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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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
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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?
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I'm trying to flash my rooted Fire HD running 7.4.3 using Hashcode's method but I can't seem to get fastboot to work. I powered off the device, put in the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" and then plug the device back in. The device boots itself back up automatically, and boots straight to the stock ROM. I did some forum diving and found the command "adb shell su -c "reboot bootloader" This command will cause the device to boot to the fastboot screen, but when I put in the "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot" command, nothing happens. The terminal hangs at <waiting for device> and the Kindle doesn't respond at all.
It seems my fastboot drivers are working, but the device doesn't respond to any fastboot commands. Am I missing something here?
If your drivers were working for fastboot, and you entered a fastboot command in fastboot mode, it wouldn't hang at "waiting-for-device".
Of course there are exceptions, like a faulty USB cable, or using a USB 3.0 port. But, considering you are able to successfully send adb commands, I'm willing to bet that's not the case
soupmagnet said:
If your drivers were working for fastboot, and you entered a fastboot command in fastboot mode, it wouldn't hang at "waiting-for-device".
Of course there are exceptions, like a faulty USB cable, or using a USB 3.0 port. But, considering you are able to successfully send adb commands, I'm willing to bet that's not the case
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So how can I fix it? The only fastboot drivers I could find are bundled together with the adb drivers, which I already have installed.
I believe @stunts513 may be able to help you with that. I'm sure he'll be chiming in at any moment now...
Ok, I got it into fastboot again with the reboot bootloader command, and it shows up as Tate-PVT-08 in Device Manager, and is indeed saying that the driver isn't installed. However, when I hit "Update Driver" and point it to the folder where the driver is installed, it tells me that no driver could be found.
Hehe, sorry I'm late I just woke up about an hour ago. Here try the drivers from this post and see if you have any luck: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44446906
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stunts513 said:
Hehe, sorry I'm late I just woke up about an hour ago. Here try the drivers from this post and see if you have any luck: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44446906
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Well, there's some progress. The driver wizard at least attempts to install the driver, but after a few seconds I get this https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27976682/201308.16 143541.png
StormConjurer said:
Well, there's some progress. The driver wizard at least attempts to install the driver, but after a few seconds I get this https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27976682/201308.16 143541.png
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soupmagnet said:
What version of Windows are you using?
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Windows 8
Have you disabled driver signature verification?
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Have you disabled driver signature verification?
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Perfect! Installed the drivers
Hi all,
I tried to install a 2nd bootloader on my rooted device (KF HD 7" - 7.4.6) according to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848, but I can't manage to make fastbooot mode work, even using a fastboot cord.
With the Kindle powered down, I type "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" into a cmd window on my PC and it returns with: < waiting for device>
When i connect fastboot cable to the Kindle, it reboots to a "FASTBOOT kindle fire" logo.
Terminal window shows < waiting for device> and nothing else.
Device isn't stuck, anyway; if I power it off, unplug the cable and power it on, kindle works normally.
KFFirstAide won't help, too.
Any advice, please ?
Thanks
Sounds like you just need to install the driver for fastboot, while the device is in fastboot, look in your device manager, find the device with a triangle next to it, right click it and hit update driver. Download the driver in my signature and unzip it, and tell the update driver window to search the folder you extracted the driver in my signature to, it should install and the fastboot commands will then function.
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Type. fastboot devices
And check if it returns any code/value.
If it doesnot return anything then your drivers are not working properly.
Go to Computer Properties>>device mamagment>> And check if it shows ur device fastboot drivers.
If it is not shown then plug out ur usb cable>>restart ur pc>>plug in the usb in usb port other than you pluged before.. and inatall your fastboot drivers.
If you don't have fastboot drivers. Googe it.
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Hit THANKS if I Helped. :thumbup:
stunts513 said:
Download the driver in my signature and unzip it, and tell the update driver window to search the folder you extracted the driver in my signature to, it should install and the fastboot commands will then function.
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Hi and thanks
It works: I updated the driver and now PC identify my kindle in fastboot mode as "Tate ...".
uhmblues said:
Hi and thanks
It works: I updated the driver and now PC identify my kindle in fastboot mode as "Tate ...".
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Good deal, now use KFFA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888 Use this to restore, root, and Gapps and remove OTA updates. Use the thread Stunts posted above to install 2nd bootloader/TWRP or this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 One is manually (recommended) and the other is by flashing which works just fine but remember to put a ROM on your SD disk before flashing as well or you may have another bootloop.
LinearEquation said:
Good deal, now use KFFA http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888 Use this to restore, root, and Gapps and remove OTA updates. Use the thread Stunts posted above to install 2nd bootloader/TWRP or this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 One is manually (recommended) and the other is by flashing which works just fine but remember to put a ROM on your SD disk before flashing as well or you may have another bootloop.
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Hi,
2nd-bootloader, TWRP and CM10.1 up and running!
Can't connect to wi-fi network, so far (static IP), but I guess I'll find an answer searching the forum.
EDIT:
Wi-Fi now ok!
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
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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
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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...
Hi everyone.
I rooted my kindle. Put CM 13 in it. Had some problems with SuperSu - couldn`t install. Download zip update and installed it from TWRP. After rebooting all I can see is orange Kindle logo which keep rebooting constantly every 2-3 seconds. Can`t get into recovery. PC doesn`t recognize it because it`s kind of off. Installed ABD - still nothing. No devices in the list. Installed utility - nothing - status off. It seems like it`s not getting to the point to be considering on for adb to pick up anything.
Can you please advise.
Thank you.
Gospelalex said:
Hi everyone.
I rooted my kindle. Put CM 13 in it. Had some problems with SuperSu - couldn`t install. Download zip update and installed it from TWRP. After rebooting all I can see is orange Kindle logo which keep rebooting constantly every 2-3 seconds. Can`t get into recovery. PC doesn`t recognize it because it`s kind of off. Installed ABD - still nothing. No devices in the list. Installed utility - nothing - status off. It seems like it`s not getting to the point to be considering on for adb to pick up anything.
Can you please advise.
Thank you.
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I did the EXACT same thing, so don't feel bad. You will need a fastboot cable. If you don't have one, you can find them on eBay, or there are instructions on this site on how to make one, but you'll need to buy a breakout board. Here's how @r3t3ch helped me once I got the fastboot (or factory) cable:
"The command "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" will wait until fastboot sees your device; using "fastboot -i 0x1949 devices" will also tell you if it sees anything, but exits immediately without waiting. If windows shows the device as "Tate" under unrecognized devices in device manager and you know fastboot is already installed, do right click>update driver>browse computer>let me pick>android composite interface. Since you know you soft bricked by flashing supersu, once you get the cable and fastboot mode working, you just have to extract the boot.img file from the cm13 zip and flash it using "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img" then "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot oem recovery" then power cycle the device. I recommend waiting for the cable since making one is a PITA especially if your donor cable is cheap and doesn't have easy to access pin outs."
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I did the EXACT same thing, so don't feel bad. You will need a fastboot cable. If you don't have one, you can find them on eBay, or there are instructions on this site on how to make one, but you'll need to buy a breakout board. Here's how @r3t3ch helped me once I got the fastboot (or factory) cable:
"The command "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" will wait until fastboot sees your device; using "fastboot -i 0x1949 devices" will also tell you if it sees anything, but exits immediately without waiting. If windows shows the device as "Tate" under unrecognized devices in device manager and you know fastboot is already installed, do right click>update driver>browse computer>let me pick>android composite interface. Since you know you soft bricked by flashing supersu, once you get the cable and fastboot mode working, you just have to extract the boot.img file from the cm13 zip and flash it using "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img" then "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot oem recovery" then power cycle the device. I recommend waiting for the cable since making one is a PITA especially if your donor cable is cheap and doesn't have easy to access pin outs."
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Thanks a lot for reply.
Just got my cable today. Tried as you`ve said. But nothing responded. In com "Waiting for device". Kindle keeps rebooting. Nothing unidentified in Device manager...
Gospelalex said:
Thanks a lot for reply.
Just got my cable today. Tried as you`ve said. But nothing responded. In com "Waiting for device". Kindle keeps rebooting. Nothing unidentified in Device manager...
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Do you have the kindle drivers installed on your PC? If you get the Kindle to boot to fastboot mode, the PC should show it in the device manager. I'll see if I can find the link to the drivers that I used. They're somewhere on this site!
I think these are the adb drivers I used... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890413
vasolini said:
Do you have the kindle drivers installed on your PC? If you get the Kindle to boot to fastboot mode, the PC should show it in the device manager. I'll see if I can find the link to the drivers that I used. They're somewhere on this site!
I think these are the adb drivers I used... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890413
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Can`t install them - install failed.
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Can`t install them - install failed.
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Got another cable. Was able to get to fastboot. But couldn`t get past it. Device was shown as tate unrecognized. Pushed to install driver and made it recognized by pc. Tried kindle fire utility v099 to run recovery. The kindle gone into reboot. So now it reboots into main loge, then changes into fastboot loge and then going into continuous reboot again. Windows in the same time stop recognize it. Shows it in usb unidentified for a second because it switches on and off again.
Update:
Managed to return it into fastboot. But in cmd when i run adb.exe devices there is nothing.
I know how to fix this problem. I ran into this 10 times before Android Studio suddenly went through my head.
In order to install the Kindle Fire ADB Drivers, you need to download and install the Android SDK Manager from Google Inc. Then when you install those drivers I mentioned earlier, you won't get errors. It's so weird.
You can try using the Ultimate Unbrick Tool, but I forgot the download link for it. There should be a thread about it here on XDA.
Lots of advanced technical stuff. I suck at explaining without making it a very long explanation because then people stop reading after 10 seconds.
SO I foolishly issued the fastboot command via ADB when it was working. I started to issue commands in order to install the 2nd bootloader and recovery. Since that point, the Kindle isn't recognized by Windows 10 Pro anymore and I've tried just about every utility, method and button combination there is.
I read that ADB only needs 4 seconds -/+ to initiate commands once the Kindle powers up. I've tried to issue the ADB to get it to boot back in normal mode and it always sits on <waiting for device>. I attached a screen shot showing what comes up in device manager. I've uninstalled the drivers, reinstalled but to no avail.
At this point, I'm willing to try anything. Stand on my head and shake the Kindle 5 times while rotating it clockwise....anything would help.
*UPDATE* I just more or less wiped my laptop which I have all the ADB drivers on as well as Android Studio. I'm going to run some tests to see if I can get that 4 second gap to initiate an ADB command to get the fastboot to go into normal boot more 4000.
*UPDATE 2* I managed to get generic ADB drivers as well as FASTBOOT drivers installed on my laptop. I can communicate with the Kindle a little. At this point, I've tried to issue ADB commands to restart with bootloader and other commands, but it only reboots back into FASTBOOT. The only thing I've been able to see is with KFFA, I can reboot to normal mode but it just comes back to FASTBOOT. I can also issue the test FASTBOOT and it gives me an ID and recognizes the Kindle. I've tried other options within KFFA but nothing seems to stick. I'm now officially stuck. Any help would be fantastic.
*UPDATE 3*
Thanks to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/kin...ment/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770
I was able, or am in the process of loading a 2nd bootloader + TWRP and then on to CM13.
Any ideas?
Windows 10 Pro
Kindle Fire HD
Rooted with Kingroot
No Fastboot cable
Lots of frustration
Eh back to square one. It reverted and there is no TWRP recovery. It's stuck in FASTBOOT and will take most fastboot commands but I can't get ADB and the drivers loaded to issue any sideload commands.
This is weird.
Hello I have bricked my kindle fire and having similar driver issues I am able to get into fastboot mode with a diy factory cable boot any fastboot command comes back waiting for device . Can I ask where you got drivers please?
I used these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890413
I also ran like every single recovery tool out there to help me fix this. After I did fix it, it updated to latest version and there is no root yet for it. I sold it.
If you need help, I think I might still have all the tools I used to get this back to stock and working.
Regards,
rast4man