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Restoring from CM
In case i wanna restore to the original FireOS, is it also possible to boot into fastboot via "adb reboot recovery" and follow your instuctions? (In case of no fastboot cable and not beeing in a bootloop)
Hondologe said:
In case i wanna restore to the original FireOS, is it also possible to boot into fastboot via "adb reboot recovery" and follow your instuctions? (In case of no fastboot cable)
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I have had some problems using ADB fastboot before but on the other hand I have successfully carried out this restore using it too. As long as you flash the correct files to the correct partitions then you will be able to restore still if something goes wrong. The only thing that can go a bit screwy is after flashing boot and recovery, a fastboot -i 0x1949 -w should be carried out before flashing the system file. You do not need to fastboot -i 0x1949 -w AFTER flashing system.img in this case.
Cool, so i should be on the safe side when i restore to stock
Going to try it out later and give you a feedback!
Hondologe said:
Cool, so i should be on the safe side when i restore to stock
Going to try it out later and give you a feedback!
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If you get stuck just give me a shout, I usually watch the forums and can answer quite quickly
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If you get stuck just give me a shout, I usually watch the forums and can answer quite quickly
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Sorry for late feedback, was too busy last weeks.. weird thing, can get the kindle to reboot into fasstboot ?!
Tried it via shell on the Kindle itself (su, then reboot bootloader), tried it vie adb (adb reboot bootloader) also i also tried it with a root shel opened via adb and then reboot bootloader).
Seems like reboot command sets bootmode always to 7, at least thats the output of the shell regardless which option i give reboot
Hondologe said:
Sorry for late feedback, was too busy last weeks.. weird thing, can get the kindle to reboot into fasstboot ?!
Tried it via shell on the Kindle itself (su, then reboot bootloader), tried it vie adb (adb reboot bootloader) also i also tried it with a root shel opened via adb and then reboot bootloader).
Seems like reboot command sets bootmode always to 7, at least thats the output of the shell regardless which option i give reboot
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Have you tried "adb reboot fastboot" rather than "bootloader"?
overlode said:
Have you tried "adb reboot fastboot" rather than "bootloader"?
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Effect is the same
ill get the following output:
reboot fastboot
Reading idme data ...
Setting bootmode to 7
Writing new vars to temp area
You must reboot before new values will take effect
and the device shuts down, it does not even reboot until i press the power button...
Hondologe said:
Effect is the same
ill get the following output:
reboot fastboot
Reading idme data ...
Setting bootmode to 7
Writing new vars to temp area
You must reboot before new values will take effect
and the device shuts down, it does not even reboot until i press the power button...
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Ok, the reason this is not working for you is I think your Kindle is not currently rooted, which is why the bootloader does not kick into fastboot.
There is a post to access fastboot via adb but I think it is for KF 1st Gen so I would not personally try this. Failing all this, why not have a go at making your own fastboot cable? I have made several now and it really is easy and it can save you a lot of bother if something goes drastically wrong?
Let me know how you get on
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Ok, the reason this is not working for you is I think your Kindle is not currently rooted, which is why the bootloader does not kick into fastboot.
There is a post to access fastboot via adb but I think it is for KF 1st Gen so I would not personally try this. Failing all this, why not have a go at making your own fastboot cable? I have made sevral now and it really is easy and it can save you a lot of bother if something goes drastically wrong?
Let me know how you get on
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Right now i run CM11, which is already pre-rooted..
Root Check says it is rooted and the shell prompt says: "[email protected]:/ # " ... so i assume its rooted ....
idme bootmode 4002 also wasn't successful
Weird thing, seems like i really have to get me a factory cable if i wanna have the tablet back to stock...
Hondologe said:
Right now i run CM11, which is already pre-rooted..
Root Check says it is rooted and the shell prompt says: "[email protected]:/ # " ... so i assume its rooted ....
idme bootmode 4002 also wasn't successful
Weird thing, seems like i really have to get me a factory cable if i wanna have the tablet back to stock...
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Strip down a micro usb cable and make your own factory cable, I promise you it will end all your troubles
Hello I am trying to restore my Kindle Fire 2 using your instructions. I have a factory cable and boots up to fastboot just fine. All goes well until I get to "fastboot –i 0x1949 –w" and receive this error message:
erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [183.180s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type not supported.
OKAY [ 0.120s]
erasing 'cache'...
OKAY [ 70.971s]
formatting 'cache' partition...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type not supported.
OKAY [ 0.116s]
finished. total time: 254.386s
Then when I reboot the device I come up to the red triangle logo and do a restore to factory settings but now the kindle is stuck on a bootloop.
I hope someone can help as I have tried all sorts of things to try and get the device to work.
I got stuck with your instructions, but in the end it was something simple.
I had adb drivers setup etc, a proper fastboot cable which works perfectly, but every time I tried to send any of the commands it sat there "waiting for device".
What I was doing was copying your commands from the guide, from Win 7 Wordpad.
Once I manually typed the commands they worked perfectly, even though it looked exactly the same in the command prompt!
I tried this on Ubuntu 14.10 and two Win 7 PC's, and they all did the same thing. As soon as I manually typed the commands everything worked.:good:
that write up is spot on. thanks.
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Please Note: This guide is for the Kindle Fire 2nd Generation, NOT the 1st generation!! Do not use this guide if you have the 1st Generation. 2nd Generation Kindles have a rounded unlock slider towards the bottom right of the screen, 1st generations have a pointy slider in the middle right of the screen. If you use this guide on a 1st Generation you will brick your device!!
Good luck!!
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This is by far one of the best things to restore a KF2 (aka otter2) thank you.
overlode said:
Please Note: This guide is for the Kindle Fire 2nd Generation, NOT the 1st generation!! Do not use this guide if you have the 1st Generation. 2nd Generation Kindles have a rounded unlock slider towards the bottom right of the screen, 1st generations have a pointy slider in the middle right of the screen. If you use this guide on a 1st Generation you will brick your device!!
Edit - I have edited the instructions file as the fastboot -i 0x1949 -w command needs to be done BEFORE flashing the system.img file otherwise you can get stuck in a boot loop in rare cases. This should now work 100%.
Ok, after weeks of reading these forums I found that because of the sheer volume of help available for people with faulty or bricked Kindle Fires, it can be a little overwhelming for someone to attempt to repair their device and in some cases they can take the wrong course of action and end up making matters worse.
I thought I would write a guide for a specific common problem which is a Kindle Fire 2 stuck in a boot loop. The boot loop being that the Kindle Fire logo flashes on the screen, stays for a number of seconds and then the Kindle restarts and the same thing happens over and over. Now I know there are other similar threads around and even some programs that have automated utilities to do this but I found that most of them were not successful and I ended up doing this my way anyway. This guide is also assuming that you can enter Fastboot mode on your device.
I have attached all files needed for this guide so you don't have to go looking over the internet and clicking lots of links to get what you need.
Download the following files and follow the instructions in the word document.
Instructions - https://www.dropbox.com/s/pv4ny1qageoyktm/Kindle Fire 2 stock install .docx?dl=0
Android SDK - https://www.dropbox.com/s/auk5hexf1ttjst4/installer_r23.0.2-windows.exe
10.2.4 bootloader - https://www.dropbox.com/s/80xafpcj9l9ln8h/otter2-u-boot-prod-10.2.4.bin
boot - https://www.dropbox.com/s/333dbtrvvec8j11/boot.img
recovery - https://www.dropbox.com/s/91czoe545gf5k9q/recovery.img
system - https://www.dropbox.com/s/spbkzjqg2etoa9m/system.img
Good luck!!
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Thanks SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! ::highfive::good::good::good::good::good::good:
your guide ain't noob friendly is there a easier way instead of the command crap im no bill gates and im damn sure im not linus torvalds
joeylikesubuntu said:
your guide ain't noob friendly is there a easier way instead of the command crap im no bill gates and im damn sure im not linus torvalds
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Use this if your running windows
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/fire-2-development/kindle-fire-2-automatic-disaster-t3398676
Do i need a rooted kindle before following these steps?
instructions
turn on kindle 2, logo goes on/off. connect fast boot cable, flash on/off fast boot! Question following your instructions how can I install all the packages installed on my computer into the kindle.?
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I made some changes to the build.prop and rebooted, and now it gets stuck at the Kindle Fire boot animation. I can't get it to boot into safe mode either. Is there a way to unbrick or restore it without a factory cable? I can't get it to show up with adb.
If there's no way, I could probably make a factory cable, but it would be nice to fix it without having to do that.
FroyoShark said:
I made some changes to the build.prop and rebooted, and now it gets stuck at the Kindle Fire boot animation. I can't get it to boot into safe mode either. Is there a way to unbrick or restore it without a factory cable? I can't get it to show up with adb.
If there's no way, I could probably make a factory cable, but it would be nice to fix it without having to do that.
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Yes there is a way to get the 8.9 into fastboot so you can restore it without a factory cable, as a factory cable does not work on this device.
Power down the device and unplug
Open a cmd prompt where you have access to the fastboot script from SDK
Enter this command (or any fastboot cmd as long as you include [-i 0x1949]:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
It will say "waiting for device"
Plug in the device and it will automatically boot into fastboot.
I have confirmed this works works when the device is in a loop and adb is not recognized. This does not work on the other models, a factory cable is required. Once in fastboot you can flash a backup image. I will be posting an update to the KFHD SRTool in the development section this morning to include 8.9" version
onemeila said:
Yes there is a way to get the 8.9 into fastboot so it can you can restore it without a factory cable.
Power down the device and unplug the device.
Open a cmd prompt where you have access to the fastboot script from SDK
Enter this command:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Actually any fastboot command works
It will say "waiting for device"
Plug in the device and it will automatically boot into fastboot.
I have confirmed this works works when the device is in a loop and adb is not recognized. This does not work on the other models, a factory cable is required. Once in fastboot you can flash a backup image. I will be posting an update to the KFHD SRTool in the development section this morning to include 8.9" version
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Tried that... The command you said just shows the help list, if I do a different fastboot command it says waiting for device and then the Kindle boots normally and gets stuck at boot animation like usual.
FroyoShark said:
Tried that... The command you said just shows the help list, if I do a different fastboot command it says waiting for device and then the Kindle boots normally and gets stuck at boot animation like usual.
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Are you sure you typed that command correctly because the help menu comes up if a command is entered wrong, I just did it and it worked fine. When you enter a fastboot command for this device it has to have the- [-i 0x1949] after fastboot, that is a zero not an O. If that is not done it will boot normally
ie:
fastboot -i 0x1949 [command]
I've posted the update for the 8.9 restore tool in development section
It could be because I have an older version of fastboot. Any chance you could upload the newest version for me?
FroyoShark said:
It could be because I have an older version of fastboot. Any chance you could upload the newest version for me?
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Here you go:
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B4lZEJI5lYeMdzJobG5jSk9QSEk/edit
If you need to restore the system image though, you should just download the KFHD_SRTool from development section for 8.9 and follow the instructions. It has fastboot included in the tool.
I've done the same thing with my kindle fire hd 7 (7.2.2 rooted, no TWRP), now its just stuck on the boot animation.
adb does not recognize the device. I tried using fastboot, (with the normal usb cable), it gets stuck with the '<waiting for device>' message.
The device manager does show the Kindle, but earlier it used to show 2 devices, a kindle and an adb composite
Were you ultimately able to solve this issue?
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I've done the same thing with my kindle fire hd 7 (7.2.2 rooted, no TWRP), now its just stuck on the boot animation.
adb does not recognize the device. I tried using fastboot, (with the normal usb cable), it gets stuck with the '<waiting for device>' message.
The device manager does show the Kindle, but earlier it used to show 2 devices, a kindle and an adb composite
Were you ultimately able to solve this issue?
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Turns out, it was a driver issue. Installed the proper Amazon driver, then it was detected by the adb. From there on, I was able to replace the bad build.prop with my backup
onemeila said:
Yes there is a way to get the 8.9 into fastboot so you can restore it without a factory cable, as a factory cable does not work on this device. <snip>
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My Kindle Fire 8.9" SW v.8.1.4 is completely dark and unresponsive as the result of an unsuccessful attempt to root using KF utility 0.9.6. I suspect results would have been different if I'd had the sense to locate your tool and use it instead. Having downloaded KFHD for v8.1.4, I have tried to get the tool talking with the brick, and see only < waiting for device > eternally. I have charged overnight, held the power button down for >20 sec. to make sure the device was off, then bumped the power button. This should assure that the device is on, but in Amazon's wisdom there are no LEDs to confirm this. Do you have any suggestions for getting the device in a communicative state? I am perfectly willing to open the case. Please forgive the post if this is not the right thread for it, and point me to the right spot if you can.
Same problem: KF 8.9" completely dead
jimbobboy said:
My Kindle Fire 8.9" SW v.8.1.4 is completely dark and unresponsive as the result of an unsuccessful attempt to root using KF utility 0.9.6. .
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I have exactly the same problem. This KFU-version seems to be a real KF 8.9"-killer.
My device does not respond to anything, regardless what I tried. Connecting to a PC does not trigger any response. The device is not recognized by the PC in any way. I believe that there is no USB-communication at all. I tried a factory-mode cable and this didn't work, too.
Any help would be appreciated, really!
Thanks and regards
Conny
onemeila said:
Yes there is a way to get the 8.9 into fastboot so you can restore it without a factory cable, as a factory cable does not work on this device.
Power down the device and unplug
Open a cmd prompt where you have access to the fastboot script from SDK
Enter this command (or any fastboot cmd as long as you include [-i 0x1949]:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
It will say "waiting for device"
Plug in the device and it will automatically boot into fastboot.
I have confirmed this works works when the device is in a loop and adb is not recognized. This does not work on the other models, a factory cable is required. Once in fastboot you can flash a backup image. I will be posting an update to the KFHD SRTool in the development section this morning to include 8.9" version
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OMG, man. You just saved my ass. Thank you SO MUCH for that info. I threw a "thanks" your way for that one. If I had some ebay money in my paypal I would've even donated I'm so happy. Thanks again. you made my day!
jimbobboy said:
My Kindle Fire 8.9" SW v.8.1.4 is completely dark and unresponsive as the result of an unsuccessful attempt to root using KF utility 0.9.6. I suspect results would have been different if I'd had the sense to locate your tool and use it instead. Having downloaded KFHD for v8.1.4, I have tried to get the tool talking with the brick, and see only < waiting for device > eternally. I have charged overnight, held the power button down for >20 sec. to make sure the device was off, then bumped the power button. This should assure that the device is on, but in Amazon's wisdom there are no LEDs to confirm this. Do you have any suggestions for getting the device in a communicative state? I am perfectly willing to open the case. Please forgive the post if this is not the right thread for it, and point me to the right spot if you can.
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Add another brick to the pile. Fire HD 8.9. Already rooted, OTA defeated, and Google App'd, but wanted the security of FFF just in case. Planned to used KFU 0.9.6 to set fastboot and then push FFF 1.4a once in fastboot. Instead, used KFU 0.9.6 to automatically install FFF. It appeared that KFU pushed FFF and then sent a reboot. The machine never came back to life after that shutdown.
Attempting to get into fastboot results in eternally <waiting for device>
I removed the back - there are no obvious 'fastboot' pads on any of the boards as there is for the HD 7".
Does anyone think that a factory cable would get this thing's attention? edit...apparently not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20380015&postcount=9
edit 2...built a factory cable and tried fastboot, KFHD Recovery tool, KFFirstAide, KFU, and Linux Fire Kit. Nothing can see the device on the other end of the USB cable.
Well...there's always a 'motherboard' swap. Sigh.
Another one bites the dust...but hopefully not
Hi guys,
I tried the KFFirstAide tool to root my Fire 8.9, but after it ran, it just wipes red and then goes to the fastboot screen after powering up. I've used the KFHD SRT tool to replaced the system.img file, but still the same thing happens. Is it possibly because I need to restore the boot.img and recovery.img (which KFFirstAide overwrites) as well? And if so, does someone have a clean copy of those that will work with 8.1.4? Thanks!
George
KFHD_SRT
anyone have a working link for KFHD_SRT? i can get into TWRP and into fastboot mode, but simply trying to boot results in a black screen after the blue kindlefire logo
Wait don't do it!
Slimepuppy said:
Add another brick to the pile. Fire HD 8.9. Already rooted, OTA defeated, and Google App'd, but wanted the security of FFF just in case. Planned to used KFU 0.9.6 to set fastboot and then push FFF 1.4a once in fastboot. Instead, used KFU 0.9.6 to automatically install FFF. It appeared that KFU pushed FFF and then sent a reboot. The machine never came back to life after that shutdown.
Attempting to get into fastboot results in eternally <waiting for device>
I removed the back - there are no obvious 'fastboot' pads on any of the boards as there is for the HD 7".
Does anyone think that a factory cable would get this thing's attention? edit...apparently not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20380015&postcount=9
edit 2...built a factory cable and tried fastboot, KFHD Recovery tool, KFFirstAide, KFU, and Linux Fire Kit. Nothing can see the device on the other end of the USB cable.
Well...there's always a 'motherboard' swap. Sigh.
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I hope you didn't swap motherboards... Like user onemeila stated, you do not need a fastboot cable on the Kindle Fire HD 8.9. Just make sure that before you enter the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" that your Kindle is off and plug into the factory cable. Enter the command and wait for the message <wating for device>. Then turn on your kindle and you should boot into fastboot mode. If you see the fastboot screen on your kindle and Jem-PVT-Prod-04 in the command terminal, there is hope. The only problem I encountered is after each command, sometime it won't respond. So you might have to do one command, let it finish it's process. If the next one doesn't work, turn off the kindle enter "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" command. Turn on the kindle and proceed with the next command to restore your kindle.
The way the device is setup, it's very hard to completely ruin the device.
Also read this page for reference by hashcode http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175 and make sure to thank him. He helped me get my device going no problem. The top and bottom of the page should apply to you. If you need additional help let me know.
Slimepuppy said:
Add another brick to the pile. Fire HD 8.9. Already rooted, OTA defeated, and Google App'd, but wanted the security of FFF just in case. Planned to used KFU 0.9.6 to set fastboot and then push FFF 1.4a once in fastboot. Instead, used KFU 0.9.6 to automatically install FFF. It appeared that KFU pushed FFF and then sent a reboot. The machine never came back to life after that shutdown.
Attempting to get into fastboot results in eternally <waiting for device>
I removed the back - there are no obvious 'fastboot' pads on any of the boards as there is for the HD 7".
Does anyone think that a factory cable would get this thing's attention? edit...apparently not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20380015&postcount=9
edit 2...built a factory cable and tried fastboot, KFHD Recovery tool, KFFirstAide, KFU, and Linux Fire Kit. Nothing can see the device on the other end of the USB cable.
Well...there's always a 'motherboard' swap. Sigh.
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You are pretty much screwed. Sorry to tell you. You've flashed over the bootloader, the problem is with one that doesn't work. So your device won't even boot into fastboot no matter what you do. There was a way to do it on the original KF by removing the back and grounding the usb boot pad, then you could usbboot cmds to install the bootloader. But I'm not sure if it will work or ever been tested on this device. Good Luck, look on the bright side you can turn it into an extremely thin planter box, that still serves no purpose
well
I didnt read everything carefully but succeded in rooting my KHFD 8.9"
then i tried to install FFF using KFU and then it restarted and i couldnt power it on
well i have tried using FireKit .. but it says waiting for OMAP device..
then i wanted to do the shorting trick !!
i have searched for two days and couldnt find any where the how to USB shorting of KHFD 8.9
please help I am getting frustrated..
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In total desperation I had opened my KHFD 8.9
But sadly I couldnt do anything to unbrick it
If anybody knows about hardware I can share photos of hardware
And may someone can be able to tell how to unbrick it or do fastboot
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onemeila said:
You are pretty much screwed. Sorry to tell you. You've flashed over the bootloader, the problem is with one that doesn't work. So your device won't even boot into fastboot no matter what you do. There was a way to do it on the original KF by removing the back and grounding the usb boot pad, then you could usbboot cmds to install the bootloader. But I'm not sure if it will work or ever been tested on this device. Good Luck, look on the bright side you can turn it into an extremely thin planter box, that still serves no purpose
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Thanks onemeila - confirmation is good. Unfortunately, this is not a tax deductible education expense... :laugh:
Thanks for your KFHD SRT, by the way - I'm using it nearly weekly.
Andy
Kindle turn of eterny
Slimepuppy said:
Add another brick to the pile. Fire HD 8.9. Already rooted, OTA defeated, and Google App'd, but wanted the security of FFF just in case. Planned to used KFU 0.9.6 to set fastboot and then push FFF 1.4a once in fastboot. Instead, used KFU 0.9.6 to automatically install FFF. It appeared that KFU pushed FFF and then sent a reboot. The machine never came back to life after that shutdown.
Attempting to get into fastboot results in eternally <waiting for device>
I removed the back - there are no obvious 'fastboot' pads on any of the boards as there is for the HD 7".
Does anyone think that a factory cable would get this thing's attention? edit...apparently not. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20380015&postcount=9
edit 2...built a factory cable and tried fastboot, KFHD Recovery tool, KFFirstAide, KFU, and Linux Fire Kit. Nothing can see the device on the other end of the USB cable.
Well...there's always a 'motherboard' swap. Sigh.
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I have the same usse and i don0t know what to do. I made my own factory usb but nothing happens. I don't find the way to fix it... some can help me?
I can put myself into fastboot. I can see my KFTT. The bootloader is broken, the recovery is broken, the boot image is broken. I am in need of drastic measures. There has to be someone that has figured this out. There must be a hardware way to access the storage as it is flash memory. Has someone figured this out? please help. Already tried firstaide I have tried everything on xda please help.
Opideousneo said:
I can put myself into fastboot. I can see my KFTT. The bootloader is broken, the recovery is broken, the boot image is broken. I am in need of drastic measures. There has to be someone that has figured this out. There must be a hardware way to access the storage as it is flash memory. Has someone figured this out? please help. Already tried firstaide I have tried everything on xda please help.
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Flash Amazon OS 7.2.3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
thank you
seokhun said:
Flash Amazon OS 7.2.3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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I can get to fastboot but it wont detected fastboot. It just sits there on the fast boot screen. I'm hoping for something a little more drastic.
Opideousneo said:
I can get to fastboot but it wont detected fastboot. It just sits there on the fast boot screen. I'm hoping for something a little more drastic.
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Type "fastboot devices" when your device is in fastboot mode and is connected to the computer. If you see no line of crazy numbers and characters, you can't use fastboot mode, in which case, you have a fancy paperweight. Unless you're in warranty, in which case, contact Amazon for an exchange.
I dont think
seokhun said:
Type "fastboot devices" when your device is in fastboot mode and is connected to the computer. If you see no line of crazy numbers and characters, you can't use fastboot mode, in which case, you have a fancy paperweight. Unless you're in warranty, in which case, contact Amazon for an exchange.
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Just attempted "fastboot devices" nothing said no internal or external command. Should i do this from adb shell? Where should i do this from? How should i run it? Maybe I'm doing it all wrong. Also they will be able to see that it was my fault since i have a blue Kindlefire logo....
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Just attempted "fastboot devices" nothing said no internal or external command. Should i do this from adb shell? Where should i do this from? How should i run it? Maybe I'm doing it all wrong. Also they will be able to see that it was my fault since i have a blue Kindlefire logo....
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Type "fastboot devices" and hit Enter.
You have the 2nd-bootloader installed? That won't do. You're stuck with the paperweight.
Opideousneo said:
Just attempted "fastboot devices" nothing said no internal or external command. Should i do this from adb shell? Where should i do this from? How should i run it? Maybe I'm doing it all wrong. Also they will be able to see that it was my fault since i have a blue Kindlefire logo....
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If you can still get the device into fastboot then you still have ways to fix your device. [Fastboot devices] will always show nothing. Use this cmd:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
If nothing happens then you just have a driver issue. If you get a response saying "tate-something-something" Then you can proceed to using fastboot to reflash your backups or a backup.
You are amazing
onemeila said:
If you can still get the device into fastboot then you still have ways to fix your device. [Fastboot devices] will always show nothing. Use this cmd:
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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
If nothing happens then you just have a driver issue. If you get a response saying "tate-something-something" Then you can proceed to using fastboot to reflash your backups or a backup.
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I'm not gay but I would marry you after a week of trying to get help you solved it thank you.
My kindle is brick,too
My kindle fire hd 7" is bricked 3 hours ago. I was trying to install 2nd boot loader and twrp recovery for the first time. i made one mistake. I didn't check one box of fireflash1.1. So, after reboot, my kindle is showing red screen. i want to know whether i can get to fastboot with fastboot cable(i don't have one right now but i'll order or make one my own). Also, i want to know how you brick your kindle.
myatkaung said:
My kindle fire hd 7" is bricked 3 hours ago. I was trying to install 2nd boot loader and twrp recovery for the first time. i made one mistake. I didn't check one box of fireflash1.1. So, after reboot, my kindle is showing red screen. i want to know whether i can get to fastboot with fastboot cable(i don't have one right now but i'll order or make one my own). Also, i want to know how you brick your kindle.
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Yep, you can get to fastboot with a factory cable. I haven't used fire flash so I'm not sure what this red screen is, but the factory cable should work.
onemeila said:
If you can still get the device into fastboot then you still have ways to fix your device. [Fastboot devices] will always show nothing. Use this cmd:
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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
If nothing happens then you just have a driver issue. If you get a response saying "tate-something-something" Then you can proceed to using fastboot to reflash your backups or a backup.
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How would i reflash a backup?
I got it..
myatkaung said:
My kindle fire hd 7" is bricked 3 hours ago. I was trying to install 2nd boot loader and twrp recovery for the first time. i made one mistake. I didn't check one box of fireflash1.1. So, after reboot, my kindle is showing red screen. i want to know whether i can get to fastboot with fastboot cable(i don't have one right now but i'll order or make one my own). Also, i want to know how you brick your kindle.
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Droidit! I got it remember I used fire flash. Anyway tell me what you checked and what the partions have in them boot and recovery.
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myatkaung said:
My kindle fire hd 7" is bricked 3 hours ago. I was trying to install 2nd boot loader and twrp recovery for the first time. i made one mistake. I didn't check one box of fireflash1.1. So, after reboot, my kindle is showing red screen. i want to know whether i can get to fastboot with fastboot cable(i don't have one right now but i'll order or make one my own). Also, i want to know how you brick your kindle.
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Get a factory cable even if you problem is solved with out the cable they are still nice to have just in-case.
CVanB said:
Droidit! I got it remember I used fire flash.
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Ahh, ok. Got ya now :good:
onemeila said:
If you can still get the device into fastboot then you still have ways to fix your device. [Fastboot devices] will always show nothing. Use this cmd:
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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
If nothing happens then you just have a driver issue. If you get a response saying "tate-something-something" Then you can proceed to using fastboot to reflash your backups or a backup.
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im havveing the same problem mine just says waiting for devices . i am in fastboot im useing a mac and fastboot was working when i tried to flash second bootloader
xiro49 said:
im havveing the same problem mine just says waiting for devices . i am in fastboot im useing a mac and fastboot was working when i tried to flash second bootloader
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Uninstall and then reinstall drivers
CVanB said:
Uninstall and then reinstall drivers
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im on a mac i dont have drivers
xiro49 said:
im on a mac i dont have drivers
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Oh can you get access to a windows pc
CVanB said:
Oh can you get access to a windows pc
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yeah
xiro49 said:
yeah
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Use a pc and install the drivers. then go through your process
Cool But would like to know whats up with my mac.
the macs usb ports work fine
The kindle charges
so wheres the problem?
note adb was off when this happen but that shouldnt mess with fastboot?
just as the title says! its my moms. any help or links to get help would be nice. most of the stuff i find is able to turn on or must be rooted.
joeyx2 said:
just as the title says! its my moms. any help or links to get help would be nice. most of the stuff i find is able to turn on or must be rooted.
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ok well in either situation your going to need a fastboot cable/adapter, i recommend getting the blackhat adapter mentioned in hashcodes 2nd bootloader + twrp tutorial. Now for the other thing i need to know, is this a 2012 or 2013 model? (2013 has no front facing camera)
It does have a front facing camera. Can you give me a link? First time looking in the Kindle fire section.
joeyx2 said:
It does have a front facing camera. Can you give me a link? First time looking in the Kindle fire section.
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Ok lemme grab 2 links you will need.
The thread i was talking about it this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
I personally recommend a custom rom over amazon os so that tutorial could be useful to you in the future should you decide to flash a custom rom on it. There's a link towards the top that goes to the site where you get the fastboot adapter.
Alright and secondly you will need this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
Read its instructions or you might have issues. Also when you plug in your kindle with the fastboot adapter it will show up as a tate device in the device manager, download the drivers in my signature and extract them somewhere on your computer, then in the device manager right click the tate device and hit update drivers and choose a place to search for them and choose where you extracted my drivers and it should install the drivers. If you are on windows 8 you will have to disable driver signature enforcement first though. Once drivers are working you should be able to restore with kffa.
well i ordered the fastboot adapter and it does go into fastboot mode but i have tried a few utilities and they all seem to blow right threw the process. its like it seeing the phone but not doing anything. the only thing i can think of is USB debugging was not turned on and that may be why i cant get it to act right. of course i cant turn it on cause i'm stuck at the logo so is there a way around that or is there a program like Samsung has called Odin that i can use to flash stock everything on?
Nonono. Adb has nothing to do with fastboot. Adb commands can't even be used with fastboot, only fastboot commands can. Try opening a command prompt that's cd'd into a directory with fastboot in it (kffa or SRT) and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", if it reports back something then we can establish that fastboot is atleast working.
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stunts513 said:
Nonono. Adb has nothing to do with fastboot. Adb commands can't even be used with fastboot, only fastboot commands can. Try opening a command prompt that's cd'd into a directory with fastboot in it (kffa or SRT) and run "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product", if it reports back something then we can establish that fastboot is atleast working.
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ok sorry but i havent played with the kindle much as far as rooting, or with command prompt on any device so im kinda lost on what to do and not sure what kffa or srt is.
joeyx2 said:
ok sorry but i havent played with the kindle much as far as rooting, or with command prompt on any device so im kinda lost on what to do and not sure what kffa or srt is.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
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Kffa was one of the links I sent you.... download and extract it. Shift + right click it's folder and hit New command window here. Then run that command I mentioned.
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i did what you said and at first i didn't but eventually got the command you told me to put in to recognize and read something tate in the command window but i did not see tate in device manager and the utilities still blows though really fast and dont work. im on vista so do you think that is the problem? this is really pissing me off that i cant get this figured out. im about to uninstall everything and delete everthing and start over.
joeyx2 said:
i did what you said and at first i didn't but eventually got the command you told me to put in to recognize and read something tate in the command window but i did not see tate in device manager and the utilities still blows though really fast and dont work. im on vista so do you think that is the problem? this is really pissing me off that i cant get this figured out. im about to uninstall everything and delete everthing and start over.
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well the good news is that means fastboot is working, it only is called a tate device in the device manager initially, once you isntall th edrivers it will show up a s a adb interface which is confusing becuase you don't use adb with fastboot. Anyways you should be able to attempt manualyl flashing the device from that command prompt now using certain commands like
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fastboot -i 0x1949 flash <partition name> imagename
so something like
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fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img
it could be that kffa failed to retreive the files or something so it dint flash, sometimes its download links don't work, try srt i think linear posted the link to it, it might actually work out of the box.
Hey there, I hope someone can help me find a solution. I have tried KFFirstAide and KFHD System.img Restore Tool but I am having no luck. I do not have a factory cord yet, but I am not sure that I need one. I have ordered one anyway and it should be here by the end of the week.
The FireHD 7 responds to KFHD System.img Restore Tool and KFFA both with reboot into FastBoot and reboot into normal mode, but as soon as it reboots, it will sort of flash and then displays FastBoot Kindle Fire.
Prior to this happening, The HD7 was stock, never rooted. I had only connected it to my Vista64 computer to transfer books. I was reading a book, plugged in the charger (not original, but have used for a long time), turned the HD7 off, put the HD7 down and then noticed I noticed the display came on. It had FastBoot Kindle Fire on the display. I tried restarting, but kept going back to FastBoot. I have tried holding the power button down for over 1 minute and then turning it back on. I have tried everything I can find to "reset" the HD7 normally.
I have tried to restore it with KFHD System.img Restore Tool. I have tried to restore it with KFFirstAide. Sometimes I get an error message about daemon not running when I try to use KFFirstAide. I would love it if someone could teamview with me to get it working again. This is my first experience with trying to do anything with the Android OS.
HappyTNMom said:
Hey there, I hope someone can help me find a solution. I have tried KFFirstAide and KFHD System.img Restore Tool but I am having no luck. I do not have a factory cord yet, but I am not sure that I need one. I have ordered one anyway and it should be here by the end of the week.
The FireHD 7 responds to KFHD System.img Restore Tool and KFFA both with reboot into FastBoot and reboot into normal mode, but as soon as it reboots, it will sort of flash and then displays FastBoot Kindle Fire.
Prior to this happening, The HD7 was stock, never rooted. I had only connected it to my Vista64 computer to transfer books. I was reading a book, plugged in the charger (not original, but have used for a long time), turned the HD7 off, put the HD7 down and then noticed I noticed the display came on. It had FastBoot Kindle Fire on the display. I tried restarting, but kept going back to FastBoot. I have tried holding the power button down for over 1 minute and then turning it back on. I have tried everything I can find to "reset" the HD7 normally.
I have tried to restore it with KFHD System.img Restore Tool. I have tried to restore it with KFFirstAide. Sometimes I get an error message about daemon not running when I try to use KFFirstAide. I would love it if someone could teamview with me to get it working again. This is my first experience with trying to do anything with the Android OS.
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If you are using Windows,you'll need the android SDK installed. Google it and set up adb and fastboot. Once they are working, the following command should reboot it into the os:
fastboot -i 9x1949 reboot
If it stays on waiting for device,driver problem. Use stunts513's drivers.
The best way would be to boot into a linux live session,install fastboot only and use the command. The command to install fastboot is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
Thank You
SafinWasi said:
If you are using Windows,you'll need the android SDK installed. Google it and set up adb and fastboot. Once they are working, the following command should reboot it into the os:
fastboot -i 9x1949 reboot
If it stays on waiting for device,driver problem. Use stunts513's drivers.
The best way would be to boot into a linux live session,install fastboot only and use the command. The command to install fastboot is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
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I will try to do that later today. Thank you for the help. I will be back to let you know if I can get it to work or with questions.
Sorry Didn't work
HappyTNMom said:
I will try to do that later today. Thank you for the help. I will be back to let you know if I can get it to work or with questions.
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ok, so I now have SKD and tried the command you gave me with no luck
I also tried SRT again and it looks like it is working on my cmd screen
I did step 1, step 3, step 4, step 6 and they all said they finished but it still reboots then goes straight to the FastBoot screen
Got my Factory Cable Today still stuck on fastboot
SafinWasi said:
If you are using Windows,you'll need the android SDK installed. Google it and set up adb and fastboot. Once they are working, the following command should reboot it into the os:
fastboot -i 9x1949 reboot
If it stays on waiting for device,driver problem. Use stunts513's drivers.
The best way would be to boot into a linux live session,install fastboot only and use the command. The command to install fastboot is:
sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
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ok I have tried using this new cable and running SRT with no luck. I am still stuck on FastBoot. It seems to work, but as soon as I do the Reboot to Normal, it goes to the Kindle Fire homescreen, then immediately goes back into FastBoot. I am going to keep trying and hopefully you or someone will see this and respond with more suggestions. Thanks for the help, much appreciated...
I just gave my KF HD 7" to my friend and he wanted me to set it back up as a KF since i had Cyanogen Mod cm-12.1-20160126-NIGHTLY installed on it but haven't used it in a while (read 1-2 years). He was messing around with it before i could get to it and thought hitting Restore to Factory settings would fix it. The device is now stuck on a flashing teamwin logo screen and wont go any further no matter what i've tried. My computer wont recognize the kindle to let me in from cmd so i've reached the limits of my modding knowledge. Could someone please point me in the right direction so i can fix this for him.
If you're running Windows, you should install the Kindle drivers from this post. Also run the nifty 15 second ADB installer found here on XDA, and answer Yes to the "install ADB & fastboot" and "install ADB system wide" questions, and no to the "install device drivers" question. Reboot when the installations are completed, then power off the kindle completely, type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product into a command prompt/terminal on your PC, and plug in the kindle (preferably with a fastboot cable/adapter if you have one) when you see <waiting for device>. If you get a string beginning with "tate", then fastboot is working properly. At that point, you should reflash TWRP and the freedom-boot and 2nd bootloader images as directed in Hashcode's thread. (download the files in Step 2, then follow steps 5 and 6 to flash TWRP and the other files.)
Or once you get fastboot working you could use the SRT tool to flash it back to stock with root.
install the Kindle drivers from this post.
Downloaded but installation fails every time with no given reason so i tried a universal adb driver to no avail.
run the nifty 15 second ADB installer found here
Did this with no problems.
I started the fastboot in cmd and it says "waiting for device" but when i plug the kindle in after turning it off completely (i think, best i can do is hold power button till screen turns off and stops flashing teamwin) yet still cant seem to find it. Any suggestions?
TheN3wguy said:
install the Kindle drivers from this post.
Downloaded but installation fails every time with no given reason so i tried a universal adb driver to no avail.
run the nifty 15 second ADB installer found here
Did this with no problems.
I started the fastboot in cmd and it says "waiting for device" but when i plug the kindle in after turning it off completely (i think, best i can do is hold power button till screen turns off and stops flashing teamwin) yet still cant seem to find it. Any suggestions?
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Are you running Windows 8, 8.1, or 10?
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monster1612 said:
Are you running Windows 8, 8.1, or 10?
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Oh god sorry i thought i had said im running windows 10
TheN3wguy said:
Oh god sorry i thought i had said im running windows 10
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No worries. All you need to do to get the fastboot drivers to install is to follow these instructions to temporarily disable driver signature enforcement. Once you've done that, install the drivers and reboot. After that, fastboot should recognize the kindle.
Above steps worked and KF is now working correctly thanks!
monster1612 said:
If you're running Windows, you should install the Kindle drivers from this post. Also run the nifty 15 second ADB installer found here on XDA, and answer Yes to the "install ADB & fastboot" and "install ADB system wide" questions, and no to the "install device drivers" question. Reboot when the installations are completed, then power off the kindle completely, type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product into a command prompt/terminal on your PC, and plug in the kindle (preferably with a fastboot cable/adapter if you have one) when you see <waiting for device>. If you get a string beginning with "tate", then fastboot is working properly. At that point, you should reflash TWRP and the freedom-boot and 2nd bootloader images as directed in Hashcode's thread. (download the files in Step 2, then follow steps 5 and 6 to flash TWRP and the other files.)
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it doesn't say my device when i connected it helppp
but i can get fastboot working by adb reboot bootloader but i don't know what to do after
AndroidLove231 said:
it doesn't say my device when i connected it helppp
but i can get fastboot working by adb reboot bootloader but i don't know what to do after
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Once you're in fastboot mode (rebooting into the bootloader from Android, for example), does fastboot -i 0x1949 devices show that the Kindle's connected?