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Stuck on Splash Screen

I tried to install TWRP last night. I had the img file in the same directory as fastboot, but I received an error message saying "Fastboot not found" I had followed the instructions on the TeamWin site for the Kindle. When I gave up and unplugged my Fire, it appeared fine, but then I rebooted and ever since I've been stuck on the "kindle fire" splash screen. I checked to make sure the drivers are still installed from when I rooted, they are, but my computer won't recognize my fire. I also just tried the new Kindle Fire Utility, running it with admin priveledges and I get message that Fastboot is offline and pressing 1 for Normal just tells me "Waiting for Device..... then The system cannot find the path specified". I also held the power button for 20 seconds to totally shut down and restarted, didn't help. Am I hosed?

Sounds like you are in fastboot (I can be wrong) first make sure you have fastboot installed on your computer (Guide: Link ) next is when its on the kindle splash screen run - fastboot -i 0x1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img

Thank you. I may be getting closer. That did something. I saw the teamwin logo, and now I'm on the yellow triangle. I am not unplugging my Fire yet. Is there a next step? I'll continue researching, but if you can help, I'd really appreciate it

good then your basically done. Just hold the power button down when you start up the kindle until it changes colors and then you will be in recovery mode, then just hit reboot in recovery mode and your good to go.
Also the yellow triangle is the bootloader firefirefire which is bundled with TWRP 2.0

Thank you. I found the answers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20421225&postcount=222. Rebooting my PC didn't do the trick, I actually had to shut it down for a few minutes and then I followed those instructions. All good and Twrp is verified as installed. Thanks again.

sweet, glad you got it all worked out.

Just did my first nanoid backup Takes up about 500 megs, but now I have the piece of mind! What we need now are some really good roms to choose. Maybe a replacement for Amazon video so we don't have to temp unroot! I think I've been spoiled by my EVO 3D

Great, am I bricked?

Following the video walk thoughs of rooting and installed TWRP.
I got the KF rooted successfully without issue, but the issue came when I went to install TWRP.
I got to the point where I ran the run.bat and then chose option 5 to install recovery. It download the recovery, and pushed it to the device. I watched it restart which it hung on the yellow triangle.
At this point the tutorial said to reinstall the drivers by running the .bat provided - that worked and it continued. I tapped "Reboot" on the KF. The script continued a bit further and the device rebooted and now it's stuck on the yellow triangle AGAIN. ADB refuses to respond and the drivers seem installed properly. I closed out the command prompt from the script because it was just hanging there.
Edit:
Device Manager shows Android Debug Bridge with an exclamation on it, claiming "This device cannot start".
Any idea what I should do at this juncture?
Thanks!

Ok, think I fixed it.
I found this trick:
"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 "
Now, it booted back up.
At this stage, is TWRP installed??? I don't want this happen again LOL.

Had a similar problem as you, my drivers messed up going into fastboot on the Kindle Fire Utility and it hanged on boot.
If your fire displays the triangle on bootup that means Kindle Fire Utility has replaced the bootloader, which it does anyway before installing TWRP, so my guess is you're fine...
I'd wait for someone more experienced to answer as well though just to make sure.

Mwa exp. is definite not. So for mental ease I use only cmd prompt to do just the essential [ie.] adb device+ rtn key, and the like. God forbid I hit something that means solder a cable pin for connectivity after removing case rear enclosure on chasis, locate the ;X' chips, AND use extreme caution at this point. ...Still works don't fix it. Use alternate route.

I got it fixed as I stated above guys. Currently running ice cream sandwich!!

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

[Solved!]Kindle Fire Stuck On Yellow Triangle But Not Recognized By Computer

I rooted my Kindle Fire and installed CM9 on it using TWRP 2.0. I updated CM9 to CM9 Alpha but realized that I liked CM9 better. I then tried to flash MIUI 4.0.3 to my Kindle to see how that would work and got it to work but didn't like that either. I booted back into TWRP and then attempted to restore. Once I my restored it I hit the reboot system button and my Kindle got stuck on the yellow triangle. I unplugged and plugged it and attempted most if not all the suggestions by various threads. The problem is that every time I plug my Kindle into my computer while it is off it displays the yellow triangle and is only recognized for 10 seconds. After it disappears it reappears for 5 more seconds and then completely disappears. I attempted to use KFU to reboot it in normal 4000 by having KFU open plugging in my Kindle and quickly hitting the reboot in normal 4000 mode. KFU said that it told the Kindle to reboot in normal mode but when it started up again it stayed on the yellow triangle. I am really frantic as I love and use this tablet every day! Any help is appreciated!

bricked?
it seems like i keep finding people with the same problem as me that noone wants to help ;; this is madness

When you were connected to KFU and attempted to put it in normal bootmode did you attempt a hard reset when it said "Waiting for device...."? Sometimes the KF hangs and needs a 20 second hard reset

Try this using Ubuntu linux booted from a stick. Worked for me when nothing else would.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038

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

b63 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22433402&postcount=4
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This worked for me after hours working on it last night. Follow all those steps as they make the most sense and actually work compared to all the other threads I've read

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

After having problems with my amazon app, and all my google apps, I figured it was a good time to try and learn how to put a new rom in. So I picked CM9 and tried to no avail. I was getting the same problem as alot of guys on here where it said something about /media. But unlike the others, mine wouldn't load like the others. I also was unable to go back to CM7. I was stuck in TWRP. So I tried my back-up and still nothing. Then thinking maybe I had a bad download I tried another CM9 and nothing. Then I tried MUIU. All three said failure to install. Then after trying the MUIU, my computer quit recognizing my KF and it stopped loading into TWRP and just went straight into yellow triangle. I followed the other threads and added the line under the 1949 in .bit file. I reinstalled the drivers in my newly downloaded KFU. Then tried the adb and nothing works because my computer won't recognize the KFU.

Had the same problem as the op. This solution also worked for me.
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[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