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.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda premium
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.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda premium
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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.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire using xda premium
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
is there a problem putting the kindle drivers on xp...when i plug it in i comes up and automatically installs the adb interface and says its cool, comes up as removable disk and everything...but when i try to root or locate in cmd under adb devices...nothing....i unistall the drivers and reinstall and still nothing and everytime i plug in the kindle....its like its the first time and wants to continuously download the drivers...like they dont stay installed....is this only on XP, or are other OS with this problem...or im i just completely wrong with everything
this is because the kf uses 2 different drivers for the different modes - and it's on any win os
see here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
Greetings,
I am currently running my Kindle Fire with the an AOKP ICS based ROM. Everything is working fine, and when I connect the KF to a Windows computer I can see the SD storage fine as well. However, when I attempt to use adb or the Kindle Fire Utility to perform any actions against the Kindle Fire from Windows, I cannot get the device to be recognized properly once I plug it in. Because of this it is not detected by adb, and appears offline to the Kindle Fire Utility.
Before, when the KF was still on the stock ROM, it was recognized fine once I ran the driver installation included with the Kindle Fire Utility. But now the device is not recognized, and I only see a device called "Amazon" with an exclamation point next to it under Misc. devices in Device Manager.
I have tried to reinstall the driver included with the Kindle Fire Utility, install the Google USB drivers included with the Android SDK, and nothing has had any effect so far. If I boot into recovery the OS seems to recognize the device properly, but I can't do much else as once adb commands are sent to it (ie. via the Kindle Fire Utility) it doesn't have a response on the device itself, and just sits in recovery waiting for user input.
Wondering if anyone has had any experience with this thus far, and was able to resolve.
UPDATE: Resolved. Not sure how I missed this, but looks like user 'nathris' posted details and a fix in the following thread on AOKP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25271431&postcount=109
Device ID changed and the android_winusb.inf file needed to be modified with new ID strings. I updated the .inf file that was included in the drivers with the KFU. I then went to device manager, updated the driver, and pointed it to the KFU driver folder that included the modified .inf. Afterwards the driver installed and my KF was detected once again.
worked perfect I did it all without the kindle plugged in pasted the code into the inf file ran the driver install in KFU then plugged in my kindle walla adb online on the new milestone 5 kindle fire AOKP and my mass storage drivers remained intact. thanks for the research
shinji1225 said:
Greetings,
I am currently running my Kindle Fire with the an AOKP ICS based ROM. Everything is working fine, and when I connect the KF to a Windows computer I can see the SD storage fine as well. However, when I attempt to use adb or the Kindle Fire Utility to perform any actions against the Kindle Fire from Windows, I cannot get the device to be recognized properly once I plug it in. Because of this it is not detected by adb, and appears offline to the Kindle Fire Utility.
Before, when the KF was still on the stock ROM, it was recognized fine once I ran the driver installation included with the Kindle Fire Utility. But now the device is not recognized, and I only see a device called "Amazon" with an exclamation point next to it under Misc. devices in Device Manager.
I have tried to reinstall the driver included with the Kindle Fire Utility, install the Google USB drivers included with the Android SDK, and nothing has had any effect so far. If I boot into recovery the OS seems to recognize the device properly, but I can't do much else as once adb commands are sent to it (ie. via the Kindle Fire Utility) it doesn't have a response on the device itself, and just sits in recovery waiting for user input.
Wondering if anyone has had any experience with this thus far, and was able to resolve.
UPDATE: Resolved. Not sure how I missed this, but looks like user 'nathris' posted details and a fix in the following thread on AOKP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25271431&postcount=109
Device ID changed and the android_winusb.inf file needed to be modified with new ID strings. I updated the .inf file that was included in the drivers with the KFU. I then went to device manager, updated the driver, and pointed it to the KFU driver folder that included the modified .inf. Afterwards the driver installed and my KF was detected once again.
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can u up the.inf file?
Help please,
my pc do not found my kindle over usb in under win 7 in the Explorer.
I can not copy and transfer files to my kindle via USB.
Under SYSTEM it shows a kindle fire with Android ADB Interface.
Sorry for my bad english.
I had to find my kindle in device manager and tell it to update the device driver before I got MTP support on my kindle. Give that a shot.
Geekybiker said:
I had to find my kindle in device manager and tell it to update the device driver before I got MTP support on my kindle. Give that a shot.
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Wuppp.....thanks
i have klick on driver-update and the pc update new.
Now it works.
Sorry for my bad english.
to fix it if you on windows 7
go to start
search device manager
find your kindle fire
left click on android adb interface
and click uninstall.
just to be on the safe side remove ur kindle
and restart ur computer
also on your fire go to options> security and disable ADB
try connecting your kindle now and check if it worked if it didnt msg me
this solved half of the problem!!
I did as you suggested and i no longer have the mtp driver problem however it still sees the kindle as an unspecified device when i go in device and printers..in the device manager it only comes up as android phone.
What can i do to have it show up as kindle in my computers so i can transfer files back and forth!!??
Optic_Vithu said:
to fix it if you on windows 7
go to start
search device manager
find your kindle fire
left click on android adb interface
and click uninstall.
just to be on the safe side remove ur kindle
and restart ur computer
also on your fire go to options> security and disable ADB
try connecting your kindle now and check if it worked if it didnt msg me
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I'd like to think that I'm not a totally clueless noob, but I sure feel like one. I've installed homebrew on Wii and stuff like that, but I simply can't get the Kindle Fire Utility to run on a first generation Kindle Fire, 6.3.1.
I have downloaded the utility and installed the drivers, they install correctly and all necessary permissions are allowed. However, when I plug in the Kindle, the computer beeps like a USB device has been added, but it doesn't recognize the Kindle and the Kindle Fire Utility opens, but doesn't run to the point where I get a menu.
I can use system restore to roll back the driver installation and then the Kindle is recognized. I've tried running Kindle Fire Utility to get boot menu, then installing the drivers, but that leaves me hanging at "waiting for device"
Any thoughts would be much appreciated!
I have a Toshiba Satellite L755 running Windows 7.
Thanks!