Hello
Want to share my experience with a bricked Kindle Fire since I've spent many hours trying to solve the mystery. Of course there were many helpful topics and posts here but my problem was solved from a combination of steps I read.
My Kindle Fire was stuck during the boot, showing only the logo. So here's what I did
1. In order to boot, I used the Kindle Fire utility. Connect Fire with usb without caring for the no driver message. Then execute it, go to Change BootMode and choose Normal. You'll have to close the Kindle and re enable it and that made the trick to boot normal
2. ..but it didn't fix the problem because after shutdown and opening the device again, it was stuck again at the Kindle Fire logo. So again open Kindle Fire Utility and choose No 7, "Install latest TWRP Recovery".
3. If everything goes according with the plan, TWRP is installed and you have access to a new menu upon booting. Choose Mount and you must be able to see the contents of the Kindle Fire in your pc
4. Download latest Kindle Fire update from here. After downloading it, rename the update-kindle-6.2.1_D01E_3103920.bin file to update.zip
5. Copy update.zip to the root of Kindle Fire
6. Unmount from TWRP and go to Install. You must see the update.zip, choose it and then press Flash. It should start updating Kindle with latest firmware. I got some errors regarding missing misc directory but it finished installing it.
7. With a new reboot, TWRP was gone and Kindle Fire was booting to the latest firmware without any problem even if I made several restarts.
Hope this helps you a bit
Happy new year !!
You're a GENIUS! I just got my Kindle Fire today and I thought it was bricked for good - but step 1 fixed it so far! Thank You SO MUCH you have tons of good karma coming your way lol
Did you get this during step 1:
***********************************************
* Activating Normal (4000) *
***********************************************
< waiting for device >
Also,
Where you getting a message like this during the step 2:
***********************************************
* Activating Fastboot (4002) *
***********************************************
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
Press any key to continue . . .
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
***********************************************
* WARNING *
***********************************************
Make sure to read each screen carefully!
Make sure to follow instructions given to you!
twrp.img has been found.
***********************************************
* NOTICE *
***********************************************
Please wait a few seconds before continuing.
You should be safe when you see the Kindle trying to mount in Windows.
Installing TWRP...
If we get stuck here for awhile, power the kindle on and off a few times.
< waiting for device >
For step1 yes, I got a message at the start that device wasn't found but after selecting Normal Bootmode, the device rebooted itself
For step2, I didn't get this message you're saying
I am going to try this tonight when I get home from work. See how it goes.
nice
10char
coolgus said:
For step1 yes, I got a message at the start that device wasn't found but after selecting Normal Bootmode, the device rebooted itself
For step2, I didn't get this message you're saying
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Thanks Coolgus.
I had rooted my fire and tried to put in TWRP 2.0. During the install my Fire locked up and hasn't come back.
For those interested, I'm checking out the post about the TWRP issues here:
<http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398728>
YES!!!
Finally! Thanks man.
Just to reiterate, if you can get TWRP installed, and this is the exact same method listed above that I used, then you should be able to complete this. If your windows drivers are setup correctly, then use the mount usb storage button to enable access from windows. Then just do as the OP says and flash it. It DOES take a few anxious minutes to get past the Kindle Fire logo screen, but be patient.
Now I'm back to stock and ready to brick it again!
This method worked 100% for me this guy is a lifesaver
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I had an issue today after root, twrp, flashing CM7. I went to flash gapps and it sent me in to a recovery-loop. System wouldnt load. Ran fastboot while in recovery it stuck at the yellow triangle, ran fastboot again(only after 3 hours of trying to figure out how i was going to explain this to the GF) and bingo(i do not have a clue why, ive been with android since 1.5 and never bricked) pressed "power" for about 15 seconds shut it down, powered back on and it booted right up. Beforehand i had tried restoring KF backup to try solve the issue, so it booted OG KF rom. Got brave, reflashed CM7(no gapps this time, and thats where im at. Used adb to push market and serviceframework. Might not help, just thought id share. Oh and i had to manually install drivers for fastboot.
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laudanum said:
Did you get this during step 1:
***********************************************
* Activating Normal (4000) *
***********************************************
< waiting for device >
Also,
Where you getting a message like this during the step 2:
***********************************************
* Activating Fastboot (4002) *
***********************************************
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
Press any key to continue . . .
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
***********************************************
* WARNING *
***********************************************
Make sure to read each screen carefully!
Make sure to follow instructions given to you!
twrp.img has been found.
***********************************************
* NOTICE *
***********************************************
Please wait a few seconds before continuing.
You should be safe when you see the Kindle trying to mount in Windows.
Installing TWRP...
If we get stuck here for awhile, power the kindle on and off a few times.
< waiting for device >
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I'm getting this very problem. My computer won't recognize the KF and nothing will work. Not even running in NORMAL BOOT MODE. I don't know what else to do.
rrsabre said:
I'm getting this very problem. My computer won't recognize the KF and nothing will work. Not even running in NORMAL BOOT MODE. I don't know what else to do.
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Your not in fastboot. Can you be more detailed about what has happened? What pc operating system are you using and do you know how to tell if the usb drivers are installed?
laudanum said:
Did you get this during step 1:
***********************************************
* Activating Normal (4000) *
***********************************************
< waiting for device >
Also,
Where you getting a message like this during the step 2:
***********************************************
* Activating Fastboot (4002) *
***********************************************
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
Press any key to continue . . .
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
***********************************************
* WARNING *
***********************************************
Make sure to read each screen carefully!
Make sure to follow instructions given to you!
twrp.img has been found.
***********************************************
* NOTICE *
***********************************************
Please wait a few seconds before continuing.
You should be safe when you see the Kindle trying to mount in Windows.
Installing TWRP...
If we get stuck here for awhile, power the kindle on and off a few times.
< waiting for device >
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What do I do when stuck at this stage? Do I keep waiting? Or unplug the kindle?
dmele94 said:
What do I do when stuck at this stage? Do I keep waiting? Or unplug the kindle?
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I also have the same problem. It is just stuck at the "kindle fire" logo screen and does... nothing... This is annoying.
ccrowe3 said:
I also have the same problem. It is just stuck at the "kindle fire" logo screen and does... nothing... This is annoying.
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Apparently using a new computer (Windows 7 x64 this time instead of XP 32-bit) and a fresh install of drivers helps. My Kindle lives!
laudanum said:
Did you get this during step 1:
***********************************************
* Activating Normal (4000) *
***********************************************
< waiting for device >
Also,
Where you getting a message like this during the step 2:
***********************************************
* Activating Fastboot (4002) *
***********************************************
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
Press any key to continue . . .
Oops... something went wrong.
We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire.
Make sure it is plugged in and powered on.
***********************************************
* WARNING *
***********************************************
Make sure to read each screen carefully!
Make sure to follow instructions given to you!
twrp.img has been found.
***********************************************
* NOTICE *
***********************************************
Please wait a few seconds before continuing.
You should be safe when you see the Kindle trying to mount in Windows.
Installing TWRP...
If we get stuck here for awhile, power the kindle on and off a few times.
< waiting for device >
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Click to collapse
I stuck on stage 1, <waiting for device>, what can I do?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
then use kfu again to change bootmode or do it manually depending on the current bootmode:
with adb:
adb shell su -c "idme bootmode 4000"
adb reboot
with fastboot:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot reboot
or
fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x18d1 reboot
poonkin said:
I stuck on stage 1, <waiting for device>, what can I do?
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Solved.
In bootmode, choose recovery, unplug and replug kf. It restart again.
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Help...that seems to cover it...lol
Hi,
Thanks for your brilliant instructions but I'm running into a problem. My Kindle is flashing on and off with the startup screen and using the Utility is not working for me. Can you offer any assistance? Cheers.
coolgus said:
Hello
Want to share my experience with a bricked Kindle Fire since I've spent many hours trying to solve the mystery. Of course there were many helpful topics and posts here but my problem was solved from a combination of steps I read.
My Kindle Fire was stuck during the boot, showing only the logo. So here's what I did
1. In order to boot, I used the Kindle Fire utility. Connect Fire with usb without caring for the no driver message. Then execute it, go to Change BootMode and choose Normal. You'll have to close the Kindle and re enable it and that made the trick to boot normal
2. ..but it didn't fix the problem because after shutdown and opening the device again, it was stuck again at the Kindle Fire logo. So again open Kindle Fire Utility and choose No 7, "Install latest TWRP Recovery".
3. If everything goes according with the plan, TWRP is installed and you have access to a new menu upon booting. Choose Mount and you must be able to see the contents of the Kindle Fire in your pc
4. Download latest Kindle Fire update from here. After downloading it, rename the update-kindle-6.2.1_D01E_3103920.bin file to update.zip
5. Copy update.zip to the root of Kindle Fire
6. Unmount from TWRP and go to Install. You must see the update.zip, choose it and then press Flash. It should start updating Kindle with latest firmware. I got some errors regarding missing misc directory but it finished installing it.
7. With a new reboot, TWRP was gone and Kindle Fire was booting to the latest firmware without any problem even if I made several restarts.
Hope this helps you a bit
Happy new year !!
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do you have the same as here ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1423658
I'm pretty new at this and I'm having issues going into TWRP.
Whenever I try to install TWRP recovery using the KFU, It looks like it's going through the process, and I do end up seeing the teamwin logo popup and the device boots into the regular kindle interface (so it at least appears that TWRP was installed). The problem is whenever I try to go into recovery using the bootmode menu in KFU, the kindle will reboot, only it won't go into recovery and just goes back to the regular kindle interface. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing wrong. One thing I did notice from looking through tutorials, is that when you reboot the device it's suppose to go to a yellow triangle screen before going into TWRP. My kindle never does this. I don't ever see that yellow triangle screen and instead see the regular kindle fire logo before it loads the regular interface. One other thing is whenever i use the KFU, under "adb rooted:" it says no. I thought after I did the "Permanent Root with Superuser" that it was supposed to say yes. Anyways, any help would be much appreciated.
the yellow triangle is the bootloader (firefirefire) which you'r missing i think
i would take the newest KFU 0.9.2 (attention re-upped yesterday-redownload):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
reading the op (espacially the known tricks) is a good idea
i recommend to extract kfu to c:\ and rename "kindle fire utility" to "kfu" because it don't allways like the blanks in the path
if you are on windows7 you should run kfu and all other commands from an elevated command shell (as administator)
to install the correct drivers (espacially on win7/64bit) by running install_drivers.bat is also a good idea
now you are ready to use kfu and install twrp again
that's the easy way
if it don't work you can install fff (firefirefire - the yellow triangle) manually
ask again about this ...
Thanks for the reply - just got home and I'll try your suggestions.
I'm having the same problem as the OP here.
I originally rooted using BurritoRoot, which worked just fine.
When using KFU, option 5, it seems to run everything smoothly, the downloads are the correct size... But when it goes and starts rebooting at the "DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING! DON'T EVEN LOOK AT IT! OR ELSE!"* screen on KFU, my Kindle boots into the standard Kindle Boot Animation, then the TeamWin splash pops up for a moment.
It then reboots back to the regular Kindle Fire boot animation and KFU says "There we go. TWRP is installed. Ter-dah!"*
When I go to restart the Kindle, however, I never get the FireFireFire icon at all. Just straight into the normal KindleFire stuff.
I decided to take a look at my device manager while my Fire is plugged in. It's listed under "Android Phone > Android Composite ADB Interface"
Perhaps this is the drivers for my Android Phone interfering with the drivers for the Kindle? Iunno. I'm pretty lost on this one.
(* Paraphrased, in my own words, of course)
the driver is the you stated is the right one for kf in normal bootmode
would retry the installation with kfu and watch the output carefully
maybe copy and paste the output for later analysis
seems to be a common problem at the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21316424&postcount=49
How about just download the older KU 0.9.1 that's known to work everytime. 0.9.2 had issues installing TWRP.
Once you installed it using KFU 0.9.1, you will have no proiblems getting to your TWRP recovery.
Using the 0.9.1 version did it for me. Thanks a bundle.
Now I'm drooling over ICS on the Kindle Fire. Can't wait for a stable build! +_+
Just follow this guide:
http://rootkindlefire.com/kindle-fire-root/kindle-fire-root-new6-2-1windowsmaclinux/
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium
Ok, so i wanted to install Cynogen Mod 7 on my perfect kindle fire. So i followed the directions on http://liliputing.com/2011/12/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-7-on-the-amazon-kindle-fire.html. Everything was going fine, i downloaded and opened The Kindle Fire Utility and used the permanent root option. It rooted and everything went fine. Then i went to the TWRP Recovery, it installed and then went into fastboot. It took a little while for me to realize that it wasn't going anywhere. I started following other guides to unbrick my kindle fire but all my efforts was in vain. I got desperate and uninstalled the drivers, the kfu and windows 32 bit computer won't recognize my kindle and i just want this horrible nightmare to end. Can someone please help me here.
You are currently being assisted in another thread. After an attitude you posted another. The other thread was not yours, so understandable, but please be more patient.
Reinstall the drivers using the .bat file. Try to restart the kindle again. 90% of the time these are driver issues. If that does not work, try the fastboot commands in the other thread and restarting the kindle again. The Cd "your directory" is typed in then press enter. Each line is a new command so hit enter between each.
So, I rooted my device, and I flashed CM7, and everything worked fine.
after running for awhile my device just went black. So when after about 15 mins, it went to the Fire triangle logo and is now stuck in this logo.
I searched and found problems like this but when I plug in my device, my computer wont recognize it...
so am i screwed? - Again, I've searched and tried many of the steps advised...
What did you use to obtain root? Do you have the KF Utilities downloaded and on your computer?
If not, here is a link: (Vashypooh gets ALL the credit)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
Mine got stuck on the triangle as well and I thought I was screwed, but more than likely you're just stuck in fastboot.
What I did was use the KFU and even though it didn't show as recognized I was able to use Option 1 - Bootmode Menu, Then Option 1 - Normal.
My Fire restarted normally after that.
Don't know if it will fix it for you, but it's worth a shot huh?
Thank you sir. After reading that I got to reboot correctly by turning it off plugging it in, and turning it off and on three times and tried the unbrick utility again and it went through. Thank you.
Glad you got it to work. Now you can get on to the fun parts.
Also for some people this might work. I unbricked my kindle. Here is how I did it
1.Download kindle fire utility
2.Unzip kindle fire utility
3.To install the driver,its easy,just plug in your kindle, when it pops up with the install wizard say pick from the location of: KindleFireUtility>drivers>kindle 4.run kindle fire utility,select 1 then select 1 again
That's it, hope it helps someone like me
Finally tiring of the stock Kindle Fire OS and wanted a more robust tablet experience I decided I wanted to root my Kindle Fire and install an ICS ROM. Here is how I messed up my Kindle Fire.
1. I downloaded "Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.6
2. I extracted the RAR
3. I ran "install_drivers" and they installed perfect
4. Hooked up my Kindle Fire, it popped up saying found and finalizing some drivers and then a window popped up showing me the contents of my Kindle Fire.
5. I ran "run" and it brought up a menu saying "ADB Status: Online" so I chose option 2 "Install permanent boot with superuser"
6. It said it didn't find "twrp" but it would download it
Here is where I ran into a problem, it must have started to do something to my Kindle before it got to this point. For some reason KFU was unable to download "twrp" as it keep erroring out and trying again. After 15 attempts I decided to close the DOS window down and unplug the Kindle Fire. Now my Kindle Fire will not boot, it hangs at the "kindle fire" logo. I can hold the power in for 30 seconds and shut it off but it will not load boot up, it just stays at the logo. I can plug the cable in with it either off or on the kindle fire logo but the PC never recognizes it. I even when in and the driver is still there and installed properly.
Why would it start altering my Kindle Fire if it can't get TWRP downloaded? What can I do?
GameGuru41 said:
Finally tiring of the stock Kindle Fire OS and wanted a more robust tablet experience I decided I wanted to root my Kindle Fire and install an ICS ROM. Here is how I messed up my Kindle Fire.
1. I downloaded "Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.6
2. I extracted the RAR
3. I ran "install_drivers" and they installed perfect
4. Hooked up my Kindle Fire, it popped up saying found and finalizing some drivers and then a window popped up showing me the contents of my Kindle Fire.
5. I ran "run" and it brought up a menu saying "ADB Status: Online" so I chose option 2 "Install permanent boot with superuser"
6. It said it didn't find "twrp" but it would download it
Here is where I ran into a problem, it must have started to do something to my Kindle before it got to this point. For some reason KFU was unable to download "twrp" as it keep erroring out and trying again. After 15 attempts I decided to close the DOS window down and unplug the Kindle Fire. Now my Kindle Fire will not boot, it hangs at the "kindle fire" logo. I can hold the power in for 30 seconds and shut it off but it will not load boot up, it just stays at the logo. I can plug the cable in with it either off or on the kindle fire logo but the PC never recognizes it. I even when in and the driver is still there and installed properly.
Why would it start altering my Kindle Fire if it can't get TWRP downloaded? What can I do?
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Oh and I forgot to mention that "Kindle Fire Utility" shows it as "Offline" now and nothing I can do can get it to say online.
GameGuru41 said:
Oh and I forgot to mention that "Kindle Fire Utility" shows it as "Offline" now and nothing I can do can get it to say online.
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Anyone please?
Ok I fixed in using a command line method from a user on this forum.