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Great guide for noobs (like myself) to root Kindle

How's it going everyone. I just want to thank everyone for all their help and for putting up with me the past few days. I've been bugging everyone with question after question on how to root my kindle. When I first got my Kindle I knew I wanted to root it and have access to the android market and eventually flash some new roms so I hoped right over to the XDA site. When I got on the site, I was a little overwhelmed with all the information out there on what to do and how to get started. I was reading things like the Burrito root, utility, twrp, ect...
Well, I thought I'd try and help anyone who is in the same boat I was in. I was finally able to root my kindle last night with the help Jayceooi.
The steps that I took and the steps that might be easiest for people new to rooting:
I used the Kindle Fire Utility v.9.1 to root my device, install twrp (which is used if you want to back up your system, flash a rom, restore back to stock, ect.. its recommended to install), and install the android market and go launcher. My thanks goes out to the Jcase and Vashypooh.
1.) Before you try and use the KFU v.9.1 make sure you have the ADB driver installed (properly) and is running when the kindle is connected to the PC
I used Jayceooi's and adb driver file link (not the one that comes in the KFU zip) to install my driver. On his guide he states - "Why not use install driver feature in Kindle Fire Utility? There is an issue on Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.1. It will replace Kindle Fire USB Mass Storage driver. So you can’t use USB Mass Storage mode anymore if you install driver with Kindle Fire Utility." (Might be why alot of people are having problems trying to root)
2.) Once the driver is installed, then run the KFU v.9.1 and selection option 3. Hit enter and the utility does the rest.
3.) Intall TWRP - plug kindle back in and run KFU v.9.1 and selection option 5. Hit enter again and the utility will do most of the work. Make sure you read everything during the installation and wait until you hit reboot and see the yellow triangle before you press a key to continue. (watch the video in the link below and you will see what I mean.)
4.) Next I installed the android market, google apps, go launcher from the Utility too. Like i said, that utility is tits! run the utility again and select option 6 (extras) then 2 and it will do the rest.
This may be a redundant thread and get pushed out and I know a lot of the experienced guys might laugh at how lame, but If I had something like this to follow it would have really helped me out and saved alot of time. The guide that Jayceooi does is really nice and easy to follow.
I think the the installation of the correct driver is the biggest thing and what causes the most problems for people. so if you get that right, you should be in good shape. just follow the guides and it shouldn't be to hard
Step 1.) Install Kindle Fire ADB usb driver - http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/29/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver-video/
Step 2.) Root kindle - http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/29/how-to-root-kindle-fire-with-burritoroot-video/
Step 3.) Install TWRP - http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/29/how-to-install-twrp-2-0-recovery-on-kindle-fire-video/
Some extra links to help with other issues
Restore to kindle's stock software - http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/28/how-to-restore-stock-software-on-kindle-fire-video/
How to sovle stuck at yellow triangle issue on kindle fire - http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/27/how-to-solve-stuck-at-yellow-triangle-issue-on-kindle-fire/
Good luck

Thanks a lot!
This is surely helpful for a newbie like myself

I hope it helps... from jumping from thread to thread in this forum, the biggest issue i was seeing the most was getting the correct driver to install. just make sure you get that step down and it should be pretty easy... knock on wood

zwanzig said:
Thanks a lot!
This is surely helpful for a newbie like myself
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Did you have any luck with this method?

Thank you! Will try it and let you know how it goes.
Not one of the top 1%

Why don't you just use this video? http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12...tware-version/

benc1213 said:
Why don't you just use this video? http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12...tware-version/
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benc1213 said:
Why don't you just use this video?
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Your link doesn't work.

Oh sorry. http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...on-kindle-regardless-of-its-software-version/
This video is from the official burrito root guide in the kindle fire development section. It's a pretty easy to follow guide.

babbabooey97 said:
I hope it helps... from jumping from thread to thread in this forum, the biggest issue i was seeing the most was getting the correct driver to install. just make sure you get that step down and it should be pretty easy... knock on wood
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I'm not really a noob per-say, been around a good while actually. But your point in this post about the correct driver and you bringing everything together for a very easy to follow guide really did help. Thanks!
I actually had a weird issue where I wasn't seeing a yellow triangle for the ADB driver and just couldn't get root to take. Updating it did the trick (It needs to say 'Android Composite ADB Interface')
Yay! My backup just finished and I'm not stuck with a yellow sign. Success.

just got my KF today and I'll try this out tomorrow when i can get to my friends windows computer (virtualbox on my Mac doesnt like me.....)

Juls317 said:
just got my KF today and I'll try this out tomorrow when i can get to my friends windows computer (virtualbox on my Mac doesnt like me.....)
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This is the guide to use I say. Only thing missing is the Android market links.

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citizenatlarge said:
This is the guide to use I say. Only thing missing is the Android market links.
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You should be able to use the KFU to install the android market. once your plug the kindle into the pc and the driver is installed properly, run KFU v.9.1 Select option 6 (extras) then select option 2 (Google apps / go launcher) KFU should do the rest. If you want to manually downloand use this link http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...t=Click Here&jsonp=vglnk_jsonp_13252517466081

for some reason my Mac wont recognize my KF and my VirtualBox Windows won't either so i have to wait for a bit....

EDIT: nevermind
next issue, whenever i go into the Devices and Printers menu and then to the Kindle and into Properties, it only lists USB Composite Device. Could this be because i am trying to do this on an Windows 7 VirtualBox setup and not through a true W7 computer?
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just got this baby rooted and installed TWRP and GApps and i LOVE IT! thanks for the super easy guide!
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Glad it helped. Jayceooi did an awesome job. Like i said before, if you get the driver installed correctly the rest is a piece of cake
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the driver was annoying cuz i tried to do it through a VirtualBox virtual machine but when i would plug it into my MacbookPro, i would have to unmount it from there and then it wouldnt recognize it properly in the Windows VM so i had to wait to get to a friends computer but it"s all good now
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stuck at triangle
Got the triangle screen and following instructions in guides are not fixing it. Heres my scenario. I got my kindle with 6.2 on it. Got it rooted, installed market and go launcher and was great. Then the update of course came thru and broke root. Still been able to download market apps and use go launcher. So I followed this guide to regain root and install twrp. It says root is successful, but superuser force closes everytime trying to open or use it. I can open my tibu and root explorer and everything still gave me root access. Went and changed the MarketIntentProxy.apk to MarketIntentProxy.apk.bak so market links go to market by default. That worked. Noticed that all amazon apps downloaded have a default amazon icon. Thought nothing of it. Went to install twrp anyway. Stuck at triangle now. Followed all instructions to fix and the KFU keeps flashing error device not found constantly and device status unknown. What happened?

From superoneclick to KFU

Prior to 6.2.1 I had my Kindle Fire rooted with super one click. It seems like the Kindle Fire utility is the method of choice today. I would like to know if there is anything special I need to do to remove superoneclick and/or drivers before installing KFU. I'm trying to be a bit cautious here since the frequency of bricking seems to have gone up.
I was lucky that the 6.2.1 upgrade did not mess up my android market or google install – I had already upgraded to the latest version prior to the install. I would like to regain root, but I'm willing to go slow since my KF is currently rock solid and I don't really have any pressing need.
Thanks
Bruce

I didnt have any issues switching from one-click to KFU. it ran fine with the drivers i installed to use one-click. I did have one issue after installing the 6.2.1 udate and FFFm I had to reinstall the KF drivers after I updated (my windows box no longer recognized it and it got stuck in the wrong boot mode which was easy to fix from command line once it was recognized again).
Kekule

As far as I know SuperOneClick never installed anything on your Fire. It sounds like you are using a stock un-rooted 6.2.1 so you'd just proceed as any normal 6.2.1 user would. I, myself, rooted back in 6.2 with SuperOneClick and have been ever since because I installed TWRP and used the pre-rooted 6.2.1 image. I'm kind of curious if there's anything I need to know as well, though. I'd rather err on the side of caution as well.

Buffet_of_Lies said:
As far as I know SuperOneClick never installed anything on your Fire.
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nothing more that SU, but you do have to get ADB running which requires having the android SDK usb driver to connect to the fire instead of whatever gets installed by default.

Great.. just thought I would check before I just plowed ahead as if it was a brand new 6.2.1 KF. I'm not sure when I'll get to it, but it's nice to know that I don't need to do anything unusual. I may just wait a bit to give KFU some time to mature.

btrvalik said:
I may just wait a bit to give KFU some time to mature.
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I don't think KFU is going to change much now. Its been at 0.9.1 for some time how. I see the links to the original article are backup so the links should be good too.

Kekule said:
I didnt have any issues switching from one-click to KFU. it ran fine with the drivers i installed to use one-click.
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Same here.

[Q] Thinking about getting a Kindle Fire...

I am thinking about getting a Kindle Fire tomorrow and was wondering(just wanting to make sure), could I use this tool(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889) to root and install the Android Market right out of the box?
I am not new to Android(I own an Xperia Play), just new to the tablet scene...

that is what kfu (kindle fire utility) is supposed to do
but please read the op very carefully - espacially the "known tricks" - to avoid problems
a post from vashypooh - the dev of kfu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506
the most challenging thing is to get drivers working
read here about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6

Since you already have Android, you also can simply load anything from the Android Market onto your Xperia and then grab it to your PC and install it to the fire using adb. That doesn't even require rooting the Fire.

b63 said:
that is what kfu (kindle fire utility) is supposed to do
but please read the op very carefully - espacially the "known tricks" - to avoid problems
a post from vashypooh - the dev of kfu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506
the most challenging thing is to get drivers working
read here about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
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I read to install the drivers first before running KFU, anything else I should know?
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not realy
maybe a little hassle with the drivers if you have bad luck
if you have a choice of computers then a 32bit system is easier to get rid of the drivers - if you have xp available it would be my first choice because you don't have to care about the uac (user access control)
if your working with it you will make your experiences and it is likely that you have sooner or later a little little problem (brick). it's called brick but mostly it is'nt realy a brick - it is simply a other bootmode - if you know how to handle it it's a matter of seconds
don't worry - i have never seen a realy bricked one besides of hardware failure
there is allways a way out ...

b63 said:
not realy
maybe a little hassle with the drivers if you have bad luck
if you have a choice of computers then a 32bit system is easier to get rid of the drivers - if you have xp available it would be my first choice because you don't have to care about the uac (user access control)
if your working with it you will make your experiences and it is likely that you have sooner or later a little little problem (brick). it's called brick but mostly it is'nt realy a brick - it is simply a other bootmode - if you know how to handle it it's a matter of seconds
don't worry - i have never seen a realy bricked one besides of hardware failure
there is allways a way out ...
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Thank you. I am on Windows 7 64-bit. Yeah, as I said earlier, I'm not new to Android. I have a Xperia Play rooted and custom rom(the whole shibang).
What do you think the chances are of me running into issues? All I want to do is just root it and get the market, thats it

if you just root and install the market the chances to run into issues are quite low

One thing I did that caused a problem was, when it rebooted after installing firefirefire with the triangle and fire it said press power button for recovery and I did. I didn't realize that I hadn't installed TWRP yet so it got stuck on the fire screen and wouldn't boot. I finally got it fixed by running a KFU command at just the right time to get it out of the loop. So, just a tip, DON'T BE AS DUMB AS I WAS AND PUSH THE BUTTON... Anyway it should go smoothly.

KFU is a great program and the most recent version includes updates to limit bricking your device. The hardest part to it all, IMO is installing the google usb driver. I guess that depends if you use the traditional Android SDK method or the easier method available now. Make sure you use the KFU version 0.9.3 as it is tailored towards the 6.2.2 update that was recently pushed to all Kindle Fires. KFU literally roots your device and installs all necessary items in 3 or 4 button pushes. Good luck.

sanman6046 said:
KFU is a great program and the most recent version includes updates to limit bricking your device. The hardest part to it all, IMO is installing the google usb driver. I guess that depends if you use the traditional Android SDK method or the easier method available now. Make sure you use the KFU version 0.9.3 as it is tailored towards the 6.2.2 update that was recently pushed to all Kindle Fires. KFU literally roots your device and installs all necessary items in 3 or 4 button pushes. Good luck.
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The USB driver took me like 30 min to figure out... It's such a pain in the butt, I really have thought about making a one click utility that would install it.

[Q] Screen Capturing Kindle Fire

Is there any app that doesn't. Require root to take a screenshot on the fire?. I pratctically gave up on rooting. Since I cant install drivers yea I looked at the list on installing drivers still don't see how to fix the google Inc unassigned error on kindle fire tility. Jdk wont install when I tried rooting with Sdk manager. So please don't post about rooting unless there is a way to fix the problem that I can get a thorough understanding.

Screenshots
Hi.
You can do it without rooting, but you do need to dig deep into computer stuff
Heres the guide
If you root and put a custom rom on, it's as easy as pressing a button.
Kindle Fire Utility is easy to use, just make sure you have ADB!
PM if you need help with that!
Good Luck!

MoriyaXL said:
Is there any app that doesn't. Require root to take a screenshot on the fire?. I pratctically gave up on rooting. Since I cant install drivers yea I looked at the list on installing drivers still don't see how to fix the google Inc unassigned error on kindle fire tility. Jdk wont install when I tried rooting with Sdk manager. So please don't post about rooting unless there is a way to fix the problem that I can get a thorough understanding.
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Screenshot It No Root version the market.
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[Q] Cannot get Fire to ROOT 6.3

I have rooted several android phones and my fire when fired released. Lost root a few updates ago and finally want to root so I can place ICS on it. I am on 6.3 and have tried KFU 9.4 & 9.5 of 2 different computers and it when it runs run.bat it crashes.
Attempted doing CMD way but never tried that way before and prob doing something wrong.
Please help. I also restored fire to factory condition's in case previous old roots left files that are screwing it up...
Going bonkers....Rooted my Bionic this morning in 3 mins...been working no Fire for 3 hours....

If you don't currently have TWRP 2.0 installed on your kindle fire. Go to this link and follow the steps it will tell you how to root 6.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340

GramsHD said:
If you don't currently have TWRP 2.0 installed on your kindle fire. Go to this link and follow the steps it will tell you how to root 6.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340
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This guide requires you to have adb and fastboot working FOR THE KINDLE FIRE,
How do you do that?
I am stuck at waiting for device when using KFU 9.5 , reinstalled drivers but nothing

Make a folder on yourC drive called KindleADB. Then copy the files from the tools folder in Kindle_Fire_Utility_v0.9.5. To the KindleADB folder you just made.
Also download the REQ files in the topic link I posted. Copy those files to the KindleADB folder as well cause you will need them.
If you got the driver installed like you say you do. You can just follow the steps and root the device.

I was having a similiar problem, what I had to do was plug in my kindle, and then uninstall the drivers. Then I would unplug and then plug back in and let the drivers reinstall. I also used kindle fire utility 0.9.4

ADB and Fastboot from the Kindle Fire Utility seems a little hit or miss. My desktop doesn't run any of the .bats so I was scared to try it there. My Mac in win 7 with bootcamp worked fine.
ADB and Fastboot were much easier to get working in OS X 10.7 and Linux.
When Kindle Fire Utility failed the first time I switch to OS X and did jcase's method to get root and install TWRP then i just flashed a custom rom.

Buzz4infinity said:
I have rooted several android phones and my fire when fired released. Lost root a few updates ago and finally want to root so I can place ICS on it. I am on 6.3 and have tried KFU 9.4 & 9.5 of 2 different computers and it when it runs run.bat it crashes.
Attempted doing CMD way but never tried that way before and prob doing something wrong.
Please help. I also restored fire to factory condition's in case previous old roots left files that are screwing it up...
Going bonkers....Rooted my Bionic this morning in 3 mins...been working no Fire for 3 hours....
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We're on the same boat instead I been trying for two days I read every little. Trick I could find and it's stuck where it says please wait, bootloader if you get stuck do not unplugged blah blah? If you find a way please let me know it sound like we have the same issues. It's so frustrating because I root all the time I'm not a noob
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