I have tried the steps I found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
Twice I have completed it, rebooted and gone into a bootloop. I've managed to restore the Kindle but I don't want to keep doing it with the same results. I am sure I am doing it right (as laid out in the thread), I just can't seem to do it. Any ideas why this is happening?
neonpsn said:
I have tried the steps I found in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
Twice I have completed it, rebooted and gone into a bootloop. I've managed to restore the Kindle but I don't want to keep doing it with the same results. I am sure I am doing it right (as laid out in the thread), I just can't seem to do it. Any ideas why this is happening?
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Did you check md5sums?
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Did you check md5sums?
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The sums of both files are correct
Try this. It's how I got TWRP to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347170
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Try this. It's how I got TWRP to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2347170
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS<<
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That worked! Thanks a lot, no idea why the other one didn't want to work. Made my first backup with TWRP but not sure what to do next. Just done it to tinker. Any ideas?
Now anything. You could install a custom ROM, tweak packs, themes, anything flashable through TWRP. Just make sure whatever you flash is compatible with your Kindle.
If you want to flash something cool just to see how TWRP works, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1747224. It's a nodded version of Google Now for ICS ROMs (although voice doesn't work for it).
And props to you for mailing a backup they're quite handy if you like to tinker (especially in event of a soft brick).
And you're welcome
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS
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My kindle updated to 7.3.0 because at one point I only had an app blocking the update, and when my kindle restarted the app didn't auto start and it updated. So anyway, I now want to try some things with the bootloader, but I don't know how to downgrade the kindle to 7.2.3. After looking around on the forum, I've noticed that just downgrading the system version to 7.2.3 doesn't help, but that I would need to flash a u-system file to get the boot version back down to 7.2.3. I really don't quite know what this means, but I do have a factory USB cable to get it into fastboot mode, because as I understand this is needed.
So, to sum it up, how can I downgrade my KFHD 7.3.0 to 7.2.3 and allow me to use the 2nd bootloader?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
If you take a look at Step 4.5, Hashcode has revised the process to get the 7.2.3 bootloader
Protomartyr said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
If you take a look at Step 4.5, Hashcode has revised the process to get the 7.2.3 bootloader
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Thanks for that. Should have read his thread more thoroughly. But also thanks for not flaming on me for asking.
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Thanks for that. Should have read his thread more thoroughly. But also thanks for not flaming on me for asking.
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No problem
I'm not sure what is going on but I'm having the following problems and would appreciate any input.
1. Headphones don't always work despite kindle recognizing that they are plugged in (switching to headphones audio profile, and opening stock audio player etc.) and sound is instead routed through the speakers. Sometimes can be fixed by rebooting.
2. Video play back is iffy. When looking up movies through any file browser thumbnails will sometimes not appear, this is the first sign video isn't going to work. When attempting to play any video the player reads the video length as 0:00:00 and won't play. I get an error that says "sorry this video can't be played" or something similar depending on which app I'm using. Sometimes fixed by rebooting.
3. Erased saved game file / erased home screens. Sometimes after rebooting in an attempt to remedy one or both of the above faults I will get the cm notification screen that says "optimizing apps". After full boot most of my 5 home screens will be empty (except for two apps, oddly enough), and my progress for some games is erased. /data/data/ com.blahblahblah
Even if I could find a setting or schedule in titanium backup to "backup all user app data" or a similar app I'd be happy.
I'm not ruling out user error and am in fact hoping that is the problem. I don't want to make the first post super long so I'll post screen shots of settings as I'm asked about them.
Thank you.
JeremySwagS said:
1. Headphones don't always work despite kindle recognizing that they are plugged in (switching to headphones audio profile, and opening stock audio player etc.) and sound is instead routed through the speakers. Sometimes can be fixed by rebooting.
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I'm not sure, but I think that CM10.1 on the Fire HD is a known issue, due to issues with the kernel.
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I'm not sure, but I think that CM10.1 on the Fire HD is a known issue, due to issues with the kernel.
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... Or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS<<
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I'm using this kernel. http://i.imgur.com/thu00Y4.png Is there one that would work better? Preferably one with USB otg support.
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I'm using this kernel. http://i.imgur.com/thu00Y4.png Is there one that would work better? Preferably one with USB otg support.
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I think that there's only two or three kernels available--the stock OS one, and @Maromi has uploaded a couple here. However, I think they are only designed for any ROM with Android 4.2.x.
And none of them support USB OTG. @Hashcode has it on his to-do list, but it's not an easy thing to do.
Hope this helped
EDIT: From your screenshot, it looks like you are running @Hashcode's kernel for his CM10.1 build.
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I think that there's only two or three kernels available--the stock OS one, and @Maromi has uploaded a couple here. However, I think they are only designed for any ROM with Android 4.2.x.
And none of them support USB OTG. @Hashcode has it on his to-do list, but it's not an easy thing to do.
Hope this helped
EDIT: From your screenshot, it looks like you are running @Hashcode's kernel for his CM10.1 build.
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It does help, thank you. I'm running an android 4.2.2 os. (See above screenshot) I want to ensure I'm not making another newb mistake and bricking my kfhd again. (I already did it once... RE: fastboot hell) In your opinion, would it be safe to install one of maromi's kernels?
Is it safe to run the stock kernel with cm10.1?
Glad to hear that Hashcode is working on USB otg support. It was a MAJOR reason I rooted and installed a non stock os.
Edit: I am indeed running Hashcode's 3.0.50+ kernel.
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It does help, thank you. I'm running an android 4.2.2 os. (See above screenshot) I want to ensure I'm not making another newb mistake and bricking my kfhd again. (I already did it once... RE: fastboot hell) In your opinion, would it be safe to install one of maromi's kernels?
Is it safe to run the stock kernel with cm10.1?
Glad to hear that Hashcode is working on USB otg support. It was a MAJOR reason I rooted and installed a non stock os.
Edit: I am indeed running Hashcode's 3.0.50+ kernel.
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Glad I could help! And yes, bricking any Kindle is a pain in the... well, you know. As for installing kernels, I've never done anything like that, so I can't give you my opinions or advice on it. I do know, however, that like ROMs, you can flash them in TWRP.
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Glad I could help! And yes, bricking any Kindle is a pain in the... well, you know. As for installing kernels, I've never done anything like that, so I can't give you my opinions or advice on it. I do know, however, that like ROMs, you can flash them in TWRP.
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Thanks, I'll check out the forum link you posted for more info.
I need to pick up my flash drive and a few other things tomorrow before I attempt some high techy techy on my kindle. I'll check back then.
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I need to pick up my flash drive and a few other things tomorrow before I attempt some high techy techy on my kindle. I'll check back then.
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Don't forget to make a backup in TWRP. That way, if something goes wrong, you have a working restore point you can fall back on (I learned this the hard way).
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Don't forget to make a backup in TWRP. That way, if something goes wrong, you have a working restore point you can fall back on (I learned this the hard way).
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The thread you suggested http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2273172 doesn't have any kernels in the first post and the two links to kernels in the second post have broken links. Any suggestions on where to find an alternative to Hashcode's 3.0.50+ or the stock one?
Also, newb question here. How do I make a backup in twrp? I've only ever used it to flash ROMs and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
JeremySwagS said:
The thread you suggested http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2273172 doesn't have any kernels in the first post and the two links to kernels in the second post have broken links. Any suggestions on where to find an alternative to Hashcode's 3.0.50+ or the stock one?
Also, newb question here. How do I make a backup in twrp? I've only ever used it to flash ROMs and wipe cache and dalvik cache.
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No kernels huh? Well. Uh... I can't help you there. Sorry
As for making backups, I can actually help with that. Boot into TWRP. From the main menu, select "Backup." Check-mark every box, and then simply swipe. TWRP will begin backing up your stuff. Just make sure you have a good amount of free space on your SD card. A backup of everything on my Kindle takes up about 3.5 GB. And that's with compression enabled.
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No kernels huh? Well. Uh... I can't help you there. Sorry
As for making backups, I can actually help with that. Boot into TWRP. From the main menu, select "Backup." Check-mark every box, and then simply swipe. TWRP will begin backing up your stuff. Just make sure you have a good amount of free space on your SD card. A backup of everything on my Kindle takes up about 3.5 GB. And that's with compression enabled.
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... Or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS<<
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Thank you. Done and done!
If anyone finds links to compatible kernels let me know!
Trying to install the 2nd bootloader and TWRP onto my Kindle Fire HD 7", and came across a thread that had pretty intensive steps, so i followed these and everything seemed to be going through great with no problems. One of the steps was to Restore the Kindle to 7.2.3, to then allow the installation of the 2nd Bootloader using FireFlash and to install TWRP.
I ran the KFA program and selected the representing option, and it downloaded the System Images and prompted me to continue at certain steps, and everything seemed to have worked perfectly fine, no problems at all. The final step was to hard reset and then boot the Kindle back up and then check to make sure the Kindle was now on 7.2.3, and if it was I then needed to disable OTA Updates.
However, after doing all this and hard resetting the Kindle, it is still on 7.4.6 even though KFA said that everything had worked perfectly fine and that everything was successful. Tried it again making sure I followed every step to the letter and I have been presented with the same outcome.
Anyone have any advise they can give to overcome this problem, as I really don't know where i'm going wrong, if I am at all
Thanks
wrong section I askted a mod to move it...
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wrong section I askted a mod to move it...
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oops...sorry pal
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oops...sorry pal
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Kindle Fire First Aide has some some recent problems. If your are trying to restore, use your fastboot cord or make sure to have this tool boot your tablet into fastboot using regular USB cord and use this restore tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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LinearEquation said:
Kindle Fire First Aide has some some recent problems. If your are trying to restore, use your fastboot cord or make sure to have this tool boot your tablet into fastboot using regular USB cord and use this restore tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM 11 KitKat 4.4 using xda app-developers
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does anyone know or have the link to the CLI code which can be used to flash the 2nd bootloader and install TWRP, I already have the needed files downloaded to do so, just don't know all of the code needed, most of it is common command and trigger knowledge, but unsure on some of the nitty gritty coding through cmd
Thanks
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does anyone know or have the link to the CLI code which can be used to flash the 2nd bootloader and install TWRP, I already have the needed files downloaded to do so, just don't know all of the code needed, most of it is common command and trigger knowledge, but unsure on some of the nitty gritty coding through cmd
Thanks
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Thank you :good:
I've been living (mostly) happily with my Kindle Fire HD 7" running BAM rom (the best rom ever) for a couple months now. I decided to upgrade to android 4.4. I went into TWRP to install the new rom, but it wouldn't install, so I decided to flash one of my recoveries I had made in october and it flashed it fine, but when it boots up now it won't even get to the blue Kindle Fire anymore, it's just a boot loop BEFORE it.
When I first did this I had basically no clue what I was doing so I didn't make sure that fastboot was working and it doesn't seem to be working now.
Please HELP!!!!
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I've been living (mostly) happily with my Kindle Fire HD 7" running BAM rom (the best rom ever) for a couple months now. I decided to upgrade to android 4.4. I went into TWRP to install the new rom, but it wouldn't install, so I decided to flash one of my recoveries I had made in october and it flashed it fine, but when it boots up now it won't even get to the blue Kindle Fire anymore, it's just a boot loop BEFORE it.
When I first did this I had basically no clue what I was doing so I didn't make sure that fastboot was working and it doesn't seem to be working now.
Please HELP!!!!
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I had this happen to me recently. It's easy to fix, with the right tools. You need a Fastboot/factory cable (whatever you want to call it) that has a short from pin 1 to 4, and Kindle Fire First Aide (In the KFHD 7" General forum).
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running CyanogenMod 10.2<<<
Thanks
Ph0enix_216 said:
I had this happen to me recently. It's easy to fix, with the right tools. You need a Fastboot/factory cable (whatever you want to call it) that has a short from pin 1 to 4, and Kindle Fire First Aide (In the KFHD 7" General forum).
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running CyanogenMod 10.2<<<
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Thanks, was hoping not to have to buy a factory cable, but now see it's necessary.
CalebQ42 said:
Thanks, was hoping not to have to buy a factory cable, but now see it's necessary.
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You don't necissarily have to buy one--I built one myself (with a little help from my dad). All you need is a spare Micro-USB cable, a soldering iron, a small strand of wire, and a bit of battery power left on your Kindle. If you want to make the job a little bit easier, you can also get a Micro-USB breakout board from SparkFun.com. They're so much easier to solder to than a plain Micro-USB end.
Tutorial I used: http://chimerasaur.us/2012/01/making-a-kindle-fire-factory-cable/
For the breakout board: https://www.sparkfun.com/products/10031
hey, was able to use a single wire to temporarily turn my normal usb to a fastboot usb:cyclops:, but now what do I do?
Don't know what's happening!!
I flashed a new system, boot, and recovery, but it still will boot up into boot loop. WHAT DO I DO (I do know how to do fastboot using -i 0x1949 so I know that's not my problem I'm thinking bootloader, but am not sure)
tried flashing bootloader...
Didn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a little irritated. downloading a program(forgot it's name) that's supposed to be able to flash the proper files to recover a fully bricked device, so I'm hopeful:fingers-crossed:
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Didn't work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a little irritated. downloading a program(forgot it's name) that's supposed to be able to flash the proper files to recover a fully bricked device, so I'm hopeful:fingers-crossed:
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No such tool exists for the KFHD. What ever you're about to use is gonna hard brick your tablet. Use the system restore tool for Kindle Fire 7 and run the bat tool or push the images. Read the tutorial to get some background knowledge on this.
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Already done
Ends up fixing it, bricking it again and fixing it again and am sending this from cm11 on my kindle fire
CalebQ42 said:
Ends up fixing it, bricking it again and fixing it again and am sending this from cm11 on my kindle fire
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So what was the name of the program you used?
What was suggested earlier
After posting some of my previous posts, I realized I somehow had kffirstaid and used the restore option (but I personally like to manually do the fastboot commands, so I used it mainly to download the files and do it the first time) then redid the steps in this forum to get it to reinstall twrp and then flashed cm11.
I have gained root acess and now I've been trying to install 2nd bootload and TWRP following this tutorial;- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1bLCuQN0-U
It says
" If you have a different version then 7.4.6 then look here for the freedom image you will need http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/tate/ "
But there seems to be no image for the 7.4.8 version. Should I just use the 7.4.6 version?
I also checked out the Installing Kindle Fire HD 7" 2nd-Bootloader + TWRP Complete Tutorial thread but it says I need to revert back to 7.2.3 before starting.
Please help.
Long story short you don't need to downgrade technically. What needs downgrading is the bootloader, also the 7.4.6 will sorta serve its purpose, you need to flash it for second d bootloader, however the current 7.4.6 freedomboot isn't compatible with 7.4.8 in the sense that it compares the freedom boot version with the os version and if they don't match it boot loops into recovery, which isn't a problem if you plan on flashing a custom ROM, so to make things easy just remember to put the ROMs you want to flash onto the kindle ahead of time or it will be slightly more difficult to do so once it starts boot looping into recovery. I recommend the fire flash method if you are not comfortable with a lot of command prompt commands, but in that method there's always the risk of you not seeing the downgrade bootloader option, its there, its just a lot of people tend to not see the check box next to or above the red warning text, and when its not checked you reboot with a nice red screen only a fastboot cable can fix. Just remember if you use the method you are doing, please for the sake of all that is good check the md5sum of the bootloader file you are going to flash to downgrade the bootloader, if you don't and its a bad download you will end up with a expensive paperweight.
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stunts513 said:
Long story short you don't need to downgrade technically. What needs downgrading is the bootloader, also the 7.4.6 will sorta serve its purpose, you need to flash it for second d bootloader, however the current 7.4.6 freedomboot isn't compatible with 7.4.8 in the sense that it compares the freedom boot version with the os version and if they don't match it boot loops into recovery, which isn't a problem if you plan on flashing a custom ROM, so to make things easy just remember to put the ROMs you want to flash onto the kindle ahead of time or it will be slightly more difficult to do so once it starts boot looping into recovery. I recommend the fire flash method if you are not comfortable with a lot of command prompt commands, but in that method there's always the risk of you not seeing the downgrade bootloader option, its there, its just a lot of people tend to not see the check box next to or above the red warning text, and when its not checked you reboot with a nice red screen only a fastboot cable can fix. Just remember if you use the method you are doing, please for the sake of all that is good check the md5sum of the bootloader file you are going to flash to downgrade the bootloader, if you don't and its a bad download you will end up with a expensive paperweight.
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Uh.. that seems complicated. Can I just downgrade my version from here and then follow the thread?
Thanks for taking the time out to answer this.
I mean you could but it would be a lot of extra work that's not needed. All you need to do is stick the ROM and gapps on ahead of time, downgrade the bootloader, and do the rest of the instructions as it says in tutorial.
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Ok, I'll try.
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I mean you could but it would be a lot of extra work that's not needed. All you need to do is stick the ROM and gapps on ahead of time, downgrade the bootloader, and do the rest of the instructions as it says in tutorial.
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Hey im a noob at this so I was wondering if you could make a more in depth tutorial on how to do that. I have kindle fire hd7 7.4.8 but they dont have a boot image ughhh help please???
That doesn't matter, just follow one of the 2 main tutorials foe your device and use the latest boot image available, make sure you loaded the ROM and zip on ahead of time and all should be fine.
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Anyone done this successfully?
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That doesn't matter, just follow one of the 2 main tutorials foe your device and use the latest boot image available, make sure you loaded the ROM and zip on ahead of time and all should be fine.
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Has anyone tried this? Will I be able to get back to the Kindle OS if I do this and go into a bootloop?
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Has anyone tried this? Will I be able to get back to the Kindle OS if I do this and go into a bootloop?
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once you it you won't be able to get into kindle os, thus why you need a custom rom on the device ahead of time so you can flash it when it bootloops into recovery mode. If you downgrade it you can still access the kindle os, but it takes a little longer and you have to download another few hundred mb of data.
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once you it you won't be able to get into kindle os, thus why you need a custom rom on the device ahead of time so you can flash it when it bootloops into recovery mode. If you downgrade it you can still access the kindle os, but it takes a little longer and you have to download another few hundred mb of data.
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Ok, great that totally makes sense now. I was missing that you could downgrade once you have TWRP installed. Got TWRP running and I'm making my first back up. Thanks for all you help stunts513! You previous posts and walkthroughs were very helpful!