So while installing recovery ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889 ) I click option 5 and it reboots my kindle and brings me to a screen on cmd that says
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* WARNING *
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The device is now restarting to install TWRP.
Do not press any key until you hit reboot on TWRP on the Kindle.
When you see the yellow triangle, you are safe to continue.
Press any key to continue . . .
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my Kindle just shows the kindle fire logo
I am not sure what to do from here because I don't see a yellow triangle....
Bump I keep getting this over and over... I.fix it by resetting fastboot to 4000 with cmd.. I figure the problem started because the server was down the last few days and it could not fetch the required files.
Has no one else experienced this
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Are you not able to do it manually? It's actually rather easy.
To he honest I wasn't.aware of such a method if you could link that would be great
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I install TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility v.4(real simple for dummies like me). I see the triangle during boot, how do I open TWRP. Where can I find info on what each option does. Like I said am new to all this.
palmheel said:
I install TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility v.4(real simple for dummies like me). I see the triangle during boot, how do I open TWRP. Where can I find info on what each option does. Like I said am new to all this.
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when you restart the kindle and the triangle is on display, hit the power button a couple of times. That will get you into TWRP. Regarding the different options don't mess with anything unless you clearly know what you're doing!
Install- is where you flash roms/kernels etc
wipe - is where you wipe stuff
don't use the twrp poweroff option, do it manually, i get stuck in fastboot mode if i use their option.
Good luck and happy flashing!!
palmheel said:
I install TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility v.4(real simple for dummies like me). I see the triangle during boot, how do I open TWRP. Where can I find info on what each option does. Like I said am new to all this.
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When you are at the Triangle, press the power button until it turns orange and then let go.
If you use Reboot in TWRP it will reboot the device, go the Triangle and just don't touch it and it will boot into the OS automatically.
Thanks, I just wanted more detail info on options so I don't accidently screw things up, exactly what is safe on the Wipe option?.
if you are using wipe option. DON't use the wipe system! that will erase the system. and you couldn't using adb any more, until you flashed a rom in.
So once in TWRP, how do you get back to KF OS?
I tried Reboot -> System... then didn't touch anything when the triangle appeared.. but it just takes me back to TWRP
TWRP question
This should be an easy one..
Is it normal behavior with TWRP to have an 8-15 second delay with the triangle being up before the kindle fire boots? (out of powerup)
AndrewTL said:
This should be an easy one..
Is it normal behavior with TWRP to have an 8-15 second delay with the triangle being up before the kindle fire boots? (out of powerup)
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Yes this is normal. It gives you quite a lot of time to boot into recovery. I guess it could be shorter but I kind of enjoy the long wait as a just in case measure.
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DssTrainer said:
So once in TWRP, how do you get back to KF OS?
I tried Reboot -> System... then didn't touch anything when the triangle appeared.. but it just takes me back to TWRP
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I've found that reboot --> Power off seems to work better to get into KF OS.
Once it's powered off just press the power button once to bring it back online and than don't touch anything. You'll than see the KF boot screen.
Hopefully you didn't wipe anything important. However there seem to be some fixes for this issue.
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I've found that reboot --> Power off seems to work better to get into KF OS.
Once it's powered off just press the power button once to bring it back online and than don't touch anything. You'll than see the KF boot screen.
Hopefully you didn't wipe anything important. However there seem to be some fixes for this issue.
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Thanks. I actually used the adb method to force mode 4000 and it worked from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399828
Hello,
This is my first post, so please try to bear with me. I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
Same here.
This is the wrong forum for this. This should be in Kindle Q&A.
Thank you for redirecting me. I am a bit new to this (probably why I screwed up my device).
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This is the wrong forum for this. This should be in Kindle Q&A.
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There IS no Kindle Q&A.
Anyways, I have a similar problem in that it gets stuck at the triangle if I hit the power button, but for me, if I don't touch ANYTHING it will boot into the Kindle OS just fine.
Mine always powers up to the yellow triangle. If I just leave it there, it boots into android after like 10-15 seconds. Have you guys tried just waiting it out?
If I press the power button, it'll cycle off and on, so you have to wait even longer to get into Android. When I want to get into TWRP, I just press the power button repeatedly until it turns orange.
side comment: this waiting five minutes between posts and not being allowed to post in dev forums blows. i shoulda kept my old account.
bikeracer4487 said:
There IS no Kindle Q&A.
Anyways, I have a similar problem in that it gets stuck at the triangle if I hit the power button, but for me, if I don't touch ANYTHING it will boot into the Kindle OS just fine.
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Regardless... he posted originally in hardware hacking forum. I had this moved here.
kw1999 said:
Hello,
This is my first post, so please try to bear with me. I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
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Okay, try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
kw1999 said:
Hello,
This is my first post, so please try to bear with me. I just received a Kindle Fire and decided to root and install Cyanogenmod. I found a tutorial which I thought looked pretty straightforward on Lilputing. I downloaded the Kindle Fire Utility and followed both the utility and the article told me to do. After installing TWRP 2.0, disaster. I rebooted the device and the Kindle read, "press power button for recovery," and showed a yellow triangle with a fire icon in the middle. I pressed the power button, and nothing happened. At this point, I rebooted. The device would not get passed this screen, and my PC would not recognize the Kindle. I presume I bricked my device, however (as I do not have any experience in this field) I honestly have no idea what I did, nor do I know where to go next. Any suggestions? Please help!
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reinstall the usb driver from the android sdk (using device manager to find the right driver in windows) and change change the bootmode back to 4000.
this hapened to me half way through installing the new burrittoroot my pc couldnt recognize the kindle anymore, had to reinstall the drivers and manually change the boot mode from command promt.
oops... bikeracer beat me to it, jst saw his post.... thats almost exactly what I had to do.
if you didn't.read.the.instructions,.like me, then you might have rebooted.without changing.the bootmode.back to 4000 so I was.stuck.in.fastboot
I had a kernel.handy so I.just typed.fastboit -I 0x1949 boot kernel.img then.once booted I immediately changed the bootmode.
I don't even try to fix the periods from.using the.stock kindle.keyboard.anymore.
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Okay, try this:
1) Download v6 of the Kindle Fire Utility from here. (The forum thread can be found here)
2) Extract the files into a folder anywhere (but remember where, obviously)
3) Go into the folder, then into 'drivers' and open up adb_usb.ini in a text editor and add "0x18D1" (without the quotes) on a line underneath "0x1949"
4) Open up Device Manager and find "kindle". It should have a yellow triangle near it.
5) Download fastboot.exe from here
6) Open up command prompt and navigate to wherever you saved fastboot to.
7) Run the command "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
8) Power off your device by holding down the power button for ~10 seconds and turn it back on, and this time don't hit the power button to go into TWRP. It should move past the yellow triangle after a few seconds and boot into Kindle. Hope this helps!
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Could you make a video of this for noobs like me?
i can't make a video - but i can guide you through this things
first - if you did it with kfu did you read the tricks from the first page:
Known Tricks
•If you end up stuck at the yellow triangle, in KF Utility select Boot Normal, wait for it to say <waiting for device> and then press and hold the power button 20 seconds until the fire turns off, then when its off turn it back on. This sometimes happens, I have yet to find a clean solution
•If you end up stuck with a yellow triangle, do not EVER unplug it. Leave it plugged in. Check the windows drivers to make sure it isnt showing as "kindle" again. Fastboot is different and can cause this.
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if this is not your issue lets go ahead
download the latest kfu, extract it somewhere (i would recomend to c:\), but don't run install_drivers.bat !
make shure you don't have a driver issue (check device manager for yellow exclamation mark on kindle,android phone - adb devices)
if so you have to correct you drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
then you can do it with the tool or manually
take a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20872252&postcount=22
can someone please help me? Rooted and flashed CWM touch and all was going well until i accidentally hit fast reboot in reboot options. I can't connect to adb and whenever i "press power button for recovery" nothing happens, and it will just turn the screen off after about 12 seconds. I really hope someone can help me.. so please respond. I had not set up fastboot prior to doing this...
EDIT: I have a backup of the stock rooted ROM, but i can't get into recovery.
Had the same problem earlier today. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474392
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paranoid android85 said:
Had the same problem earlier today. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474392
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but how do you get it to get the fire to connect? it just says waiting for device
belber095 said:
but how do you get it to get the fire to connect? it just says waiting for device
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Are you on Linux?
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marty331 said:
Are you on Linux?
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windows. i have my computer dual booted with windows and os x.. but no linux
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but how do you get it to get the fire to connect? it just says waiting for device
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I just set my directory to where my adb is set up, copy and pasted those two commands together and viola. I did have to change the first commands to ./fastboot-linux but that was it, it just rebooted and back to normal
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I had to reboot my kindle, then when it got to the fire fire fire screen issue those commands, then reboot the kindle. You should probably reboot it via adb reboot.
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you can also try to issue "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" - it will say <waiting for device> - then power off the kf by holding the pwr button for ~20 sec - unplug and replug - it should power on by itself - if not do it manually - if everything goes good the command is picked up by the kf - you'll see some dots and the command finishes - power off and on once more ...
btw. adb commands don't work in fastboot mode
thank you b63
rebooting the kf during "waiting for device" - GREAT PRACTICAL ADVICE FOR A NOOB!
I followed the burritoroot3 guide and I've got a minor annoyance.
When I reboot the device it always comes up with the yellow triangle and "press power button for recovery."
When I hit the power button it goes to the "kindle fire" normal bootup and proceeds to boot normally.
I am rooted, the kindle appears to work fine except for this minor annoyance.
What have I done wrong? What should my next step be to flash a CM7 build?
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Ah, OK, so the yellow triangle IS the firefirefire bootloader. WHy doesn't pushing the "power" button access the bootloader then?
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Hold the power button until it turns from green to orange when the fire fire fire boot loader first appears.
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isaiahhhhh said:
Hold the power button until it turns from green to orange when the fire fire fire boot loader first appears.
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Doesn't appear to work?
Here's what I did:
I turned my Kindle off.
Pressed "power" button once.
Boot loader appears, I again press power and hold until the light turns orange, then release
The screen goes black for a moment, yellow triangle appears, then "kindle fire" appears, then yellow triangle, then "kindle fire" and normal bootup.
Sorry, I just saw the second part of your question. I assume you have twrp installed since you used burritoroot3. Put the from zip file you downloaded into the sdcard directory of your kindle fire. Use the backup function in twrp to create a backup of your kindle fire in case the install goes wrong. After doing this go to the wipe menu in twrp do a factory reset and then go back to the main menu of twrp and hit install. Find the zip file with the the from in it you placed in the sdcard directory, select it and hit the flash button. Sorry this explanation isn't very good I'm typing on my kindle fire and this keyboard is weird.
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Wow I'm stupid i forgot buritto root doesn't install twrp, go find the kindle fire utility on this forum and in my experience use an older build like the 0.9.1 and use it to install twrp
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Allrighty, thanks to the helpful IRC folks I've got it all sorted out.
I didn't actually have a custom recovery installed.
I'm good to go now, at least as far as rooting goes...
I feel slightly retarted at the moment, whenever I boot my kindle, I get a yellow caution sign. I try to press the button, but when i do, the screen goes blank for a second, then the sign comes back up, if i hold the button for longer thought, the kindle shuts off completely. Is there a secret art to doing thus?
Ethanzh said:
I feel slightly retarted at the moment, whenever I boot my kindle, I get a yellow caution sign. I try to press the button, but when i do, the screen goes blank for a second, then the sign comes back up, if i hold the button for longer thought, the kindle shuts off completely. Is there a secret art to doing thus?
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Once you see the triangle tap the button once (I have a habit of taping it a few times lol ) once the screen turns off and back to the triangle let it do its thing its just switching over to recovery their is a 10 second delay
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After the yellow triangle appears, I press and hold the power button until it turns from green to orange (device unplugged). I ignore the screen flickers. So far that's worked 100% of the time.
I usually just keep pressing it until the recovery loads.
TWRP recover boot
Ethanzh,
I just wait about 3 seconds and start pressing the power button until it turns orange.
Thanks,
JohninLex
ive tried all the above suggestions, but it still jumps straight to the kindle fire screen...
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Here's how I got out of fastboot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1533020
And here's instructions from the person that developed the program I used to root my Kindle in the first place:
mount the latest KindleWater .dmg then open the terminal and type the following commands
Only run the commands in bold.
first command start
/Volumes/KindleWater/.files/android-sdk/platform-tools/fastboot boot /Volumes/KindleWater/.files/cwmtouch.img
end
second command start after it boots to recovery
/Volumes/KindleWater/.files/android-sdk/platform-tools/adb reboot
end second command
My escape was slightly different that what northmendo says to do (his didn't work at first), but I used his first command line in the "fastboot" terminal and it worked perfectly.
I hope this helps.
Ethanzh said:
ive tried all the above suggestions, but it still jumps straight to the kindle fire screen...
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Sound's like you used burrito root? It doesn't install a recovery. When the kindle fire screen flickers, thats the stock recovery.. Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 and install clockworkmod recovery
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I followed the above link and installed the recovery, it works noe, many thanks!!!
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