I'm trying to use the Kindle Fire Utility to root and install Google Apps/Market but I'm not getting anywhere with it.
I downloaded the file, ran the Driver Install .bat file. then opened run.bat
It keeps saying that the Kindle Fire is not plugged, and I've plugged it in over and over and over.
Its not listed in "Device Manager" as Kindle Fire, it says Android Phone>Android Composite ADB Interface.
Could someone please help me with getting root and Android Market?
I'm in the KindleFire IRC chat, but no one is talking/responding.
i assume you'r talking about kfu 0.9.4
it's a good practice to extract/move it to c:\ and rename it to "kfu" to that it is c:\kfu
have you used the kfu drivers ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
b63 said:
i assume you'r talking about kfu 0.9.4
it's a good practice to extract/move it to c:\ and rename it to "kfu" to that it is c:\kfu
have you used the kfu drivers ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
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Like I mentioned I ran the install_driver.bat file that is downloaded with KFU.
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And KFU will not see it.
is it booted normally ?
then the driver should be "android composite adb interface"
is the kf doing something ? rebooting ?
GooglePlay and Go launcher wont install
When trying to run extras, GApps and Go launcher the utility just closes. I can't install Google Play manually either, even though I have mounted the permissions and the device is rooted. I've also tried the SuperUser app. ES File explorer wouldn't root the system/apps folder. GooglePlay will install but closes out when trying to setup the account. I'm using the latest utility, .9.4, and I have version 6.3 on the kindle. It took me a while to get the drivers to work right, and the root, but I did finally get it. By a while I mean 5 frustrating hours, but its the only way to learn. However my whole purpose for doing this was for the google play store. Any ideas? I will also donate for help. This is an awesome utility. Great job!
You are going to have to do a little more work to get the market to work. Do a search in the development section. There is a thread for that. I think you have to get the vending apk move it to the system/app folder and then reboot and then install it from that folder. A lot of apps require that method use the search function to find info on apps you are having a hard time with.
I am having the exact same issue. The device boots normally. It jsut isn;t recognized by ADB.
KoolAidJunkie said:
Like I mentioned I ran the install_driver.bat file that is downloaded with KFU.
And KFU will not see it.
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Well done ,learn more
neffarious said:
I am having the exact same issue. The device boots normally. It jsut isn;t recognized by ADB.
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I removed the drivers and readded them and all was well.
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leilanifxo said:
Well done ,learn more
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You do realize this makes no sense in any context...
Related
so i happened to be viewing an email subscription i get when i happened upon this little tidbit. one of the guys from androidpolice ripped apart the facinate pull, and got the LWP's out of em. unfortunately he made it into a flashable zip so i had to manually adb install the apks and the lib file, but you can do it as well! here's the link to those LWP's
http://www.multiupload.com/503TEPBK4J
originally posted from:Jamezelle and Jcase:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...ive-wallpapers-leaked-available-for-download/
and here's the install instructions:
PREREQUISITES: adb, (dont pm me to ask how to install adb. if you dont know how, you dont need these.) also you need fingers to type with
1.) so you've downloaded the zip, and you wanna install them? well go ahead and open the downloaded zip file with your favorite unzipper. save ALL files somewhere easy to access
2.) adb push the file liblwfa-0.A.2-mng-p1.so from the /system/lib folder of the place you saved the folder to your /system/lib folder
3.) adb install the apks for the lwp you chose from the data folder.
There is no reboot necessary to complete installation, once you adb install, you're done! bam! also instead of installing through adb, you could copy the apks to your sd card, and install through an app installer like astro.
here's a breakdown of which ones which, to give you an easier understanding of what you're gonna want:
CONNECTION
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FLOW
FOREST
LAYERS OF LIGHT
LUMINESCENCE
SPARKS
To uninstall individual wall papers after flashing you must use adb and the following commands:
adb uninstall com.tat.livewallpaper.layersoflight
adb uninstall com.tat.livewallpaper.forest
adb uninstall com.tat.livewallpaper.flow
adb uninstall com.tat.livewallpaper.connection
adb uninstall com.tat.livewallpaper.luminescence
adb uninstall com.tat.livewallpaper.spark
Thanks for doing the XDA post, I have been extremely busy.
Link to original posting by Jamezelle and I : http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...ive-wallpapers-leaked-available-for-download/
does it work on the Eris
Why are you in this section? It says HD2. *I think* These walls' are 800 x 480, so it'll probably instacrash the eris.
Thanks to the OP, these are nice and your instructions are spot on!
tytyty!
i am trying to figure out how to use cmd.exe and running the android sdk thingy i don't know how to install these lwp
I installed via astro and every one of them force closes
Look nice, but I find they just use too much power and really affect the performance..things become a little jumpy/laggy.
Shatterv2 said:
Why are you in this section? It says HD2. *I think* These walls' are 800 x 480, so it'll probably instacrash the eris.
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I'm glad you asked I was searching for LWP for Eris on this form and this thread came up in my search. This is why no ones uses search and they just keeps starting there own thread and asking the sames question over and over again. cause if they go to another thread and ask a question that's requires a simple yes or no we get answer like that. Sorry for my rant just see this all the time in many forums. It gets old quickly. anyways thanks for the answer
I finally got it to work.
I owe a BIG thanks to everyone that posted, especially b63.
Thank you all so very much
what is on the display of your kf ?
kindle fire static or animated or any other display ?
what do you see in device manager ?
sort of adb device ? kindle ?
When you go into device manager on your computer does it have a yellow triangle on your Android device? If it does, you need to install the drivers for it.
I know when I was rooting my device, I needed to keep installing the drivers. Not sure why but I did. Must have installed it about 4 times. Every time an action took place it needed to be reinstalled.
b63 said:
what is on the display of your kf ?
kindle fire static or animated or any other display ?
what do you see in device manager ?
sort of adb device ? kindle ?
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It's stuck on the yellow fire triangle.
In device manager, it is either Kindle (won't let me install drivers for it)
or 'unkown' - again, it won't let me install drivers for it.
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When you go into device manager on your computer does it have a yellow triangle on your Android device? If it does, you need to install the drivers for it.
I know when I was rooting my device, I needed to keep installing the drivers. Not sure why but I did. Must have installed it about 4 times. Every time an action took place it needed to be reinstalled.
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I've tried to install the drivers but it always says that it cannot find any drivers in the folder I choose. And I've tried several different versions.
The drivers are in the KFU downlaod. There is a folder for them and you need to manually choose it so it searches there.
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The drivers are in the KFU downlaod. There is a folder for them and you need to manually choose it so it searches there.
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As I said, I get the same error message no matter which drivers folder I choose...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
b63 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
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Same thing.
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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The KF auto install drivers. Fixed this by plugging the KF in going to Start>control panel>device and printers> you'll see 'Kindle' at the top>right click>properties>uninstall. Then run the fast boot bootmode 4000.
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Clemzon said:
The KF auto install drivers. Fixed this by plugging the KF in going to Start>control panel>device and printers> you'll see 'Kindle' at the top>right click>properties>uninstall. Then run the fast boot bootmode 4000.
Sent from my Incredible 2 using xda premium
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Fastboot doesn't detect the device.
BIGboy! said:
Fastboot doesn't detect the device.
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I finally got it to work.
I owe a BIG thanks to everyone that posted, especially b63.
Thank you all so very much
BIGboy! said:
I finally got it to work.
I owe a BIG thanks to everyone that posted, especially b63.
Thank you all so very much
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How did you get it to work?
Originally when I tried rooting my Kindle Fire HD on 7.2.3, ADB Devices wasn't showing my Kindle Fire HD device. So, a solution to my problem was installing the Google USB Driver from my Android SDK Manager. After the installation, I was able to open up CMD (Administrator) and see if ADB Devices would show my Kindle Fire HD. Bingo! It appeared!
Before:
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
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After:
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I'll probably be asking what method I used, and I was using this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2049288
My computer is:
WINDOWS 7 X64
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Proof of my root:
ADB Server Out of Date
Great post. I If updating the driver does not do the trick, update the ADB daemons. Here are the latest versions:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/ADB%20Update.zip
if updating adb doesn't work...
prokennexusa said:
Great post. I If updating the driver does not do the trick, update the ADB daemons. Here are the latest versions:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/ADB%20Update.zip
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And if updating ADB daemons doesn't work try this -> (this is the problem I had)
I was also having trouble getting adb to see the device, even though Composite ADB Interface was there in the Device Manager. After much searching, I found that I needed to put 0x1949 in C:\Users\<my name>\.android\adb_usb.ini. Neither the file nor the directory existed on my system, so I created them both and put that number on a line by itself, saved the file, unplugged/replugged the Fire, and it worked!
found here: http://androidforums.com/kindle-fir...6683-root-kindle-fire-hd-7-a.html#post5363515
ADB Communication Issues
bbanghyung said:
And if updating ADB daemons doesn't work try this -> (this is the problem I had)
I was also having trouble getting adb to see the device, even though Composite ADB Interface was there in the Device Manager. After much searching, I found that I needed to put 0x1949 in C:\Users\<my name>\.android\adb_usb.ini. Neither the file nor the directory existed on my system, so I created them both and put that number on a line by itself, saved the file, unplugged/replugged the Fire, and it worked!
found here: http://androidforums.com/kindle-fir...6683-root-kindle-fire-hd-7-a.html#post5363515
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bbanghyung,
Great work and informative, thank you.
I love this community, we work together
for everyone's benefit. Keep up the great
work.
Alright, to start I have tested this and am currently using my rooted Kindle Fire with CM11. I also must say that this has only been used on my Kindle Fire HD 8.9, and I haven't tried it with the 7in variant, and I teccomend that you do not try it either. Also, I am not responsible in any way if you brick your device of mess it up any way otherwise. You must follow this procedure completely, no skipping anything at all. Let's begin.
1. Enable the function to install apps from unknown sources
2. Enable ADB debugging
3. Download Aptoide, install, and open
4. Search for vRoot, download, install, and open it
5. If an ad pops up, close it. There should be a green button that says "download apk". Note that this does not appear without ADB debugging enabled. Download the app and install it. This will grant you superuser access. However, you still don't have TWRP.
6. Open Aptoide, download and install supersu and supersu pro
7. To get TWRP, I used seokhun's guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105, while skipping step 1
This method works as of August 02, 2014, 22:00. If you have any questions just ask.
HD or HDX?
Bigmaclover30 said:
Alright, to start I have tested this and am currently using my rooted Kindle Fire with CM11. I also must say that this has only been used on my Kindle Fire HD 8.9, and I haven't tried it with the 7in variant, and I teccomend that you do not try it either. Also, I am not responsible in any way if you brick your device of mess it up any way otherwise. You must follow this procedure completely, no skipping anything at all. Let's begin.
1. Enable the function to install apps from unknown sources
2. Enable ADB debugging
3. Download Aptoide, install, and open
4. Search for vRoot, download, install, and open it
5. If an ad pops up, close it. There should be a green button that says "download apk". Note that this does not appear without ADB debugging enabled. Download the app and install it. This will grant you superuser access. However, you still don't have TWRP.
6. Open Aptoide, download and install supersu and supersu pro
7. To get TWRP, I used seokhun's guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105, while skipping step 1
This method works as of August 02, 2014, 22:00. If you have any questions just ask.
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Is this post in the right place?
mullinsd5 said:
Is this post in the right place?
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Not even close.
@OP
Please take this down so people don't try this on their HDX's and end up with an unrepeatable brick.
r3pwn said:
Not even close.
@OP
Please take this down so people don't try this on their HDX's and end up with an unrepeatable brick.
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I would like to say that I did not post my thread here. It was moved. It works on the HD but not HDX (that I know of). I didn't post this here so I'm sorry for the confusion.
This guide, including the handoff for twrp and cm11 worked great for me. The root process was fool proof!! Thank you. CM11 is great on the HD 8.9.
ADB problem KFHD 8.9
hello, i have KFHD 8.9 with root. Now i want install TWRP. I have installed ADB and is functionally, i can run much codes, for example "adb shell getprop". But when introducing code for backup for my Kindle, show me this message: "[-] no such file or directory". Help, please.
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Unable to download apks anymore
Amazon performed a system update that no longer allows me to download apk files. The option to download apps from unknown sources is clicked on. I always check to make sure. Before this update, I had no trouble downloading apps or apk files. I factory reset my kindle fire 10 3 times, and the damn update is still there. How can I root my kindle? I don't own a computer, and I can't download apks anymore. HELP!!
Hello all,
I recently started to get lots of popads on my device, so I ran my usual scan with Malwarebytes and it came up with KingRoot being heavily infected with malware. I cant uninstall, since its what i used to root and its also a system app. Any help?
loganwaffle8 said:
Hello all,
I recently started to get lots of popads on my device, so I ran my usual scan with Malwarebytes and it came up with KingRoot being heavily infected with malware. I cant uninstall, since its what i used to root and its also a system app. Any help?
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see rootjunky's supersume video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O3DcpeS_Ic
or manually install supersu with a terminal emulator
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html
Ill try the rootjunky method in a few hours, I tried the terminal emulator installed and it just forceclosed all apps and rebooted.
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So I got a bit impatient, and decided to retry the w0lfdroid method. The same thing happened from last time (apps wouldnt open) and so I decided to reboot.
As the device began to shutdown, SuperSU appeared for a few seconds, then my device switched off. I believe I have bricked my device as it has been stuck on the 'fire' logo for the past 10 minutes. Congrats to me ._.
I tried to install adb and its drivers, however drivers wouldnt install saying 'windows couldnt find any driver software for you device' when i point it to the drivers. Any idea why?
loganwaffle8 said:
I tried to install adb and its drivers, however drivers wouldnt install saying 'windows couldnt find any driver software for you device' when i point it to the drivers. Any idea why?
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Download kindle_fire_usb_driver.zip from Amazon site
Connecting Your Fire Tablet for Testing or XDA
extract files
run KindleDrivers.exe
Then manually select drivers
Open device manager Settings>Devices>Device Manager
Connect Kindle Fire
Enable USB debugging
(If Kindle is not listed as Android>Android Composite ADB interface)
select Other Devices>Fire
Right Click>Update Driver Software
Browse my computer for Driver Software
Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer
select Android or Android Phone (or ADB Interface or Android Device)
Select Android Composite ADB interface for Stock rom or recovery/adb sideload
Select Android ADB interface for Fastboot mode
or Android Composite ADB interface
next
you may have to reboot pc
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Thanks
Have I done it right? I hope I've done everything. Also when I open ADB a load of text flashes down the cmd box for about a second then it closes. Ran as administrator and everything. Hoping I can get this fixed by the weekend...
Ok, I think I got it.
Doing adb devices gives me G000HH0454340LB9, I beleive this is the correct device?
Anyways, plan is:
Boot into recovery on device and select apply update from adb
Get the 5.1.1 update (firmware it originally had) and place it in the folder adb installed in.
Do adb sideload (file name)
Wait (maybe grab a cup of coffee?)
Hopefully success, back to stock firmware!
Afterwards ill root with kingroot and then remove using rootjunky supertool.
Ok, this is getting kinda annoying.
Placed the update-kindle-32.5.4.1_user_541112720 .bin file in the same folder I have adb installed.
Booted devices into recovery mode, selected apply update from adb
Open adb, do adb sideload update-kindle-32.5.4.1_user_541112720
Get error message 'cannot read update-kindle-32.5.4.1_user_541112720'
Have ALL correct drivers and stuff installed @sd_shadow
Can anyone help? I really need this fixing...
loganwaffle8 said:
Can anyone help? I really need this fixing...
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try downloading the firmware again, or try a different version like 5.1.2
which version is on it now?
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The version on my device before it was bricked is 5.1.1. I'm staying on that version since its the easiest to root.