So I just recieved a pretty sweet present, my brother in law got a new ipad for his birthday and has chosen to give me his old Kindle Fire HD that has some issues.
It was previously rooted, but in an attempt to unroot it, he slightly messed up the kindle's top bar.
The device functions very well for performance, but although all the google aspects are gone off the device from what I can tell, the bar at the top continuously disappears for up to a couple minutes at a time. I'm not sure what kind of root he used back then or how he got rid of it, but I do see SuperSU still installed along with ES File Explorer.
I currently am charging the device and its at 30% since I just got it this morning, but any suggestions would be greatly greatly appreciated!!
Donnod11 said:
So I just recieved a pretty sweet present, my brother in law got a new ipad for his birthday and has chosen to give me his old Kindle Fire HD that has some issues.
It was previously rooted, but in an attempt to unroot it, he slightly messed up the kindle's top bar.
The device functions very well for performance, but although all the google aspects are gone off the device from what I can tell, the bar at the top continuously disappears for up to a couple minutes at a time. I'm not sure what kind of root he used back then or how he got rid of it, but I do see SuperSU still installed along with ES File Explorer.
I currently am charging the device and its at 30% since I just got it this morning, but any suggestions would be greatly greatly appreciated!!
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Hi!
I got my kindle fire hd today (german edition) and tried to root my device. So i watched the guide on *** and read several articles and forum threads to be prepared rooting the kindle fire. Ok first of all: i might have damaged the screen, although i have no clue how this happened. One of the corner led doesn't work properly anymore. The effect is like heavy clouding on led tvs.
I followed exactly the tutorial on ****. After the first step, the processor starts to heat up and the tablet slows a bit down. After the second reboot the tablet gets really hot and significantly slows down. The screen starts to flicker and the tablet needs about 10 seconds to execute a command. After a reset to factory defaults everything works like charm except the clouding. I changed the usb port, reinstalled the android sdk and even used qemuroot. Nothing works. I am going to send my kindle back and buy another one, but i wont try to root it without solving this problem. Does anyone have an idea??
/edit as a new member i can't post any urls. The first *** is reverendkyle.c*m and the second is an article on redmondpie
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back.
Maybe the "German Edition" versions were those that didn't make the first round of quality control checks.
soupmagnet said:
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back.
Maybe the "German Edition" versions were those that didn't make the first round of quality control checks.
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I only mentioned it because my firmware version isn't 7.21 (sorry my fault) but 7.20. Never heard of it, maybe the eu version somehow differs from the us version.
noskill123 said:
I only mentioned it because my firmware version isn't 7.21 (sorry my fault) but 7.20. Never heard of it, maybe the eu version somehow differs from the us version.
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7.20 is on the 32GB that I just received today.
soupmagnet said:
Sounds like you received a defective device. Send it back..
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yup, it's the right advice. don't try to force any root, send the device back instead and have a new try with the next one.
The root will work for both 7.2.0 and 7.2.1, barring any anomalies with your specific device. I would use the automated root found on this forum when you try rooting next time, since it'll eliminate any possible mistakes (not saying you made any). Either way, everyone else is definitely right in saying you got a defective device. Luckily, Amazon's pretty good about replacements when you're under warranty. My own device's CPU was running so hot, it smelled like things were melting. Got it replaced with no fuss, and no extra charges.
noskill123 said:
Hi!
I got my kindle fire hd today (german edition) and tried to root my device. So i watched the guide on *** and read several articles and forum threads to be prepared rooting the kindle fire. Ok first of all: i might have damaged the screen, although i have no clue how this happened. One of the corner led doesn't work properly anymore. The effect is like heavy clouding on led tvs.
I followed exactly the tutorial on ****. After the first step, the processor starts to heat up and the tablet slows a bit down. After the second reboot the tablet gets really hot and significantly slows down. The screen starts to flicker and the tablet needs about 10 seconds to execute a command. After a reset to factory defaults everything works like charm except the clouding. I changed the usb port, reinstalled the android sdk and even used qemuroot. Nothing works. I am going to send my kindle back and buy another one, but i wont try to root it without solving this problem. Does anyone have an idea??
/edit as a new member i can't post any urls. The first *** is reverendkyle.c*m and the second is an article on redmondpie
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That’s exactly what happen to me about 10 days ago my KFHD
Get hot and speed is unbelievable slow down but I do manage to reset to factory setting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32866304#post32866304
But finally I manage to root my KFHD and switch off upgrade option because I don’t want
The same problem occurs to me again.
My mistake at the first time is I mix up the method using manually method by reverendkjr
And on half way using script giving by sparkym3, so on the second attempt I only use
manually method by reverendkjr doing exactly what he is done and I get my KFHD rooted
I hope this will help you
NB
Even I uncheck automatic update they still updated my KFHD now I am with 7.21
and became unroot yes will start allover again.:fingers-crossed:
Hello, just to start out I’m not really familiar with Kindles or Android devices in general despite owning one for a few months now. A few days ago I decided to root it, and after much struggle and attempts I finally got it working. Afterwards I first got rid of the Ads, IMDB, and Cloud9 app since they were a waste of space or in the way.
Since then however I ran into a different problem. I can’t seem to open any of my books that I sideloaded onto my Kindle HD. They’re in mobi format and they show up in the books tab but whenever I click them all that happens is the picture that’s now gone after my last restart gets big like it’s about to open and then after about twenty seconds it just returns to the home screen.
I believe I deleted the wrong app in the process of trying to get rid of the bloat on the device so I tried to install Kindle from the store. The App doesn't show up but it’s installed, however it’s still not working.
Is there any way to fix this problem without doing a factory reset? If that would even fix my problem that is.
Any and all help is much appreciated.
I'd also like to add in that I have tried moving the files from the Books folder to the kindle folder and vice-versa with no luck either way.
I had whatever, that updated to 7.3 as soon as I turned it on. Rooted fine with KF First Aide. Installed ES File Explorer, Google Play, etc. All was well. Then I read a post here how hard it was to copy/paste with ES File Explorer. I was joking about it with my husband and showing him how easy it was and copied random file... literally just randomly long pressed a file to show him the options, picked copy, and then went to another directory and *meant* to point to but touched paste instead... it was one of the Google Play files.
Kindle fire hd 7" immediately started freaking out. A mac address type error flashing so quick I couldn't do anything else. It was the same low letters and numbers you'd get with a mac address but said error and just an OK button which did nothing when you manage to tap in while flashing. Restarted, thinking if I was lucky Google Play just would't work... got the red triangle and neither option helped. So I ordered one of SkOrPn's cables which works flawlessly and boots right into fastboot. Yay for SkOrPn! Not so ya for me... (not their fault!).
It shows up as "Tate-PVT-08". I've tried every variation of driver I can find. Uninstalling all old things I can find, complete with the command line command to show ghost hubs/devices and what not and removing them and shut down/start up fresh too... no joy. Also removing and restarting between each driver try... neither of the Amazon drivers work for fastboot for me. I've tried so many things at this point my brain is fried.
So I'm hoping someone can help direct me how to fix this. . I won it in an online giveaway, so I'm not out anything, but it'd sure be nice to use it! As messed up as the Kindle crap is I'd be pissed if I bought it... but I'm majorly spoiled on Sony (Ericsson) and their "ya, play with it, screw it up, we don't care, here's how to fix it online just plug it in"... even before they had the online thing they'd let you send it back (and paid shipping both ways for it!) would reflash firmware and send it back with paper ticket that said "No problems found" lol... even on a device you actually bricked (wouldn't turn on... not the cute "brick"="I screwed it up but it's fixable" that people use now).
Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Especially if you could steer me to drivers that work for 2nd generation HD 7 inch in fastboot on Windows 8. Thanks for reading if nothing else!
Try The SoupKit found here.
This is a Kinology HD using XDA Premium
Swap cables. Boot with the factory cable then switch to a normal one.
Thanks for the reply, but I've been doing that. Great advice for anyone who doesn't know though!
You couldn't have damaged anything by just copying a file unless either:
You cut the file
OR
You overwrote a system file
OR
You filled up your system partition.
If you still need help, I might be able to do some researching.
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I'd say your fast boot driver didn't install right mine showed up like that and I had to keep playing with drivers to get it to work
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Same Problem
I'm having the same problem! If you fixed it please let me know!
FIXED!!
It's fixed! You have to use KindleFireAide. Just follow all of the directions and it's perfect.:laugh::laugh::laugh::good::good::good:
Shawnsch said:
I'd say your fast boot driver didn't install right mine showed up like that and I had to keep playing with drivers to get it to work
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM 10.1
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Thanks, I was hoping there was a better answer than just keep uninstalling/reinstalling various drivers in various ways til it works lol.
I've got a pc I haven't plugged it in to I'll try this weekend, if that doesn't work I'll do the Linux Soup Kit.
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Thanks, I was hoping there was a better answer than just keep uninstalling/reinstalling various drivers in various ways til it works lol.
I've got a pc I haven't plugged it in to I'll try this weekend, if that doesn't work I'll do the Linux Soup Kit.
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Use Kindle Fire Aide. It comes with all of the drivers.
Geckodudes said:
Use Kindle Fire Aide. It comes with all of the drivers.
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That was my first thing to try. Unfortunately one of them says stopped by user (preferred one) and the alternate won't install, gets to the end of installing and says didn't install, do manually... which has the same results. I'm getting the same results on another pc. Fun times lol.
Edit... I give up, it's Linux time. Will report back later.
My husband did the Soup kit (correct version, followed directions, etc.) with it for me while I was at work today on an pc he put Linux on (so nothing phone/tablet/adb/driver has ever touched it for anything). He's more savvy with Linux, I haven't used it much since the 90s while he regularly has it as a dual boot on his main pc. He used Ubuntu, followed the Soupkit directions and still no Linux love either.
I'm pretty much down to just sending it back, worst case they send it back and tell me I'm screwed. Both of us are so spoiled on Sony (me) and Google/Nexus (him)... that this some things only works sometimes and just keep bashing your head into the wall and something you already tried three times will work thing is out of our frame of reference (which is what it took to get it rooted lol). I've already spent more time trying to fix the stupid thing for something that shouldn't have even caused an issue than I've spent on both my Sonys combined... even though I've borked both more than once... crazy.
My only advice ... buy a real tablet lol. Luckily I won this so I'm not out anything if Amazon won't swap it... but I really like the 7" size for book reading.
I'll fix it for you...
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My husband did the Soup kit (correct version, followed directions, etc.) with it for me while I was at work today on an pc he put Linux on (so nothing phone/tablet/adb/driver has ever touched it for anything). He's more savvy with Linux, I haven't used it much since the 90s while he regularly has it as a dual boot on his main pc. He used Ubuntu, followed the Soupkit directions and still no Linux love either.
I'm pretty much down to just sending it back, worst case they send it back and tell me I'm screwed. Both of us are so spoiled on Sony (me) and Google/Nexus (him)... that this some things only works sometimes and just keep bashing your head into the wall and something you already tried three times will work thing is out of our frame of reference (which is what it took to get it rooted lol). I've already spent more time trying to fix the stupid thing for something that shouldn't have even caused an issue than I've spent on both my Sonys combined... even though I've borked both more than once... crazy.
My only advice ... buy a real tablet lol. Luckily I won this so I'm not out anything if Amazon won't swap it... but I really like the 7" size for book reading.
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If you're gonna send it anywhere, if you pay for shipping I could try to fix it. No guarantees, of course.
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
Sent from my KFTT using xda premium
KindleFireGuy said:
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
Sent from my KFTT using xda premium
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Ya did all that fun stuff, repeatedly with various drivers with all the 20 steps in between to remove others, lol.
Husband spent quite some time with Linux and SoupKit to no avail also. He could get his phone to work (making sure he had all the rules and steps correct), but it never would do anything with the tablet.
I gave up and called Amazon late Monday. They had me turn it on and verify the red triangle screen then sent me a new one that arrived today. Take the new one out of the box and put the old one in they said. They paid shipping both ways. If they complain I'll tell them send me the old and I'll send the new one back lol (at my expense). If they want to make the thing such a mess to deal with what do they expect? They know there's a whole group of people that won't live with the crappy launcher mess they have .
[I put this message on the general Kindle Fire forum, and was told to move it here]
I have a Kindle Fire 5th Gen. A while ago I used rootjunky's supertools, apparently successfully: first downgrading the firmware to 1.2, then taking the first five options in the supertool (add google play store, root device, block OTA updates, remove lock screen ads, and install nova launcher). I added a few apps (SignBSL, SuperSU, Firefox, termux, wshell) and all seemed ok.
This all worked ok, including the wifi. Today I came back to the device after not using it for a while and found that when turned on it loops between the 'lock' screen and the 'fire' screen. I turned off the house wifi, and then found the looping stopped. Disabling wifi makes it start up OK; as soon as wifi is enabled it becomes unusable again. There is no problem with any other devices on the wifi, it is definitely the Kindle Fire that has the problem.
I can connect to the device through ADB, get a shell, and su in the shell. But I don't know what I'm looking for - I haven't done anything with Android before. My first thought was to look in /var/log, but I soon found that doesn't exist.
Can anyone advise how to go from here?
Thanks
Graham
navtis123 said:
[I put this message on the general Kindle Fire forum, and was told to move it here]
I have a Kindle Fire 5th Gen. A while ago I used rootjunky's supertools, apparently successfully: first downgrading the firmware to 1.2, then taking the first five options in the supertool (add google play store, root device, block OTA updates, remove lock screen ads, and install nova launcher). I added a few apps (SignBSL, SuperSU, Firefox, termux, wshell) and all seemed ok.
This all worked ok, including the wifi. Today I came back to the device after not using it for a while and found that when turned on it loops between the 'lock' screen and the 'fire' screen. I turned off the house wifi, and then found the looping stopped. Disabling wifi makes it start up OK; as soon as wifi is enabled it becomes unusable again. There is no problem with any other devices on the wifi, it is definitely the Kindle Fire that has the problem.
I can connect to the device through ADB, get a shell, and su in the shell. But I don't know what I'm looking for - I haven't done anything with Android before. My first thought was to look in /var/log, but I soon found that doesn't exist.
Can anyone advise how to go from here?
Thanks
Graham
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I would not spend time trying to debug the WiFi issue. Given you have root + ADB access recover whatever personal files you need and then reload FireOS (preferably 5.1.2; 5.3.1 will also work) from the stock recovery menu. Fixing radio issues is akin to tossing sawdust in the transmission. It will likely come back to bite you later.
OK, I've gone back to 5.1.2 and repeated the process. It's all working again now, but since I don't know why it stopped working before am afraid it can just happen again at random - it's better to have a reason for things!
Thanks for the advice anyway.
Left it on for half an hour and its gone back to the original behaviour: on the screen saver, then the fire screen, back to the screen saver, then the fire screen. It doesn't stay long enough on the screen saver to open it and turn the wifi off, I have to get it to disconnect by taking it out of range or turning the house wifi off.
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OK, I've gone back to 5.1.2 and repeated the process. It's all working again now, but since I don't know why it stopped working before am afraid it can just happen again at random - it's better to have a reason for things!
Thanks for the advice anyway.
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Left it on for half an hour and its gone back to the original behaviour: on the screen saver, then the fire screen, back to the screen saver, then the fire screen. It doesn't stay long enough on the screen saver to open it and turn the wifi off, I have to get it to disconnect by taking it out of range or turning the house wifi off.
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Rolling back to stock eliminated many possibilities and suggests the likely root case is hardware based assuming you (or Amazon) did not install/update any apps after restoring 5.1.2. Possible one of the chips is overheating triggering a boot loop. If the device is still in warranty Amazon will exchange it. If not you can attempt to load FireOS 5.3.1 (latest rootable version). Given the symptoms that should not make a difference but you have nothing to loose. Just don't go lower than 5.1.2 as device will brick.
Also try moving to a different location (friends house, coffee shop, etc) to see if the AP makes a difference. Not common but certain multi-band APs have been known to trigger device instability.
Hey Guys,
I've got two Fire (5th Gen) 7in tablets, which are my kids. they're both completely stock, no Root at all running FireOS 5.3.2.1 and are exclusively used in the Fire for Kids app. They're kept in those huge foamy kids cases with handles and we've drummed into them that they should look after them well which they do.
However, both tablets have shown the same issue; When not in use for a couple of minutes they reboot themselves. After each reboot you can start using them fine, but after a few minutes of not being used they reboot again. So if not actively using the tablets, they will reboot continually until the battery dies.
Amazon has replaced both of these tablets. The replacements are doing the exact same thing. I suspected at this point is may be a problem with my account or profile so I factory reset and registered them on my Wife's amazon account, did not restore from backup, just had them fresh.... And the same problem happens.
Is there a known issue with 5.3.2.1?! Amazon have now processed another pair of replacements which I think is unnecessary, it seems like a software issue to me but they don't have any other suggestions. So I'm hoping some of the brains here may have seen it before!
The only idea I have left is that the "Expandable Storage" option suddenly became available around the time this started happening. Might be a coincidence but I've now factory reset one of them and removed the SD card to see if it makes any difference. Any other ideas guys?
Jay_uk1185 said:
Hey Guys,
I've got two Fire (5th Gen) 7in tablets, which are my kids. they're both completely stock, no Root at all running FireOS 5.3.2.1 and are exclusively used in the Fire for Kids app. They're kept in those huge foamy kids cases with handles and we've drummed into them that they should look after them well which they do.
However, both tablets have shown the same issue; When not in use for a couple of minutes they reboot themselves. After each reboot you can start using them fine, but after a few minutes of not being used they reboot again. So if not actively using the tablets, they will reboot continually until the battery dies.
Amazon has replaced both of these tablets. The replacements are doing the exact same thing. I suspected at this point is may be a problem with my account or profile so I factory reset and registered them on my Wife's amazon account, did not restore from backup, just had them fresh.... And the same problem happens.
Is there a known issue with 5.3.2.1?! Amazon have now processed another pair of replacements which I think is unnecessary, it seems like a software issue to me but they don't have any other suggestions. So I'm hoping some of the brains here may have seen it before!
The only idea I have left is that the "Expandable Storage" option suddenly became available around the time this started happening. Might be a coincidence but I've now factory reset one of them and removed the SD card to see if it makes any difference. Any other ideas guys?
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It sounds like the devices may be trying to auto-update and failing for whatever reason. Pure speculation as I no longer run FireOS.