I used the Kindle Fire Utility to root my Kindle Fire, and then I installed TWRP on the device.
When I restart my device though, the yellow caution symbol doesn't display, meaning I can't access TWRP to install my room. Anyone have any solutions/explanations?
Did you turn it off, hit on, then tap the on button again?
Yes sir. It just boots like it normally would into the Kindle Fire UI.
If you are using the latest verison of KFU .0.9.2, it doesn't work. Try using the later versions like 0.9.1, it works on that one for sure.
I'll try that. Thanks for the suggestion shintokun. I'll let you know how it goes.
That did it! Thanks for the solution shintokun!
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WARNING: This is what worked for me, on 1 device, with absolutely no ill effects.
WARNING WARNING WARNING:
My KF had Firefirefire/twrp working perfectly before this. Before doing this ALL DATA should be backed up from the kindle fire to your PC because this will COMPLETELY wipe the device to as it came of of the box brand new to you! NOTHING IS SAVED.. REPEAT BACK EVERYTHING UP BECAUSE ITS GONE AFTER THIS!
1. Download the amazon 6.2.1 update: Link is in the first reply to this post (Thanks b63), look towards the bottem of the page where it says "download the file directly to your PC."
Original instructions:
I can't post direct links so someone please link the direct link to the file in their reply.
Here is what to google: Amazon.com Help: Kindle Fire Software Update Version 6.2
The one you are looking for is the first white link at the top (not the orange one as its an advertisement). Download link is towards the bottem of the page.
2. Change the extension of the above file from .bin to .zip and copy it to your kindle.
3. Go into TWRP (reboot device and hold power button until it turns orange.) Select install, pick the update-kindle-6.2.1_D01E_3103920.zip or whatever you renamed it to and install it....
3a. Once install is finished TWRP will restart itself if you click reboot. However, if you select power off, unplug the usb/charger from your kindle and power it on, after about 2-3 minutes you will be sitting at the "select a network" portion of the kindle factory software setup.
4. Once you are at the network setup screen touch "complete setup later" in the bottem left corner. Click OK to confirm you know you have to pick a network and register the device later if you choose to.
4a. Work your way through the initial device welcome thing till you get out of it.
5. touch the settings bar and hit more. goto Device (near the bottem), and select Reset to factory defaults (last option on the device menu).
5a. Click erase everything and wait.
Congratulations. After a short process the device is in factory fresh state.
You may now safely resell/return your device.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-6.2.1_D01E_3103920.bin
If you successfully use this method to go back to factory please post your experience or if you have any questions please post those as well
Thank you for these steps, I used them to unbrick my Kindle Fire.
Scenario: Was running FireFireFire with Kindle 6.21 software. The device became frozen at the FireFireFire yellow triangle at startup. I tried holding down the power button for different lengths for time but couldn't get it unstuck. Here's how I finally got it fixed:
I followed the instructions at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1408056
to setup Kindle Fire Utilities.
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) Updated the kindle fire driver by pointing to the Kindle_Fire_Utility_v6\Kindle Fire Utility\drivers\ folder
6) Ran the Kindle Fire Utility (run.bat)
7) Changed the boot mode to normal
8) Kindle fire still wouldn't boot, but would let me enter the recovery screen
9) Went to amazon.com, clicked on help, typed in kindle fire software update, and followed the links to download Kindle Fire Software Update v6.22
10) I renamed the file from update-kindle-6.2.2_D01E_3205220.bin to update-kindle-6.2.2_D01E_3205220.zip
11) Copied the file over to my kindle fire
12) installed update-kindle-6.2.2_D01E_3205220.zip
13) After a few minutes, my Kindle Fire was back in its factory fresh *working* state with no FireFireFire bootloader.
This might seem like common sense, but make sure you put your kernel back to stock first. Otherwise, you'll end up with a Kindle that's stuck in a crash-reboot loop that you have to reload FIREFIREFIRE and TWRP on to fix.
Don't ask me how I figured that one out.
Removing firefirefire, without twrp
I have been studying up on the process of rooting my kindle fire, and when i got down to it, the Kindle fire utility just wasn't working for me like it should. I couldn't install TWRP or root. However, i was able to install fff just fine. i reached my wits end trying to figure out what i was doing wrong, or if there was something i was missing, so i decided to reset to factory until there was a better method for me. The problem is that now, whenever i reboot, it loads fff first. not a huge deal since its the latest version that lets you select boot modes... just annoying. So now im stuck in limbo between a rooted device and factory settings. Can someone give me some advice on removing fff where i was never able to successfully install TWRP? Thanks everyone.
luminaeus said:
This might seem like common sense, but make sure you put your kernel back to stock first. Otherwise, you'll end up with a Kindle that's stuck in a crash-reboot loop that you have to reload FIREFIREFIRE and TWRP on to fix.
Don't ask me how I figured that one out.
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Forgive me for sounding dense... but isn't the kernel part of the ROM?
I rooted my kindle fire with the Kindle Fire Utility. Installed TWRP, and installed the rom - MIUI.us_blaze_4.0.3-2.2.3-alpha_0xD34D. After doing this, I reboot and I am stuck at the Yellow Triangle. If I push the power button to get into TWRP the power button turns orange and is still stuck at the yellow triangle . if I power off and on again , do nothing Windows detects the kindle for a few second and then it disappears and then is detected again and then disappears, so I cannot access the device through ADB ,
Any ideas or do I now have a paper weight instead of a kindle fire
Kindle fire Utility should work even without being recognized (well it did for me after turning on and off 3 times).
Does the device at least get's the firefirefire logo? If so, this is what I did
-Turn your kindle off by holding the power button down for at most 20 seconds.
-Plug kindle into your computer
-Run the unbrick utility
-Turn kindle on
-Wait for the Caution Sign with the fire logo (firefirefire logo)
-Choose first option on utility (Recovery Loop)
-Wait... (a max of 10 minutes)
This should work, if not, try to turn off your kindle on and off, and then try again.
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This is what worked for me (I've been tossing this around awhile now, and it even worked for two of my friends).
The link to the unbrick utility is: Here
Mine got stuck on the triangle as well and I thought I was screwed, but appears you are just stuck in fastboot.
What I did was use the KFU (vashypoo has made an awesome utility) and even though it didn't show as recognized when I opened the KFU, I was able to use Option 1 - Bootmode Menu, Then Option 1 - Normal.
My Fire restarted normally after that.
Give it a shot.
Check out this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520826
Zane had to cycle a couple of times to get it to take.
Are there alternative download links for this utility....I keep downloading it from the site that this site provides and I keep getting viruses or incomplete downloading. I have been trying to unbrick my kindle for weeks and this seems like my last route...
Try this Linux solution. It was the only thing that worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
Solution for This: I had the exact same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...02&postcount=4
I had the exact same problem and b63 posted this as a reply. My Kindle was stuck on yellow triangle and was not recognized by ADB. When I tried to boot into twrp the power button turned orange but stayed on the yellow triangle. The thread above is what I used, worked perfectly.
Good Luck!
Kindle Fire Bricked and Windows doesn't recognize it.
First off, thanks for all the development and help in getting the Unbricking utility and the KFU for all of us noobs. I have been searching threads for hours before I decided to post, and I can't find the answer. I rooted with KFU and have TWRP installed. I ran MIUI several months until I decided to try MIUI 4.0 after I flashed 4.0 it rebooted to the yellow triangle and the power turned orange. I ran the unbricking utility and now the light is green, but it won't go any further. When I first plug in the kindle windows recognizes it for a second and then it disappears from the device manager completely. I have updated the driver several times, tried the KFU to get it to boot (4000) and nothing works. if I turn off the kindle and turn it back on KFU and windows will recognize it for a second and reboot it, but then it gets stuck on yellow triangle and never goes anywhere. Then I don't see it in the device manager anymore, not even 'unknown device'.
I did forget and leave the Kindle plugged into the computer while it was flashing MIUI 4.0, I don't know if that would have killed it. I never got a chance to see 4.0 it's been bricked ever since.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm sorry if this specific situation has been covered anywhere in the forums and I missed it.
Thanks
this should help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22433402&postcount=4
I rooted my kindle fire installed clockwork recovery and install this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528024
I am trying to restore it to factory or any other rom. I cant get it to boot into recovery mode using kindle fire utility or kindle unbrick utility they both wont detect the kindle at any point of booting.
What cant I do to restore my kindle to stock?
Thank you for your help I am so stuck right now.
PanicFusion said:
I rooted my kindle fire installed clockwork recovery and install this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528024
I am trying to restore it to factory or any other rom. I cant get it to boot into recovery mode using kindle fire utility or kindle unbrick utility they both wont detect the kindle at any point of booting.
What cant I do to restore my kindle to stock?
Thank you for your help I am so stuck right now.
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You can't turn it off then turn it back on and hold the power button till it turns amber
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I can it still doesnt detect the device when I run the utilities.
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I can it still doesnt detect the device when I run the utilities.
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if you have cwm installed you dont need the utilities
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can you boot into cwm?
I tried to hold the power button after powering on but it just turns off never changes color. How long would I need to hold it for? It never turns amber.
PanicFusion said:
I tried to hold the power button after powering on but it just turns off never changes color. How long would I need to hold it for? It never turns amber.
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when you turn it on do you see the triangle or android dude with kindle fire under him
I dont see it
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I dont see it
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Sounds like you dont have bootloader or cwm installed. you had it before and flashed that rom? did you try and delete it?
All I did was flash the rom and wipe factory settings and few others. If I dont have either is there anyway to restore or am I stuck?
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All I did was flash the rom and wipe factory settings and few others. If I dont have either is there anyway to restore or am I stuck?
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theres always a way .. can you still boot into the rom
i can boot into the rom and browse the google play store and everything yes
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i can boot into the rom and browse the google play store and everything yes
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awesome then you can deff fix it... hold on a min i gotta get some files together
Thank you very much
Sorry been awile since i had to use kfu, try reinstalling the drivers go into device manager and delete the old drivers and then reinstall them
Basicly you have to reflash firefirefire and reflash cwm some times you have to reinstall the drivers for kfu to recognize the kindle again
I deleted the the usb drive for kindle and ran the usb drive that was with kindle fire utility and it still wont detect it
PanicFusion said:
I deleted the the usb drive for kindle and ran the usb drive that was with kindle fire utility and it still wont detect it
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when you plug in your kindle in device manager uninstall adb composite device driver
EDIT on your kindle in setting under development is usb debugging enabled
Installed firefirefire and installed TWRP I got the stock version of kindle software what do I need to do to prep for install? Thank you so much for your help.
PanicFusion said:
Installed firefirefire and installed TWRP I got the stock version of kindle software what do I need to do to prep for install? Thank you so much for your help.
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boot into twrp but holding the power button, factory reset,wipe cache,wipe davlik cache, then flash the zip
is it factory zip from amazon? if so it will delete fff twrp and root
Hi everyone, It's been a while since I picked up my fire. Everything was okay before the update I could get into the twarp thing and backed up the amazon OS thing. After the update, it starts up like a normal fire and I don't see the triangle. I can see the super user and borito thing and my lawncher still works. How can I get back to before the update? I'm thinking of going with Gede rom oh im still stock rom with root before the update.
just use KFU 0.9.6
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Did the firefirefire logo change. I only get a blue kindle fire logo and it lets me select recovery I think the gets me into the teamwin screen or did I do something wrong? I can get into the teamwin and did another backup. Thanks for the help
kipliq said:
Did the firefirefire logo change. I only get a blue kindle fire logo and it lets me select recovery I think the gets me into the teamwin screen or did I do something wrong? I can get into the teamwin and did another backup. Thanks for the help
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Yes that's the one you want, blue kindle fire logo make sure it says 4a in the top right corner.
Not sure there's a Kindle Gen 1 forum, so posting this here.
This morning I was fiddling around with attempting to root my Kindle Fire. For some reasons, most of the root drivers weren't working.
Then something did work, but apparently I did NOT get rooted, as that option on ES File Explorer wasn't there.
Finally, I managed to get something to work. I used Kindle Fire Utility and was pretty successful.
The problem is, it would not reboot. I let it sit there for hours, and it wouldn't get past the boot screen, saying "kindle fire"
I unplugged it, force-shut it down, and tried again to reboot it. Still stuck on the screen. Figuring it would work itself out in a few hours, like most of my Kindle problems, I left it. Now I'm sitting here, and it's still not working.
It reacts when I plug it into my computer, but the computer only recognizes it as 'kindle' without a driver and the little yellow sign. Won't open up a folder for it, and the Kindle isn't getting past boot. Really stuck here.
That's pretty much what happened. Is there any way to fix this? Or is my Kindle facing a unique problem (with my luck, probably is).
Edit: Now the boot screen is flashing on and off...?
First,there is a kindle fire first gen thread just look up kindle fire in find your devices second,you will need a factory cable to reboot to fastboot and reflash the stock rom
KindleScrewUp said:
Not sure there's a Kindle Gen 1 forum, so posting this here.
This morning I was fiddling around with attempting to root my Kindle Fire. For some reasons, most of the root drivers weren't working.
Then something did work, but apparently I did NOT get rooted, as that option on ES File Explorer wasn't there.
Finally, I managed to get something to work. I used Kindle Fire Utility and was pretty successful.
The problem is, it would not reboot. I let it sit there for hours, and it wouldn't get past the boot screen, saying "kindle fire"
I unplugged it, force-shut it down, and tried again to reboot it. Still stuck on the screen. Figuring it would work itself out in a few hours, like most of my Kindle problems, I left it. Now I'm sitting here, and it's still not working.
It reacts when I plug it into my computer, but the computer only recognizes it as 'kindle' without a driver and the little yellow sign. Won't open up a folder for it, and the Kindle isn't getting past boot. Really stuck here.
That's pretty much what happened. Is there any way to fix this? Or is my Kindle facing a unique problem (with my luck, probably is).
Edit: Now the boot screen is flashing on and off...?
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