Hi, I've recently rooted my Kindle Fire device using KFU v9.3. After this, I noticed that FFF and TWRP weren't installed. So I used KFU to install FFF and it worked perfectly. I tried to install TWRP and it failed saying
"Oops… something went wrong with the download.
The recovery downloaded is not correct.
Please try the download again."
However, on the second try it worked up until a point where KFU said "Setting Normal bootmode" followed by "waiting for device...". This was when my kindle got stuck on the yellow triangle screen and my computer has not been able to recognize it since.
I have tried to install drivers via the install_drivers.bat file in KFU, however i get the error "install failed (Unsigned)" I tried to use Zombiepirates' Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility and selected "Stuck at logo" but it can't find the device.
Now when I plug my kindle into the computer it just keeps turning on and off and my computer doesn't recognize it.
I'm using a WIndows XP pc and I have access to a windows 7 one if needed.
Try this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422832
Have you tried using KFU to change the bootmode back to normal despite your kindle not being detected? After you attempt to change the bootmode to normal perform a hard reset (hold the power button for 30 seconds) and your kindle should be detected. Hope this helps, worked for me for the same issue
I can't, whenever I use "install_drivers.bat" I get an error that says "Install failed (Unsigned)"
Do you know how I should go about fixing this?
BluesHawk said:
Have you tried using KFU to change the bootmode back to normal despite your kindle not being detected? After you attempt to change the bootmode to normal perform a hard reset (hold the power button for 30 seconds) and your kindle should be detected. Hope this helps, worked for me for the same issue
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Yes I have. It says "waiting for device" and I did a hard reset to my Kindle but still it's "waiting for device" now my Kindle is just shutting on and off rapidly whenever it's plugged into the computer
Is windows blocking the driver? You're on XP right? Try this, then try installing the driver.
Right click on My Computer then select Properties to open System Properties.
In “System Properties” dialog box, select the Hardware tab.
Click on Driver Signing button.
Make sure "block" option isnt checked. That wouldn't let you install any uncertified drivers.
BllgpapaG said:
Yes I have. It says "waiting for device" and I did a hard reset to my Kindle but still it's "waiting for device" now my Kindle is just shutting on and off rapidly whenever it's plugged into the computer
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The same thing is happening to me. My kindle is rebooting when plugged into the computer, KFU or KUU aren't able to do anything. I'm using Windows 7 but I can't bring up the drivers because the device isn't recognized by windows
any ideas on how to stop this rapid rebooting is much appreciated
Edit
a link to my post on a similar issue can be found here
MasterJoefus said:
The same thing is happening to me. My kindle is rebooting when plugged into the computer, KFU or KUU aren't able to do anything. I'm using Windows 7 but I can't bring up the drivers because the device isn't recognized by windows
any ideas on how to stop this rapid rebooting is much appreciated
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Update your kindle fire driver with the file in the KFU directory.
Go into Device Manager, find the Kindle fire, update the driver and point it to the driver in the KFU directory. (KFU>drivers>kindle)
_Justin said:
Update your kindle fire driver with the file in the KFU directory.
Go into Device Manager, find the Kindle fire, update the driver and point it to the driver in the KFU directory. (KFU>drivers>kindle)
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The kindle is not listed in the device manager because after the kindle reboots a few times while connected to the pc, windows stops adding it to the device manager. Is there any way to manually add it and add the drivers?
MasterJoefus said:
The kindle is not listed in the device manager because after the kindle reboots a few times while connected to the pc, windows stops adding it to the device manager. Is there any way to manually add it and add the drivers?
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I don't know why it's doing that. Is it constantly rebooting? Try another USB port or PC.
from the op of kfu:
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.
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and from vashypooh - dev of kfu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506
about drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
hope this helps ...
@b63
THANK YOU! Your post about drivers is the most direct and effective way to install drivers. I wish I could thank you a million times.
glad to help ...
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Kindle Fire in FFF Loop
I am also having the same issue as well. Tried running the KFU for unbricking and still nothing as my PC nor my laptop is able to recognize my KF. Not sure what to do. It is constantly just looping while connected via USB and if I disconnect it, it powers off.
Any help would be great.
sounds like empty battery
would try to charge it with the wall charger for some hours
if it turns on if you plug it to the wall charger try to power it off by holding the pwr button ~20sec till it turns off to allow charging
noob needs help with ice cream sandwitch gone wrong!!
Hey ya'll,
So I'm sure you're tired of noobs posting but I just need a little help. I rooted my kindle last night and then tried giving it ics 4. So, I wiped everything (as instructed) and before hand I added the cm09 file along with the gapps. Yet, when I downloaded and extracted these two files they came out as multiple files so I first extracted the files to my desktop. I then transferred the individual files to the root of my kindle. When trying to "install" them , the individual files(which cm09 and gapps had been comprised of ) popped up but I couldn't do anything with them (flash ,etc). So, then I tried condensing all the gapps files into one "gapps" folder and all the cmo9 files into one "cm09" folder and transfer it to the root. Same thing happened. What I think I should haev done is not extracted either and just have sent the unzipped files to the root of my kindle...woops...I am a dumb noob after all! So, now I'm stuck with my kindle and when I turn it on to "normal mode" (not the TWRP) the "kindlefire" insignia pops up at start up like normal but it just sits there like that. Any idea of what I should do and where I can get the files to do it so that I too can have the LIMITLESS POWER OF ICE CREAM!!?? MWAHAHAHAHA...really though..any help ?
would try to boot to twrp - tap mount and mount sdcard - copy the cm9 file to the root of sdcard as instructed - install it with twrp - that should do it
you can install the necessary gapps afterwards - if i remember right it is also described how to do in the op of cm9
i just wanted some help. I rooted my kindle fire and flashed everything had cm7 on it one point and wanted to try miui's rom. I did as instructed but its stuck on the fff screen. Ive also tried as b63 instructed. But every time i connect my kindle it shows up for a brief second and disappears. What do i do? Please help! thank you!
You are 100% correct.
b63 said:
sounds like empty battery
would try to charge it with the wall charger for some hours
if it turns on if you plug it to the wall charger try to power it off by holding the pwr button ~20sec till it turns off to allow charging
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If the yellow triangle is flashing and the tablet turns of when you unplug it from your computer then the battery is totally dead. I figured that out after 7 hours of frustration!
Yea I had that same issue with mine. I connected it to its factory shipped charger and about an hour later it was turning on and staying on.
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Hey All,
So my kindle fire was chugging along just fine and it showed up in Windows device manager, mounted as a drive etc. I ran the 'Kindle Fire Utility' v3 and used zergrush - no problem. Then I selected 'Install latest TWRP'. It did something, rebooted, then it all went tits up.
Now when I turn on my kindle fire, I'm stuck on the logo. It doesn't show up in device manager and I've spent about 2 hours trying just about every adb/fastboot command I can find.
Obviously none of them are working because they just say device not found or sit on 'waiting for device' forever.
Anyone got any ideas at all what I could do? I've only had the bloomin' thing for about 2 weeks and I think I've really bodged it up!
I've read through every related post I could find and none of them seemed to match my conditions and none of the commands have done the job.
Fingers crossed! Cheers
UPDATE: I finally managed to fix this by booting from a live Ubuntu disc where the kindle was found over usb and I was able to use fastboot.
philstuffs said:
Hey All,
So my kindle fire was chugging along just fine and it showed up in Windows device manager, mounted as a drive etc. I ran the 'Kindle Fire Utility' v3 and used zergrush - no problem. Then I selected 'Install latest TWRP'. It did something, rebooted, then it all went tits up.
Now when I turn on my kindle fire, I'm stuck on the logo. It doesn't show up in device manager and I've spent about 2 hours trying just about every adb/fastboot command I can find.
Obviously none of them are working because they just say device not found or sit on 'waiting for device' forever.
Anyone got any ideas at all what I could do? I've only had the bloomin' thing for about 2 weeks and I think I've really bodged it up!
I've read through every related post I could find and none of them seemed to match my conditions and none of the commands have done the job.
Fingers crossed! Cheers
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There is several threads about this use the search
Actually I think the answer to your problem is contained in the thread where you downloaded the tool.
Hiya,
I appreciate the reply but I think you're wrong. There are similar issues but I haven't yet seen any that are exactly the same.
You *think* there's a solution in that thread? or you know? Because I've looked through it and several others over the last couple hours and I'm still not making any progress.
Like any forum you're quick to jump on the bandwagon and scream 'use the search'. I'm active on other forums and I get the reasoning behind it. But I think you've jumped the gun in this case.
Cheers
others have reported the same behavior with version 3 of the tool.
they recovered by downloading version 1 or 2 and use the usb driver
from one of theese versions.
have not tried it, just read it today ...
Thanks for the heads up b63. I saw the same earlier and tried v2 but not yet v1. The reason being that although the drivers are bundled, I can't (that I know of) install them without the device at least showing in the device manager..
Cheers
philstuffs said:
Now when I turn on my kindle fire, I'm stuck on the logo. It doesn't show up in device manager ...
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From this I read "doesn't make the USB Connected noise when you plug it in". I don't imagine that different drivers will make much difference. Have you seen the post on how to make a factory USB cable?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693
philstuffs said:
Thanks for the heads up b63. I saw the same earlier and tried v2 but not yet v1. The reason being that although the drivers are bundled, I can't (that I know of) install them without the device at least showing in the device manager..
Cheers
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Here's what you need to do to fix that:
Go to device manager
Right click the device. It will be Android USB Composite Device or just kindle
Click uninstall
Disconnect the kindle and reboot the computer
When the computer is back up, turn on the kindle and plug it in
It will fail to install the driver. So, go back to device manager
Right click kindle
Click update driver
Click let me choose...
Click let me pick the driver...
Click have disk
Point the file browser to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb-driver\android_winusb.inf and click ok.
Choose Android USB Device when prompted
Click install anyway if prompted
The driver should have installed properly now
open Kindle utility
Choose factory reset
Unplug kindle
Boot kindle
Have fun!!!
daveoggy,
That's right, no ding dong. Although if I turn the kindle fire on and plug the usb cable in immediately (have it sitting ready to push into the fire) then the device manager does refresh after about 5 seconds, as if something was connected. Although no new device is shown.
I'll look into the factory cable, thanks for that.
does the usb connection make a noise - thats the right question !
if jes then ist a driver problem - there is something wrong with the driver from v3
if it makes the typical noise then a factory cable is like shooting with a cannon on flys
jlocohustler said:
Here's what you need to do to fix that:
Go to device manager
Right click the device. It will be Android USB Composite Device or just kindle
Click uninstall
Disconnect the kindle and reboot the computer
When the computer is back up, turn on the kindle and plug it in
It will fail to install the driver. So, go back to device manager
Right click kindle
Click update driver
Click let me choose...
Click let me pick the driver...
Click have disk
Point the file browser to C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb-driver\android_winusb.inf and click ok.
Choose Android USB Device when prompted
Click install anyway if prompted
The driver should have installed properly now
open Kindle utility
Choose factory reset
Unplug kindle
Boot kindle
Have fun!!!
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Thanks but remember I said it's not showing up in device manager?
b63 said:
if it makes the typical noise then a factory cable is like shooting with a cannon on flys
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... is the right metaphor
to uninstall a device you don't see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539/en-us
b63 said:
to uninstall a device you don't see:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539/en-us
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Good man. Uninstalled and rebooting now. It's been a long time since I've used Windows.
Will update shortly.
Cheers
Try completely powering the device down. IE holding power for 20+ seconds. Give it a minute, then turn it back on with it plugged in.
DO you hear it dinging over and over for like 10 seconds?
I was able to uninstall the device by following b63's advice on items not listed in device manager.
I then rebooted and connected the kindle. It came up with the new hardware alert in my taskbar but that then disappeared and no new hardware is being shown in the device manager. There was no ding ding at any time.
Vashypooh, I held the power button for 20 seconds, the kindle fire turned off. I then booted it back up about a minute or two later. Still no ding.
*sigh*
You say you are stuck on a logo on the Fire which logo?
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The logo is static. No animation.
philstuffs said:
The logo is static. No animation.
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I meant what does it look like
Sent from my Kindle Fire using Tapatalk
which logo ?
"kindle fire" static or yellow triangle ?
It says 'kindle fire' in static text
Kindle in white
Fire in gold
No other icons/logos on the screen.
First, sorry for my english.
I have a Kindle Fire OS 6.2.1. I dont know why my Kindle didn't work with ADB driver.
Only one time it work when I used Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.1, then I run option 2 then 3. After that, my Kindle reboot and stop at logo's screen, and adb didn't recognize my Kindle anymore.
I tried install/uninstall, downloaded new driver, install Android SDK,.... but don't luck.
All method to unbrick need adb work well.
Help me fix this issue, please. I live in Asia and can't return my Kindle for Amazon.
first - have you read and done the tricks from kfu ?
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.
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second - don't use the drivers from kfu - do according:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
This helped me get out of a brick 4 times I hope it helps you-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20421225&postcount=222
Just to be redundant this is not a 'brick'
Confirming the driver issue- gotta use diff drivers I restored my Win8 to the kfu .6 just to get adb working
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire
b63 said:
first - have you read and done the tricks from kfu ?
second - don't use the drivers from kfu - do according:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
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The 2nd option help me out to get my kindle fire recognized.
Thanks.
On mine I booted it up to the firefirefire logo and right before the screen flickered I'm not sure if yours does that) I ran a command on the an adb shell command then re ran Kindle fire utilitity's taro installed and it fixed it!
I spent two weeks with a similar problem, finally have everything working. My biggest problem was a USB to micro USB cable that worked fine for charging, but seldom worked for communication between the Fire and my PC. Try another cable.
If your PC beeps when you insert the USB cable, then the cable is probably OK.
Next likely problem is that you don't have ADB installed properly. You can check this by typing adb help at the CMD prompt. (START, RUN, CMD, adb help) If you get a lengthy response, then ADB is installed OK. If you get an error msg, then you need to fix that. Google "How to Install ADB"
If ADB is OK, and you still can't see your Kindle, you probably haven't updated your PATH Variable properly. "How to Install ADB" should include instruction for doing that, but you need to be sure you enter the actual path that your have to the SDK Platform_Tools folder on your PC, not the one described in the video.
Once I managed to get these three thing all working at the same time, things started to fall into place. To most of the people on this forum, these things are probably obvious, but to an old geezer like me every step is a painful learning process.
Good luck
So i may have bricked my Kindle Fire. I rooted it successfully, did not install TWRP or anything similar. Installed the Android Market but could not get it to work so i "deleted from device" from my carousel and my Kindle turned off and couldnt turn back on Then I attempted the Kindle Unbrick Tool and tried that, but it seemed that it could not find my Kindle on my computer (I'm running windows vista) Even when i plug in the usb it doesnt make the happy little noise it makes when you plug in something. I went to device manager and saw that it was recognizing it both as "Android" and under portable devices, "Kindle" or a few times it came up as "L" which is the usb port I had it plugged into.
tldr; Unbricking tool is not "finding" my Kindle on my computer Also I'm kind of a n00b at this, as far as running codes and whatnot.
side note: My kindle is also low on battery at the moment. I have it charging right now, so maybe that's a factor?. When I turn it on, I get the Kindle fire logo but no animation, it still stays lit after that screen as if it's still on but nothing happens..Any advice would be appreciated ^.^
Hey, My kindle got stuck in fastboot too. It wasnt recognized by KFU and unbricking tool. Here is how I managed to recover to normal boot: Remove the drivers in device manager and reboot your stuck kindle fire, but do not unplug it (just hold power button for pretty long time till it shuts down, then just turn it on). Windows should recognize some device. now install adb drivers and launch KFU. If it sees your fire you are good to go, if not just try changing bootmode to 4000 as if it was recognized. BUT this worked for me. I do not know if it will work for you! I take no responsibility or whatsoever. Good luck sir. Do not give up
Hi guys!
I have a problem with my kindle fire, brought 2 days ago...
Yesterday I've tried to root my device...and I think that I've done (because on my Fire, there was the superuser app)...but after that, I've tried to put C7 rom but the tutorial says that before this, I need install TWRP.
I've tried to install TWRP with KindleFireUtility...but after 3 steps, the program reboot my device and when it restart, remain fixed on the bootscreen (the black-screen with text: "Kindle Fire" and NO yellow triangle)
I've tried to use CMD but the problem is one: never command (on cmd) find my device...beacause also the pc NOT FIND DEVICE!!!
Please help me...I'm very desperate
PS. sorry for my poor english
you have to update the driver at this point:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21720811&postcount=41
and from the op of kfu:
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.
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and from the dev of kfu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506
b63 said:
you have to update the driver at this point:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21720811&postcount=41
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I can't do this! Because when I plug-in my device on PC, windows XP not recognize the device!!!
So, if I go on device manager (on pc) in the list of devices...there isn't my Kindle Fire...and then I can't re-install drivers!!
it's not kindle fire - look for "android phone" or "unknown device"
i've only find "device USB unknow" (this a translation, because I'm italian and xp says: "Periferica USB non riconosciuta").
I've uninstall this, I've restart XP and I've plug-in my device...and I try to install the driver but when I select the .ini file, there is no good for this!
which ini ? which driver set ? do you use the drivers from kfu 0.9.2 ? if yes - fine
the right driver installation file is android_winusb.inf (not the ini) in the drivers\kindle folder of kfu
nothing!
1) I plug-in the fire
2) XP says that is an unknow device
3) I open the device manager. In the "USB root HUB" there is a "Unknow Device". DoubleClick that open a window of Property.
4) I click on Driver tab and click on "Upgrade Driver". Choose the path (folder driver of kfu) and select "android_winusb.inf"...but there is a message box "The specified location does not contain information about the hardware".
So...
gave you a pm some time ago ...
I had a similar problem while trying to install TWRP the first time via KFU except I was stuck at the yellow triangle and not the Kindle Fire screen.
First I replaced run.bat in the KFU folder with the one from this post because my Kindle was 6.2.2. Next I installed the drivers for my uknown device in device manager both by pointing the unknown device to where I saved android_winusb.inf and also ran the install_drivers.bat. I got an error saying they could not install.
Next, I followed the steps here
•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
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and when I rebooted my Kindle, it booted normally and appeared as Kindle in Device Manager. So despite KFU not detecting my device, and the drivers giving me problems, I was still able to issue the command in KFU for normal boot mode and held the power button for 30 seconds and it was back to normal. I hope this helps.
nothing...I'm desperate...
I Think that the principal trouble are DRIVERS! In fact, when I plugin my device, now XP (another pc with xp) see the device but tell me that the device is unknow...
So, I try to install driver from (extras/google/usb_driver/android_winusb.inf) but xp says that "there is no information about hardware".
after 48h, now XP see my device and I reinstall the driver (android_usb.inf).
but...now I've anothere trouble: WHY the Kindle Fire Unbrick not see my KF?
While KFU see my device and show me this:
adb status: online
adb rooted: no
boot status: unknow
but if I open CMD and write "adb devices"...no device found!
What Can I Do?
So after reading and trying how others on here fixed that very same problem I deiced its time to make a post and ask for help because those other methods did not work.
Ok I did something stupid and I went ahead and did a factory reset to my kindle. Yes I know it was a complete noob thing to do and I should have known better seeing that I have rooted and flashed ROMs on all my other android devices and never once did something that dumb but I did it this time. Now I do have a back up made and had it safely stored on my PC.
Problem is that I can't get into recovery it stuck on the FFF logo and holding down the button only brings it back up. When the device restarts windows recognizes it as an unknown usb device and won't connect and Adb also wont recognize the device or show that it is connected. So now I need to ask someone who is more knowledgeable then me on what to do next. Any help will be appreciated
Ok update: Was able to solve my own problem using the Kindle fire utility and by uninstalling the drive for the kindle through the device manager, then using the drive install_drivers.bat in the KFU folder to reinstall the drivers. I next unplugged my kindle from the pc, turned it off by holding the button on the kindle in and then restarted it with the usb plugged into the pc. My Pc recognized my kindle and I was then able to use KFUs Bootmode menu and once in there used option 1. to boot it in normal mode. Hope this helps anyone who was stuck like I was. My memory of which adb commands to use was a bit rusty but using the KFU helped with that part.