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Kindle doesn't turn on.

Oi, my Kindle Fire refuses to boot at all. I've tried starting it the regular way, through ADB (Even though it isn't recognized at all), and I've tried the unbrick utility. Nothing's working. I've had it for about a month now.
Device info:
-Running TWRP recovery
-Ice Cream Sandwich beta installed (I thought this might be the problem, but seeing as how it doesn't even boot the kernel, I'm not sure)

Stupid Question, but did you press and hold the power button for about 35 seconds? It will force shut down. Then try to start her up. Might be in a Sleep o Death...

It won't turn on, is my problem. It's like the battery's completely dead, even though I know it's not because I left it charging.
EDIT: Okay! My computer is recognizing it!
...sort of.
It's making the "Device connected" noise, and then immediately after making the "Device disconnected" noise.
I'm confused now >_>

hmm.
hmm. that happened to me the first time i rooted it lol. i was sooo pissed cus i thought i broke it. what is did to fix mine was i held the buttom for 30-40ish seconds and plugged it into the wall to charge it, i left it alone for a day and then tried again and it fired right up. Good luck hopefully you get it working again.

I'm wondering if you're stuck in fastboot mode - that's about the only time that my Kindle became unavailable to adb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22077057
I'll cut/paste the following from post 11 in that thread, but definitely read that particular post and more:
issue the fastboot command "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" and when it says <waiting for device> power down the kf by holding the pwr button for ~20sec - then unplug and replug - don't turn it on - it should do it by itself - at some point the command is recognized and finished - then power off and on again

Kindle Fire Yellow Triangle bootloop.

I am stuck at the yellow triangle. It keeps rebooting and it wont let me connect it to the computer. I need help!!!

cashman2419 said:
I am stuck at the yellow triangle. It keeps rebooting and it wont let me connect it to the computer. I need help!!!
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Boot into TWRP... then follow my other directions.

From the op of KFU thread:
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.
That fixed my issues in fastboot when I was trying to install TWRP the first time. If that doesn't work then [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506]check out this post[/URL]

I cannot boot into TWRP because the kindle keeps shutting off because it is dead. It isn't read by the computer.

Plug it into electrical outlet and leave it alone for three hours.
While waitin for three hours assess your problem and find the solution. Search.
Then execute solution after fire is charged.

Will it charge even when it keeps turning on and off?

cashman2419 said:
Will it charge even when it keeps turning on and off?
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Yes it will keep charging.

It did not charge... At least I don't think it did..

When you plug it in do you get a solid color or is the light flashing?
When it's plugged in to the wall and the light is solid you should perform a hard reset by holding power for 20 seconds. This will fully shut down your KF and it will accept the charge

If by flashing you mean turning on and off by itself than yes, it is flashing.

Please help..I'm losing it
Same problem here. It does not seem to charge when plugged into either wall or computer. The green light flashes on and off repeatedly and the recovery screen (yellow triangle) just comes on and off (it eventually just goes black while the green power light continues to turn on and off)
in order to help myself I have done a few things
1: KFU isnt working.
I updated the drivers through KFU
I tried to change bootmode to "normal" and it hung on "waiting for device" I tried hard reset here and nada
2: I tried booting into normal fastboot 4000 through command prompt and hung on "waiting for device" tried reset..nada
So just like the poster above I cannot get into TWRP as the computer never truly recognizes the KF. This all happened when my wife turned on my kf and didnt know what the TWRP was and hit the power button for recovery. It loaded back to the stock kindle set (I had been using CM7) and since then I've been eating FUBAR soup as it doesnt work
Seriously..im pulling my hair out here...any help? I'd try to return the kf to Amazon and save myself the pain but I think we know what would happen when they plug it in and see the flashing triangle...lol

1. Plug your kindle in to the wall for 3 hours like someone mentioned previously (it will charge) The issue with the device being in a boot loop has nothing to do with the kindle fire not charging, this is perfectly normal if you have modified system files and the system can't boot the Android OS. It is also normal to never get past the Yellow Triangle if for some reason that you have changed to FastBoot mode. (Some people may be misinformed thinking that FastBoot does what it sounds like it does (boot fast - not the case), that's how this usually happens)
2. After you know the kindle has been charged for at least 3 hours on a known working power outlet. Press and hold the power button on the kindle for 20 seconds or longer until the device powers down completely.
3. Press the Power button to turn the kindle fire back on, and be ready, as it comes back on press the power button as soon as the Yellow Triangle (firefirefire) logo first appears. Press it up to 5 times rapidly. If you get to TWRP then you can relax. - If you get to the Yellow Triangle and you have pressed the Power button a few times but it is still stuck in a boot loop before giving up try one more time to shut down completely and reboot while pressing Power button rapidly.. You want to be sure to do this before the Yellow Triangle screen goes dim .
4. When you are in TWRP you should be able to use KFU or ADB. You may want to change the boot mode if it is not already to "Normal" if you are having this problem with "Normal" then try to reflash the Kindle with a recovery image or a new ROM.
Hopefully you can at least get to TWRP by following this, so that you can at least flash the kindle with a different update.zip. Good Luck

Charged like you said...still no charge. Flashes on and off and when you pull the power cord goes to black like its dead and will not turn on at all whether you hold it down or just push it...
Never had a problem like this before, could always at least get it to turn on or off not a mix of both lol. Thanks for the help...any more ideas on how to get it where I can at least get it into recovery?

MattFoley said:
Charged like you said...still no charge. Flashes on and off and when you pull the power cord goes to black like its dead and will not turn on at all whether you hold it down or just push it...
Never had a problem like this before, could always at least get it to turn on or off not a mix of both lol. Thanks for the help...any more ideas on how to get it where I can at least get it into recovery?
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I'm experiencing the same thing.

I'm still confused... are you guys trying to charge it while it is in the boot loop?
Have you tried turning it off (holding down the power button for 20-30 seconds until the screen and the power button go dark and stay dark)? And then plugging it in? I wouldn't expect you to see the firefirefire triangle if the device is off while charging.
The other thing that you might want to look into is the factory cable. Supposedly charges the device and can access it w/o any battery power at all - if I understand that thread correctly.

The point is you can't turn it off, it's dead. If you try to put it on charger either through wall charger or USB, it blinks on and off repeatedly and the power button does nothing at all. The computer won't recognize (tried several diff ports and pcs)
I'm beginning to think the factory cable is my only option to bypass the bootloop and fix it, just hoping I wouldn't have to wait so long for a cable or drop 40 bucks on it. I guess that's what I get for messing something up!

I left it bootlooping for like 6 hours on the charger. Unplug it and you can't turn it on. Plug it in and it bootloops and you can't turn it off. So is this just bricked for good with no possible fix?

MattFoley said:
The point is you can't turn it off, it's dead. If you try to put it on charger either through wall charger or USB, it blinks on and off repeatedly and the power button does nothing at all.
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Sorry. I was obviously hoping I was misinterpreting.
MattFoley said:
I'm beginning to think the factory cable is my only option to bypass the bootloop and fix it, just hoping I wouldn't have to wait so long for a cable or drop 40 bucks on it. I guess that's what I get for messing something up!
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You may want to PM SkOrPn, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23024666&postcount=108, seems like he has them for $15/$19 depending on length (if your location is accurate.)

Kindle fire turning on and off by itself and won't charge
The only way I know around that problem is unfortunately to remove the back cover and remove the battery with a good adjustable power supply apply 3.7V to the battery for a 30 to 60sec it will draw approx. 3.4A and over the 30 - 60sec the current draw by the battery will drop. Be very careful as you don’t want to blow it up. Put the battery back in and you should find the kindle will charge again. Good luck

Hmmm, I wonder if the factory cable would be an alternative as last I checked an adjustable power supply (if you're without one) can run 70-100 bucks which is half of the kindle itself, I'd almost just take my chances sending it back in to amazon. Thanks for the help though from someone who has had the problem

[Q] Badly bricked Kindle Fire

Hi Guys,
I have TWRP and Fire Fire Fire installed on my KF and have been running the various ICS ROM's up until the 24-02 ROM which was installed and running smoothly. Then I didn't use or charge my KF for about two weeks and now it is stuck in a boot loop. Basically, the Fire Fire Fire yellow triangle logo shows when I plug it into the charger, the power button goes green and then about 3 - 4 seconds later the screen and button go dead for about 1-2 seconds and then it just repeats i.e. starts up, shows yellow triangle, dies.
Here's what I've tried:
- Pressing the power button, the power button does not change colour nor does it launch TWRP
- Pressing and holding the power button for 20 seconds like is suggested in other posts does not do anything - it just keeps running through the loop of yellow triangle logo, black screen.
- Using KF Utility 0.9.3 to set the boot mode. Mostly, the KF does not even get recognised by Windows. However, every now and then it starts up for long enough for KF Utility to recognise it and set the boot mode. But this has not fixed the boot loop.
Can anyone suggest anything else I should try?
Thanks!

It looks like the KF is in fastboot mode. Have you you tried to use fastboot command to reboot to normal.
As part of kfu utility under tools folder, there is a fastboot command. Just open a command window and change to that folder and issue one of the following command and press the power button to shutdown for 20 sec and press it again to switch it on and see if you get a feedback from KF. Then issue fastboot reboot.
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
or
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
then fastboot reboot
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You can use the KFU to get the stock update.zip (4 in run), if you don't have extremely important information that you can't lose.

Didnt Work
I tried your suggestion @ammubarak. However, it didn't work. Pressing and holding the power button for 20s or longer does not do anything.
Output from fastboot:
Code:
C:\kfu\tools>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
< waiting for device >
... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: -0.000s

looks like dead battery
would plug it to the wall charger for some hours - best over night
see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1553648
there are a lot of others like that - it was allways the battery

engbren said:
I tried your suggestion @ammubarak. However, it didn't work. Pressing and holding the power button for 20s or longer does not do anything.
Output from fastboot:
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C:\kfu\tools>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
< waiting for device >
... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: -0.000s
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First, try to charge your KF for 1-2 hours.
Then turn it on , and as green light dimmed, press and hold power button until light goes orange.
If you have twrp or cwm you will get the recovery app.
then use adb and KFU as normal.

Charging
Hi guys,
Thanks for your suggestions. I left it on charge overnight last night (~8 hours) on top of being on charge overnight the previous night for a similar time period and still no joy. Still in a cycle of:
1. Startup, show yellow triangle logo (2 - 3 seconds),
2. Screen goes dead, completely black and power button light goes out too (1 - 2 seconds.
3. Repeat @ 1.
Pressing the power button does not turn it orange, nor does pressing the power button for a long time >20sec do anything. If i unplug from the wall charger, it immediately goes blank and there is no charge in the battery / it won't startup.
If i connect it to my pc, it exhibits the same behaviour as when connected to the wall charger. I can hear the "device connection" sound followed quickly by the "device disconnection sound". This only happens the one time - i.e. when it boots and shows the fire fire fire yellow triangle on subsequent times, windows does not connect to the kindle fire.
Thanks again for any help.

engbren said:
Hi guys,
Thanks for your suggestions. I left it on charge overnight last night (~8 hours) on top of being on charge overnight the previous night for a similar time period and still no joy. Still in a cycle of:
1. Startup, show yellow triangle logo (2 - 3 seconds),
2. Screen goes dead, completely black and power button light goes out too (1 - 2 seconds.
3. Repeat @ 1.
Pressing the power button does not turn it orange, nor does pressing the power button for a long time >20sec do anything. If i unplug from the wall charger, it immediately goes blank and there is no charge in the battery / it won't startup.
If i connect it to my pc, it exhibits the same behaviour as when connected to the wall charger. I can hear the "device connection" sound followed quickly by the "device disconnection sound". This only happens the one time - i.e. when it boots and shows the fire fire fire yellow triangle on subsequent times, windows does not connect to the kindle fire.
Thanks again for any help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693&page=23
Try that thread. Starting from #226, read about 20 posts.

Solved
The last tip did the trick - I had misplaced my original charger and have been using an after-market charger rated at 1A. It seems nearly all USB chargers on the market in Australia have a maximum draw of 1A and that wasn't sufficient to charge my very flat KF battery. After checking OfficeWorks and **** Smith Electronics, I found a 2A BlackBerry Playbook charger at the Telstra store that did the trick.
Thanks for all your help!

Problem with kindle fire

I hope this is In the right area I rooted my fire and installed a custom rom added fff and the recovery ect well yesterday when I press power nothing happens when I plug it up to power it turns on flashes the press power for recovery square then shuts down flashes it again it does this over and over never ending it wont stay on long enough for me to do anything I tried letting it charge all night I tried different power cords when it plugs to my pc it does the same anyone have any ideas
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Also want to add I rooted it with the utility over 3 months ago it was working fine til yesterday I made no changes to it
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I would suggest trying this first as it sounds like you are in the recovery loop. Another useful tool is to "re-stock" it using this utility. Maybe not the best idea if you haven't done a recent backup but if you have tried everything else these usually work to get you going again.
Also it can't hurt to go through this thread and see if someone else has suffered the same problem. Between these 3 threads you should get your kindle working again.

Laquox said:
I would suggest trying this first as it sounds like you are in the recovery loop. Another useful tool is to "re-stock" it using this utility. Maybe not the best idea if you haven't done a recent backup but if you have tried everything else these usually work to get you going again.
Also it can't hurt to go through this thread and see if someone else has suffered the same problem. Between these 3 threads you should get your kindle working again.
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Ill try but it doesn't stay on long enough for me to even try to connect to it via usb its rebooting so fast thanks for the info
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yea i just says waiting for device and the others say device not found using that utility i dont even get the promt letting me know it plugged to the pc via usb

Qasimja said:
yea i just says waiting for device and the others say device not found using that utility i dont even get the promt letting me know it plugged to the pc via usb
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You have a dead or near dead battery. Plug in the oem charger and see if it will charge up.

kinfauns said:
You have a dead or near dead battery. Plug in the oem charger and see if it will charge up.
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Try this and when you plug it up via the OEM charger does it turn on or does the light on the bottom at least light up?

Laquox said:
Try this and when you plug it up via the OEM charger does it turn on or does the light on the bottom at least light up?
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I did that and im doing that now it does a never ending cycle the light turns green it turns on fire triangle that says press power for recovery then shuts off then does it again then shuts off over and over it did this all night it
doesnt respond to the power button the only time i get any type of response is when i plug it up to the outlet or usb cord on pc then it does the never ending loop like i explained
i tried the oem charger and another charger also tried another usb cord plugged to pc does the thing every time

Qasimja said:
when i plug it up to the outlet or usb cord on pc then it does the never ending loop like i explained
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Odd if it's turning on your PC should be able to make a connection long enough to adb it. Have you tried pressing the power button a few times to get into "recovery" mode? The exact instructions are "press the power button when the light dims green" however I have noticed it works for me if I just gently press the power button a few times once I turn it on.
Also have you tried a "hard reset"? Basically you hold the power button down for 20-30 seconds until the kindle turns completely off.
Barring this I am drawing a blank. I am only just now learning the ins and out of this system.

Qasimja said:
I did that and im doing that now it does a never ending cycle the light turns green it turns on fire triangle that says press power for recovery then shuts off then does it again then shuts off over and over it did this all night it
doesnt respond to the power button the only time i get any type of response is when i plug it up to the outlet or usb cord on pc then it does the never ending loop like i explained
i tried the oem charger and another charger also tried another usb cord plugged to pc does the thing every time
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If it won't charge on its own, you're probably going to have to make/buy a factory cable and try it this way...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23034046&postcount=246
If you want a fuller picture of the discussion, go back to post #226 and start from there.
If you don't know what a factory cable is...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550999
Good luck.
EDIT: You might actually be able to do the above without a factory cable since you have FFF installed. This is all just "in theory" to me because I've never encountered this exact problem.

Try this:
Unplug your device
Get your command prompt ready (make sure you are in the directory that fastboot is located)
Type the following command ( but don't hit enter yet):
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
Plug your USB cable into your computer first, then your device
When it comes on, within the first few seconds of seeing the yellow triangle, hit enter, then reboot.
Plug it into your charger.
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soupmagnet said:
Try this:
Unplug your device
Get your command prompt ready (make sure you are in the directory that fastboot is located)
Type the following command ( but don't hit enter yet):
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
Plug your USB cable into your computer first, then your device
When it comes on, within the first few seconds of seeing the yellow triangle, hit enter, then reboot.
Plug it into your charger.
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ill try and report back thanks
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Sounds like a problem I had, unfortunately it was because I had completely submerged my kindle in water on accident and the battery got fried. It would boot, I would see FFF then it would restart... gotten your kindle wet at all?

googlelover said:
Sounds like a problem I had, unfortunately it was because I had completely submerged my kindle in water on accident and the battery got fried. It would boot, I would see FFF then it would restart... gotten your kindle wet at all?
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Nah it wasn't near any water never got wet
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[Q] Pls help me unbrick my KF!!

I installed Go Launcher HD onto my KF and after that the device's performance became very lagged. So, I shut down the device in order to restart it. And when I turn on the device, Kindle Fire logo appeared and then the screen went black. After that, I cannot turn on the device as nothing appears (even the orange-color power button light.) When charging, the device becomes hot (which I think it's charging correctly.) But when connecting to PC, nothing comes up (again, even power button light) and the device manager cannot detect the device's plugged in. That's why I cannot try unbricking my KF with other unbricking softwares out there as it cannot be detected on PC. Please help me how to solve the problem.. (already tried pressing power button for 20sec but nothing happened)
Firmware is 6.2.2.something and it's already rooted
Please..
Thanks a lott!!

Uninstall and delete your drivers
Find and reinstall new drivers.
Use command prompt and fastboot to change bootmode to 4000
Reboot
Get rid of KFU
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I installed the driver using the one from KFU.. and when using cmd, the message keep saying "No device found" although I connected to the PC.. =(
plss...

Did you uninstall then reinstall your drivers?
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yep, bro! I just tried... nothing's happened.. the PC still can't see the device attached.. Also, even power button is not showing orange color..

Make sure you have a good charge on the device. You may have to leave it plugged in for a day to make sure. Afterwards, if you aren't able to get your screen to turn on, your next step would probably be to get a factory programming cable.
If you are able to turn the device on then it's probably just a matter of issuing the appropriate commands.
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Try This
I had something very similar happen to me the other night. I couldn't power on the device. Nothing would see the device......computer or wall charger. I didn't have a green or orange power light either.
I held the power button in for 30 seconds. Let go and hit it again and it came back to life. Seems simple I know but it worked for me.

I did a good charge.. tried leaving charged for at least half a day (pretty enough amount of charging time.. I think) nothing comes up beside becoming hotter when charging and yes.. I did tried pressing the power button for 30 sec several times.. it really shows up nothing..
Btw, what's the factory programming cable, bro?

A factory programming cable provides power directly to the device instead of the battery and forces the device into fastboot mode. Your problem is that you are already in fastboot mode and if I'm not mistaken, the device will not charge in that mode.
The factory cable gives power to the device so you can issue fastboot commands to change the bootmode so you can charge it normally (among other things).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24791016
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So, please point me out.. should I try that one? cuz I'm from Asia and not okay to order that stuff.. should I really try with that one?

You have a couple of options, depending on how brave you are. You could make your own factory cable http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-labs/146492-how-why-make-your-own-motorola-factory-cable.html Or you could CAREFULY open your device and make a temporary connection between the number 4 and 5 pins of the USB port. By opening your device you stand a real chance of causing irreparable damage.
But I can't see a reason why you wouldn't be able to find a "Motorola style factory programming cable" somewhere in your area. Search the web, you might get lucky. I wouldn't suggest doing anything that would get you in trouble with your local government though.
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