factory cable (also don't have tools to build one). However if someone has a suggestion there it is welcome.
Now to my questions:
Will I need the factory cable?
If not, where should I focus on first?
If yes, any tips and tricks are welcome.
Hope someone can help me here, thanks.
buschko said:
Hi, I recently ran into the same problem with the "fire is upgrading, starting applications" screen and could not solve it yet. First of all let me tell you the facts:
Kindle Fire HD 7 (3rd generation)
FireOS 4.5.5.1 (no update available when checking for update on the Kindel Fire itself)
Developers mode enabled
adb is unauthorized (unfortunately)
OTA was unfortunately on
Rooted with Kingroot
I was playing around with my Kindle and checked out Kingroot and rooted my Kindle with it. Unfortunately I got distracted forgot to disable OTA updates and guess there lies the problem of my misery, i.e. the sudden Kindle Fire update over night with the starting applications message (where the starting applications takes a long time, i.e. never ends). Hence, I can not operate my Kindle Fire, and moreover I cannot access it over adb since the device is unauthorized. Side note, I'm using Linux and OSX and have Win7 in a VM (if there are OS specific solutions/tools for solving my problem). I'm not in possession of a factory cable (also don't have tools to build one). However if someone has a suggestion there it is welcome.
Now to my questions:
Will I need the factory cable?
If not, where should I focus on first?
If yes, any tips and tricks are welcome.
Hope someone can help me here, thanks.
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Short update:
I now have a factory cable but I'm stuck at the moment. My first try was to get TWRP and somehow get into recovery. Thus I started with booting into fastboot with the factory cable and issued
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
and the command succeeded. Then I wanted to issue:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001
however, the command got stuck and nothing happened. I just tried a reboot and after that I was able to issue the command. Thus I started my Kindle again and it shortly flashed and went black. Nothing further. Thus reset and start again. Now it just gets stuck in the grey Kindle Fire screen. If I try to boot into recovery (power + volume down) also nothing happens.
Can anyone give any tips here?
buschko said:
Short update:
I now have a factory cable but I'm stuck at the moment. My first try was to get TWRP and somehow get into recovery. Thus I started with booting into fastboot with the factory cable and issued
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
and the command succeeded. Then I wanted to issue:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001
however, the command got stuck and nothing happened. I just tried a reboot and after that I was able to issue the command. Thus I started my Kindle again and it shortly flashed and went black. Nothing further. Thus reset and start again. Now it just gets stuck in the grey Kindle Fire screen. If I try to boot into recovery (power + volume down) also nothing happens.
Can anyone give any tips here?
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Next update. I switched from my MacBook with OSX to my Desktop with Linux. Now I can issue more than one fastboot command in a row. However I'm stuck again. I issued the following commands:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
Now I wait for the Amazon logo with the orange underline, however, I'm continue to see the fastboot screen. Thus I'm stuck again.
Hence, I just powered off and on again and then I was able to issue fastboot commands again. Continued with
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
Now the amazon arrow was there. Repeated the last command chain, and I ended up in TWRP.
Hello,
My 3rd gen stock Fire HDX also stuck at "Fire is upgrading..." screen. This thread say there is no solution but looks like you found a way to get TWRP on it. Is this correct? If so, once you get TWRP, you can recover right?
I am on ubuntu14?
When I do a fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format, it just hangs at <waiting for any device>
How to get fastboot to see device, what mode do you boot your HDX to? Do I need to use a fastboot usb cable or will the stock HDX usb cable work?
When I run adb command it show the device D0FCA... unauthorized
Thx
Any clear solution on this problem ?
Stuck on "updating kindle".
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My phone connects fine with adb. I tooted with towelroot, i have the D415 (see screenshot) i have run the commands on a pc several time with no errors. I tried it with my terminal emulator severaIm times and it says "decixe not found) HAHHA its just funny to me. I want to unlock this bootloader i even tried a factory cable (for kindle and only once) no dice. I get download mode and thats it. I know I must be doing somethimg wrong but damned if i can figure what. Pc is windows 764 bit. I like to have a custom rexovery and i have heard i can put onw like this (locked) but i did that to another device and to make it short it sits in a drawer being brand new and broken. Apparently those instructioms are correct because there are many success stories. I followed the directions like this is my last phone for a whi
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le. Can someone help me out please? Thank you
Holy....... 64bit! Im not futureman!!!!
Do you need to unlock the bootloader on d415? I taught you could flash a custom recovery without unlocking... (I don't own one!)
I ave twrp on it. So far i havent been able to do anything but a nandroid and restore with it. I am now at a pc so i can dl from devhost. We shall see, (i doubt it,)
whodisname said:
I ave twrp on it. So far i havent been able to do anything but a nandroid and restore with it. I am now at a pc so i can dl from devhost. We shall see, (i doubt it,)
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The bootloader on the LG-D415 is unlocked out of the box.
Wow, and all these instructions!! I figured after i put twrp on it it was cool but it didnt flash the rom, omly had one cuz dev host doesnt dl on cell phones so well,
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My phone connects fine with adb. I tooted with towelroot, i have the D415 (see screenshot) i have run the commands on a pc several time with no errors. I tried it with my terminal emulator severaIm times and it says "decixe not found) HAHHA its just funny to me. I want to unlock this bootloader i even tried a factory cable (for kindle and only once) no dice. I get download mode and thats it. I know I must be doing somethimg wrong but damned if i can figure what. Pc is windows 764 bit. I like to have a custom rexovery and i have heard i can put onw like this (locked) but i did that to another device and to make it short it sits in a drawer being brand new and broken. Apparently those instructioms are correct because there are many success stories. I followed the directions like this is my last phone for a while. Can someone help me out please? Thank you
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For starters, you need the fastboot executable for Windows to unlock the device, not ADB. The minimal ADB version, also applies to fastboot, is 1.0.31. Secondly, you must enable fastboot mode on the device beforehand. Thirdly, unless LG has changed things in the last month or so, the bootloader on the LG-D415 is unlocked.
To enable fastboot mode, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/general/guide-fastboot-l90-d415-t2827825
To unlock the bootloader, see http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-l90/general/guide-unlock-bootloader-t-mobile-l90-t2836457. Shouldn't be necessary tho . Won't hurt anything to go thru the process however.
Thank you, i have fastboot and adb (fixed a bricked kindle last week!!) I wasnt sure about the bootloader and iwasnt gunna be without a recovery like i was with my lg lucud!!!
And excuse my unintelligible post above. New size screen?
Is there a way of rooting moto g whithout a computer
ajaynes99 said:
Is there a way of rooting moto g whithout a computer
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No. You need fastboot to unlock the device an install a custom recovery. After that, almost everything can be done on the device
Well i tried to unlock the bott loader and it wouldent let me i tried to open the command prompt and it wouldent open
Please, precisely follow the instructions given at https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/standalone/bootloader/unlock-your-device-a. You should at least know how to download the required software and use the command prompt. Be aware that rooting your phone and performing root actions may damage your phone beyond your capabilities to repair it.
it wont let me open the commad promt
Well. I can think of two possibilities here. The first one is: you are sitting in front of a computer that has restricted access and probably doesn't belong to you. Or, (and don't get me wrong, we all started at some point) you lack the knowledge to perform these actions.
So, go ahead an make your computer obay you. Smash the OS till you have to reinstall it. Do it again. And again. Install Linux. Be annoyed. Install MS. Be more annoyed. Solve all the computer problems of your friends and family till you wish you never acquired these skills. Then, dear sir, you know how to root your phone yourself.
doppelhelix said:
Well. I can think of two possibilities here. The first one is: you are sitting in front of a computer that has restricted access and probably doesn't belong to you. Or, (and don't get me wrong, we all started at some point) you lack the knowledge to perform these actions.
So, go ahead an make your computer obay you. Smash the OS till you have to reinstall it. Do it again. And again. Install Linux. Be annoyed. Install MS. Be more annoyed. Solve all the computer problems of your friends and family till you wish you never acquired these skills. Then, dear sir, you know how to root your phone yourself.
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This post made me chuckle - Thank You!
Because I know you guys hate posts saying thanks - OP could always try TowelRoot (disclaimer: no idea if its been patched for Moto G, don't really care, plus I wouldn't recommend root at all - for the time being at least - if the command prompt eludes you...)
All right finally got the command promt and ever thing and i went to tthe mottarola web page to see if my boot loader can be unlocked and it says ur device in not able to be unlocked what do i do
ajaynes99 said:
All right finally got the command promt and ever thing and i went to tthe mottarola web page to see if my boot loader can be unlocked and it says ur device in not able to be unlocked what do i do
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Currently, and possibly in future too, there's no way of unlocking Moto devices without approval from Motorola.
P.s. Maybe a typo? The number is quite long. Try copy'n'paste.
So I got a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 from a relative (who recently passed away…see why this is relevant later) and I immediately attempted to root and unlock it so I could put real Android on it. Big mistake for me.
For one, it was on the 8.5.1 software. For two, I probably should have researched a bit more, so yes, my fault here.
I rooted using the weird looking Chinese apk (can't remember the name atm), worked fine, no problems. Then I followed a guide on here (but I think it was for the 8.4.x firmware) using flashfire11.apk to flash the appropriate kfhd8 TWRP recovery and the freedom. However, once I used that tool and flashed, the Kindle only goes to the "kindle fire" logo and doens't do anything else.
If I enter the fastboot commands in Terminal (yes, I'm using a Mac, but I can switch to Windows if need be) and plug the device in when powered off, it does go to fastboot mode, but so far I have not been able to get anything (Terminal or CMD Prompt) to see my Kindle when I plug it in. Any suggestions on how to de-brick this thing? Major points to you if you can help.
EDIT: The fact that the original owner is no longer here is important because (1) I don't know the relative's email address/account they ordered the Kindle with, and (2) since I can't boot it I don't know the serial number, which means (3) I can't send it in to Amazon to get fixed/replaced.
Bump. Any ideas/tips? I managed to copy off a com.amazon.kindle folder which had what looked like books in them before the bricking happened. Not sure if there's a way to extract the user's email address from any of the files?
Stupidly enough, while I was downgrading to 5.2.1 for rooting the device, I got the device updated to 5.3.3.0 or something like it, once updated, the device did not boot at all, effectively bricking anything, recovery, fastboot, adb, anything.
It appears that the preloader thing is indeed trying to preload (d'oh) but as lots of posts dot mention, the aftv2-tools are unable to read/write from/to the mmc in any way. Handshaking does work since it prevents the device from continuing to uboot, I presume. Otherwise, with no handshake in place, the device keeps going through uboot and preloader for a couple of times until blocks.
Of course I presume its uboot since screen and everything is dead, just looking at the kernel dmesg once the kindle is plugged in.
It seems I'm screwed since the aftv people says so at AFTV News that as well, but, does anyone know if there is any other possible to recover/unbrick using any other approach or jtag?
marianXOS said:
Stupidly enough, while I was downgrading to 5.2.1 for rooting the device, I got the device updated to 5.3.3.0 or something like it, once updated, the device did not boot at all, effectively bricking anything, recovery, fastboot, adb, anything.
It appears that the preloader thing is indeed trying to preload (d'oh) but as lots of posts dot mention, the aftv2-tools are unable to read/write from/to the mmc in any way. Handshaking does work since it prevents the device from continuing to uboot, I presume. Otherwise, with no handshake in place, the device keeps going through uboot and preloader for a couple of times until blocks.
Of course I presume its uboot since screen and everything is dead, just looking at the kernel dmesg once the kindle is plugged in.
It seems I'm screwed since the aftv people says so at AFTV News that as well, but, does anyone know if there is any other possible to recover/unbrick using any other approach or jtag?
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None that have been publicly acknowledged/confirmed.
My device is on the exactly same situation. =/
I'm hoping that on future we can have some way to fix this scenario. It seems like the only way out is using SP Flash Tool for reflashing the whole device.
However, I don't see we getting the Authentication file at any day. I have already kinda given up on my device.
matheusbonela said:
My device is on the exactly same situation. =/
I'm hoping that on future we can have some way to fix this scenario. It seems like the only way out is using SP Flash Tool for reflashing the whole device.
However, I don't see we getting the Authentication file at any day. I have already kinda given up on my device.
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I done the same thing it bricked my tablet. It seems to me that the lesson I learned is that you can't downgrade your device. But how does one flash it using that tool. I do have it but I can't seem to find the correct files to do so.
Rbohannon89 said:
I done the same thing it bricked my tablet. It seems to me that the lesson I learned is that you can't downgrade your device. But how does one flash it using that tool. I do have it but I can't seem to find the correct files to do so.
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You can't; need a scatter file which is not available for this device. Many have tried without success.
im also having this problem. handshake ok but no command response
what is solution
marianXOS said:
Stupidly enough, while I was downgrading to 5.2.1 for rooting the device, I got the device updated to 5.3.3.0 or something like it, once updated, the device did not boot at all, effectively bricking anything, recovery, fastboot, adb, anything.
It appears that the preloader thing is indeed trying to preload (d'oh) but as lots of posts dot mention, the aftv2-tools are unable to read/write from/to the mmc in any way. Handshaking does work since it prevents the device from continuing to uboot, I presume. Otherwise, with no handshake in place, the device keeps going through uboot and preloader for a couple of times until blocks.
Of course I presume its uboot since screen and everything is dead, just looking at the kernel dmesg once the kindle is plugged in.
It seems I'm screwed since the aftv people says so at AFTV News that as well, but, does anyone know if there is any other possible to recover/unbrick using any other approach or jtag?
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Sai Nyan Linn said:
Amazon fire 5th generation is making by downgrade i
Result this black screan and dead ...
Pc driver manager into mtk port
I need sp flashtool or Solution
Please ... my all best friend ....
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Please sir, do not make double posts into multiple forrums. It can get confussing.
Anyway, if your device is bricked from doing a downgrade, you may be in luck.
There is a thread here for unlocking the bootloader, and one of the steps to unlock the 5th gen fire 7 is to do just like you have. Brick by downgrade.
Go-to here.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/unlock-fire-t3899860
So I think I messed up, I might have bricked my phone and I would like to know what to do.
I recently got an X4 (XT1900-7, if it matters), and I wanted to flash Lineage onto it, following this guide.
At first I was running linux on my pc, and the process stalled at the point where you need to retrieve the unlock key. WHat happened is I would run the command, and get no response, not even to CTRL+C to terminate the process.
I figured, whatever, I'll try Windows. So I rebooted and tried it there and then I could get the code.
Now it did work, and the first place where I maybe messed up following the instructions was when flashing the TWRP image. I ran "fastboot flash boot_a twrp-3.3.1-0-payton.img", but I misread the instruction and didn't run "fastboot set_active a" first. But it did proceed, though. So maybe that's not the problem.
In any case, I went into recovery mode, wipe>format data>advanced wipe>swipe to wipe>advanced>ADB sideload>on PC:"adb sideload lineage-16.0-20191128-nightly-payton-signed.zip">then it took a while to load that, but it seemed to go as it should.
And, honestly, this is where I stopped understanding what was happening. It said if I wanted google apps, I also needed to sideload the packages I want. I'd read about that, so then I went to the guide on this forum, which is a lot less detailed. But it did mention MindtheGapps, so I decided to try installing that as well.
The guide told me to reboot before flashing Gapps, so I tried to reboot. I got a warning of something like "warning: you're going to reboot and no OS is installed". I figured that made sense, so I proceeded to reboot. Except it hasn't gone on yet. No response to holding the power button, the volume down+power button, adb can't find the device.
From here I haven't really made any progress, and honestly I'm a little overwhelmed. I found this guy who seemingly had a solution to the problem, so I tried following his thing.
It said to change boot configuration settings, setting the PC to "Test mode" first (Is that the same as safe mode?), which I didn't know how to do.
I managed to set DISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS, but not TESTSIGNING ON ("The value is protected by Secure Boot policy and cannot be modified or deleted.").
I ran the blank-flash.bat, and it basically did nothing over a very long amount of time. I'll link to its output here and here.
I don't really understand what's going on anymore. Could someone assist me?
"I don't really understand what's going on anymore. Could someone assist me? "
Said very gently: you need to back way off and do a ton of reading before you do anything to your phone.
Read this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/help/moto-x4-f-q-s-thread-t3814393
Read this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/how-to/security-patch-newbies-et-al-t4012075
That said, You might try connecting it to your PC in fastboot mode and fire up the latest RSDlite (6.2.4) and see if it recognizes it, and if it does, grab the latest payton stock 8.x (NOT 9.x!!!!!!!!!!!!) ROM from lolinet for your region and see if it will flash.
KrisM22 said:
"I don't really understand what's going on anymore. Could someone assist me? "
Said very gently: you need to back way off and do a ton of reading before you do anything to your phone.
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Heh. I thought I had. I understood it all before it all went to hell.
KrisM22 said:
Read this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/help/moto-x4-f-q-s-thread-t3814393
Read this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x4/how-to/security-patch-newbies-et-al-t4012075
That said, You might try connecting it to your PC in fastboot mode and fire up the latest RSDlite (6.2.4) and see if it recognizes it, and if it does, grab the latest payton stock 8.x (NOT 9.x!!!!!!!!!!!!) ROM from lolinet for your region and see if it will flash.
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I'm gonna try reading that stuff. Thanks.