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[SOLVED] Device completly broken?

Hello community,
after a couple of conversations with a few experts here I`m still in need.
Input:
While rooting my KF based on rootmykindlefire.com i stucked after "fastboot -i 0×1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" or " fastboot -i 0×1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img ".
Problem:
While plugged to pc or electric socket it reboots every 3 seconds ( 1,5 seconds LED is lightning afterwards triangle appears for another 1,5-2 sec and device turns completly off).
While unplugged it doesn`t react.
My PC can`t find my kindle anymore while it`s restarting. And it`s restarting whole time.
I feel very frustrated about that because I fear its not going to work anymore and I wasted 250$. Id like to donate min. 20$ or eq to how many time we spend for that for the community or the one who can help.

I doubt its broken... suggestion; search the Kindle Fire forums here...all the info to solve your problem is available.

I'm in the same predicament, and am still trying different methods to resolve the issue. Any progress on your part? I will post a resolution once I find one. Thanks to all the help from b63

talk to vashypool in irc!!!

jvizz said:
Hello community,
after a couple of conversations with a few experts here I`m still in need.
Input:
While rooting my KF based on rootmykindlefire.com i stucked after "fastboot -i 0×1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" or " fastboot -i 0×1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img ".
Problem:
While plugged to pc or electric socket it reboots every 3 seconds ( 1,5 seconds LED is lightning afterwards triangle appears for another 1,5-2 sec and device turns completly off).
While unplugged it doesn`t react.
My PC can`t find my kindle anymore while it`s restarting. And it`s restarting whole time.
I feel very frustrated about that because I fear its not going to work anymore and I wasted 250$. Id like to donate min. 20$ or eq to how many time we spend for that for the community or the one who can help.
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What do you mean by "it doesn't react" ? Does it stay off or is it stuck on the yellow triangle screen?
If the latter then let it drain the battery and use a tool like kindle fire utility to fix the bootmode.

Was it fully charged when you were installing TWRP?

lmntone said:
Was it fully charged when you were installing TWRP?
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hmm doesnt sound like it

Hi,
I cant turn it on by pressing Power. Its just off. No LED and no triangle shown. Thats meant by it doesn`t react.
To the question whether it was fully charged i only can reply that was had been on beginning of rooting. But while waiting the triangle to disapear I felt asleep so it might gone empty then.
I cant drain battery because it`s only on when its plugged.
But I wonder why there is sometimes a Red LED instead of green one lightning up.

Hi, thank you guys and especially b63 for his long-time help.
The problem was, my kf wasnt charging the right wayvia pc but via electric socket.
KF wasnt having any voltage to do anything else I guess.
Solution: Charged on electric socket, plugged into pc.
Im sorry for doing a such drama

Fastboot idme bootmode 4000 will get you running had the same recovery/triangle loop
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Kindle Fire Yellow Triangle bootloop.

I am stuck at the yellow triangle. It keeps rebooting and it wont let me connect it to the computer. I need help!!!

cashman2419 said:
I am stuck at the yellow triangle. It keeps rebooting and it wont let me connect it to the computer. I need help!!!
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Boot into TWRP... then follow my other directions.

From the op of KFU thread:
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.
That fixed my issues in fastboot when I was trying to install TWRP the first time. If that doesn't work then [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506]check out this post[/URL]

I cannot boot into TWRP because the kindle keeps shutting off because it is dead. It isn't read by the computer.

Plug it into electrical outlet and leave it alone for three hours.
While waitin for three hours assess your problem and find the solution. Search.
Then execute solution after fire is charged.

Will it charge even when it keeps turning on and off?

cashman2419 said:
Will it charge even when it keeps turning on and off?
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Yes it will keep charging.

It did not charge... At least I don't think it did..

When you plug it in do you get a solid color or is the light flashing?
When it's plugged in to the wall and the light is solid you should perform a hard reset by holding power for 20 seconds. This will fully shut down your KF and it will accept the charge

If by flashing you mean turning on and off by itself than yes, it is flashing.

Please help..I'm losing it
Same problem here. It does not seem to charge when plugged into either wall or computer. The green light flashes on and off repeatedly and the recovery screen (yellow triangle) just comes on and off (it eventually just goes black while the green power light continues to turn on and off)
in order to help myself I have done a few things
1: KFU isnt working.
I updated the drivers through KFU
I tried to change bootmode to "normal" and it hung on "waiting for device" I tried hard reset here and nada
2: I tried booting into normal fastboot 4000 through command prompt and hung on "waiting for device" tried reset..nada
So just like the poster above I cannot get into TWRP as the computer never truly recognizes the KF. This all happened when my wife turned on my kf and didnt know what the TWRP was and hit the power button for recovery. It loaded back to the stock kindle set (I had been using CM7) and since then I've been eating FUBAR soup as it doesnt work
Seriously..im pulling my hair out here...any help? I'd try to return the kf to Amazon and save myself the pain but I think we know what would happen when they plug it in and see the flashing triangle...lol

1. Plug your kindle in to the wall for 3 hours like someone mentioned previously (it will charge) The issue with the device being in a boot loop has nothing to do with the kindle fire not charging, this is perfectly normal if you have modified system files and the system can't boot the Android OS. It is also normal to never get past the Yellow Triangle if for some reason that you have changed to FastBoot mode. (Some people may be misinformed thinking that FastBoot does what it sounds like it does (boot fast - not the case), that's how this usually happens)
2. After you know the kindle has been charged for at least 3 hours on a known working power outlet. Press and hold the power button on the kindle for 20 seconds or longer until the device powers down completely.
3. Press the Power button to turn the kindle fire back on, and be ready, as it comes back on press the power button as soon as the Yellow Triangle (firefirefire) logo first appears. Press it up to 5 times rapidly. If you get to TWRP then you can relax. - If you get to the Yellow Triangle and you have pressed the Power button a few times but it is still stuck in a boot loop before giving up try one more time to shut down completely and reboot while pressing Power button rapidly.. You want to be sure to do this before the Yellow Triangle screen goes dim .
4. When you are in TWRP you should be able to use KFU or ADB. You may want to change the boot mode if it is not already to "Normal" if you are having this problem with "Normal" then try to reflash the Kindle with a recovery image or a new ROM.
Hopefully you can at least get to TWRP by following this, so that you can at least flash the kindle with a different update.zip. Good Luck

Charged like you said...still no charge. Flashes on and off and when you pull the power cord goes to black like its dead and will not turn on at all whether you hold it down or just push it...
Never had a problem like this before, could always at least get it to turn on or off not a mix of both lol. Thanks for the help...any more ideas on how to get it where I can at least get it into recovery?

MattFoley said:
Charged like you said...still no charge. Flashes on and off and when you pull the power cord goes to black like its dead and will not turn on at all whether you hold it down or just push it...
Never had a problem like this before, could always at least get it to turn on or off not a mix of both lol. Thanks for the help...any more ideas on how to get it where I can at least get it into recovery?
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I'm experiencing the same thing.

I'm still confused... are you guys trying to charge it while it is in the boot loop?
Have you tried turning it off (holding down the power button for 20-30 seconds until the screen and the power button go dark and stay dark)? And then plugging it in? I wouldn't expect you to see the firefirefire triangle if the device is off while charging.
The other thing that you might want to look into is the factory cable. Supposedly charges the device and can access it w/o any battery power at all - if I understand that thread correctly.

The point is you can't turn it off, it's dead. If you try to put it on charger either through wall charger or USB, it blinks on and off repeatedly and the power button does nothing at all. The computer won't recognize (tried several diff ports and pcs)
I'm beginning to think the factory cable is my only option to bypass the bootloop and fix it, just hoping I wouldn't have to wait so long for a cable or drop 40 bucks on it. I guess that's what I get for messing something up!

I left it bootlooping for like 6 hours on the charger. Unplug it and you can't turn it on. Plug it in and it bootloops and you can't turn it off. So is this just bricked for good with no possible fix?

MattFoley said:
The point is you can't turn it off, it's dead. If you try to put it on charger either through wall charger or USB, it blinks on and off repeatedly and the power button does nothing at all.
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Sorry. I was obviously hoping I was misinterpreting.
MattFoley said:
I'm beginning to think the factory cable is my only option to bypass the bootloop and fix it, just hoping I wouldn't have to wait so long for a cable or drop 40 bucks on it. I guess that's what I get for messing something up!
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You may want to PM SkOrPn, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23024666&postcount=108, seems like he has them for $15/$19 depending on length (if your location is accurate.)

Kindle fire turning on and off by itself and won't charge
The only way I know around that problem is unfortunately to remove the back cover and remove the battery with a good adjustable power supply apply 3.7V to the battery for a 30 to 60sec it will draw approx. 3.4A and over the 30 - 60sec the current draw by the battery will drop. Be very careful as you don’t want to blow it up. Put the battery back in and you should find the kindle will charge again. Good luck

Hmmm, I wonder if the factory cable would be an alternative as last I checked an adjustable power supply (if you're without one) can run 70-100 bucks which is half of the kindle itself, I'd almost just take my chances sending it back in to amazon. Thanks for the help though from someone who has had the problem

[Q] Badly bricked Kindle Fire

Hi Guys,
I have TWRP and Fire Fire Fire installed on my KF and have been running the various ICS ROM's up until the 24-02 ROM which was installed and running smoothly. Then I didn't use or charge my KF for about two weeks and now it is stuck in a boot loop. Basically, the Fire Fire Fire yellow triangle logo shows when I plug it into the charger, the power button goes green and then about 3 - 4 seconds later the screen and button go dead for about 1-2 seconds and then it just repeats i.e. starts up, shows yellow triangle, dies.
Here's what I've tried:
- Pressing the power button, the power button does not change colour nor does it launch TWRP
- Pressing and holding the power button for 20 seconds like is suggested in other posts does not do anything - it just keeps running through the loop of yellow triangle logo, black screen.
- Using KF Utility 0.9.3 to set the boot mode. Mostly, the KF does not even get recognised by Windows. However, every now and then it starts up for long enough for KF Utility to recognise it and set the boot mode. But this has not fixed the boot loop.
Can anyone suggest anything else I should try?
Thanks!

It looks like the KF is in fastboot mode. Have you you tried to use fastboot command to reboot to normal.
As part of kfu utility under tools folder, there is a fastboot command. Just open a command window and change to that folder and issue one of the following command and press the power button to shutdown for 20 sec and press it again to switch it on and see if you get a feedback from KF. Then issue fastboot reboot.
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
or
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
then fastboot reboot
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You can use the KFU to get the stock update.zip (4 in run), if you don't have extremely important information that you can't lose.

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I tried your suggestion @ammubarak. However, it didn't work. Pressing and holding the power button for 20s or longer does not do anything.
Output from fastboot:
Code:
C:\kfu\tools>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
< waiting for device >
... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: -0.000s

looks like dead battery
would plug it to the wall charger for some hours - best over night
see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1553648
there are a lot of others like that - it was allways the battery

engbren said:
I tried your suggestion @ammubarak. However, it didn't work. Pressing and holding the power button for 20s or longer does not do anything.
Output from fastboot:
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C:\kfu\tools>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
< waiting for device >
... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: -0.000s
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First, try to charge your KF for 1-2 hours.
Then turn it on , and as green light dimmed, press and hold power button until light goes orange.
If you have twrp or cwm you will get the recovery app.
then use adb and KFU as normal.

Charging
Hi guys,
Thanks for your suggestions. I left it on charge overnight last night (~8 hours) on top of being on charge overnight the previous night for a similar time period and still no joy. Still in a cycle of:
1. Startup, show yellow triangle logo (2 - 3 seconds),
2. Screen goes dead, completely black and power button light goes out too (1 - 2 seconds.
3. Repeat @ 1.
Pressing the power button does not turn it orange, nor does pressing the power button for a long time >20sec do anything. If i unplug from the wall charger, it immediately goes blank and there is no charge in the battery / it won't startup.
If i connect it to my pc, it exhibits the same behaviour as when connected to the wall charger. I can hear the "device connection" sound followed quickly by the "device disconnection sound". This only happens the one time - i.e. when it boots and shows the fire fire fire yellow triangle on subsequent times, windows does not connect to the kindle fire.
Thanks again for any help.

engbren said:
Hi guys,
Thanks for your suggestions. I left it on charge overnight last night (~8 hours) on top of being on charge overnight the previous night for a similar time period and still no joy. Still in a cycle of:
1. Startup, show yellow triangle logo (2 - 3 seconds),
2. Screen goes dead, completely black and power button light goes out too (1 - 2 seconds.
3. Repeat @ 1.
Pressing the power button does not turn it orange, nor does pressing the power button for a long time >20sec do anything. If i unplug from the wall charger, it immediately goes blank and there is no charge in the battery / it won't startup.
If i connect it to my pc, it exhibits the same behaviour as when connected to the wall charger. I can hear the "device connection" sound followed quickly by the "device disconnection sound". This only happens the one time - i.e. when it boots and shows the fire fire fire yellow triangle on subsequent times, windows does not connect to the kindle fire.
Thanks again for any help.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693&page=23
Try that thread. Starting from #226, read about 20 posts.

Solved
The last tip did the trick - I had misplaced my original charger and have been using an after-market charger rated at 1A. It seems nearly all USB chargers on the market in Australia have a maximum draw of 1A and that wasn't sufficient to charge my very flat KF battery. After checking OfficeWorks and **** Smith Electronics, I found a 2A BlackBerry Playbook charger at the Telstra store that did the trick.
Thanks for all your help!

Problem with kindle fire

I hope this is In the right area I rooted my fire and installed a custom rom added fff and the recovery ect well yesterday when I press power nothing happens when I plug it up to power it turns on flashes the press power for recovery square then shuts down flashes it again it does this over and over never ending it wont stay on long enough for me to do anything I tried letting it charge all night I tried different power cords when it plugs to my pc it does the same anyone have any ideas
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Also want to add I rooted it with the utility over 3 months ago it was working fine til yesterday I made no changes to it
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I would suggest trying this first as it sounds like you are in the recovery loop. Another useful tool is to "re-stock" it using this utility. Maybe not the best idea if you haven't done a recent backup but if you have tried everything else these usually work to get you going again.
Also it can't hurt to go through this thread and see if someone else has suffered the same problem. Between these 3 threads you should get your kindle working again.

Laquox said:
I would suggest trying this first as it sounds like you are in the recovery loop. Another useful tool is to "re-stock" it using this utility. Maybe not the best idea if you haven't done a recent backup but if you have tried everything else these usually work to get you going again.
Also it can't hurt to go through this thread and see if someone else has suffered the same problem. Between these 3 threads you should get your kindle working again.
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Ill try but it doesn't stay on long enough for me to even try to connect to it via usb its rebooting so fast thanks for the info
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yea i just says waiting for device and the others say device not found using that utility i dont even get the promt letting me know it plugged to the pc via usb

Qasimja said:
yea i just says waiting for device and the others say device not found using that utility i dont even get the promt letting me know it plugged to the pc via usb
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You have a dead or near dead battery. Plug in the oem charger and see if it will charge up.

kinfauns said:
You have a dead or near dead battery. Plug in the oem charger and see if it will charge up.
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Try this and when you plug it up via the OEM charger does it turn on or does the light on the bottom at least light up?

Laquox said:
Try this and when you plug it up via the OEM charger does it turn on or does the light on the bottom at least light up?
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I did that and im doing that now it does a never ending cycle the light turns green it turns on fire triangle that says press power for recovery then shuts off then does it again then shuts off over and over it did this all night it
doesnt respond to the power button the only time i get any type of response is when i plug it up to the outlet or usb cord on pc then it does the never ending loop like i explained
i tried the oem charger and another charger also tried another usb cord plugged to pc does the thing every time

Qasimja said:
when i plug it up to the outlet or usb cord on pc then it does the never ending loop like i explained
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Odd if it's turning on your PC should be able to make a connection long enough to adb it. Have you tried pressing the power button a few times to get into "recovery" mode? The exact instructions are "press the power button when the light dims green" however I have noticed it works for me if I just gently press the power button a few times once I turn it on.
Also have you tried a "hard reset"? Basically you hold the power button down for 20-30 seconds until the kindle turns completely off.
Barring this I am drawing a blank. I am only just now learning the ins and out of this system.

Qasimja said:
I did that and im doing that now it does a never ending cycle the light turns green it turns on fire triangle that says press power for recovery then shuts off then does it again then shuts off over and over it did this all night it
doesnt respond to the power button the only time i get any type of response is when i plug it up to the outlet or usb cord on pc then it does the never ending loop like i explained
i tried the oem charger and another charger also tried another usb cord plugged to pc does the thing every time
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If it won't charge on its own, you're probably going to have to make/buy a factory cable and try it this way...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23034046&postcount=246
If you want a fuller picture of the discussion, go back to post #226 and start from there.
If you don't know what a factory cable is...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550999
Good luck.
EDIT: You might actually be able to do the above without a factory cable since you have FFF installed. This is all just "in theory" to me because I've never encountered this exact problem.

Try this:
Unplug your device
Get your command prompt ready (make sure you are in the directory that fastboot is located)
Type the following command ( but don't hit enter yet):
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
Plug your USB cable into your computer first, then your device
When it comes on, within the first few seconds of seeing the yellow triangle, hit enter, then reboot.
Plug it into your charger.
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soupmagnet said:
Try this:
Unplug your device
Get your command prompt ready (make sure you are in the directory that fastboot is located)
Type the following command ( but don't hit enter yet):
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
Plug your USB cable into your computer first, then your device
When it comes on, within the first few seconds of seeing the yellow triangle, hit enter, then reboot.
Plug it into your charger.
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ill try and report back thanks
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Sounds like a problem I had, unfortunately it was because I had completely submerged my kindle in water on accident and the battery got fried. It would boot, I would see FFF then it would restart... gotten your kindle wet at all?

googlelover said:
Sounds like a problem I had, unfortunately it was because I had completely submerged my kindle in water on accident and the battery got fried. It would boot, I would see FFF then it would restart... gotten your kindle wet at all?
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Nah it wasn't near any water never got wet
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Will not boot till usb is plugged in

Ok so after the fiasco of dealing with the first 7 that came as a 16 gig unit and not a 32 I got the replacement. Now this one is having issues right out of the box, granted it's a refurbished box...lol. The new one will not boot unless you plug in the USB. You can press and hold the power button till your blue in the face the thing will not boot. Plug in the USB and the Google logo pops up and it boots right up. Once it's booted the power button will wake the unit just fine so it obviously works. This was right out of the box I have since let it update in hopes the might solve it but no. When it arrived it was fully drained with no battery life could that have done anything? I popped the rear cover and checked both the ribbon cable for power and sound as well as the power plug, both were in place and tight. Here is another weird one that has me wondering. When you do plug in the USB (if it's turned off ) while holding the volume down button it will go right into bootloader without having to hold the power button.
So now is this a possible problem with the power button,mother board,or possibly the usb port? Could it be a bootloader/ firmware/software issue? I guess I will be having to send back a second RMA.
Edit....Since I forgot to mention it. It will work normally once booted. You can unplug it and it will function properly till you power it down at which point you have to plug it in to get it to boot. You don't even have to hit the power button it will just start. It's like when the battery drains and it powered down on it's own then when you plug it in it auto boots, it's like that.

Its battery problem.....It cant give enough energy to start the whole system.
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No once it boots it will run just fine without it being plugged in. You just have to plug it in to get it to boot then you can unplug it do what ever you want. If you power it down then you have to plug it back it to get it to boot. You don't even have to hit the power button it will just start.

I plug mine to usb to boot it up intonthe bootloader once it has completely died and I let it sit in recovery for a couple of minutes to get some juice in it so it can boot up normally. I can't get into the recovery fromnthe bootloader without it being plugged in to usb first, itll just sit at the google screen
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@Will Badger
Search here (in the N7 forums) for
"fastboot oem off-mode-charge"
If someone used the refurb tab for a car install, that would explain why it boots as soon as you apply power to the tablet. It is a toggle that you can turn on/off.

Thanks but that didn't work. Hit the command and it said it was already enabled. So I disabled it then re-enabled it and still no go on booting up with just the power button.

Wil Badger said:
Thanks but that didn't work. Hit the command and it said it was already enabled. So I disabled it then re-enabled it and still no go on booting up with just the power button.
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I thought I was sugesting that if it was on, (1) you turn it off (0). From the way you replied above I can't tell if you actually tried it in both possible states. Maybe you did, but I can't tell from how you wrote that reply above.
Anyway, I'm not positive that's what is going on ... just throwing it out as a suggestion as it seems closely related to the symptoms you describe.

“fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0” makes the unit power on the instant its connected to AC. “fastboot oem off-mode-charge 1” returns to normal state. it was already 1. So I put it to 0 then back to 1 but it didn't help. As much as this is going in a car and 0 would be better I still want a fully functioning tablet as it will be removable. So when I gave it the command it told me that charge mode was enabled. Sorry for the confusion.
I'm going to try flashing a factory bootloader on it and see if that helps maybe the current one is corrupt or something.

“fastboot oem off-mode-charge 0” makes the unit power on the instant its connected to AC. “fastboot oem off-mode-charge 1” returns to normal state. it was already 1. So I put it to 0 then back to 1 but it didn't help. As much as this is going in a car and 0 would be better I still want a fully functioning tablet as it will be removable. So when I gave it the command it told me that charge mode was enabled. Sorry for the confusion.
I'm going to try flashing a factory bootloader on it and see if that helps maybe the current one is corrupt or something. And thanks for the suggestion I was thinking there might be some type of software issue since it works fine once booted. So it has to be something with the bootloader not recognizing the button.

Well flashed a factory image and bootloader and still no change...it's getting RMAed and that will be the second one. Hopefully third time is a charm.

Wil Badger said:
So I put it to 0 then back to 1 but it didn't help.
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Again, this reads like you never tested it in the other state - you toggled it back into the same state that it was already in to begin with without ever testing it in the alternate configuration. (At least that's the way I am parsing what you wrote both times).
I poked around a little just know - I couldn't get a crystal-clear interpretation of whether "1" or "0" causes the boot-on-power application at the USB connector.
Anyway, if you didn't try it, it might be worth 2 minutes of your time.
Apologies in advance if I am mis-reading what you said.

Tried in both modes. 0 is for powering on with USB and 1 is normal charge mode.