Related
Hey geniuses, i have a KFHD 7". i ran the KFHD_SRT kit to downgrade my kindle to 7.2.3 na dgain root access.
i am proficient enough in cmd prompt to use adb and fastboot.
i have attempted to install:
2nd bootloader
TWRP
Kinology
CM10
and aosp
using fastboot i get no errors, everything installs and/or flashes correctly.
When i change the bootmode and attempt to boot recovery, i see the orange KF logo for a split second, then the screen shows totally red, with no reaction at all. all i can do is go back to fastboot and run the SRT to reload 7.2.3
i have followed several different guides (though there is little to no difference between them) i never get an error. i only ever get the red screen.
Has anyone else had this problem? the only red screens ive seen have been on devices that were not rooted or altered at all, and the devices is usually totally bricked (though most people dont know about the fastboot cable, so probably not)
can anyone give me a beginning to end walkthrough for ANY rom with s/w ver. 7.2.3 OR 7.3.1?
*edit* i did just realize that hashcodes 2nd bootloader says 8.9" only but every 7" rom page links me to that bootloader
*edit edit* i found and tried the 7" bootloader, and have the same problem
When you came from 7.3.1 a downgrade to 7.2.3 is not enough. You also have to downgrade the bootloader back to 7.2.3.
The 7.3.1 bootloader includes a fix that if you install freedomboot it will cause a redscreen due to the new verification Amazon put into their new bootloader.
Go to Hashcode's thread about the second bootloader for 7"
And read thoroughly, since you have the red screen, you will need a fastboot cable to fix it
Sent from a Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 using Tapatalk 2
dugoy13 said:
When you came from 7.3.1 a downgrade to 7.2.3 is not enough. You also have to downgrade the bootloader back to 7.2.3.
The 7.3.1 bootloader includes a fix that if you install freedomboot it will cause a redscreen due to the new verification Amazon put into their new bootloader.
Go to Hashcode's thread about the second bootloader for 7"
And read thoroughly, since you have the red screen, you will need a fastboot cable to fix it
Sent from a Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ah! that makes sense. i did try that that guide and the freedom boot wouldnt flash. it gave me the max. d/l size then failed listing "no error"
I will follow it again on 7.3.1 and post my results. Thank you for your help
Kffirstaide
I downloaded and ran the KF FIRST AIDE tool and it worked like a charm on all features, until i run bootloader + twrp install.
everything runs succesfully and it reboots to red screen of death.
i did do a factory reset first.
as much success as is had with that toolkit i thought for sure it would be a breeze.
if i have time today ill try the manual flash again
You still haven't flashed the 7.2.3 u-boot, that's why you get the red screen. You MUST flash the 7.2.3 u-boot file (the 7.2.3 bootloader, this will get rid of the red screen) before installing TWRP. It's found in Hashcode's bootloader thread.
semi-success
AH! man do i feel stupid. i didnt realize the toolkit d/g'd everything BUt the bootloader.
I am now running TWRP, but when i flashed the CM10.1 rom it boot loops. i have re-downloaded and reflashed.
Now im really just wondering if anyone else has this issue before i flash Kinology
kyleberry.graphics said:
AH! man do i feel stupid. i didnt realize the toolkit d/g'd everything BUt the bootloader.
I am now running TWRP, but when i flashed the CM10.1 rom it boot loops. i have re-downloaded and reflashed.
Now im really just wondering if anyone else has this issue before i flash Kinology
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
When you move from stock to CM10.1, you have to wipe and format EVERYTHING including the two caches (except the sdcard, of course). The reason lies with the kernel.
seokhun said:
When you move from stock to CM10.1, you have to wipe and format EVERYTHING including the two caches (except the sdcard, of course). The reason lies with the kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i did. actually i believe i have found my error. there is a POST flash zip after the rom that i thought was the kernel alone.
im downgrading the kindle now, and trying again. otherwise ill give the kinology rom a try, though i was more interested in CM or paranoid
Does anyone know of a quick way to check the current bootloader version installed? (other than about device, which lists total rom ver.)
hello evrybody !
I have a kindle fire HD 7" and i have attempted to install:
2nd bootloader
Fireflash
TWRP
CM10
But... when i have try to install twrp with Fireflash a red screen is a appeared after the reboot.
I'm a noob and i'm a little panicked !!! Can you help me to unbrick my kindle, i'm ready to make evrything but i have only in my hand my kindle and the original cable.
Please XDA's community !!!
(And sorry for my english, i'm not american...)
Goldofaf said:
hello evrybody !
I have a kindle fire HD 7" and i have attempted to install:
2nd bootloader
Fireflash
TWRP
CM10
But... when i have try to install twrp with Fireflash a red screen is a appeared after the reboot.
I'm a noob and i'm a little panicked !!! Can you help me to unbrick my kindle, i'm ready to make evrything but i have only in my hand my kindle and the original cable.
Please XDA's community !!!
(And sorry for my english, i'm not american...)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2273638
Sent from a Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 using Tapatalk 2
SUCCESS!
finally.
simple kfhd7 romming. (assuming you have a factory cable)
download KF First Aide from XDA and full downgrade to 7.2.3, then root.
run TWRP & bootloader option.
kindle should boot to red screen. if so, power off and reboot fastboot.
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader ../kfhd 7.2.3 bootloader
Thanks for all of your help
My 5yr old son was playing with a stock kindle fire and brought it to me saying it stopped working. He was correct because now it is stuck in a boot loop at the kindle logo. Is there anything I can do to fix it. Sorry in advanced if this has been a topic before, at work not much time to search. Any help would be appreciated thanks
You need a fastboot cable and the system restore utility. Here's a link to the utility:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Once u have a fast boot cable just ignore step 2 on that link, its kinda confusing but your fast boot cable basicly does what step 2's commands do, but those commands require the kindle to be fully booted.
Also wanted to check since I have seen a few rogue posts, is this a kindle fire 7", 8.9", or kf2., or somehow a kf1? That link I used is for HD 7" so if its another kindle please tell me or it will brick it further.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
wanted to convert my HD7 into full android and got red screen in process. have read dozens of threads so far no help.
have fastboot cable, and I can get my kindle screen to say fastboot kindle fire - but I cannot seem to get the proper driver installed on my Win8 so that I can use fastboot. I've downloaded and installed numerous drivers. So far my kindle will not communicate with my computer, thus I cannot move forward in any way. I have installed ADB and SDK on my computer. I have scoured internet for ideas, helps. I am STUCK. Any help greatly appreciated!
Try the driver on my signature, but take note you are on windows 8, you can't install the driver by default because windows 8 won't allow unsigned drivers, you have to boot windows 8 up with driver signature enforcement disabled. Google disabling that and I think it may be the root of your problems.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
I think it worked
stunts513 said:
Try the driver on my signature, but take note you are on windows 8, you can't install the driver by default because windows 8 won't allow unsigned drivers, you have to boot windows 8 up with driver signature enforcement disabled. Google disabling that and I think it may be the root of your problems.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks! I think it worked. I still can only see my kindle in device manager, but I ran the SR Tool.bat option to check fastboot and it said it finished. of course my kindle won't reboot or anything because the bootloader is messed up. so now I am on a quest looking for steps to flash something with fastboot so that my kindle will actually reboot and then I can take steps toward a completely new ROM. obviously I'm learning as I go. I'll start reading more threads, feel free to point me in the right direction if you want. thanks again!
Got this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
Do the part at step after where it says added 04/02, and please make sure you check the md5sum of the file before flashing, if it doesn't match up you will have a hard brick. Just Google "md5sum windows" if you don't know how to calculate a md5sum on windows. There's freeware available to do it.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
blurry eyed now
stunts513 said:
Got this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
Do the part at step after where it says added 04/02, and please make sure you check the md5sum of the file before flashing, if it doesn't match up you will have a hard brick. Just Google "md5sum windows" if you don't know how to calculate a md5sum on windows. There's freeware available to do it.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've read threads and answers to the point now that I'm going in circles. No one seems to address my problem. I am in fastboot. It appears I can flash things onto my kindle. I got the "kfhd7-u-boot-prod-7.2.3.bin" file on my kindle and got rid of the red screen. but I cannot get a recovery screen on my kindle. it just says kindle fire (fire is in orange). I press the power and volume up button and nothing. I go back to the beginning, read more threads. argh! it doesn't seem to be bricked. I just can't get a new bootloader to run so that I can flash a new rom. argh help!
You can't get into twrp anymore be cause we had to restore the stock boot loader, now u just need to reflash the system image and it should boot up, might need the boot image as well, but I think that kfsrt restores both of those, just put it in fastboot again and start the process.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
got it
stunts513 said:
You can't get into twrp anymore be cause we had to restore the stock boot loader, now u just need to reflash the system image and it should boot up, might need the boot image as well, but I think that kfsrt restores both of those, just put it in fastboot again and start the process.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It was a long haul but finally got out of the loop. thanks for your help! the final step that got me out of the ditch was to download and use the KFHD_SRT_v1.3.5- 7.3.0, then I ran #3 restore-factory recovery. I learned a lot through the process about fastboot and flashing files. For now I'm rooted with factory launcher and some other options too. I still think I want to wipe it and make it totally android.
Thoughts or recommendations? and thanks!!!!!!!!!!!
Well there are a fair amount of ROMs out, I use a tablet ui cm ROM that jester originally made, but when he went straight to cm 10.2 I wasn't ready so I made my own patch for cm 10.1 latest update with tablet ui, if your interested check the link in my signature out, though u need to put twrp back on again.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
I posted this late last night after spending hours troubleshooting so sorry for the lack of details.
I thought I followed the instructions to a t on this thread. The only step I skipped was backing up my data. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
When my Kindle Fire HD booted, it would loop between the regular Kindle Fire logo and the Blue logo. Eventually it would then go to TWRP. Once in TWRP I tried numerous times to use the Boot Option, Restore Option, and Recovery option to no avail. When I selected Bootloader, I would get the fastboot logo and it would stall there. I had to hard reset to get it to start again. Every time I connected my Kindle to the fastboot cable and entered the ADB or fastboot commens, it would say waiting on device. I also tried using the Factory Restore tool below and that did not work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
When I connected the Kindle Fire HD to the PC, sometimes it would show as Android Device and other times it showed as PVT-8 or something to that effect.
Here is where I am now. The Kindle Fire HD no longer can boot to TWRP. It just looks the normal Kindle Fire logo and it loops indefinitely. My PC can no longer see the Kindle Fire HD at all. Is this a true brick or do I still have a chance?
BTW, I have multiple micro USB cables for all the devices I use. I am pretty sure the one I am using is the factory. How can I confirm this is a fastboot cable?
How did you get back to an orange only boot loop, it was easy to fix when it was blue... If it only is orange you are probably going to need a fastboot cable. Oh and to satisfy you with an answer as to why it boot looped, its because the newer amazon os detects the older boot loader or twrp, and refuses to boot, so you have to have a ROM ready to flash on the sdcard ahead of time.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
stunts513 said:
How did you get back to an orange only boot loop, it was easy to fix when it was blue... If it only is orange you are probably going to need a fastboot cable. Oh and to satisfy you with an answer as to why it boot looped, its because the newer amazon os detects the older boot loader or twrp, and refuses to boot, so you have to have a ROM ready to flash on the sdcard ahead of time.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. Anyway to confirm that the cable I have is a fastboot cable? Also, how would I go about performing a repair if it is.
If its a fastboot cable you would know it because you bought it for such occasions and because as soon as you plug it into the kindle it says fastboot in big letters. Once you have it in fastboot use kindle fire first aid and try a system reflash, I'm sure it would boot up without a doubt if you used an older version of the Amazon os, like I think 7.4.2 or older, but I don't know what version kffa uses, so if it still doesn't boot after doing that, try using the kindle fire system restore tool.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
stunts513 said:
If its a fastboot cable you would know it because you bought it for such occasions and because as soon as you plug it into the kindle it says fastboot in big letters. Once you have it in fastboot use kindle fire first aid and try a system reflash, I'm sure it would boot up without a doubt if you used an older version of the Amazon os, like I think 7.4.2 or older, but I don't know what version kffa uses, so if it still doesn't boot after doing that, try using the kindle fire system restore tool.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thank you. Much appreciated. I ordered one from Amazon but will see about making one myself.
Are you trying to boot into Stock Amazon OS? That's your issue. Download a ROM and proper Google Apps package and either put them on your SD Card by mounting USB Storage in TWRP, or sideload flash a ROM, then you'll boot without issue. Don't forget to factory reset and wipe /system beforehand! I had this same issue my first time.
Sent from my MB886 using xda app-developers app
He somehow got rid of second boot loader, so he can't get into twrp...
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
If you are going to make one yourself find a Samsung branded cable they have the necessary solder points the rest of them don't seem to
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
I have the fastboot cable now. It will go in to fastboot as soon as I connect it. I tried using the KFHD Recovery Tool but I am still stuck in a Kindle Fire loop. Any ideas what to do next? I chose option1 and 3 already from the tool.
harryhoudini66 said:
I have the fastboot cable now. It will go in to fastboot as soon as I connect it. I tried using the KFHD Recovery Tool but I am still stuck in a Kindle Fire loop. Any ideas what to do next? I chose option1 and 3 already from the tool.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Why option 1? That is a different version of the tablet. You want to run KFFA and select 'completely restore the KFHD 7 7.2.3' This should be #3 of KFFA.
So once you have the tablet in fastboot, just run KFFA and go from there. Some files will download and then KFFA will push them onto your tablet. After that, your tablet will be stock and you can root and remove OTA updates from there. Keep an eye on your computer screen as the script will tell you what's going on.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM 10.2 using xda app-developers app
LinearEquation said:
Why option 1? That is a different version of the tablet. You want to run KFFA and select 'completely restore the KFHD 7 7.2.3' This should be #3 of KFFA.
So once you have the tablet in fastboot, just run KFFA and go from there. Some files will download and then KFFA will push them onto your tablet. After that, your tablet will be stock and you can root and remove OTA updates from there. Keep an eye on your computer screen as the script will tell you what's going on.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM 10.2 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks. Option 3 worked, I just needed to be patient and wait for it to boot. I am good now and running CM 10.2.
harryhoudini66 said:
Thanks. Option 3 worked, I just needed to be patient and wait for it to boot. I am good now and running CM 10.2.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Good to heart. You'll love CM 10.2. Works real well.
Hello, everyone!
Yesterday I tried to flash CM10 in my kindle fire (already running CM9).
I followed the Cyanogen Mod site (wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_otter) instructions.
I downloaded Kindle fire utility 0.9.9 (from CM site), and started the process of updating TWRP. At some point of the installation, KFU rebooted my device in fastboot mode, and kept waiting an awnser from Kindle.
It was taking a bit too long, so I restarted the tablet. Now it keeps on the "Kindle Fire" screen forever, and don't respond to ADB anymore (the "adb device" command don't return anything).
I believe it is not bricked yet, because when we connect it to the PC, it does that connection sound. However, I can't reach it with ADB anymore.
Can Anyone give me an advice for this situation?
Thanks a lot !!
You got very lucky, kindle fire utility is not meant for second generation devices, usually using it results in a hard brick. The correct way to update twrp is to grab the latest version's flashable zip from the dev section for your device and flash it from inside twrp and reboot. If you no longer have the blue logo and it is a 7" device you will need a fastboot cable, if you do have a blue logo or this is a 8.9" device you won't need a fastboot cable to fix, but you still need to get it into fastboot mode to reflash some partitions back to stock to fix this unless you get a blue logo in which case you could probably just flash the recovery but from what you said I'm assuming you don't get the blue logo anymore. And only the 8.9" models tend to be detected briefly while passing the bootloader.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk
In fact, my Kindle fire is a 1st generation one! I had already used KFU to flash CM9 on it (before, it had stock OS) .
Do this fact help in any form?
And, about the cable, I will search one imediatly!!
Thanks for your reply!
O well then this is the wrong device forum on xda... If its a kf1 then I think fastboot cable will still apply to this. Not positive, kf1's aren't my specialty, while my mother has one I never did much beyond rooting and installing twrp. Flashed a Ubuntu touch preview os on it once but that's about it.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk