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Can't access fastboot through Ubuntu 9.10

Hey everyone , so I installed Android SDK on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine, the IDE works fine, my problem arises when I want to send commands to the phone using the fastboot command in the terminal. I get command not found error.
I followed both of these procedures:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Fastboot
any help would be greatly appreciated.

try this out......(link)
Follow this its better . Just got passed to me I think its cool. Try it out.
http://dennis.christilaw.com/?p=135

blackerwater said:
Follow this its better . Just got passed to me I think its cool. Try it out.
http://dennis.christilaw.com/?p=135
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well i did try it , and still nothing it still says adb:command not found , fastboot: command not found

i don't know how good your linux skills are. but you might need to
Code:
chmod +x adp
, then you can run it from it's dir with
Code:
./adb
or you can ln or cp it to your bin dir. for fastboot the same applies (mutatis mutandis).
you might have to use sudo, too.
hope that helps

tried that too
Ubuntu still doesnt recognize it
i should tell you im trying to run it from the terminal window.

pk198105 said:
tried that too
Ubuntu still doesnt recognize it
i should tell you im trying to run it from the terminal window.
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do this:for jaunty/karmic..
step 1
sudo touch /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
step 2
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
#and add this line and save/close:
SUBSYSTEM==”usb”, SYSFS{idVendor}==”0bb4″, MODE=”0666″
step 3 (modified permission)
sudo chmod a+rx /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
step 4( testing device)
./adb devices
step 5 (if works say thanks!))
note: some linux terminal accept ./adb devices or adb devices

Also before that you might want to check and see if the device ids show up when you plug the phone in. Might be something else with your device or rom your running......good luck.

pk198105 said:
Hey everyone , so I installed Android SDK on my Ubuntu 9.10 machine, the IDE works fine, my problem arises when I want to send commands to the phone using the fastboot command in the terminal. I get command not found error.
I followed both of these procedures:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Fastboot
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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These are the best instructions I've found for setting up the Android SDK on Ubuntu:
http://www.futuredesktop.org/developing_android_apps_on_ubuntu.html
The bit you need to get right it setting up the "udev" policy file. The permissions you set here allow you to access the phone from Ubuntu's point of view.
Also....Do you know that to run a program FROM ITS FOLDER from the command prompt in Linux you need to put "./" in front of it? This is telling to look in the current folder for the program to execute it. But you have to be in that folder.
So you would go to [sdk-folder]\tools and type in (you may have to use 'sudo') "sudo ./fastboot devices" and it should list any attached phones that have USB debug turned on in the phone settings (you do have it turned on, right?)
You should see something like (from my phone):
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools$ sudo ./fastboot devices
HT95SKF07937 fastboot
If you see this, then you can move to booting a recovery on your phone. If fastboot doesn't list any devices, then your udev probably isn't set up right.
Here is an extract. This works *every* time. The lines below mean you must use sudo to run fastboot or adb....and to start the adb server ("sudo ./adb start-server"). Butif you add GROUP="plugdev" to the end of each line and also add your username to the group "plugdev" (via SYSTEM -> Administration -> Users and Groups), then you don't need to use sudo.
*****
10d) In Ubuntu, create a new rules file for these vendor:device IDs.
Type this command to create the file.
$ sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
Add the following blue lines (rules) to it and save the file. If your lsusb command reports other, newer product IDs for vendor 0bb4, add them also to the file.
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c01", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0bb4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0c02", MODE="0666"
--
10e) Re-connect your phone.
Your phone should be detected if you unplug and reconnect it to the computer.
*****
List devices again and you should be fine.
If you're reading and understanding the instructions, it should work. If you're skipping the bits you don't understand.....then go back and understand them. No other way. I'm assuming here that your phone is able to handle fastboot. If you see the three dancing androids, it most likely can.

Try this write up by Google. Hope this one helps. If not then ill do an easy step by step. ....good luck. You know now that I think about it its easy doing it on windows witch doesn't make since it should be easier on a unix box for crap sakes!
http://www.google.com/gwt/n?u=http://developer.android.com/sdk/eclipse-adt.html

finally got it to work. It seems I was missing a file from the Android SDK. Everything is running smoothly, thank you all for your help.
Unfortunately it didnt say which file was missing..

pk198105 said:
finally got it to work. It seems I was missing a file from the Android SDK. Everything is running smoothly, thank you all for your help.
Unfortunately it didnt say which file was missing..
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try using the sdk manager to update your sdk...see if that gets you the missing file...
-BMFC

i can't get fastboot to work. i placed it in the tools folder. if i enter "fastboot" in a terminal, i get the command line options. "fastboot devices" does not work, though adb and the android sdk are running fine. i'm able to make screenshots, but i'm not able to explore the phone or use fastboot. ideas?

when it says "adb: command not found" it usually isn't in your .bashrc path, or if you did put it in possibly you didn't log out/log back in or restart your computer.
PATH=”$HOME/bin:$PATH:/home/{USERNAME}/android-sdk-linux_86:/home/{USERNAME}/android-sdk-linux_86/tools"
glad you got it working though

could you help me, too?
if i enter fastboot in my terminal i get all the options:
Code:
[email protected]:~$ fastboot
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
so the program is working, executable and in my path.
adb does work, as well as the sdk.
i can connect to my phone via ddms and adb, but not via fastboot. it does not find anything....

[Q] boot logo brick (?) [SOLVED]

i'm VERY new to all of this, and i promise i tried my hardest to find an answer in existing threads and google, but haven't found anything to help with my prob:
I tried (?) to root kindle fire [android police thingy], not sure if I succeeded or not (had a lot of "device not found" at the beginning) and tried to install RTL languages support at the same time.
I haven't installed any "TWRP" or "firefirefire" or anything like it.
after the reboot at the end of the RTL, the kindle got stuck on "kindle fire". I tried 20 second power button for several times, on and off power.
kindle fire utlity ("run") says:
adb status: online
adb rooted: no
boot status: 4000
when trying to root through this (temp root), i get: adbd cannot run as root in production builds.
I get the same phrase trying to do anything on the utiility.
Can I do anything to save this from being a 200$ coaster?
THANKS!

you can try to install fff and twrp with kfu (option 5)
then copy one of the prerooted stock images to sdcard:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402440
would recommend the secure one
and install with twrp:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20543289&postcount=47

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i get about the same thing for every option i choose.
any other option?
(and THANK YOU for answering so quickly)

open an (elevated) command prompt in the tools directory of kfu and type in:
adb shell
copy and paste what you get back

b63 said:
open an (elevated) command prompt in the tools directory of kfu and type in:
adb shell
copy and paste what you get back
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$ sign.. (waiting does nothing, "enter" produces yet another $ sign :X )

that is very good - you did not mess up your shell !!!
ok - what version of kfu do you have ?
would recommend the newest one - 0.9.2 - extract it to c:\ and rename the folder to "kfu" so that it looks c:\kfu
then give it a retry with option 3 and then 5
please copy and paste the output that i can see what it is doing

b63 said:
that is very good - you did not mess up your shell !!!
ok - what version of kfu do you have ?
would recommend the newest one - 0.9.2 - extract it to c:\ and rename the folder to "kfu" so that it looks c:\kfu
then give it a retry with option 3 and then 5
please copy and paste the output that i can see what it is doing
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the kf is on 6.2.1 and the kfu is 0.9.2.
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on the first attempt with no. 5, it started downloading something but my internet went bad and the dl stayed on 52%. I manually downloaded the file and named it "recovery" (in the correct folder). after that, i got the message in "brick 3"
and another thing - even though i keep getting "adb rooted: no", after each time i "root", the device reboots, but it doesn't reboot after the "installation" of the twrp.

that with the recovery was right - it has to be recovery\recovery.img
the file should be ~10mb - maybe we have to do it manually
the problem is that burritoroot is allready installed and kfu can't gain root
you did not install burritoroot with kfu ? (kfu has a special version)
therefor we get the message "... can not run on production builds"
now we can look where the file is located and install with kfu or
install fff and twrp manually
i think in this case it will be easier to install manually:
first fff 1.2 manuell:
•download from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=850008&d=1326179460
•extract to the folder where adb.exe & fastboot.exe is located
•"adb shell idme bootmode 4002" & "adb reboot"
•flash with "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin"
second twrp manuell:
•copy recovery.img which you downloaded and renamed to the folder where adb.exe & fastboot.exe is located
•install with "fastboot -i 0x1949 boot recovery.img"
now we reboot into recovery:
•"fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001"
•"fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot"
now we should have the recovery system installed ...

b63 said:
i think in this case it will be easier to install manually:
first fff 1.2 manuell:
•download from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=850008&d=1326179460
•extract to the folder where adb.exe & fastboot.exe is located
•"adb shell idme bootmode 4002" & "adb reboot"
•flash with "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin"
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itmw,
"adb shell idme bootmode 4002" (in c:\KFU\tools)
gave me:
"<idme> invalid permission"
(and thank you again for all the help)

RYuval said:
itmw,
"adb shell idme bootmode 4002" (in c:\KFU\tools)
gave me:
"<idme> invalid permission"
(and thank you again for all the help)
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looks like you have messed up the permissions !
ok - then we use this to get into fastboot:
download this and extract in the tools folder:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=833582&d=1325144494
then:
adb push fbmode /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode
adb shell /data/local/tmp/fbmode
adb reboot
now we should continue the steps above

b63 said:
looks like you have messed up the permissions !
ok - then we use this to get into fastboot:
download this and extract in the tools folder:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=833582&d=1325144494
then:
adb push fbmode /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode
adb shell /data/local/tmp/fbmode
adb reboot
now we should continue the steps above
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those steps went fine.
but now we're back to "error: device not found"
reinstalled the drivers, shut down, restarted and reinstalling again to see if it helps. (maybe it's just me, but it feels like anything that can go bad, does. )

RYuval said:
those steps went fine.
but now we're back to "error: device not found"
reinstalled the drivers, shut down, restarted and reinstalling again to see if it helps. (maybe it's just me, but it feels like anything that can go bad, does. )
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that's quite normal
what say your device manager about adb or kindle ?

b63 said:
that's quite normal
what say your device manager about adb or kindle ?
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until recently, "adb android device" or something like that..
now it says the driver does not suit 64bit... (currently: unknown USB device)

it should say "android adb interface"
update the driver with the one from c:\kfu\drivers - they can 64bit
if it does'nt work you can run install_drivers.bat from c:\kfu - maybe 2 times
for information in device manager:
normal boot (4000) -> android composite adb interface
fastboot (4002) -> android adb interface

b63 said:
it should say "android adb interface"
update the driver with the one from c:\kfu\drivers - they can 64bit
if it does'nt work you can run install_drivers.bat from c:\kfu - maybe 2 times
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for some reason, that still doesn't work..
and the driver was properly installed earlier..

RYuval said:
for some reason, that still doesn't work..
and the driver was properly installed earlier..
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for normal boot - have you ever been/worked in/with fastboot mode ?
we have to get the right drivers for every mode working
i just switched my kf to fastboot and return to normal boot to verify
try to update the driver manually (select manually)
alternately you can delete every driver with kindle or adb and then unplug and replug the kf
that' only a loose description that you see how it is done:
if you' asked
-choose browse my computer for driver software
-Then select have disk
-Then select browse
-direct to where you downloaded the usb driver
-Select okay and okay
just in case you'r not asked:
-Go to device manager
-right click on the exclamation mark kindle
-Choose update driver software
-choose browse my computer for driver software
-choose let me pick from a list of devices on my computer
-Then select have disk
-Then select browse
-direct to where you downloaded the usb driver
-Select okay and okay

will be updated (drivers installed.) the name's without "composite"

if you have a 32 bit pc - that's the better choice
what os is it ? xp 7 or ?
on the 32 bit you can try an alternate set
download it from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
and run the included batch and then install the driver

b63 said:
if you have a 32 bit pc - that's the better choice
what os is it ? xp 7 or ?
on the 32 bit you can try an alternate set
download it from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
and run the included batch and then install the driver
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i have 32bit win7 (and 64 on win7)
it identified as an "adb interface device" but still "device not found" on cmd..

RYuval said:
i have 32bit win7 (and 64 on win7)
it identified as an "adb interface device" but still "device not found" on cmd..
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device not found on what command ?
your on an elevated command prompt (as administrator) ?
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
it should return "kindle"

The Complete Noob-iots Guide To Rooting, Recovery, and Troubleshooting

The purpose of this tutorial is not to teach you everything. It's just to give the less-than-average user (noob) an idea of why certain steps are taken and how to prevent and or troubleshoot problems that most people have when rooting or flashing ROMs on their device. I am also assuming that if you do decide to root your device you have at least a basic working knowledge of a computer. If you don't know what a desktop is or how to find the "any" key, you have no business being anywhere near a computer much less an android device…continue no further. Read my tutorial…If you like it, let me know. If I missed anything or got something wrong, let me know…I'll try to fix it. If you're impartial to it, I couldn't care less. If you hate it, PM me…I have some important information for you about anger management.
ROOTING
While there are different rooting "methods" they all rely on the same basic concept. Get temporary root access to your system in order to use the adb (Android Debug Bridge) to transfer necessary files and change permissions to permanently root (take ownership of) the device.
Before programs like KindleFireUtility and KindleWater, rooting the Kindle Fire was done manually through a command line interface (command prompt). Although those programs still use the same methods, you never see it. But why use command prompt? What do those commands mean anyway? Anyone can point and click but if you don't know what is going on behind the scenes then you are big trouble when things go wrong…and they inevitably will. So, let's get started.
From here on out we will consider this the beginning of the tutorial. Read everything first before doing anything. Pay close attention to what's being said and follow instructions carefully. Now...
Before anything your device needs to be fully charged and have the Android SDK and the Kindle adb drivers installed onto your computer. I'm not going to go into how to install SDK or Kindle adb drivers here because there are millions of pages on the internet that will teach you, and quite frankly that's not the purpose of this tutorial. That being said, lets get down to business and talk about the older (manual) methods of rooting the Kindle Fire.
First, lets start with the device turned on. Now go to your Kindle Fire settings and scroll down and select "Devices". Make sure "Allow Installation of Applications" is set to ON. This allows you to install apps not downloaded from the Amazon App Store. Next we open the App Store and search for and install a file management utility (ES File Explorer is a good one to start with). This will be necessary to temporarily root your device. Exit the App Store.
Now plug your device into the computer. For the purposes of this exercise there are two USB modes you will need to know, USB debugging and USB file transfer. On stock devices when you plug into your computer you will see a black screen that says "You can now transfer files from your computer to Kindle". This we will call USB file transfer mode. You will use this to transfer a program to your device that will give you temporary root permissions. The old program for this was ZergRush, nowadays its BurritoRoot and tomorrow it will probably be something else. Whatever it is, find whichever one works for your device's software version and transfer it to your device using Explorer (Windows) or Finder (Mac). Since you don't have root access yet, everything you put on your device for now will go directly to the SDcard partition, far away from system folders (for all intents and purposes).
Press "disconnect" on your Kindle Fire. Now, and by default, your Kindle is in USB debugging mode. What that means is that when you are not in USB file transfer mode your device is constantly listening for debugging commands coming from the USB port. We will be using this to send adb commands to the device which are necessary for rooting and setting up recovery. Now open the file management app you installed from the App Store, navigate to the temporary root program you transferred from your computer and open it. Install and follow the instructions, if any. Next go to your computer and navigate to your Android SDK folder and look for a folder called "platform-tools" if you don't see it, open the tools folder and double-click the file named "Android". Select "platform-tools" and install.
To make things simple, lets to take the platform-tools folder and place it on your desktop (just be sure to put it back when this is all over).
At this point we need to get Superuser. This is what we will use to give your apps root access. Go to http://www.androidsu.com/superuser and download the one for Gingerbread. Extract the superuser.zip file, open the folder and navigate to the system folder inside. There, inside the "app" and "bin" folders you will see two files called "superuser.apk" and "SU". Place them in the platform-tools folder that is now on your desktop. And now the fun part, it's time to start rooting.
Open your command prompt (or terminal for mac users) and type and enter:
cd Desktop/platform-tools
Here, you are telling the computer to cd (change directory) to the platform-tools folder located inside the Desktop folder. This is going to be your workspace. Everything you do from here on will be done from this folder. If you don't get any errors then you are in good shape. Otherwise you messed up somewhere and probably skipped a step...go back and read from the beginning. Make sure your Kindle Fire is turned on and NOT in USB file transfer mode. If you are not sure what mode you're in, go back to the beginning. If this is your second time around, stop. You need to learn more about how to change directories using command line interface.
When you are in the platform-tools folder, type and enter this command:
adb devices
Mac and Linux users will put ./ before all adb and fastboot commands from here on out. It will look like: ./adb devices
Here you are using the adb program to print a list of connected devices. You should see a bunch of numbers that mean nothing to you at this skill level. Move on. If you don't see any numbers then you either don't have your drivers installed properly or you skipped a step; go back to the beginning.
If you do get a bunch of numbers your device is connected. Now type and enter:
adb root

...gives root permissions to the adb
adb remount
...mounts the system partition to a "read/write" state allowing you to make changes to system files and folders. Consequentially, if you enter adb remount a second time, you will change it back to "read only". Don't do that.
adb push su /system/xbin/su
...will push (transfer) the file named "SU" that is in your workspace (platform-tools folder) to the su folder inside the xbin folder of your device's system folder. The SU binary file is what other apps call to when they need superuser rights.
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
...this is where it gets a little funky. It opens a shell interface within the adb in order to chown (give ownership permissions) to user 0.0 for the su folder. A shell is a piece of software with a particular set of commands built in to act as sort of a go-between between the user, operating system and hardware kernel services. But who is user 0.0? [Edit:] User 0.0 is the root user. Thanks to b63 for that piece of knowledge
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
...opens a shell within the adb to chmod (change mode) of the su folder to 06755. What that basically means is you are changing the folder permissions to rwxr-xr-x or read/write/execute for the owner, and read/execute for the group and others.
adb install superuser.apk
...installs the program superuser.apk located in the platform-tools folder. Superuser.apk maintains a database of what apps you allow to access SU binary file.
That's how the rooting process works. Again if you get any errors, you did something wrong. Go back to the beginning and read it all over again. Attention is key.
Also, I suggest you skip the one-click methods for rooting and get used to using the command line interface so you understand how the process works in order to quickly troubleshoot problems should they arise. Oh and congratulations, you are rooted.
RECOVERY
Now lets install a custom recovery utility and a new boot-loader. For this you will be using the fastboot command. Before we go on, one thing you absolutely must get your head around is the difference between how fastboot interacts with your device versus how adb interacts with your device. fastboot deals with the boot portion of the device whereas adb only deals with the system portion. What that means is adb will only work when the device is completely booted. If for some reason your device doesn't boot properly then you should not be issuing adb commands. It's like trying to light a match in a vacuum. Fastboot works in the same way in that you must be in the fastboot bootmode in order to issue fastboot commands. Unless you have custom recovery installed or a factory programming cable there is only one way to get into fastboot mode. We'll talk about that later.
Installing recovery is a simple process but it is where people tend to have the most problems. Part of the reason is the misunderstanding of the different bootmodes. For now, you only need to be concerned with two of them; normal bootmode (4000) and fastboot bootmode (4002). The main reason people run into trouble is that once you are in a particular bootmode, it doesn't change until you tell it to (with the exception of temporary fastboot which we will get into later).
In normal bootmode your device will boot...normally (imagine that). With the fastboot bootmode the boot-loader will hang at the Kindle Fire splash screen (or yellow triangle if you have recovery installed) to wait for further commands. If this happens to you, chances are your only problem is you are in the wrong bootmode, which is easy to fix. Knowing that, installing a custom recovery should be a breeze.
First find whatever recovery you want to use (unzip it if you have to) and place the .img file into your platform-tools folder that you were using earlier. We're going to use adb to change the bootmode to fastboot in order to install custom recovery. Remember, anything that pertains to the boot-loader, (Kindle Fire logo/yellow triangle) will be done in the fastboot bootmode; that includes custom recovery installation. For more information on Kindle Fire bootmodes, boot-loaders, fastboot and just about everything else, see this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547
From your command prompt type and enter:
adb shell
su
idme bootmode 4002
reboot
What that does is tells adb to open a shell and su (substitute user) for the root user, change the bootmode from normal (4000) to fastboot (4002) and reboot. The root user has the necessary permissions to change the bootmode from the adb. Your device will reboot then hang at the splash screen because it is in the fastboot bootmode.
Now install your custom recovery (we'll call it customrecovery.img for now)
fastboot -i 0x1949 boot customrecovery.img
again, for Mac and Linux you would type: ./fastboot -i 0x1949 boot customrecovery.img
That tells your computer to, using the fastboot program that is in your platform-tools folder, boot the device with the ID of 0x1949 (your Kindle) with the file named "customrecovery.img"
After installation, reboot, but you will still be in the fastboot bootmode. So type:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

fastboot reboot
…tells the device to reset the partition where the recovery(?) is located, change the bootmode to normal (4000) and reboot.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Flashing custom ROMS are another source of frustrations as they add too many variables to the equation. Some ROMS can be very unstable and cause weird things to happen to your device. But just knowing how this stuff works will help you fix 90% of the problems that may come up. If you are having trouble with your device, troubleshoot the problem:
Does the device turn on?
No

Is it fully charged?
No--> Charge it

Is it fully charged?
Yes--> Hold the power button for 30 seconds and restart

Does the device turn on?
No--> Hold the power button for 3 minutes and restart
Does the device turn on?

No--> Google search "Motorola USB factory programming cable"

Does it boot normally?
No

Do you have custom recovery installed
No--> You need to get into fastboot mode to issue fastboot commands. Google search "Motorola USB factory programming cable"

Do you have custom recovery installed?
Yes--> During the first 5 seconds of seeing the boot splash screen (this is temporary fastboot mode that comes with custom recovery) issue fastboot command to change bootmode to 4000. Reboot

Does it boot normally?

No

Can you get into recovery?
No--> During the first 5 seconds of seeing the boot splash screen (temporary fastboot mode) issue fastboot command to install a new customrecovery.img. Reboot.

Can you get into recovery?

Yes--> Re-flash your ROM. Reboot.

Does it boot normally?

No--> Enter recovery, factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, re-flash your ROM. Reboot

Does it boot normally?
No--> Enter recovery, factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, flash a different ROM. Reboot

Does it boot normally?
No--> Post your problem on the XDA forum. Include all pertinent information such as what rom you are using, what the exact problem is, what you were doing before the problem occurred and all the steps you have taken to try and fix the problem.

Does it boot normally?
Yes--> Give yourself a pat on the back, because you rock!
Do you Rock?
No--> Start over from the beginning

nice
--sent from my glacier.

Stuck in TWRP? ADB won't recognise device? Try this!

I was one of those sorry suckers that somehow got my Kindle Fire stuck in TWRP and I couldn't reset the bootmode to normal. ADB wouldn't recognize the Kindle while it was in TWRP no matter what I tried. Here's how I got it booting again.
1. Download Kindle Fire Utility here.
2. Unzip and open a command prompt in the "tools" folder inside of the unzipped kindle fire utility folder. Do this in Windows 7 by double clicking on the KFU folder and then doubleclick on the tools folder. Next find an empty space in the folder and hold down "shift" on your keyboard and then click your right mouse button. Select "Open command window here".
3. Type in this command and hit enter:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
When that properly executes it will say < waiting for device >
4. On the Kindle Fire inside of TWRP select Reboot -> System.
5. During the reboot process the fastboot command will execute and set you back to normal mode. Now type this in your command window on your computer and hit enter:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
That ought to do it for ya.
*edit* Wish I could change the title somehow. I misspelled "recognize"

Thank you!!! it worked perfectly. I think this happened because once in the ICS rom I select to reboot into recovery using Room Manager and got stuck on it (bootmode 5001). Anyway this solved the problem in a blink!

You rock!!!! took me two days to find this post..... ugh

Kafluke said:
Wish I could change the title somehow. I misspelled "recognize"
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LoL...just tell everyone you're British

Nexus 7 not recognized by ADB in fastboot (Ubuntu 12.04)

So I'm in my platform-tools directory in the terminal, and here is how my commands go
./adb devices
returns List of devices attached
015d18ad5a27fe04 device
so then I go
./adb reboot bootloader
and my Nexus reboots into the bootloader. And then I enter
./adb devices
And there is no device listed. When I type in
./fastboot oem lock
it returns
<waiting for device>
and it hangs here until I control-c out. Am I missing something? I really hope it's not a syntax error
any help would be appreciated. Also, please note that I am in Ubuntu 12.04 on a native installation, so it isn't a driver issue

Silly question, but did you sudo?

thebobp said:
Silly question, but did you sudo?
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As a matter of fact, I didn't :crying: I had to kill the server and when I did I left su. That's even more humiliating than a syntax error :crying: thanks for the help