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So I got a htc mytouch 4g And it has that phone icon with a triangle and exclamtion mark. I dont know anything about this phone since I have a att captivate From what I read is that if you have recovery you might be able to do it.
Also when I plug in the usb I go into recover and I Get a fasboot screen and other sorts of menus i have put a pd15img.zip in my external sd card and it loads installs It I guess but still boots into the same Icon.
from what I also read is that you can fix this by loading a stock rom pushing into your sdcard via adb but make sure is name update.zip but when I do that I get Invalid Operation.
when in recovery I have this message E:cant't open /cache/recovery/command also phone boots right into that icon.
I assume this is a soft brick since I get into recover and the other fasboot menu when I plug in USB any help is appreciated
This is my first time with a phone like this so I'm doing what I would normaly do with a captivate ish
I'm sorry for posting in wrong section. Cant fine the Delete option mods delete if possible I posted in QA
Wrong place ro poat your question. Post in Q&A please.
Indeed, wrong section, but we can wrap this up quickly. Unfortunately, that's not a soft brick, but a hard brick. Those cache errors in recovery indicate that you have a bad eMMC chip. No one has yet been able to recover the device once the eMMC goes.
It's indeed not a Development thread whatsoever, but I've answered you in the correct thread. Since you have triangle icon with exclamation mark, as people here didn't put attention, you're in the stock recovery, and eMMC failures most likely don't apply, it's a "normal" error.
Jack_R1 said:
It's indeed not a Development thread whatsoever, but I've answered you in the correct thread. Since you have triangle icon with exclamation mark, as people here didn't put attention, you're in the stock recovery, and eMMC failures most likely don't apply, it's a "normal" error.
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When I originally responded to this thread, the OP had not yet posted his screenshot in the other thread, so I didn't know the phone was not rooted and that the cache errors were occurring in stock recovery, not ClockworkMod.
No offense meant whatsoever, my apologies if it sounded something I didn't mean. If I didn't start reading with the other thread - I probably wouldn't put attention to that detail either.
So does this mean i have a chance to fix my 400 buck brick
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Look at the other thread and see the instructions there.
Which other the one i posted previously was merge with this one. So some post got deleted thanks again for the help
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no its not stop posting here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131721
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No offense meant whatsoever, my apologies if it sounded something I didn't mean. If I didn't start reading with the other thread - I probably wouldn't put attention to that detail either.
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No, not at all. I was just explaining what I said so I didn't sound like a dummy. My first response only made sense if the phone was rooted, but I didn't find out until later that it was stock.
I see many people having issues that are new to this kind of thing and here is a fairly simple troubleshooting guide that I have compiled that I think will help many of you get through rooting, Installing the Market, and installing twrp with no problems. This is a complete video walk through for those of you find the videos easier. I recommend that you watch the videos thoroughly before attempting this so that you can be sure that you make no mistakes…!!!
• Start off with a stock Kindle on original 6.2.1fw
• Go to this link for a video walkthrough to root the Kindle with Jcase’s Burrito root. All of the links are in the description of this video to do so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KapnjR89ICA
• Now to install the android Market this is another video walkthrough that is from the same person once again all of the links are in the video description for downloading what it is that you need to perform this action http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...tion_598718&src_vid=KapnjR89ICA&v=rTkegVrnAvA
• Now to install a custom recovery (aka twrp2.0) this is also another video walkthrough also made from the same individual. Once again all of the files needed are in the video description http://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&src_vid=KapnjR89ICA&feature=iv&v=JqKZLMaRSgc
• I have noticed that some people have problems getting stuck around 2:32 into the video where twrp is downloading and getting ready to install. If this happens to you and it is constantly “waiting for device” You may need to hit disconnect on your KF and run burrito root on your Kindle again, click “agree”,then click “You Rock”, Then click “root”. Once you do so you must re-open adb shell by opening a command prompt and typing the following:
cd c:\KindleADB to get into adb shell
adb devices to make sure your kindle is connected properly
adb root to get proper permissions
• Once you have done this re-open the run bat in KFU v0.9.1 and select option 5 again and it will install the twrp with proper root permissions.
• I have also noticed that some people also get stuck at 3:55 in this video at the firefire triangle. The fix for this is fairly easy and is explained in the video if you need a walkthrough step by step for doing this (Updating the drivers)here you go:
- Go to start Menu and right click on computer, Click manage
- In computer Management hit device manager
- I am guessing that you see your kindle connected in there with a yellow ! by it
- Right click on kindle and update driver software
- Click Browse my computer for driver software
- Click let me pick from the list of device drivers on my comp
- Click Next
- Click Have Disk
- Click Browse
- Navigate to your user folder in that window/ or wherever your .android folder is
- Double click on .android folder
- Double click on Driver Folder
- Now Click open
- Now click ok
- Click Next
- ClickInstall driver software anyway
• If you also need a link for installing cm7 here is another video to do so also by the same individual. I do not recommend this as of yet until all of the bugs are worked out in this as I have heard many people have had problems with video playback or sound (mainly in ics) and usually end up flashing back to a custom rom anyway. It is your device though so it is completely up to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...tion_828059&v=L-zTJWY3CRc&src_vid=JqKZLMaRSgc
UPDATE JANUARY 3rd 2012
• Here is a link for a newer rom install called MIUI. This Rom is very smooth and the only thing confirmed not working at the moment (January 2, 2012 is video playback. There are however some individuals working on this issue and will hopefully have video working soon. Thanks to leeech for the MIUI port and nat3mil for the video. Here is the link for the easy to follow video tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=OqiX-If5w_4&NR=1
• Here is link on how to resize your internal storage (aka custom partitioning). This is called FireParted made by eldarerathis. This is good for those of you that think that they have too much storage in one place and not enough in another. Playing with partitions can cause you to lose data that is not backed up previously to editing partitions, so use at your own risk. I myself am going to use this to expand the storage on my sd card. Here is the easy to follow video tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkff-bI-FrY
Big thanks for every one of these videos, made by nat3mil. So be sure to thank him and subscribe to his channel for all the latest easy to follow videos!
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Update January 7th 2012 This is a program to fix boot loop Problems easily (For Windows Only)
I noticed that many people are still having problems with getting stuck in a recovery boot loop, firefirefire boot loop (Yellow Triangle), Or even the kindle fire boot loop. This is a program to fix it automatically like the kindle fire Utility. I believe that it was made by Zombiepiratez, and he made this to change all of the headaches that many people are having with bootloop problems, proper file permission problems, and bricking problems, so be sure to thank him if this helps you. Once again this is a batch file made only for windows so for those of you that are not on windows, I will leave the common manual fixes below. Here is the link to his thread and download for the Fire Utility Unbrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
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I have also heard of the problem with some people getting caught in a boot loop and see a constant Kindle Fire boot screen. To fix this you must open up your cmd and type:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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Also for people getting caught in a recovery boot (whenever they turn on their kindle they boot into recovery without hitting the power button do this in your cmd:
adb shell
su
idme bootmode 4000
reboot
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I hope that this clears up a lot of confusion for some of you weary of trying to do this to your kindle fire. I did all of this manually with my first Kindle. I have also used this method to be sure that it works and any problems that might come about when using this method and I have confirmed this to be successful. I really wanted to post this guide because I know that it is easier for some of you people new to this to follow along with a video. I know that some people say well there are a lot of tutorials out there but not one with a step by step and video links for a walk-through to do this whole procedure. If a mod could please sticky this I am sure that many would be greatful!!!
Remember that there is a thanks button…
DO not forget those who made this all possible:
Thanks to Jcase for Burrito Root & Vashypooh For KFU v.0.9.1 I would recommend that any of you that enjoy this and would like to see more mods such as these come out, to donate to these devs..
Thanks for the post. Really helped me out. Now that I have twrp 2.0 installed...
1.) how do I make a back up file (in case something happens when i try to flash a rom) so i can restore and recover to where i am at now
2.) once i do make a back up file, where is it saved and how would i access it, if i wanted to recover and restore.
3.) when i rooted my phone and flashed a new rom i had to use titanium back up to save all my apps and information. if i wanted to flash cm7, do i need to install titanium back up and do the same thing as i did on my phone or is the sd card untouched during the flashing process and all apps will remain?
Thanks
I was worried about doing this but now that I read your guide and seen the videos I am going to give this a try when I get settled in. Thank You!
I got a question as well
After installing the twrp2.0, what will happen to my Kindle? Does that mean the device is already rooted and good to go?
If I don't install the cm7, what can I do with the rooted KF?
You have to root the kindle before you can install the TWRP. the twrp 2.0 is used when you want to flash a rom and a few other things, (i think) you wont be able to install the twrp with out rooting first
babbabooey97 said:
Thanks for the post. Really helped me out. Now that I have twrp 2.0 installed...
1.) how do I make a back up file (in case something happens when i try to flash a rom) so i can restore and recover to where i am at now
2.) once i do make a back up file, where is it saved and how would i access it, if i wanted to recover and restore.
3.) when i rooted my phone and flashed a new rom i had to use titanium back up to save all my apps and information. if i wanted to flash cm7, do i need to install titanium back up and do the same thing as i did on my phone or is the sd card untouched during the flashing process and all apps will remain?
Thanks
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I do believe that how to make a backup is on the install twrp2.0 video (the third one). I do not believe that you will have to install titanium backup like you do on your phone. I also do not believe that the sd card gets touched in the flashing process...
zwanzig said:
I got a question as well
After installing the twrp2.0, what will happen to my Kindle? Does that mean the device is already rooted and good to go?
If I don't install the cm7, what can I do with the rooted KF?
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If you follow this guide in the order which was given everything will work out great after the first video your kindle will be Rooted. Twrp is really for creating a backup of your kindle in the current state and flashing different roms such as cm7 or ics... There are many things that you can do with a rooted Kindle really too many to name. You can run different market for starters which will give you more of a selection than what amazon has to offer. I did not mean to sound as if cm7 is not a good thing to use it is just not as stable as it could be and ics is still in the process of being worked on. I will be flashing to a different rom myself such as cm7 or cm9 or ics once they are stable with little or no bugs...
Awesome! Thanks again. I should be all set. one last question and I promise I am done bugging. if you install cm7 rom will you still get OTA updates that amazon sends out. I know on the most recent OTA update, it unrooted the kindle. As of now i am just rooted with go launcher running and i dont feel like trying to reroot if another update comes out. so if i flash to cm7 will i still receive these updates? I know this is the wrong thread for this but just thought you might know.
Thanks again for your help.. definite sticky
babbabooey97 said:
Awesome! Thanks again. I should be all set. one last question and I promise I am done bugging. if you install cm7 rom will you still get OTA updates that amazon sends out. I know on the most recent OTA update, it unrooted the kindle. As of now i am just rooted with go launcher running and i dont feel like trying to reroot if another update comes out. so if i flash to cm7 will i still receive these updates? I know this is the wrong thread for this but just thought you might know.
Thanks again for your help.. definite sticky
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From what I understand if you are on a different rom such as cm7 you will not recieve a ota update, i could be wrong so do not quote me on that. I have however heard of people installing a modified 6.2.1 update that will help them update from the old fw to the previous one, so for them to have not gotten the update they must have either been using cm7 or turned their wifi off completely until they found a sure fix. Do a little searching on older threads you might find something when you do post back to this thread but make sure that you are sure that it does work as I would not like to have any mis-information in this thread... Thanks
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From what I understand..... I would not like to have any mis-information in this thread... Thanks
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Edited the quote for my own amusement.
What all do you use your KF for? I use mine while at work to keep from lugging my Mac around. Also for the occasional updates (socialnetworking=SN) and emailing.
Another question I would like to know is the types of differences there are when running alternatives in the ROM Dept.....fluid transitions, non changing wallpapers, and the like?
Can't give you a thanks yet because of low post count, but this is exactly the sort of thing someone needed to do.
I got home at 8:00 this morning and took a nap. I could not even sleep because I was so anxious to do this to my Kindle Fire, so I decided to get up from 2 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours and give this a shot. This was by far the best guide that I have seen to rooting the Kindle and I pulled it all off flawlessly. Thank you so much for posting this. I did have a few issues when trying to download the recovery file through Kindle Fire Utility, but I followed the guide to a tee and it worked for me perfectly!
I would thank you but I do not have enough posts to do so I hope that this thread gets pinned just in case I have some friends that need a sure fire way to do what I am about to show off to them.
Got my Kindle Fire Stuck in a bootloop.
This thread helped me a lot, now it's fixed!
Thanks a lot!
guides and explanations
Its good to see your hints, because all those really awsome videos have their traps and you can easily get trapped on it, as i did and i had a hard time to find the right way.
My secret for this is to fully understand why you have to do this and that, and here all the guides lack, because there is no explanation WHY you have to do this.
This needs more love. I was successful, because i know from my old background how a chmod works, why i had to install the drivers again and so on but it really took me a while to get this all done, because i didnt read this thread in time.
I also understand that developers are excited about their custom roms and the cyanogenMod, but really who wants to have a kindle fire without sound and a mod with so many bugs ?
I am so happy to have my kindle fire rerooted again after the latest update without opening it or using a special cable.
So this all works quite well, but the guides really need some more explanations to get a deeper understanding about what we are doing here.
I am still working on that, to learn the details.
I want to say a big thank you to all who invested their free time and to spread the knowledge about this awsome device and make the kindle fire a really usefull tablet.
Please keep on the good work ! And have fun with a fully rooted device. There are so many possibilities now !
JoshuaLintag said:
Got my Kindle Fire Stuck in a bootloop.
This thread helped me a lot, now it's fixed!
Thanks a lot!
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You are very welcome I am glad to see that this guide helped you to get this accomplished!
Don't forget to give a big thanks to Jcase for Burrito Root and Vashypooh for Kindle Fire Utility!
BeerRunJoe said:
I got home at 8:00 this morning and took a nap. I could not even sleep because I was so anxious to do this to my Kindle Fire, so I decided to get up from 2 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours and give this a shot. This was by far the best guide that I have seen to rooting the Kindle and I pulled it all off flawlessly. Thank you so much for posting this. I did have a few issues when trying to download the recovery file through Kindle Fire Utility, but I followed the guide to a tee and it worked for me perfectly!
I would thank you but I do not have enough posts to do so I hope that this thread gets pinned just in case I have some friends that need a sure fire way to do what I am about to show off to them.
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I am glad to see that you got through this flawlessly. This thread was made just for that very reason to help the lesser experienced user with any issues they might encounter without having to post threads that may get lost in all of the other "Help Me" threads...
If there is a mod that could please sticky this thread I do believe this will answer many questions for individuals and help new users pull off a flawless root, recovery, etc...
+1 on stickying this thread. I have just been pointing people having the same basic problems here. This thread (especially the OP) seems to be helping a lot of people who need help "filling in the blanks".
Good job [-_-]!
I have also directed many of my friends to this thread and they have also gotten through their minor problems. It is kind of funny because a lot of my friends tell me I think my kindle is bricked I just laugh say I doubt it and send them here. Can you also make a guide about going from cm7 back to a the amazon rom please. I put cm7 on my kindle and did not like it so I flashed badk and hit reboot and now I just keep booting up in recovery is there a way to get out of that?
BeerRunJoe said:
I put cm7 on my kindle and did not like it so I flashed badk and hit reboot and now I just keep booting up in recovery is there a way to get out of that?
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Yes this will work...
1.Plug in USB cable to Kindle Fire on TWRP Recovery mode.
2.Bring up Command Prompt.
3.Key in adb shell.
4.Key in idme bootmode 4000.
5.Finally, key in reboot.
There you go..!!!
Great tutorial setup. Rooted, installed Android Market as mentioned without any issues. Have not installed the Recovery yet though.
Thanks for this thread.
My kindle is bricked and I have tried everything.
This is what i did: I rooted it, installed CM7, it worked fine. I then wanted to go back to the stock rom (due to countless FCs and freezing in CM) so i flashed the stock rom through TWRP. When i re-booted, the TWRP recovery screen no longer shows and it has the stock kindle fire logo on screen.
It does not show up in device manager in windows, I have re-installed the usb drivers multiple times. Any recovery methods using ADB simply result in "waiting for device" forever.
I have tried:
hard reset
fastboot commands
booting to linux live cd with firekit
kindle fire unbrick utility
None of these work because it does connect via usb
Anyone else have this problem>?
EDIT: Im fed up, ive tried every method on XDA and youtube, nothing works. I convinced amazon to replace it. Thanks anyways.
Hi Try This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398728
lovejoy777 said:
Hi Try This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398728
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If you notice, that uses ADB shell. All of these commands result in "waiting for device" as it it not detected as a USB device
Sorry forgot to attach
Ok dont worry ive gotten my self into the same issue and lots of other ones lol
I just kept on trying different things.
it will be a driver issue Ill try to find the thread that got me out of it
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Found it Try this.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
I bricked mine last night and kept getting stuck at "waiting for device" and figured out Windows ceases to recognize it as something it has a driver for.
Windows Device Manager showed the Kindle with a yellow sign next to it. I right clicked and updated the driver but rather than detecting it at all I manually picked a device.
Don't have Windows in front of me right now but it was something like "Android Phone" for the device type and then the device was the first one listed "ADB Interface" or something starting with ADB anyway.
Once that driver was loaded I could issue ADB commands again and got it fixed.
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Please do the KF rooting community a favor when you get your new kindle and stay away from rooting it. You obviosuly cant take the time to fix your own problems and would rather give amazon another reason to hate root users.
googlelover said:
Please do the KF rooting community a favor when you get your new kindle and stay away from rooting it. You obviosuly cant take the time to fix your own problems and would rather give amazon another reason to hate root users.
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not very nice - I had same problem - stuck at boot logo.
instead of telling someone where to go maybe a fix would be better.
bg4 said:
not very nice - I had same problem - stuck at boot logo.
instead of telling someone where to go maybe a fix would be better.
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Well considering he already convinced amazon to send him a new one its a little too late, and others have already weighed in to help, its not very nice but its the truth. If he would have just waited more than an hour for people to try and help him he would probably have been able to fix it.
Jus a quick servh would give you the answers you're looking for. It's not bricked. So relax
HaroldBawls said:
Rooting it inst the issue, trying to put a phone OS on a tablet is the issue.
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Tell that to all the Nook Color users running CM7 or to Samsung, HTC and others that shipped tablets with Android 2.2 and 2.3
googlelover said:
Please do the KF rooting community a favor when you get your new kindle and stay away from rooting it. You obviosuly cant take the time to fix your own problems and would rather give amazon another reason to hate root users.
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Troll found. Anti-Hate taser activate.
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Hey, quick question. I'm having similar issues and want to just call it a day.
When you convinced Amazon to replace it, did you tell them it was rooted/modified? Also, are they shipping you a new one just like that? Or do you have to send yours back first. Thanks! A response would be very much appreciated.
i had an issue last night and spent seven hours between dos and reading forums and couldn't find the answer, but at 630 this morning i got it and retested it today again by rebricking it and fixing it and it has to be the easiest thing that i've ever done.
unplug your kindle
turn your computer off
turn off your kindle with a hard reset
turn the computer back on and plug the kindle in
turn the kindle back on
in kindle utilities hit 1 and press enter
then hit 1 and press enter
it should go to reset your kindle and say it's done and to press any button to continue but don't press anything until your kindle is back on the splash menu
it worked for me when i couldn't find anything else to do and is way to simple to not try, so i hope it helps someone else
zbhest said:
Hey, quick question. I'm having similar issues and want to just call it a day.
When you convinced Amazon to replace it, did you tell them it was rooted/modified? Also, are they shipping you a new one just like that? Or do you have to send yours back first. Thanks! A response would be very much appreciated.
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I was on skype with him. He said he was "playing angry birds, it restarted and is stuck at the 'kindle fire logo' " they didn't ask if it was rooted, no questions asked.
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mattlgroff said:
I was on skype with him. He said he was "playing angry birds, it restarted and is stuck at the 'kindle fire logo' " they didn't ask if it was rooted, no questions asked.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk
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This is exactly what happened. Because it didn't have the TWRP recovery screen or anything, any average tech support person wouldnt be able to tell it had been rooted. The failure actually happened after installing the stock rom so im pretty sure if they even take the time to inspect it, they wil see an unused, unrooted stock rom on the devoce
punkboyarde said:
i had an issue last night and spent seven hours between dos and reading forums and couldn't find the answer, but at 630 this morning i got it and retested it today again by rebricking it and fixing it and it has to be the easiest thing that i've ever done.
unplug your kindle
turn your computer off
turn off your kindle with a hard reset
turn the computer back on and plug the kindle in
turn the kindle back on
in kindle utilities hit 1 and press enter
then hit 1 and press enter
it should go to reset your kindle and say it's done and to press any button to continue but don't press anything until your kindle is back on the splash menu
it worked for me when i couldn't find anything else to do and is way to simple to not try, so i hope it helps someone else
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Thanks, but this only works if it connects over usb. Doing this results in "waiting for device" as mentioned before
On so my first post and I have watched noob video and it scared the crap outta me for my first post but my apologizes first. So sorry if this is the wrong section and I did research the topic first but it hasn't helped in me finding a solution so here goes ...
Question please, if you can help me. I followed your intruction as per the Wugfresh rooting tool 1.5.4, now when I got to the step to click the root button I also checked the box with the custom recovery and then hit root. My table then gets stuck in the screen with the android guy lying down with his compartment open on his stomach, (like I said I'm a noob) lock state is unlocked. A message appears on my PC screen that states "Waiting for your device to finish booting back up ..."
I tried unplugging the tablet and tried pluggin back in and hitting root again without the recovery and nothing seems to happen even the screen remains the same after I unplug the device.
I have since tried and researched on the forum and seen others with the problem and a new version that Wugfresh has put out a 1.5.1 referencing this issue but unfortunately I cannot find the download for this software anywhere. I followed the link that seemed most viable to download the software but seems that is just takes me back to the original post with the 1.5.4 download ....
Help please and again sorry for wasting anyones time if this is a wrong thread spot or if this has been covered.
Android 4.1.2 and build number is JZ054K
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You are better off posting in the toolkit section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475
Wugfresh is online. I'm sure he can help you learn to use his tool better.
I know this is not an A200 section (but there is a lack of one here on XDA). I have a seriously bricked A200. I let my kids play with it, and now... NADA. It will not boot. The power light comes on white and hangs. I can get it to show in the device manager as an APX device. I do believe this is BEFORE fastboot so I cannot use SimpleRecovery (any version) or ADB. Can anyone help here. More info given upon request.
*Crickets Chirping*
Any ideas from anyone?
Mod please move to "Help". Thanks.
Sorry I didn't see I was in general still when I posted this. I thought I had flipped over to the Help section.