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This is my 1st time asking for help since I really have never needed it. I got a kindle fire HD 7" and rooted it. I added TWRP and a 2nd bootloader. For a long time I was stuck in TWRP and every time I tried to reboot it would just go back to TWRP. This morning I tried using the Kindle fire utility and selected option one. It seemed like it worked. I then rebooted and now I am stuck on the Kindle Fire boot screen. It shows Kindle fire on the screen, goes black for a few seconds, then back to the kindle fire, then goes black again. It keeps doing this over and over again. I am not able to get back into TWRP now. I am not sure what to do at this point. I have read just about every thread out there and cannot find a similar situation to mine. Any guidence would be appreciated.
OK mistake number one, do not use kindle fire utility on a kfhd, you could easily hard brick the kindle. That was designed for first gen it's and they work a bit differently than yours. OK now that I got that out of the way, does your kindle still have the logo turn blue?
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Thanks for the quick reponse. When I installed the 2nd bootloader and TWRP I got into the bootloop. At that time when it would bootloop it would go from orange to blue twice before going back to TWRP again. After I made the mistake of using the Kindle FIre utility it now just keeps on the kindle fire start-up screen and it is always orange.
You are either going to need a fastboot cable to fix or have some luck getting a command to work... If you open the device manager, and plug your kindle in while its off, does a Tate device show up for a few seconds? If so try updating the drivers on the Tate device to the ones in my signature. From there you should be able to use a fastboot command to get the kindle to boot into fastboot. The command would be "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", but if your not seeing a Tate device then this command will be useless, and I don't wanna finish explaining how to use this command until I know your PC is detecting it, assuming you don't know how to use the fastboot command by itself from a command prompt since I don't know your skill level with android stuff and windows command prompt stuff.
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Thanks again for replying. I would say my experience level is low when it comes to command prompts. I get the basics though. I will check when I get home if I see if a Tate device shows up when I connect with my usb and get back to you. Even when I was in TWRP I was having difficulty seeing my device on the computer to add a custom rom to the sd card. I tried sideloading and tried mounting the sd card but nothing worked. I wish now I would have just left it in TWRP and did some more research. Live and learn I guess. I will let you know what I find out. Thanks again.
Ok. I turned off the Kindle and then attached the USB to the computer. Nothing is being recognized. I see now too that my adb interface is also gone. It appears the computer is no longer picking up anything. When I attach the Kindle to the computer it starts the bootloop again flashing the kindle fire screen over and over again. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks again.
I think your only hope is a fast boot cable, and honestly or just depends how broke it is whether it works or not
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Thanks for the reply. So let's say I get a factory cable and I can get into fastboot mode; what are my next steps?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33156486
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Ok. I wanted to clarify what I did to get in the situation that I am in. I rooted my device with no issues. I then decided to install a 2nd bootloader and TWRP. After all was done my Kindle Fire HD 7" booted to TWRP. I could not get my computer to show my device so I was stuck. Every time I would reboot it would flash kindle fire in orange, then in Blue, then in Orange, the in Blue then would go back to TWRP. I then put the device with the USB attached to my computer and from TWRP I put the device into fastboot mode. I then used the KFHD SRT v1.3.5 tool and opened the SR.Tool.bat and chose option 1. After it was done I rebooted and now I am stuck on the Kindle fire screen (in orange) and it will show for a few seconds, turn off, then go back to the kindle fire screen again (in orange) and just keep repeating. I ordered a factory cable to try to get back to fastboot mode but since it did not work for me the 1st time I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for me. Thanks in advance.
Are you sure it is a factory/fastboot cable? I would either get them from skorn or proxenusa since I know they are reliable.
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Hello again. I don't have the factory cable yet; I just ordered it yesterday. When I used the fastboot mode the last time I entered the mode from TWRP and was connected to my computer with a regular usb charger. When it was in fastboot mode I selected the option 1 from the tool I mentioned in my previous post. I am just wondering if the fastboot did not work with the KFHD tool I used because I did not have a factory cable connected hence why I am stuck on the Kindle fire screen. What do you think?
No, typically it is said to use a fastboot cable just to get the device into fastboot, then plug the normal cable in afterward.
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For future reference, when you get your kindle back up and running again, you need to flash a custom ROM to boot. The TWRP boot loop stems from trying to boot into stock ROM, it won't work. So just put a ROM on your kindle before you flash bootloader + twrp next time.
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I have tried restoring with Kindle Fire First Aid, which didn't work. I am unsure what to do and was wondering if someone could help me.
Exactly what was the error kffa had?
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It had no error, it acted like it worked but was still in fastboot mode.
I would try it again, did you do a system restore to one of the older versions listed or restored to a backup? If that stills doesn't work I would try the kindle fire system restore tool. It's in the android development section I believe.
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Still didn't work.
Try this utility: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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That doesn't work either.
What exactly happens, because I need to know if its flashing successfully, if it is maybe you have a different kindle than the image you are trying to flash, that would explain why it still isn't booting. When you put it in fastboot, CD into the directory of either kfhdsrt or kffa, and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and tell me what it outputs.
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Tate-PVT-08, also it says like finished, it doesn't give any error after it finishes.
And I appreciate you helping me, if you help me get it working I will gladly tip you a few bucks if you'll like.
Does it boot into fastboot without you doing anything?
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Yea. When it turns on it goes right to fastboot.
OK I think I took the wrong approach, your problem might be simpler than I thought it to be. Type "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot". I'm thinking the idme got set to boot loader if I think I know what I'm talking about.
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Still goes back to fast boot
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Still goes back to fast boot
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Have you tried pulling the USB connection as quickly as possible when the screen goes black after issuing the command? I do that with my fastboot cable and it's what I like to do
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ok after hearing that a simple fastboot reboot won't work i am pretty sure your idme got set to bootloader, try issuing this command: fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 1
FAILED (remote failure)
I get that
Reread my post, I initially put the wrong number then changed it like 5 minutes later.
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Still get the same error
Wait, I just realized you aren't the same person that started the thread, are you having the same problem, what device are you on, what happened before this?
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i'm having the same problem too.. i tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 to flash TWRP and then hopefully a ROM. After running the FireFlash app and rebooting the kindle it was stuck at the Kindle boot logo. i powered it off and later that night i tried turning it on and this time it boot into TWRP which was great but i made the mistake of not copying the rom file to the kindle before rebooting the first time so now rom to flash in recovery and the use mount feature int TWRP didn't work (couldn't pick up the kindle when connect to the computer) i then power it off again and the next day i tried to turn it on again and give it another try and this time it boots to Fastboot mode instead and thats were i am not. IDK how come it keeps changing
Edit.. ok now i got fastboot to work. i tried flashing TWRP recovery with fastboot. it looks like it works but when i reboot it goes back to fastboot mood. even if i hold down the volume up and power it still goes to fastboot mode..
So I rooted a kindle fire hd 7"? on 7.6.4 successfully then used fireflash.
I rebooted as instructed and held the volume up button to get to recovery.
it just sits at the fireflash logo now and when i try to boot regular it takes my to a "kindle Fire System Recovery" screen where I choose to reboot or reset the device.
I already tried the reset option with no luck.
How do i fix this.
You didn't flash twrp, run a "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" on your PC, then plug the kindle in while its off. If it has 2nd boot loader on it and the fastboot drivers are working, your kindle should go into fastboot, from there you can restore with kffa and start over again. If the logo never turns blue you will need a fastboot cable.
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You didn't flash twrp, run a "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" on your PC, then plug the kindle in while its off. If it has 2nd boot loader on it and the fastboot drivers are working, your kindle should go into fastboot, from there you can restore with kffa and start over again. If the logo never turns blue you will need a fastboot cable.
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So I put fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product into cmd or what?
I have no clue what that is.
Yea it is a command you have to run in a command prmopt, but you need a copy of the fastboot command though for you to be able to run that, you can pull a fastboot command out of one of the utilities on the forum like kindle fire first aid or system restore utility, or just download the android sdk for it.
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Yea it is a command you have to run in a command prmopt, but you need a copy of the fastboot command though for you to be able to run that, you can pull a fastboot command out of one of the utilities on the forum like kindle fire first aid or system restore utility, or just download the android sdk for it.
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I have android sdk on my pc right now.
would i navigate to the sdk folder like cd c:/program files/sdk/platformtools/ and then run the command?
Sorry for the newbie questions, this is my first kindle.
EDIT- I just ran it through there
command worked and says waiting for device but when i plugged the kindle in it did the usual orange logo to blue logo back to orange and then system recovery thing.
What did i do wrong?
I'm guessing your fastboot drivers aren't installed, when it goes into fastboot your kindle will say fastboot on the screen in a small logo. Download the drivers in my signature and extract them somewhere. Open the device manager and plug your kindle in while its off, at some point if you see a tate-pvt device show up you will have to right click it and hit update drivers and point it to the ones you extracted from the zip file in my signature. If your on windows 8 you will have to disable windows driver signature enforcement first though... Once the drivers are installed the fastboot command should work on the next attempt.
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So.
I am in KFFA and selected the Kindle Fire HD 7" then the 7.2.3 option.
I skipped putting it into fastboot through KFFA since it is already there.
Then it tells me there are 3 files ready to flash so I type y and it does it's thing and tells me this,
imgur.com/JidXOIG.png
I type y and hit enter.
It does it's thing again and reboots the kindle, it goes orange, blue, orange shining, fast black screen, orange logo then to this screen.
imgur.com/Qhv7yGj.jpg
So I just reboot and hold the volume button and it comes up with this fastboot logo.
imgur.com/zVz5seU.jpg
Sorry about the links, I can't post full links yet.
In haven't used it myself, just run the runme.bat and look for a system restore option.
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Check the post above your last one.
I was editing it while you replied sorry.
thanks for the help btw.
Sounds like kffa didn't download the images it needs to flash. I would try again and see if you can get it to.
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Sounds like kffa didn't download the images it needs to flash. I would try again and see if you can get it to.
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I have tried 3 or 4 times now without success, I will try one more time from the beginning and see what happens.
If kffa won't work you can always try the system restore utility. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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Well I just tried with the system restore utility and now I think it is worse.
Now it just flashed the orange kindle logo.
No blue logo or nothin.
Would this be because i was not using the original cable?
I didn't think it mattered that much since it was already going into fastboot and all.
Plus i rooted and installed CM9 on a nook with the same cable without issues.
Well because that failed you will now need a fastboot cable to fix it...
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Well I just tried with the system restore utility and now I think it is worse.
Now it just flashed the orange kindle logo.
No blue logo or nothin.
Would this be because i was not using the original cable?
I didn't think it mattered that much since it was already going into fastboot and all.
Plus i rooted and installed CM9 on a nook with the same cable without issues.
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You should have had a fastboot cord before using system restore utility in the first place. Often things go wrong.
So I rooted my device, and tried to unroot it because it was stuck at the blue kindle fire logo and wouldnt boot up to the actual os. Now the device only shows the orange logo, but won't go past that. Additionally, the volume up button does not make it enter fastboot. Oh and to top things off, the ADB doesnt recognize the device anymore. Instead of doing the logical thing and stopping at the first sign of an issue and coming here for help, I tried a few kindle fire recovery things from this site, but none of them seemed to make it work.
Here's what (little) else I know:
Superuser is no longer installed
I tried reinstalling Superuser.apk a while ago but system/app was read only
:crying:
Is anyone capable of helping me?
You need to enter fastboot mode, if it is a 8.9" model then a fastboot cable won't help. When it turns on it should initially show up as a jem device in the device manager, you have to install the driver when it shows up briefly, once you have the driver installed you just need to run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and then plug the kindle in while it is off, it should then go into fastboot where you can restore it with kindle fire first aid or SRT.
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You need to enter fastboot mode, if it is a 8.9" model then a fastboot cable won't help. When it turns on it should initially show up as a jem device in the device manager, you have to install the driver when it shows up briefly, once you have the driver installed you just need to run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and then plug the kindle in while it is off, it should then go into fastboot where you can restore it with kindle fire first aid or SRT.
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I have a similar problem with mine. Could you explain a little more clearly?
"You need to enter fastboot mode, if it is a 8.9" model then a fastboot cable won't help."
Do you mean that you cannot use fastboot over a terminal/command line on a computer connected to the tablet via a USB cable? Because that has not been my experience
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You need to enter fastboot mode, if it is a 8.9" model then a fastboot cable won't help. When it turns on it should initially show up as a jem device in the device manager, you have to install the driver when it shows up briefly, once you have the driver installed you just need to run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and then plug the kindle in while it is off, it should then go into fastboot where you can restore it with kindle fire first aid or SRT.
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Okay, so I got into fastboot mode on my computer and it sees the device when I input fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product. I used SRT to flash the second option, images/system2.img and I got this confirmation:
sending 'system' (907264 KB)...
It's been 40 minutes and I haven't gotten any change/update in the command line output. How long should this take/will it make things worse if I stop it?
I don't think things can get any worse if you pull it when it's not finished since it is the system partition, you will just have to try reflashing it again.
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I have a similar problem with mine. Could you explain a little more clearly?
"You need to enter fastboot mode, if it is a 8.9" model then a fastboot cable won't help."
Do you mean that you cannot use fastboot over a terminal/command line on a computer connected to the tablet via a USB cable? Because that has not been my experience
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I mean a fastboot cable normally puts a kindle into fastboot mode, that's the purpose of it. On a 8.9" model they don't do this, hence the method I mentioned. This is what I have learned from all the resources on xda, I don't have a 8.9" model to test for myself though.
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I don't think things can get any worse if you pull it when it's not finished since it is the system partition, you will just have to try reflashing it again.
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So just close the window doing the flash operation and try again?
Sure, wouldn't recommend it if it does that on a boot partition but there's not much else you can do when it hangs.
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Sure, wouldn't recommend it if it does that on a boot partition but there's not much else you can do when it hangs.
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I can't get any fastboot commands to actually do anything! I enter them all correctly and nothing works. Any ideas?
If it says waiting for device and never did anything check the device manager and see if there's a jem device sitting there with a yellow triangle next to it. I'm about to nod off so let me say this, if you already did this I am half asleep so sorry for mentioning this again. Did you run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" then plug the device in while off and it show a fastboot logo? If no then its a driver issue.
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I was working on putting CM11 on my Kindle Fire HD when I did a step wrong and I tried to restore to a backup. Unfortunately, I must have done it wrong because now it won't go past the boot screen with the "fire" in orange. I've tried fixing it but I can't seem to communicate to it with ADB anymore. Is my kindle done for?
You need a fastboot cable.
I have a fastboot cable. I've tried using KFHD SRT but all I get is <waiting for device>.
Does it enter fb mode?