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[Q]Can we use ClockworkMod Recovery instead of TWRP?

Just was wondering. I'm more used to what clockworkmod has so I figured it would be easier to install that instead. But I wanted to make sure it was supported before I went ahead and installed it. Anyone know?

Yes. ClockworkMod works just fine on the Kindle Fiya. there is no looking back now.

androidcues said:
Yes. ClockworkMod works just fine on the Kindle Fiya. there is no looking back now.
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awesome. so i'm ok with installing it straight from rom manager right?
i'm a little paranoid bc a lot of people seem to be posting about bricking their fires.

Unknown. But if you follow the "bricked fire" threads, you'll see that most people find ways to get them back. So I think a lot of folks are at times stuck, but not truly bricked. I think the most common problem, and the one that bit me too - is being stuck in fastboot and therefore having the device not accessible by adb. And they, like me, panic a bit and think they've bricked it. Granted, I'm sure there are ways of truly bricking it, but as long as you're patient, I think KFU and the fastboot command can get you out of most problems.

gadgetman13 said:
Unknown. But if you follow the "bricked fire" threads, you'll see that most people find ways to get them back. So I think a lot of folks are at times stuck, but not truly bricked. I think the most common problem, and the one that bit me too - is being stuck in fastboot and therefore having the device not accessible by adb. And they, like me, panic a bit and think they've bricked it. Granted, I'm sure there are ways of truly bricking it, but as long as you're patient, I think KFU and the fastboot command can get you out of most problems.
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thanks man, gonna go ahead and do it in a bit. fingers crossed .

Where do you find the CWM files to download?
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Bmcd37 said:
Where do you find the CWM files to download?
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it installs when you start up rom manager for the first time
EDIT: Woops, just went to install it and it says it's not officially supported yet. Anyone know where to get it?

Looks like there's more to it. Guess I'm gonna be going by this guide to install early CM9:
http://liliputing.com/2011/12/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-7-on-the-amazon-kindle-fire.html

HeliosAI said:
it installs when you start up rom manager for the first time
EDIT: Woops, just went to install it and it says it's not officially supported yet. Anyone know where to get it?
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I thought CWM required the use of hardware buttons?

HeliosAI said:
Looks like there's more to it. Guess I'm gonna be going by this guide to install early CM9:
http://liliputing.com/2011/12/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-7-on-the-amazon-kindle-fire.html
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Go to the development section. It says beta but its solid, I did most of the alpha testing for it and doom lord did the port. Is not officially supported by koush. If you know how to use fastboot, you can't fastboot flash recovery.img if u can't figure it out pm me. I'll get u going.
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smirkis said:
Go to the development section. It says beta but its solid, I did most of the alpha testing for it and doom lord did the port. Is not officially supported by koush. If you know how to use fastboot, you can't fastboot flash recovery.img if u can't figure it out pm me. I'll get u going.
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Agreed. Doomlord's CWM recovery port is awesome. It's touch based and I've tried most every feature and it seems very solid. I installed it in a much easier fashion than most... I just copied it to my SD area and used the dd command to put a copy into the recovery partition. I did this during normal operation of the Kindle.... No fastboot necessary in using that method. Neall.
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ndoren said:
Agreed. Doomlord's CWM recovery port is awesome. It's touch based and I've tried most every feature and it seems very solid. I installed it in a much easier fashion than most... I just copied it to my SD area and used the dd command to put a copy into the recovery partition. I did this during normal operation of the Kindle.... No fastboot necessary in using that method. Neall.
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That method is sketch. Fastboot is the proper way to flash a recovery. Any other way you risk trouble. Wear your rubbers and use the fastboot binary.

androidcues said:
That method is sketch. Fastboot is the proper way to flash a recovery. Any other way you risk trouble. Wear your rubbers and use the fastboot binary.
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its not sketch, just no room for error.
put recovery.img on the root of ur SD card, than open mobile terminal, than type these commands.
su (enter)
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery (enter)
just don't mistype it, all it does is make a copy directly to the /dev folder.
this is how, rom manager actually puts cwm on ur device.
or use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935
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[Q] Nexus 7 Root-without adb

Will there me a nexus 7 root without the adb, cause last time i tried to install on my computer i couldnt get it to work properly and made my pull my hairs out.

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lovenokia said:
Will there me a nexus 7 root without the adb, cause last time i tried to install on my computer i couldnt get it to work properly and made my pull my hairs out.
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Well guessimg there will likely be an Odin version
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animatechnica said:
Well guessimg there will likely be an Odin version
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Odin is a samsung-only application but yeh, there should be ways to attain root without adb (most likely via recovery).

What about hiemdell??? The other version for ppl who can't use Odin ..idk to much about it tho
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What about hiemdell??? The other version for ppl who can't use Odin ..idk to much about it tho
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Same with Heimdall I believe as it was meant to be an implementation of Odin. I'm not too sure as to whether the Nexus 7 has a 'Download Mode', if it does, somebody might write an equivalent tool to use it.
Why bother with Odin or Heimdall when there's fastboot anyway ? I find fastboot to be much easier to use and it hasn't got that much of a learning curve.

This thread in the dev forum says you don't need adb:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1742919

dbrickg said:
This thread in the dev forum says you don't need adb:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1742919
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The tool in that thread actually uses the ADB to perform all of it's actions, I would suggest install ADB, get the drivers working and test with "adb devices" that the drivers are working and the devices is visible and then run that tool to streamline the rest of the process for you.
I would always recommend having the ability to use ADB, especially when you're tinkering, it's always best to make sure ADB works in-case you need to perform any other tasks for the case that something goes wrong.

lovenokia said:
Will there me a nexus 7 root without the adb, cause last time i tried to install on my computer i couldnt get it to work properly and made my pull my hairs out.
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A fastboot only method is available on modaco complete with a batch file to do all the hard work. Think you will still need to unlock the boot loader first though.
http://www.modaco.com/topic/355552-superboot-rooting-the-nexus-7/

Not sure whether my kindle fire is rooted

sir,
i have tried to root my kindle fire using the latest kindle fire utility package 0.9.6 . After running the file run.bat
i got following displayed on my pc screen....
at various places it said failed and at last there it was written permanent root has been installed.
But i do not find any difference in my kindle. Please guide me i am a beginner
I have attached screenshot of my pc to let you know what actually KFU has done.
If not rooted what should i do now...and if rooted how can i use application with wifi access using proxy.
help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

I have a feeling that KFU has no extra checks in it to see if it really is rooted. That would explain why it says its rooted after all the fails. I would say your device is NOT rooted.

Here's a couple things to check.
1. Is the super user app installed? Look in your apps for it.
2. Do you have FireFireFire bootloader installed? Turn off your Kindle wait a few seconds then turn it on. Does the splash screen have the words "kindle fire" in blue? If so then you have FFF installed.
3. Last check. Is TWRP installed? Turn off your Kindle and turn it back on. This time as soon as the blue "kindle fire" appears press and hold the power button for about 3 seconds. That will get you into your recovery where you can and should make a backup now.
If all of these tests work then kfu was successful and you can start flashing roms or whatever else you wanted to do after you rooted it.
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Josepho1997 said:
The pictures show that he wasn't able to download fff an TWRP.
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I think the part you are referring to is in the 1st screenshot which says that he didn't already have it so it was downloading. I am betting that it was properly downloaded and installed. I don't have screenshots to compare from when I rooted mine but I remember it looking just like his. Worst case if he tries the steps I posted he will find out it didn't work and can continue from there. It should take about 2 minutes to try it so he might as well before downloading files he may not need.
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cstone1991 said:
I think the part you are referring to is in the 1st screenshot which says that he didn't already have it so it was downloading. I am betting that it was properly downloaded and installed. I don't have screenshots to compare from when I rooted mine but I remember it looking just like his. Worst case if he tries the steps I posted he will find out it didn't work and can continue from there. It should take about 2 minutes to try it so he might as well before downloading files he may not need.
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He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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veeman said:
He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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Thanks for reply everyone...i m sure now that my kindle is not rooted. Superuser is though installed but TWRP and FFF not installed as i cannot see fire in blue colour and it not going in recovery mode.
I will greatly thankful if someone can post a link with tested steps to root kindle manually. I do not want to loose my kindle following arbit steps

akki12345 said:
Thanks for reply everyone...i m sure now that my kindle is not rooted. Superuser is though installed but TWRP and FFF not installed as i cannot see fire in blue colour and it not going in recovery mode.
I will greatly thankful if someone can post a link with tested steps to root kindle manually. I do not want to loose my kindle following arbit steps
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That's weird

veeman said:
He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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Can u please get me the link where it is written step by step to root it manually??

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24129239
I believe this is what you are looking for.
BTW getting links from xda is a PITA when the xda app isn't working right!
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akki12345 said:
Can u please get me the link where it is written step by step to root it manually??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
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Soft brick but with no adb connection on bootloader

Ok, tired of waiting for the OTA KitKat update for my Nexus 7 2012 tablet, I downloaded the OTA update and sideloaded it with adb. Got a status 7 error and now it's stuck on a bootloop. Thing is, my Windows 8 laptop won't recognize the device anymore (code 43 error on device manager) when on recovery or bootloader. There's even no way to instal google's usb drivers or anything because it says the device malfunctioned. I downloaded the factory image but, obviously, can't sideload it or do anything with it.
Please give me a hand with this, I'm really desperate.

More detail would be nice. What did the bootloop go between? Had you installed any custom recovery like CWM?
Are you still able to access fastboot mode?
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nobody_nowhere said:
More detail would be nice. What did the bootloop go between? Had you installed any custom recovery like CWM?
Are you still able to access fastboot mode?
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Sorry, wasn't sure what you needed. The bootloop esentially goes from recovery to off and then to recovery again. I am able to go to fastboot normally (power and volume down when off).
Wanting to root the device a while ago, I unlocked it and rooted it whitout issues. Since the 4.3 update though, it was a little more difficult to root so having no time to research I just left it at that. That's all that was done to the Nexus 7. No Custom Recovery, no ROM, no nothing. Now, waiting for 3 weeks for KitKat, decided to sideload the OTA update (I did check the version was my device's version) the status 7 error appeared and all hell broke loose with the computer not recognizing the device.

Well, since you still have access to your fastboot menu, there isn't anything to worry about. Once you resolve the driver issue, you must be able to re flash the image.
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Duplicate post. Please erase.

nobody_nowhere said:
Well, since you still have access to your fastboot menu, there isn't anything to worry about. Once you resolve the driver issue, you must be able to re flash the image.
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Yeah, that's what relaxes me a bit, but I can't seem to fix it for 20 hours straight. I use this for studying.

Well, I suggest using another computer (a friend's or relatives') or installing a Linux distro like ubuntu. Oses other than Windows usually don't have such problems. I suggest you download something called adb gui which as I recall did a pretty fine job of 're installing the drivers for me.
But then, please do correct me if I'm wrong... I think that you must first use the device on adb and get the drivers installed and then only can you use it by the fastboot interface.
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I used Wug nexus root toolkit to install drivers (windows 8.1) there are clear instructions (if you click manual or something similar) how to get drivers to work.

Yeah, actually I did use the toolkit when I was trying to update to KitKat. Thing is, it doesn't work since the bricking occurred.
Yeah, I'll try on another pc, and I'll keep you posted.
Thanks
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I'm having a very similar issue. Mine will try and bootup but just stays on the boot animation for as long as I could wait, 10 minutes or more. bootloader is working just fine and I should be able to use fastboot commands to resolve the issue. I'm not able to get to recovery for one reason or another, but it is updated to the latest CWM.
The trouble I am having is the same though. I cannot for the life of me get the drivers to work. I have tried it on one win8 pc, and one win7 pc. I haven't tried any of the toolkits to help with driver installation on the win8 pc yet. I also have another pc that I am going to try also has win8 on it as well. If you can get the drivers installed, please post a reply as to what you did here, and I will do the same, from what I have been able to find you and I aren't the only ones that are having this issue.
If the windows route doesn't work, I have a copy of Ubuntu that will be going on the computer to see if that resolves my issues. Also, may want to try another cord, I have a couple that are charge cords only. Once getting the drivers working it should be a very simple job.

Johnson90512 said:
I'm having a very similar issue. Mine will try and bootup but just stays on the boot animation for as long as I could wait, 10 minutes or more. bootloader is working just fine and I should be able to use fastboot commands to resolve the issue. I'm not able to get to recovery for one reason or another, but it is updated to the latest CWM.
The trouble I am having is the same though. I cannot for the life of me get the drivers to work. I have tried it on one win8 pc, and one win7 pc. I haven't tried any of the toolkits to help with driver installation on the win8 pc yet. I also have another pc that I am going to try also has win8 on it as well. If you can get the drivers installed, please post a reply as to what you did here, and I will do the same, from what I have been able to find you and I aren't the only ones that are having this issue.
If the windows route doesn't work, I have a copy of Ubuntu that will be going on the computer to see if that resolves my issues. Also, may want to try another cord, I have a couple that are charge cords only. Once getting the drivers working it should be a very simple job.
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Since you say that you do have ubuntu I suggest using that to fix your issue.... just download and execute the command fastboot from the terminal
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nobody_nowhere said:
Since you say that you do have ubuntu I suggest using that to fix your issue.... just download and execute the command fastboot from the terminal
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Do you think that will be easier? I've not done a whole lot of work with android using linux. I have experience with both separately, but not together. any insight would be fantastic. Have you tried running a linux distro yourself to solve your issue?

Johnson90512 said:
Do you think that will be easier? I've not done a whole lot of work with android using linux. I have experience with both separately, but not together. any insight would be fantastic. Have you tried running a linux distro yourself to solve your issue?
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It pretty much cancels out any problems with drivers.
It is easy to do.
It takes 5 minutes to boot up and test? Try it for yourself
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Johnson90512 said:
Do you think that will be easier? I've not done a whole lot of work with android using linux. I have experience with both separately, but not together. any insight would be fantastic. Have you tried running a linux distro yourself to solve your issue?
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If I did have any driver issues, the first thing I'd do is reinstall drivers, and if necessary, Windows itself, because I like everything to be working perfectly.
But supposing that that was not an option and I needed my phone or tab real bad, ubuntu would be my first choice. Especially because the concept of installing 'drivers' doesn't exist in ubuntu.
No, that should be fine. As long as you have used terminal before and you know the basics.
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nobody_nowhere said:
If I did have any driver issues, the first thing I'd do is reinstall drivers, and if necessary, Windows itself, because I like everything to be working perfectly.
But supposing that that was not an option and I needed my phone or tab real bad, ubuntu would be my first choice. Especially because the concept of installing 'drivers' doesn't exist in ubuntu.
No, that should be fine. As long as you have used terminal before and you know the basics.
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I appreciate the advice, I will give it a shot this evening, and let you know if this works. I'm sure that it will.

Alright, so I got SDK up and running on Linux! It was a little bit of a pain, but it installed just fine. Once I got it all installed I was able to see the nexus 7 through fastboot! From there I was able to reinstall the bootloader. Then was able to get to recovery to do an adb push to get a rom of 4.4 on to it. 4.4 installed just fine. All problems are fixed Good suggestions guys!

Bricked nexus 10? Help mee

Okay So I unlocked bootloader via NRT..
So after unlocking I got into recovery and earsed the data(as mentioned in the instructions)..
Now basically the tablet doesn't boot up to home.

First. Dont use toolkits. No disrespect to the dev but it is way better to do it manually.
Second which recovery did you use?
Third what exactly did you wipe?
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mrgnex said:
First. Dont use toolkits. No disrespect to the dev but it is way better to do it manually.
Second which recovery did you use?
Third what exactly did you wipe?
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I wiped everything..
There is no OS in my tablet now.. :/

theserpent said:
Okay So I unlocked bootloader via NRT..
So after unlocking I got into recovery and earsed the data(as mentioned in the instructions)..
Now basically the tablet doesn't boot up to home.
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You can re install the rom by going to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaraykot49h and picking the image you need.
Just hold the power button and the both volume buttons down at the same time to get into the fastboot mode before you run the image restore
program. I hope this helps. Good Luck
Make sure you go down to the Factory Images "mantaray" for Nexus 10.

braider said:
You can re install the rom by going to https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#mantaraykot49h and picking the image you need.
Just hold the power button and the both volume buttons down at the same time to get into the fastboot mode before you run the image restore
program. I hope this helps. Good Luck
Make sure you go down to the Factory Images "mantaray" for Nexus 10.
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I'm sorry im a complete noob in all this..
Sorry to trouble you,but how do I
run the image restore
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You download the file from Google and unzip the *.tgz into a folder on the computer, then you run the flash-all.bat from the folder you unzipped the file in.
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Good advice but for a noob needs a bit more about being in command line with the adb and fastboot commands in path. I use Linux desktop. I bricked a n7 last week due to a dodgy connector socket/cable during a flash and had to type the flash-all script commands myself a few times til it worked.
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braider said:
You download the file from Google and unzip the *.tgz into a folder on the computer, then you run the flash-all.bat from the folder you unzipped the file in.
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Okay,Did that But sending system is not completing at all,I waited for like 2-3 hours No USE :/

theserpent said:
Okay,Did that But sending system is not completing at all,I waited for like 2-3 hours No USE :/
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On my bricked N7 I pulled cable reinserted and retried. Keep retrying each command in the script. Worked eventually for me.

nigelhealy said:
On my bricked N7 I pulled cable reinserted and retried. Keep retrying each command in the script. Worked eventually for me.
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Will give it a few last trys.
Last option,I'll send my nexus 10 with my uncle back to USA.
Will they charge to fix it?

Hi,
You may want to seek for the guide in the Nexus 10 Q&A regarding flashing stock again.
Can you please go a little further in details about how "bricked" it actually is? What exactly happened? There seem to be missing some important info regarding your issue.
Please be a little more descriptive and maybe I can help you .
~Lord
"All I Ever Needed Was A Little Piece of Hope" - World of Fantasy (Helloween)
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Thanks for all the help guys,The tablet booted

i'm ok
the same problem, but perfect, i see the reply, and my device is ok new!:good::good: