Hello,
This is my first post, so please try to bear with me. I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
Same here.
This is the wrong forum for this. This should be in Kindle Q&A.
Thank you for redirecting me. I am a bit new to this (probably why I screwed up my device).
AdamOutler said:
This is the wrong forum for this. This should be in Kindle Q&A.
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There IS no Kindle Q&A.
Anyways, I have a similar problem in that it gets stuck at the triangle if I hit the power button, but for me, if I don't touch ANYTHING it will boot into the Kindle OS just fine.
Mine always powers up to the yellow triangle. If I just leave it there, it boots into android after like 10-15 seconds. Have you guys tried just waiting it out?
If I press the power button, it'll cycle off and on, so you have to wait even longer to get into Android. When I want to get into TWRP, I just press the power button repeatedly until it turns orange.
side comment: this waiting five minutes between posts and not being allowed to post in dev forums blows. i shoulda kept my old account.
bikeracer4487 said:
There IS no Kindle Q&A.
Anyways, I have a similar problem in that it gets stuck at the triangle if I hit the power button, but for me, if I don't touch ANYTHING it will boot into the Kindle OS just fine.
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Regardless... he posted originally in hardware hacking forum. I had this moved here.
kw1999 said:
Hello,
This is my first post, so please try to bear with me. I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
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Okay, try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
kw1999 said:
Hello,
This is my first post, so please try to bear with me. I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
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reinstall the usb driver from the android sdk (using device manager to find the right driver in windows) and change change the bootmode back to 4000.
this hapened to me half way through installing the new burrittoroot my pc couldnt recognize the kindle anymore, had to reinstall the drivers and manually change the boot mode from command promt.
oops... bikeracer beat me to it, jst saw his post.... thats almost exactly what I had to do.
if you didn't.read.the.instructions,.like me, then you might have rebooted.without changing.the bootmode.back to 4000 so I was.stuck.in.fastboot
I had a kernel.handy so I.just typed.fastboit -I 0x1949 boot kernel.img then.once booted I immediately changed the bootmode.
I don't even try to fix the periods from.using the.stock kindle.keyboard.anymore.
bikeracer4487 said:
Okay, try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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Could you make a video of this for noobs like me?
i can't make a video - but i can guide you through this things
first - if you did it with kfu did you read the tricks from the first page:
Known Tricks
•If you end up stuck at the yellow triangle, in KF Utility select Boot Normal, wait for it to say <waiting for device> and then press and hold the power button 20 seconds until the fire turns off, then when its off turn it back on. This sometimes happens, I have yet to find a clean solution
•If you end up stuck with a yellow triangle, do not EVER unplug it. Leave it plugged in. Check the windows drivers to make sure it isnt showing as "kindle" again. Fastboot is different and can cause this.
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if this is not your issue lets go ahead
download the latest kfu, extract it somewhere (i would recomend to c:\), but don't run install_drivers.bat !
make shure you don't have a driver issue (check device manager for yellow exclamation mark on kindle,android phone - adb devices)
if so you have to correct you drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
then you can do it with the tool or manually
take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20872252&postcount=22
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So I checked my Kindle Fire and it wont let me play my games. So i checked root checker and it says i dont have root acess. then i checked my device and it said its on 6.2.2 and i didn't even update it. So now I installed root again (the new version) and when I used KFU to install TWRP(the latest one). It would install then I hit reboot now its stuck at the TWRP yellow fire logo thingy. I tried unplugging and connect it now it says, "USB devices not recognized, Uknown Device"
What do i do helppp!!!! pls...
Once you get to the yellow logo press the power button again till it turns orange to get into recovery and then go from there
from the op of kfu:
Known Tricks
•If you end up stuck at the yellow triangle, in KF Utility select Boot Normal, wait for it to say <waiting for device> and then press and hold the power button 20 seconds until the fire turns off, then when its off turn it back on. This sometimes happens, I have yet to find a clean solution
•If you end up stuck with a yellow triangle, do not EVER unplug it. Leave it plugged in. Check the windows drivers to make sure it isnt showing as "kindle" again. Fastboot is different and can cause this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506
So this morning I rooted my spare kindle fire with BurritoRoot3 and then flashed FireFireFire with it, then like a retard I used Kindle Fire utility to install TWRP. After that I tried to boot into recovery but it refuses to. All it does is sit at the yellow triangle and refuses to actually go into recovery... I can leave it alone and it will boot into the OS but I'm trying to install ICS or CM7. Any tips on how to wipe or repair TWRP/Firefirefire? Re installing TWRP doesn't work as KFU can't do anything due to it sitting at yellow triangle.
Do you hold down the power button until it turns orange? Make sure that you do... hope this helps.
If i do that it makes the power button turn red and then screen flashes and it goes to the same screen but the screen brightness seems to be turned down. After that it just powers off. I have a second kindle fire that works flawlessly and I got ICS running on it.. this one... not so much
would try to start the twrp installation - when it says <waiting for device> power off the kf by holding pwr ~20sec - power on again - the installation should resume and finish
if not check device manager for the correct drivers - maybe this helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
I've checked the other two threads to know avail. My device reboots up to the yellow triangle, and then reboots infinitely. Here's my situation:
1. I think i booted into recovery using my roms reboot into recovery option.
2. My kindle fire is in a state of it can't turn on unless it is plugged into a computer/charger.
3. I don't see "kindle fire" in my devices on windows 7 and I don't see ADB composite device thing.
4. Using the install drivers.bat that is in the kindle fire utility says Driver name "Google, Inc (WinUSB) Status Ready to use.
5. I have tried the kindle fire utility to set boot mode to normal but adb and fastboot don't recognize it.
6. Also I've tried plugging into the computer with a factory usb cable and that also didn't work.
I'm wondering if i'm SOL.
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Okay, So I finally got my fire working! Charged it up through a charger for a little while. Booted into ubuntu 11.10 (32bit) with the firekit file and ran the install recovery script. It hung at waiting for device. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and tried turning it on and off and holding the power of the device for awhile and one time it just worked. Was able to reboot and boot into recovery and flash a rom.
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I've checked the other two threads to know avail. My device reboots up to the yellow triangle, and then reboots infinitely. Here's my situation:
1. I think i booted into recovery using my roms reboot into recovery option.
2. My kindle fire is in a state of it can't turn on unless it is plugged into a computer/charger.
3. I don't see "kindle fire" in my devices on windows 7 and I don't see ADB composite device thing.
4. Using the install drivers.bat that is in the kindle fire utility says Driver name "Google, Inc (WinUSB) Status Ready to use.
5. I have tried the kindle fire utility to set boot mode to normal but adb and fastboot don't recognize it.
6. Also I've tried plugging into the computer with a factory usb cable and that also didn't work.
I'm wondering if i'm SOL.
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You're fine.
First, charge the fire fully.
Second, read some of the threads in the development forum on getting it out of fastboot mode, because you are stuck in fastboot.
Third, do NOT reboot into recovery on the fire, it puts you into fastboot and....well you already see what that looks like.
Fourth, plug your fully charged fire into your computer and issue the commands to take it out of fastboot.
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the command would be:
"fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
and
"fastboot reboot"
if it says <waiting for device> power it off by holding the pwr button for ~20sec till it turns of - pwr on again - the command should resume and finish
a second pwr off/on will bring you back to normal
I can't turn the power off though. Holding it down for any amount of time won't turn it off, and I can't get the driver to install. I can't get it to recognize it as an ADB device or a kindle.
nevertheless - to stop the bootloop you will need to charge it
do you use the original wall charger ?
if not take care the replacement charger has ~1.8A
if you plug it to the charger it would be fine if you can turn it off for better charging
if you can't turn it off - leave it - try again to power off after an hour
what happens:
if you plug it to a power source it tries to start - battery breaks down - tries to start - ...
If I plug it in to any source pc or charger it turns on gets to the triangle and then reboots, and does that for as long as it's plugged in. I've had it plugged in like this for a few hours and the only way to "turn it off" is to unplug it.
yes - this is a sign for a empty battery - atm the search function is'nt working but there are ~20 threads with the same problem - it was allways the battery besides 1 or 2 where the battery was so deep empty that they had to return it
charging with the computer will not work in this situation - the computer delivers only 500ma - that is too few
you can try to switch it to fastboot mode because then it starts the bootloader and don't go further (so it uses fewer power) - this is done by issuing: "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4002" - then let it do a bootloop - it should pickup the command
The drivers won't install for the kindle fire though, I don't think it's going to work that way. I'll try it again, but I've done this like 5 times to no avail.
if the right drivers are not allready on the machine you can't install them until you get it to stable state
the only solution (besides a factory cable) to change the bootmode in this situation would be firekit - this is a special crafted ubuntu on a usb stick because linux don't need drivers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
maybe you want to give it a try ...
Okay, So I finally got my tab working! Charged it up through a charger for a little while. Booted into ubuntu 11.10 (32bit) with the firekit file and ran the install recovery script. It hung at waiting for device. I unplugged it and plugged it back in and tried turning it on and off and holding the power of the device for awhile and one time it just worked. Was able to reboot and boot into recovery and flash a rom.
good to hear that you got it working - good luck with your kf
I feel slightly retarted at the moment, whenever I boot my kindle, I get a yellow caution sign. I try to press the button, but when i do, the screen goes blank for a second, then the sign comes back up, if i hold the button for longer thought, the kindle shuts off completely. Is there a secret art to doing thus?
Ethanzh said:
I feel slightly retarted at the moment, whenever I boot my kindle, I get a yellow caution sign. I try to press the button, but when i do, the screen goes blank for a second, then the sign comes back up, if i hold the button for longer thought, the kindle shuts off completely. Is there a secret art to doing thus?
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Once you see the triangle tap the button once (I have a habit of taping it a few times lol ) once the screen turns off and back to the triangle let it do its thing its just switching over to recovery their is a 10 second delay
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After the yellow triangle appears, I press and hold the power button until it turns from green to orange (device unplugged). I ignore the screen flickers. So far that's worked 100% of the time.
I usually just keep pressing it until the recovery loads.
TWRP recover boot
Ethanzh,
I just wait about 3 seconds and start pressing the power button until it turns orange.
Thanks,
JohninLex
ive tried all the above suggestions, but it still jumps straight to the kindle fire screen...
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Here's how I got out of fastboot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533020
And here's instructions from the person that developed the program I used to root my Kindle in the first place:
mount the latest KindleWater .dmg then open the terminal and type the following commands
Only run the commands in bold.
first command start
/Volumes/KindleWater/.files/android-sdk/platform-tools/fastboot boot /Volumes/KindleWater/.files/cwmtouch.img
end
second command start after it boots to recovery
/Volumes/KindleWater/.files/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb reboot
end second command
My escape was slightly different that what northmendo says to do (his didn't work at first), but I used his first command line in the "fastboot" terminal and it worked perfectly.
I hope this helps.
Ethanzh said:
ive tried all the above suggestions, but it still jumps straight to the kindle fire screen...
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Sound's like you used burrito root? It doesn't install a recovery. When the kindle fire screen flickers, thats the stock recovery.. Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 and install clockworkmod recovery
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I followed the above link and installed the recovery, it works noe, many thanks!!!
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Right... I spent the last 6 hours reading through the forum and Googling about this problem. I learnt a lot (!), but cannot solve the problem, and I now hope someone can help me
Sorry for the lenghty post, but there's a lot of information to share...
Yesterday, my long-awaited Nexus 7 (8Gb) finally arrived. It worked just fine for an hour or so: I got online without any issue, Calendar, Photos, GMail and Contacts were nicely synching and I was really starting to get impressed about the speed and features.
I did download a couple apps, more specifically Aldiko & Moon+ Reader ebook reader apps, and Facebook).
Suddenly --I believe I just started the Facebook app-- the screen turned black and showed strange stripes. The device rebooted and got stuck on the black screen with the white "Google" text. I let it sit there for a while and then instinctively tried to power-off the device by holding the power button for 10 seconds or so. It did indeed reboot, but when the tablet booted up, it popped back to the black Google screen and just sat there.
FYI: The USB cable was connected all of the time, and the first time I plugged the Nexus in, my Win 7 64bit machine recognized the tablet and loaded the drivers for it.
When it got stuck, I decided to continue charging it, thinking that maybe the battery wasn't fully charged and the cause of the problem. I hooked it up to the official charger in a wall socket and let it sit there for a while, while I started searching the web for a solution. After about 30 minutes, when I had read about the power+volume button combination, I tried this combination (until then the Google page showed for more than 30 minutes). The Nexus indeed showed the Fastboot screen, and I had to plug it back in the PC's USB to get the buttons "start", "recovery mode", "power off" and "restart bootloader" working. None of them had any effect.
The fastboot screen showed the product name "grouper", the lock state as "locked"; the bootloader as version 3.34 and the HW version as ER3.
I downloaded the "Nexus root toolkit" from WugFresh and tried to flash it back to "stock" with Android 4.1.1 JRO03D. The tool did show my serial number, btw.... Until then, I had good hopes, but then it went wrong: the tool downloaded the files, unpacked them and said something about "wiping flash" and everything froze. After about 20 minutes, I concluded it had locked-up and unplugged the device.
It now seems to be completely "bricked"...
I can no longer get to the fastboot screen; Not even with the 3-button trick... it always shows the Google screen and immediately shows the "dead robot" screen with the exclamation mark.
The Nexus does not start up Android, so I cannot activate ADB/ USB debugging...
The device is no longer recognized by my PC; the PC doesn't make the "USB hooked up/disconnected" sound anymore
I tried uninstalling the drivers and installed the "naked drivers", no solution -- they show up with yellow exclamation marks
I installed the SDK, and "fastboot.exe devices" shows nothing
I downloaded the "Nexus 7 Toolkit 2.0"; I cannot access the tablet, no serials show, drivers cannot be installed
FYI: I did not try to root it or unlock it. I rebooted my PC, I power-cycled the Nexus, I changed USB ports, sigh...
I'm afraid I actually bricked my device... If so indeed, and given the fact that I cannot access the device with any of the tools/toolkits, is there anything I can do to put it back to factory settings?
Someone else may chime in with some help, but I think using the toolkit screwed you. Had you just used fastboot while you had the bootloader up you could have reflashed the stock rom yourself using the file from here and these commands.. but since you can't get into the bootloader now I think its hosed, but I could be wrong though.
I just noticed that when I press the power + volume up button, my PC detects it as an "Asus Transformer Prime APX Interface"?
Would this be another "way in"? (found something about NVflash on Google?)
Here are two threads on the topic, however I don't think they restore it that way since mostly its done thru the bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879228
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882753
and people still continue to use toolkits because its easier. in reality its just easier to mess upon your device. reading through the forums i have yet to see someone that messed up their device with fastboot oem unlock amd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.
To be honest; I feel the toolkits are great for people that know what they're doing and understand the process and are just looking for a quick way to do it.
People that are new to the rooting scene and don't understand the process are the people that SHOULDN'T be using these toolkits. They need to learn about the process and do it a few times manually before even attempting the toolkits.
OK guys, I got the message and yep, shouldn't have used the toolkit. **guilty** :cyclops:
But what advise do you guys have? Would the APX/NVFlash path make sense?
Or can you advise how to get support from Google/Asus in Belgium (bought tablet in Staples US )
thanks!
Considering it doesn't seem anyone has used NVFlash to restore it looks like you are going to have to return/exchange/RMA whatever option is available to you, unless its figured out
i see you pressing volume up and down and power button to get into the bootloader.. but thats wrong. its power button + volume down to get into the bootloader(maybe thatll make a difference for you). but yea, chances are that youll need to go for an exchange/repair.
Nvflash should work though. I haven't used it since.my last tablet and.unfortunately I forget how to use it. I don't think zip files can be used. I think someone could help him that knows how to set up a folder of files for nvflash.
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i see you pressing volume up and down and power button to get into the bootloader.. but thats wrong. its power button + volume down to get into the bootloader(maybe thatll make a difference for you). but yea, chances are that youll need to go for an exchange/repair.
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hi, the combination did the job before, but just to be sure, I have tried them all:
power + vol up + vol down: black Google screen, followed by the dead robot with exclamation mark sign...
power + vol down: black Google screen, followed by the dead robot with exclamation mark sign...
power + vol up: Goes into APX mode (and PC chimes)
bigooze said:
hi, the combination did the job before, but just to be sure, I have tried them all:
power + vol up + vol down: black Google screen, followed by the dead robot with exclamation mark sign...
power + vol down: black Google screen, followed by the dead robot with exclamation mark sign...
power + vol up: Goes into APX mode (and PC chimes)
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robot with an exclamation is the stock recovery. it wants to be flashed with the stock google image https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#nakasi
simms22 said:
robot with an exclamation is the stock recovery. it wants to be flashed with the stock google .img
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Hmm... And how would one do this? What tool should be used?
bigooze said:
Hmm... And how would one do this? What tool should be used?
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read the page and links provided there, the instructions are there.
simms22 said:
read the page and links provided there, the instructions are there.
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Dont think you can flash those files thru recovery, I already posted that link for him unfortunately without the bootloader I think hes hosed
In order to use these files, you need to have the fastboot tool in your PATH. That tool is compiled as part of every configuration of the Android Open-Source Project and is the tool used to flash custom builds on your device. On GNU/Linux systems, this also implies that you have configured USB access as mentioned in the machine setup instructions.
Your device needs to be in fastboot mode, with the bootloader unlocked. The relevant key combinations and commands are documented on the page about building for devices.
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When the android with the red mark comes up, press power+vol up, does the recovery come up?
simms22 said:
read the page and links provided there, the instructions are there.
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Oops... getting late here -- didn't notice the link...
Anyway, the instructions indicate the use of the fastboot tool, which do not work :crying: