Is there a reliable way to backup one of these? I'd like to mess around with some ROMS, but can't find a way to backup the system files, at least at 7.2.3. I would even be willing to install a previous update if that is at all possible. Thanks!
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To doing a good an consistent backup you need to root your device. You can search on this forum how to do this.
Regarding doing a backup, once you have you device rooted you will find some apps to do this. You can read the CM10 thread and you will find an APP to backup your system.
Unfortunately, due to having a locked bootloader and no custom kernel created for the HD7, installing custom ROMs is not available at this time
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I didn't try it, but there is a tread to install a 2nd boorloader and custom recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
Until I've find a way to boot into recovery I didn't try it, because so I can't restore it.
I also know, that a someone make a CM 10.1 Rom for KFHD 7 inch. But it is still in alpha.
Bootloop?
When I boot up the Kindle there are no problems, but it goes straight to TWRP recovery page instead of booting Kindle OS. The OS was 7.4.6.
That's because the is version doesn't match the freedom boot version so you have to put the ROM on ahead of time or you will have to use adb to push the image onto the device's sdcard. Here try this tutorial to get a ROM onto it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459498
This is all due to Amazon's attempts to annoy us, the newer OS's check to see if the boot loader is the same version as the os... And since we flashed an older boot loader and used a older version of freedom boot, this happened. There is a newer version of freedom boot available inside the kinology ROM u can extract and flash if you want to boot back into stock amazon, but I would disable ota's if you do so it does get rid of 2nd boot loader + twrp if it updates.
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if someone gave me the steps on how to install rom holoblur when tried to install the rom does not start:crying:
Also I would be happy if I had a 4.1 android rom all that and installed rom always have problems
tufrustracion23 said:
if someone gave me the steps on how to install rom holoblur when tried to install the rom does not start:crying:
Also I would be happy if I had a 4.1 android rom all that and installed rom always have problems
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First questions:
Is your bootloader unlocked?
Do you have a custom recovery installed? (Safestrap? Clockworkmod?)
If your bootloader is LOCKED, unlock it using Myth Tools.
If your bootloader is UNLOCKED, and you do not have a custom recovery, download Clockworkmod and install it (boot your phone into fastboot mode then shift-click inside the folder you extracted the recovery.img to and click "Open command window here" and type the command posted in the thread).
If your bootloader is LOCKED or UNLOCKED and you have Safestrap installed, boot into SS and delete any ROM slots you have made (do not delete the stock slot), then uninstall the recovery through the app, then uninstall the app itself. Now follow the instructions above to install Clockworkmod.
If your bootloader is UNLOCKED and you have Clockworkmod, boot into CWM and follow the instructions on the ROM's XDA page.
Same problem
Same problem here. My MB886 is definitely unlocked, CWM and recovery are installed. Attempted to install Holoblur v.9 Performance from stock 4.1.1. Followed the directions including a format of /system but it hangs during boot every time. Restored stock rom via CWM, loaded latest CM 10.2 nightly build temporarily but ultimately hope to switch to Holoblur when I have more time to work on it.
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Same problem here. My MB886 is definitely unlocked, CWM and recovery are installed. Attempted to install Holoblur v.9 Performance from stock 4.1.1. Followed the directions including a format of /system but it hangs during boot every time. Restored stock rom via CWM, loaded latest CM 10.2 nightly build temporarily but ultimately hope to switch to Holoblur when I have more time to work on it.
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I think the Performance version was broken for some people, have you tried the Tuned version?
Just flash tuned version then flash PurePerformance mod over it. Voila. (I got a link in my sig).
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What about mounting the system before installing the rom?
I can't get CWM to install...i'm Bootloader Unlocked, rooted and on 4.1.1...every time i flash it, it goes to the "Dead Android" screen when i tell MythTools to go to Recovery.....
Dvdxploitr said:
I can't get CWM to install...i'm Bootloader Unlocked, rooted and on 4.1.1...every time i flash it, it goes to the "Dead Android" screen when i tell MythTools to go to Recovery.....
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Are you rooted? If you are, use Root Explorer to change the file named install-recovery.sh to recovery.sh.bak and flash CWM via fastboot using the command fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img.
I have a Kindle Fire HD 1st Gen and I've been trying all day just to get rid of TWRP and get back to stock Amazon ROM. I tried flashing TWRP 2.2.2.1 zip, but apparently anything I flash there's an error and says couldn't find /sdcard/kindleupdate/whatever. I've downloaded KFU 0.9.6 and I have Java and SDK/ADB installed. When I try and install the drivers I get an error with an "X" next to Google (WinUSB). When I hit run.bat it says I'm online, but the device is unknown. My device won't go into fastboot anymore, it will just say on the prompt "kindle fire has been told to boot in fastboot mode" and then after that the kindle reboots and I get stuck with the light blue twrp "kindle fire hd" boot logo. I heard that TWRP 2.6.0.0 sucks because it won't flash the Amazon stock rom and that TWRP 2.2.2.1 can flash the stock rom. So I started searching on how to downgrade from TWRP 2.6.0.0 to 2.2.2.1, but everything involves kindle fire utility and root and all this other stuff that doesn't seem to work. I'm just really frustrated and fed up at this point. Why is it so difficult to get Kindle Fire Utility to install my drivers correctly and get into fastboot?
My main objective is to remove TWRP and just get back to Amazon stock OS so I can sell the darn thing.
Yes, I've searched on youtube and on xda on how to fix the driver issues/fastboot all day, but nothing has worked.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me some detailed steps on how to fix all of this. I wish I hadn't installed TWRP at all if I'd known it was this difficult to flash a rom.
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I have a Kindle Fire HD 1st Gen and I've been trying all day just to get rid of TWRP and get back to stock Amazon ROM. I tried flashing TWRP 2.2.2.1 zip, but apparently anything I flash there's an error and says couldn't find /sdcard/kindleupdate/whatever. I've downloaded KFU 0.9.6 and I have Java and SDK/ADB installed. When I try and install the drivers I get an error with an "X" next to Google (WinUSB). When I hit run.bat it says I'm online, but the device is unknown. My device won't go into fastboot anymore, it will just say on the prompt "kindle fire has been told to boot in fastboot mode" and then after that the kindle reboots and I get stuck with the light blue twrp "kindle fire hd" boot logo. I heard that TWRP 2.6.0.0 sucks because it won't flash the Amazon stock rom and that TWRP 2.2.2.1 can flash the stock rom. So I started searching on how to downgrade from TWRP 2.6.0.0 to 2.2.2.1, but everything involves kindle fire utility and root and all this other stuff that doesn't seem to work. I'm just really frustrated and fed up at this point. Why is it so difficult to get Kindle Fire Utility to install my drivers correctly and get into fastboot?
My main objective is to remove TWRP and just get back to Amazon stock OS so I can sell the darn thing.
Yes, I've searched on youtube and on xda on how to fix the driver issues/fastboot all day, but nothing has worked.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me some detailed steps on how to fix all of this. I wish I hadn't installed TWRP at all if I'd known it was this difficult to flash a rom.
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HD and 1st gen are different devices, which do you have?
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jacobjapan said:
I have a Kindle Fire HD 1st Gen and I've been trying all day just to get rid of TWRP and get back to stock Amazon ROM. I tried flashing TWRP 2.2.2.1 zip, but apparently anything I flash there's an error and says couldn't find /sdcard/kindleupdate/whatever. I've downloaded KFU 0.9.6 and I have Java and SDK/ADB installed. When I try and install the drivers I get an error with an "X" next to Google (WinUSB). When I hit run.bat it says I'm online, but the device is unknown. My device won't go into fastboot anymore, it will just say on the prompt "kindle fire has been told to boot in fastboot mode" and then after that the kindle reboots and I get stuck with the light blue twrp "kindle fire hd" boot logo. I heard that TWRP 2.6.0.0 sucks because it won't flash the Amazon stock rom and that TWRP 2.2.2.1 can flash the stock rom. So I started searching on how to downgrade from TWRP 2.6.0.0 to 2.2.2.1, but everything involves kindle fire utility and root and all this other stuff that doesn't seem to work. I'm just really frustrated and fed up at this point. Why is it so difficult to get Kindle Fire Utility to install my drivers correctly and get into fastboot?
My main objective is to remove TWRP and just get back to Amazon stock OS so I can sell the darn thing.
Yes, I've searched on youtube and on xda on how to fix the driver issues/fastboot all day, but nothing has worked.
I'd really appreciate it if someone could give me some detailed steps on how to fix all of this. I wish I hadn't installed TWRP at all if I'd known it was this difficult to flash a rom.
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What firmware are you running? This matters because in order to get rid of TWRP, you will have to flash an Amazon image via fastboot to get rid of the second bootloader. This will put you back to stock. Knowing your firmware is imperative or you can flash yourself into a hard brick.
Hey guys,
I rooted my Kindle Fire HD 7" (Tate) and installed a second boot loader and TWRP recovery. I installed CM11 but actually preferred the Amazon Fire OS. I tried to restore my backup from TWRP recovery, but I think it restored the boot partition badly. It now just flashes the Orange kindle fire logo, then reboots and does the same thing again and reboots etc. etc. Is there a way I can restore a Stock Fire Os Rom from my PC now or get into fastboot and re flash the boot loader (The files are in the downloads folder)
Thanks!
Could someone please suggest something? Even telling me it's unfixable and I've got a perma-brick would be helpful. Thanks!
trimfrim20 said:
Hey guys,
I rooted my Kindle Fire HD 7" (Tate) and installed a second boot loader and TWRP recovery. I installed CM11 but actually preferred the Amazon Fire OS. I tried to restore my backup from TWRP recovery, but I think it restored the boot partition badly. It now just flashes the Orange kindle fire logo, then reboots and does the same thing again and reboots etc. etc. Is there a way I can restore a Stock Fire Os Rom from my PC now or get into fastboot and re flash the boot loader (The files are in the downloads folder)
Thanks!
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Don't worry,it's fixable. Though you'll need a fastboot cable. Then you can restore it. And I recommend using CM since Amazon OS makes problems with the 2nd boot loader.
SafinWasi said:
Don't worry,it's fixable. Though you'll need a fastboot cable. Then you can restore it. And I recommend using CM since Amazon OS makes problems with the 2nd boot loader.
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Thanks for this SafinWasi, do you know where I could get a FastBoot cable??? (I live in the UK) I know how to use FastBoot as I've had to use it before when I flashed the wrong recovery image
Just purchase a fastboot cable via eBay and use kfft restore tool
Hi,
I recently downgraded and rooted my 4th Gen Fire HD 7.
Then I tried to install Xposed, but it soft bricked my fire , which at first was stuck at the "Fire" boot logo.
So I tried to factory reset, wipe cache, but it was still stuck there.
Upon seeing this, since I still had access to TWRP, I tried to flash the 4.5.3 firmware after a factory reset.
But this got things worse (maybe), now my tablet is stuck in a bootloop at the amazon logo. At least I still have access to TWRP when I force shutdown the put on the tablet.
#Edit : I'll like to keep 4.5.3 Firmware at first before flashing 5.2 later. So since i'm trying to flash the 4.5.3 stock firmware via TWRP but it won't do that, both in sideload and in ZIP install. In sideload I get ann error like "This ROM is for ''Full ariel'' but your device is an ''omni ariel''...
I think flashing the 5.2 firmware can be done but I'll prefer someone should let me know if it will not get things worse than they are...
Idea on how to help about the issue in my edit?
Or any general solution to the problem?
Thx for reading
It will work but you need to replace twrp with stock recovery on 5.2. Here is the guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-to-lollipop-root-gapps-t3163950
The Wizus said:
I recently downgraded and rooted my 4th Gen Fire HD 7.
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Wrong forum.
This forum is only for the $50 ($35 on Black Friday) 7" Fire 2015 (5th gen) / KFFOWI Ford.
Hello all,
I recently rooted my Amazon Fire tablet - everything went fairly smoothly and I was able to make the standard changes (remove ads, change launcher, block OTA, etc). I tried to flash TWRP recovery but failed at every turn; fastboot gives me "unknown command" errors, and using Flashfire goes through the entire flashing process, reboots, but still no recovery. The issue I'm facing now is that it looks like the stock amazon recovery is now missing, when I try to boot into recovery using volume down+power it just hangs on the Amazon logo, holding down power to reboot it from there will boot it back into the OS just fine. I'd rather just have the stock amazon OS with it's recovery if it's not possible to have a custom recovery/ROM. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Mochifoxtrot said:
Hello all,
I recently rooted my Amazon Fire tablet - everything went fairly smoothly and I was able to make the standard changes (remove ads, change launcher, block OTA, etc). I tried to flash TWRP recovery but failed at every turn; fastboot gives me "unknown command" errors, and using Flashfire goes through the entire flashing process, reboots, but still no recovery. The issue I'm facing now is that it looks like the stock amazon recovery is now missing, when I try to boot into recovery using volume down+power it just hangs on the Amazon logo, holding down power to reboot it from there will boot it back into the OS just fine. I'd rather just have the stock amazon OS with it's recovery if it's not possible to have a custom recovery/ROM. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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You can not install a custom recovery on this device (locked bootloader with no known exploits). Attempting to flash TWRP likely destroyed stock recovery. There is no fix. If still under warranty contact Amazon for an exchange.
Davey126 said:
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Attempting to flash TWRP likely destroyed stock recovery. There is no fix.
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You wrong
Mochifoxtrot said:
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boot it back into the OS just fine. I'd rather just have the stock amazon OS with it's recovery if it's not possible to have a custom recovery/ROM. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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After first boot with "corrupted stock recovery" (TWRP) system will try to restore stock recovery.
Try to power off tablet and boot into recovery one more time.
If it doesn't work you can flash stock recovery manually (need root).
For build stock recovery.img you need appropriate update-kindle-*.bin, another android device and some knowledge.
Or you can publish result of
Code:
@adb shell getprop ro.build.version.incremental
and i'll do it for you.
Kramar111 said:
You wrong
After first boot with "corrupted stock recovery" (TWRP) system will try to restore stock recovery.
Try to power off tablet and boot into recovery one more time.
If it doesn't work you can flash stock recovery manually (need root).
For build stock recovery.img you need appropriate update-kindle-*.bin, another android device and some knowledge.
Or you can publish result of and i'll do it for you.
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It will be great to see evidence this actually works on a 5th gen Fire. To date restoration of a borked stock recovery has proven elusive. I'd love to be wrong on this as there are a number of users who would benefit.
Davey126 said:
It will be great to see evidence this actually works on a 5th gen Fire. To date restoration of a borked stock recovery has proven elusive. I'd love to be wrong on this as there are a number of users who would benefit.
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We'll see...
We talk about tablet that can boot into Fire OS, but not into recovery, aren't it?
But even with bricked tablet (5.1.1 after FlashFire error) it work.
AFTV tools + stock recovery + magic word.
@Mochifoxtrot
Not interesting?