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TWRP Recovery installation through KF Utility bricked my Kindle

Hello, brand new to the Kindle. I rooted my device just fine last night and decided to use Kindle Fire Utility to install TWRP. ADB was recognizing the device perfectly and the script seemed to be running fine until it rebooted the Kindle. At that point the script said "reboot: operation not permitted waiting for device" for an extended period of time. After waiting awhile, at this point I did something I probably shouldn't have, I unplugged the Kindle and rebooted it using the power button. It's been getting stuck at the "kindle fire" boot animation ever since. I haven't gotten a screen with a triangle and fire logo.
I tried following the instructions in the sticky but it seems adb no longer recognizes the device, so I can't push zergRush or anything past that.
Is it permanently bricked or is there a method to fix my problem yet?
Thanks for any help.
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Update: kindle was fixed by uninstalling drivers, reinstalling as android composite usb device, and switching it out of fastboot. not permanently bricked.

sounds like its in fast boot.
open the utility again, check if its in fast boot, if it is run the install command again. if u can't get it installed, use utility to change boot mode back to 4000.

I had the same problem this method worked for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20509949&postcount=245 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20421225&postcount=222

Thanks for the fast replies!
When I try to change the bootmode using the fastboot it just says waiting for device and never progresses. KindleFireUtility shows ADB Online, Boot status at 4002, and fastboot as offline. Device manager doesn't show a Kindle, just an android adb interface with a yellow ! triangle.
I did restart the PC once and the kindle a few times. No luck yet.
I installed the ADB Composite driver again for the device and got this error (attached)

I had the same issue. It turned out that I had forgotten to update my computer with the drivers needed for TWRP install after copying them to the Android and .Android folders. I was able to get to the first reboot.. waiting for device and then checked device manager when it wouldn't progress. I found that the the driver was unrecognized. After updating the drivers in device manager, TWRP completed install successfully and I was able to backup my FW6.2 and then flash CM7.

uninstall the driverand use the driverin the utility thread? someone said leaving ur kindle connected to ur pc and rebooting ur pc will reboot the kindle? if it works su with terminal and change bootmode back to 4000
sent from my kindle fire

Alright everyone, I got it working after uninstalling the driver for the Android device, shutting down, starting up again, and plugging in and reinstalling the driver, then changing the bootmode using the instructions previously posted. Thank you all SO MUCH for helping as much as you could. Now to try this again!

terracode said:
I had the same issue. It turned out that I had forgotten to update my computer with the drivers needed for TWRP install after copying them to the Android and .Android folders. I was able to get to the first reboot.. waiting for device and then checked device manager when it wouldn't progress. I found that the the driver was unrecognized. After updating the drivers in device manager, TWRP completed install successfully and I was able to backup my FW6.2 and then flash CM7.
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Now I'm wondering what you mean by making sure the drivers are installed for TWRP to install correctly. Obviously I missed a step the first time, what do I do to make sure I don't miss it again? Right now when I try to install TWRP again it says "The system cannot find the filepath specified" several times.

would recomend to use following:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
download the utility and prepare according:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20574755#post20574755
change bootmode, install twrp or whatever with the utility

Got twrp on it last night successfully and flashed CM7.

My question is somewhat related to this thread...
I'm on 6.2 (wifi turned off) and was already rooted and am trying to update to the 6.2.1 secured update with root installed update found on XDA. I'm using Kindle Fire Utility v.6, and to the best of my knowledge using the drivers included with the KF Utility program.
In the utility I show...
ADB Status: Online
Boot Status: 4000
Fastboot Status: Offline
Question is I'm not familiar with fastboot and unclear if I have everything configured in order to (safely) install TWRP. In a command prompt when I type 'fastboot devices' nothing is displayed ("adb devices" shows the device). Combined with the fact I've never seen anything but "Offline" for the Fastboot Status, I'm a little concerned I'm missing a piece of the puzzle and hesitant to install TWRP until I know better.
Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

look at my post on page 1 of this thread !

@Stevebro: I believe if you are using KF Utility v.6, then you should be good to go. As long as you installed and updated the usb Drivers and then ran zergRush, you should be at the point where you can install TWRP. Just make sure you are using the latest version of KF Utility and it should go pretty smoothly.

... After you install TWRP, I'd recommend going back to your KF OS and do a Titanium Backup of your apps and then doing a TWRP backup. When you flash to CM7 you can restore all your apps easily and painlessly using Titanium backup to restore with the Batch restore option.

Couple nervous moments, reboots and switching out of fastboot mode in the utility... but it all went well. Thanks for the help!!

glad to hear everything is fine ...

Glad to hear everything worked out. I myself sat staring at the "yellow triangle" for a couple of hours. lol, but I just kept working through it and tried not to panic and I got everything working again.
I think OP should edit the first post, or get a mod to edit the title. I keep reading random posts about "lot's of people permanently bricking their Kindle Fires" while I cannot recall a single instance of someone bricking and having to return one and it is getting tiresome.

[Q] Another Bricked KF for the Pile [SOLVED]

I looked through A LOT of bricked KF threads but I can't fix the issue that I'm having. Before I found this forum and the very useful looking tools that it provides (KFU, etc) I managed to root my KF by using adb and pushing / installing burritoroot by the command prompt. Everything looked OK, I installed su and got root access to work in the adb shell as well as for apps.
I attempted, without much success, to get the Android Market working on my KF but it always crashed. I messed with some permissions like for /system/app, but I changed that one back to match the other folders in /system.
I may have deleted an apk out of /system/app that wasn't the Android Market, but I'm not sure...
Anyway, I tried to reboot my KF and it got stuck in a boot logo loop. It reports a boot mode of 4000 (normal).
I tried the fastboot recovery method and also KFU, but there are some issues:
Root access seems to have disappeared (access through adb shell cannot be elevated)
Burritoroot will not install anymore through KFU (I get the message "Error: Could not access the Package Manager. Is the system running?"
The above message also occurs when I try to use the adb install command
Fastboot never recognizes the device. It sits on <Waiting for Device> forever.
I've tried rebooting the KF while connected and reconnecting the USB.
I made a Factory Cable, but the Fastboot condition is the same.
I uninstalled my Windows drivers until it showed up as "Kindle" in the Device Manager and installed the files that came with KFU.
I tried the KF Unbrick utility, but that didn't seem to do anything that I missed.
Additionally, when I connect with adb shell I have limited file system access. I can is through /system and some other folders, but I can't access /sdcard and I can't seem to mount the sd card
After writing all this and thinking it through, I decided to compare the /system/app directory on my KF with one in an update.zip file that I downloaded.
It looks like I deleted the file ApplicationsProvider.apk from /system/app
That seems to be the only thing missing.
Is this a Try-to-return-your-KF important file? Is my KF hosed?

fonetik said:
Is this a Try-to-return-your-KF important file? Is my KF hosed?
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Nope, if you can get fastboot working it doesn't matter how broken /system is. Try this to sidestep the Windows driver problems I think you're having:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
Once you get TWRP installed you can restore from the stock update which will wipe and replace /system.

Thanks I'll give this a shot. I had some issues with Windows when trying to install Cyanogen on my Droid X and a Linux Live-CD got me back on track. Hopefully this will do the trick. I'll report back.

Well, I'm in Ubuntu and I got the firekit stuff up, but it does the same thing. It refuses to connect with fastboot. It just sits at < Waiting for Device >.

I had a similar problem and it was my usb driver set up:
/etc/udev/rules.d/##-android.rules
the ## for Meerkat is 70
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, ATTR{idVendor}==”0bb4″, MODE=”0666″
Vendorid is 1949 for KF
link that got me going: http://esausilva.com/2010/05/13/setting-up-adbusb-drivers-for-android-devices-in-linux-ubuntu/
sorry if you already know this.

I'm new to this so thanks. I'll try it tomorrow when I get a chance.

fonetik said:
Well, I'm in Ubuntu and I got the firekit stuff up, but it does the same thing. It refuses to connect with fastboot. It just sits at < Waiting for Device >.
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Are you sure you're in fastboot at that point? Are you using your factory cable? Try doing this to get into fastboot mode and use a different USB cable to connect with fastboot. If that doesn't work, do the same but use Firekit in case the fastboot drivers are messed up.

I'm probably not in fastboot. I'll give this a shot. Thanks again.
Edit:
That seems to have gotten me into Fastboot! I'll see if I can get TWRP installed.
There's a faint pulse =)
Edit 2: TWRP installed OK and I used it to try and install the stock update.zip. It rebooted and then got stuck at the logo again, but I'm going to keep working on it. At least I have a tool I can use.
Edit3: I seemed to be stuck at the TWRP yellow triangle, I think I managed to install FireFireFire, and managed to get back into TWRP. I cleared all my caches and did a factory reset. Then I installed a pre-rooted version of 6.2.1. It did a little reboot dance for a while and then came up into the OS!
Thanks a ton pokey9000. I'm happy to send a couple $$ your way.

fonetik said:
Edit3: I seemed to be stuck at the TWRP yellow triangle, I think I managed to install FireFireFire, and managed to get back into TWRP.
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Just in case someone else reads this... The Yellow Triangle is not TWRP... it is FireFireFire... TWRP by default is the blue themed screens you get after the FireFireFire icon and will start out saying TEAMWIN in Landscape mode.
BTW, good to hear you fixed the problem. You should edit the original post and change the Subject adding [SOLVED]

krelvinaz said:
Just in case someone else reads this... The Yellow Triangle is not TWRP... it is FireFireFire... TWRP by default is the blue themed screens you get after the FireFireFire icon and will start out saying TEAMWIN in Landscape mode.
BTW, good to hear you fixed the problem. You should edit the original post and change the Subject adding [SOLVED]
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Sorry about the confusion. It was the FFF triangle, but the KF wasn't going into recovery when I held the power button down. I reinstalled with FFF using adb and it worked. Original post subject updated.

How I was able to unbrick my Kindle Fire

Hi everyone.
I managed to brick my kindle fire within an hour of purchasing it, but using the suggestions on this forum, I was able to get it back up and running in a few hours.
The method that I had to use involved suggestions grabbed from several threads, so I wanted to provide instructions on exactly how I managed to fix mine in case someone ends up in the same situation as me.
For starters, I had just updated my Kindle Fire to 6.2.1 and I was messing around with trying to get the google app manager installed. I rooted the device, and I was changing permissions in the /system/app directory when the device crashed and became stuck on the boot animation. I did not have TWRP installed at the time.
So if you are like me, or in a similar situation, this may be applicable.
These instructions assume that you have adb on your computer.
First, ensure that you are able to communicate with your device using ADB. Verify this by using the command:
adb devices
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or by using the kindle fire utility and ensuring that the status is online.
If you are not able to communicate with your device AND have the boot animation (right to left reflection across the "Kindle Fire" logo text), you likely have a driver issue.
Several possible ways to resolve this. First, I recommend going to device manager and unistalling the driver for the android phone adb interface. Unplug the kindle fire and plug it in again. The device should show up without a driver as "kindle". Manually apply the proper driver again and check the adb connection. If this does not work, uninstall the driver again and add 0x18d1 at the end of adb_usb.ini on a line underneath "0x1949" and reapply the driver. Toss in a few shutdowns in between some of these steps if you are still having trouble. Hopefully you now have a connection to your device.
If you are not able to communicate with your device AND do not have the boot animation (right to left reflection across the "Kindle Fire" logo text), your kindle fire is in the wrong bootmode (likely fastboot).
To fix this, download fastboot.exe (if you don't already have it) and run the following command, even if you don't have an adb connection)
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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or if that doesn't work
fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x18d1 reboot
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Your kindle fire should restart and now be stuck at the logo with animation, and you should have the ability to communicate with your device through adb now.
Now, you should download the kindle fire firmware (6.2.1 as of the time of writing this) from http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620. Rename this to update.zip and drop it in the same directory as adb.exe on your pc. Execute the following command.
adb push update.zip /sdcard/
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Now, you need to use fbmode to enable the fastboot mode, per pokey9000's instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20755810
Assuming that that was able to complete successfully, you need to flash TWRP 2.0 per pyrostic's instructions at http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-ho...our-kindle-fire/page__pid__301703#entry301703
You now should be stuck at a screen with a yellow triangle. Pressing the power button several times until it turns orange should bring you into the recovery screen. Do the following:
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset
Go back to the home screen and select install -> update.zip
And when that's done, you can tell it to reboot.
It'll think for a minute or two at the kindle fire boot, and then it will go into the initial setup screen. You're now the proud owner of a working fact0ry default kindle fire!
Quick note: I wrote this from memory quickly to try to help anyone experiencing problems. I'm no android expert, so if there are ways to improve on this or corrections to be made, please let me know so that the community can benefit.
And I don't want to appear to take undue credit for any of these instructions. I did not come up with anything on this guide on my own, everything came from various threads on this forum. These are just the steps that I followed to successfully bring my kindle fire back from death.

Man, My Kindle Fire does not even get detected by my PC

Now, you need to use fbmode to enable the fastboot mode, per pokey9000's instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=20755810
Assuming that that was able to complete successfully, you need to flash TWRP 2.0 per pyrostic's instructions at http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-how...03#entry301703
You now should be stuck at a screen with a yellow triangle. Pressing the power button several times until it turns orange should bring you into the recovery screen. Do the following:
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset
Go back to the home screen and select install -> update.zip
And when that's done, you can tell it to reboot.
It'll think for a minute or two at the kindle fire boot, and then it will go into the initial setup screen. You're now the proud owner of a working fact0ry default kindle fire!
****When I run the fbmode I am getting stuck on the boot logo screen. Can someone please help me??

that is normal - you are in fastboot mode now - adb commands don't work in this mode - fastboot commands do - resume with the description ...

Thanks for your post.
I also "bricked" my kindle the day I got it but my issue was not having the correct drivers installed when I started the rooting process. My drivers would recognize the Kindle when it was booted normally but when it went into fastboot mode the Kindle would just show as "Unknown Device" in device manager. In windows you can't remove the drivers for unknown device so I had no way of backing out the old drivers.
What I ended up doing was grabbing my other laptop and making sure I had the correct drivers installed, then connected the kindle and was able to back it out of fastboot mode.
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umarsl said:
Man, My Kindle Fire does not even get detected by my PC
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Does it show up as "unknown Device" in device manager?

you can uninstall the drivers
win 7:
http://www.petri.co.il/removing-old-drivers-from-vista-and-windows7.htm
xp:
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/removing-unused-device-drivers-from-windows-xp-machines/6017628

Just wanted to say thanx for the post. I ran into the exact same condition that the op did where I inadvertently screwed up the permissions on the /system/app directory which caused the kf to wig out and brick. I wished I had seen your post earlier because I ended up going to many posts and piecing together the information which was a little confusing at times. The op is great and I just wanted to point out two observations that seemed to me the most confusing working through the issue and getting it unbricked and hopefully will bring some clarity for folks.
1. Understanding the different states of the "kindle fire" logo.
- Shimmering animation and appears to loop = normal boot mode and is the state that you should be able to communicate with adb. This is the state where you can push files to the kf like twrp and fbmode which is what is needed to get kf in fastboot mode when bricked like this.
- The logo is static and does not "wink" out or loop = fastboot mode. This is when you use fastboot commands on your PC to change boot modes and also execute files such as twrp to get it installed once you pushed it to the kf with adb.
2. USB Drivers.
- This can be a real killer. After playing with this for hours, the one thing that I found that helped the most was when the driver stopped working I would unplug the kf from the PC and then hard reboot the kf (hold on/off ~20 seconds) then just plug back in, don't use on/off. Keep the device manager open on the PC and watch. You will soon start to see a pattern when you have the right driver and do this a few times.
Once these things are ironed out all eventually works out. BTW, this occurred after my kf was upgraded to 6.2.2. So the instructions and tools and everything else you will find still works. Good luck to anyone working through this issue. Just remember, if you can communicate with it, it's almost certain there is a way to recover it.

Kindle Fire Boots to Team Win Recovery Program Screen

Help! For Christmas my parents bought me a Kindle Fire but before I got it, they gave it to my sisters boyfriend who is a techy kind of guy and he put twrp and hacked the kindle. Well the other day I was trying to download something and it rebooted and went straight to the TWRP gray screen (the one with the options to install, backup, restore, wipe, etc.) I do not know what to do! I have searched through threads on the forum about using the kindle fire utility, it doesnt work. My computer recognizes the kindle as an android phone and when i run the utility, it says my boot status is unknown so i dont think that the program is detecting my kindle? Please help!

Are you having trouble getting out of TWRP, or what?
Just click on Reboot --> System and that should get you back into the normal system.
You may also want to check into this if you have further problems:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356257

I have tried the link that you have given me before and it didnt work as well. I've also tried the reboot -> system and the other option given. Neither of them work. My problem is, whenever i start up my Kindle, it goes straight to that screen after the yellow triangle screen. Any help?

Dakdak234 said:
I have tried the link that you have given me before and it didnt work as well. I've also tried the reboot -> system and the other option given. Neither of them work. My problem is, whenever i start up my Kindle, it goes straight to that screen after the yellow triangle screen. Any help?
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I'm assuming you accidentally hit "reboot into recovery. If you are not a "techy" guy, you need to get in that mode and follow the link dude provided. You will need to download a couple programs to your pc, and acquire a microusb cable. Follow directions to the TEE' and you'll be ready to go in no time.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda premium

kfu is just good for what you need - regardless what status it reports try option1 and bootmode normal
if it does not work check your drivers - in device manager it should show up under android phones - if not update the driver - try to run install_drivers.bat in the kfu directory first - if it does'nt work try to update manually - it is in the drivers\kindle directory of kfu
regarding drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
then retry kfu option 1 bootmode normal

Okay so i remembered using winRAR you need to extract the folder and I did and the kfu is working properly now except for one thing, it says the ABD status is offline... i dont know what to do about this

the adb status is offline - this is normal when the kf is in fastboot mode
normal boot -> adb commands YES -> fastboot commands NO
fastboot -> adb commands NO -> fastboot commands YES
recovery -> adb commands YES -> fastboot commands NO

Sorry but i'm confused on what youre telling me to do :/

- run kfu
- select option 1 (bootmode menu)
- select option 1 (bootmode normal)
that's it

Thank you a million! I just realized that i was typing in "4000" instead of "1" and it wasnt recognizing the command!

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

Okay 1 last thing and im really sorry for putting you through all this... when its booting up, it gets past the black screen with the yellow triangle but after that the screen is just black, its not shutoff because i can see that the backlight is on... Is this a problem thats fixable?> :/

hold the power button for ~20sec till it turns off - power on again

Did like you told me to... Got past the yellow triangle fire fire fire screen and just sits there with the backlight on...

what did you try to install ? it seems the kf can't boot into a system ...
and as you asked earlier - everything (besides hardware failures) is fixable
but a hardware failure seems not to be your problem

I cant exactly remember but i remember it downloaded and then the kindle randomly shut off and when i turned it back on it just went straight to the recovery... ive tried resetting the kindle several times right now and even going back into the recovery mode and nothing is working :/ i believe the problem has gotten worse

you can install a new rom now - which one did you have before ?
i can give you the download location and how it is done ...

Like i mentioned before, i didnt set it up. I cant tell you what rom was downloaded but i do remember some programs that ive seen before in guides?? There were like the golauncher and other "go" programs... if that doesnt stand out to any specific one i believe there were some cryogen (or however its spelled) stuff on it... i know it was set up just like his verizon phone

then i would think it it was cm7 - download from here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?hmdc0lmgvnlbg97
this is the update version - i would try this one first so you should not loose anything
- boot into twrp
- now you should see the kf on your computer
- copy the downloaded file on the kf
- tap install
- select the file and install
try this first

Okay thank you. Is it okay if i PM you if something goes wrong? You seem to know alot about this

Nexus 7 Stuck in Boot Animation Loop--Please Help

***TL;DR AT THE BOTTOM***
*^*EDIT 2!!*^*
Utilizing Cerberus, I was able to get passed the boot animation into the lock screen, though the Launcher is, for all intents and purposes, nonexistent. However, I was able to install Nova Launcher and can go to a home screen just fine. THIS IS NOT SATISFACTORY. I want to get back to STOCK Launcher, but it apparently does not exist anymore. I've managed to copy over my backup of Launcher2.apk, but it still refuses to acknowledge its existence. Can I get an update.zip that'll reinstall the default launcher from someone? I can boot into recovery via ROM Manager now I suppose!
+++EDIT!+++
+++~~~I have discovered that my problem is not the device being stuck in boot up, but that the boot animation will not cease--as +in the device is actually powered on, just displaying the boot animation like a screen saver. I cannot boot into recovery as I get +the Google splash screen and it never goes anywhere, my bootloader is freezing every time I plug it into my computer, and the +drivers will not install. My computer cannot detect fastboot and I can't connect to the Nexus via adb either. I CAN access internal +storage but that's about the extent of what I can do.+++~~~
Long version:
I decided I wanted to change the App Drawer icon from stock to a Nexus X that inverted its colours when pressed. I found the icon, converted it to png, inverted the colours and everything was going fine.
After a while I finally managed to find the right icons to replace in the system apk file "launcher2.apk". "ic_allapps.png" and "ic_allapps_pressed.png" or something very similar. I simply replaced them with my two icons, installed my modified launcher2.apk, and that was it.
Immediately, my home wouldn't open at all, no matter how many times I pressed the home button. It just would not exit the app I had up. So I started backing and ended up in an infinite back loop. I powered off the device, waited a minute, and powered it back on.
It came to the usual "Google" screen with the unlocked symbol at the bottom, no problems. However, then it started playing the boot animation. The boot animation never stopped. It looped infinitely. I tried resetting the tablet a few times for the same result. It was after 3 am and I had to get up for work in 4 and a half hours. I thought that maybe it was gonna take a while. So I flipped the Nexus over while it was "booting up" and went to sleep.
When I woke up and checked the tablet at 7:30, it was STILL booting up. Obviously I had screwed something up.
Now, stupid me, I had never flashed CWM recovery on my Nexus 7 (haven't had it that long), so all I'm stuck with is STOCK Recovery. I'm pretty sure I can rescue the Nexus by factory resetting it or something similar, but I'd rather try to save it first. All I modified was a LAUNCHER application, so I'm pretty sure the current state of the Nexus itself shouldn't be too far gone. Is there any way to save the Nexus WITHOUT a data wipe? And if the data wipe DOESN'T fix my problem, is it possible to somehow flash a stock ROM through stock Android Recovery?
***TL;DR***
I modified launcher2.apk and replaced "ic_allapps.png" and "ic_allapps_pressed.png" with two customized .png files (which I renamed to their appropriate file names). Now my Nexus is stuck on the boot animation indefinitely. I would like to save all of my data, as a data wipe would be inconvenient, but if I must do one I shall. I am on a stock ROM and a stock Recovery. If a data wipe/factory reset will not save my device, is it possible to flash a stock ROM through regular Android Recovery?
===Related but irrelevant to the problem===
Is it completely impossible to change the stock App Drawer icon to something different? I'd rather not have to get a different launcher app just to create a Nexus theme! I did a little more research and found that I should've modified the "all_apps_button_icon.xml" file as well, but I have NO idea how to do that.
Many thanks,
VonDerThWood.

As long as you can get into the bootloader you can flash back to stock using fastboot and the image from here

NeoMagus said:
As long as you can get into the bootloader you can flash back to stock using fastboot and the image from here
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no need to flash back to stock, silly advice. just flash a custom recovery and flash a stock rooted rom. flashing a stock rooted rom will replace what you messed up on. dont wipe.

simms22 said:
no need to flash back to stock, silly advice. just flash a custom recovery and flash a stock rooted rom. flashing a stock rooted rom will replace what you messed up on. dont wipe.
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How can I reflash the ROM on stock Android recovery? Googling that returns CWM results.

He is suggesting you flash custom recovery with fastboot and just flash over top of what you did thru the custom recovery which you can do as well, what I suggested just returns it to factory state I don't see whats so silly about it I understand he wants to keep his data but worse comes to worse as long as you can get into the bootloader you're fine

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He is suggesting you flash custom recovery with fastboot and just flash over top of what you did thru the custom recovery which you can do as well, what I suggested just returns it to factory state I don't see whats so silly about it I understand he wants to keep his data but worse comes to worse as long as you can get into the bootloader you're fine
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youre right about if worse comes to worse. reflashing the factory image should be the very last thing to do, when all other options have been tried. im just trying to save his data

If you don't have fastboot set up you might want to give this post a look he describes how to get it set up.
simms22 said:
youre right about if worse comes to worse. reflashing the factory image should be the very last thing to do, when all other options have been tried. im just trying to save his data
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I don't use custom recoveries and backup my data regularly with Titanium, so restoring after a reflash is really just an afterthought here, to each there own

The problem is not as it seems.
When I plug the Nexus into the computer when in Fastboot mode, it freezes the Recovery. I cannot select anything OR move the selection to anything else. The hell?
I noticed that when the Nexus attempts to boot up, the boot animation gets brighter.
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Wait, when it attempted to boot up when plugged into my PC, AutoPlay recognized the device as Nexus 7. There is nothing on my screen but the boot animation, however I can browse internal storage.
I cannot, however, connect to it via adb apparently. ADB devices returns nothing.
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Okay, the problem is NOWHERE near what I thought it was. The boot animation is replacing the lock screen/home screen/everything. I just received an email (I could tell because of the notification noise the tablet made). It is booting up, just not displaying anything passed the boot animation and ADB cannot detect the device. I KNOW it has USB Debugging mode activated and all, but what can I do now?
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I usually make backups and nandroids but I've barely owned this device. ;P

Does fastboot detect the device?

janedoesmith said:
Does fastboot detect the device?
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Fastboot doesn't detect the device while booted up like this, and when I plugged it into the computer when in recovery/fastboot mode it not only froze the device, but fastboot wouldn't detect it.
I can get into the internal storage (just not the root of the device unfortunately). So what can one do when he cannot connect to the device via fastboot or adb, nor flash a custom recovery image because he can't access fastboot?
This is getting more complicated the more I dig into it. What the hell did I do?

Are you on the correct screen? I see how you are lumping Fastboot/recovery together, Fastboot is used on the screen with the android with his chest open after holding down the power/vol buttons from complete off , has version info/ unlock status in the lower left.. not sure if you can do that in the recovery but that is where I put the commands in

the freezing in the bootloader is a n7 bug. try a few times. try going into the bootloader then plugging in usb, and try plugging in via usb then going into the bootloader. try a few times, eventually you will get it.

VonDerThWood said:
Fastboot doesn't detect the device while booted up like this, and when I plugged it into the computer when in recovery/fastboot mode it not only froze the device, but fastboot wouldn't detect it.
I can get into the internal storage (just not the root of the device unfortunately). So what can one do when he cannot connect to the device via fastboot or adb, nor flash a custom recovery image because he can't access fastboot?
This is getting more complicated the more I dig into it. What the hell did I do?
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You have to be in bootloader for fastboot to detect your device. Once in bootloader, open a command prompt where your fastboot.exe is stored and type "fastboot devices" without the quotes. If it detects it, it should list your N7's serial number.

NeoMagus said:
Are you on the correct screen? I see how you are lumping Fastboot/recovery together, Fastboot is used on the screen with the android with his chest open after holding down the power/vol buttons from complete off , has version info/ unlock status in the lower left.. not sure if you can do that in the recovery but that is where I put the commands in
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Fastboot has the "Recovery mode" option but it just gives me the Google logo with the unlocked icon at the bottom indefinitely...which means I cannot access recovery either? Why didn't I notice this before? >_<
simms22 said:
the freezing in the bootloader is a n7 bug. try a few times. try going into the bootloader then plugging in usb, and try plugging in via usb then going into the bootloader. try a few times, eventually you will get it.
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Tried 10 times by booting into bootloader first, then 10 times by plugging it in and booting into it while it's plugged in. This is a very...odd bug.
janedoesmith said:
You have to be in bootloader for fastboot to detect your device. Once in bootloader, open a command prompt where your fastboot.exe is stored and type "fastboot devices" without the quotes. If it detects it, it should list your N7's serial number.
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Nothing at all. Won't detect it or anything.

it is an odd bug. i think every n7 owner who likes to flash roms/kernels has had to deal with it at least once.

VonDerThWood said:
janedoesmith said:
You have to be in bootloader for fastboot to detect your device. Once in bootloader, open a command prompt where your fastboot.exe is stored and type "fastboot devices" without the quotes. If it detects it, it should list your N7's serial number.
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Nothing at all. Won't detect it or anything.
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What about in device manager? Does it at least show an unknown device or something similar? Try reinstalling the drivers.

janedoesmith said:
What about in device manager? Does it at least show an unknown device or something similar? Try reinstalling the drivers.
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Now that I think about it, it DID say something about failing to install an unknown driver the first time I plugged it in. Let me uninstall/reinstall the drivers.
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After reinstalling the drivers (and removing both of the Nexus7 specific ones), I also removed one named "Android", which, coincidentally, is the driver that the tablet is trying to install upon being plugged in. I have tried to reinstall it several times, but it fails each time, AND I just reinstalled the real Nexus 7 drivers.
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The Nexus drivers won't reinstall now. I even went to Asus's website and downloaded them, but I have no clue how to install it in this format.
Is there a way to open/install an app through JUST the Internal Storage? If so, I have the stock launcher2.apk file right here...I just need to reinstall it! Damn, how can I get to the Root folder without ADB?

Whoa! Stroke of GENIUS!
I have Cerberus installed on my tablet. Since I know the tablet is booting up, just not displaying passed the boot animation, I decided to give it a try.
I started an alarm, which forced the tablet to the lock screen...I can open apps through the Play Store (as I got an update notification) and the like, but I can NOT get to the home screen.
I opened Total Commander via Play Store, but I can't do anything with it. The app that I used was NinjaMorph and I'm pretty sure the only way I can correct my mistake is through that app. What do I do?
Found NinjaMorph in the Play Store, it couldn't fix my problem. Oh hell.
I tried to copy/replace the launcher2.apk file I screwed up with a backed up one but TotalCommander couldn't do it. It was even granted SuperUser permissions. Attempting with Root Explorer.
Success! I have copied the original Launcher2.apk back into the /system/app folder. HOWEVER, I can NOT install it.
Managed to connect via adb! Things are looking up! Now, how to install this stuff...?
When trying to reinstall the launcher2.apk, it gives me the following error:
INSTALL_FAILED_UID_CHANGED
So I tried uninstalling it to no avail. Troubling.
SO! Now what? I am into the device, and any app I have downloaded through the Play Store is available to me, but I cannot go to the home screen. I need to reinstall the original Launcher2.apk!
Retrying NinjaMorph. It supposedly installed my Launcher2.apk. However, I still cannot return to the Home screen. WTF.
I'm going to install a different Launcher. Hope that works!
Success. I can now return home to Nova Launcher. HOWEVER...
This is not satisfactory. I want my STOCK launcher. Anybody know how I can fix this? The stock launcher is acting like it doesn't exist anymore. Is there a way to just wipe THAT data and keep all the other data on my device?? (Though I admit, I do like how I already was able to change my App drawer icon to my Nexus X <3.)

Edit: I see you resolved it. Good job! I'll just leave this here... :good:
Is there a way to open/install an app through JUST the Internal Storage? If so, I have the stock launcher2.apk file right here...I just need to reinstall it! Damn, how can I get to the Root folder without ADB?
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You sound to be in Windows driver hell. If you have access to a Linux machine or someone who does, this entire driver mess can be avoided.
You can't install an apk via the MTP or PTP usb interface. You have a few options to fix this, but all depends on getting your drivers sorted.
Otherwise, grab the latest Windows USB drivers from Google - https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/usb_driver_r07-windows.zip and follow these instructions to install them - http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html
With the drivers installed and the nexus 7 plugged in, try adb devices again. Assuming you can resolve the driver issue, run
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adb install path\to\launcher2.apk

comminus said:
You sound to be in Windows driver hell. If you have access to a Linux machine or someone who does, this entire driver mess can be avoided.
You can't install an apk via the MTP or PTP usb interface. You have a few options to fix this, but all depends on getting your drivers sorted.
Otherwise, grab the latest Windows USB drivers from Google - https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/usb_driver_r07-windows.zip and follow these instructions to install them - http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html
With the drivers installed and the nexus 7 plugged in, try adb devices again. Assuming you can resolve the driver issue, run
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adb install path\to\launcher2.apk
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I managed to get ADB working (via adbWireless) after the above post I made, however I cannot get launcher2.apk to install. This time I got the "INSTALL_FAILED_DEXOPT" error instead of the "INSTALL_FAILED_UID_CHANGED" one.