I finally managed to unbrick my KF and reroot it a few weeks ago only for amazon to come out with 6.2.3 or whatever the new version is and of course it unrooted it.
I have a MacBook Pro so I decided to use BreakDroid to reroot my KF.
Well in the process of doing so it installed CWM which has turned into a total monster.
Now my KF will only load to either the Yellow Triangle screen or the CWM-based Recovery menu screen. I keep trying to boot it out of that mode by using
cd /Users/macuser/android-sdk-macosx/tools
./fastboot-mac -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5002
but that just seems to take me to the red CWM menu screen.
Does anybody know how I can get CWM off of my KF for GOOD?
I swear if I see that red menu or that yellow triangle again I'm going to throw it across the room.
Help a girl out?
To change to normal boot, use 4000 or use the following fast boot commands:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
or
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
then fastboot reboot
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Didn't Work
I tried that...it didn't work either. It just brought me back to that stupid yellow triangle.
Since you have cwm, restore your backup or flash your desirable ROM.
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=D
You know I actually decided to do that on my own before I read your post and it totally worked! Thank you for giving me the advice though.
I am glad you got your KF working
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I tried this but it didn't seem to work for me.
One problem is when I renamed the update to "update.zip" it doesnt show up as a file I can install in TWRP. However, when I actually .zip the update then it shows up.
I used install and it says "installing" with a progress bar, but when I reboot it goes right back into TWRP recovery mode.
My kindle is fully accessible through Kindle Fire Utility, but it will only stay in recovery mode, If I try to put it back into normal mode it gives a message "The system cannot find the drive specified".
I think at some point I deleted the system files using TWRP assuming I could just flash them back. I'm guessing I was wrong at this point.
Any help would be appreciated.
all u had to do, was tap reboot system on cwm. its not twrp, it ain't broken. no adb boot mode changes. just reboot lol
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Before you get all mad at me, I know there is another thread for this. This is a method that has worked for me when all other methods have failed.
I found out about this after looking around the interwebs for a while when my Kindle was stuck in a recovery loop, or stuck at the boot logo.
Your Kindle is stuck at the boot logo? I think I can help! Follow these steps!
This is WINDOWS ONLY for the time being!
1. Download and extract Kindle Fire Utility. You should be able to easily find it on the xda forums.
2. Reboot your PC.
2.5. If you have FIREFIREFIRE, go into the drivers folder in the Kindle Fire Utility and open up adb_usb.ini. Add the following line:
Code:
0x18d1
Do not delete the other lines.
3. After the reboot, connect your Kindle via USB. Go into where you unzipped Kindle Fire Utility, and run install_drivers.bat
4. Once that's done, open up a command prompt and navigate to the "tools" folder of the Kindle Fire Utility.
You do this by using this command:
Code:
cd (File path to tools folder)
Or in my case:
Code:
cd C:\Users\ZombiePiratez\Desktop\KFire Utility\Kindle Fire Utility\tools
5. After that, run the following commands:
If you DO NOT have FIREFIREFIRE, then use these commands:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
If you DO have FIREFIREFIRE
Code:
fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x18d1 reboot
If all else fails, try these commands:
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot reboot
6. Hopefully by this point, your Kindle will be rebooting. THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. Only people stuck at the bootlogo, or in a recovery loop.
Now, go have fun with your newly awesome and unbricked Kindle Fire!
What is firefirefire? Have yet to see a formal definition of that
androidcues said:
What is firefirefire? Have yet to see a formal definition of that
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Its a bootloader
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Thanks Man, I was messing around with CM7 and I rebooted into recovery not knowing that it would keep me in a recovery boot loop and KFU wasn't helping trying to help me.
Tierehl said:
Thanks Man, I was messing around with CM7 and I rebooted into recovery not knowing that it would keep me in a recovery boot loop and KFU wasn't helping trying to help me.
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Happy to help
Zombiepiratez said:
Before you get all mad at me, I know there is another thread for this. This is a method that has worked for me when all other methods have failed.
I found out about this after looking around the interwebs for a while when my Kindle was stuck in a recovery loop, or stuck at the boot logo.
Your Kindle is stuck at the boot logo? I think I can help! Follow these steps!
This is WINDOWS ONLY for the time being!
1. Download and extract Kindle Fire Utility. You should be able to easily find it on the xda forums.
2. Reboot your PC.
2.5. If you have FIREFIREFIRE, go into the drivers folder in the Kindle Fire Utility and open up adb_usb.ini. Add the following line:
Code:
0x18d1
Do not delete the other lines.
3. After the reboot, connect your Kindle via USB. Go into where you unzipped Kindle Fire Utility, and run install_drivers.bat
4. Once that's done, open up a command prompt and navigate to the "tools" folder of the Kindle Fire Utility.
You do this by using this command:
Code:
cd (File path to tools folder)
Or in my case:
Code:
cd C:\Users\ZombiePiratez\Desktop\KFire Utility\Kindle Fire Utility\tools
5. After that, run the following commands:
If you DO NOT have FIREFIREFIRE, then use these commands:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
If you DO have FIREFIREFIRE
Code:
fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x18d1 reboot
If all else fails, try these commands:
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot reboot
6. Hopefully by this point, your Kindle will be rebooting. THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. Only people stuck at the bootlogo, or in a recovery loop.
Now, go have fun with your newly awesome and unbricked Kindle Fire!
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Unfortunately this will only work if your windows based computer even recognizes the kindle, which mine doesn't. Thanks tho. I've given mine to my tech geek who has access to linux based system, so hopefully he will be able to recover my brick.
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Sorry about that. I wish I could help.
I am a newbie. I recover my kf using the recovery boot with kfu and it works fine now. how could
I know if it is in the recovery boot loop? Many thanks.
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Zombiepiratez said:
Sorry about that. I wish I could help.
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Its ok. I read everywhere its impossible to brick a kindle so im hoping that's true.
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My Windows PC wouldn't recognize my KF stuck in recovery mode, either. I think it reported in as an "unknown USB device" or something. I had to shut down the Kindle and then plug the USB in, which for whatever reason got my computer to recognize it. I think it might be similar to the effect of a battery drain?
*Snip*
Double post, fail.
CiggyPipe said:
My Windows PC wouldn't recognize my KF stuck in recovery mode, either. I think it reported in as an "unknown USB device" or something. I had to shut down the Kindle and then plug the USB in, which for whatever reason got my computer to recognize it. I think it might be similar to the effect of a battery drain?
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Did it just immediately recognize it, or did you have to re-install drivers? And i'm not sure about the battery drain thing...
CiggyPipe said:
My Windows PC wouldn't recognize my KF stuck in recovery mode, either. I think it reported in as an "unknown USB device" or something. I had to shut down the Kindle and then plug the USB in, which for whatever reason got my computer to recognize it. I think it might be similar to the effect of a battery drain?
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Tried that to no avail as well.
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Zombiepiratez said:
Did it just immediately recognize it, or did you have to re-install drivers? And i'm not sure about the battery drain thing...
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I guess I should make note that by this point I'd uninstalled the driver I used. It was recognized as "kindle" once after I plugged it in while off, so then I went ahead and manually reinstalled the driver (from Jayce Ooi's site), which allowed the fastboot commands to work. Otherwise, the command would hang at <waiting for device>.
Thanks! My kindle fire was stuck at the firefirefire logo. My computer couldn't even recognize my kindle but I uninstalled the Android ADB composite interface and plugged it back in, when the kindle was off. Then I used your commands to get fastboot. I installed TWRP, now I'm stuck in TWRP and can't mount my sd... to flash any rom.
Thanks
Thanks for the info. i thought i'd bricked it and the info worked a treat. that will teach me to keep my mouth shut "of course i can root your kindle"
try fixing permissions under advanced, and then make sure only the sdcard box is marked in mount option.
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Zombiepiratez said:
Before you get all mad at me, I know there is another thread for this. This is a method that has worked for me when all other methods have failed.
I found out about this after looking around the interwebs for a while when my Kindle was stuck in a recovery loop, or stuck at the boot logo.
Your Kindle is stuck at the boot logo? I think I can help! Follow these steps!
This is WINDOWS ONLY for the time being!
1. Download and extract Kindle Fire Utility. You should be able to easily find it on the xda forums.
2. Reboot your PC.
2.5. If you have FIREFIREFIRE, go into the drivers folder in the Kindle Fire Utility and open up adb_usb.ini. Add the following line:
Code:
0x18d1
Do not delete the other lines.
3. After the reboot, connect your Kindle via USB. Go into where you unzipped Kindle Fire Utility, and run install_drivers.bat
4. Once that's done, open up a command prompt and navigate to the "tools" folder of the Kindle Fire Utility.
You do this by using this command:
Code:
cd (File path to tools folder)
Or in my case:
Code:
cd C:\Users\ZombiePiratez\Desktop\KFire Utility\Kindle Fire Utility\tools
5. After that, run the following commands:
If you DO NOT have FIREFIREFIRE, then use these commands:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
If you DO have FIREFIREFIRE
Code:
fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x18d1 reboot
If all else fails, try these commands:
Code:
fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot reboot
6. Hopefully by this point, your Kindle will be rebooting. THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR EVERYONE. Only people stuck at the bootlogo, or in a recovery loop.
Now, go have fun with your newly awesome and unbricked Kindle Fire!
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I'm sorry but I tried all the steps above but KF's still stuck at boot logo. I flashed CM9 stock kernel 3.0 with FFF 1.4a and CWR, wiped everything and factory reset, then install...but it just hangs at the blue skating droid logo... any idea?
jamesphan said:
I'm sorry but I tried all the steps above but KF's still stuck at boot logo. I flashed CM9 stock kernel 3.0 with FFF 1.4a and CWR, wiped everything and factory reset, then install...but it just hangs at the blue skating droid logo... any idea?
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The Unbrick utility won't help in your case. When the device hangs at the boot animation or goes to a blank screen afterwards, the problem is usually one of three things.
* the rom installed is corrupted
* you didn't wipe the necessary data before installing
* you tried flashing a rom that's incompatible with the recovery you are using (I'm betting this is most likely the case)
Try installing a different rom (preferably non-ICS) to see if that fixes the problem. Of so, check to see if you're using the latest version of CWM by Hashcode or install TWRP to run ICS based roms.
Any further questions regarding this matter should be redirected to the Q&A section.
[Edit:] For some reason I thought this was the thread for the Unbrick Utility. Regardless, the solution is still the same.
You are a GENIOUS!!!
Thanks a LOT!!!!!!!!!!
Hey guys I rooted my Kindle Fire with no problems.
Then I went on to what you guys know will follow after a root.
Flashing a custom recovery so that I can install a rom.
Well I followed this guide here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-how-to-windows-install-twrp-20-on-your-kindle-fire/
Yes I had the recovery in the same folder etc...
After I typed the following:
adb shell
idme bootmode 4002
exit
fastboot -i 0x1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img
I got stuck at the Yellow Fire Triangle
I pulled open the case and unplugged the battery.
Even after that it boots right into the Fire Triangle.
I am using Ubuntu Linux.
Can anyone help me get out of this situation. Or does anyone know what I did wrong?
I herd about the kindle fire utility but im running Ubuntu not windows.
thanks guys
roketteere said:
Hey guys I rooted my Kindle Fire with no problems.
Then I went on to what you guys know will follow after a root.
Flashing a custom recovery so that I can install a rom.
Well I followed this guide here:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-how-to-windows-install-twrp-20-on-your-kindle-fire/
Yes I had the recovery in the same folder etc...
After I typed the following:
adb shell
idme bootmode 4002
exit
fastboot -i 0x1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img
I got stuck at the Yellow Fire Triangle
I pulled open the case and unplugged the battery.
Even after that it boots right into the Fire Triangle.
I am using Ubuntu Linux.
Can anyone help me get out of this situation. Or does anyone know what I did wrong?
I herd about the kindle fire utility but im running Ubuntu not windows.
thanks guys
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Plug it in and type
Fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000
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It says <waiting for device>
And nothing happens
I don't know if it helps but before it booted into that mode the vendor id on the usb was 1949.
Now the vedor id is 18D1
I'm not sure if that helps but that's what I have.
Thanks
Try running fastboot as root.
issue "fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000"
if it says <waiting for device> power it off by holding the pwr button for ~20sec till it turns of - pwr on again - the command should resume and finish
a second pwr off/on will bring you back to normal
I got it working last night. The problem was that it did flash a recovery it just wouldn't boot into recovery for some reason. I kept click and holding the power button until it finally rebooted into normal mode.
Then Instead of using twrp recovery I flashed cwm and installed ICS.
Thank you all for helping me.
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glad that you got it working ...
please mark the subject of the topic (edit first post) with [Solved]
There done.
Thank u again for the help peops
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I know how to get out of it by tying fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
but when i open kindle fire utility 0.9.5 i try to install firefirefire or twrp but it just reboots and gets stuck on the kindlefire logo. what do i do. i believe i installed all the drivers just like it said
i get a online and 4000 status on the utility.
it says the img has been found in the utility
also i havent even seen a yellow triangle yet
I assume you rooted first...?
jluke86 said:
I assume you rooted first...?
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yes.
i install the google apps with the utlity and it worked fine
im not sure why i cant get into recoverymode
KFU 0.9.5 does not seem to produce the yellow triangle upon startup. The only way I could enter TWRP was to run the utility again and install TWRP from scratch. 0.9.1 does not have this problem though.
Uninstall your drivers. Reinstall them manually.
Use command prompt to enter fastboot command.
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Hi I'm new here but lately I'e been reading a lot of the posts about rooting and installing roms on a kindle fire since I recently got one. I got cyanogen 9 on it (I think anyways) and used twrp for it. All went well but when I tried to go back to twrp, it loaded CW. Could anyone point me in the right direction to get twrp back on since I felt more comfortable with that?
Thanks for any help I can get
Get your command prompt ready and make sure both TWRP and fastboot are in your present working directory.
You can use CWM to reboot into fastboot mode or do it manually, then...
fastboot -i 0x1949 boot twrp.img
Where "twrp" would be the exact name of the recovery.img you want to flash.
After it's installed...
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
...to get out of fastboot. Then reboot.
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Just follow the direction in the following thread to install TWRP 2.0 or 2.1. Please note you need to select the KF as a device to download the correct version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24687315
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ammubarak said:
Just follow the direction in the following thread to install TWRP 2.0 or 2.1. Please note you need to select the KF as a device to download the correct version
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24687315
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I did that but when i rebooted it went to CW again...
@soupmagnet: am i supposed to copy/paste that stuff in my cmd?
LVMickey said:
I did that but when i rebooted it went to CW again...
@soupmagnet: am i supposed to copy/paste that stuff in my cmd?
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Or type it, but yes. You need to be in fastboot mode first (stuck at boot screen). CWM has an option to reboot into fastboot.
[Edit:] Not to insult your intelligence, but make sure your device is plugged into the computer first
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24691872&postcount=4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24720976&postcount=11
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24732291&postcount=1298
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24748001&postcount=1317
LVMickey said:
I did that but when i rebooted it went to CW again...
@soupmagnet: am i supposed to copy/paste that stuff in my cmd?
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After you download the image file, do the following
[ how to flash/install ]
reboot into fastboot mode and enter the command:
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
Then you need to change the mode to normal boot. I think that you did fastboot boot filename.img . You need to flash the file into recovery. Good luck
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I had a rooted kindle fire hd with CM rom. Wanted to update rom to kitkat. In TWRP, wiped everything, cache, data, system and dalvik.
I rebooted the recovery, so i can sideload the rom files thru adb. But the kindle is stuck at blue kindle fire logo.
If i try adb, it says device offline and no command works. Tried kindle fire firstaide, it is stuck when starting daemon.
Any way to bring it to life?
sam298 said:
I had a rooted kindle fire hd with CM rom. Wanted to update rom to kitkat. In TWRP, wiped everything, cache, data, system and dalvik.
I rebooted the recovery, so i can sideload the rom files thru adb. But the kindle is stuck at blue kindle fire logo.
If i try adb, it says device offline and no command works. Tried kindle fire firstaide, it is stuck when starting daemon.
Any way to bring it to life?
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something similar happened to me yesterday,
have you tried getting into twrp manually ? sometimes it takes a while to boot into recovery id give it 15 to 20 seconds holding the vol+ button. if you cant get into twrp, you might have to use the system restore tool, but let me know if you can get into twrp first.
When it went to fastboot mode just before this happened, I pushed twrp.img thru PC and rebooted hoping I can get to recovery. Tried power vol+ for several seconds, starts with orange logo and then blue logo then stuck at black screen.
Not sure if I can send to amazon with blue logo showing up.
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That should still be fixable from fastboot if you can't get it into recovery... No reason to send it back to amazon.
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stunts513 said:
That should still be fixable from fastboot if you can't get it into recovery... No reason to send it back to amazon.
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Is there any way to get into fastboot mode? I tried vol - and power for a minute and also vol + and power. If i enter adb devices, i see the device but it says offline. If i use fastboot devices command, no devices are seen. PC shows it as Kindle but can't access its storage.
If the logo turns blue you can get it into fastboot without a fastboot cable, otherwise you will need a fastboot cable, unless he device is a 8.9" model. Which model do you have? Also doing it without a fastboot cable would probably be easier from Linux if you never installed the fastboot drivers on windows because the device will only show up for a brief second and then disappear, and I will state this now in case you don't know, adb commands do not work with fastboot mode, you use fastboot commands with fastboot mode. I recommend a Ubuntu 13.10 live CD and then telling it to install the fastboot package in the Ubuntu software center and running "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" from a terminal with the device in plugged and powered off, and when it says waiting for device, plug the kindle in and you should be able to get into fastboot.
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I have a 7". Thanks for the tip, i finally was able to boot into the system. I downloaded ubuntu but thought of trying it in windows. The only fastboot command that worked is the getvar product you mentioned. The part i missed is, enter the command and then plug the powered off kindle. Finally got into the fastboot logo.
After that none of the other fastboot command worked - said waiting for device. But kffirstaide worked luckily. I pushed 7.2.3 into the kindle and kindle is back working.
stunts513 said:
If the logo turns blue you can get it into fastboot without a fastboot cable, otherwise you will need a fastboot cable, unless he device is a 8.9" model. Which model do you have? Also doing it without a fastboot cable would probably be easier from Linux if you never installed the fastboot drivers on windows because the device will only show up for a brief second and then disappear, and I will state this now in case you don't know, adb commands do not work with fastboot mode, you use fastboot commands with fastboot mode. I recommend a Ubuntu 13.10 live CD and then telling it to install the fastboot package in the Ubuntu software center and running "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" from a terminal with the device in plugged and powered off, and when it says waiting for device, plug the kindle in and you should be able to get into fastboot.
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sam298 for future, encase you cant get into fastboot, this adapter will get you there and you can use your regular usb power cable with it so you have a factory cable at all times, especially since you have a kindle. i bought 2 of these cause why not they were $9.00 dollars each. and no i dont make anything from these, i just seen it on hashcodes post and thought it would be good to buy one encase i need to put something in fastboot. i got mine and fast, took only a few days to get it from this guy.
http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm