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I apologize for yet another of these types of posts as I know there are a ton because I've been searching through them for a few days now. I can't seem to find a solution to my problem that works so hopefully someone can point me to the correct thread or help me directly. Here is my problem:
I have a Kindle Fire HD 7". I had successfully rooted the device, but then I went and screwed all that up by trying to mod it to get the android market (I, as a noob, changed a system value I shouldn't have - oops). After that, my kindle was/still is stuck on the System Recovery screen. The one where you can choose to reboot or erase all/reboot. Tried both, didn't work, got a factory cable from Skorpn (thank you!!).
I can now get my kindle to to show 'Fastboot Kindle Fire' on it's screen, but my computer doesn't recognize it as a Kindle. It shows it as 'Tate-PVT-08'. I found some threads on here about that and downloaded the drivers/installed them. The computer still does not recognize it as anything other than the tate thing. Grar. I have the android sdk stuff and the KFFirstAide. I'm using Windows 7 OS if it matters. But I do not know how to proceed without getting the dumb computer to recognize my device, so please help me out if you know how to do this. I'm about ready to throw the darn thing into the street and run it over multiple times with my jeep! It's been unusable for 6 months now! And yes, I'm a pathetic noob, and a girl to boot so keep that in mind... I apologize.
Nikaroo said:
I apologize for yet another of these types of posts as I know there are a ton because I've been searching through them for a few days now. I can't seem to find a solution to my problem that works so hopefully someone can point me to the correct thread or help me directly. Here is my problem:
I have a Kindle Fire HD 7". I had successfully rooted the device, but then I went and screwed all that up by trying to mod it to get the android market (I, as a noob, changed a system value I shouldn't have - oops). After that, my kindle was/still is stuck on the System Recovery screen. The one where you can choose to reboot or erase all/reboot. Tried both, didn't work, got a factory cable from Skorpn (thank you!!).
I can now get my kindle to to show 'Fastboot Kindle Fire' on it's screen, but my computer doesn't recognize it as a Kindle. It shows it as 'Tate-PVT-08'. I found some threads on here about that and downloaded the drivers/installed them. The computer still does not recognize it as anything other than the tate thing. Grar. I have the android sdk stuff and the KFFirstAide. I'm using Windows 7 OS if it matters. But I do not know how to proceed without getting the dumb computer to recognize my device, so please help me out if you know how to do this. I'm about ready to throw the darn thing into the street and run it over multiple times with my jeep! It's been unusable for 6 months now! And yes, I'm a pathetic noob, and a girl to boot so keep that in mind... I apologize.
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User stunts513 has a driver install package in his signature & profile that you can use to get your drivers working properly. If that doesn't work, you may want to try other, non-Windows based options.
soupmagnet said:
User stunts513 has a driver install package in his signature & profile that you can use to get your drivers working properly. If that doesn't work, you may want to try other, non-Windows based options.
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Thanks for the pointer - I think it got me a tiny bit further. After finding the package and 'fixing' drivers - woo-hoo - my computer is saying that the device is working properly now, I can see it as 'Kindle Fire' in my device manager. However, it still is showing up as 'Tate-PVT-08' under Devices and Printers, and it cannot be found (isn't communicating) with ADB. I feel like I'm missing something so small to be able to move forward and reflash this thing - it's so incredibly frustrating to not be able to find it. :/
I also have tried editing the adb usb file to include the 0x1949, having gone through the adb kill/start-server commands several times, which hasn't changed anything. Is there anything I am missing to get windows and adb to communicate with it? Or is my only option at this point trying 'non-Windows based options'?
You don't use adb commands with fastboot, you use fastboot commands. I think at this point you said you have kffa, so try getting it to reflash the system image. I don't know the option number though.
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stunts513 said:
You don't use adb commands with fastboot, you use fastboot commands. I think at this point you said you have kffa, so try getting it to reflash the system image. I don't know the option number though.
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Sooo, I feel even stupider now. I do have KFFA, so I tried to reflash the system image. It went through and gave me a success, although it did have an issue with erasing user data and cache. It said to disconnect from the computer/usb and power down, then restart. I did that and was super hopeful - it went through the boot screen a few more times than normal... but then BAM. Right back to the Kindle Fire System Recovery screen that it can't get past. Ugh. I must have really screwed something up on it.
Hmm. I just did some more digging on fastboot commands and found the fastboot mode guide on here. Going through that, I checked my hardware IDs, and one of the numbers are off, which according to the guide means that my Kindle isn't in fastboot mode (and this is while using the fastboot cable). If I use a regular USB cable, it doesn't show up at all anywhere. The more I research, the more confused I get. Everything seems geared towards fixing your device if it is stuck in a bootloop (mine goes through that and sticks at the recovery screen) or being able to get it into fastboot, which I cannot seem to do even with the cable. I guess I'm going to try to uninstall and reinstall the drivers for it again, but I'm starting to believe that whatever value I changed while in super user mode before my problems began are going to make it impossible to fix...
The hardware I'd should be 0x1949, and at this point I'm guessing maybe something is wrong with something in the data partition or you have a bad kernel. I don't know how to wipe the data partition from fastboot though. I don't know if kffa reflashes the boot partition, but you could always try that since a system reflash didn't work, or you could try reflashing the system image again, there's another tool in the android development section called kindle fire system restore tool, maybe it will work better for you. Here's the other tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Ignore the part about that adb command, that's only for of your kindle can actually boot up.
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Nikaroo said:
Hmm. I just did some more digging on fastboot commands and found the fastboot mode guide on here.
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Be very careful of what guides you use around here. Some of them (fastboot guide in particular) are made with the original Kindle Fires in mind, and can lead you to do irreversible damage.
I'll try that in the morning... I spent most of my day at this and need a break! Thank you so much for trying to help me out. I really appreciate any and all pointers.
OK, here's the thing...
I hadn't used my Kindle Fire HD for a few days but when I went to read a book (Yep.. Someone who actually uses their KFHD to read books!) I found, much to my disappointment that Amazon had managed to completely wipe it by doing one of their (in)famous OTA updates!
Being totally hacked off at this, I decided to follow the advice on here and Rooted it, which was surprisingly easy and went without a hitch.
I also decided to follow the advice and prevent further OTA updates by removing the "otacerts.zip" file but, on restart I still got an "Updating..." message.
In the same folder as otacerts.zip there was also an "otacerts" folder, which I also removed and this stopped the "Updating...." message.
Excellent, I thought except when I went to Re-Register the device, I get a "No Network Connection" error message which requests that I connect to a wireless network - except that the device IS connected and I can browse the internet quite happily.
Everything I have tried since then has failed to get rid of this error - even multiple Factory Resets have not cured it - and an hour chatting to one of their Tech Bods couldn't resolve it either.
I have tried downloading the latest update from Amazon but, as it is the same version as on my device, it does nothing.
I thought if I re-instated the otacerts stuff it might cure the problem - except during the many updates it seems to have been dumped as I can no longer find the files on my device.
I guess the bottom line is that I don't have to register with Amazon to get my device working, I have purchased a number of items from them and these will not reinstall if I cannot register the device.
So, here's my question: Can anyone help me please?
If you have a local copy of otacerts.zip that you can let me have (I have scoured Google trying to find a downloadable without success), I can try re-installing that and see if it corrects the error.
Failing that, does anyone know how to force a KFHD to do an "update" to the same software version - or can the software be rolled back and then re-updated?
Any help/advice/suggestions would be gratefully received.
Many thanks in advance.
Just restore a older system image from kindle fire first aid, that should do the trick, it will even put it into fastboot for you so it can do this, though I can't seem to remember if it tries to do it via adb or fastboot itself, so if it doesn't want to boot into fastboot via the default way in the script u have to simply use adb and run: adb shell "su -c 'reboot bootloader'". Sorry if that was a bit of excess info, just covering my bases. You also may need the driver in my signature once its in fastboot, but I'm leaning towards probably not since the USB debugging was previously on so you already have adb drivers installed.
On another note should something bizarre happen and you get stuck in a bootloop from this, you'll need a fastboot cable to get back into fastboot to fix.
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Thanks.
stunts513 said:
Just restore a older system image from kindle fire first aid, that should do the trick, it will even put it into fastboot for you so it can do this, though I can't seem to remember if it tries to do it via adb or fastboot itself, so if it doesn't want to boot into fastboot via the default way in the script u have to simply use adb and run: adb shell "su -c 'reboot bootloader'". Sorry if that was a bit of excess info, just covering my bases. You also may need the driver in my signature once its in fastboot, but I'm leaning towards probably not since the USB debugging was previously on so you already have adb drivers installed.
On another note should something bizarre happen and you get stuck in a bootloop from this, you'll need a fastboot cable to get back into fastboot to fix.
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Many thanks for the quick reply.
I'll grab KF First Aid and see what I can do.
Any recomms about where to grab older system images?
Ta.
Update - ALL DONE!!
stunts513 said:
Just restore a older system image from kindle fire first aid, that should do the trick, it will even put it into fastboot for you so it can do this, though I can't seem to remember if it tries to do it via adb or fastboot itself, so if it doesn't want to boot into fastboot via the default way in the script u have to simply use adb and run: adb shell "su -c 'reboot bootloader'". Sorry if that was a bit of excess info, just covering my bases. You also may need the driver in my signature once its in fastboot, but I'm leaning towards probably not since the USB debugging was previously on so you already have adb drivers installed.
On another note should something bizarre happen and you get stuck in a bootloop from this, you'll need a fastboot cable to get back into fastboot to fix.
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BIG THANKS!!
It took a while to figure out and work through but I now have a fully rooted, fully working, fully registered KFHD, complete with Google Play and Live Wallpapers!!
Now, all that's left is to re-install all the stuff I lost....
Wish me luck!
Thanks again for your guidance - much appreciated!
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.
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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...
Hello,
I've been left with my cousins Kindle Fire HD 7" 16GB (Kindle 7) to fix.
The status bar is permanently missing, including when booting to safe mode.
Other things to note:
Internal storage is accessible via usb
ADB is turned off on the device
Device is stock in every respect
Fastbook boots fine: "product: Tate-PVT-08"
I'm unable to see what firmware version is on the device as I'm unable to view it's settings menu
I have good experience of rooting devices etc. I've put CM11 on multiple phones and also a Kindle Fire 2. Ideally I would like to reset the device to factory defaults to solve the issue, and if not then flash a stock ROM.
If this is possible then please let me know. If you point me to recent tutorials that would be great. Also the ability to re-lock the bootloader, or leave the device in a working stock state would be a huge bonus.
Many thanks!
David
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I've done a fastboot wipe but the issue is still present.
Seems like I need to flash a stock image after unlocking the bootloader and installing a recovery. Is this possible without ADB ?
I believe you need ADB to apply the stack override?
Can you enable adb via fastboot or another means?
Cheers
I had the same issue but only after rooting. After I Uninstalled Gmail the problem disappeared And status bar came back as normal
aevans0001 said:
I had the same issue but only after rooting. After I Uninstalled Gmail the problem disappeared And status bar came back as normal
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I'm afraid in my case the device isn't rooted, and has not had any apps side-loaded etc.
Make a fast boot cable install os again, profit.
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Make a fast boot cable install os again, profit.
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Thanks for the reply,
To install the OS again will I not need a second boot-loader? Or does the stock boot-loader allow the installation of a stock OS?
If a 2nd boot-loader is needed, then adb is needed to apply the stack override as part of the second boot-loader installation process.
Since you don't have adb enabled you need to go back to stock to enable it. Luckily there are tools to do this in fast boot. But first you need a fast boot cable and drivers
Here is how to make one, or just buy one on eBay or Amazon
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39569189
Now you should have fast boot working (you'll need to install the drivers they are in the 2nd boot loader thread)
This thread will let you flash stock without adb enabled
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33156486
Now enable adb in debug settings and install the second boot loader and twrp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37472472
Read at least the first two posts
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Looks good. I have a fastboot cable already so should be able to follow the system restore process.
In my circumstances there is no way to identify what version the device is currently running.
Just to clarify, will restoring to (KFHD_SRT_v1.3.5- 7.3.0) be okay regardless of the current version?
I'm not with the device at the moment but may get a chance to recover it in the next two weeks.
Thanks again!
I am unfortunately behind times on the kfhd and most of this is on memory but from when I followed these threads closely, downgrading was an option... Seems like there was some issues with boot loaders not matching causing a red boot screen if you weren't on 7.2.1... If that happens don't freak out, it just means you got something miss matched
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mrkhigh said:
I am unfortunately behind times on the kfhd and most of this is on memory but from when I followed these threads closely, downgrading was an option... Seems like there was some issues with boot loaders not matching causing a red boot screen if you weren't on 7.2.1... If that happens don't freak out, it just means you got something miss matched
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I'm now back with the device and have restored the image successfully.
However now the Wi-Fi will not turn on. I believe this is because the MAC address is not configured correctly, it is displayed as Unavailable on the device.
Using adb shell (as su) I ran the command:
Code:
imde \?
Which outputs:
Code:
Reading idme data ...
Could not find IDME with name = ?
I also attempted to use:
Code:
idme mac F0A22563AAAA
Which outputs:
Code:
Reading idme data ...
Setting mac to F0A22563AAAA
Writing new vars to temp area
You must reboot before new values will take effect
But after a reboot the mac code is not set.
Or, it could be because of version mismatching?
Shall I select the Restore-Factory Recovery option too to ensure this is not the case.
Thanks again!
Normally I do not recommend factory resets but yes, try that. (Keep in mind this turns off adb)
Do you have Bluetooth? Can you register the tablet?
I'm concerned you lost your boot0 block
If you did we may have to get creative.
But first yes try other options..
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Hi,
about 3 weeks ago I came across a kindle fire hd 7 tablet at the value world thrift store for $8. I purchased it without testing it at all. once I brought it home, I plugged the device in to find that it would not boot past the kindle fire screen (fire is in orange). I attempted booting recovery, download mode, fastboot, bootloader with the buttons before doing any research but nothing happened. After looking around online I found out I could unbrick this device with a cable I would have to purchase off eBay. I purchased the cable and it came a week later.
I charged the device overnight that day when I went to be to ensure the device was 100% charged, so when I attempted the restore I wouldn't run into a low battery issue. after the device was charged up it was back on the kindle fire screen still waiting to be restored. i searched everywhere and came across tons of dead link, but eventually found the restore tool that was called Kindle Fire First Aide . after forever I setup the program properly and that included the drivers ( had to use adb composite), environment variables (path to the tool), Java development kit and running the bat file as admin. once I got that setup I ran the bat file and then I got more errors which all seemed to be dead link problems.
when that happened I decided to attempt a manual restore via fastboot through cmd commands. I didn't know about " -i 0x1949 " at first so I ran into waiting for device errors. after learning that about that from editing the bat file in the first aid kit I was able to complete a system, boot and recovery image flash. after flashing I cleared user data and cache manually also. Then I ran a reboot command and the device screen went flash and would reboot over and over about 15-30 times before coming to a stop and not bootlooping anymore. I found out this from leaving the cable in the tablet after running the reboot script, my windows laptop would make the sound notifying me over a new device being plugged in. when that happened I decided to open the device manager so I could see if it was unknown or anything. it didn't show anything at all. windows prompted me with an unknown device error also on every boot loop reboot. after that occurred I assumed the script was wrong but that wasn't possible because the device did the reboot. so I looked for another restore tool.
I ended up finding another tool called Kindle Fire Hd System restore tool. that tool was a lot more easy to use than first aid tool kit because they put way too many options in the program. making it so the program had to be set up one way and one way only. I tried the system restore tool and it resulted in the same error, the device would reboot with the boot loop when I tried to boot into normal mode and when I didn't and manually powered down and back on. the device would be stuck on the kindle fire screen again for hours until it would die.
at this point I don't know what to do, I have tried to boot into recovery and looked into more options. maybe I didn't try everything I should have but I feel like I cover all the ground properly. I tried to flash twrp and the freedom boot image but those didn't work either. it could be possible that twrp did install and the volume button it damaged so I can't boot because of that.
if anyone has an idea or tip let me know. please and thank you. going through all this trouble was fun, to be honest, but now after investing so much time, i would really like to use the tablet with a custom ROM. if there is a hardware issue or you think there could be another problem preventing it from ever booting again. please let me know! thanks again
first aid restore tool: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38409721#post38409721
KFHD Restore tools: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
adb fastboot drivers: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269#post42407269