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[Q] BSOD + new computer without adb drivers = ermmm...

Ok this might seem strange, and just bare with me if I'm being thick...
I have had a nose around the forums and done a search but I couldn't find a solution to my problem.
I installed CM6 (by bumblebee) on my vega via CWM and instantly got BSOD - I didn't really think this was a problem because I knew the risk that it might happen and I had already done a backup etc.
However, all the parts for my new computer arrived the next day so I forget about my BSOD vega for a week as I started building my new computer and setting it up etc etc
I just got round to sorting my vega out when I realised I had completely wiped my old laptop with all the adb drivers on it etc (because I was going to sell it). Therefore, I cant get into recovery or flash anything to it because I cant use any adb commands :s (I cant reinstall the drivers - windows wont recognise the device as adb, only as a mobile device...).
Any suggestions? Am I being thick? Thank you for taking time to read through my rambling post anyway

You should be able to get into recovery and re-flash a stock rom. Make sure the device is plugged into the power and usb. Open device manager in win 7. Then hold down the back button for 2 secs then while still holding back hold power for 2 secs then release power but keep back button down for 2 more secs under universal serial bus controllers a new device should pop up. Point that at the usb drivers from the advent website. When the drivers have installed the screen on the vega will still be black but you should be able to flash the stock rom and start again.
Hope that helps

I will give that a try thanks for your help

Ok this is strange :S
EDIT: Drivers updated! But:
It only stays in APX mode for a couple of seconds before turning itself off - I know there is enough battery because I have booted it and left it for at least 10 minutes hanging in BSOD...
EDIT2: Ok, things have got worse:
- manged to flash stock image, booted in to 1.08
- flashed clockworkmod
- got into CWM and preceded to restore
- restore froze whilst restoring dalvik cache...
- left for an hour, no change
- decided best thing to do was to turn off device and boot again
- device boots, hangs
- used adb to reboot
- now wont even get to the 'booting...' screen, adb and pc wont detec device anymore
- tried to get to apx mode, works but my pc wont detect it so cant flash stock image again...
Sounds bricked anyone got any ideas? I know it was probably a stupid idea to switch it off whilst it was restoring but it was definitely frozen.

willk22 said:
Ok this is strange :S
EDIT: Drivers updated! But:
It only stays in APX mode for a couple of seconds before turning itself off - I know there is enough battery because I have booted it and left it for at least 10 minutes hanging in BSOD...
EDIT2: Ok, things have got worse:
- manged to flash stock image, booted in to 1.08
- flashed clockworkmod
- got into CWM and preceded to restore
- restore froze whilst restoring dalvik cache...
- left for an hour, no change
- decided best thing to do was to turn off device and boot again
- device boots, hangs
- used adb to reboot
- now wont even get to the 'booting...' screen, adb and pc wont detec device anymore
- tried to get to apx mode, works but my pc wont detect it so cant flash stock image again...
Sounds bricked anyone got any ideas? I know it was probably a stupid idea to switch it off whilst it was restoring but it was definitely frozen.
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Keep trying to put it into recovery mode. At times it gets picky and you have to time it just right. Took me several attempts before it worked correctly again, so keep at it
Also, be sure to keep the USB plugged in while you are attempting to get it into recovery-mode and your sound turned up so you hear the infamous hardware-connected sound. Once you hear it, immediately plug in the power and start the recovery-flash. Do not wait too long or you'll have to start from scratch again
Keep at it, you're almost there.

Got there in the end thanks for your help!

Kindle Fire TWRP Yellow Triangle bootloop

I rooted my kindle fire with the Kindle Fire Utility. Installed TWRP, and installed the rom - MIUI.us_blaze_4.0.3-2.2.3-alpha_0xD34D. After doing this, I reboot and I am stuck at the Yellow Triangle. If I push the power button to get into TWRP the power button turns orange and is still stuck at the yellow triangle . if I power off and on again , do nothing Windows detects the kindle for a few second and then it disappears and then is detected again and then disappears, so I cannot access the device through ADB ,
Any ideas or do I now have a paper weight instead of a kindle fire

Kindle fire Utility should work even without being recognized (well it did for me after turning on and off 3 times).
Does the device at least get's the firefirefire logo? If so, this is what I did
-Turn your kindle off by holding the power button down for at most 20 seconds.
-Plug kindle into your computer
-Run the unbrick utility
-Turn kindle on
-Wait for the Caution Sign with the fire logo (firefirefire logo)
-Choose first option on utility (Recovery Loop)
-Wait... (a max of 10 minutes)
This should work, if not, try to turn off your kindle on and off, and then try again.
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This is what worked for me (I've been tossing this around awhile now, and it even worked for two of my friends).
The link to the unbrick utility is: Here

Mine got stuck on the triangle as well and I thought I was screwed, but appears you are just stuck in fastboot.
What I did was use the KFU (vashypoo has made an awesome utility) and even though it didn't show as recognized when I opened the KFU, I was able to use Option 1 - Bootmode Menu, Then Option 1 - Normal.
My Fire restarted normally after that.
Give it a shot.
Check out this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1520826
Zane had to cycle a couple of times to get it to take.

Are there alternative download links for this utility....I keep downloading it from the site that this site provides and I keep getting viruses or incomplete downloading. I have been trying to unbrick my kindle for weeks and this seems like my last route...

Try this Linux solution. It was the only thing that worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038

Solution for This: I had the exact same problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...02&postcount=4
I had the exact same problem and b63 posted this as a reply. My Kindle was stuck on yellow triangle and was not recognized by ADB. When I tried to boot into twrp the power button turned orange but stayed on the yellow triangle. The thread above is what I used, worked perfectly.
Good Luck!

Kindle Fire Bricked and Windows doesn't recognize it.
First off, thanks for all the development and help in getting the Unbricking utility and the KFU for all of us noobs. I have been searching threads for hours before I decided to post, and I can't find the answer. I rooted with KFU and have TWRP installed. I ran MIUI several months until I decided to try MIUI 4.0 after I flashed 4.0 it rebooted to the yellow triangle and the power turned orange. I ran the unbricking utility and now the light is green, but it won't go any further. When I first plug in the kindle windows recognizes it for a second and then it disappears from the device manager completely. I have updated the driver several times, tried the KFU to get it to boot (4000) and nothing works. if I turn off the kindle and turn it back on KFU and windows will recognize it for a second and reboot it, but then it gets stuck on yellow triangle and never goes anywhere. Then I don't see it in the device manager anymore, not even 'unknown device'.
I did forget and leave the Kindle plugged into the computer while it was flashing MIUI 4.0, I don't know if that would have killed it. I never got a chance to see 4.0 it's been bricked ever since.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I'm sorry if this specific situation has been covered anywhere in the forums and I missed it.
Thanks

this should help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22433402&postcount=4

[Q] KF won't start, charge, or connect to PC

[FYI: I don't a thing about tech stuff, but I can follow directions well enough if they're spelled out for me.]
I rooted my KF the day I got it using KF Utility. I don't remember what I did, and I certainly didn't understand much of it; I just followed the steps. That was several months ago (in December), and I haven't messed around with anything since. Everything worked fine, no problems. Haven't made any significant changes in months.
Then today, I tried to turn it on; the power light went on and the words "kindle fire" flashed for a second -- and then both disappeared. I connected it to a charger, and the same thing happened -- both, even the power light, disappeared after a second.
Same thing happens when I tried to connect it to my computer -- and my computer won't even recognize that it's there.
[It's now been connected to a wall charge for several hours, but the power light's not even glowing.]
What do I do? Is it "bricked"? And if so, how do I "unbrick" it, especially if my computer can't even recognize it?
Thank you in advance!

KF won't start, charge, or connect to PC
Absurd1 said:
[FYI: I don't a thing about tech stuff, but I can follow directions well enough if they're spelled out for me.]
I rooted my KF the day I got it using KF Utility. I don't remember what I did, and I certainly didn't understand much of it; I just followed the steps. That was several months ago (in December), and I haven't messed around with anything since. Everything worked fine, no problems. Haven't made any significant changes in months.
Then today, I tried to turn it on; the power light went on and the words "kindle fire" flashed for a second -- and then both disappeared. I connected it to a charger, and the same thing happened -- both, even the power light, disappeared after a second.
Same thing happens when I tried to connect it to my computer -- and my computer won't even recognize that it's there.
[It's now been connected to a wall charge for several hours, but the power light's not even glowing.]
What do I do? Is it "bricked"? And if so, how do I "unbrick" it, especially if my computer can't even recognize it?
Thank you in advance!
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If you have the FIREFIREFIRE logo I hope this will help.
1. Make sure you still have the driver installed for you KF from KindleFireUtitly.
2. Open command prompt
3. change directory
cd C:\KindleADB
4. Check and see if adb services are running
adb devices
It will not come back with any device running and that is ok.
5. Look in the KINDLEFIREUTITLY folder for a bat file named Run.bat
double click and hit run and it will open a red command prompt.
After it has ran just a few short seconds it will give you a few number prompts. Chose number 5. and reboot Kindle and it will reinstall TWRP for you. These steps will also help if you ever get stuck in FIREFIREFIRE logo again.
I really hope this helps.
Thanks,
JohninLex

JohninLex said:
If you have the FIREFIREFIRE logo I hope this will help.
1. Make sure you still have the driver installed for you KF from KindleFireUtitly.
2. Open command prompt
3. change directory
cd C:\KindleADB
4. Check and see if adb services are running
adb devices
It will not come back with any device running and that is ok.
5. Look in the KINDLEFIREUTITLY folder for a bat file named Run.bat
double click and hit run and it will open a red command prompt.
After it has ran just a few short seconds it will give you a few number prompts. Chose number 5. and reboot Kindle and it will reinstall TWRP for you. These steps will also help if you ever get stuck in FIREFIREFIRE logo again.
I really hope this helps.
Thanks,
JohninLex
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Well, like I said, I don't know much about any of this stuff, but here's what I can tell you:
I don't have FIREFIREFIRE. Not really sure what that is, but it's certainly never been on my Kindle.
What I did try doing was following those steps in Kindle Fire Utility anyway. I can get it to the point where it says:
ADB Status: Online
ADB Rooted: No
Boot Status Unknown
If from there I hit 5 (to "install latets TWRP recovery"), I get a whole bunch of
"The system cannot find the path specified." for each step it goes through, until finally it gets here:
"If we get stuck here a long time, check the ADB drivers in windows.
Fastboot uses a different device than ADB, so make sure it is installed as an
ADB device. If you see "kindle" in device manager, you need to install the
drivers. You can also try running install_drivers.bat in the drivers folder.
Do NOT unplug the kindle if we are stuck here, leave it plugged in and on.
Do NOT touch the kindle at all if we are stuck.
Setting Normal Bootmode.
Please wait..."
To reiterate again -- I don't know what any of this ADB stuff is, where to find it, etc.

We are in the same boat. Was messing around w/ someone's Bare Bones CM7, and as per instructions, clicked wipe SYSTEM, and since then my device has been with screen "on" but black; non response to power button weather plugged on AC adapter or USB. Will have to research the forums tomorrow (cant find search function now) and let you know if I find a fix and please do the same if you find something first.
Sincerely,
-RM
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Actually --- I've just resolved the issue.
I had it plugged into the computer (still unresponsive), held down the power button for about 25 seconds, heard the computer do the "tuh-rup" sound, prayed, could finally stop seeing the "black screen" while on, it was pure black due to it powering off. After it was off, I powered back up and was able to get back into TWRP. Restored, did not wipe system and presto... hopefully you can get yours fixed.

theartofbone said:
Actually --- I've just resolved the issue.
I had it plugged into the computer (still unresponsive), held down the power button for about 25 seconds, heard the computer do the "tuh-rup" sound, prayed, could finally stop seeing the "black screen" while on, it was pure black due to it powering off. After it was off, I powered back up and was able to get back into TWRP. Restored, did not wipe system and presto... hopefully you can get yours fixed.
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Nope, that's not doing anything for me. My kindle won't power on. All it does is display "Kindle Fire" for one second, then go dead.
Does anyone have ANY advice?

oundsde good
Try a different charger and plug into the wall for a little while.

_Justin said:
Try a different charger and plug into the wall for a little while.
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Tried that. No luck.

Do you have a chat program, or google talk? I'll help you out.

_Justin said:
Do you have a chat program, or google talk? I'll help you out.
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My device has the same issue, it powers down as soon as I connect it to a PC or charger. The interesting thing, that it is charging, but the led is dark. When I take it off the charger the next day, it boots up and fully charged. (when I connect a cable again it shuts down immediately)
If you find out something I would be also interester. (I've also rooted before 6.2, than I've lost root, than after I while I've faced these issues)

Alright, unless any folks have any other advice, I'm gonna go ahead and contact Amazon for a return.

try to charge it with the wall charger for some hours - check the charger - should have ~1.8A - maybe the orange light is showing up after half an hour
try to power it off by holding pwr ~20sec to allow better charging - if you can't let it on the charger - try to power it off later (eg after an hour)
look here about charger spec and contact problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23035482#post23035482
some had success with a factory cable:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23034046#post23034046

[Q] Continuous reboot on yellow triangle screen. [Solved]

Hi guys,
I've done a fair amount of reading in this forum today, but I can't seem to find an answer for my situation. I'm working on a co-worker's Kindle Fire. He tried rooting the device, and it obviously failed. I have no idea what he's done thus far.
My problem:
The device does not turn on when it's not plugged in to a computer or power source. (I'm guessing this is due to a dead battery, but I'm not 100% on this. It's charging with a wall charger as I write this.)
When plugged into a PC, the device powers on to the infamous yellow triangle screen that says to "Press the power button to boot into recovery." After being plugged into the PC for about 15-20 seconds, the device will power itself off and then back on. From then on, it will reboot every 10 seconds or so.
I've attempted running KFU to see if it will detect the device before it shuts itself down, but no luck there. I have tried pressing the power button while the triangle screen is present, but it doesn't change the power button LED to red to indicate it's been pressed.
Hopefully I've given enough details to work with. Your help is greatly appreciated.

are you holding the powerbutton.
try holding for 10 seconds it should turn the led orange and boot nto recovery.
i not then hes wiped recovery as well.
not a problem but you need to use fastboot to install a new recovery.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

would try to follow this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24406516&postcount=2

Thanks for the suggestions guys. It turns out that the device had a very very low battery and this was causing the constant rebooting when attempting to get to recovery.
I let the device charge for 30 - 45 minutes, used the KFU to install TWRP. From that point I could flasht the ROM, gapps, and it booted up successfully. CyanogenMod 9 works like charm.

glad to help ...
please mark the subject of the topic (edit first post) with [Solved]

its always the simple things. lol
glad you sorted it
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium

Defy-semi bricked

Was running an ICS rom for about 2-3 weeks. Can't remember which 1 but I do remember that it was a Defy+ (port ?, 4.0.3). It changed my phone description to (MB526). Ran pretty good but would randomly freeze and not move. Decided to re-flash. Went to clockwork to run a backup, not sure/don't remember what I did after that as it's been a week since I'm trying to get Defy back up and running. got stuck in a boot loop. Now it's not even looping, just freezes on google splash screen.
My problem: I can get into boot loader fine but phone is not recognized/won't connect with RSD Lite. Tried a couple different versions including v4.9. If I could connect I'd just re-flash an sbf. Drivers are fine. I have other Motorola Apps such as Flash&Backup3, P2K, Motorola Phone Tools for a couple other phones I have so I should have any drivers I need, Also phone was flashed prior to this with these drivers installed.
I cannot get into fastboot, stock or CWM recovery. I did notice "all" of the zip files on the SD card were gone. Roms, Apps, etc. Everything else was still there. When phone is off and I plug into the computer, the white led lights for a bit, then the blue, then the google splash screen and that's it. Won't move after that. So I'm guessing my recovery is still there but I can't access it. Tried connecting with/without SD in the phone. No luck.
I cannot connect with ADB either. Says no device found.
I've downloaded and re installed everything I could but still no luck.
I am at a loss as to what to try next. This is not my 1st flash so I like to think I know what I'm doing. Flashed 11 different phones, 5 different OS's. So I'm not a noob. But now I need some help from you guys/gals.
Anyone with any suggestions would be welcome.
From my limited knowledge I understand that if you can get into the boot loader your not bricked ?
So what do I do next ? HELP. Questions ? Ask away. This is starting to piss me off.
Bootloader 09.10
Battery OK
OK to Program
Connect USB Data Cable
After pluging in usb, phones says:
Transfer Mode: USB
Did all this on Vista Desktop. Should I try my Windows 7 Ultimite laptop ?
Mods: apologize if it's been covered but I didn't see my problem in the threads, not that I looked at all of them.
Thanks

crz6662 said:
When phone is off and I plug into the computer, the white led lights for a bit, then the blue, then the google splash screen and that's it.
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When the indicator is lit in blue, press the volume down. It should boot recovery.
crz6662 said:
Should I try my Windows 7 Ultimite laptop ?
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Yes.
Also you could try to connect your phone to another USB port.

Try that when I get home from work. Let you know if either worked.

Ant-ON said:
When the indicator is lit in blue, press the volume down. It should boot recovery.
Solved. Ya know, I thought I there was something I was missing. That's what happens when you own 9 different phones and play with them all. I had just finished flashing an old Motorola RAZR V3re.
Appreciate the heads up.
Up and running in 5 minutes. Thanks
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