Stuck at fastboot after flashify fail - 7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Tried to update the Kindle 7" Tate to MM tonight.
Flashed the ROM no problem but when it came to GAPPs philz recovery was blocking it for some reason.
No problem i thought i'll downgrade the ROM and use flashify to flash the TWRP bootloader.
Now i'm stuck on Fastboot splash screen whenever i turn on, tried the quick pull reboot but because i've messed the bootloader that was pretty unhopeful.
Worse problem is that i cant seem to find my fastboot cable.
Ive reinstalled minimal adb and fastboot and ive got the boot img ready to flash but i cant seem to get the device to be recognised with fastboot -i9 0x1949 getvar
Wish i'd just left the stupid device on lollipop now.
Any advice would be gratefully recieved.
p.s. As i hunt for my fastboot cable - am i looking for a cable with a micro usb or mini usb connector on? If im looking at the ports - which connector does it go in? Its soooo long since I first did the kindle.
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Glad to report that my kindle 7" lives on.
Ordered a new fastboot cable, needed the google usb drivers installed and then simply ADB flashed TWRP recovery.
Now rocking CM13!

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Kindle Fire HD7 red screen

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.
Sent from my Kindle Fire HD 7 running PAC-man
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.
stunts513 said:
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.

KF HD 7" - Stuck @ flashing TWRP "teamwin" screen

So I know there's a lot of posts here with a similar situation and I tried to find a solution but I'm at my wit's end.
I recently tried updating my KF using the Cyanogenmod built in nightly update system. When it rebooted after downloading I got stuck in this boot loop for TWRP. It shows the "teamwin" logo, then the screen flashes and it's back to the logo again.
I can connect via adb but unfortunately my device is unauthorized. Obviously, since I'm stuck at this logo I can't authorize it manually on the KF.
I definitely have the latest version of adb as I just downloaded/installed it from the SDK manager seconds ago. I installed all the drivers and added the blurps of code to the Google USB driver and the adb_usb.ini. I tried deleting the adbkey files and restarting adb. I tried different USB cables and different USB ports on my computer. All this to no avail.
Anyone have any ideas besides buying a fastboot cable? That's the only thing left that I can think of to do.
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Guess I'll try getting that fastboot cable...
I had the same problem. The only solution that worked for me was buying a fastboot cable and then re-flashing the TWRP recovery img.
tawpa said:
I had the same problem. The only solution that worked for me was buying a fastboot cable and then re-flashing the TWRP recovery img.
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Yep, I just received mine and did the same.

TWRP 3.0...

Well. when twrp 3.0 comes for this device how do i upgrade to it?
Pix12 said:
Well. when twrp 3.0 comes for this device how do i upgrade to it?
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First off (and most importantly), do not download builds from the TWRP website. This device (tate) isn't officially supported, and it's highly likely that an incompatible build will brick the kindle.
That being said, a TWRP 3.0 port isn't completely impossible. I'll see what I can do in a couple days once I have access to a working build computer.
As for upgrading TWRP, there should be a recovery .zip that you can flash directly in TWRP. If there isn't one, there will more than likely be a recovery image that you can flash via fastboot (or even via TWRP itself, in recent versions!).
monster1612 said:
First off (and most importantly), do not download builds from the TWRP website. This device (tate) isn't officially supported, and it's highly likely that an incompatible build will brick the kindle.
That being said, a TWRP 3.0 port isn't completely impossible. I'll see what I can do in a couple days once I have access to a working build computer.
As for upgrading TWRP, there should be a recovery .zip that you can flash directly in TWRP. If there isn't one, there will more than likely be a recovery image that you can flash via fastboot (or even via TWRP itself, in recent versions!).
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Okay. I know that. It has been recently released. Well let's see what happens...
2.8.7.0 is perfect, there is no real reason to improve to version 3.0.
But, yes I want twrp 3.0 for Tate, because why not?
TWRP update
alexander_32 said:
2.8.7.0 is perfect, there is no real reason to improve to version 3.0.
But, yes I want twrp 3.0 for Tate, because why not?
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Hi,
I did try to update to version 3.0 with flashify but...for some reason, it didn't work, and now my tablet don't boot, it is stuck on kindle fire logo and flash every 5 seconds.
Any idea what to do? (my pc don't react at all when i plug the tablet with the usb cable)
thanks
Al3xi$ said:
Hi,
I did try to update to version 3.0 with flashify but...for some reason, it didn't work, and now my tablet don't boot, it is stuck on kindle fire logo and flash every 5 seconds.
Any idea what to do? (my pc don't react at all when i plug the tablet with the usb cable)
thanks
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You're going to need a fastboot cable (or make one). I just had the same bootloop, but for a different reason. I found a fastboot cable on ebay for about $4. Totally worth it. Once you get into fastboot, you can push the boot.img for your rom and get back to where you were.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/like/271276553980?ul_noapp=true&chn=ps&lpid=82
fastboot cable
Are you sure this would help?
What do I have to do with the cable when i get it?
Thanks for your answer
Al3xi$ said:
Are you sure this would help?
What do I have to do with the cable when i get it?
Thanks for your answer
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Here's how @r3t3ch helped me. It may get you moving in the right direction. Just substitute the CM13 for whatever rom you are currently running.
""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.""
He'll definitely need a fastboot cable, but those instructions are to reflash boot. If he tried flashing an incompatible twrp to recovery, he'll want to do what I mentioned here. Followed by "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot oem recovery" and power cycle he should end up in twrp and be able to recover anything from there.
r3t3ch said:
He'll definitely need a fastboot cable, but those instructions are to reflash boot. If he tried flashing an incompatible twrp to recovery, he'll want to do what I mentioned here. Followed by "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot oem recovery" and power cycle he should end up in twrp and be able to recover anything from there.
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You da man!

Some help I stuck on the 'Kindle Fire' logo bootloop (tate x43z80

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.
basenjidad said:
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

Amazon tate, please help, I've proper ballsed it up :(

I had a tate running candy lollipop for years, my kids had it and got a new tablet yesterday. I took the old tate and upgraded to crdroid, full wipes, was running fine. Then, me being an idiot I tried flashing magisk which resulted in the tate not booting past the yellow/orange kindle fire logo.
I had crdroid 7.1.2 and twrp 3.0 installed, cant boot to recovery, cant boot at all. Fastboot hangs on <waiting for devices> and I know I have fastboot/adb/sdk/kindle drivers etc all installed but still nothing. I dont care if I have to flash it all back to fireOS or whatever, just want it working, I did have a factory cable from 4 years ago but cant find it, probably lost...
Is there anything I can do with normal usb cables? Or do I need to order a new cable? Any key combinations to try? any simple reset tools? KFFaide doesnt 'seem' to be of any use as its asking to choose option 15 but I dont have that many options, but that is all set up correctly with the paths etc...
Cheers.
robneymcplum said:
I had a tate running candy lollipop for years, my kids had it and got a new tablet yesterday. I took the old tate and upgraded to crdroid, full wipes, was running fine. Then, me being an idiot I tried flashing magisk which resulted in the tate not booting past the yellow/orange kindle fire logo.
I had crdroid 7.1.2 and twrp 3.0 installed, cant boot to recovery, cant boot at all. Fastboot hangs on <waiting for devices> and I know I have fastboot/adb/sdk/kindle drivers etc all installed but still nothing. I dont care if I have to flash it all back to fireOS or whatever, just want it working, I did have a factory cable from 4 years ago but cant find it, probably lost...
Is there anything I can do with normal usb cables? Or do I need to order a new cable? Any key combinations to try? any simple reset tools? KFFaide doesnt 'seem' to be of any use as its asking to choose option 15 but I dont have that many options, but that is all set up correctly with the paths etc...
Cheers.
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I had this exact problem and solved it. For more context I would read some of the posts before it where I explain my problem (start with Feb 10).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/rom-marshmallow-t3315075/post75553313
Devo7v said:
I had this exact problem and solved it. For more context I would read some of the posts before it where I explain my problem (start with Feb 10).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/rom-marshmallow-t3315075/post75553313
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Cheers mate, I had already got a cable ordered as I figured there was nothing I could do with any of these 20+ usb cables I must have lying around my house
I'll wait for that to turn up and go straight to just installing the freedom boot img, hopefully it all works as the crdroid rom was surprisingly good in the half hour I was using it.
Cheers again.
IT WORKED!!!!!
Devo7v said:
I had this exact problem and solved it. For more context I would read some of the posts before it where I explain my problem (start with Feb 10).
https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/rom-marshmallow-t3315075/post75553313
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Cheers again mate! reply to this so I can give you another 'thanks'
robneymcplum said:
I had a tate running candy lollipop for years, my kids had it and got a new tablet yesterday. I took the old tate and upgraded to crdroid, full wipes, was running fine. Then, me being an idiot I tried flashing magisk which resulted in the tate not booting past the yellow/orange kindle fire logo.
I had crdroid 7.1.2 and twrp 3.0 installed, cant boot to recovery, cant boot at all. Fastboot hangs on <waiting for devices> and I know I have fastboot/adb/sdk/kindle drivers etc all installed but still nothing. I dont care if I have to flash it all back to fireOS or whatever, just want it working, I did have a factory cable from 4 years ago but cant find it, probably lost...
Is there anything I can do with normal usb cables? Or do I need to order a new cable? Any key combinations to try? any simple reset tools? KFFaide doesnt 'seem' to be of any use as its asking to choose option 15 but I dont have that many options, but that is all set up correctly with the paths etc...
Cheers.
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I literally did the exact same thing as you. Flashed crdroid, flashed magisk later without thinking, stuck on the boot loop, unable to get into twrp recovery.
Got a fastboot cable, able to get tablet into fastboot, and followed Devo7v's instructions from the other thread that was linked, and afterwards I'm still stuck bootlooping, no access to recovery. I've tried so many different things. Can anyone help?
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Update: (sooner than I expected)
After almost giving up, came across the Ultimate Unbrick Utility on Tekify (don't have enough posts here to link directly, yet). I was able to use it to finally reset my Tate to factory settings with a fastboot cable, and correctly boot. It bootlooped once before booting correctly.
blakmarkit said:
After almost giving up, came across the Ultimate Unbrick Utility on Tekify (don't have enough posts here to link directly, yet). I was able to use it to finally reset my Tate to factory settings with a fastboot cable, and correctly boot. It bootlooped once before booting correctly.
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Sorry, I havent actually logged on here for ages so only just saw this.
Mine was just really simple, D/L these 2 files:
boot kfhd7-freedom-boot-7.4.6.img
recovery kfhd7-twrp-2.8.7.0-recovery.img
from here: https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=34232
And placed on desktop, got SDK downloaded and installed from this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw
Kindle fire HD drivers from THIS link: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1890413
And rebooted PC, opened cmd prompt and entered: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
Plugged in turned off kindle with the fastboot cable, cmd prompt acknowledged it was plugged in
entered: cd c:\users\ROBNEY\desktop
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot kfhd7-freedom-boot-7.4.6.img [enter]
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery kfhd7-twrp-2.8.7.0-recovery.img [enter]
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot [REMOVE CABLE THE MICROSECOND THE FASTBOOT LOGO DISSAPEARS FROM KINDLE SCREEN]
Then you can reboot to twrp (hold power and volume up, let go of power when kindle logo turns blue)

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