I found my old kindle fire 7 that hasn't been turned on since i lost it while moving back in 2016, I've been trying to bring it back to life for a month now and still no luck. i even got a amazon echo so i could try the factory amazon cord and it still wont work. But there was this one night i had it plugged up and it turned on, i left it alone for like 30 minutes and it was still on the boot logo, A hour later and itstill was on the boot logo. so at least i know it still works but any suggestions?
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I opened kindle fire hd and replaced battery. Kindle was working fine but the old battery would not stay charged for more than an two hours unless plugged in, so I replaced battery. Kindle Fire powered on and new battery stayed charged all day but is stuck at the orange arrow swipe screen. I have done the hard boot by holding power button for 20 seconds and it reboots but still touch screen is unresponsive and also tried with it connected to laptop, no luck.
desmile1 said:
I opened kindle fire hd and replaced battery. Kindle was working fine but the old battery would not stay charged for more than an two hours unless plugged in, so I replaced battery. Kindle Fire powered on and new battery stayed charged all day but is stuck at the orange arrow swipe screen. I have done the hard boot by holding power button for 20 seconds and it reboots but still touch screen is unresponsive and also tried with it connected to laptop, no luck.
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Is it possible that you unplugged or damaged the touchscreen controller?
desmile1 said:
I opened kindle fire hd and replaced battery. Kindle was working fine but the old battery would not stay charged for more than an two hours unless plugged in, so I replaced battery. Kindle Fire powered on and new battery stayed charged all day but is stuck at the orange arrow swipe screen. I have done the hard boot by holding power button for 20 seconds and it reboots but still touch screen is unresponsive and also tried with it connected to laptop, no luck.
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I think i know what's going on here, In any KFHD if you charge the device using a wall charger with current output less than 1800mA The touch screen becomes unresponsive while charging, I think that's because the device rely completely on external power source instead of the battery during charging and if this power source is not enough the touch screen doesn't work, I think the battery you put in the KFHD has a lower current output than the original, Try replacing it. Also can you please take a picture of both batteries, make sure the text on the batteries is clear?
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desmile1 said:
I opened kindle fire hd and replaced battery. Kindle was working fine but the old battery would not stay charged for more than an two hours unless plugged in, so I replaced battery. Kindle Fire powered on and new battery stayed charged all day but is stuck at the orange arrow swipe screen. I have done the hard boot by holding power button for 20 seconds and it reboots but still touch screen is unresponsive and also tried with it connected to laptop, no luck.
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I am having a similar problem. I had the same problem with the battery not holding a charge, so I bought a new battery. Now the new battery does not power the screen. If I want it bright enough to see, I need to have it plugged in. It started out flickering for a few seconds before becoming clear. After 4-5 days, the flickering doesn't go away.. I'm pretty sure I used the correct charger.
Left kindle fire HD 7" (rooted) on my dresser for 3 months without playing with it, and the battery went dead. Plugged it in and the power light turns green it turns on for a micro second with the yellow triangle with a flame in it. and then shuts back off. and then turns back on for a second and back off. screen actually turns off in between.
The reason I wonder if this is not a boot loop is because in my experiencing there is no shutting off of the device on a bootloop. That may not be true. Also the thing wont turn on at all if not plugged in to the wall.
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Left kindle fire HD 7" (rooted) on my dresser for 3 months without playing with it, and the battery went dead. Plugged it in and the power light turns green it turns on for a micro second with the yellow triangle with a flame in it. and then shuts back off. and then turns back on for a second and back off. screen actually turns off in between.
The reason I wonder if this is not a boot loop is because in my experiencing there is no shutting off of the device on a bootloop. That may not be true. Also the thing wont turn on at all if not plugged in to the wall.
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Ok I figured it out. It was the charger. Standard Kindle charger, but I put the same Kindle on my HTC ONE charger and it booted up fine.
So, to answer my own question. I was not boot loop, the kindle fire was just turning on and shutting off repeatedly.
Bought a Kindle Fire HD 7 (first gen) back about 2 years ago. Has worked fine until a few months ago when my wife noticed it would randomly shut off. Battery could be 60,70,80 or even higher % charged. Once it would shutoff it would rarely boot up unless plugged into a charger for a while. Has anyone else had this issue?
I should mention it did this with untouched Kindle OS and also has done it with CM11.
Im wondering if this is just a hardware issue or if this is something that can be resolved via software/troubleshooting. There isnt anything important on the tablet so i can wipe/install as needed.
Any help would be great. Thanks
Eat it iPhone said:
Bought a Kindle Fire HD 7 (first gen) back about 2 years ago. Has worked fine until a few months ago when my wife noticed it would randomly shut off. Battery could be 60,70,80 or even higher % charged. Once it would shutoff it would rarely boot up unless plugged into a charger for a while. Has anyone else had this issue?
I should mention it did this with untouched Kindle OS and also has done it with CM11.
Im wondering if this is just a hardware issue or if this is something that can be resolved via software/troubleshooting. There isnt anything important on the tablet so i can wipe/install as needed.
Any help would be great. Thanks
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I'm thinking after two years your battery may be at the end of it's rope. You might try replacing it.
Thanks for the input. So last night i charged it to 100% and used a battery calibration app. Took it off the charger and started running stuff to keep the screen on and use the battery. Got to about 70% and it randomly shutoff. Tried booting into TWRP and was in for about a min before another shutdown. Was unable to start it up, would get to the CM load animation then it would die.
Then i did something either stupid or genius. I hit it a couple times and shook it. While doing this i tried turning it on and it booted. However after a few mins of use it wold shutdown. Did this a couple times where it would only turn on if i was shaking or "flexing" it. So this led me to believe this must be a hardware issue.
I decided to open up the back and make sure nothing seemed loose. Pulled the back off, unscrewed the battery and pulled out one end but not all the way out. Pulled some various connecting cables including wifi cable and plugged them back in. I booted with the back off sitting flat on a table and it ran without issue playing back a movie for at least 30 mins. I then put the back o and pulled up google maps and had that on/screen on for at least another 30 mins, occasionally pivoting and zooming in and out. That got me to about 45-50% battery.
I plugged it in to charge over night and will see if it now will behave. Im hoping it was just something loose. Will report back, Thanks
My best friend is having this same issue, and I was hoping if your findings have been positive. If so, we may do like you did and hopefully solve the issue.
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awhile ago i successfully installed cm11 on the kindle fire hd 7. i used it for few weeks and then left it alone.i haven't used it for a couple months, so when i tried turning it on, the device would not get past the first kindle fire logo, then shuts off. its very weird, i left it for like a whole day on charge, and it randomly booted up and then shuts down. i tryed fastboot and after connecting it for couple seconds turns off as well. my conclusion that its charging , and mother board is still good, but wont boot past first kindle fire logo. its not bricked because the last time i used it, the device was running cm11 perfectly. can anyone help me out?
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awhile ago i successfully installed cm11 on the kindle fire hd 7. i used it for few weeks and then left it alone.i haven't used it for a couple months, so when i tried turning it on, the device would not get past the first kindle fire logo, then shuts off. its very weird, i left it for like a whole day on charge, and it randomly booted up and then shuts down. i tryed fastboot and after connecting it for couple seconds turns off as well. my conclusion that its charging , and mother board is still good, but wont boot past first kindle fire logo. its not bricked because the last time i used it, the device was running cm11 perfectly. can anyone help me out?
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When you power it on and it turns off after the first Kindle Fire logo (the orange one), does it immediately turn back on? And when you plug in your fastboot cable, does it display "Kindle Fire fastboot"?
Sometimes it just stays turned off and other times it reboots again to orange logo and shuts off. When I plug in fastboot cable I see fastboot logo for couples seconds and then disappears
Battery sounds toasted
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I'm running the most recent FireOS and Launcher Hijacker, with Play services sideloaded.
I went to sleep, the battery around 30% or so (I know I should have gone ahead and put it on the charger but I was super tired), and after I woke up it wouldn't turn on. Assuming the battery died, I plugged it in, though I didn't get the charging icon on the screen. It's been several hours since, and it still won't come on.
I've tried holding down the power button for up to 40 seconds to try to reset it and still nothing happens.
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I'm running the most recent FireOS and Launcher Hijacker, with Play services sideloaded.
I went to sleep, the battery around 30% or so (I know I should have gone ahead and put it on the charger but I was super tired), and after I woke up it wouldn't turn on. Assuming the battery died, I plugged it in, though I didn't get the charging icon on the screen. It's been several hours since, and it still won't come on.
I've tried holding down the power button for up to 40 seconds to try to reset it and still nothing happens.
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Couple thoughts:
- FireOS may have attempted an OTA update which failed when the battery died
- Battery may have bit the dust; verify by cracking open the case, disconnecting battery and reapplying power
If no luck there are a couple 7th gen HD 8 'unbrick' threads floating around you can try.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...nt/fire-hd8-2017-amonet-debrick-root-t3897841
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...-fire-hd-10-unbricking-anti-rollback-t3896616