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Ive been to a dozen websites... everyone has a copy paste basically of the method. I've altered adb_usb.ini with the 0x1949 and altered the android_winusb in the correct places but when I attempt to update the drivers under my device manager my kindle is listed under Disk drives... not "other" etc like everyone tells me to look for.. and attempting to update the driver results in telling me I already have the best driver. I am unable to find my kindle with an adb devices even after multiple starting and killings of the server. I uninstalled the android sdk and reinstalled and redownloaded everything but still no luck. Please help. I'm far from a master but this is not my first rodeo having rooted 3 android phones.
Idk how you do it on other oses but on windows 7 it's:
Device manager, right click, update driver, let me choose, let me pick, have disk, c:\<path to win_usb.inf>
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aye the problem is it believes it already has the best drivers for the job and won't accept android_winusb.inf as it's superior
Download Kindle Utility and run install-drivers.bat
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I just discovered that and was very hopeful but it replied
This version of C:\Users\*\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools\x64\devcon.exe
is not compatible with the version of Windows you're running. Check your compute
r's system information to see whether you need a x86 (32-bit) or x64 (64-bit) ve
rsion of the program, and then contact the software publisher.
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.25
I'm on Vista.. assumed it would have worked
edit: its possible that the x86 worked and the x64 failed.. but the fact remains my device remains un-found. If I wasn't balding I'd be tearing out my hair.
Thank you to those who have tried to help however.
i had this problem earlier but my friend fixed it! when he wakes up ill have him post the solution
now i have superuser apk on system but no root and adb said success!! wtf
Jcase fixed my su problem i wasnt pushing the su with adb
congrats, im still messing with things but running out of options on my end.
Try running the batch file from an administrator command prompt. Also delete any existing device in devmgmt.msc. I'm also on Vista, worked ok for me.
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i attempted the driver batch as administrator... it oddly doesn't make it as far as without.. it just says the system can not find the path specified 4 or 5 times then stops. And I've attempted to delete the kindle from disk drives which is the only location it shows up but as soon as i plug it in again it re-installs.
Edit: a side note.. i have a "Android Phone" in my device manager that appears to be my kindle and is using the 0x1949 drivers... I assumed it was my actual phone but it disappears/reappears when i unplug my kindle
Thanks to everyone who helped, by the grace of god i got my device recognized ... got it rooted... then bricked it installing TWRP.. finally unbricked it... and now I'm not messing with it for the rest of the night lol
Hi,
Could REALLY do with some help here ... starting to pull my hair out. Rooted my KF with the steps from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410766. Got through the root and the process hung on the recovery install.
Now my KF just shows the Kindlefire booting screen. I've tried loads of edits to the drivers re-installed many times, etc ..
In device manager, I see the device as Android Phone / Android Composite ADB Interface. The problem is that the device status always stays at: This device cannot start. (Code 10).
adb returns nothing. It's like I can't connect to the device at all.
Can ayone please help?
i think its stuck in fast boot??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20729347&postcount=5
Tried the various restarts as suggested in the thread. No luck.
Device Manager still has a problem with the device. KFU can't connect or see the device.
I've tried re-installing the drivers several times, but always get the same result. Searched the threads for a similiar problem and it seems most issues are when people get to the the Yellow Triangle page. I'm not getting that far.
Seems to me to be a driver problem, but I can't trick Windows into figured it out.
follow and join this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1413495
i don't want to write everything twice
Still not working. tried that link and everything in it. Been struggling woudl this for a few days now, so any help would be appreciated.
When kf is pluged in right click my computer then click manage then device manager there should be a yellow ! Next to a device. What device does it show next to it
Edit; sorry answers in the question. Lol
Keep it plugged in. Hold down power for 30 secs turn back on
What does your pc say
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NewKindleUser said:
Still not working. tried that link and everything in it. Been struggling woudl this for a few days now, so any help would be appreciated.
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some more information would be helpful
os/bit of computer ?
have you tried to remove the old drivers ?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315539/en-us
which drivers have you used ?
in the meantime there is a new kfu available 0.9.2 which has a new driver installer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
would download it, extract to c:\ and rename to "kfu" cause it don't likes spaces in the pathname - sometimes. run install_drivers.bat
then run the utility with run.bat and try to set bootmode to normal (option 1)
the 3 status messages from kfu may also be helpful for us
this post from vashypooh might also be helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506
Thanks for direction and feedback.
I had previously installed the drivers with kfu 0.8 and 0.9.1.
I'm using Win7 x64 running in a VM (I have a MAC) as well as WinXP 32.
I've downloaded and installed the drivers from the latest KFU. When I connect the KF, it appears under the USB Controllers Group in Device Manager with a Yellow Warning Triangle. KFU cannot connect:
ADB Status: Offline
ADB Rooted: No
Boot Status: Unknown
NewKindleUser said:
Thanks for direction and feedback.
I had previously installed the drivers with kfu 0.8 and 0.9.1.
I'm using Win7 x64 running in a VM (I have a MAC) as well as WinXP 32.
I've downloaded and installed the drivers from the latest KFU. When I connect the KF, it appears under the USB Controllers Group in Device Manager with a Yellow Warning Triangle. KFU cannot connect:
ADB Status: Offline
ADB Rooted: No
Boot Status: Unknown
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are both win systems running on the mac ?
that will not function - someone ported kfu to mac - will try to find it for you
here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21369040&postcount=653
The WinXp isn't on the MAC. But the Win7 one is.
I'll try the MAC port as well.
NewKindleUser said:
The WinXp isn't on the MAC. But the Win7 one is.
I'll try the MAC port as well.
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then you have 2 options:
1. try the mac port
2. use winxp machine and be prepared for a little hassle with the drivers
good luck !
I've seen it show up as unknown USB device before. You can't install the drivers when it's in this state. Usually doing a hard reset on the device (hold power for ~20 seconds to turn off then turn it back on) fixes the device and it will show up as either Amazon Kindle with a yellow exclamation (without drivers) or as ADB Device or some such if you do have the drivers. If it shows up as Amazon Kindle without drivers, install them (right click, update drivers, browse your pc, point it to the drivers folder inside KFU). You should then be able to run KFU option 1 and select Bootmode Normal.
If you can't get that to work, download the android SDK on your Mac, use the SDK manager to download the Android platform-tools, open up a Terminal, cd to that platform-tools directory, and run
./fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode normal
Which should get you back in normal mode.
I registered just to say that I thought I had bricked my KF (it was just stuck in fast-boot). I tried all of the driver fix stuff but the Kindle Fire Utility still said that no Kindle could be found. I tried your suggestion, skourg3, and it worked perfectly. (slight addendum for the uninitiated: the command is fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode normal).
Ok so I am new hear and I was reading in THIS POST about installing TWRP using the Kindle Fire Utility. So I installed the drivers as directed and I see in my device manager "android ADB device" and in my taskbar I can eject the kindle. In File Manager I do not see the Kindle fire and the Kindle Fire Utility is not seeing my Kindle Fire. I am stuck and cannot post in the above forum because I have not made enough posts. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to install Cynogen Mod to my Kindle fire to be able to access the full capabilities of this wonderful device.
Thank you
a good method to start is using kfu as you suggested but there are some tricks to get it running:
- place it to c:\ and rename it to "kfu" (it don't like spaces in pathname)
- try to install the correct drivers by running install_drivers.bat else install/update them manually:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21720811&postcount=41
- pay attention on the driver verification level:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22065426&postcount=846
- the drivers are in c:\kfu\drivers\kindle
- right drivers for each mode:
normal & recovery boot -> android composite adb interface
fastboot -> android adb interface
once you got rid of the drivers you have to update the run.bat of kfu to work with burritoroot3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21749205&postcount=792
now you should be good to go ...
Thank you BB3 I will give this a try later tonight. appreciate the help
man install buritoroot and TWRP(which installs and FireFireFire) by yourself when i tried with the kindle fire utility all got were errors, but when i installed it by myself everythink went smooth. Just find separate guide for every step
1.Root
2.TWRP and FireFireFire
3.CM7
I'm having the same problem as you and it sucks I just want to root it
Hate to necro post, but I'm having the same issue and none of the posted suggestions work. I have the ADB drivers installed (the Kindle is detected as "Android Composite ADB Interface"), but I did not install the drivers using the KFU batch file; I could never get it to stop producing the unsigned error, no matter what system settings I chose for unsigned drivers. I ended up doing a manual driver install and directing the installer at the driver files that came with KFU. Now KFU refuses to "see" the Kindle connected to my system and therefore I can't do a thing with it. I am able to browse the Kindle files in Windows Explorer (should I be able to? I've seen conflicting answers to this), but KFU always reports its ADB status as "Offline". Soft disconnecting the Kindle (hitting the "Disconnect" button on the Kindle) doesn't change anything, except removes my ability to browse the Knidle files (no surprise there).
This is a fully updated (6.3) Kindle and Windows XP. I did attempt to manually do what KFU does automagically prior to finding out about KFU, but that effort produced similar results; the Kindle was never detected by the SDK tools, despite the drivers loading properly. I have also tried multiple USB ports on my system, but they all produced the same results. About the only thing I haven't tried is a different USB cable, but if the Kindle is able to be "seen" by the OS correctly, I don't think the cable is a problem.
Have you tryed rebooting your computer? http://liliputing.com/2012/03/root-...ogle-play-store-with-kindle-fire-utility.html or http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=mwMHIkX20YI&v=mwMHIkX20YI&gl=US nat3mil gives good instruction it helps to watch the video do the step while paused then move onto the next its how I did it the first time the second time I just used the utility was easy peasy cause drivers were already installed and functional
Yeah, I followed those exact instructions and video, with no results. Reboot doesn't make any difference, KFU still can't see the device.
cogadh said:
Yeah, I followed those exact instructions and video, with no results. Reboot doesn't make any difference, KFU still can't see the device.
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If you followed the instructions to the t like not plugging in your device until you have the drivers installed .then you may have something on your computer preventing adb try the 6.2.2 method
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=AZ88CYWv0FU&v=AZ88CYWv0FU&gl=US or just keep looking for something that works cause people miss steps all the time sometimes its persistence or trial and error that gets results I'm very surprised your not seeing anything in device manager that applies to your kindle mine installed some drivers immediately when I connected it I had to change them to root it but it did show up in the list of devices as well as appearing next to my c drive as a kindle for SD card access but I'm on windows seven anything I connect does something.
No, Device Manager sees everything fine, it's KFU that refuses to see it. I am getting both a Kindle storage device and an Android ADB device in Device Manager, as well as seeing the Kindle as a removable drive in Windows Explorer. The old 6.2.2 instructions are of no help, that's what I tried the first time I attempted to root the device before the 6.3 update and I got the same exact results. I don't know what on my machine could possibly be interfering, this is a very barebones XP, I don't even run anti-virus on it.
cogadh said:
No, Device Manager sees everything fine, it's KFU that refuses to see it. I am getting both a Kindle storage device and an Android ADB device in Device Manager, as well as seeing the Kindle as a removable drive in Windows Explorer. The old 6.2.2 instructions are of no help, that's what I tried the first time I attempted to root the device before the 6.3 update and I got the same exact results. I don't know what on my machine could possibly be interfering, this is a very barebones XP, I don't even run anti-virus on it.
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Could be your machine but don't use the utility and when you do put twrp on if ya get there use 2.0 the older version people are having trouble with the new one http://www.techtuple.com/477/how-to-root-kindle-fire-6-3-easily/ this is done through cmd without utility. Original thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568340
About all the advice I can give you all else fails use another computer windows 7 machine things are more straight forward than xp
Edit: just a side note a lot of people are bricking their devices I keep remembering the Christmas story be careful you'll shoot your eye out also some people I believe are having success opening kfu attaching thier fire while off then powering up the kindle
I read somewhere that the utility doesn't work for xp wish I could find the post I think you need to push the files the old way using command prompt and you will get it sounds like your drivers are there but utility is useless
If your device isn't recognized it is a driver issue, regardless of whether your computer says they are installed or not.
Scrap your current drivers and start fresh using the tutorial posted here:
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/13/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver/
Forget about KFU, get Android SDK and set up the drivers yourself. Learn to use fastboot to manually change your bootmode manually through command prompt. It will save you hours of heartache in the future.
Reinstall your (non KFU) drivers and try again.
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Thanx soup better said than what I was trying
if you want to test to see if your drivers and adb are correctly installed plug your kindle in to your computer type cd c:\kindleadb then hit enter then type adb devices hit enter mine said adb server out of date. killing...
*dameon started successfully*
list of devices attached
42220600000000001 device
c:\KindleADB>
this is all in command prompt at this point I could paste in commands and root my kindle run this test to verify drivers are correctly installed if you dont see this try again on driver installation.
First time i've ever rooted a kindle and i had the same problem.
To fix this just go to device manager and uninstall the driver and then unplug and replug in your kindle then run the utility.
oh no trouble at all rooting rooted rommed and rockin here took the 6.3 ota this morning with 5 mins I was rooted with fff twrp then went back to 1 of my restore points of cm7 after a backup of 6.3 thanx tho
soupmagnet said:
If your device isn't recognized it is a driver issue, regardless of whether your computer says they are installed or not.
Scrap your current drivers and start fresh using the tutorial posted here:
Forget about KFU, get Android SDK and set up the drivers yourself. Learn to use fastboot to manually change your bootmode manually through command prompt. It will save you hours of heartache in the future.
Reinstall your (non KFU) drivers and try again.
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If all newbs do no other work but learn to use fastboot and adb it would save save a lot of grief for them and the ones helping them. jes sayin..
Thepooch said:
if you want to test to see if your drivers and adb are correctly installed plug your kindle in to your computer type cd c:\kindleadb then hit enter then type adb devices hit enter mine said adb server out of date. killing...
*dameon started successfully*
list of devices attached
42220600000000001 device
c:\KindleADB>
this is all in command prompt at this point I could paste in commands and root my kindle run this test to verify drivers are correctly installed if you dont see this try again on driver installation.
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This will only work if the device is booted to a point where it will receive adb commands. Otherwise, use "fastboot devices". Sometimes if you are stuck at the bootloader it helps to shut your device down completely and restart before issuing fastboot commands.
Beyond that, it's a driver issue.
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I had that same problem., but then I uninstalled the current drivers for my kindle altogether, and disabled them, then I ran install_drivers .bat again, then it worked.
Kindle Fire running KANG CM9
New developer, working on my own custom rom
My nephew managed to get into TWRP and somehow wiped the entire thing clean. I purposely keep a recovery .zip in there but even that's gone. When the Kindle is turned on it displays the Fire triangle but then the screen goes black and stays like that. I can boot into TWRP but can't use the mount option or adb because my computer, and the three others I've tried, refuses to recognize the Kindle. It shows up in Device Manager as Unknown and I can't manually install the driver. I've tried every combination of booting it with the computer off or on, uninstalling the Unknown driver, everything. Can you kind folks please save my butt? Thanks in advance for your responses.
wiped in TWRP and Windows only displays device as Unkown
Lance Uppercut,
Have you tried starting adb services and going back through the FireFireFire Utility, this has fixed a lot of boot errors that I had in the pass?
Let me know if you need help with starting adb services.
Thanks,
JohninLex
Thanks for your reply
Can you please elaborate on this a bit more? Maybe I'm not understanding correctly but I thought starting adb services wouldn't do anything in this instance since it wouldn't recognize the Kindle as being there at all? For instance, when I run Kindle Fire Utility it shows adb devices as being offline. If I could get the Kindle to show up as anything other than Unknown I'm certain I could just update the driver to an android device and have KFU take it over from there.
wiped in TWRP and Windows only displays device as Unkown
Lance Uppercut,
Did you root your Kindle "adb devices"
and the following commands?
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp
adb install Burritoroot3.apk
or did you download a file from the market to get root?
if you did it the above way with adb commands from a terminal would be great.
Either way lets set the driver, download the Kindle Fire Utility extract it to your desktop. or take note where you extracted it. Then go to your device manager and right click on the Kindle (unknown device) look for update driver and browse the the Kindle Fire Utility folder double click on the drivers folder and let it update the right driver you need for your OS (XP,Vista, 7 x86 or 64). Once it finds the right driver Open up a command prompt by going to start run and typing cmd and hitting enter. Once that is done download the KindleADB files and place them in the C:\ (drag and drop should be fine here ) go back to your command prompt and do the following commands:
** urname** C:\ " cd KindleADB " then hit enter
and then do " adb devices " it may or may not come back with your device sn but as long as it has started is what we are looking for.
Once that is done go back to your desktop leaving everything open and look through the Kindle Fire Utility until you find a file named Run.bat double click and hit run this will reinstall twrp and allow it to be remount-able. If you need a stock Kindle rom with update 6.2.2 I have a back up I can share with you.
I hope this helps but if it does not let me know and we can go back over the the driver section.
Thanks,
JohninLex
I've attempted installing the driver manually many times like you stated and on different PCs all containing KFU and the modified .ini file in the .android folder and the message I get when I attempt to manually update the driver is "The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems." When I first got the message I attempted to do it in an x86 system and the driver would still not install. My inability to get ANY computer to read the kindle as anything other than Unknown is the main issue. Even if I could make it read as the default "kindle" with the exclamation point it would be enough for me to fix it. But if I can't get a driver to load I'm hopeless to fix it in any way.
Use Android composite driver on your PC to get adb working. Once the adb is working, there multiple ways to boot or install a new ROM. I recommend to start doing the following commands:
Fastboot mode.
Try these ADB commands:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
or
adb shell idme bootmode 4000
adb shell reboot
Ng you have an Android phone, connect to you PC first to see if adb is working using composite ad driver for Windows operating system
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I can't use android composite driver. Every time I attempt to install the driver manually I get the error listed above. No matter what I do I can't get the Kindle to be anything other than Unknown
i had a problem where i could only get the fire symbol screen computer would not recognize. I had to start the kindle fire utility plug my kindle into the computer then turn it off, then have kfu install latest twrp again when it says waiting for device turn device on and it will reinstall that and get you back to the recovery. so maybe you can do the same with obtain stock update. not really sure to the kindle. my computer would recognize kindle fire for a few seconds and thats how i could install new twrp
about drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
if you can't get rid of the drivers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
nevertheless i would never install the original stock rom cause you loose fff,twrp and root
use one of the prerooted stock roms instead:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22393194&postcount=20
I had this exact same problem and ended up with a bricked kindle for a few weeks. I tried everything on the forum...uninstalling/reinstalling drivers/sdk/etc. At the end of it all I had the drivers installed properly (which was a real pain in the keyster) but my computer still would not recognize my device.
I found 2 posts that finally helped me:
1) in the .android file for adb_usb.ini, you need to add in 0x006 in another line. Also dont forget to add the 3-line code @ [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64]
Here is a link. This link has just about everything else you need to do to solve this issue.
http://www.kindle-fireforum.com/forum/amazon-kindle-fire-development/1086-adb-issues-solved-how.html
2) manually mount the drive and flash update.zip. For some reason my kindle got locked in fastboot, then when i switched it to normal it would get stuck on the loading animation. If this happens you probably need to flash and start over.
Here is that process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22433402&postcount=4
hope this helps and good luck
Help me save my kindle fire
I used KFU to install TWRP and up to CM9. But after that i restore to rom stock 6.2.
But after kindle start the error sorry loop in screen . I can not access to kindle.
process.android.acore force close
We try to connect and re install TWRP but not successfull. when i connect kindle to my pc (XP and window 7) it only recognize kindle as disk driver (athough i try to uninstall and setup manual driver )..
Help me urgent.
Thanks alot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
mhb1509 said:
I had this exact same problem and ended up with a bricked kindle for a few weeks. I tried everything on the forum...uninstalling/reinstalling drivers/sdk/etc. At the end of it all I had the drivers installed properly (which was a real pain in the keyster) but my computer still would not recognize my device.
I found 2 posts that finally helped me:
1) in the .android file for adb_usb.ini, you need to add in 0x006 in another line. Also dont forget to add the 3-line code @ [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64]
Here is a link. This link has just about everything else you need to do to solve this issue.
http://www.kindle-fireforum.com/forum/amazon-kindle-fire-development/1086-adb-issues-solved-how.html
2) manually mount the drive and flash update.zip. For some reason my kindle got locked in fastboot, then when i switched it to normal it would get stuck on the loading animation. If this happens you probably need to flash and start over.
Here is that process.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22433402&postcount=4
hope this helps and good luck
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This comment gave a ton of hope since I have tried everything that has been mentioned already except for adding 0x006 but sadly it did not work. There's absolutely nothing I can do to get out of the Unknown state. I've never had my ass kicked this hard by a piece of hardware. I surrender.
maybe this as a last resort:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
b63 said:
maybe this as a last resort:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
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I was reading through that earlier and it was a little too intimidating. I'm just going to sit here and cry for a couple of minutes.
Kindle still recognize as disk driver
I try to do something but adb not working (device not found because it recognize as normal disk driver). My pc use window xp professional.
How can i solve this
My kindle still recognize as normal disk driver
I try to test on some computers (xp, win7) but unfortunately, my kindle still recognize as normal usb only. (not adb device).
So i don know how to fix this problem
Please help me, or give me a hint
xp is a good choice - you don't have to care about the uac (user acces control)
have you checked according to my post #12 above ?
to shorten things up i could take a look with teamviewer if you like
just gimme a pm ...
Have you added the second vendor and the second set of USB command lines in your google/extras folder? If not add those turn off the kindle then turn it back on do "fastboot devices" then put the update.zip in your platform-tools folder then push the update to your kindle to be flashed by twrp. The command for that would be "advt push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip" you can have the kindle already in twrp by this point. Also when all is over you will have to reroot and reinstall fff and twrp. If you need help send me a message.
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Hard reset on main-board KF
My KF is frozen. I try to do hard reset by hold pw button 20s, but not effected.
So i've just open back-slide my KF, and see KF main-board.
Have hard reset trick on this main-board.
Help me please.
So I was following pesano's KFHD tweak thread and found out that my int.d was probably not working, so I decided to re-do the process. I wasn't thinking straight and deleted the install-recovery.sh (this is the only one that has an original file) without copying over the new file, and rebooted. Now my kindle is bricked, I think, I can see the kindle fire logo and then the screen goes blank (still has power). When I plugged it in PC, it can be detected as Kindle, but the driver is not taking effect (yellow exclaimation in device manager), and could not connect as usb device either. Is there any easy way to get it back without fastreboot cable?
Thanks a lot.
procter said:
So I was following pesano's KFHD tweak thread and found out that my int.d was probably not working, so I decided to re-do the process. I wasn't thinking straight and deleted the install-recovery.sh (this is the only one that has an original file) without copying over the new file, and rebooted. Now my kindle is bricked, I think, I can see the kindle fire logo and then the screen goes blank (still has power). When I plugged it in PC, it can be detected as Kindle, but the driver is not taking effect (yellow exclaimation in device manager), and could not connect as usb device either. Is there any easy way to get it back without fastreboot cable?
Thanks a lot.
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No.. and really you shouldn't be doing these things without a fastboot cable.. What do you mean by the driver does not take effect? It sounds like you need to fix the bootloader. I would head over to the Kindle Fire First Aide thread and talk to Chris and see if he can help you out. Is adb working or have you checked? If adb is working then you will be able to enter fastboot without the cable..
I meant I had the drivers installed before but now the device is not using them although it was showing up in Windows 7 device manager as "Kindle". The adb is not working, showing "device not found".
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procter said:
I meant I had the drivers installed before but now the device is not using them although it was showing up in Windows 7 device manager as "Kindle". The adb is not working, showing "device not found".
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Ok so uninstall drivers, click delete driver software, unplug kindle and reinstall drivers.. and then see if adb works.. It should work..Did you have adb working previously?
lacoursiere18 said:
Ok so uninstall drivers, click delete driver software, unplug kindle and reinstall drivers.. and then see if adb works.. It should work..Did you have adb working previously?
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I hardly remember if I used adb commands for rooting this device. I followed the guide here, which runs a series of bat files.
I tried re-installing the kindle drivers (without deleting them first, so it's an overwriting process), and then reboot the PC. Still the same symptoms: "kindle" was listed in device manager of windows 7 but with the yellow exclaimation mark, tried "update driver" pointing to the kindle driver folder but was told that system could not find/install driver in that location.
procter said:
I hardly remember if I used adb commands for rooting this device. I followed the guide here, which runs a series of bat files.
I tried re-installing the kindle drivers (without deleting them first, so it's an overwriting process), and then reboot the PC. Still the same symptoms: "kindle" was listed in device manager of windows 7 but with the yellow exclaimation mark, tried "update driver" pointing to the kindle driver folder but was told that system could not find/install driver in that location.
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You have to update it manually. Do not let the computer find it, you have to find it where you downloaded it too. Follow this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 the ADB section is towards the middle of the original post.. By the way this a great guide if you hav other questions as well
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You have to update it manually. Do not let the computer find it, you have to find it where you downloaded it too. Follow this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 the ADB section is towards the middle of the original post.. By the way this a great guide if you hav other questions as well
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Yes I was referring to manually point to the folder I downloaded the kindle fire usb driver when "updating the driver" in device manager. The automatic search driver never worked. But still, even if I pinpointed the directory where the driver sits, windows still told me could not install the driver.
And btw, the guide you linked to is for Kindle Fire, not kindle fire hd,, does it matter then? Thx.
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Yes I was referring to manually point to the folder I downloaded the kindle fire usb driver when "updating the driver" in device manager. The automatic search driver never worked. But still, even if I pinpointed the directory where the driver sits, windows still told me could not install the driver.
And btw, the guide you linked to is for Kindle Fire, not kindle fire hd,, does it matter then? Thx.
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A lot of it is the same I am sure some aspects of the GUIDE do not work but as far as installing ADB drivers it is good. Did you uninstall it and also hit delete all software with driver?
did u recover
Did u get your he back up I did something simaler and got mine back sounds like I could help u:good:
KFHD 7 Stuck at splash screen
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Did u get your he back up I did something simaler and got mine back sounds like I could help u:good:
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Hey. I am having a terrible time getting my KFHD 7 back to stock. I used KFFirstAide to root it and when I went to restore it back to factory settings it ended up with the holo launcher lock screen and the android start screen. Has no notifier bar at top or menu bar at bottom. Lock screen let's me go online, to the camera, or just unlock. Don't know what happened! It's not recognized in ADB but shows up on computer as Kindle. I just want it back to stock so I can use it again! PLEASE HELP!!
In my situation, when trying to update the "Kindle" driver from Windows device manager, use the option to let you choose install driver from a list of devices instead of pointing to the directory where you have the adb driver (it will always tell you can't install even if u point it to the right directory).
In my case, I had all the drivers installed already, so when I use the option to install from the list of known devices, I can choose so"Android adb" or sth similar in that list. And after that you will be able to restore the adb connection.
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the the reason your kindle cannot communicate properly with your computer is because it is soft-bricked, only way to recover from a soft-brick is with the use of a fastboot cable, if you are partially soft bricked...ie boot is intact and functional but system filesystem is corrupt you may be able to access fastboot with the use of a fastboot command
Like I tell everyone, go here to solve your problem.
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