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In trying to install a custom bootloader on my Kindle Fire HD 7", I bricked it. When trying to start it normally, it shows "kindle fire" for a few seconds, but then the screen goes black and it becomes totally unresponsive. When I tried booting it with a factory cable, it shows "kindle fire" for a few seconds, and then switches to the "fastboot" logo, but again it is unresponsive. In both cases, my kindle is never found by adb or fastboot or any other utility when connected to my computer. I'm fairly certain this not a driver problem, because my kindle was recognized before, which is how I rooted my kindle. Is there anything else I can try to unbrick my kindle? The main problem is that it is never recognized by my computer. Now what?
What custom bootloader did you try to install?
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Messing with the bootloader on the kfhd is suicide. You may want to think about calling Amazon and see if they will replace it.
Go into fastboot mode and type this in command prompt wherever you have fastboot.exe and adb.exe (To do that just go to that folder, shift+right click anywhere and select open command window here).
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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
and idk if you know this but...if you get your kindle into fastboot mode... all you see is the logo nothing more, and everything else is done through command prompt in windows, So assuming you already know that, what made you think it is unresponsive?
Yeah he is right. Call them, tell them what happened but not how it happened.
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AmrBanawan said:
Go into fastboot mode and type this in command prompt wherever you have fastboot.exe and adb.exe (To do that just go to that folder, shift+right click anywhere and select open command window here).
Post the output
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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
and idk if you know this but...if you get your kindle into fastboot mode... all you see is the logo nothing more, and everything else is done through command prompt in windows, So assuming you already know that, what made you think it is unresponsive?
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The issue is that my kindle is not "discovered", "recognized", or whatever you want to call it by my computer. It has before, because I was able to root my kindle earlier, so I'm fairly certain that it isn't a driver problem, which is the usual response I've found. None of the fastboot commands work because my kindle can't be found.
mharlan95 said:
The issue is that my kindle is not "discovered", "recognized", or whatever you want to call it by my computer. It has before, because I was able to root my kindle earlier, so I'm fairly certain that it isn't a driver problem, which is the usual response I've found. None of the fastboot commands work because my kindle can't be found.
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Hmmm.. Thats weird what did you exactly do? I would try to reinstall the drivers. When you go into device manager do you see it there when it is plugged in? I had the same problem but my micro usb ports where fried in the Kindle bc I had a faulty fastboot cable.. Let us know if you see it in device manager..
If you tried to install Hashcode's 2nd bootloader, which is the only one that would work, it sounds like you missed a step somewhere. Is that the bootloader you tried to install?
Alright, so it was a driver problem. I ended up removing all drivers and sdk stuff, and then reinstalled and reloaded everything, which enabled fastboot to discover my device when using a factory cable. Problem solved. I found you just have to be careful when setting up sdk, and do every single step as listed on https://developer.amazon.com/sdk/fire/setup.html.
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mharlan95 said:
In trying to install a custom bootloader on my Kindle Fire HD 7", I bricked it. When trying to start it normally, it shows "kindle fire" for a few seconds, but then the screen goes black and it becomes totally unresponsive. When I tried booting it with a factory cable, it shows "kindle fire" for a few seconds, and then switches to the "fastboot" logo, but again it is unresponsive. In both cases, my kindle is never found by adb or fastboot or any other utility when connected to my computer. I'm fairly certain this not a driver problem, because my kindle was recognized before, which is how I rooted my kindle. Is there anything else I can try to unbrick my kindle? The main problem is that it is never recognized by my computer. Now what?
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I have the exact same problem but found an unusual solution. after 2 months of pain and toil i did something that saved me. When your kindle is frosen on the logo with no animation, you have to restart your computer with your kindle plugged in. I restarted and boom my kindle restarted a few times and booted up. It did not work when i plugged it into usb 3.0 ports, but the usb 2.0 was fine. I just restarted with the kindle plugged in, and it unbricked.
Hope this helps
oliverisboss said:
I have the exact same problem but found an unusual solution. after 2 months of pain and toil i did something that saved me. When your kindle is frosen on the logo with no animation, you have to restart your computer with your kindle plugged in. I restarted and boom my kindle restarted a few times and booted up. It did not work when i plugged it into usb 3.0 ports, but the usb 2.0 was fine. I just restarted with the kindle plugged in, and it unbricked.
Hope this helps
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Did you hapen to have a facory cable plugged in at the time? and was it the 2013 model?
davethebrave14 said:
Did you hapen to have a facory cable plugged in at the time? and was it the 2013 model?
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Yes it was a factory cable and no i think i got it in late 2012
I have a fire hd 7", that I messed up.
It is stuck on the "Kindle Fire System Recovery" screen.
I got a fastboot cable & when I plug it in I see the fastboot logo.
I am not sure how to procede.
I am still quite new at this & I am using a mac.
One problem I think I am having is that adb does not recognize the device.
You use fastboot commands in fastboot mode.
So I was trying to install TWRP to my Kindle Fire HD7. I had successfully rooted and was using FireFlash to flash the bootloader.
When I pressed boot to recovery the device rebooted showed the kindle logo and then a red screen.
I tried making a fastboot cable but could not get the device to show up in ADB devices. Am I totally boned?
I have links to the directions I followed and a gif of the logo and red screen but I cannot post them since I'm new.
I had this issue also, I just made a fastboot cable, plugged it in and flashed stock files, I then rerooted, installed TWRP, 2ND bootloader, then CM11, finally with PAC-rom.
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I can can agree with wire55. Have to have a fastboot cable to fix this. Reflashed stock then created my own personal port ROM.
Sent from my Kindle Fire HD running a Personal Ported Rom
I made a fastboot (by jumping pin 1 and 4 on a microusb) cable but it shows the device as disconnected in Device Manager.
Here is what it looks like when I turn it on i.imgur.com/TSUHsjW.gif
you dont use adb commands with fastboot mode, you use fastboot commands with fastboot mode. Try "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and see if it reports back. If it does all you will need to do is flash the older bootloader for your device first(check the md5sum plz so you don't hard brick), then restore with kffa or srt. Fireflash method should work fine now for sure once you have flashed the older bootloader.
concerning rdwidam
It says <waiting for device>
I will try again tomorrow, my friend is bringing over a fastboot cable that we know is working.
I'll report back if there is progress. Thanks.
stunts513 said:
you dont use adb commands with fastboot mode, you use fastboot commands with fastboot mode. Try "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and see if it reports back. If it does all you will need to do is flash the older bootloader for your device first(check the md5sum plz so you don't hard brick), then restore with kffa or srt. Fireflash method should work fine now for sure once you have flashed the older bootloader.
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frakkingcylon said:
It says <waiting for device>
I will try again tomorrow, my friend is bringing over a fastboot cable that we know is working.
I'll report back if there is progress. Thanks.
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ok that's good, if the command still doesn't respond after it says fastboot mode on the screen, then go to the device manager and look for a device with a yellow triangle next to it, once you find it download my drivers in my signature, extract them somewhere, and right click the device and hit update drivers, point it to where you extracted mine and let it install. If you are on windows 8 you will have to disable driver signature enforcement first.
OK, I got a fastboot cable but still no luck. Nothing shows up in device manager and no response to fastboot commands. I think I'm going to throw my self on the mercy of Amazon.
frakkingcylon said:
OK, I got a fastboot cable but still no luck. Nothing shows up in device manager and no response to fastboot commands. I think I'm going to throw my self on the mercy of Amazon.
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So the fastboot cable isn't throwing it into fastboot mode, it is staying at a red screen? You are positive the fastboot cable is a fastboot cable? And i have to ask this even though its stupid but you are positive it was a kindle fire hd 7 and not an 8.9"? The fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models is why i'm asking, those will go into fastboot with the command i mentioned but its slightly more complicated than that, the device would show up for a brief moment then disappear when turned on.
It is possible our fastboot cable is not working. I will try another one today. I measured the kindle and the view-able screen is 7 inches diagonally, while the whole body including the bezel is 9 inches.
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So the fastboot cable isn't throwing it into fastboot mode, it is staying at a red screen? You are positive the fastboot cable is a fastboot cable? And i have to ask this even though its stupid but you are positive it was a kindle fire hd 7 and not an 8.9"? The fastboot cables don't work on 8.9" models is why i'm asking, those will go into fastboot with the command i mentioned but its slightly more complicated than that, the device would show up for a brief moment then disappear when turned on.
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Ok, success! I got out my soldering iron and made a working fastboot cable. Now my kindle turns on and shows a fastboot logo on screen, and I have a device called Tate-PVT-08 in Device Manager. So I installed the android drivers to allow me to use fastboot commands. Then I used KFHD_SRT tools to restore the Recovery and Factory image.
Thank you everyone for all your help and knowledge. I was freaking out a bit, but all is well.
Dear specialists from XDA:
I'm from Brazil, and I bought a Kindle Fire HD 7 (MODEL x43z80 'tate') with the last original Fire OS, and the Amazon universe don't have a lot of things in Brazil, so I decided to put a Cyanogenmod based on Marshmallow. My guide is the Tekify Channel, and I got it.
But, after a soft reset, because I want to give a gift to my wife, I have the TWRP bootloop issue.
After a 1 week from search in XDA and a lot of English tutorials in youtube, today I have the kindle in stucked in the 'Kindle Fire' logo bootloop.
So, I search here in XDA wha I have to do, and I stucked.
I don't have a fastboot cable, in Brazil Amazon sold just the basic kindle e-reader, and I want the Kindle Fire good again... :crying:
Someone help me? I try ALL the aplications here, like: KFHD unbrick, Kindle Fire 1st Aid, but I1m stucked in the Kindle Fire logo.
I can't access the ADB or Fastboot, because the computer don't recognize the KFHD, and I can't access the TWRP or any screen, I tried a lot of times the command POWER+VOL DOWN, but I return to the 'Kindle Fire' logo.
Thanks for the help.
J.C.
From powered down condition, press power button, then hold POWER-UP, until blue fire logo appears and continue to hold for a couple of seconds, then release. It should go into TWRP. From there, ADB should work. If not, try powering up while connected to PC with USB cable. Hopefully it will boot into fastboot mode. I use linux because windows has too many problems with drivers.
basenjidad said:
From powered down condition, press power button, then hold POWER-UP, until blue fire logo appears and continue to hold for a couple of seconds, then release. It should go into TWRP. From there, ADB should work. If not, try powering up while connected to PC with USB cable. Hopefully it will boot into fastboot mode. I use linux because windows has too many problems with drivers.
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hi,
i have Kindle Fire HD 7" after some issues i try to flashing, voip all data and delete backup etc, my WTRP V.2.7.8.0 changed to v.2.6.3.1 and stuck in kindle fire logo and not connected to pc or not show storage in my computer.
please help me and restore my kindle fire tate. thanks a lot (i am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
Can you boot into TWRP? You need to update to at least V2.8.7.0. I'm running V3.0.0.0 but I can't find the download link anywhere. If you're in TWRP 2.6.3.1 try going the the boot menu and reboot to bootloader. This should put you in fastboot. Next, connect to PC via USB. Type fastboot devices to see if it's working. Now fastboot flash recovery /(path and filename to TWRP 2.8.7.0) Once you have the newer version installed, remove usb cable and reboot to twrp and make sure mtd is enabled in the mount menu. You sould be able to connect usb cable and drag and drop your chosen ROM and gapps into the internal storage where you can install them with TWRP.
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Can you boot into TWRP? You need to update to at least V2.8.7.0. I'm running V3.0.0.0 but I can't find the download link anywhere. If you're in TWRP 2.6.3.1 try going the the boot menu and reboot to bootloader. This should put you in fastboot. Next, connect to PC via USB. Type fastboot devices to see if it's working. Now fastboot flash recovery /(path and filename to TWRP 2.8.7.0) Once you have the newer version installed, remove usb cable and reboot to twrp and make sure mtd is enabled in the mount menu. You sould be able to connect usb cable and drag and drop your chosen ROM and gapps into the internal storage where you can install them with TWRP.
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first thanks a lot basenjidad for you attention and quick reply.
yes divice boot in TWRP and < i have v.2.8.7.0 file > my kindle access to fasboot mode but after connecting to pc not reconize and in the mount menu mtd option not show.
(adb & kindle usb driver already installed) sorry my english is not good
Make sure USB 2.0 or less on PC port. Try a different cable. Try another Android device just to make sure everything works on the computer.
basenjidad said:
Make sure USB 2.0 or less on PC port. Try a different cable. Try another Android device just to make sure everything works on the computer.
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Thanks again to you
Kindle show in my laptop but connect see pics.
Try installing mtp USB many times but not successfully installing in my laptop.
you need a newer version of twrp. If fastboot won't work, I don't know how you can flash a new recovery or bootloader.
The last thing to try would be to update adb and fastboot from Google or the Ubuntu repositories. https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Try: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Try with root: sudo su
I have never used a fastboot cable. It hasn't been necessary but it may be in your case.
basenjidad said:
The last thing to try would be to update adb and fastboot from Google or the Ubuntu repositories. https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
Try: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Try with root: sudo su
I have never used a fastboot cable. It hasn't been necessary but it may be in your case.
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hi,
many thanks bro.
has a my new issue > hi,
I have Kindle Fire HD 7" (2nd Generation)
model no X43Z60
FCC ID YJM-0725
(Operating System: Windows 7 & Linux)
On Yesterday Try with SRTool v1.3.5 Connect and Applying Option# 4th> remove cache and system and option# 1st> restore-factory rooted with super SU.apk uploading <recovery 7.3.0.image > Successfully Complete and Exit.
After Re Boot the Device Stuck in Kindle-fire Orange Logo and Logo Blink after Every 10 seconds and not detecting to pc.
Please help me and Recover the issue. Thanks so much
My Kindle Fire HD& Tate 2nd gen is stuck in a fastboot bootloop. When I turn on kindle I get Kindle fire logo for a second then immediately get fastboot kindle fire logo then screen goes black and when I connect normal usb lead I can hear kindle connecting and disconnecting to pc this goes on and on with black screen.
I used kindle fire utility to check fastboot status with option 4 then I connect fastboot cable and on pc it says waiting for device >product: Tate-PVT-08 finished. total time: 0.109s Fastboot is enabled.Press any key to continue . . .But I can not get it out of the fastboot bootloop.....I have tried this in command prompt fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot then sats waiting for device then I connect normal usb lead and it says rebooting but then just comes back to the Kindle fire logo for a second then immediately then fastboot kindle fire logo and once again goes through connecting and disconnecting issue...
I have also tried disconnecting battery for a few minutes and get same result,also tried a couple of times each holding power for 20,30,40,50,60 seconds then let go wait a couple of seconds then press power again,but with all of them it still goes back to Kindle fire logo then fastboot kindle fire logo and once again goes through connecting and disconnecting issue...any help appreciated as to how to get it out of this fastboot loop
update on this I managed to restore using cmd prompt and Kindle_fire_HD_7(backup 7.2.3+root).zip...
Happy again
Update even better news I have now managed to install twrp recovery and Cyanogenmod 12.1 on it and its running smooth...