So while going through the flashing/rooting process I got my kindle stuck in a bootloop. After nothing else worked I bought a factory cable. I'm now in fastboot but my PC is not recognizing the device at all, nothing is showing up when plugged in.
I am currently trying to go through the process in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254). But without my device showing up obviously nothing is going to work. I have downloaded the Amazon SDK and drivers to my Android SDK. I followed the amazon instructions to install the drivers and everything, but nothing is working. Please help! :crying:
Try updating the drivers to the ones in my signature, and keep in mind adb commands don't work with fastboot, use fastboot commands. After the drivers are working, try "fastboot -i 0x1969 getvar product" it should report something like "tate-pvt" back to you. That tells you fastboot is working.
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Hi all,
I had rooted my KFHD7 some time ago, and wanted to try a custom ROM now they're available.
I was following seokhun's tut here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
at section 7 - getting into fastboot without factory cable, I decided to try it just in case I needed to.
on entering the code it correctly comes up with <waiting for device> and stays there. The KFHD simply boots up as a USB device.
I have Android SDK installed, and get full list of options when entering both 'adb help' and 'fastboot help'
Does anybody have any advice or help in order for me to get into fastboot?
I do NOT have a factory cable
Device is showing as v7.2.3
I can follow close instruction very well
I have searched for this problem extensively, but if I missed it please point me the right way
That command "fastboot getvar product" is more so aimed at 8.9” kindle fire's from what I know. That command doesn't work for me on my 7" model, but I heard it does on the 8.9" model. You can always try that other command over adb, but that's useless if you brick it.
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@stunts513
I was trying the full code posted on the tut (fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product)
can you put your KFHD7 into fastboot at all?
I feel like this is probably something really obvious I missed, but will not proceed with the custom ROM unless I know I can fastboot if I need to.
If anyones a complete wizz with this please chip in - I am prepared to start from scratch if need be
Once bricked you can only get it into fastboot with a fastboot cable, if u want to test out fast boot for some reason just use a mobile terminal or run an adb shell on Ur PC with this command "su -c 'reboot bootloader'"
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Thx stunts513,
I took the plunge and went ahead anyway and twrp is installed fine :victory:
time for me to start lookin at those custom ROMs.......
I've been trying to fix this for 5 days now I've been reading through forums for hours and I've now come to this I need some real help...
I have a Kindle Fire HD 7 store demo model..
I'm trying to root it and get rid of the store Demo restrictions
This is as far as i could get.
I used this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
To try and get back to factory settings but this didn't work.
I'm stuck in boot loop now ending in a red triangle screen telling me kindle couldn't boot correctly.
I have a fastboot cable so i can get to fast boot.
What I've been thinking is maybe I need to root first before anything in the above post will work but I'm not sure on that.
I haven't been able to discover my kindle in adb using cmd while in fastboot.. Not sure if that is possible in fastboot anyways.
So my real question is how can i either root my kindle in fastboot and flash twrp
I've tried to flash twrp a few times and it seems to have worked as far as cmd but when i get to the device nothing works.
I'm not rooted and I believe that to be the first step can anyone help me?
Please help..
If you don't have 2nd boot loader installed you can't install twrp and have it work... Also you don't need root for fastboot to work which is all that system restore tool uses.If it's in fastboot and it's a 7" model then it should have appeared in the device m,manager as a Tate device once you entered fastboot. Switch to a normal cable once you are in fastboot mode. Once that happens run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and see if it returns anything. If things still go nowhere I suggest trying an Ubuntu live 13.10 CD/USB stick. Tell me how it goes.
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So I was trying to install TWRP to my Kindle Fire HD7. I had successfully rooted and was using FireFlash to flash the bootloader.
When I pressed boot to recovery the device rebooted showed the kindle logo and then a red screen.
I tried making a fastboot cable but could not get the device to show up in ADB devices. Am I totally boned?
I have links to the directions I followed and a gif of the logo and red screen but I cannot post them since I'm new.
I had this issue also, I just made a fastboot cable, plugged it in and flashed stock files, I then rerooted, installed TWRP, 2ND bootloader, then CM11, finally with PAC-rom.
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I can can agree with wire55. Have to have a fastboot cable to fix this. Reflashed stock then created my own personal port ROM.
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I made a fastboot (by jumping pin 1 and 4 on a microusb) cable but it shows the device as disconnected in Device Manager.
Here is what it looks like when I turn it on i.imgur.com/TSUHsjW.gif
you dont use adb commands with fastboot mode, you use fastboot commands with fastboot mode. Try "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and see if it reports back. If it does all you will need to do is flash the older bootloader for your device first(check the md5sum plz so you don't hard brick), then restore with kffa or srt. Fireflash method should work fine now for sure once you have flashed the older bootloader.
concerning rdwidam
It says <waiting for device>
I will try again tomorrow, my friend is bringing over a fastboot cable that we know is working.
I'll report back if there is progress. Thanks.
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you dont use adb commands with fastboot mode, you use fastboot commands with fastboot mode. Try "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and see if it reports back. If it does all you will need to do is flash the older bootloader for your device first(check the md5sum plz so you don't hard brick), then restore with kffa or srt. Fireflash method should work fine now for sure once you have flashed the older bootloader.
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frakkingcylon said:
It says <waiting for device>
I will try again tomorrow, my friend is bringing over a fastboot cable that we know is working.
I'll report back if there is progress. Thanks.
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ok that's good, if the command still doesn't respond after it says fastboot mode on the screen, then go to the device manager and look for a device with a yellow triangle next to it, once you find it download my drivers in my signature, extract them somewhere, and right click the device and hit update drivers, point it to where you extracted mine and let it install. If you are on windows 8 you will have to disable driver signature enforcement first.
OK, I got a fastboot cable but still no luck. Nothing shows up in device manager and no response to fastboot commands. I think I'm going to throw my self on the mercy of Amazon.
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OK, I got a fastboot cable but still no luck. Nothing shows up in device manager and no response to fastboot commands. I think I'm going to throw my self on the mercy of Amazon.
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So the fastboot cable isn't throwing it into fastboot mode, it is staying at a red screen? You are positive the fastboot cable is a fastboot cable? And i have to ask this even though its stupid but you are positive it was a kindle fire hd 7 and not an 8.9"? The fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models is why i'm asking, those will go into fastboot with the command i mentioned but its slightly more complicated than that, the device would show up for a brief moment then disappear when turned on.
It is possible our fastboot cable is not working. I will try another one today. I measured the kindle and the view-able screen is 7 inches diagonally, while the whole body including the bezel is 9 inches.
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So the fastboot cable isn't throwing it into fastboot mode, it is staying at a red screen? You are positive the fastboot cable is a fastboot cable? And i have to ask this even though its stupid but you are positive it was a kindle fire hd 7 and not an 8.9"? The fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models is why i'm asking, those will go into fastboot with the command i mentioned but its slightly more complicated than that, the device would show up for a brief moment then disappear when turned on.
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Ok, success! I got out my soldering iron and made a working fastboot cable. Now my kindle turns on and shows a fastboot logo on screen, and I have a device called Tate-PVT-08 in Device Manager. So I installed the android drivers to allow me to use fastboot commands. Then I used KFHD_SRT tools to restore the Recovery and Factory image.
Thank you everyone for all your help and knowledge. I was freaking out a bit, but all is well.
Is it possible to root the Kindle Fire HD 7 2nd Generation?
I have been attempting to do so for the past week, with no success. Don't know if I'm not searching hard enough, or if it is simply not possible.
The first problem I had was that I wasn't able to have adb access to the Kindle Fire HD. I finally got that down, and now it works. I am able to use the "adb devices" command and my kindle appears.
I cannot report the same thing for fastboot, though. I bought a fastboot adapter for the cable from Team Blackhat and the devices goes into fastboot. Unfortunately, command prompt just says waiting for devices when I try using the "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product". I don't understand why fastboot is not accessible. (The fastboot logo does appear on the device screen.)
I have been trying to use KFSOWI All-in-One Tool, Qemu's and other well known rooting programs for the past week with no success. I simply want to root it, but I can't get it down.
If I could get some help with that, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
XboxOmac said:
Is it possible to root the Kindle Fire HD 7 2nd Generation?
I have been attempting to do so for the past week, with no success. Don't know if I'm not searching hard enough, or if it is simply not possible.
The first problem I had was that I wasn't able to have adb access to the Kindle Fire HD. I finally got that down, and now it works. I am able to use the "adb devices" command and my kindle appears.
I cannot report the same thing for fastboot, though. I bought a fastboot adapter for the cable from Team Blackhat and the devices goes into fastboot. Unfortunately, command prompt just says waiting for devices when I try using the "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product". I don't understand why fastboot is not accessible. (The fastboot logo does appear on the device screen.)
I have been trying to use KFSOWI All-in-One Tool, Qemu's and other well known rooting programs for the past week with no success. I simply want to root it, but I can't get it down.
If I could get some help with that, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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If the commands aren't working you probably don't have the fastboot driver installed. Look in the device manager for a device with a yellow triangle next to it, probably called Soho (I could be wrong), download my drivers and extract them somewhere, and hit update drivers on the device and point it to my drivers. If it can't find a suitable driver tell me because I don't remember if I ever added 2013 kfhd support to them.
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XboxOmac said:
Is it possible to root the Kindle Fire HD 7 2nd Generation?
I have been attempting to do so for the past week, with no success. Don't know if I'm not searching hard enough, or if it is simply not possible.
The first problem I had was that I wasn't able to have adb access to the Kindle Fire HD. I finally got that down, and now it works. I am able to use the "adb devices" command and my kindle appears.
I cannot report the same thing for fastboot, though. I bought a fastboot adapter for the cable from Team Blackhat and the devices goes into fastboot. Unfortunately, command prompt just says waiting for devices when I try using the "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product". I don't understand why fastboot is not accessible. (The fastboot logo does appear on the device screen.)
I have been trying to use KFSOWI All-in-One Tool, Qemu's and other well known rooting programs for the past week with no success. I simply want to root it, but I can't get it down.
If I could get some help with that, that would be great.
Thanks in advance.
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There is no bootloader access for the Soho and the root tool you're using is for the 2012 KFHD and will not work on the 2013 KFHD.
Edit: The link in my signature will lead you to the root process for the Soho.
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Hey there, I hope someone can help me find a solution. I have tried KFFirstAide and KFHD System.img Restore Tool but I am having no luck. I do not have a factory cord yet, but I am not sure that I need one. I have ordered one anyway and it should be here by the end of the week.
The FireHD 7 responds to KFHD System.img Restore Tool and KFFA both with reboot into FastBoot and reboot into normal mode, but as soon as it reboots, it will sort of flash and then displays FastBoot Kindle Fire.
Prior to this happening, The HD7 was stock, never rooted. I had only connected it to my Vista64 computer to transfer books. I was reading a book, plugged in the charger (not original, but have used for a long time), turned the HD7 off, put the HD7 down and then noticed I noticed the display came on. It had FastBoot Kindle Fire on the display. I tried restarting, but kept going back to FastBoot. I have tried holding the power button down for over 1 minute and then turning it back on. I have tried everything I can find to "reset" the HD7 normally.
I have tried to restore it with KFHD System.img Restore Tool. I have tried to restore it with KFFirstAide. Sometimes I get an error message about daemon not running when I try to use KFFirstAide. I would love it if someone could teamview with me to get it working again. This is my first experience with trying to do anything with the Android OS.
HappyTNMom said:
Hey there, I hope someone can help me find a solution. I have tried KFFirstAide and KFHD System.img Restore Tool but I am having no luck. I do not have a factory cord yet, but I am not sure that I need one. I have ordered one anyway and it should be here by the end of the week.
The FireHD 7 responds to KFHD System.img Restore Tool and KFFA both with reboot into FastBoot and reboot into normal mode, but as soon as it reboots, it will sort of flash and then displays FastBoot Kindle Fire.
Prior to this happening, The HD7 was stock, never rooted. I had only connected it to my Vista64 computer to transfer books. I was reading a book, plugged in the charger (not original, but have used for a long time), turned the HD7 off, put the HD7 down and then noticed I noticed the display came on. It had FastBoot Kindle Fire on the display. I tried restarting, but kept going back to FastBoot. I have tried holding the power button down for over 1 minute and then turning it back on. I have tried everything I can find to "reset" the HD7 normally.
I have tried to restore it with KFHD System.img Restore Tool. I have tried to restore it with KFFirstAide. Sometimes I get an error message about daemon not running when I try to use KFFirstAide. I would love it if someone could teamview with me to get it working again. This is my first experience with trying to do anything with the Android OS.
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If you are using Windows,you'll need the android SDK installed. Google it and set up adb and fastboot. Once they are working, the following command should reboot it into the os:
fastboot -i 9x1949 reboot
If it stays on waiting for device,driver problem. Use stunts513's drivers.
The best way would be to boot into a linux live session,install fastboot only and use the command. The command to install fastboot is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
Thank You
SafinWasi said:
If you are using Windows,you'll need the android SDK installed. Google it and set up adb and fastboot. Once they are working, the following command should reboot it into the os:
fastboot -i 9x1949 reboot
If it stays on waiting for device,driver problem. Use stunts513's drivers.
The best way would be to boot into a linux live session,install fastboot only and use the command. The command to install fastboot is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
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I will try to do that later today. Thank you for the help. I will be back to let you know if I can get it to work or with questions.
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HappyTNMom said:
I will try to do that later today. Thank you for the help. I will be back to let you know if I can get it to work or with questions.
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ok, so I now have SKD and tried the command you gave me with no luck
I also tried SRT again and it looks like it is working on my cmd screen
I did step 1, step 3, step 4, step 6 and they all said they finished but it still reboots then goes straight to the FastBoot screen
Got my Factory Cable Today still stuck on fastboot
SafinWasi said:
If you are using Windows,you'll need the android SDK installed. Google it and set up adb and fastboot. Once they are working, the following command should reboot it into the os:
fastboot -i 9x1949 reboot
If it stays on waiting for device,driver problem. Use stunts513's drivers.
The best way would be to boot into a linux live session,install fastboot only and use the command. The command to install fastboot is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
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ok I have tried using this new cable and running SRT with no luck. I am still stuck on FastBoot. It seems to work, but as soon as I do the Reboot to Normal, it goes to the Kindle Fire homescreen, then immediately goes back into FastBoot. I am going to keep trying and hopefully you or someone will see this and respond with more suggestions. Thanks for the help, much appreciated...