[Q] Kindle Recovery Help - 7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

*My KFHD7 will not load passed the initial, "kindle fire" logo.
*While running KFFirstAide64 runme.bat, it reads, "The system cannot find the path specified" after I try the recovery.
*In Device Manager under other devices it states, "Soho-PVT-Prod-07"; My computer is communicating with the Kindle.
*I am using a factory (fastboot) cable and my tablet is in fastboot mode as of right now.
*Last updated version known: 11.2.3.2
Is there any other program or recovery option that I can use to restore my KFHD7 to it's factory conditions? How can I get the system to "find the path specified"?

Solution!
I don't know how I missed it but here it is.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254

Additional Problems...
When I run the program to recover, it reads, "<waiting for device>".
*I am using "KFHD_SRTv1.3.5" SR Tool which was recommended to me.
*I've tried using different USB ports.
*Waiting for the device proves to be pointless.
*I have downloaded the ADB driver but installing it shows no improvements.
What can I do?

That is for the Kindle fire HD 2012 edition. If you flash it to your Kindle you will Brick it.
You need this program.
http://dl.kfsowi.com/tools/kindlesuite/KindleSuite.zip

Thanks for the reply
Red_81 said:
You need this program.
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I have downloaded the program and tried to restore my device but I ran into the same problem, "waiting for device". I've installed the device drivers as well. I checked on one of the other programs my ADB status and it is not on. I don't believe I can turn it on without getting passed the initial bootlogo.
Do I need the ADB enabled in order for a full recovery? How can I get my device to be acknowledged by this program when my computer is reading that it's there?
EDIT:
I need to restore my kindle.
While in fastboot mode, the logo has 3D orange font that says "fastboot" with a black background. There is nothing else that shows up. Before I tried to root there was green font in I think the top left corner; looked like a cmd prompt was running something (if I recall correctly)..

if you are in fast boot and stuck waiting for device you are probably having a driver problem like I had. I used fastboot on Linux instead of Windows and solved my driver issue that way.
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muiriddin said:
I used fastboot on Linux instead of Windows and solved my driver issue that way.
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Sorry for the late reply. I'll try out Linux OS and see what happens. I'll let ya'll know the news :fingers-crossed:
EDIT::
So my computer crashed trying to fix my kindle; hard drive malfunction of some sort. My friend put the hard drive into his computer and it erased his BIOS. We then put in an 80GB hard drive that we got for $10, re-installed windows and tried again. Hard drive crashed crashed again. Maybe when I tried to install the drivers they were installed onto my computer instead of the Kindle?
This is an on going process but I probably won't be posting again any time soon. Maybe when I actually start programming things will be a little more self explanatory.
Thanks for all your help. This is all for this thread.

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[Q] Device issue during root. 1st gen KF. Half brick?

First gen KF on 6.3.1
Plugged up to laptop and confirms it shows up with browseable folders, etc. Stock as can be.
Installed SDK with amazon customization per amazon dev site.
Driver got installed as adb composite, no exclamation marks.
Ran the root script (from bundle found at rootkindfire.com for 6.3 and 6.3.1).
Starts ADB server.
Does the first file copy operation (4632KB of something something).
Then I hear the USB disconnect sound, the Kindle goes to Kindle Fire Logo, and batch file goes to Waiting for Device.
When USB automatically redetects the device, it comes up with exclamation mark. Reinstalling driver just says it's already installed, status ready to use. It does this even if the KF is not even plugged up.
From this point, I tried the windows unbricker utility, which just runs some adb commands, which fail because it thinks no device is attached.
Preparing to run soupkit, I reboot the laptop. Somehow, the act of booting up into Ubuntu (I have it on a second partition), gets it to snap out of the logo and back into the main OS, which seems to work fine. But as soon as I turn it off and back on again, I'm back to being stuck at logo. So weird.
Ok so in ubuntu, installed soupkit, getting no such file or directory - Device Status: Device Offline. regardless of the state of the KF at the time.
Also I noticed that the KF does not charge over USB.
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1. Can someone help me identify what went wrong
2. Next steps for getting this rooted properly (or at least back to 100% stock).
kenop said:
First gen KF on 6.3.1
Plugged up to laptop and confirms it shows up with browseable folders, etc. Stock as can be.
Installed SDK with amazon customization per amazon dev site.
Driver got installed as adb composite, no exclamation marks.
Ran the root script (from bundle found at rootkindfire.com for 6.3 and 6.3.1).
Starts ADB server.
Does the first file copy operation (4632KB of something something).
Then I hear the USB disconnect sound, the Kindle goes to Kindle Fire Logo, and batch file goes to Waiting for Device.
When USB automatically redetects the device, it comes up with exclamation mark. Reinstalling driver just says it's already installed, status ready to use. It does this even if the KF is not even plugged up.
From this point, I tried the windows unbricker utility, which just runs some adb commands, which fail because it thinks no device is attached.
Preparing to run soupkit, I reboot the laptop. Somehow, the act of booting up into Ubuntu (I have it on a second partition), gets it to snap out of the logo and back into the main OS, which seems to work fine. But as soon as I turn it off and back on again, I'm back to being stuck at logo. So weird.
Ok so in ubuntu, installed soupkit, getting no such file or directory - Device Status: Device Offline. regardless of the state of the KF at the time.
Also I noticed that the KF does not charge over USB.
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1. Can someone help me identify what went wrong
2. Next steps for getting this rooted properly (or at least back to 100% stock).
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I should also note that, once I get it to "snap out" and go back to the regular OS, if I reboot back into windows at that time, it will install properly as an ADB composite USB device again!!! Repeating the root script starts the whole cycle over and gets it stuck.
Since you still have the stock bootloader installed, when using SoupKit, just select an option and follow the instructions, even if it says "Device Offline".
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
soupmagnet said:
Since you still have the stock bootloader installed, when using SoupKit, just select an option and follow the instructions, even if it says "Device Offline".
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
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Thank you for the quick respones. Ok, I tried "change bootmodes" for example, pressed 1, turned KF off and back on, pressed enter.
it's still stuck on KF logo, and it says Device Status: Device Offline (press enter to refresh).
Should I do all this after snapping it out back to the OS again?
kenop said:
Thank you for the quick respones. Ok, I tried "change bootmodes" for example, pressed 1, turned KF off and back on, pressed enter.
it's still stuck on KF logo, and it says Device Status: Device Offline (press enter to refresh).
Should I do all this after snapping it out back to the OS again?
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Try to install FireFireFire and see where that gets you.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
soupmagnet said:
Try to install FireFireFire and see where that gets you.
"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
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I'm willing to try. But I'm not sure how I could install FireFireFire as the rooting itself has not completed, as soon as the first file is copied the KF reboots into this frozen dumb-mode where the computer can no longer recognize the drivers for it
kenop said:
I'm willing to try. But I'm not sure how I could install FireFireFire as the rooting itself has not completed, as soon as the first file is copied the KF reboots into this frozen dumb-mode where the computer can no longer recognize the drivers for it
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Forget about "rooting" it for a second. Get the bootloader installed first. With a working (custom) bootloader, everything else is cake.

Working rooted Kindle Fire HD - USB Device not recognized

Hey,
I keep on getting the "USB Device not recognized" message on my rooted Kindle Fire HD with stock ROM 7.2.3.
Tried on several Windows 7&8 machines to no avail. The USB ports are checked and working with an external harddrive, mouse etc.
Does anyone have a clue? It actually seems to be an issue on the Kindle device itself and isn't reporting itself as an existing device?
I tried several things, like:
- Holding power button 20+ sec while the USB is connected.
- Reboot PC etc.
- ADB, verifying the drivers the 0x1949 etc.
Nothing helps. Please let me know if you know the solution!
Thanks
Sector!
sector123 said:
Hey,
I keep on getting the "USB Device not recognized" message on my rooted Kindle Fire HD with stock ROM 7.2.3.
Tried on several Windows 7&8 machines to no avail. The USB ports are checked and working with an external harddrive, mouse etc.
Does anyone have a clue? It actually seems to be an issue on the Kindle device itself and isn't reporting itself as an existing device?
I tried several things, like:
- Holding power button 20+ sec while the USB is connected.
- Reboot PC etc.
- ADB, verifying the drivers the 0x1949 etc.
Nothing helps. Please let me know if you know the solution!
Thanks
Sector!
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Well, it seems like you forgot about one very important thing: the USB!
Use only the original cable that came with the Fire. Not anything else! There is a reason why the company gives a USB cable when you buy the device, you know.
Cable isn't the problem
gadgetroid said:
Well, it seems like you forgot about one very important thing: the USB!
Use only the original cable that came with the Fire. Not anything else! There is a reason why the company gives a USB cable when you buy the device, you know.
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Unfortunately I already tried with the official cable. Same problem. Would a reset to factory defaults resolve this? And do I then keep my root access?
any luck with this?...i just got a Kindle Fire HD and am having the same problem...ADB drivers seem to be working fine, and the Kindle is rooted, but it does not show up at all in Windows Explorer, so i can't transfer anything to it
also, i've tried uninstalling & reinstalling the ADB drivers several times, but still nothing in Win Explorer...one thing i notice, even though i delete/uninstall all Kindle drivers i see in Device Manager, including "Hidden Devices", when i go to reinstall the drivers, i get a pop-up windows saying ADB drivers are already installed, and asking if i would still like to re-install the drives...how do i delete everything relating to the Kindle on my PC, so that i can do a completely fresh install of the drivers?
Nope still nothing.
phunzoid said:
any luck with this?...i just got a Kindle Fire HD and am having the same problem...ADB drivers seem to be working fine, and the Kindle is rooted, but it does not show up at all in Windows Explorer, so i can't transfer anything to it
also, i've tried uninstalling & reinstalling the ADB drivers several times, but still nothing in Win Explorer...one thing i notice, even though i delete/uninstall all Kindle drivers i see in Device Manager, including "Hidden Devices", when i go to reinstall the drivers, i get a pop-up windows saying ADB drivers are already installed, and asking if i would still like to re-install the drives...how do i delete everything relating to the Kindle on my PC, so that i can do a completely fresh install of the drivers?
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Hmmm the ADB drivers aren't working for me, so you are one step closer! I still have the problem and am still considering a full reset, but afraid of bricking....
Both of you, download this file and install the drivers over the old ones, see if it helps: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vprplelu9zx7s2o/kindle_fire_usb_driver.rar?dl=1
seokhun said:
Both of you, download this file and install the drivers over the old ones, see if it helps: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vprplelu9zx7s2o/kindle_fire_usb_driver.rar?dl=1
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Thanks
Doesn't work
Unfortunately it doesn't help. I am going for a hard reset soon.... Will report back here.
seokhun said:
Both of you, download this file and install the drivers over the old ones, see if it helps: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/vprplelu9zx7s2o/kindle_fire_usb_driver.rar?dl=1
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didn't help...i even spent several hours doing a Win7 "Repair Install", thinking that would help...but disappointingly, after the repair, same issue....Win7 does not recognize it as a mass storage device, and doesn't show it in Win Explorer...i did install the ADB drivers, and do have ADB access, just nothing through Win Explorer :crying: .... on another computer also running Win7 x64, the Kindle shows up fine in WinExplorer
aaaaarggggghhhhh....:crying: i did a totally fresh install of Win7 x64 on a brand new hard drive...and this computer still won't recognize the Kindle as a mass storage device?!?!?....so i have to assume there is something wrong with the computer...but ADB works, and i was able to root the Kindle with this computer
Be sure ADB is enabled on the device itself if you have ever wiped the sdcard or have a custom ROM installed.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using xda app-developers app
i got the same problem, in my thread i also posted many screenshots but nobody still has found a solution....
i was never able to get one of my PCs to recognize the KFHD as a USB storage device, but at least ADB works...so i've decided to just wirelessly connect (w/ AirDroid, WiFi File Transfer,etc.) to the Kindle for file/media transfers...an even better solution than using a USB cable :victory:
on device manager what do you see?
(i solved my problem doing that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167129&page=4)
My device still doesn't work
For me it still doesn't work. Didn't do a full reset, because I am too scared I will loose my Root access which will make my device completely useless...... Going to contact Amazon support.
bencio28 said:
on device manager what do you see?
(i solved my problem doing that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167129&page=4)
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I don't see ADB stuff.... ADB doesn't work anymore either....
I've noticed with other devices that I've rooted that windows is VERY tempermental when it comes to adb and windows recognizing any android device. If you have everything installed correctly, I have actually found sometimes simply disconecting your kindle from your computer and rebooting both and then reconnecting helps sometimes. Like I said windows is VERY tempermental. Worked for me more than once with my phone and my kindle.
from my Viped out one x
Two Kindles- One does and one doesn't
DroidIt! said:
I've noticed with other devices that I've rooted that windows is VERY tempermental when it comes to adb and windows recognizing any android device. If you have everything installed correctly, I have actually found sometimes simply disconecting your kindle from your computer and rebooting both and then reconnecting helps sometimes. Like I said windows is VERY tempermental. Worked for me more than once with my phone and my kindle.
from my Viped out one x
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Funny thing is, I have two KFHD 7" both rooted. Windows sees one but not the other. Device manager shows Kindle Fire- Android ADB Interface on the one not showing up in Explorer and shows same plus Portable Device-Kindle Fire on working one.
Have been able to install 2nd boot loader on the working one and CM 10, but can't do anything else with the other. I have a fast boot cable and have restored it back and wiped several times to no avail.
One thing I noticed, The one that doesn't recognize in explorer only shows to have 12.9 GB space while other working one shows 27.9Gb space.
I have been successful with a KFHD 8.9, KF 7" 1st gen and KF2 and (1) KFHD 7" in rooting, 2nd boot loader and custom ROMs (along with many other Android devices), but not this one 7" HD.
This thing is driving me crazy.
Help Plz
EDIT: Okay going thru my notes I think that I have figured out what has caused this (still don't know how to fix). It seems that after the first root, wifi was on and it updated itself to 7.3.1. It is only after this, that I can't get ADB and flash boot loader or files to SD card. Using KFHD rescue tool and KFFirst aid I have flashed back to 7.2.3 with root (tried both) , but still can't get ADB. Fastboot with factory cable works fine though. With the kindle booted up on 7.2.3 rooted or 7.3.1 non root, Windows still doesn't see the device. Device manager shows ADB device but not the SD card part of the device. Is there any way to recover everything back to stock (non root) to start fresh?
Finally Fixed
Joem68 said:
Funny thing is, I have two KFHD 7" both rooted. Windows sees one but not the other. Device manager shows Kindle Fire- Android ADB Interface on the one not showing up in Explorer and shows same plus Portable Device-Kindle Fire on working one.
Have been able to install 2nd boot loader on the working one and CM 10, but can't do anything else with the other. I have a fast boot cable and have restored it back and wiped several times to no avail.
One thing I noticed, The one that doesn't recognize in explorer only shows to have 12.9 GB space while other working one shows 27.9Gb space.
I have been successful with a KFHD 8.9, KF 7" 1st gen and KF2 and (1) KFHD 7" in rooting, 2nd boot loader and custom ROMs (along with many other Android devices), but not this one 7" HD.
This thing is driving me crazy.
Help Plz
EDIT: Okay going thru my notes I think that I have figured out what has caused this (still don't know how to fix). It seems that after the first root, wifi was on and it updated itself to 7.3.1. It is only after this, that I can't get ADB and flash boot loader or files to SD card. Using KFHD rescue tool and KFFirst aid I have flashed back to 7.2.3 with root (tried both) , but still can't get ADB. Fastboot with factory cable works fine though. With the kindle booted up on 7.2.3 rooted or 7.3.1 non root, Windows still doesn't see the device. Device manager shows ADB device but not the SD card part of the device. Is there any way to recover everything back to stock (non root) to start fresh?
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Problem solved:
Here is what I did to fix the problem.
If you haven't preformed this fix for windows, do this first. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36373627
First plug in device to computer and navigate to device manager. Then go to kindle fire and expand to show Android ADB Interface. Right click on it and select "Scan for Hardware changes". Let it run. If it finds nothing don't worry. Then right click again and select update driver. Navigate to locate drivers myself. If you have KFFirstAide or other utility locate to where the ADB drivers are in that file and select ok. It will go through the process and install the drivers. After doing this you should now be able to see the device through explorer and transfer files.
I now have 2nd bootloader and CM 10.1 (Hashcode) up and running great. Hope this helps.

[Q] KFHD7" : deleted all amazon related apps from /system/apps

Hi,
I was trying to be too nerdy, and I deleted all amazon/kindle related apps form /system/apps on my rooted KFHD7"
After which, the device is no longer being recognized by my PC. The device itself became too unstable and so I tried to "reset to factory defaults" ! and hence I lost all the apps that I had installed via google play (included) as well!
At the moment, the device boots up, but has no apps, except an unstable ADW launcher, contact apps and settings. It does not connect to the computer, so I am stuck now. Is there anything that can be done to get the device back to working condition? Does anyone know if fastboot will work, given that the PC doesnt recognize the KFHD7"?
Thanks
Only thing I can think of is fast boot cable, it worked when mine wouldn't even boot up.....red screen...
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south956 said:
Only thing I can think of is fast boot cable, it worked when mine wouldn't even boot up.....red screen...
Sent from CM10.1 using Tapatalk HD
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Thanks, I just wanted to confirm (before spending) if fastboot would work, given that the device isnt being recognized by the PC at all?
vendroidlabs said:
Thanks, I just wanted to confirm (before spending) if fastboot would work, given that the device isnt being recognized by the PC at all?
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If anything use the first aide software and restore to stock everything. I had my doubts about fastboot cable but if u keep messing with kindle ur gonna find urself needing one so getting it sooner than that would be perfect.
Sent from CM10.1 using Tapatalk HD
vendroidlabs said:
Hi,
I was trying to be too nerdy, and I deleted all amazon/kindle related apps form /system/apps on my rooted KFHD7"
After which, the device is no longer being recognized by my PC. The device itself became too unstable and so I tried to "reset to factory defaults" ! and hence I lost all the apps that I had installed via google play (included) as well!
At the moment, the device boots up, but has no apps, except an unstable ADW launcher, contact apps and settings. It does not connect to the computer, so I am stuck now. Is there anything that can be done to get the device back to working condition? Does anyone know if fastboot will work, given that the PC doesnt recognize the KFHD7"?
Thanks
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Like the previous post said your only option is to get a factory cable and flash a backup through fastboot. If you are like me though you may want to know the reason this happened. Well the factory reset on the device only resets the cache and user data partitions of the device, because you are not suppose to have access to change anything else on the device. So anything you changed outside of userdata, ie: system/apps, will stay that way even after a "factory reset". Good luck. After you get yourself a factory cable use fastboot to reflash the system partition, if you do not have a personal backup use the tool from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
onemeila said:
Like the previous post said your only option is to get a factory cable and flash a backup through fastboot. If you are like me though you may want to know the reason this happened. Well the factory reset on the device only resets the cache and user data partitions of the device, because you are not suppose to have access to change anything else on the device. So anything you changed outside of userdata, ie: system/apps, will stay that way even after a "factory reset". Good luck. After you get yourself a factory cable use fastboot to reflash the system partition, if you do not have a personal backup use the tool from this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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Thanks guys for your inputs. I went ahead and ordered the factory cable over ebay, followed the fastboot instructions and was able to get into fast boot mode. PC now recognized my KFHD7 as a ADB device under device manager, however adb was not recognizing the device. adb devices always returned a blank line. Not sure why. Tried everything I knew .. restarting device/PC, uninstalling/reinstalling drivers etc .. nothing worked, and adb would not recognize the device at all
Then, I connected the KFHD using a normal USB cable, and all of a sudden, adb recognized the device. I followed the restore procedure using SR Tool.bat over the normal USB cable, and my KFHD is back to life.
Thanks all for your help
vendroidlabs said:
Thanks guys for your inputs. I went ahead and ordered the factory cable over ebay, followed the fastboot instructions and was able to get into fast boot mode. PC now recognized my KFHD7 as a ADB device under device manager, however adb was not recognizing the device. adb devices always returned a blank line. Not sure why. Tried everything I knew .. restarting device/PC, uninstalling/reinstalling drivers etc .. nothing worked, and adb would not recognize the device at all
Then, I connected the KFHD using a normal USB cable, and all of a sudden, adb recognized the device. I followed the restore procedure using SR Tool.bat over the normal USB cable, and my KFHD is back to life.
Thanks all for your help
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Glad to hear you were able to get it working. Just so you know fastboot and adb are separate cmds. The device may have shown up connected as adb device but that was just because fastboot can use the same drivers on this device. The fastboot cmd for device info is:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

[Q] Kindle Fire HD 7" Wont BOOT

Usually I fix all my friends and families androids, and am know as the head of technology amongst my people, but here I am asking bigger people for help. I have a Kindle Fire HD 7", 7.4.1, rooted with no second bootloaders or custom roms whatsoever, just a stock to root. It recently ran out of battery and I've been stuck for the last hour trying to get it to turn on PROPERLY. I've googled it, checked here at XDA, and all I read is "charge it, hold for 20-30 seconds, play with the volume buttons while pressing power, etc" but it does not help. At first sight, the battery is indeed dead. I had the settings to sleep the screen in 5 minutes and that's how it got like that. Now IT DOES turn on, I see the nice Kindle Fire logo, it flashes once as it always does when its ready to start up, but that's where it stays. It will not go beyond that. I've tried all types of tricks here at XDA, I have NO factory cable, (wouldn't mind making one if I had the proper thread/tools) and the ridiculous USB and charging base I'm using is not the original (they are good brand though...), so I'm assuming, from what I've heard, its not getting the proper charge. Okay I'd admit that, but why does it stay stuck in the logo? I did nothing but play Falling Fred before it died, and I have no type of custom mods to it for it to be bricked or in a boot loop? Can anybody help/guide me into what to do?
Crossvxm said:
Usually I fix all my friends and families androids, and am know as the head of technology amongst my people, but here I am asking bigger people for help. I have a Kindle Fire HD 7", 7.4.1, rooted with no second bootloaders or custom roms whatsoever, just a stock to root. It recently ran out of battery and I've been stuck for the last hour trying to get it to turn on PROPERLY. I've googled it, checked here at XDA, and all I read is "charge it, hold for 20-30 seconds, play with the volume buttons while pressing power, etc" but it does not help. At first sight, the battery is indeed dead. I had the settings to sleep the screen in 5 minutes and that's how it got like that. Now IT DOES turn on, I see the nice Kindle Fire logo, it flashes once as it always does when its ready to start up, but that's where it stays. It will not go beyond that. I've tried all types of tricks here at XDA, I have NO factory cable, (wouldn't mind making one if I had the proper thread/tools) and the ridiculous USB and charging base I'm using is not the original (they are good brand though...), so I'm assuming, from what I've heard, its not getting the proper charge. Okay I'd admit that, but why does it stay stuck in the logo? I did nothing but play Falling Fred before it died, and I have no type of custom mods to it for it to be bricked or in a boot loop? Can anybody help/guide me into what to do?
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Many Android devices, once depleted of battery, will not boot properly until the battery is anywhere from 20% or above. Try letting it charge longer. To speed up the process, use a wall adapter from your other devices. it will pump more voltages. As you said, there aren't any mods I can see that would cause bootloops or bricks.
Try charging it for a good hour, not booted up. To make sure it has charge. Then try to turn it on. This is very weird though, first time I heard a Android device acting up like that.
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I left it charging from 5am to now and it hasn't charged a thing because when I disconnected it and tried to turn it on it turned off after 7 minutes of the Kindle Fire logo. I also noticed that the reflection animation on the logo moves faster than it usually does. It just stays there. I'm guessing my only option would be a factory cable of some sort. No matter how many 20 second power button thing I use, it just stays stuck on the logo, as if something had damaged the firmware somewhere, but how? I will try to charge it once more for a while and see.
EDIT : I made my own "factory cable" and got it to fastboot. Now what can I do to restore it???
Hopeless???
Okay so here's how far I've gotten:
1. Tried to charge it for hours, used 20 second reset (no good)
2. Looked up instructions on how to restore from a brick (bologna because I can't get the ADB working at all, no clue how to use)
3. Made my own factory cable off of a Samsung USB, got into fastboot with no problem
4. Stuck at what to try next. I tried using the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166637 (which I know I'm not hard bricked but either way tried) and used the KFHD_SRTv1.3.5 for 7.3.0 from another thread and my device does not get detected. When I go to Device Manager, the Kindle appears as Tate-PVT-08, don't know if that's normal, but I have run out of solutions.
Where do I possibly go from here? Its only been 19 hours without this thing and I already miss it...unlike other "noobs" who ask for help here, I actually tried on my own to get a solution but got nowhere.
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Crossvxm said:
Okay so here's how far I've gotten:
1. Tried to charge it for hours, used 20 second reset (no good)
2. Looked up instructions on how to restore from a brick (bologna because I can't get the ADB working at all, no clue how to use)
3. Made my own factory cable off of a Samsung USB, got into fastboot with no problem
4. Stuck at what to try next. I tried using the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2166637 (which I know I'm not hard bricked but either way tried) and used the KFHD_SRTv1.3.5 for 7.3.0 from another thread and my device does not get detected. When I go to Device Manager, the Kindle appears as Tate-PVT-08, don't know if that's normal, but I have run out of solutions.
Where do I possibly go from here? Its only been 19 hours without this thing and I already miss it...unlike other "noobs" who ask for help here, I actually tried on my own to get a solution but got nowhere.
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Once you get into fastboot, unplug the cable and plug in a regular USB cable that came with the device, and try to restore with the System Restore Tool.
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Once you get into fastboot, unplug the cable and plug in a regular USB cable that came with the device, and try to restore with the System Restore Tool.
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I tried and the System Recovery Tool does not detect the device. It stays at "waiting for device"
One step forward and two steps back
Okay each time I advance, I am stuck with a new obstacle. I got ADB working (can use its commands) but my device isn't detected when I use the command "adb devices." As mentioned before, in Device Manager > Other Devices, Kindle appears as Tate-PVT-08, updating that "driver" is no use, and here I am Kindle-less once again. This is like a nightmare. Had I caused this issue by flashing a rom, or second bootloader, I'd probably give up and say "oh well I read the warnings, went along and I messed it up." But the case is that I did nothing to cause this, it only ran out of battery which happened once before and that time there were no issues starting up. I've searched left and right, high and low but cant find a way to now get this thing detected so I can see what I can do next. Can anyone please give me a list of what to do to get out of this Kindle Fire logo?
Since you can go to fastboot.
I suggest you check if you have the fastboot drivers installed since you said that you see the <waiting for device>. After that use the KFHD SRT
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dugoy13 said:
Since you can go to fastboot.
I suggest you check if you have the fastboot drivers installed since you said that you see the <waiting for device>. After that use the KFHD SRT
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Yeah I tried searching for drivers for it and I can't find them. I found one Chinese/Japanese website mentioning updating the driver by using the "android_winusb.inf" found inside sdk > extras > google > usb_driver, but when I try updating it with that file edited as they described, all I get is an error mentioning that the driver WAS found, but is likely corrupt or the victim of tampering. (which technically I did tamper with it by adding the lines I was told to add to the file from the following website)
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://ameblo.jp/conpe/entry-11437514328.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTate-PVT-08%26biw%3D1366%26bih%3D673
Is there any specific place/thread with the drivers to the fastboot?
If you installed the Kindle Fire adb drivers,
Boot the kindle to fastboot mode and plug it in your PC
Then go to device manager, you will see a name called kindle with a yellow triangle beside it. After that right click on it and press "Update Device Drivers", then click "Let me pick", then click "browse installed drivers" then find the name Kindle Fire in the list and press next. You should see two things, Android ADB Interface and Android Composite ADB Interface. Click the Android Composite ADB Interface and press install/next. After that the drivers should be installed
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Crossvxm said:
Yeah I tried searching for drivers for it and I can't find them. I found one Chinese/Japanese website mentioning updating the driver by using the "android_winusb.inf" found inside sdk > extras > google > usb_driver, but when I try updating it with that file edited as they described, all I get is an error mentioning that the driver WAS found, but is likely corrupt or the victim of tampering. (which technically I did tamper with it by adding the lines I was told to add to the file from the following website)
Is there any specific place/thread with the drivers to the fastboot?
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Solutions
1. What root tool did you use? A: if it was bin4ry type in notepad 0x1949 and save it to .android under users/Your User/.android
Like for me it would be users/chris/.android and you would save it to .android dir. if you dont have an .android dir. make one. Then see if your device is reconized as android composite adb device or at least kindle. Also try installing drivers for the kindle and uninstall the drivers and reinstalling them
2. I had a similar problem i rooted my kfhd and it became so slow it wouldnt turn on eventully after 30min. it turned on but was so slow when i sided to unlock it took five minutes. I also i tried rerooting without unroot. it worked so i used binary's root like i was unrooted and my kindle was back again. it turned out when i rooted i only had 50% battery and you NEED to have at least 90%. this also fixed any audio issues.
3. your original kf cord that came when shipped maybe shot and you may need a new one if it wont charge like someone else said "android devices need at least 20% battery to turn on". i dont find this to be true i need at least 5% but find a new cord and charge it seee if it works then.
4. if it turns on the the kindle fire logo flashes quicker then you can boot into recovery. the recovery screen should be a red warning sign saying reboot or restore click restore.
5. with a home made factory cord try booting into recovery mode and follow solution (4).
6. what root apps did you have on the device fire flash? A: fire flash will not work with the new 7.4.1 ota update
Let me know from there if you get your kindle working if no i can supply more solutions based on your answers and the reactions from my solutions.
I can also supply drivers and root tools
CVanB said:
Solutions
1. What root tool did you use? A: if it was bin4ry type in notepad 0x1949 and save it to .android under users/Your User/.android
Like for me it would be users/chris/.android and you would save it to .android dir. if you dont have an .android dir. make one. Then see if your device is reconized as android composite adb device or at least kindle. Also try installing drivers for the kindle and uninstall the drivers and reinstalling them
2. I had a similar problem i rooted my kfhd and it became so slow it wouldnt turn on eventully after 30min. it turned on but was so slow when i sided to unlock it took five minutes. I also i tried rerooting without unroot. it worked so i used binary's root like i was unrooted and my kindle was back again. it turned out when i rooted i only had 50% battery and you NEED to have at least 90%. this also fixed any audio issues.
3. your original kf cord that came when shipped maybe shot and you may need a new one if it wont charge like someone else said "android devices need at least 20% battery to turn on". i dont find this to be true i need at least 5% but find a new cord and charge it seee if it works then.
4. if it turns on the the kindle fire logo flashes quicker then you can boot into recovery. the recovery screen should be a red warning sign saying reboot or restore click restore.
5. with a home made factory cord try booting into recovery mode and follow solution (4).
6. what root apps did you have on the device fire flash? A: fire flash will not work with the new 7.4.1 ota update
Let me know from there if you get your kindle working if no i can supply more solutions based on your answers and the reactions from my solutions.
I can also supply drivers and root tools
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Yeah I used "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v26." The .android folder has adb_usb.ini and inside it is named "0x1949" although I'm no sure sometimes I check it and it comes with extra words like "do not edit this" and extra numbers. I'm guessing maybe SDK did it? But it was fine, its battery just died, then the thing won't come on no matter how much I put it to charge. I don't have that original cable, as this was given to my by a friend who no longer needed it.
When I put the device into fastboot, that's where I'm stuck. I see it stays on the fastboot logo, but no matter how many times I connect it to any USB, my computer does detect it as a device being connected, but ADB or any other related software always says (waiting for device) and I cant make any moves.In the device manager, its neither Kindle, or Android ADB Interface, just Tate-PVT-08.
I will try to uninstall and reinstall things just to make sure
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Crossvxm said:
Yeah I used "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v26." The .android folder has adb_usb.ini and inside it is named "0x1949" although I'm no sure sometimes I check it and it comes with extra words like "do not edit this" and extra numbers. I'm guessing maybe SDK did it? But it was fine, its battery just died, then the thing won't come on no matter how much I put it to charge. I don't have that original cable, as this was given to my by a friend who no longer needed it.
When I put the device into fastboot, that's where I'm stuck. I see it stays on the fastboot logo, but no matter how many times I connect it to any USB, my computer does detect it as a device being connected, but ADB or any other related software always says (waiting for device) and I cant make any moves.In the device manager, its neither Kindle, or Android ADB Interface, just Tate-PVT-08.
I will try to uninstall and reinstall things just to make sure
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1. Also, ive heard this but it could be the case
The usb your using for fastboot could be using the name of an other device that was used for charging or connecting to the computer. Try connecting the other device to the usb and eject it properly then connect the kindle.
2. also using a fastboot cable that is specifed for the kindle could help.
3. the one thing i dont understand is the kindle isnt bricked so the firmware must be corrupted possibly because of the ota update to 7.4.1 in other words you rooted durring the ota update or tried to use superuser during an update.
4. also the last time you turned it on fully did it say updating kindle or anything like that. lastly you could have lost power when the update was installling or was about to install this could corrupt the data.
CVanB said:
1. Also, ive heard this but it could be the case
The usb your using for fastboot could be using the name of an other device that was used for charging or connecting to the computer. Try connecting the other device to the usb and eject it properly then connect the kindle.
2. also using a fastboot cable that is specifed for the kindle could help.
3. the one thing i dont understand is the kindle isnt bricked so the firmware must be corrupted possibly because of the ota update to 7.4.1 in other words you rooted durring the ota update or tried to use superuser during an update.
4. also the last time you turned it on fully did it say updating kindle or anything like that. lastly you could have lost power when the update was installling or was about to install this could corrupt the data.
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It updated randomly from 7.3.1 to 7.4.1 on May 30th (aprox 5 days ago) that same day I rooted it after it erased my root with the same guide I used for 7.3.1 that was based on 7.4.1. It worked perfectly, but around that time I never let the battery die during those few days. In record, I've only let the battery die once before, this time makes it 2 times total. The cable I made is from a Samsung, I made it using instructions on making it for the Kindle Fire HD 7 specifically, although as I've heard, you may be right. But when I research that "device" (Tate-PVT-08) on google, the Kindle Fire pops up in search results, but none are really helpful. Example, the bottom of this thread I'm posting below, people have similar issues and the "Tate" thing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1930656
Same problem
I´m noob, certainly, but I spend many hours searching and reading (dealing with the problem that english is not my native language as you could see) but I think I have a similar problem as the described here with the difference that my battery was ever up 50 - 55%. I have post a threat a few days ago where I think it would be pertinent and I´m waiting for a response.
My big problem (I think) is that I have ADB disabled on my KFHD as I post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308788 I´m now trying Seokhun guide but I´can´t make it for this reason.
Thanks for any idea.
dugoy13 said:
If you installed the Kindle Fire adb drivers,
Boot the kindle to fastboot mode and plug it in your PC
Then go to device manager, you will see a name called kindle with a yellow triangle beside it. After that right click on it and press "Update Device Drivers", then click "Let me pick", then click "browse installed drivers" then find the name Kindle Fire in the list and press next. You should see two things, Android ADB Interface and Android Composite ADB Interface. Click the Android Composite ADB Interface and press install/next. After that the drivers should be installed
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Crossvxm, did you ever try what dugoy said, that should work for getting your device recognized?
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Elgari said:
I´m noob, certainly, but I spend many hours searching and reading (dealing with the problem that english is not my native language as you could see) but I think I have a similar problem as the described here with the difference that my battery was ever up 50 - 55%. I have post a threat a few days ago where I think it would be pertinent and I´m waiting for a response.
My big problem (I think) is that I have ADB disabled on my KFHD as I post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2308788 I´m now trying Seokhun guide but I´can´t make it for this reason.
Thanks for any idea.
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Elgari, if I get your situation correctly, you won't be able to use adb. Adb can only be used when you're in recovery or when you're booted. You'll have to go with fast boot. If you can get into fast boot, then you can use the kindle SRT tool from the development thread. Do you have a factory cable?
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Crossvxm, did you ever try what dugoy said, that should work for getting your device recognized?
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Elgari, if I get your situation correctly, you won't be able to use adb. Adb can only be used when you're in recovery or when you're booted. You'll have to go with fast boot. If you can get into fast boot, then you can use the kindle SRT tool from the development thread. Do you have a factory cable?
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Yeah I tried that and even my own little invention. But I give up. I'm just scrapping the whole project. Its useless, I'll just have to get me a Nexus 7, I don't want to get stuck with another brick. Amazon is pretty ridiculous. Their system is unstable, their device is crap. I have read about problems like this on these things everywhere. Whether its the charging refusal, 0% battery, not starting up, not having Google Play, root headaches and nearly impossible restore scheme, these things are well worth their cheap price.
Shame for you to scrap it, thought I'd throw in my two cents. I've never put mine in fast boot so I don't know if it supposed to show up as Tate in the task manager but I do know if you run fast boot with the get var product it should report something back as Tate so I assume that what you see is good, thing I'd like to ask is did the drivers install for Tate, and if not can u tell me in the tates properties what its hardware id's are? I think you probably need to mod the driver, or you said you did but I don't know if you installed it, usually u have to have a unsigned driver, and I think if it gives u trouble about not letting you install it because its been tampered with you just have to delete or rename the cat file in the directory the drivers are in, then it will just say they are unsigned and prompt you to install them anyways. If you happen to be on windows 8 this probably will get more complicated, because u have to boot up in a special mode to install unsigned drivers
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stunts513 said:
Shame for you to scrap it, thought I'd throw in my two cents. I've never put mine in fast boot so I don't know if it supposed to show up as Tate in the task manager but I do know if you run fast boot with the get var product it should report something back as Tate so I assume that what you see is good, thing I'd like to ask is did the drivers install for Tate, and if not can u tell me in the tates properties what its hardware id's are? I think you probably need to mod the driver, or you said you did but I don't know if you installed it, usually u have to have a unsigned driver, and I think if it gives u trouble about not letting you install it because its been tampered with you just have to delete or rename the cat file in the directory the drivers are in, then it will just say they are unsigned and prompt you to install them anyways. If you happen to be on windows 8 this probably will get more complicated, because u have to boot up in a special mode to install unsigned drivers
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Thanks for trying. But if you'd see what I did to the poor thing out of frustration you'd call me nuts. Its really not coming back now...

Kindle Fire 2 Automatic Disaster Recovery/Return Back to Stock

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This tool is for returning the Kindle Fire back to stock automatically. This is for Windows ONLY. If you can spare about 1 GB on your hard drive, you're good to go.
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Requirements​
A fastboot/factory cable (They can go for as cheap as $2)
A Kindle Fire 2
ADB and Fastboot drivers
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Ok Ive tried searching and Ive tried everything on this site, I have a Kindle Gen 2 I can get into Fastboot but everything else was deleted off the Kindle, EVERYTHING !!! I just want to restore it for my daughter to use in the car Windows 10 does not reconize it but it shows up in device manager as OTTER2 with no drivers when i plug it in with fastboot cable. anyone who can point me in a direction please help.
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I know I'm over a year late in this reply, but I accidentally bricked my Kindle with the red triangle screen, but didn't have a fastboot cable, so I ordered a cheap one on Amazon which arrived an hour ago. Immediately I took it to my computer, plugged in my powered off Kindle, and it went straight into fastboot mode. I opened disaster recovery from this thread ran it with the fastboot cable plugged in, swapped for a regular cable on the step it tells you to, did the factory reset it told me to do, and sure enough my KF2 is back in the state it was fresh out of the box. I'm mostly just going to be using it for my e-books and audible purchases, but it's nice to have it working again. Going to try installing the prime video app on it since on stock it will try to use silk+flash for prime video and I'm not sure that will even work anymore. If it does, cool, but if not I should be able to install the apk for prime video as a user app without having to dig up old root methods by using the internet archive on dead links.
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Panettaone said:
Ok Ive tried searching and Ive tried everything on this site, I have a Kindle Gen 2 I can get into Fastboot but everything else was deleted off the Kindle, EVERYTHING !!! I just want to restore it for my daughter to use in the car Windows 10 does not reconize it but it shows up in device manager as OTTER2 with no drivers when i plug it in with fastboot cable. anyone who can point me in a direction please help.
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Don't know what to tell you, my dude. Worked fine with Windows 10 for me with a fastboot cable. Might have to manually download the drivers if you haven't already, but my computer straight up recognized it.
Do you have any USB2.0 ports available? I find that with older devices, 2.0 is the way to go and 3.x tends to either not detect the device or causes errors during critical data transfers.
This tool, when you get your Kindle detected, will fix exactly your problem. I'd say try right clicking the .bat file, go to properties, then in the compatibility tab make sure it's running as administrator. That insures the fastboot and adb processes will have the proper permissions to write to the Kindle. Might even work now even with it coming up as OTTER2.
Panettaone said:
Ok Ive tried searching and Ive tried everything on this site, I have a Kindle Gen 2 I can get into Fastboot but everything else was deleted off the Kindle, EVERYTHING !!! I just want to restore it for my daughter to use in the car Windows 10 does not reconize it but it shows up in device manager as OTTER2 with no drivers when i plug it in with fastboot cable. anyone who can point me in a direction please help.
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Had this problem just now actually! I went and grabbed the official driver files from amazon and installed them (can't link since I'm a new user but you'll find it if you search "Kindle Fire ADB Drivers").
Then I clicked on the device otter2-prod4 in device manager and manually assigned it to Amazon ADB Device and that solved the issue for me.
It's now discoverable via fastboot and I'm running this recovery script right now!

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