I've spent the last four hours reading forums on how to unbrick my brand new kindle fire, and they would be amazingly helpful if i had twrp to recover or my kindle would even connect to my pc. I rooted my kindle fire and then went to instal twrp and it bricked during installation and is now stuck on the kindle fire logo screen. since my computer wont detect it anymore i can't get any of the fixes to work and hard reset isn't helping at all. i feel like i'm out of options but i'm hoping someone here will have something left to at least get my kindle to connect so i can fix it. anything would be helpful in at least giving me options to fix the problem since right now i just feel lost.
use kf utility and update ur drivers first of all.
second, ur device should be in fastboot. u can use the kf utility to check if fastboot is working and continue installing twrp.
sent from my kindle fire
smirkis said:
use kf utility and update ur drivers first of all.
second, ur device should be in fastboot. u can use the kf utility to check if fastboot is working and continue installing twrp.
sent from my kindle fire
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it won't connect to my computer so i can use a program on it, when i turn on kf utilities it comes up as offline and when i go to do anything it says the devices isn't connected
punkboyarde said:
it won't connect to my computer so i can use a program on it, when i turn on kf utilities it comes up as offline and when i go to do anything it says the devices isn't connected
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First of all you will need to follow this guide and you will have the answers to the problems that you are having:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417234
You will have to update the drivers manually by doing this
- Go to start Menu and right click on computer, Click manage
- In computer Management hit device manager
- I am guessing that you see your kindle connected in there with a yellow ! by it
- Right click on kindle and update driver software
- Click Browse my computer for driver software
- Click let me pick from the list of device drivers on my comp
- Click Next
- Click Have Disk
- Click Browse
- Navigate to your user folder in that window/ or wherever your .android folder is
- Double click on .android folder
- Double click on Driver Folder
- Now Click open
- Now click ok
- Click Next
- ClickInstall driver software anyway
Rmember to hit that thaks button
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First of all you will need to follow this guide and you will have the answers to the problems that you are having:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417234
You will have to update the drivers manually by doing this
- Go to start Menu and right click on computer, Click manage
- In computer Management hit device manager
- I am guessing that you see your kindle connected in there with a yellow ! by it
- Right click on kindle and update driver software
- Click Browse my computer for driver software
- Click let me pick from the list of device drivers on my comp
- Click Next
- Click Have Disk
- Click Browse
- Navigate to your user folder in that window/ or wherever your .android folder is
- Double click on .android folder
- Double click on Driver Folder
- Now Click open
- Now click ok
- Click Next
- ClickInstall driver software anyway
Rmember to hit that thaks button
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it says that windows says the driver is up to date, honestly just knowing that is is connected just not recognized is bringing my hopes up and deserves a thanks
not sure if it's important to note but my computer doesn't show it as a kindle just as an unknown usb device
My only way out of this was to use another computer, download the drivers first, then download the twrp file so it doesn't give you the "trwp isn't downloaded, let me do it for you" message then do all the KFU steps over. Hopefully it will work for you also.
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My only way out of this was to use another computer, download the drivers first, then download the twrp file so it doesn't give you the "trwp isn't downloaded, let me do it for you" message then do all the KFU steps over. Hopefully it will work for you also.
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i'm not very clear about what you mean by this. i plugged it into my laptop just now and it came up usb device not recognized. I just need to find a way to get a computer to recognize it as a kindle again or for it to get out of getting stuck on booting so i can fix it.
got it fixed, i was still trying a few things and the one i think that did it was i plugged it back in while it was off and while it didn't recognize it at first but about a minute after i turned it back on my computer found it and got the driver installed for me. apparently it has to be off when plugged in the first time for it to work, so i basically spent seven hours to find that out but hopefully this ends up helping someone so the time wasn't that wasted. but it's seven in the morning so i should probably get some sleep.
I installed the twrp and got stuck on the yellow triangle after pressing reboot. My kindle was not recognised by my PC, I had to switch off my kindle then plug it in to my PC then in device manager under android phone i updated my driver from the .android folder. I then reinstalled twrp from the utility even though the utility said device not found it still installed it and my kindle reebooted normally and twrp was installed. ope this helps anybody in need.
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I have tried to root my kindle with the Kindle Fire v7 and have had no luck, It comes back with The system cannot find the path specified, I have installed the drivers and my kindle shows up as Android Composite ADB Interface. Thanks for any help in advance. I have also tried the burritoRoot with no luck. I am on version 6.2.1 I have never had problems with any android devises before but this seems alittle different.
i have the exact same problem. would really appreciate some help
I had this problem and here are the steps I took to fix it.
Go to Google's website and manually download and install the SDK, at the end when it asks you to open the utility to download images and such, uncheck the box and click finish.
Download the Kindle Fire Utility v.7
Connect your Kindle Fire to your usb port.
Go to Start Menu -> Accessories -> Run and type in "devmgmt.msc" (without quotations)
There should be an "unknown device" with the name of Kindle Fire (or close to it), right click that and click update driver software.
Click "Browse my computer for driver software"
Hit Browse and locate the "drivers" folder in the Kindle Fire Utility folder
Click next and let it install the software
Go into the Kindle Fire Utility folder and run "run.bat"
Everything should work as expected from here on out, or at least it did for me
I think for both us we already have the drivers installed. the problem is in running the actual bat for the utility. unless maybe we did something wrong in installing the drivers, but i don't think so. I actually used the exact same method to install the drivers as you did.
Check your system path for what the program is trying to run. If the path is there, make sure the file its calling is there. Google adding a path to windows for more info.
I think he problem has to do with the program not finding the kindle
claytybob said:
I had this problem and here are the steps I took to fix it.
Go to Google's website and manually download and install the SDK, at the end when it asks you to open the utility to download images and such, uncheck the box and click finish.
Download the Kindle Fire Utility v.7
Connect your Kindle Fire to your usb port.
Go to Start Menu -> Accessories -> Run and type in "devmgmt.msc" (without quotations)
There should be an "unknown device" with the name of Kindle Fire (or close to it), right click that and click update driver software.
Click "Browse my computer for driver software"
Hit Browse and locate the "drivers" folder in the Kindle Fire Utility folder
Click next and let it install the software
Go into the Kindle Fire Utility folder and run "run.bat"
Everything should work as expected from here on out, or at least it did for me
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I am good all the way to "run.bat" and when i do i get (ADB Status: Online, ADB Rooted: No, Boot Status: Unknown, So i put in #3 and press enter withch is Install Perment Root with Superuser, that is when i get all The system cannot find the path specified.
alright, so i was parusing around, and i think i found a solution. don't know why it works, but i think it will help you
Originally Posted by YourIcarus
Following this, two things happen. If I download the file from this post and attempt to install it, I receive an error stating Windows could not find files. If I install from the driver included in the OP, it's successful. However, ADB still does not recognize the device, and the Kindle Fire Utility returns an error: device not found.
Any help?
try this it may work:
open a cmd windows from your sdk tools folder, not the platform-tools, just tools and run this:
android update adb
then go to your user folder c:\users\username there should be a folder named .android in there, open adb_usb.ini and add this line at the bottom
0x1949
save close and update driver again, hope it works
credit goes to iluretar btw. make sure that you have the android sdk before doing this. delete whatever driver you had before this. after doing this, install the drivers manually through device manager and browsing to the folder included with the utility. and then...it works...for me at least, not sure why. oh, and...er...not sure where you find the link to android sdk, but i'm sure someone can provide you with that...
Fairtrade128 said:
alright, so i was parusing around, and i think i found a solution. don't know why it works, but i think it will help you
Originally Posted by YourIcarus
Following this, two things happen. If I download the file from this post and attempt to install it, I receive an error stating Windows could not find files. If I install from the driver included in the OP, it's successful. However, ADB still does not recognize the device, and the Kindle Fire Utility returns an error: device not found.
Any help?
try this it may work:
open a cmd windows from your sdk tools folder, not the platform-tools, just tools and run this:
android update adb
then go to your user folder c:\users\username there should be a folder named .android in there, open adb_usb.ini and add this line at the bottom
0x1949
save close and update driver again, hope it works
credit goes to iluretar btw. make sure that you have the android sdk before doing this. delete whatever driver you had before this. after doing this, install the drivers manually through device manager and browsing to the folder included with the utility. and then...it works...for me at least, not sure why. oh, and...er...not sure where you find the link to android sdk, but i'm sure someone can provide you with that...
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Well I guess im still not doing it right cause im still getting The devise not found.
I moved my install_drivers.bat file from the drivers folder to the same folder as run.bat and ran it (install_drivers.bat that is). It seemed to install correctly. Now, however, my kindle will not mount. So when I try to use the utility to install TWRP, it stops at "Installing TWRP... If we get stuck here for a while, power the kindle on and off a few times. < waiting for device >"
I have rebooted my device 6 times and it still does not work. My device no longer mounts, I can't even see it in device manager. I tried installing the drivers manually prior to moving install_drivers.bat. This seemed to work but I ran the install_drivers.bat after moving it anyway, maybe that makes me a noob.
Anyway, is there a way to fix this? I want root on my device!
EDIT: Here is the script I am getting in cmd when I run install_drivers.bat. I realize that the problem is I am running Windows 7 x86. But is there a way to run it for x86 instead of x64?
This tool will attempt to install the correct Drivers for the Kindle Fire.
It will also perform the setup required for adb_usb.ini in .android for you.
This version of C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools\x64\devcon.exe
is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your compute
r's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) ve
rsion of the program, and then contact the software publisher.
This version of C:\Users\Chris\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools\x64\devcon.exe
is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your compute
r's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) ve
rsion of the program, and then contact the software publisher.
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Here is what i did. First off, not just any data cable works, i found that lg cable dont like adb. Some samsung cables give me trouble too. But anyways. Click start menu, type device, click and open device manager the go back to start type device again and open device and printers. If the kindle has installed its drivers then you should see "kindle" in DEVICE AND PRINTERS click on kindle go to properties select driver "tab" and hit uninstall. Open device manager and make sure its still sees the kindle as ADB interface. If so then you should be all set. This should be done after editing the adb_usb file and updating the google drivers.
Clemzon said:
Here is what i did. First off, not just any data cable works, i found that lg cable dont like adb. Some samsung cables give me trouble too. But anyways. Click start menu, type device, click and open device manager the go back to start type device again and open device and printers. If the kindle has installed its drivers then you should see "kindle" in DEVICE AND PRINTERS click on kindle go to properties select driver "tab" and hit uninstall. Open device manager and make sure its still sees the kindle as ADB interface. If so then you should be all set. This should be done after editing the adb_usb file and updating the google drivers.
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Thank you, this is what finally got it working for me. I had tried everything; installed 3 different USB drivers, edited files, moved files around, all with no signs of progress. Finally this approach made everything work perfectly!
Clemzon said:
Here is what i did. First off, not just any data cable works, i found that lg cable dont like adb. Some samsung cables give me trouble too. But anyways. Click start menu, type device, click and open device manager the go back to start type device again and open device and printers. If the kindle has installed its drivers then you should see "kindle" in DEVICE AND PRINTERS click on kindle go to properties select driver "tab" and hit uninstall. Open device manager and make sure its still sees the kindle as ADB interface. If so then you should be all set. This should be done after editing the adb_usb file and updating the google drivers.
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THANKS, that worked like a champ. After I did that it work.
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I was trying to use the Kindle Fire Utility to push the market onto my Fire since I was having issues doing it otherwise. It actually ended up pushing all the gapps onto my phone, an Eris, and at some point I guess messed with the drivers, because after I (understandably freaked out and) unplugged my phone the utility couldn't find any devices at all. It was about then that I noticed that my computer has apparently ceased to recognize my Fire being plugged in or unplugged at all. It doesn't show up on the devices window or the device manager at all. It's like it never existed. I have no idea how to fix this with the drivers being completely missing from device manager and the computer not even giving any hint that it's noticed when the device is plugged in, and I'd really like some advice here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20729347&postcount=5
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20761609&postcount=12
My fire runs perfectly fine, and those posts are about bricked fires. My issue is that my computer isn't detecting my fire at all.
ketchupface said:
My fire runs perfectly fine, and those posts are about bricked fires. My issue is that my computer isn't detecting my fire at all.
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It's gotta be in there somewhere, but it might not be named Kindle. Look in device manager under every option.
the posts are fine and meant to help you
if your kf is not recognised then you have a bad driver installation
the posts shoud help you to sort it out - follow the second post - it worked x times
if you have done and have any problems ask - i'm willing to help if i can
If the device is missing from device manager, and your computer is refusing to show the installed drivers for it, I would try this:
Open an elevated command prompt and type this:
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
Then go to start and into the search bar type in devmgmt.msc
Then when device manager opens, click "view" at the top, and click "Show hidden devices"
Any non-present devices that have had drivers loaded for them in the past should show up here. You should be able to right click on the kindle and click uninstall and with any luck when you plug your kindle back in, it will pick it up again.
Best of luck
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If the device is missing from device manager, and your computer is refusing to show the installed drivers for it, I would try this:
Open an elevated command prompt and type this:
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
Then go to start and into the search bar type in devmgmt.msc
Then when device manager opens, click "view" at the top, and click "Show hidden devices"
Any non-present devices that have had drivers loaded for them in the past should show up here. You should be able to right click on the kindle and click uninstall and with any luck when you plug your kindle back in, it will pick it up again.
Best of luck
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This worked! I deleted every instance of "Android ADB" entry, every "Kindle" entry and the entry with the kindle's name and when I plugged it back in it was detected. Thanks!
I'm glad I could help, you seemed very stressed out in your first post
Ok so here is some back story i messed up my rooting manual and got it stuck and the kindle logo, so on i whim i installed this and pressed option one boot mode and normal boot and that got me out of it and my kindle would connect fine but ever since i 'installed' the drivers my computer with (kindle utility) no longer recognizes or assigns a drive letter for the kindle fire.
kindle fire utility says 'oops... unable to locate device' no matter what option i choose.
i have tried the search button but i am unable to locate a solution or even anybody else with similar problems. i will admit i may be blind so i may have read it and simply forgot but if anybody can help me to figure out WHY there is a communication error going on now i would greatly appreciate it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417284
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/29/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver-video/
It wont recognize it in device manager and this is what i see in hardware area There is no option to update drivers
sorry i can't see anything on your thumbnail - it's too small
anyway - the first link is to a site with alternate drivers - i would download them and try to install - goto device manager - look for kindle or android phone-adb device or unknown - right mouse click - update drivers - search by yourself - select the ones you downloaded (and hopefully unzipped to a location) - it's the location with adb_usb.ini
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! you made my day i updated that and it worked THANK YOu
glad that i could help you ...
Help please,
my pc do not found my kindle over usb in under win 7 in the Explorer.
I can not copy and transfer files to my kindle via USB.
Under SYSTEM it shows a kindle fire with Android ADB Interface.
Sorry for my bad english.
I had to find my kindle in device manager and tell it to update the device driver before I got MTP support on my kindle. Give that a shot.
Geekybiker said:
I had to find my kindle in device manager and tell it to update the device driver before I got MTP support on my kindle. Give that a shot.
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Wuppp.....thanks
i have klick on driver-update and the pc update new.
Now it works.
Sorry for my bad english.
to fix it if you on windows 7
go to start
search device manager
find your kindle fire
left click on android adb interface
and click uninstall.
just to be on the safe side remove ur kindle
and restart ur computer
also on your fire go to options> security and disable ADB
try connecting your kindle now and check if it worked if it didnt msg me
this solved half of the problem!!
I did as you suggested and i no longer have the mtp driver problem however it still sees the kindle as an unspecified device when i go in device and printers..in the device manager it only comes up as android phone.
What can i do to have it show up as kindle in my computers so i can transfer files back and forth!!??
Optic_Vithu said:
to fix it if you on windows 7
go to start
search device manager
find your kindle fire
left click on android adb interface
and click uninstall.
just to be on the safe side remove ur kindle
and restart ur computer
also on your fire go to options> security and disable ADB
try connecting your kindle now and check if it worked if it didnt msg me
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So I was following pesano's KFHD tweak thread and found out that my int.d was probably not working, so I decided to re-do the process. I wasn't thinking straight and deleted the install-recovery.sh (this is the only one that has an original file) without copying over the new file, and rebooted. Now my kindle is bricked, I think, I can see the kindle fire logo and then the screen goes blank (still has power). When I plugged it in PC, it can be detected as Kindle, but the driver is not taking effect (yellow exclaimation in device manager), and could not connect as usb device either. Is there any easy way to get it back without fastreboot cable?
Thanks a lot.
procter said:
So I was following pesano's KFHD tweak thread and found out that my int.d was probably not working, so I decided to re-do the process. I wasn't thinking straight and deleted the install-recovery.sh (this is the only one that has an original file) without copying over the new file, and rebooted. Now my kindle is bricked, I think, I can see the kindle fire logo and then the screen goes blank (still has power). When I plugged it in PC, it can be detected as Kindle, but the driver is not taking effect (yellow exclaimation in device manager), and could not connect as usb device either. Is there any easy way to get it back without fastreboot cable?
Thanks a lot.
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No.. and really you shouldn't be doing these things without a fastboot cable.. What do you mean by the driver does not take effect? It sounds like you need to fix the bootloader. I would head over to the Kindle Fire First Aide thread and talk to Chris and see if he can help you out. Is adb working or have you checked? If adb is working then you will be able to enter fastboot without the cable..
I meant I had the drivers installed before but now the device is not using them although it was showing up in Windows 7 device manager as "Kindle". The adb is not working, showing "device not found".
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I meant I had the drivers installed before but now the device is not using them although it was showing up in Windows 7 device manager as "Kindle". The adb is not working, showing "device not found".
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Ok so uninstall drivers, click delete driver software, unplug kindle and reinstall drivers.. and then see if adb works.. It should work..Did you have adb working previously?
lacoursiere18 said:
Ok so uninstall drivers, click delete driver software, unplug kindle and reinstall drivers.. and then see if adb works.. It should work..Did you have adb working previously?
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I hardly remember if I used adb commands for rooting this device. I followed the guide here, which runs a series of bat files.
I tried re-installing the kindle drivers (without deleting them first, so it's an overwriting process), and then reboot the PC. Still the same symptoms: "kindle" was listed in device manager of windows 7 but with the yellow exclaimation mark, tried "update driver" pointing to the kindle driver folder but was told that system could not find/install driver in that location.
procter said:
I hardly remember if I used adb commands for rooting this device. I followed the guide here, which runs a series of bat files.
I tried re-installing the kindle drivers (without deleting them first, so it's an overwriting process), and then reboot the PC. Still the same symptoms: "kindle" was listed in device manager of windows 7 but with the yellow exclaimation mark, tried "update driver" pointing to the kindle driver folder but was told that system could not find/install driver in that location.
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You have to update it manually. Do not let the computer find it, you have to find it where you downloaded it too. Follow this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 the ADB section is towards the middle of the original post.. By the way this a great guide if you hav other questions as well
lacoursiere18 said:
You have to update it manually. Do not let the computer find it, you have to find it where you downloaded it too. Follow this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 the ADB section is towards the middle of the original post.. By the way this a great guide if you hav other questions as well
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Yes I was referring to manually point to the folder I downloaded the kindle fire usb driver when "updating the driver" in device manager. The automatic search driver never worked. But still, even if I pinpointed the directory where the driver sits, windows still told me could not install the driver.
And btw, the guide you linked to is for Kindle Fire, not kindle fire hd,, does it matter then? Thx.
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Yes I was referring to manually point to the folder I downloaded the kindle fire usb driver when "updating the driver" in device manager. The automatic search driver never worked. But still, even if I pinpointed the directory where the driver sits, windows still told me could not install the driver.
And btw, the guide you linked to is for Kindle Fire, not kindle fire hd,, does it matter then? Thx.
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A lot of it is the same I am sure some aspects of the GUIDE do not work but as far as installing ADB drivers it is good. Did you uninstall it and also hit delete all software with driver?
did u recover
Did u get your he back up I did something simaler and got mine back sounds like I could help u:good:
KFHD 7 Stuck at splash screen
techdeisel said:
Did u get your he back up I did something simaler and got mine back sounds like I could help u:good:
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Hey. I am having a terrible time getting my KFHD 7 back to stock. I used KFFirstAide to root it and when I went to restore it back to factory settings it ended up with the holo launcher lock screen and the android start screen. Has no notifier bar at top or menu bar at bottom. Lock screen let's me go online, to the camera, or just unlock. Don't know what happened! It's not recognized in ADB but shows up on computer as Kindle. I just want it back to stock so I can use it again! PLEASE HELP!!
In my situation, when trying to update the "Kindle" driver from Windows device manager, use the option to let you choose install driver from a list of devices instead of pointing to the directory where you have the adb driver (it will always tell you can't install even if u point it to the right directory).
In my case, I had all the drivers installed already, so when I use the option to install from the list of known devices, I can choose so"Android adb" or sth similar in that list. And after that you will be able to restore the adb connection.
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the the reason your kindle cannot communicate properly with your computer is because it is soft-bricked, only way to recover from a soft-brick is with the use of a fastboot cable, if you are partially soft bricked...ie boot is intact and functional but system filesystem is corrupt you may be able to access fastboot with the use of a fastboot command
Like I tell everyone, go here to solve your problem.
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