[Q] Unrooted itself? and easiest way to reroot? - Kindle Fire General

OK. So I restored back to the stock Kindle Fire rom. After I did that, it restarted like 3 times and now it's unrooted. I'm pretty sure it didn't update itself. But I'm not sure.
Also, Kindle Fire Utility won't detect my kindle, so I can't use that to reroot. What would be the easiest way to root it again? I don't want to go through the hell that I experienced last time aha.
thanks

If you figured out how to root it the first time you should be able to do it again all the tools are located in the Developer section go do some reading and do it.

zack_droid said:
OK. So I restored back to the stock Kindle Fire rom. After I did that, it restarted like 3 times and now it's unrooted. I'm pretty sure it didn't update itself. But I'm not sure.
Also, Kindle Fire Utility won't detect my kindle, so I can't use that to reroot. What would be the easiest way to root it again? I don't want to go through the hell that I experienced last time aha.
thanks
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Use BurritoRoot3 to root and get FFF.
Then try to get KFU working to install TWRP.

Actually I'm having a very similar problem. My Kindle Fire automagically unrooted and now it isn't being recognized in any adb at all. I'm even using Ubuntu Linux right now and "adb devices" doesn't recognize my KF.
Before unrooting, my Kindle Fire had stock rom with no recovery. Just rooted to have access to default android market. I don't know what to do right now.

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Fastest way to root 6.3 update!

Also remember to make the Market.app a system app using Titanium Backup
I used burrito for the last two updates before 6.3 but for the 6.3. All i used was the Kindle Fire Utilty 0.9.4 for this update
I have never installed TWRP. I don't seem to need it. I don't know if this method would work if you have the TWRP installed
This has got to be one of the fastest ways to root the 6.3 kindle update
Downloaded the new Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.4. Got rooted in about 2 minutes with no trouble at all.
First click on - install_drivers.bat first
Then plug in the Kindle Fire and then click on - run.bat
Then a menu will popup Choose number 2 option - Install Permanent Root with Superuser.
Then choose option 6 (Extras) to re install the market and google apps
when you do option 2 you will see "installing TWRP ..." somewhere
so if you do option 2 with kfu twrp and fff will be installed
I continue to have driver issues with KFU. I suppose because I rooted my Galaxy Nexus using Wug's Toolkit my PC continues to see my Kindle as a Samsung device. Now I'm waiting for Kindle Water to be updated to root 6.3, b/c ADB does see my Kindle just fine on my Mac.
So OP, you don't have ABD installed at your, you are simply using the KFU?
I did the temp root after the first update to get the Google Market and other apps, but haven't since. Thinking I would like to update those apps assuming the KFU has the latest version of G+, Gmail, etc.
jocampbe said:
I continue to have driver issues with KFU. I suppose because I rooted my Galaxy Nexus using Wug's Toolkit my PC continues to see my Kindle as a Samsung device. Now I'm waiting for Kindle Water to be updated to root 6.3, b/c ADB does see my Kindle just fine on my Mac.
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I had a similar issue. I installed the 'naked Samsung driver' in order to get adb to work with my GNex, and it causes the kindle to not work properly with adb. Had to uninstall those drivers from device manager in order for the new drivers to install properly. After that, all went well.
KFU was able to put TWRP on my Kindle, but rooting and gapps did not work, with permissions errors in the KFU text. Instead, I just used TWRP to install the rooted 6.3 rom, that worked like a charm.
Do I have to install FFF?
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Hey, i need and what to root from scrath my kindle fire 6.3 can, and im new at rooting devices, can someone help me on how to do it step by step

[Q] Dont know if still rooted

Was rooted but had to restore, had problem doing it but got 6.3 back on it. I have twrp, so did backup of kindle 6.3. It works fine being stock, But i would like to put Android market or something back on here. I had 4.0 i think it was on here and work good till i started haveing problem with go launcher, that when it went down hill for me. Not sure what to put on and after messing it up before iam not sure how to go about doing it, so anyone could tell me what to go with and how to do it.......ahh in a way i can understand
Thanks
I didnt get this right..
Do you want to know if your phone is still rooted? If yes please follow these steps under:
Open terminal app. your prompt should be $. Type in "su" and hit Enter. If prompt changes to #, you are rooted. If you get "Access denied", you are not.
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This is a Kindle Fire....it was rooted with 6.2.2 BurritoRoot3,
bigguyone said:
This is a Kindle Fire....it was rooted with 6.2.2 BurritoRoot3,
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If you took the 6.3 update you will have to root again download root checker click verify root if it comes up with red writting your not rooted if if comes up green you somehow retained root although unlikely
Thepooch said:
If you took the 6.3 update you will have to root again download root checker click verify root if it comes up with red writting your not rooted if if comes up green you somehow retained root although unlikely
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Also if you no longer have the su app, then you no longer have root access.
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No don't looks like its rooted......but cant get ether of my computers to install drivers. Is there a setting that may have been done so computer wont let install......

Not sure whether my kindle fire is rooted

sir,
i have tried to root my kindle fire using the latest kindle fire utility package 0.9.6 . After running the file run.bat
i got following displayed on my pc screen....
at various places it said failed and at last there it was written permanent root has been installed.
But i do not find any difference in my kindle. Please guide me i am a beginner
I have attached screenshot of my pc to let you know what actually KFU has done.
If not rooted what should i do now...and if rooted how can i use application with wifi access using proxy.
help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
I have a feeling that KFU has no extra checks in it to see if it really is rooted. That would explain why it says its rooted after all the fails. I would say your device is NOT rooted.
Here's a couple things to check.
1. Is the super user app installed? Look in your apps for it.
2. Do you have FireFireFire bootloader installed? Turn off your Kindle wait a few seconds then turn it on. Does the splash screen have the words "kindle fire" in blue? If so then you have FFF installed.
3. Last check. Is TWRP installed? Turn off your Kindle and turn it back on. This time as soon as the blue "kindle fire" appears press and hold the power button for about 3 seconds. That will get you into your recovery where you can and should make a backup now.
If all of these tests work then kfu was successful and you can start flashing roms or whatever else you wanted to do after you rooted it.
Sent from my ICS Dinc2
Josepho1997 said:
The pictures show that he wasn't able to download fff an TWRP.
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I think the part you are referring to is in the 1st screenshot which says that he didn't already have it so it was downloading. I am betting that it was properly downloaded and installed. I don't have screenshots to compare from when I rooted mine but I remember it looking just like his. Worst case if he tries the steps I posted he will find out it didn't work and can continue from there. It should take about 2 minutes to try it so he might as well before downloading files he may not need.
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cstone1991 said:
I think the part you are referring to is in the 1st screenshot which says that he didn't already have it so it was downloading. I am betting that it was properly downloaded and installed. I don't have screenshots to compare from when I rooted mine but I remember it looking just like his. Worst case if he tries the steps I posted he will find out it didn't work and can continue from there. It should take about 2 minutes to try it so he might as well before downloading files he may not need.
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He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
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veeman said:
He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks for reply everyone...i m sure now that my kindle is not rooted. Superuser is though installed but TWRP and FFF not installed as i cannot see fire in blue colour and it not going in recovery mode.
I will greatly thankful if someone can post a link with tested steps to root kindle manually. I do not want to loose my kindle following arbit steps
akki12345 said:
Thanks for reply everyone...i m sure now that my kindle is not rooted. Superuser is though installed but TWRP and FFF not installed as i cannot see fire in blue colour and it not going in recovery mode.
I will greatly thankful if someone can post a link with tested steps to root kindle manually. I do not want to loose my kindle following arbit steps
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That's weird
veeman said:
He is definitely not rooted. It says check_root failed.
Fff and twrp didn't install (correctly) either.
To op: I suggest you root it manually. It's actually not that hard.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Can u please get me the link where it is written step by step to root it manually??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24129239
I believe this is what you are looking for.
BTW getting links from xda is a PITA when the xda app isn't working right!
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akki12345 said:
Can u please get me the link where it is written step by step to root it manually??
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452
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ROOT Working 10.3 Kindle Fire 2 (Original Not HD)

Hi everyone this is my first thread here so let me know if this helps or if its in the wrong place, etc. The Bin4ry - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1886460 method works even on the new 10.3 firmware upgrade from amazon. The one-click w/o fastboot, they use an app installed directly on the kindle, solution for installing the 2nd bootloader and recovery, provided by fmkilo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463 works on the rooted Kindle Fire 2 (original) as well. Hope this helps. I was unable to pull up the fastboot menu on my kindle fire and so I decided to try this method and it worked like a charm. You may have to uninstall and reinstall the app (it didn't work the first time for me, but it did the second time I installed it).
KamexxTheWolf said:
Hi everyone this is my first thread here so let me know if this helps or if its in the wrong place, etc. The Bin4ry - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1886460 method works even on the new 10.3 firmware upgrade from amazon. The one-click w/o fastboot, they use an app installed directly on the kindle, solution for installing the 2nd bootloader and recovery, provided by fmkilo here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463 works on the rooted Kindle Fire 2 (original) as well. Hope this helps. I was unable to pull up the fastboot menu on my kindle fire and so I decided to try this method and it worked like a charm. You may have to uninstall and reinstall the app (it didn't work the first time for me, but it did the second time I installed it).
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So the 2nd bootloader exploit stil exists even in the 10.3 bootloader?
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Yes to the best of my knowledge. The exploit is still there because I did not flash back to an older firmware or anything.
Sent from my LT30at using xda app-developers app
I had my KF2 rooted but when the OTA 10.4.3 installed, I lost root. Does anyone know how to root the KF2 on version 10.4.3?

Kindle Fire HD 7 new Firmware 7.4.7

Hello,
i got my new Kindle Fire HD 7 with Firmware Version 7.4.7.
I can´t find any threeds about this FW-Version.
Is it possible to root this with "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31" ?
Thx for help.
Deepsmile
Deepsmile said:
Hello,
i got my new Kindle Fire HD 7 with Firmware Version 7.4.7.
I can´t find any threeds about this FW-Version.
Is it possible to root this with "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31" ?
Thx for help.
Deepsmile
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Proceeding at all with 7.4.7 is at own risk. I have a used tablet coming in the mail and will be here Tuesday. I will restore and test out rooting with binary and try some KFFA things with 7.4.7. I won't know anything until late Tuesday evening. Maybe someone will come along with some information before then. If not, I will let you know then.
Edit - Because this is possibly new hardwareI have edit my response to say just don't try it until you here from those who made the scripts give the all clear. I thought this was just an update to the 2012 Kindle Fire HD and the new Kindle Fire HD. This may not be the case. Until it gets sorted out, probably best to wait for the devs to sound off.
Deepsmile said:
i got my new Kindle Fire HD 7 with Firmware Version 7.4.7.
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Amazon just doesn't give up, do they?
Ph0enix_216 said:
Amazon just doesn't give up, do they?
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nope
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LinearEquation said:
nope
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Maybe this is why we can't have nice things.
Kindle Fire HD 7" with FW 7.4.7
LinearEquation said:
Proceeding at all with 7.4.7 is at own risk. I have a used tablet coming in the mail and will be here Tuesday. I will restore and test out rooting with binary and try some KFFA things with 7.4.7. I won't know anything until late Tuesday evening. Maybe someone will come along with some information before then. If not, I will let you know then.
Edit - Because this is possibly new hardwareI have edit my response to say just don't try it until you here from those who made the scripts give the all clear. I thought this was just an update to the 2012 Kindle Fire HD and the new Kindle Fire HD. This may not be the case. Until it gets sorted out, probably best to wait for the devs to sound off.
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I think my tablet is a normal Kindle Fire HD 7".
Why do you think it couldt be " probaply new hardware"?
Is anybody outthere with FW 7.4.7 ?
Deepsmile for you
Deepsmile said:
I think my tablet is a normal Kindle Fire HD 7".
Why do you think it couldt be " probaply new hardware"?
Is anybody outthere with FW 7.4.7 ?
Deepsmile for you
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Yesterday I got a Kindle Fire HD 7" with Firmware Version 7.4.7. I tried to root this device, but I was not successful.
Is there anybody who was successful t root this device with version 7.4.7
If you have a factory cable you can downgrade and then root it? I'm running a custom ROM on my kfhd so can't help much for 7.4.7 sorry
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I'm getting my Kindle Fire 7 HD tomorrow. So, it's not possible to root 7.4.7?
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hstinux said:
Yesterday I got a Kindle Fire HD 7" with Firmware Version 7.4.7. I tried to root this device, but I was not successful.
Is there anybody who was successful t root this device with version 7.4.7
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How did you tried? Did it root? Did you have a factory cable?
Try this...
Get Bin4ry's root and extract the 'fakebackup.ab'. Get ADB set up and working and enter the following:
Code:
adb restore fakebackup.ab
If the restore screen pops up, where it says "restore my data" at the bottom (don't press on it though), then there's a good chance they didn't patch the exploit. If the ADB restore hasn't been disabled, I would say go ahead and try to root it. It probably wouldn't hurt to make sure the factory cable still works though.
Confirmed as working
soupmagnet said:
Try this...
Get Bin4ry's root and extract the 'fakebackup.ab'. Get ADB set up and working and enter the following:
Code:
adb restore fakebackup.ab
If the restore screen pops up, where it says "restore my data" at the bottom (don't press on it though), then there's a good chance they didn't patch the exploit. If the ADB restore hasn't been disabled, I would say go ahead and try to root it. It probably wouldn't hurt to make sure the factory cable still works though.
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Deepsmile said:
Hello,
i got my new Kindle Fire HD 7 with Firmware Version 7.4.7.
I can´t find any threeds about this FW-Version.
Is it possible to root this with "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31" ?
Thx for help.
Deepsmile
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I Have successfully rooted my kindle fire HD 7 - 7.4.7
With the Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31
1) WHILE KINDLE IS UNPLUGGED Uninstall all kindle Drivers:
Download The adb drivers from the post
2) Go to settings on Kindle Enable ADB
3) Plug kindle in,
When the device is recognized you can now root.
4) Open the tool, Select option one, and read the instructions on the tool.
Enjoy!
isaiahmontero said:
I Have successfully rooted my kindle fire HD 7 - 7.4.7
With the Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31
1) WHILE KINDLE IS UNPLUGGED Uninstall all kindle Drivers:
Download The adb drivers from the post
2) Go to settings on Kindle Enable ADB
3) Plug kindle in,
When the device is recognized you can now root.
4) Open the tool, Select option one, and read the instructions on the tool.
Enjoy!
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Good stuff...
Sent from my Kindle Fire HD 7 running 4.3 Paranoid Android using xda app-developers app
Hi Guys,
Just to confirm I have also successfully rooted my new kindle fire 7.4.7 with the Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31 Method.
gingebot said:
Hi Guys,
Just to confirm I have also successfully rooted my new kindle fire 7.4.7 with the Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v31 Method.
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I'm getting error that C:/.../ric couldn't be found
have you any ideas?
root checker says device is rooted but still can't run apex or set a wallpaper etc.
yanogore said:
I'm getting error that C:/.../ric couldn't be found
have you any ideas?
root checker says device is rooted but still can't run apex or set a wallpaper etc.
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You can try again. One will install some launchers with it too. Be careful though. Using this tool on the 4th generations is not widely tested. Not that I know of anyway.
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LinearEquation said:
You can try again. One will install some launchers with it too. Be careful though. Using this tool on the 4th generations is not widely tested. Not that I know of anyway.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running Paranoid Android using xda app-developers
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Hi, My kindle is not the newest one, so I assume it's normal Kindle fire HD 7'', I tried to run it another few times with different setups on my pc etc. same error every time. It's weird that it says it's rooted but I can't get most of the thing working, perhaps I should try to put in recovery, alt boot loader and install some different rom. But because I'm not confident about my root I rather use amazon-handicapped device than get a brick.
I would not proceed until your root is working properly. Sometimes the rooting process has to be repeated. You will want to get a fastboot cord just in case if you try to install ROM.
Just the other day I had to run root and restore 4 times before it took. Ended up I got the one that installs Apex launchers as well and just installed that afterward.
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I just uninstalled the added launchers afterward that is.
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Hi, guys I got my kindle fire hd 7.4.7 rooted ok now i wanted to install twrp and a custom rom but kkfirsaide can't downgrade it, It runs all the way down ok and then after reboot I'm still on the 7.4.7, have you any solution for me?
yanogore said:
Hi, guys I got my kindle fire hd 7.4.7 rooted ok now i wanted to install twrp and a custom rom but kkfirsaide can't downgrade it, It runs all the way down ok and then after reboot I'm still on the 7.4.7, have you any solution for me?
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You need a factory fastboot cord first. Use this tutorial to get TWRP/2nd bootloader installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
LinearEquation said:
You need a factory fastboot cord first. Use this tutorial to get TWRP/2nd bootloader installed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128848
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Hi, to install 2nd bootloader and twrp and then cm11 factory cable isn't needed. Kffa want downloading files to downgrade to7.2.3 so I got it manually inhaled then twrp and cm11 no problem. But then cm11 started crashing so I rebooted kindle butit dinner start, in twrp it reported that storage can't be mounted, I have pushed Rom using adb but it wouldn't install due to storage issue soI used that tool to recover kindle but after successful installation I got into a reboot loop. Factory reset cable is already ordered. After cm 11 issues I don't know if I'll try it again.

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