I posted a thread earlier asking how to flash the Kindle Fire HD, and now I have bricked it, I read another thread that there was no way to fix it,
I followed SgtTom123's videos on youtube but then clicked on the wrong one and used the Kindle Fire Utility and used fire fire fire, the device does not boot now.
Any suggestions?
Sorry no. At this point in time there is no simple fix to this. In all honesty with the age of this device now and price of devices going down I doubt there will ever be a service to fix it unless someone does it for the community.
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Kurohyou just released the pin outs on the 8.9" kindle motherboard for the emmc, so we should have the pin outs for the 7" soon enough which means we can fix it, we just require enough skill to solder some points on the motherboard to wires soldered to a USB sdcard reader. From there we can reflash the boot loader using the dd command from an Ubuntu live CD.
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Last night, i was using the Kindle Fire First Aide to restore my kindle fire hd to 7.2.3. After it downloaded the files, it failed on one when flashing. All was fine though. I rebooted back to normal mode and it booted fine, i was using the Kinology rom. I then factory resetted my kindle and after rebooting, it now bootloops all the time.
My question now is, do i need a factory cable in order to fix my kindle fire hd or is it bricked??
If i do need a factory cable, would this one: http://www.amazon.co.uk/EARLYBIRD-S...59SG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362233872&sr=8-1 work fine?
Sorry if this doesn't make any sense.
Thanks for any replies you may give.
That cable will work fine.
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Krsmqn said:
That cable will work fine.
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Oh good. Thanks for the reply!
Quick question, when i get this cable, do i just plug it in to my kindle and it'll go into fastboot automatically or do i have to do something else??
Sn0wdune said:
Quick question, when i get this cable, do i just plug it in to my kindle and it'll go into fastboot automatically or do i have to do something else??
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Power off the kindle, plug cable into Kindle, plug cable into computer.
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Power off the kindle, plug cable into Kindle, plug cable into computer.
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Ah okay thank you. It will arrive within a few days
I'll post back when i have acquired the cable!
Cable arrived today It had a scorpion on it so i think its a skorpn cable
Anyway, it fixed my kindle fire hd 7 so kudos!
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Sn0wdune said:
Cable arrived today It had a scorpion on it so i think its a skorpn cable
Anyway, it fixed my kindle fire hd 7 so kudos!
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Glad to hear it. :good:
Hey guys i need help my Kindle fire hd won't charge at all it sits at 6% won't go higher than that any help will work
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The kfhd seems to have a sensitive charge port. I'd send it back to Amazon if you can't get it fixed.
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no worries
i contacted amazon and told them what a bad product they made and that im going to ipad and explained how it wont charge and now it wont come on so now there sending me a replacment unit. free of charge no shipping.
Hi.
I'm looking to replace my Nook HD with a new 7' tablet. I've read and seen what the Kindle Fire HD can do but i would like to ask whether there is another one "better" in terms of processor performance, battery life, screen resolution/quality and gaming capabilities. I'm thinking about the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 and the Asus Fonepad. (I have disregarded the Nexus 7 as it's old and a new one is on the horizon)
Please advice.
Galaxy tab 3 is on its way out here shortly as well...
I own the galaxy tab 2, and it is my favorite but the screen is worse, and I think the speed is a bit less as well.
What the tab 2 does have is a huge dev section, usb otg, and external sd card and it is smaller/lighter.
Fwiw in argument on the favorite part my wife won't let me run cm10.1 on the kfhd...when you use the standard kindle app from Google play you lose the kindle tts ability in its app.
The kfhd is also a brick...you can't break the thing. the tab 2 seems breakable with its glass screen.
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Wait for the next generation of Nexus tablets or wait till Amazon updates thee kindle lineup, both should arrive towards the holiday season.
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I like kindle fire hd I do have nexus 7 but i take kindle :thumbup:
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Talking about TTS, Ivona, the company behind the sensual internal voice of the Kindle, has been purchased by Amazon. http://www.ivona.com/en/news/amazoncom-announces-acquisition-of-ivona-software/
On the other side, comparing a stock Kindle with other stock tablets doesn't make justice to the machine, as Amazon deliberately masks its many potentials down the disguise of a cash register...
Put a Kinology rom on it and you'll enjoy a real and full of details racer....without losing the trading Amazon environment.
And yes, the Kindle app made for other androids doesn't have TTS on it, but Ivona works the same nicely on other much better readers from Market.
By better you mean readers that can't read kindle drm....
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mrkhigh said:
By better you mean readers that can't read kindle drm....
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They are better, Moonreader, Coolreader for example, have multiple options that makes the reading more enjoyable.
Nor Kindles can read EPUBs, but that fearful DRM can be surpased(you have the right if you have purchased legally the book, and you have), you can convert from Kindle format to EPUB and reverse if you want, with a PC program called Calibre and a few secret hints that you can search.....
I bricked my Kindle Fire HD recently and was hoping that there was a way to enter fastboot on it without purchasing a fastboot cable. I don't have the money to buy one either. I have the img files and everything else needed. Thank you for your reply.
You will have to make one if you can't afford one, or try jumping two points on the motherboard with a wire. Fastboot cables are pretty cheap though, only around 5-15$.
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You will have to make one if you can't afford one, or try jumping two points on the motherboard with a wire. Fastboot cables are pretty cheap though, only around 5-15$.
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Do you know how to jump 2 points on the motherboard with a wire? if so could you point me to a guide?
Here, just be careful, you don't want to hit the wrong leg and fry something. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432650
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Lawlz I would rather not do that. Do you know how I can make a Fastboot Cable? I have about a million cables for the device. So could you lead me to a guide that I can use to make one with. If I take the device apart the chances of me breaking it is even higher.
If you don't have a soldering iron this could be very difficult to do by jumping a wire.... I believe Samsung cables are recommended because not all cables have a spot on the PCB for pin 4, and Samsung's typically do.
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How to for a fast boot cable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39569189
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wire55 said:
I bricked my Kindle Fire HD recently and was hoping that there was a way to enter fastboot on it without purchasing a fastboot cable. I don't have the money to buy one either. I have the img files and everything else needed. Thank you for your reply.
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Buy a fastboot cord for 10 bucks. Meanwhile install ADB drivers and Kindle Fire FirstAide.
When the cord gets to you, run KFFA and restore to 7.2.3 and root and remove OTA updates all from KFFA.
You'll restore to 7.2.3 so you will have a nice matching boot.img to use from Hashcode's thread when you go to flash a 2nd bootloader and custom rom.
*face palm* I had the link to the tutorial on how to make a fastboot cable copied and I forgot to paste it in my post. Hehe my bad...
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Buy a fastboot cord for 10 bucks. Meanwhile install ADB drivers and Kindle Fire FirstAide.
When the cord gets to you, run KFFA and restore to 7.2.3 and root and remove OTA updates all from KFFA.
You'll restore to 7.2.3 so you will have a nice matching boot.img to use from Hashcode's thread when you go to flash a 2nd bootloader and custom rom.
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*face palm* Read my post man. I just told you I don't have the money for it.
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*face palm* I had the link to the tutorial on how to make a fastboot cable copied and I forgot to paste it in my post. Hehe my bad...
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Lol You still have the link anywhere for me? I have a soldering iron somewhere in my garage. Just need a guide on how to make.
Read mrkhigh's post, he provided a link to it.
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*face palm* Read my post man. I just told you I don't have the money for it.
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Maybe the face palm will fix your eyes so you can read the many other posts posted on here dealing with this issue. Like the part that recommends having a fastboot cord before messing with your tablet. Or how to UTMFSE to find the pin out diagram to make your own fastboot cord.
I wouldn't waste ten dollars on a fast boot cable till I needed one if your careful and all goes right there is no need for one and even at that I'd rather make one than pay for it given I have a Samsung cable.
I grant you I used one but just because I felt like making one. Didn't even use it for a few months
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I wouldn't waste ten dollars on a fast boot cable till I needed one if your careful and all goes right there is no need for one and even at that I'd rather make one than pay for it given I have a Samsung cable.
I grant you I used one but just because I felt like making one. Didn't even use it for a few months
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Well after i opened cable up, I realized I don't have any Solder. LOL. I have a Soldering Iron, but no Solder. So now I just wasted my time practically until I can get solder.
Ok so this is probably a stupid question but I have the Kindle Fire HD 7" with the front facing camera and I just got a new KFHD but its the new 2013 lineup refresh without the camera. Would that be considered the kindle fire 2 or still just kindle fire HD 7 inch. It also has the fire OS 3.0 blah blah etc who cares lol. Just looking to put CM on this thing. :good:
is the hd, but you cant use cm, because the device is different
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Ok so this is probably a stupid question but I have the Kindle Fire HD 7" with the front facing camera and I just got a new KFHD but its the new 2013 lineup refresh without the camera. Would that be considered the kindle fire 2 or still just kindle fire HD 7 inch. It also has the fire OS 3.0 blah blah etc who cares lol. Just looking to put CM on this thing. :good:
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Nothing for the new one yet.
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Thanks guys!
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