Hello everyone. Here's my story.
I got my Kindle, worked with it for a while, then successfully rooted it (my PC running on Windows XP stopped seeing it, but meh, that wasn't a problem at all). Then I wanted to try something new so I installed TWRP and used Cyanogen Mod and Paranoid Android (didn't really like the second one) so I decided to switch to Kinology.
I went to recovery mode, and then swiped whole system. >_< Like everything. And then I panicked and started making mistakes.
I didn't use adb sideload (silly me) but instructions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254. And one more mistake - I didn't downgrade.
So I got my Kindle in a pretty odd state - when switched on it showed me orange "Kindle Fire" logo which was blinking forever.
And my PC wouldn't recognise it anymore. It wouldn't see any Kindle device but something unknown. And it wouldn't see drivers I tried to re-install over and over again.
So I made another mistake - sent my Kindle back to the shop where I ordered it (not Amazon, an online shop here). They weren't able to do anything so I'm getting my bricked device back (soon, I hope).
So, here's what was the state of my device before I sent it back:
1) blinking orange "Kindle Fire" logo when switched on;
2) when plugged in PC with fastboot cable showing "Fastboot" logo on screen;
3) PC wouldn't recognise this device anyhow.
I'm a slowpoke, I know, I should have asked long ago, but late is still better than never.
I don't have my Kindle yet so I can't work on it for a while. But I will appreciate your advices.
Most terrifying question now is can it possibly be working again (techs from that shop said they could do nothing and it's so terribly bricked...)? Any OS would do just fine, really.
Thank you in advance.
ValeriaD said:
Hello everyone. Here's my story.
I got my Kindle, worked with it for a while, then successfully rooted it (my PC running on Windows XP stopped seeing it, but meh, that wasn't a problem at all). Then I wanted to try something new so I installed TWRP and used Cyanogen Mod and Paranoid Android (didn't really like the second one) so I decided to switch to Kinology.
I went to recovery mode, and then swiped whole system. >_< Like everything. And then I panicked and started making mistakes.
I didn't use adb sideload (silly me) but instructions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254. And one more mistake - I didn't downgrade.
So I got my Kindle in a pretty odd state - when switched on it showed me orange "Kindle Fire" logo which was blinking forever.
And my PC wouldn't recognise it anymore. It wouldn't see any Kindle device but something unknown. And it wouldn't see drivers I tried to re-install over and over again.
So I made another mistake - sent my Kindle back to the shop where I ordered it (not Amazon, an online shop here). They weren't able to do anything so I'm getting my bricked device back (soon, I hope).
So, here's what was the state of my device before I sent it back:
1) blinking orange "Kindle Fire" logo when switched on;
2) when plugged in PC with fastboot cable showing "Fastboot" logo on screen;
3) PC wouldn't recognise this device anyhow.
I'm a slowpoke, I know, I should have asked long ago, but late is still better than never.
I don't have my Kindle yet so I can't work on it for a while. But I will appreciate your advices.
Most terrifying question now is can it possibly be working again (techs from that shop said they could do nothing and it's so terribly bricked...)? Any OS would do just fine, really.
Thank you in advance.
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You will be able to fix it once you have a fastboot cable, so tell me when you have gotten your kindle back.
sent fro my rooted kindle fire hd 7 with twerp and kinology rom installed
itouchables said:
You will be able to fix it once you have a fastboot cable, so tell me when you have gotten your kindle back.
sent fro my rooted kindle fire hd 7 with twerp and kinology rom installed
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Yay, there's still hope :cyclops:
Okay, as soon as I get my Fire back I'll contact you. Thanks.
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itouchables said:
You will be able to fix it once you have a fastboot cable, so tell me when you have gotten your kindle back.
sent fro my rooted kindle fire hd 7 with twerp and kinology rom installed
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is a "fastboot" cable the same as the cable that came with my kfhd 7"?
if not what is the difference? and where can i get one?
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is a "fastboot" cable the same as the cable that came with my kfhd 7"?
if not what is the difference? and where can i get one?
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Yes a fastboot cable is different, you can buy one from scorpion, or you can make your own.......
sent fro my rooted kindle fire hd 7 with twerp and kinology rom installed
In the same position.
I had successfully rooted my Kindle Fire HD 7" via this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2351201
I was then going to install a mod via this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
Was in one of the twrp screens when I was called away from the house. My wife let my neighbor and her pestilential 6 year old son into the house. Apparently, this little budding genius found my kindle and just randomly hit everything. How I didn't wind up in custody is beyond me.
When I got back to the house, I picked up a Kindle that would just cycle into twrp (orange logo/blue logo a few times and then twrp - nothing else). Windows no longer recognized the device. I got a Fastboot cable and used the KFHD Recovery Tool.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254 which reported itself
I first started with option 4 - Erase cache and user data. I got "OKAY" messages on both steps. Followed by "GONE - Hope you made a backup!"
Then I went on to option 2 - Restore Factory Rooted with Super SU.apk, Apex Launcher and Play Store
Got message "Sending System 907264 kb"
OKAY *some number of seconds that the procedure took and WELCOME BACK!
I swapped the cable from the Factory cable to the normal Kindle Fire usb cable and selected option 6 Reboot normally.
Now I'm stuck in a normal straight orange Kindle Fire boot loop. Any ideas how to fix this? I've been up and down the forums and being a newb and, relatively speaking, an idiot - I've failed to find my way forward.
Try using kindle fire first aid this time around, I have a feeling it will work. Still need to use fastboot cable to get into fastboot but other than that it also has a restore stock system images feature.
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stunts513 said:
Try using kindle fire first aid this time around, I have a feeling it will work. Still need to use fastboot cable to get into fastboot but other than that it also has a restore stock system images feature.
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Thanks for the help Stunts! I try using KFFirstAide and it gets to *Daemon started successfully* and then nothing. Any operation where KFFirstAide accesses the Kindle - it just goes to a blinking cursor. Nothing ever pops up on the Kindle itself - it just stays on the Fastboot screen.
I've tried both the repair function for the KF HD 7" and going in through diagnostics to attempt to repair.
If I use the factory cable, it goes straight to Fastboot. If I use a normal cable, I cannot enable any ADB functions as the device just continues to loop the orange Kindle Fire boot screen. I am unable when connected via the factory cable to regularly
The system can not find the file specified. The kindle is not responding to simple fastboot commands.
Product: Tate-PVT-08
Below that it says if you see output above this note then fastboot is enabled and you can safely proceed with a restore.
So, I reinstalled these drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072359&nocache=1 - as it looks like drivers are the problem. Both before and after installation, on my device manager instead of Kindle Fire, it reads Samsung Phone and below that Android ADB Interface with a yellow triangle and comment "Device can not start" (Code 10).
So, if this Kindle were a murder scene, I'm guessing there'd be a big pool of blood somewhere around this driver issue (assuming I'm not about to be clunked on the head by some other issue and my dead body heaved into a closet to spill out onto my wife later).
I see Kindle Fire Utility has a fix for this, but some of the KFU posts have said it's for 1st gen only, so I'm a little far down the rabbit hole. Will keep reading and see if I can make some sense of this.
Sorry to be so dense, I feel like a Friday the 13th victim who refuses to die and just runs around the forest screaming with a rake jammed through my shoulder. I do realize it's poor form
Update: resolved the driver error via this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306561&page=2
Now back into the KFFirstAide and let's see what happens. Results of KF First Aide are the same (although the driver on the device manager is back to reading Kindle Fire and ADB interface which is working properly)
GODS BE PRAISED!!!! Got back in via the KF HD SRT. Rolling along now. Thanks again Stunts. Really appreciate your time.
(Hilarious end note - along came an OTA update and wiped all my good work. Back to square one *Shakes fist at God*)
itouchables said:
You will be able to fix it once you have a fastboot cable, so tell me when you have gotten your kindle back.
sent fro my rooted kindle fire hd 7 with twerp and kinology rom installed
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Hello.
It's been a while but I got my Kindle and ready to work with it.
I'll try first aid after I charge it.
Just want to clarify few steps.
I have a "clear" recently re-installed Windows 7. What I did was installing drivers from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072359&nocache=1 then steps 1-9 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888.
Do I heed QemuRoot? Or it was wrong to do these steps before ever trying to find any adb devices?
My kindle doesn't show in the list of devices, it still blinks with orange "Kindle Fire" when connected to PC via data cable and shows "Fastboot" logo when connected via fastboot cable.
What should I do now?
How do I delete my post?
I mean this one, #10.
Wait so is your device showing up in the device manager with an error?
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stunts513 said:
Wait so is your device showing up in the device manager with an error?
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No, my device isn't showing up in the device manager at all.
And it is in fastboot? It should show up as a Tate device. Though if it is showing up but without errors but fastboot doesn't detect it I would reinstall the drivers, because I have a similar problem on windows 7. Once its in fastboot use the normal USB cable.
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stunts513 said:
And it is in fastboot? It should show up as a Tate device. Though if it is showing up but without errors but fastboot doesn't detect it I would reinstall the drivers, because I have a similar problem on windows 7. Once its in fastboot use the normal USB cable.
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Yup, first fastboot then normal cable.
My PC doesn't seem to see kindle at all. No new devices appear when plugged neither with fastboot nor data cable. Nada.
Um OK try expanding the USB devices section in the device manager and posting a screenshot, because I'm at a loss, unless you for some reason are plugged into a USB 3.0 port, but even then I thought it would at least show up. If you don't know how to take a screenshot offhand, just hit the print screen button on your keyboard, above or near the del, pg up and such keys, then open paint and hit paste, and save it.
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stunts513 said:
Um OK try expanding the USB devices section in the device manager and posting a screenshot, because I'm at a loss, unless you for some reason are plugged into a USB 3.0 port, but even then I thought it would at least show up. If you don't know how to take a screenshot offhand, just hit the print screen button on your keyboard, above or near the del, pg up and such keys, then open paint and hit paste, and save it.
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That's how it looks like.
I'm not sure I have any USB 3.0 ports. I tried to plug into 5 different ports - result was the same.
OK do me a favor, that one that says USB composite device, open its properties and goto details, and choose hardware id's from the drop down list and either screenshot it or just write em down for me.
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stunts513 said:
OK do me a favor, that one that says USB composite device, open its properties and goto details, and choose hardware id's from the drop down list and either screenshot it or just write em down for me.
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There are two IDs.
USB\VID_0E8F&PID_0022&REV_0210
USB\VID_0E8F&PID_0022
Ah I was completely off, see I recently noticed the kindle installed as a composite device when I was in windows the other day, long story short I thought u might just need to reinstall then drivers, but that is not a kindle vendor Id that I can tell, sounds more likely to be USB speakers or something upon searching Google and getting random drivers that. Try plugging this into another computer, if it still doesn't show up it could be a hardware problem, might be as simple as resoldering some joints idk.
Edit: on another note, before trying to check for a bad connection on the kindles USB plug, try booting linux and seeing if it picks it up, usually an Ubuntu live CD will do the trick, hopefully its not a hardware problem.
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stunts513 said:
Ah I was completely off, see I recently noticed the kindle installed as a composite device when I was in windows the other day, long story short I thought u might just need to reinstall then drivers, but that is not a kindle vendor Id that I can tell, sounds more likely to be USB speakers or something upon searching Google and getting random drivers that. Try plugging this into another computer, if it still doesn't show up it could be a hardware problem, might be as simple as resoldering some joints idk.
Edit: on another note, before trying to check for a bad connection on the kindles USB plug, try booting linux and seeing if it picks it up, usually an Ubuntu live CD will do the trick, hopefully its not a hardware problem.
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My netbook runs on Ubuntu 12.04 and doesn't see Kindle as well.
I searched the forums and maybe I'm being a dolt but here's my situation
I flashed TWRP v2.6.1.0 and I wiped the cache/system and did the factory wipe before I copied the custom rom to the kindle
I can boot into TWRP fine but my computer won't recognize the device.
I have uninstalled the drivers to let windows automatically find them, but it doesn't. I tried ot manually install the adb drivers but windows doesn't recognize them for my device.
I tried to start ADB sideload on the kindle through TWRP but it just hangs, I have no idea what to do, any help would be appreciated!
Try the drivers in my signature.
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stunts513 said:
Try the drivers in my signature.
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Hey the drivers worked, the device is now recognized as Android ADB Interface, but I'm kind of lost as to what I should do next?
maniacripper said:
Hey the drivers worked, the device is now recognized as Android ADB Interface, but I'm kind of lost as to what I should do next?
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Okay it worked and I have CM 10.2 Installed and booting up as I'm typing this!
I used stunts513 custom driver then followed the direction in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459498
and now everything looks awesome!
Thanks for the help Stunts!
I'm finding it somewhat impossible to install a custom ROM on this currently useless device.
It is a Kindle Fire HD 7" (not the new HDX)
Installing Kindle Fire HD 7" 2nd-Bootloader + TWRP Complete Tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
- Already tried it and the tablet goes into a bootloop once I restart, have to use factory cable to restore, apparently it doesn't work if your 7.30 or above
- Kindle Fire First Aid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
I tried this to downgrade it to 7.2.1 but once completed the tablet said it cant boot and has to do a restore, then it goes back to 7.30. There is a 7.2.3 option too but I never tried it.
I don't know what to do all I want is to get rid of this stupid crap rom but if I can't I'll just have to use a launcher... any ideas?
The first method works... You just have to put the ROM and corresponding gapps onto your sdcard before hand or it will be stuck boot looping into twrp. If it doesn't automatically go into twrp but you still have the blue logo, just hold power up when you power the kindle on while the logo is orange and usually by the time it turns blue you can let go and it will go into twrp.
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stunts513 said:
The first method works... You just have to put the ROM and corresponding gapps onto your sdcard before hand or it will be stuck boot looping into twrp. If it doesn't automatically go into twrp but you still have the blue logo, just hold power up when you power the kindle on while the logo is orange and usually by the time it turns blue you can let go and it will go into twrp.
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The first method doesn't work man. The blue logo never comes up just boot loops the kindle fire logo. I download FireFlash and move the freedom img and twrp onto my kindle sd and plug it right into fireflash and reboot, then it just boot loops.
Alright I found out and installed CM10.2 but my computer does not recognize it anymore, it says MTP USB DEVICE but does not appear in My Computer.
ccs2ds said:
Alright I found out and installed CM10.2 but my computer does not recognize it anymore, it says MTP USB DEVICE but does not appear in My Computer.
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Yea, the method works as you can see. Try removing the old driver and let windows find the new one.
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LinearEquation said:
Yea, the method works as you can see. Try removing the old driver and let windows find the new one.
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Yeah the old driver was Kindle. So I uninstalled it and now it comes up as MTP USB DEVICE after I select Media Device from USB computer connections on the tablet. Still not recognized in my computer... sigh. I want it to appear as a Mass storage device so I can transfer files. On Linux I get Unable to open MTP device '[usb:001,001]' when trying to open it.d
Now when I boot into TWRP, device manager shows Kindle Fire -> Android Composite ADB Interface but still doesnt appear in My Computer.
Android composite isn't meant for browsing, its meant for using adb commands. If you uninstalled the MTP device on windows and let it search for a new driver when u refresh devices, it should be viewable, also what distro and version of Linux are you on, because some handle mtp better than others.
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I had rooted my Kindle Fire to CM10.1 a few months ago and I decided that I wanted to change the ROM. I went into TWRP to install the ROM I downloaded and then I (stupidly) wipe the device's internal storage. Thus I was stuck in TWRP and without an OS. Stupidly, I rebooted the device even though I was without an OS. So now, the device is stuck at the blue Kindle Fire logo(CM10.1 boot logo). How can I fix this KFHD 7?
KirubelAklilu1 said:
I had rooted my Kindle Fire to CM10.1 a few months ago and I decided that I wanted to change the ROM. I went into TWRP to install the ROM I downloaded and then I (stupidly) wipe the device's internal storage. Thus I was stuck in TWRP and without an OS. Stupidly, I rebooted the device even though I was without an OS. So now, the device is stuck at the blue Kindle Fire logo(CM10.1 boot logo). How can I fix this KFHD 7?
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If you can boot into TWRP, go to "Mount" and select USB storage. You should be able to then push a ROM to it over ADB.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.0.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD<<<
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Ph0enix_216 said:
If you can boot into TWRP, go to "Mount" and select USB storage. You should be able to then push a ROM to it over ADB.
>>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.0.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD<<<
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Bro i am having the exact same problem but mine is worst i when i mount it it will not show the kindle fire hd on my windows 7 and its a problem for me b/c i love this kindle i downloaded the adb driver and it detects my kindle but it wont transfer im using a galaxy s3 usb on the kindle to try and transfer it could it be the usb?
Marckiscool said:
Bro i am having the exact same problem but mine is worst i when i mount it it will not show the kindle fire hd on my windows 7 and its a problem for me b/c i love this kindle i downloaded the adb driver and it detects my kindle but it wont transfer im using a galaxy s3 usb on the kindle to try and transfer it could it be the usb?
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Either it won't show your Kindle or it detects your Kindle. It can't really be both. If the USB cord fits and it functions it will work just fine. Try the cord on your S3 and if it works, it's not the cord.
Here is the tutorial for pushing onto TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2459498
The other option is to get a fastboot factory cord (or fastboot tip for regular USB) http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm and use Kindle Fire System Restore Tool. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254 this will wipe everything.