I had whatever, that updated to 7.3 as soon as I turned it on. Rooted fine with KF First Aide. Installed ES File Explorer, Google Play, etc. All was well. Then I read a post here how hard it was to copy/paste with ES File Explorer. I was joking about it with my husband and showing him how easy it was and copied random file... literally just randomly long pressed a file to show him the options, picked copy, and then went to another directory and *meant* to point to but touched paste instead... it was one of the Google Play files.
Kindle fire hd 7" immediately started freaking out. A mac address type error flashing so quick I couldn't do anything else. It was the same low letters and numbers you'd get with a mac address but said error and just an OK button which did nothing when you manage to tap in while flashing. Restarted, thinking if I was lucky Google Play just would't work... got the red triangle and neither option helped. So I ordered one of SkOrPn's cables which works flawlessly and boots right into fastboot. Yay for SkOrPn! Not so ya for me... (not their fault!).
It shows up as "Tate-PVT-08". I've tried every variation of driver I can find. Uninstalling all old things I can find, complete with the command line command to show ghost hubs/devices and what not and removing them and shut down/start up fresh too... no joy. Also removing and restarting between each driver try... neither of the Amazon drivers work for fastboot for me. I've tried so many things at this point my brain is fried.
So I'm hoping someone can help direct me how to fix this. . I won it in an online giveaway, so I'm not out anything, but it'd sure be nice to use it! As messed up as the Kindle crap is I'd be pissed if I bought it... but I'm majorly spoiled on Sony (Ericsson) and their "ya, play with it, screw it up, we don't care, here's how to fix it online just plug it in"... even before they had the online thing they'd let you send it back (and paid shipping both ways for it!) would reflash firmware and send it back with paper ticket that said "No problems found" lol... even on a device you actually bricked (wouldn't turn on... not the cute "brick"="I screwed it up but it's fixable" that people use now).
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Especially if you could steer me to drivers that work for 2nd generation HD 7 inch in fastboot on Windows 8. Thanks for reading if nothing else!
Try The SoupKit found here.
This is a Kinology HD using XDA Premium
Swap cables. Boot with the factory cable then switch to a normal one.
Thanks for the reply, but I've been doing that. Great advice for anyone who doesn't know though!
You couldn't have damaged anything by just copying a file unless either:
You cut the file
OR
You overwrote a system file
OR
You filled up your system partition.
If you still need help, I might be able to do some researching.
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I'd say your fast boot driver didn't install right mine showed up like that and I had to keep playing with drivers to get it to work
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Same Problem
I'm having the same problem! If you fixed it please let me know!
FIXED!!
It's fixed! You have to use KindleFireAide. Just follow all of the directions and it's perfect.:laugh::laugh::laugh::good::good::good:
Shawnsch said:
I'd say your fast boot driver didn't install right mine showed up like that and I had to keep playing with drivers to get it to work
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Thanks, I was hoping there was a better answer than just keep uninstalling/reinstalling various drivers in various ways til it works lol.
I've got a pc I haven't plugged it in to I'll try this weekend, if that doesn't work I'll do the Linux Soup Kit.
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Thanks, I was hoping there was a better answer than just keep uninstalling/reinstalling various drivers in various ways til it works lol.
I've got a pc I haven't plugged it in to I'll try this weekend, if that doesn't work I'll do the Linux Soup Kit.
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Use Kindle Fire Aide. It comes with all of the drivers.
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Use Kindle Fire Aide. It comes with all of the drivers.
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That was my first thing to try. Unfortunately one of them says stopped by user (preferred one) and the alternate won't install, gets to the end of installing and says didn't install, do manually... which has the same results. I'm getting the same results on another pc. Fun times lol.
Edit... I give up, it's Linux time. Will report back later.
My husband did the Soup kit (correct version, followed directions, etc.) with it for me while I was at work today on an pc he put Linux on (so nothing phone/tablet/adb/driver has ever touched it for anything). He's more savvy with Linux, I haven't used it much since the 90s while he regularly has it as a dual boot on his main pc. He used Ubuntu, followed the Soupkit directions and still no Linux love either.
I'm pretty much down to just sending it back, worst case they send it back and tell me I'm screwed. Both of us are so spoiled on Sony (me) and Google/Nexus (him)... that this some things only works sometimes and just keep bashing your head into the wall and something you already tried three times will work thing is out of our frame of reference (which is what it took to get it rooted lol). I've already spent more time trying to fix the stupid thing for something that shouldn't have even caused an issue than I've spent on both my Sonys combined... even though I've borked both more than once... crazy.
My only advice ... buy a real tablet lol. Luckily I won this so I'm not out anything if Amazon won't swap it... but I really like the 7" size for book reading.
I'll fix it for you...
Deviantelf said:
My husband did the Soup kit (correct version, followed directions, etc.) with it for me while I was at work today on an pc he put Linux on (so nothing phone/tablet/adb/driver has ever touched it for anything). He's more savvy with Linux, I haven't used it much since the 90s while he regularly has it as a dual boot on his main pc. He used Ubuntu, followed the Soupkit directions and still no Linux love either.
I'm pretty much down to just sending it back, worst case they send it back and tell me I'm screwed. Both of us are so spoiled on Sony (me) and Google/Nexus (him)... that this some things only works sometimes and just keep bashing your head into the wall and something you already tried three times will work thing is out of our frame of reference (which is what it took to get it rooted lol). I've already spent more time trying to fix the stupid thing for something that shouldn't have even caused an issue than I've spent on both my Sonys combined... even though I've borked both more than once... crazy.
My only advice ... buy a real tablet lol. Luckily I won this so I'm not out anything if Amazon won't swap it... but I really like the 7" size for book reading.
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If you're gonna send it anywhere, if you pay for shipping I could try to fix it. No guarantees, of course.
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
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KindleFireGuy said:
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
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Ya did all that fun stuff, repeatedly with various drivers with all the 20 steps in between to remove others, lol.
Husband spent quite some time with Linux and SoupKit to no avail also. He could get his phone to work (making sure he had all the rules and steps correct), but it never would do anything with the tablet.
I gave up and called Amazon late Monday. They had me turn it on and verify the red triangle screen then sent me a new one that arrived today. Take the new one out of the box and put the old one in they said. They paid shipping both ways. If they complain I'll tell them send me the old and I'll send the new one back lol (at my expense). If they want to make the thing such a mess to deal with what do they expect? They know there's a whole group of people that won't live with the crappy launcher mess they have .
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I ripped my SD slot out a few months back after getting a card stuck in it, I threw the Nook in a corner in disgust and left it there,
I've tried to get it back up and running over the last few days, I've charged it fully over two days using the wall charger but it refuses to boot - I have nothing at all displayed. when i plug it into my PC I hear the noise it makes when a usb device is plugged in but that's it - nothing..
So with all the methods of restoring it need the SD slot..I guessing it's a gonna??
Any ideas??
Could try to convert back to stock. There is a 3 finger method of restoring your nook back to stock. You can find the link here in XDA right here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461172
Then you can take it back to B&N for a replacement if its still under warranty. Don't be so hardcore with losing on game-mode next time
I tried that last night but will try again with a fresh head ....
Nope..not having it, Tried everything now, using the three finger method brings nothing up on the nook screen at all - totally blank although the pc ssems to respond by making a couple of bleeps so assumed this was akin to the nook being turned on , tried it eight times and nothing..I really do think it's dead...
There is a program in the sdk (/tools/ddms) that allows you to see what is on the screen (and take screenshots). I believe this pulls from what the system is pushing to the screen (not what is actually on the screen). If that is the case, you can hit the power button like you normally would to bring up the lock screen, refresh using the application and see if it is pushing anything. You'd have to be quick, because if the NC is in standby, it won't show anything.
Also, you may want to try pulling some logcats to see what is going on.
I think the nook should be unplugged from the computer when trying the 8 failed boots. Also make sure to hold down the power button at least 8 seconds to make sure the nook is really off.
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Can't seem to get the pc to see the Nook, it asks for OMAP3630 driver??
DDms can't see the nook ..
tried the 8 failed boot method...
All is not well
Its now on a popular auction site for spares..I give in.
new one bought and on its way..
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Its now on a popular auction site for spares..I give in.
new one bought and on its way..
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PM me... I can either fix it and send it back... or perhaps we can work out a price to buy it from you.
I have the same problem. The only way I could get it to recognize it was by holding power for 8 seconds and then would go away after a ssecond or [email protected]
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PM me... I can either fix it and send it back... or perhaps we can work out a price to buy it from you.
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Thank you for the offer but I've bought another and might as well keep it for spares, the postage to the states and back alone would cost what I've paid for the replacement.
Or you could tell me how you would fix it ;-)
What I would wind up doing depends a lot on what is on it already, and what methods were used... first thing I'd do is modify ROM's to ensure mmcblk0p8 was seen as sdcard... then go from there...
I wish I could give you a definitive "Do this, then this, and finally this" type of answer... but there are so many variables in place there's no way I can without knowing more of what is there...
If you have a custom ROM on it... go to playstore and get adb wireless
Hi!
I got my kindle fire hd today (german edition) and tried to root my device. So i watched the guide on *** and read several articles and forum threads to be prepared rooting the kindle fire. Ok first of all: i might have damaged the screen, although i have no clue how this happened. One of the corner led doesn't work properly anymore. The effect is like heavy clouding on led tvs.
I followed exactly the tutorial on ****. After the first step, the processor starts to heat up and the tablet slows a bit down. After the second reboot the tablet gets really hot and significantly slows down. The screen starts to flicker and the tablet needs about 10 seconds to execute a command. After a reset to factory defaults everything works like charm except the clouding. I changed the usb port, reinstalled the android sdk and even used qemuroot. Nothing works. I am going to send my kindle back and buy another one, but i wont try to root it without solving this problem. Does anyone have an idea??
/edit as a new member i can't post any urls. The first *** is reverendkyle.c*m and the second is an article on redmondpie
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back.
Maybe the "German Edition" versions were those that didn't make the first round of quality control checks.
soupmagnet said:
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back.
Maybe the "German Edition" versions were those that didn't make the first round of quality control checks.
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I only mentioned it because my firmware version isn't 7.21 (sorry my fault) but 7.20. Never heard of it, maybe the eu version somehow differs from the us version.
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I only mentioned it because my firmware version isn't 7.21 (sorry my fault) but 7.20. Never heard of it, maybe the eu version somehow differs from the us version.
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7.20 is on the 32GB that I just received today.
soupmagnet said:
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back..
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yup, it's the right advice. don't try to force any root, send the device back instead and have a new try with the next one.
The root will work for both 7.2.0 and 7.2.1, barring any anomalies with your specific device. I would use the automated root found on this forum when you try rooting next time, since it'll eliminate any possible mistakes (not saying you made any). Either way, everyone else is definitely right in saying you got a defective device. Luckily, Amazon's pretty good about replacements when you're under warranty. My own device's CPU was running so hot, it smelled like things were melting. Got it replaced with no fuss, and no extra charges.
noskill123 said:
Hi!
I got my kindle fire hd today (german edition) and tried to root my device. So i watched the guide on *** and read several articles and forum threads to be prepared rooting the kindle fire. Ok first of all: i might have damaged the screen, although i have no clue how this happened. One of the corner led doesn't work properly anymore. The effect is like heavy clouding on led tvs.
I followed exactly the tutorial on ****. After the first step, the processor starts to heat up and the tablet slows a bit down. After the second reboot the tablet gets really hot and significantly slows down. The screen starts to flicker and the tablet needs about 10 seconds to execute a command. After a reset to factory defaults everything works like charm except the clouding. I changed the usb port, reinstalled the android sdk and even used qemuroot. Nothing works. I am going to send my kindle back and buy another one, but i wont try to root it without solving this problem. Does anyone have an idea??
/edit as a new member i can't post any urls. The first *** is reverendkyle.c*m and the second is an article on redmondpie
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That’s exactly what happen to me about 10 days ago my KFHD
Get hot and speed is unbelievable slow down but I do manage to reset to factory setting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32866304#post32866304
But finally I manage to root my KFHD and switch off upgrade option because I don’t want
The same problem occurs to me again.
My mistake at the first time is I mix up the method using manually method by reverendkjr
And on half way using script giving by sparkym3, so on the second attempt I only use
manually method by reverendkjr doing exactly what he is done and I get my KFHD rooted
I hope this will help you
NB
Even I uncheck automatic update they still updated my KFHD now I am with 7.21
and became unroot yes will start allover again.:fingers-crossed:
i got a kindle fire HD from a friend and it was a store display so it was in a display loop, and i tried to root it.
i got a factory cable, plugged it in and got into fast boot.
i tried a boot loader and it said everything was going okay, until all of a sudden the kindle went black.
now it turn on at all. its just a black screen, the cable doesn't do anything, the computer doesn't recognize it or anything.
i even took it apart and removed the battery and still nothing.
is there anyway of getting this thing on now?
alin2em said:
i got a kindle fire HD from a friend and it was a store display so it was in a display loop, and i tried to root it.
i got a factory cable, plugged it in and got into fast boot.
i tried a boot loader and it said everything was going okay, until all of a sudden the kindle went black.
now it turn on at all. its just a black screen, the cable doesn't do anything, the computer doesn't recognize it or anything.
i even took it apart and removed the battery and still nothing.
is there anyway of getting this thing on now?
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Give Kindle Fire First Aide a try. There's also some awfully clever people who frequent that thread to ask advice of.
alin2em said:
i got a kindle fire HD from a friend and it was a store display so it was in a display loop, and i tried to root it.
i got a factory cable, plugged it in and got into fast boot.
i tried a boot loader and it said everything was going okay, until all of a sudden the kindle went black.
now it turn on at all. its just a black screen, the cable doesn't do anything, the computer doesn't recognize it or anything.
i even took it apart and removed the battery and still nothing.
is there anyway of getting this thing on now?
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what's the application you used to root your device?
i'll assume you used kindle fire utility 0.9.6?
hard bricked
Yes i used some bootloader that after more reading was only fo the kindle fire and not the hd
alin2em said:
Yes i used some bootloader that after more reading was only fo the kindle fire and not the hd
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Well, To be honest with you this is the 5th time i've seen this happen and every time the device ends up with a damaged bootloader partition Which means the device is permanently bricked and can only be recovered using professional ( And expensive) recovery tools, All you can do now is contact Amazon and ship it back to them, They should send you a replacement, If amazon is gives you trouble just tell me, I might be able to get you a replacement from Prokennexusa.
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Well, To be honest with you this is the 5th time i've seen this happen and every time the device ends up with a damaged bootloader partition Which means the device is permanently bricked and can only be recovered using professional ( And expensive) recovery tools, All you can do now is contact Amazon and ship it back to them, They should send you a replacement, If amazon is gives you trouble just tell me, I might be able to get you a replacement from Prokennexusa.
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Amazon gave me trouble. the girl i spoke with literally said, "sir, you're out of luck."
what is Prokennexusa, and would they be able to replace/fix this kindle fire hd 8.9?
TigerG8 said:
Amazon gave me trouble. the girl i spoke with literally said, "sir, you're out of luck."
what is Prokennexusa, and would they be able to replace/fix this kindle fire hd 8.9?
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Prokennexusa's name is Christian Bryant
Ship your kindle to him at
Xerocomm, Inc. - 1684 Northstar Drive - Petaluma CA 94954
Send it ASAP and he'll replace it for you, He'll get it done by the end of the week!
Chris receives many bricked kindles so don't forget to send him an email at [email protected] so he knows!
Good luck
AmrBanawan said:
Prokennexusa's name is Christian Bryant
Ship your kindle to him at
Xerocomm, Inc. - 1684 Northstar Drive - Petaluma CA 94954
Send it ASAP and he'll replace it for you, He'll get it done by the end of the week!
Chris receives many bricked kindles so don't forget to send him an email at [email protected] so he knows!
Good luck
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dude, i thank you so much for this! i don't really have too much experience with shipping things out, so... it could be a lil while. i'll go ahead and email Chris. how much will it cost me?
Hard Bricked Kindle fire hd 7
Got my Kindle fire hd 7 hard bricked, it does not responds to charging and did not get detected by the pc, neither the power button works.
Is there any solutions to unbrick the hard bricked kindle fire hd7.
only genius can provide me with the solution
I am really in trouble plz help me, this is my [email protected]
same problem here, I installed the wrong bootloader, I installed the one for KFHD8 instead of KFHD7
now my screen is black and using lsusb doesnt detect anything
Same here, greatly appreciate any help
Found a solution. didn`t try yet
searching i found this page where explain how to fix the hard brick, black screen no sing of life, cant post links so, search in google "new life for a dead Kindle fire hd, is in mascote..... can any expert try it and explain that to the rest of us,
U solder a wire from a pin to ground and plug it into a PC running Linux and compile the program after cloning the git repository. Problem is I think we need a signed partition table that only amazon has from what I have heard, though personally I'm wondering if we can't just use adb pull and pulling the entire mmc block device off the kindle, but I don't know what the path to it is, normally I would use dd to make an image first, but because usually the partition table image is the same size as the drive itself it wouldn't fit on the sdcard, unless u had a flash drive hooked up over otg. Maybe the reason this hasn't been done is because we can't pull the entire emmc while the partitions are active?
Edit: ah just found the reason we can't do it, I was wrong it wasn't the partition table, its because the initial file that is pushed to the device has to be signed and we have no way of doing so, initial file being something like a initial loader to accept whatever image your trying to shove into the kindle.
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Unfortunately, I was in a hurry and got lazy. I (unknowingly) flashed a corrupted stack and 7.2.3 bootloader to my KFHD7 without checking the md5 checksum. After the flash and restart, I was greeted with a hard bricked pile of junk that won't turn on or do anything now. I have emailed Chris Bryant at [email protected] and [email protected] this afternoon to see if there is any chance he can help. Any one have any other ideas? I have the red factory fastboot adapter to use but, like I said earlier, my KFHD7 doesn't seem to do anything now.
Wait for kurohyou to map out the emmc contact point for your kindke's motherboard and solder it to a USB sdcard reader to reflash the boot loader from Linux.
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waiting man
stunts513 said:
Wait for kurohyou to map out the emmc contact point for your kindke's motherboard and solder it to a USB sdcard reader to reflash the boot loader from Linux.
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I am waiting too to solve the prob, got same prob here...........
Any chance to solve this
I have the same issue after trying to install FFF 1.5 zip and L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN.zip file via TWRP and everything seemed to be fine but after a reboot the kindle is hardware bricked and no sign of life so far after many attempts to revive it, I got it just two months ago and I was happy after rooting it and trying CM12 on it (everything was great but very laggy after installing few softwares so that's why I tried to install this L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN and see if it improve UI speed)
I really appreciate any suggestion or help from experts here (I learned a lot reading your guides and I am really grateful for everything you are doing here)
neoroid said:
I have the same issue after trying to install FFF 1.5 zip and L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN.zip file via TWRP and everything seemed to be fine but after a reboot the kindle is hardware bricked and no sign of life so far after many attempts to revive it, I got it just two months ago and I was happy after rooting it and trying CM12 on it (everything was great but very laggy after installing few softwares so that's why I tried to install this L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN and see if it improve UI speed)
I really appreciate any suggestion or help from experts here (I learned a lot reading your guides and I am really grateful for everything you are doing here)
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How did you fix the hard brick. Can please guide.
NO I didn't have a chance to fix it nor get it replaced by Amazon, it's collecting dust now and I am regretting the money I've spent on this... since Amazon don't offer reparation nor tools to it... if your issue is not hardbrick, which mean that you tablet can power up and display something on the screen then you have a chance to get it fixed, just look for the thread here and you will find a way to fix it.
If it is the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 that you bricked there is a breakdown of how to fix it here: [Discussion] Direct access to e-MMC to fix bricked KF (HD 8.9 version)
It is not easy and only recommended as a last resort. The last person that tried was also having an issue with the boot.img file being too big so I added it near the end of the thread as an attachment. Good luck!
I know nothing of Bricking/Unbricking... Rooting or anything. I have been researching for 3 days now. I know as much now as I did then all of zip!! I cannot get past the on screen. I have done the 20 second poewr button push for up to 5 minutes. I have talked to Amazon support and have been told Im pretty much SOL. I miss my kinde and I am not ready to give up. I have seen others have appreared to be in worse situations with this issue than I am so I am hoping for some assistance.
Every time I look into KFU and understand it it doesnt download right. Almost everything says it cant work on my computer. I have downloaded several versions. I feel screwed. Is there hope for this? all the apps for unbricking and rooting that i have downloaded have been for nothing. I would really appreciate some mojo and super geek help please.
Lisa
OK I can help
korexeileithyia said:
I know nothing of Bricking/Unbricking... Rooting or anything. I have been researching for 3 days now. I know as much now as I did then all of zip!! I cannot get past the on screen. I have done the 20 second poewr button push for up to 5 minutes. I have talked to Amazon support and have been told Im pretty much SOL. I miss my kinde and I am not ready to give up. I have seen others have appreared to be in worse situations with this issue than I am so I am hoping for some assistance.
Every time I look into KFU and understand it it doesnt download right. Almost everything says it cant work on my computer. I have downloaded several versions. I feel screwed. Is there hope for this? all the apps for unbricking and rooting that i have downloaded have been for nothing. I would really appreciate some mojo and super geek help please.
Lisa
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First try and put it into recovery by holding down the volume up until a screen comes up saying to reboot or restore. Also, give me some background info. on how the kindle stopped working.
Is a definite must do. I have an appt I have to leave for in a minute so as soon as I get home I will def take care of the background info and the volume up try. Thank you. I will most assuredly appreciate your help. :highfive:
korexeileithyia said:
Is a definite must do. I have an appt I have to leave for in a minute so as soon as I get home I will def take care of the background info and the volume up try. Thank you. I will most assuredly appreciate your help. :highfive:
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No problem
catching up
Hi again... SO I did the volume up trick until my fingers started to shake. Nothing happened. I did it with the kindle attached to the computer and with out the usb tethered to anything. I did not try it straight off the wall plug tho. Nothing ....
Background. I have had the kindle less than a year. My 8 year old has been stealing it a lot the past few months trying it say is hers ;0 thats ok. Shes been playing games like bakery story Dragon story fashion world and temple run etc... she uses it for the calculator and reading programs. She also uses it for netflix. 5 days ago she watched netflix until the battery gave out. She plugged it in and waited a few minutes and it wasnt coming back in. She told me about it... I looked into everything I could think of. I tried everything I could find. I have downloaded (to my computer) a ton of root and unbricking programs. Nothing makes sense and everything says theres parameters missing. I called kindle. Support took me thru every step I had already tried (power button charging different ways killin the battery all the way doing different things etc) The only two things I see now are a huge battery in the middle of a black screen that has a very small red portion to it or the beginning screen that stays put with the words having the glowy part run across it over and over again... thats all I know for sure. IF theres any information you can help me with I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
Lisa
korexeileithyia said:
Hi again... SO I did the volume up trick until my fingers started to shake. Nothing happened. I did it with the kindle attached to the computer and with out the usb tethered to anything. I did not try it straight off the wall plug tho. Nothing ....
Background. I have had the kindle less than a year. My 8 year old has been stealing it a lot the past few months trying it say is hers ;0 thats ok. Shes been playing games like bakery story Dragon story fashion world and temple run etc... she uses it for the calculator and reading programs. She also uses it for netflix. 5 days ago she watched netflix until the battery gave out. She plugged it in and waited a few minutes and it wasnt coming back in. She told me about it... I looked into everything I could think of. I tried everything I could find. I have downloaded (to my computer) a ton of root and unbricking programs. Nothing makes sense and everything says theres parameters missing. I called kindle. Support took me thru every step I had already tried (power button charging different ways killin the battery all the way doing different things etc) The only two things I see now are a huge battery in the middle of a black screen that has a very small red portion to it or the beginning screen that stays put with the words having the glowy part run across it over and over again... thats all I know for sure. IF theres any information you can help me with I would really appreciate it. Thank you.
Lisa
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You might need to get a factory cable. I have to get one because mine won't start up anymore either.
Hi lisa
First off Don't Panic!!! Been where you are about 2 months ago and couldn't/hadn't flashed/used from etc etc before in my life.. but my kfhd was stuffed but the sounds of things similar to you.
The volume up trick will only work once you have 2nd boot working btw.
Go to the 7' android development section of the kfhd forum and read a few threads around getting something called second boot loader.. it actually really simple and very simple to do (as long as you do follow it EXACTLY).. I did get a factory cable to assist this process, and you may need one as well, but I have read that several people have now worked out how to do it without. (Read all the thread about second boot loader there's a lot but its worth it) factory cables are only cheap at worst case..
I'm sure someone will direct you to exactly the link on the xda forum you need shortly, everyone was amazing when I initially stuffed up.keep smiling and as I said don't panic!!
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Does your Kindle take a charge at all do you know or just always the same screens no matter how long you charge?
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1st querant Do you buy them on amazon? can i get one closer to home? Is there a price range I should look into?
2nd querant Ill look but be warned that my inner geek has had meltdowns over all of this. Its over my head. I just kinda bug eye and try not to get stupefied.
3rd querant No it will not charge at all.
Thank you all and please be patient with me.
I don`t know if the charging has the same issue as the first gen, it required a running system in order for the battery to charge if it ever became flat. Here`s my suggestion plug it to your pc for several hours set your computer to not sleep and leave it, if you get lucky it will eventually boot good luck. It should not need unbricking by the way.
korexeileithyia said:
1st querant Do you buy them on amazon? can i get one closer to home? Is there a price range I should look into?
2nd querant Ill look but be warned that my inner geek has had meltdowns over all of this. Its over my head. I just kinda bug eye and try not to get stupefied.
3rd querant No it will not charge at all.
Thank you all and please be patient with me.
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If you have not done anything to the device to cause this ie: root, custom recovery, flashed anything, then it sounds like you just have a hardware problem. Something went wrong that should not have and would be covered under warranty. I WOULD NOT mess with anything involving root or a factory cable or 2nd bootloader. If you do not know what you are doing when it comes to those things then you could potentially do more harm than good. Did you buy it on amazon? You said you already called amazon, call them back, they will replace it, even if you didnt buy directly from them.. Sometimes the people that answer the phones for amazon are idiots. Just call until you get someone who is helpful. tell them exactly what happened, it died and won't come back on. Don't mention anything about root, factory cable, ect.. These devices havent even been out for a year so all of them are still under warranty unless you've root or installed custom recovery.
Could just be a defective charger ? did you try an alternative mains/usb wall charger, left plugged in with the kindle powered off ? it takes a long time to charge them from flat, mine was approx 12 hours Edit - A computors usb output isn't usually enough to push a charge in only keep the kindle "as is" when in use
onemeila said:
If you have not done anything to the device to cause this ie: root, custom recovery, flashed anything, then it sounds like you just have a hardware problem. Something went wrong that should not have and would be covered under warranty. I WOULD NOT mess with anything involving root or a factory cable or 2nd bootloader. If you do not know what you are doing when it comes to those things then you could potentially do more harm than good. Did you buy it on amazon? You said you already called amazon, call them back, they will replace it, even if you didnt buy directly from them.. Sometimes the people that answer the phones for amazon are idiots. Just call until you get someone who is helpful. tell them exactly what happened, it died and won't come back on. Don't mention anything about root, factory cable, ect.. These devices havent even been out for a year so all of them are still under warranty unless you've root or installed custom recovery.
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wouldnt matter if I could root or unbrick it. My computer wont download the system operations for those properly. I did mention that I dont know how. and I did say that I dont understand what they are so I am not doing them. That I had tried the 20 second power button push all thw way up to 5 minutes on the usb to the computer and the wall as well as detached. Nothing worked. Its stuck and they wouldnt explain why. All I got was well sorry thats it we cant help you. *sigh* I have tried calling like 5 times. to no avail. Thanks tho.
I will be the first to say that unless I can figure something out I am not going to try it. My tablet is something I find as a MUST HAVE and I dont want to take any chances on ....
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Could just be a defective charger ? did you try an alternative mains/usb wall charger, left plugged in with the kindle powered off ? it takes a long time to charge them from flat, mine was approx 12 hours Edit - A computors usb output isn't usually enough to push a charge in only keep the kindle "as is" when in use
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Its possible because my son was using mine and his to charge his reg KF and it wasnt charging. He tried several alternates power choices on that as well. I have ordered the factory charger but I am going to want to understand everything about it before it gets here on sat. I am going to start researching it tonight when i get home.
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korexeileithyia said:
Its possible because my son was using mine and his to charge his reg KF and it wasnt charging. He tried several alternates power choices on that as well. I have ordered the factory charger but I am going to want to understand everything about it before it gets here on sat. I am going to start researching it tonight when i get home.
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Try testing the charge on a couple different power cords that are know to work and put it on one for 12hrs. Then if it couldn't charge I'll walk you through the steps of using a factory cable.
What kind of computer do you have. These things always work smother on a Windows machine (or Linux). Also did you ever install the drivers for your Kindle on the computer. Nothing will work properly unless you have the drivers on there. They should load automatically when you plug your kindle into the computer. If they don't, here is a thread where you can download the drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890413 Just download and you can either unzip the file and use what's inside or just double click to install :good:
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Try testing the charge on a couple different power cords that are know to work and put it on one for 12hrs. Then if it couldn't charge I'll walk you through the steps of using a factory cable.
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The Cable will be here Sat. I have tried the charging but will do so again... thank you
korexeileithyia said:
The Cable will be here Sat. I have tried the charging but will do so again... thank you
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I dont mean to discourage and maybe it will work but the only thing a factory cable is used for is to put the device into fastboot so you can flash partition imgs or other programming features(the cable uses the fifth lead on a micro usb cable to activate fastboot). Even if it goes to fastboot your kindle is not bricked and and you would have no reason or need for fastboot. From what you've said you have not rooted or modified your device at all, there are only two possibilities of what is wrong with it at this point- the charger is bad or the charging port has gone bad. That box with the red bar about a 1/4 full just means the device doesnt have enough charge to power up. It happens all the time on mine and once I charge it for a couple minutes its fine. So your device is obviously not charging and I dont think a factory cable is going to change that. I just want you to have the right info and not go wasting your time and money trying things that are irrelevant to what is actually wrong with your device.
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have cable, still lost. Am trying to figure out what I need. Things wont load on the computer. I have a samsung RV515 laptop. I cant get the computer to recognize the muffed kindle. The fastboot screen does show up but then goes no further. It does need to show up on the computer so I can do more things with it. Not so much atm. I have the recommended linked .exe on the computer but it will not run as it says not everything is downloaded and I have to finish d/l it manually. I am not ready to give up but I wont do anything to screw it up more.
No it wont go past the 1/4th charge. I have left it on the charge for 24 hours and not getting further. Again I have seen people not even able to get to the front screen pull it back from the dead. So Im hoping.. thanks
You mean the exe that I linked you to doesn't work?
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I currently have a bricked kindle 7 hd and wanted to see if anyone could help me out with their expertise. A week ago I accidentally bricked my kindle and purchased the factory cable on ebay to try to fix.
At this point when I connect the cable, screen stays black.
If i press kindle power button, Kindle logo will briefly appear, followed by fastboot logo for split second and then goes black again.
There are so many posts on the website on how to fix a bricked kindle, but I'm unsure which one is the right solution in this case.
Also, my driver on the Device Manager connects and disconnects continuously. And for some reason, I'm showing OMAP4440 when I connect my kindle, which I assume is not correct.
What is my next step, or what do I download?
Please, if someone can help, I'd be very grateful. I've been without my kindle for over a week. Thank you.
That kindle is hard bricked, there's a slight chance of fixing if it is flashing fastboot mode for a few seconds, but I give it a 10% chance of fixing. We can't fix omap4440 bricks because while we have the means to interface with that device, we need a signed xloader for the kindle to let us flash the other partitions. We can't get the signed xloader (believe its called xloader, might be called something else) unless someone at amazon or TI were nice enough to leak it and probably get fired in the process.
On another note is that android adb composite device staying there the entire time the kindle is plugged in? If it does then you may be able to fix the kindle, I haven't heard of omap4440 and the adb composite being there at the same before. I would guess that adb is the fastboot interface but usually it says Tate when drivers aren't installed and in this case it doesn't but still has an exclamation. I'm curious....
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Well, @stunts513, it also shows that a kindle fire is plugged in with adb enabled. So he might not be 100% out of hope.
It sounds like the bootloader does indeed work, but there is a small problem. I am not sure what that problem is, but if the fastboot logo even shows at all, there is a small chance you could get it up and running again. Download the kfhd7 bootloader provided by @Hashcode and see if you can "fastboot flash" it before the screen goes black. Type in the command and the second you see the orange kindle fire logo, hit enter. Keep in mind that it might work. I am not responsible if it ruins your device further. It shouldn't, though.
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Well, I wouldn't say 100% out of hope...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391047
Or you could try using "fastboot boot" to boot the bootloader. This takes barely less time so if the fastboot flash fails, try this.
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Same exact problem, did anyone find a fix?
lizvx said:
I currently have a bricked kindle 7 hd and wanted to see if anyone could help me out with their expertise. A week ago I accidentally bricked my kindle and purchased the factory cable on ebay to try to fix.
At this point when I connect the cable, screen stays black.
If i press kindle power button, Kindle logo will briefly appear, followed by fastboot logo for split second and then goes black again.
There are so many posts on the website on how to fix a bricked kindle, but I'm unsure which one is the right solution in this case.
Also, my driver on the Device Manager connects and disconnects continuously. And for some reason, I'm showing OMAP4440 when I connect my kindle, which I assume is not correct.
What is my next step, or what do I download?
Please, if someone can help, I'd be very grateful. I've been without my kindle for over a week. Thank you.
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I have the same problem Word for Word just a few extra details: I did have TW RP installed and I had just recently installed Kinology which was working but I went Back into TW RP again to try to Flash CM and didnt have all the files I needed But went ahead and removed my OS somehow leaving me stuck in TWRP Trying to figure out away to get the files over to it. At some point it ended up in Fastboot mode and I fell asleep so it was running with just the Fastboot logo for several hours and I woke up and saw that it was turned back off at which point I attempted to reboot back into recovery (TWRP) but discovered it would only show Kindle Fire for <1 second then Fastboot <1.5 seconds and back to a black screen. If it's connected to the computer it will make a sound as if the device was recognized but then a strange sound I have not heard I guess meaning the device was not installed correctly; Then this is repeated not stop until a reset on the device is done just the correct amount of time where it doesn't turn back on but the sound stops on the computer and the KFHD screen stays off. I'm new to Android and rooting, etc. but in the last 45+days since I got this KFHD7 used, I have used XDA countless times for a variety of reasons and I intend to be a contributing member from this day forward, even if only in a very limited capacity. I have grown to respect the incredible work of Hashcode among others on XDA and being a noob to Android customization as well as these forums, I have been reflecting on my years being tied down by iOS devices; can't help but feel like I wasted so much time and money, trying to so the things that Android was already capable of doing. I think I may need to f-around and jailbreak my iPhone 4S pretty soon when I'm able to scoop up a real nice Android phone and leave ios behind for good like I should have done when I switched from the very first iPhone on Cingular Wireless!! But yeah sorry, um... Little long-winded on my first ever reply on XDA. I'll try not to make a habit of that. I was just wondering if anyone made any progress on this issue, and thought my 2¢ could potentially be helpful, disregarding all the ios b.s. My Kindle Fire is Hard Bricked and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can squeeze something out of that "10% chance for recovery." Thanks a billi.
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I have the same problem Word for Word just a few extra details: I did have TW RP installed and I had just recently installed Kinology which was working but I went Back into TW RP again to try to Flash CM and didnt have all the files I needed But went ahead and removed my OS somehow leaving me stuck in TWRP Trying to figure out away to get the files over to it. At some point it ended up in Fastboot mode and I fell asleep so it was running with just the Fastboot logo for several hours and I woke up and saw that it was turned back off at which point I attempted to reboot back into recovery (TWRP) but discovered it would only show Kindle Fire for <1 second then Fastboot <1.5 seconds and back to a black screen. If it's connected to the computer it will make a sound as if the device was recognized but then a strange sound I have not heard I guess meaning the device was not installed correctly; Then this is repeated not stop until a reset on the device is done just the correct amount of time where it doesn't turn back on but the sound stops on the computer and the KFHD screen stays off. I'm new to Android and rooting, etc. but in the last 45+days since I got this KFHD7 used, I have used XDA countless times for a variety of reasons and I intend to be a contributing member from this day forward, even if only in a very limited capacity. I have grown to respect the incredible work of Hashcode among others on XDA and being a noob to Android customization as well as these forums, I have been reflecting on my years being tied down by iOS devices; can't help but feel like I wasted so much time and money, trying to so the things that Android was already capable of doing. I think I may need to f-around and jailbreak my iPhone 4S pretty soon when I'm able to scoop up a real nice Android phone and leave ios behind for good like I should have done when I switched from the very first iPhone on Cingular Wireless!! But yeah sorry, um... Little long-winded on my first ever reply on XDA. I'll try not to make a habit of that. I was just wondering if anyone made any progress on this issue, and thought my 2¢ could potentially be helpful, disregarding all the ios b.s. My Kindle Fire is Hard Bricked and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can squeeze something out of that "10% chance for recovery." Thanks a billi.
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When you remove your OS off any device without one to install, its like giving someone a car with no steering wheel. You now need to push a ROM thru TWRP using ADB. Try using the solution that helped me, which I provided to another user in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45188927#post45188927
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lizvx said:
I currently have a bricked kindle 7 hd and wanted to see if anyone could help me out with their expertise. A week ago I accidentally bricked my kindle and purchased the factory cable on ebay to try to fix.
At this point when I connect the cable, screen stays black.
If i press kindle power button, Kindle logo will briefly appear, followed by fastboot logo for split second and then goes black again.
There are so many posts on the website on how to fix a bricked kindle, but I'm unsure which one is the right solution in this case.
Also, my driver on the Device Manager connects and disconnects continuously. And for some reason, I'm showing OMAP4440 when I connect my kindle, which I assume is not correct.
What is my next step, or what do I download?
Please, if someone can help, I'd be very grateful. I've been without my kindle for over a week. Thank you.
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Creepy never seen that happen on either of my two KFHD7s. Have you tried uninstalling that driver completely? Or uninstalling those drivers thru "Device Manager" AND all others installed for /example the ones provided by Hashcode, then reinstalling them WITH the device still connected? Many times I've realized that these Kindle Fires love to have drivers juggled around. The fastboot cable I made at home using a Samsung USB does FBmode instantly. Try holding the power button for about 20 seconds while unplugged, make sure when you let go it doesn't power back on. If alls well, have the fastboot cable plugged in already to your computer, then attach it to the KF. See if that helps. If not, then believe it or not it might be a hardware failure if the screen goes black as you mentioned...
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Well, @stunts513, it also shows that a kindle fire is plugged in with adb enabled. So he might not be 100% out of hope.
It sounds like the bootloader does indeed work, but there is a small problem. I am not sure what that problem is, but if the fastboot logo even shows at all, there is a small chance you could get it up and running again. Download the kfhd7 bootloader provided by @Hashcode and see if you can "fastboot flash" it before the screen goes black. Type in the command and the second you see the orange kindle fire logo, hit enter. Keep in mind that it might work. I am not responsible if it ruins your device further. It shouldn't, though.
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My bad the picture must have not loaded up last time, or I wouldn't have said that much. But more than likely he has a hard brick. Slim chance of fixing it though.
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lizvx said:
I currently have a bricked kindle 7 hd and wanted to see if anyone could help me out with their expertise. A week ago I accidentally bricked my kindle and purchased the factory cable on ebay to try to fix.
At this point when I connect the cable, screen stays black.
If i press kindle power button, Kindle logo will briefly appear, followed by fastboot logo for split second and then goes black again.
There are so many posts on the website on how to fix a bricked kindle, but I'm unsure which one is the right solution in this case.
Also, my driver on the Device Manager connects and disconnects continuously. And for some reason, I'm showing OMAP4440 when I connect my kindle, which I assume is not correct.
What is my next step, or what do I download?
Please, if someone can help, I'd be very grateful. I've been without my kindle for over a week. Thank you.
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hi guys from Italy, i have the same very problem...now is the end of Settember....any good news about?????????
Not very much, unless you wanna try hooking up your emmc to a USB card reader like kurohyou did and trying to flash the stock partitions from Linux, no there really isn't any new news. That's basically the only way we have to recover from a hard brick, and it still isntna perfected process, he got his kf2 to a soft brick state after un-hardbricking it, but he couldn't un-softbrick it yet, so he is currently working on that part last I heard.
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Hello, I have the exact same problem with my KFHD7 and I was reading this thread with the hope that someone would have find a solution.
Is there a solution out there for this problem yet?
Juls69 said:
Hello, I have the exact same problem with my KFHD7 and I was reading this thread with the hope that someone would have find a solution.
Is there a solution out there for this problem yet?
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i think someone finished mapping the rest of the points out on the motherboard but i'm not positive, I'll have to find the thread but the only fix is to solder the kindles motherboard contact point for the emmc to a sdcard reader and hook it up to a pc running linux and flash the bootloader partition with the dd command. Keep in mind I'm referring to the hd 7 2012 model, i don't believe anyone has mapped the points for the 2013 model yet.
edit: foudn the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2674737&page=3
use the tutorial for the kf2 or kfhd8.9" but use the contact points mentioned there, might take some researching to know what each of those corresponds to on the sdcard reader. Not everybody is up to soldering on their kindle to fix a hard brick.
Hello,
i found these Thread, because i have the same problems.During the boot the kindle shows the kindle logo then the fastboot logo and the screen goes black. But if use a fastboot-code at the right time, the kindle stay in the fastboot-mode. So i tried to flash the Bootloader and so from Hashwell. The output of fastboot says everythings ok, no errors, but my kindle doesn't leave the bootloop. What i done wrong? I read about the Kindle Fire First Aide-Kit, but i cant find an downloadlink, that still work.
Maybe someone of you can help with this problem.