1.) Whenever I plug in my Kindle Fire, rooted with ICS, my laptop never recognizes it. It does though when using CM7.
2.) My widgets aren't resizeable after flashing bl1nkks newest rom today.
Any ideas for any of these? Thanks for any help I receive.
I am guessing you have tried re-booting your computer? Just a guess....
bug in ics at the time - mount with twrp if you want to copy to sdcard
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My kindle will not boot after installing go launcher EX, it gets to the kindle fire screen and just sticks there. Hoping someone has a fix for this.
hmmm if you plug the the fire into a computer can you access the sdcard?
what we may need is somebody to root their tablet before taking the ota, then copying the ota out of the cache and upload it. there may be a fail safe feature where it automatically takes and update.zip and installs it it's present
amazon market
I haven't root'ed mine yet but downloaded the go launcher EX from the Amazon Market and it works fine
well the update is available http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620#download for download so if you can manage to get your computer to view your sdcard, put it in the kindleupdate folder and it should install it which may fix your problem
so, i finally got the kindle fire utility to work, but now i've got some very nubish questions...
so, right now, i have twrp installed, android market, and go launcher ex. however, i do not believe that I have permanent root, at least when i check with the utility it says i don't.
so, here's some questions.
I am still running on the stock os correct, so the web browser is still the same, and everything is still running through kindle fire's stock os?
what exactly is twrp? is it essentially a boot manager of sorts?
how do i return my kindle to stock factory settings (original os, no root, etc.)?
what is CM7? is that an entire os, or just a launcher?
in nutshell, my question is this: i used kindle fire utility (v. 7 btw) to install twrp, android market, and go launcher ex, what exactly does that mean to me?
thanks for your patience and help!
Well I just got my fire today myself but I can tell u that cm7 is a custom android and the original amazon stuff will be deleted if u install it. I have cm7on my phone ...
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If I were to install cm7, is it more or less fully functional? Does it have features to make up for menu, back, etc. Buttons? How do I remove it and go back to stock amazon os?
Awhile ago I successfully rooted my Kindle Fire using SuperOneClick and then I was able to install the market and everything. But I was not satisfied with just a custom skin, and instead wanted to actually install Cyanogen Mod 7.
Two days ago, I successfully installed TWRP 2.0 on the device using Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.2, and it was rooted and ready to go fairly quickly. The next day I was able to finally get the Cyanogen Mod 7 file loaded on to my Kindle and then successfully flashed it. I was running Cyanogen Mod 7 fine when I realized that I needed to also flash the Google apps zip to the device in order to install them. When I went back to TWRP 2.0 to flash the Google apps zip it essentially undid everything that I had already done. Now I can boot my Kindle to the TWRP loader, and even change the boot modes, but nothing much.
The main thing I would like to do is just get Cyanogen Mod 7 running again, but the problem is I can't transfer the file over through My Computer like I did the last time. The device is still showing up in the bottom left hand corner of my screen indicating that it is plugged in, but nothing shows up in My Computer that will allow me to transfer files. Is there anyway I can get it to show up or transfer the Cyanogen Mod 7 zip to the Kindle through another method?
I usually don't consider myself a noob when it comes to things like this, which is why I am really puzzled at why none of my methods have worked, but thanks in advance to whoever is able to help me.
Try WiFi explorer, or file expert and transfer the zips vía wireless
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Try WiFi explorer, or file expert and transfer the zips vía wireless
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I can't access my Kindle fire at all. Ever since I got Cyanogen Mod 7 running the first time I haven't been able to get back into my Kindle. Thats why I need to use TWRP to transfer files, but its not working.
Go to "Mount", and tap on the button that says something like "Mount external". It will appear in My Computer.
try to use
adb push /location_in_your_pc /sdcard/
Ok I have a big problem here and need help fast... I rooted my Kindle quite awhile ago and installed a IcS rom.. It worked perfectly...i had back ups for the Stock and ICs rom on TRWP so I got a new rom Ics with kernel 3.0 or something... flashed it worked perfectly...... but i went to flash it again in Twrp i went to WIPE and did factory reset but SOME how i clicked Sd card it removed everything I was very very scared.......I go back to restore nothing is in there i go to install everything is gone Idk what to do how am i gona get a rom in here to flash please help me... i dont wanna lose my kindle fire
I bricked a kindle fire pretty bad but was still able to get a working rom on there after using firekit and the usb boot mode trick. Was able to install firefirefire and twrp using ubuntu on a usb stick and some motherboard shorting. I'm still waiting for my factory cable to arrive in the mail but found this trick while waiting.
Firekit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
Usb boot mode trick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405052
Was pretty scary because I accidentally touched a paperclip to a power source and caused a spark on the kindles motherboard but apparently nothing was damaged. Just make sure you stay away from the ribbon cable below the shorting point.
This is a last resort for when you can't even adb shell into your device.
tombombman said:
I bricked a kindle fire pretty bad but was still able to get a working rom on there after using firekit and the usb boot mode trick. Was able to install firefirefire and twrp using ubuntu on a usb stick and some motherboard shorting. I'm still waiting for my factory cable to arrive in the mail but found this trick while waiting.
Firekit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
Usb boot mode trick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405052
Was pretty scary because I accidentally touched a paperclip to a power source and caused a spark on the kindles motherboard but apparently nothing was damaged. Just make sure you stay away from the ribbon cable below the shorting point.
This is a last resort for when you can't even adb shell into your device.
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Doesn't sound very smart to me, I wouldn't fudge with my motherboard
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7r3d said:
Ok I have a big problem here and need help fast... I rooted my Kindle quite awhile ago and installed a IcS rom.. It worked perfectly...i had back ups for the Stock and ICs rom on TRWP so I got a new rom Ics with kernel 3.0 or something... flashed it worked perfectly...... but i went to flash it again in Twrp i went to WIPE and did factory reset but SOME how i clicked Sd card it removed everything I was very very scared.......I go back to restore nothing is in there i go to install everything is gone Idk what to do how am i gona get a rom in here to flash please help me... i dont wanna lose my kindle fire
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I'm sure you've figured out by now that you've deleted everything on your /sdcard partition. What you need to do now is "format" that area again. You can do this in one of two ways...
1) Use TWRP's Mount -> Mount USB Storage feature to get mount onto your computer's OS. It will ask you to format... you should be OK after that.
2) If that doesn't work out for some reason, you'll have to use parted to "make filesystem" which is just "format" in linux-speak...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424784
You can follow the directions in there to get it done, but it might ask a couple of times what partition and what filesystem type you want. It's always going to be 12 and fat32 for those questions. Don't mess with anything but partition 12. Type "quit" to get out of the "parted" program.
If you don't know how to use adb, read the posts in this guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
I suggest you read it from the beginning, but the information you need is mostly located in the 3rd post.
Hey, I said it was a last resort. I probably should have waited for the factory cable but i'm impatient. It all worked out though.
It should have just reformatted the sdcard partition. Try to mount usb from twrp and copy a Rom to flash.
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brizey said:
It should have just reformatted the sdcard partition. Try to mount usb from twrp and copy a Rom to flash.
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The shortest recommendation (the one above), is the right one.
I don't know wth tombombman was talking about, that relates nothing to a formatted SD card
TRY to find the smallest possible OS install in megs. It'll increase the likelihood that a SD card data recovery program might be able to find your old backups, should it NOT be overwritten by any new data that's created on the SD card.
Hey guys All my kindle fire files have been deleted. All I have on my kindle is TWRP. THATS IT. there is nothing no OS no sd card nothing. I need a backup of all the files to put them on my device so it will work again. Possible PayPal award for help 10 dollars? . Im despite.
Camiethecableguy said:
Hey guys All my kindle fire files have been deleted. All I have on my kindle is TWRP. THATS IT. there is nothing no OS no sd card nothing. I need a backup of all the files to put them on my device so it will work again. Possible PayPal award for help 10 dollars? . Im despite.
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Your situation is unfortunate but can be corrected. What you need to do is download a custom ROM of your choice or the Amazon stock software......the Amazon OS link is this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620
---Download software to your PC, grab your USB transfer cable, go in to TWRP, plug cable into Kindle to PC, in TWRP go to MOUNT and then Mount USB and your PC then should pick up the Kindle as an external drive........simply stick the ROM to the root of the Kindle and there ya go......you now have a fresh ROM to install. You might still want to factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik and wipe system before installation of the new ROM.
If your PC doesn't pick up the Kindle being plugged in you probably will have to reinstall the drivers from the Kindle Fire Utility package
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