Hey all, so my sister wanted me to help he install CM10 on her Kindle so I followed Hashcode's guide in the development forum. I carefully read the instructions step by step but for some reason, the Kindle ended up bootlooping on the Kindle Fire logo.
I proceeded to order a fastboot cable but it never arrived so I ended up creating my own this afternoon. It managed to get the Kindle into fastboot mode just fine and here's where things really go south. I downloaded the SRT from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254 and chose option 5 "Check fastboot status" to ensure the Kindle is correctly recognised. Then for some reason the Kindle rebooted and is now stuck in a bootloop that I cannot get out of with my homemade fastboot cable.
It will boot showing the Kindle Fire logo, then immediately show the "fastboot" screen and then reboot immediately after that all in the space of 2 seconds. Rinse and repeat. So is this Kindle done for? I've tried normal USB as well as the fastboot cable but it just seems to constantly reboot as described to no avail. What I don't get is why it will go to the fastboot screen even if I try turning it on "without being plugged in" / "plugged in with normal cable" / "plugged in with factory cable".
Is it possible my home made factory cable is a dud and if I get a proper one I can fix it? Or maybe the battery is dead and it doesn't have enough charge to stay on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Ok, spent the whole day reading over threads on XDA and it seems like the Kindle is done for
Doesn't seem like anyone has ever recovered from this before. *sigh* my first ever Android device brick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2146480
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943437
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2314715
So with the fast boot cable plugged in you don't get a fast boot logo that stays booted?
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Might make sure you have the proper fast bit drivers then try a few commands in fast boot to attempt to exit fast boot
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
then try to use the kindle fire HD restore tool instead I just don't trust the ffaide tool.
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mrkhigh said:
So with the fast boot cable plugged in you don't get a fast boot logo that stays booted?
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Might make sure you have the proper fast bit drivers then try a few commands in fast boot to attempt to exit fast boot
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
then try to use the kindle fire HD restore tool instead I just don't trust the ffaide tool.
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Ahhh!!! I'm so happy right now!! Thank you so so much mrkhigh. I had ENTIRELY given up on the fastboot screen because it only ever showed up for a second or two before bootlooping. I thought it was a corrupt bootloader and I tried so many times to reflash the bootloader in those couple of seconds but I'd always be stuck on the "waiting for device" screen.
I then tried your command "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot" and it worked. So I'm now thinking simple commands may do the trick. I then entered the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" and now it's no longer looping.
Attempting to restore my original boot.img, recovery.img and system.img files now and hopefully it boots!
By the way, as I was following Hashcode's guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
It required downgrading the bootloader to 7.2.3. I'm pretty sure I was updated to the latest version before this whole debacle. Will my original backups work with the older bootloader than I downgraded to?
EDIT - Nevermind! Everything restored back to stock!! All working perfectly!
Thank you so so much!
I think you are doing a complete restore so you should be fine but as long as you have fast boot you'll get it.
Just get back to normal a second attempt if you follow his directions exactly step by step you will succeed.
Make sure you have a rom on it to flash .
it isn't a suggestion as he makes it sound you WILL boot loop if you do not.
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mrkhigh said:
I think you are doing a complete restore so you should be fine but as long as you have fast boot you'll get it.
Just get back to normal a second attempt if you follow his directions exactly step by step you will succeed.
Make sure you have a rom on it to flash .
it isn't a suggestion as he makes it sound you WILL boot loop if you do not.
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Ok, tried a second time at installing a 2nd bootloader and TWRP and it worked. I've now got Kinology installed on the Kindle and all is well. So relieved I didn't kill my sister's device!
I was considering binning the tablet because my warranty is out and the symptoms matched exactly with all the other threads I linked and there was never a solution other than to return the Kindle.
If anyone ever runs into the same problem, hopefully they can fix it the same way I did with the command:
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fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
So now you have twrp working. Gratz! Kinology is a solid Rom, but there's a handful of others that offer way more options. You have the luxury now of being able to "test drive" each Rom, so long as you back up your "old reliable" in twrp before you have a go at it.
I suggest Hashcodes cm10.1, pacman or jellybeer. Remember though, these roms have been modified to run on our device... so expect some minor issues. Read up on each before flashing.
Good luck!
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keyman91 said:
Ok, tried a second time at installing a 2nd bootloader and TWRP and it worked. I've now got Kinology installed on the Kindle and all is well. So relieved I didn't kill my sister's device!
I was considering binning the tablet because my warranty is out and the symptoms matched exactly with all the other threads I linked and there was never a solution other than to return the Kindle.
If anyone ever runs into the same problem, hopefully they can fix it the same way I did with the command:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
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my kindle is stuck in fastboot mode but running this command just gives me a failed error
"FAILED (remote failure)"
Does it respond your product id when you type
Fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
If it doesn't then you do not have fast boot communicating on your computer.
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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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I have a Kindle Fire HD 7 for repair for a friend it was stuck on the Kindle Fire logo.
I think it's the 2013 version as it doesn't have a camera.
I've tried the KFHD_SRTv1.3.5 and Kindle Fire Utility. It goes through all the actions installing the file etc but when rebooted it's now goes to red screen then FastBoot, even without a cable plugged in.
I've tried the info in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466243
I enterd "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and got SOHO-PVT-PROD-07
I tried
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot and it reboots straight into fastboot.
I've tried going through the actions again but nothing seems to work. Is it bricked or is there hope?
You are lucky you haven't hard bricked it, those utilities aren't meant for it, especially kindle fire utility, that could have hard bricked it. There's a utility in the general section for restoring it, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685090
That should be able to restore it.
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I was attempting to fix an issue with a family members stock Kindle Fire HD 7 (2012). Since I wasn't having any luck with the stock reset I was attempting to load TWRP so I could just load the latest amazon stock ROM that way. I followed the instructions from CMs website but at the end instead of booting to recovery I did a fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot. Now I'm stuck at the yellow Kindle Fire screen and it just loops over and over. I have a motorola fastboot cable but I've issued the fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product and it just says waiting for device.
What are my next steps to get out of the bootloop?
Now that the battery has died I now can't even get the device to boot. Any ideas?
So, here is what happened. I was trying to install CyanogenMod 12.1 on my Kindle Fire HD 7 (tate). I used the official guide on CyanogenMod's website, and I got up to the point where it wanted me to reboot into TWRP recovery that I had just flashed. I entered the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem recovery" like the guide had said to do after flashing the older bootloader, freedom boot, and TWRP, and it went back into fastboot mode. At that point, I knew that I had screwed something up. I unplugged the fastboot cable and rebooted the kindle using the power button, and then the kindle fire logo would loop. Can someone please help me out with this? Thanks! (If any of that didn't make sense, please ask and I will clarify!)