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I bricked my phone tonight. sgh-t959v Why on earth I ever thought this would go as well as it did with my behold 2 back in the day I don't know.
Well for starters I rooted the phone, then when there was another update tonight I did it, Superuser was gone at this point. I was the Kies samsung update to 2.3...... So I rooted it again. Ok then the phone seemed really laggy compared to what it was before so I looked into Voodoo and such tried that. Putting the file on the SD didn't work because I had S3 something about certifications. So I found something on the market that would let me flash it with software. Then the phone wouldn't boot and kept trying to loop. I got it back in download, and put what I thought was the right stuff back on the phone since I searched for hours (no lie) to try to find a complete stock set. I did a backup with that stupid flash thing I used from the market, which ended up on the SD, which for some reason is now blank when I put it in the laptop.
The software must have been wrong because it still wouldn't start. Then I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307637 and decided to try that. Odin kept do what seemed nothing. It would start and see the phone try and then no progress bar everything looked like it was working and then it would hang for some reason. Next time I am never messing with this crap ever agin if this phone ever works again.
At this point I have the PH ! PC and I can't get it into download. So I found out about the USB thing I can build I think.
What do I need to get this back? I am very sorry about the long explanation, ubt I was hoping if I spent the time explaining how I goofed up, someone might take the time to answer me.
-Steve
Check your inbox. I PM'ed you. I dont want to post my help here because you're on the wrong forum lol. This is for the captivate xD
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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:
i got a kindle fire HD from a friend and it was a store display so it was in a display loop, and i tried to root it.
i got a factory cable, plugged it in and got into fast boot.
i tried a boot loader and it said everything was going okay, until all of a sudden the kindle went black.
now it turn on at all. its just a black screen, the cable doesn't do anything, the computer doesn't recognize it or anything.
i even took it apart and removed the battery and still nothing.
is there anyway of getting this thing on now?
alin2em said:
i got a kindle fire HD from a friend and it was a store display so it was in a display loop, and i tried to root it.
i got a factory cable, plugged it in and got into fast boot.
i tried a boot loader and it said everything was going okay, until all of a sudden the kindle went black.
now it turn on at all. its just a black screen, the cable doesn't do anything, the computer doesn't recognize it or anything.
i even took it apart and removed the battery and still nothing.
is there anyway of getting this thing on now?
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Give Kindle Fire First Aide a try. There's also some awfully clever people who frequent that thread to ask advice of.
alin2em said:
i got a kindle fire HD from a friend and it was a store display so it was in a display loop, and i tried to root it.
i got a factory cable, plugged it in and got into fast boot.
i tried a boot loader and it said everything was going okay, until all of a sudden the kindle went black.
now it turn on at all. its just a black screen, the cable doesn't do anything, the computer doesn't recognize it or anything.
i even took it apart and removed the battery and still nothing.
is there anyway of getting this thing on now?
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what's the application you used to root your device?
i'll assume you used kindle fire utility 0.9.6?
hard bricked
Yes i used some bootloader that after more reading was only fo the kindle fire and not the hd
alin2em said:
Yes i used some bootloader that after more reading was only fo the kindle fire and not the hd
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Well, To be honest with you this is the 5th time i've seen this happen and every time the device ends up with a damaged bootloader partition Which means the device is permanently bricked and can only be recovered using professional ( And expensive) recovery tools, All you can do now is contact Amazon and ship it back to them, They should send you a replacement, If amazon is gives you trouble just tell me, I might be able to get you a replacement from Prokennexusa.
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Well, To be honest with you this is the 5th time i've seen this happen and every time the device ends up with a damaged bootloader partition Which means the device is permanently bricked and can only be recovered using professional ( And expensive) recovery tools, All you can do now is contact Amazon and ship it back to them, They should send you a replacement, If amazon is gives you trouble just tell me, I might be able to get you a replacement from Prokennexusa.
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Amazon gave me trouble. the girl i spoke with literally said, "sir, you're out of luck."
what is Prokennexusa, and would they be able to replace/fix this kindle fire hd 8.9?
TigerG8 said:
Amazon gave me trouble. the girl i spoke with literally said, "sir, you're out of luck."
what is Prokennexusa, and would they be able to replace/fix this kindle fire hd 8.9?
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Prokennexusa's name is Christian Bryant
Ship your kindle to him at
Xerocomm, Inc. - 1684 Northstar Drive - Petaluma CA 94954
Send it ASAP and he'll replace it for you, He'll get it done by the end of the week!
Chris receives many bricked kindles so don't forget to send him an email at [email protected] so he knows!
Good luck
AmrBanawan said:
Prokennexusa's name is Christian Bryant
Ship your kindle to him at
Xerocomm, Inc. - 1684 Northstar Drive - Petaluma CA 94954
Send it ASAP and he'll replace it for you, He'll get it done by the end of the week!
Chris receives many bricked kindles so don't forget to send him an email at [email protected] so he knows!
Good luck
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dude, i thank you so much for this! i don't really have too much experience with shipping things out, so... it could be a lil while. i'll go ahead and email Chris. how much will it cost me?
Hard Bricked Kindle fire hd 7
Got my Kindle fire hd 7 hard bricked, it does not responds to charging and did not get detected by the pc, neither the power button works.
Is there any solutions to unbrick the hard bricked kindle fire hd7.
only genius can provide me with the solution
I am really in trouble plz help me, this is my [email protected]
same problem here, I installed the wrong bootloader, I installed the one for KFHD8 instead of KFHD7
now my screen is black and using lsusb doesnt detect anything
Same here, greatly appreciate any help
Found a solution. didn`t try yet
searching i found this page where explain how to fix the hard brick, black screen no sing of life, cant post links so, search in google "new life for a dead Kindle fire hd, is in mascote..... can any expert try it and explain that to the rest of us,
U solder a wire from a pin to ground and plug it into a PC running Linux and compile the program after cloning the git repository. Problem is I think we need a signed partition table that only amazon has from what I have heard, though personally I'm wondering if we can't just use adb pull and pulling the entire mmc block device off the kindle, but I don't know what the path to it is, normally I would use dd to make an image first, but because usually the partition table image is the same size as the drive itself it wouldn't fit on the sdcard, unless u had a flash drive hooked up over otg. Maybe the reason this hasn't been done is because we can't pull the entire emmc while the partitions are active?
Edit: ah just found the reason we can't do it, I was wrong it wasn't the partition table, its because the initial file that is pushed to the device has to be signed and we have no way of doing so, initial file being something like a initial loader to accept whatever image your trying to shove into the kindle.
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Unfortunately, I was in a hurry and got lazy. I (unknowingly) flashed a corrupted stack and 7.2.3 bootloader to my KFHD7 without checking the md5 checksum. After the flash and restart, I was greeted with a hard bricked pile of junk that won't turn on or do anything now. I have emailed Chris Bryant at [email protected] and [email protected] this afternoon to see if there is any chance he can help. Any one have any other ideas? I have the red factory fastboot adapter to use but, like I said earlier, my KFHD7 doesn't seem to do anything now.
Wait for kurohyou to map out the emmc contact point for your kindke's motherboard and solder it to a USB sdcard reader to reflash the boot loader from Linux.
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waiting man
stunts513 said:
Wait for kurohyou to map out the emmc contact point for your kindke's motherboard and solder it to a USB sdcard reader to reflash the boot loader from Linux.
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I am waiting too to solve the prob, got same prob here...........
Any chance to solve this
I have the same issue after trying to install FFF 1.5 zip and L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN.zip file via TWRP and everything seemed to be fine but after a reboot the kindle is hardware bricked and no sign of life so far after many attempts to revive it, I got it just two months ago and I was happy after rooting it and trying CM12 on it (everything was great but very laggy after installing few softwares so that's why I tried to install this L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN and see if it improve UI speed)
I really appreciate any suggestion or help from experts here (I learned a lot reading your guides and I am really grateful for everything you are doing here)
neoroid said:
I have the same issue after trying to install FFF 1.5 zip and L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN.zip file via TWRP and everything seemed to be fine but after a reboot the kindle is hardware bricked and no sign of life so far after many attempts to revive it, I got it just two months ago and I was happy after rooting it and trying CM12 on it (everything was great but very laggy after installing few softwares so that's why I tried to install this L_SPEED_V1.5_REBORN and see if it improve UI speed)
I really appreciate any suggestion or help from experts here (I learned a lot reading your guides and I am really grateful for everything you are doing here)
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How did you fix the hard brick. Can please guide.
NO I didn't have a chance to fix it nor get it replaced by Amazon, it's collecting dust now and I am regretting the money I've spent on this... since Amazon don't offer reparation nor tools to it... if your issue is not hardbrick, which mean that you tablet can power up and display something on the screen then you have a chance to get it fixed, just look for the thread here and you will find a way to fix it.
If it is the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 that you bricked there is a breakdown of how to fix it here: [Discussion] Direct access to e-MMC to fix bricked KF (HD 8.9 version)
It is not easy and only recommended as a last resort. The last person that tried was also having an issue with the boot.img file being too big so I added it near the end of the thread as an attachment. Good luck!
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
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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.
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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...
Deviantelf said:
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
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KindleFireGuy said:
If you are on Windows 8 to install kfhd drivers you must advanced boot with unsigned drivers install mode active
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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 .
Dear members of XDA Forums:
So, a few days ago I decided to purchase an e-reader, because there are a lot of books in their original language that are almost impossible to get here in Argentina in physical format. I looked in a few stores, and the Kindle Fire HD 7 seemed fine. It had android, wifi, and some cool random stuff. Well, I purchased it, and was really glad after realizing that what I had in my hands could be turned into a fully functional (and pretty powerful) tablet, not just a reader. So I rooted it, installed a custom launcher, that kind of stuff, and everything went well.
I've been trying to investigate even further, but there are a few particular points to which I found no answer on the forums:
- Currently I'm using the latest version of the firmware (I think it was 7.4.1), and it seems pretty obvious after a quick look at the forums that no wallpaper can be set in that version because Amazon disabled them with a switch in the framework or something like that, and it can only be accesed by decompiling or using the custom script created by mr. stunts513; both of which seem too dangerous for me at this moment (I have absolutely no way of getting a factory cable if something goes wrong, and this thing was worth 2/5 of my monthly salary...)
Was there any update regarding this, or it remains in the same situation?
- At some point before rooting, I'm sure I updated my Kindle. But I've only had it for a few days, so a data wipe doesn't scare me yet. What will happen if I do a total factory restore? I mean, without using any app, just hitting the button in the settings menu. I guess it will unroot and all my apps and personal stuff will be erased, but what about the firmware? Will it remain in the latest I had before restoring (7.4.1) or will it go back to the one it had when I took it from the box?
- I've read several ways to block OTA updates, but there seem to be mixed sollutions for the K7 and the K8'9 in the same threads. Regarding my 7, I only changed the name of the .zip file that controls it (can't remember it's name now, it was in system/etc/security, I think). Will that be enough for a 7?
Thanks in advance, and best regards!
P.S.
Mr. stunts513, please do not take my commentary as a way to despise your work; quite the contrary, I'm grateful and would try it without a doubt if I was sure I could unbrick my Kindle if something goes wrong. But there is no way to be 100% sure, so for now I'd rather wait with a black desktop.
Ah No problem I completely understand, if you feel safe trying to install 2nd boot loader and twrp you won't need a fastboot cable if it bricks, but that has some risks of its own. Factory reset I think pretty much just wipes the data folder, maybe some of the system folder, so it doesn't restore the is to a previous version, least as far as I have ever heard. I can't really speak for everyone but I think renaming the ota certs zip file does the trick but I have heard mixed reviews on whether it does as of late or not, I'd wait for someone else to confirm that.
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