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*disclaimer: I am posting here because for all of my searching, I don't see help for unbricking on a Mac when you're already rooted...
********UPDATE: I SOLVED THE ISSUE! I WILL POST A HOW-TO FOR MAC USERS VERY SOON!********
My problem:
I can't use the usual steps in this forum to get past the boot animation because I can't see my device on my Mac anymore since this whole boot loop started. How do I get into adb if my kindle is in boot limbo..?
Note: My Kindle is rooted, I have adb on my Mac and everything was fine until I updated my GoEx Launcher. Help!
Thanks in advance, and I'll donate/buy beers for whoever can help!!!
Am I seriously the only one in this forum who uses a Mac to access adb??
I heard issues, so I dual booted into windows to run the commands.
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smirkis said:
I heard issues, so I dual booted into windows to run the commands.
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Ok. I guess I'm just gonna have to bite the bullet and find a PC. Still, I don't understand how being on a PC or a Mac will make a difference if the kindle is stuck at the boot animation, how will the PC ever get to communicate with it..? I'm mean if it's looping then it never gets to initialize enough for adb to access it... right?
Ok, so for some unexplainable reason, I got my iMac to recognize that my kindle is attached (unlike my Macbook, which never sees it while it's boot looping). Yes, I am still in boot loop though. I think my problem is I never make it into fastboot mode.
When I am in adb, I can see that my kindle is rooted (the permissions pop up in the Terminal) but when I get to the fastboot part, it always returns "permission denied" for any command I enter.
If I've gotten this kindle to talk to adb via Terminal (on Mac) while it's in boot loop mode, there HAS to be a way to push it even further and get it to wipe the system and back to stock... right?
Help!!!!
***UPDATE***
I've somehow gotten into fastboot mode (i think) because the logo is no longer flashing. But of course now that it's in fastboot, Terminal says:
error: device not found
I downloaded fastboot.exe (but what folder should it be in???) and run the fastboot commands, starting with: cd /system/bin
...but it just says: No such file or directory
I feel like I'm really close here lol.. someone, throw me a bone!
im not really familure with macs I know that it is unix based but how do the drivers work? is it like PC or more like linux?
***UPDATE***
PROGRESS!!!
I was able to enter the fastboot commands to erase user data, told it to boot into bootmode 4000, and then I entered the command to reboot...
...that's where it ends. lol
Apparently the Terminal is stuck at: "rebooting..."
I'm gonna stare at it as long as I can, hopefully it reboots because if it does, I can post a new thread for all the Mac users who got stuck like me...
**cross your fingers!***
wtphoto said:
im not really familure with macs I know that it is unix based but how do the drivers work? is it like PC or more like linux?
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...more like Linux!
OMG OMG OMG OMG!!!! I DID IT!!!!
LOL AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok! So I'm gonna post my steps for Mac users.. unfortunately, not tonight because I'll be up trying to get CM7 on this bad boy! lol
...and yeah, I know what you're sayin. 'Why hack it some more after you just got it back up and running?!"
Well, that's the life of a geek lol. Not to mention that now I know how to get it back if I crash it again, so.. yeah. Here's to being a geek baby!
Thanks for NOT helping guys... I guess trial and error IS the best teacher!
I know when I was having an issue getting fastboot to recognize I had to add 51-android.rules to my /etc/udev/rules.d directory
**edit** NM looks like you got it, sorry I came in late
wtphoto said:
I know when I was having an issue getting fastboot to recognize I had to add 51-android.rules to my /etc/udev/rules.d directory
**edit** NM looks like you got it, sorry I came in late
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Hey, thanks! Yeah I already had it in the bag by the time you posted, but thanks for trying to help...
I am in the process of organizing a new post with the steps I went through to get unbricked on my mac. I will be posting soon!
webmastertroi said:
Hey, thanks! Yeah I already had it in the bag by the time you posted, but thanks for trying to help...
I am in the process of organizing a new post with the steps I went through to get unbricked on my mac. I will be posting soon!
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Thanks so much man!!!!! <3 you (no homo) ur a life saver!!!! can't wait for this guide epic thanks to you!
LOL!!! Glad to know someone else can use it! I have been busy working and now I'm in airport to fly out for the holidays, but I'm working to post it hopefully tomorrow or Friday... I'm on it!
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Well, I'm now in the same boat and also on a mac...stuck at boot and can't seem to get it to be recognized by adb... If someone could post the steps, I'd be very grateful...
bikeracer4487 said:
Well, I'm now in the same boat and also on a mac...stuck at boot and can't seem to get it to be recognized by adb... If someone could post the steps, I'd be very grateful...
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I apologize for the wait. I'm traveling for the holiday and simply haven't had the time. I will try to work on it asap. It's a pretty lengthy post with a lot of steps and I will have to organize it all lol. I will soon though...
Merry Christmas in the meantime..
Here is the fix that should work on Windows/Mac/Linux:
1. first have your kindle plugged in and off
2. in the command prompt, browse to the android platform tools, where fastboot is.
3. type in fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
4. It should show < waiting for device >
5. Turn on your Kindle
If its still sitting at the yellow triangle, then type fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
lchanmanl said:
Here is the fix that should work on Windows/Mac/Linux:
1. first have your kindle plugged in and off
2. in the command prompt, browse to the android platform tools, where fastboot is.
3. type in fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
4. It should show < waiting for device >
5. Turn on your Kindle
If its still sitting at the yellow triangle, then type fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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HOLY CRAP!! That just fixed my kindle that has been bricked for 2 weeks. THANKS!
HELP!
Troi:
I am in the same boat as you. Can you post the steps you used to unbrick your Fire on a Mac?
Thanks,
David
lchanmanl said:
Here is the fix that should work on Windows/Mac/Linux:
1. first have your kindle plugged in and off
2. in the command prompt, browse to the android platform tools, where fastboot is.
3. type in fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
4. It should show < waiting for device >
5. Turn on your Kindle
If its still sitting at the yellow triangle, then type fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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I'm still stuck at the triangle after step 5. So I tried the fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot and I get this message
ERROR: usb_read failed with status e00002ed
any thoughts?
EDIT: the error now says
ERROR: could not get pipe properties
Hi everyone.
I managed to brick my kindle fire within an hour of purchasing it, but using the suggestions on this forum, I was able to get it back up and running in a few hours.
The method that I had to use involved suggestions grabbed from several threads, so I wanted to provide instructions on exactly how I managed to fix mine in case someone ends up in the same situation as me.
For starters, I had just updated my Kindle Fire to 6.2.1 and I was messing around with trying to get the google app manager installed. I rooted the device, and I was changing permissions in the /system/app directory when the device crashed and became stuck on the boot animation. I did not have TWRP installed at the time.
So if you are like me, or in a similar situation, this may be applicable.
These instructions assume that you have adb on your computer.
First, ensure that you are able to communicate with your device using ADB. Verify this by using the command:
adb devices
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or by using the kindle fire utility and ensuring that the status is online.
If you are not able to communicate with your device AND have the boot animation (right to left reflection across the "Kindle Fire" logo text), you likely have a driver issue.
Several possible ways to resolve this. First, I recommend going to device manager and unistalling the driver for the android phone adb interface. Unplug the kindle fire and plug it in again. The device should show up without a driver as "kindle". Manually apply the proper driver again and check the adb connection. If this does not work, uninstall the driver again and add 0x18d1 at the end of adb_usb.ini on a line underneath "0x1949" and reapply the driver. Toss in a few shutdowns in between some of these steps if you are still having trouble. Hopefully you now have a connection to your device.
If you are not able to communicate with your device AND do not have the boot animation (right to left reflection across the "Kindle Fire" logo text), your kindle fire is in the wrong bootmode (likely fastboot).
To fix this, download fastboot.exe (if you don't already have it) and run the following command, even if you don't have an adb connection)
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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or if that doesn't work
fastboot -i 0x18d1 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x18d1 reboot
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Your kindle fire should restart and now be stuck at the logo with animation, and you should have the ability to communicate with your device through adb now.
Now, you should download the kindle fire firmware (6.2.1 as of the time of writing this) from http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620. Rename this to update.zip and drop it in the same directory as adb.exe on your pc. Execute the following command.
adb push update.zip /sdcard/
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Now, you need to use fbmode to enable the fastboot mode, per pokey9000's instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20755810
Assuming that that was able to complete successfully, you need to flash TWRP 2.0 per pyrostic's instructions at http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-ho...our-kindle-fire/page__pid__301703#entry301703
You now should be stuck at a screen with a yellow triangle. Pressing the power button several times until it turns orange should bring you into the recovery screen. Do the following:
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset
Go back to the home screen and select install -> update.zip
And when that's done, you can tell it to reboot.
It'll think for a minute or two at the kindle fire boot, and then it will go into the initial setup screen. You're now the proud owner of a working fact0ry default kindle fire!
Quick note: I wrote this from memory quickly to try to help anyone experiencing problems. I'm no android expert, so if there are ways to improve on this or corrections to be made, please let me know so that the community can benefit.
And I don't want to appear to take undue credit for any of these instructions. I did not come up with anything on this guide on my own, everything came from various threads on this forum. These are just the steps that I followed to successfully bring my kindle fire back from death.
Man, My Kindle Fire does not even get detected by my PC
Now, you need to use fbmode to enable the fastboot mode, per pokey9000's instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...php?p=20755810
Assuming that that was able to complete successfully, you need to flash TWRP 2.0 per pyrostic's instructions at http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-how...03#entry301703
You now should be stuck at a screen with a yellow triangle. Pressing the power button several times until it turns orange should bring you into the recovery screen. Do the following:
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Factory reset
Go back to the home screen and select install -> update.zip
And when that's done, you can tell it to reboot.
It'll think for a minute or two at the kindle fire boot, and then it will go into the initial setup screen. You're now the proud owner of a working fact0ry default kindle fire!
****When I run the fbmode I am getting stuck on the boot logo screen. Can someone please help me??
that is normal - you are in fastboot mode now - adb commands don't work in this mode - fastboot commands do - resume with the description ...
Thanks for your post.
I also "bricked" my kindle the day I got it but my issue was not having the correct drivers installed when I started the rooting process. My drivers would recognize the Kindle when it was booted normally but when it went into fastboot mode the Kindle would just show as "Unknown Device" in device manager. In windows you can't remove the drivers for unknown device so I had no way of backing out the old drivers.
What I ended up doing was grabbing my other laptop and making sure I had the correct drivers installed, then connected the kindle and was able to back it out of fastboot mode.
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umarsl said:
Man, My Kindle Fire does not even get detected by my PC
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Does it show up as "unknown Device" in device manager?
you can uninstall the drivers
win 7:
http://www.petri.co.il/removing-old-drivers-from-vista-and-windows7.htm
xp:
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/removing-unused-device-drivers-from-windows-xp-machines/6017628
Just wanted to say thanx for the post. I ran into the exact same condition that the op did where I inadvertently screwed up the permissions on the /system/app directory which caused the kf to wig out and brick. I wished I had seen your post earlier because I ended up going to many posts and piecing together the information which was a little confusing at times. The op is great and I just wanted to point out two observations that seemed to me the most confusing working through the issue and getting it unbricked and hopefully will bring some clarity for folks.
1. Understanding the different states of the "kindle fire" logo.
- Shimmering animation and appears to loop = normal boot mode and is the state that you should be able to communicate with adb. This is the state where you can push files to the kf like twrp and fbmode which is what is needed to get kf in fastboot mode when bricked like this.
- The logo is static and does not "wink" out or loop = fastboot mode. This is when you use fastboot commands on your PC to change boot modes and also execute files such as twrp to get it installed once you pushed it to the kf with adb.
2. USB Drivers.
- This can be a real killer. After playing with this for hours, the one thing that I found that helped the most was when the driver stopped working I would unplug the kf from the PC and then hard reboot the kf (hold on/off ~20 seconds) then just plug back in, don't use on/off. Keep the device manager open on the PC and watch. You will soon start to see a pattern when you have the right driver and do this a few times.
Once these things are ironed out all eventually works out. BTW, this occurred after my kf was upgraded to 6.2.2. So the instructions and tools and everything else you will find still works. Good luck to anyone working through this issue. Just remember, if you can communicate with it, it's almost certain there is a way to recover it.
I was rooted, just stock though, use BurritoRoot. Also had TWRP working fine. I tried several times to install MoDaCo Custom ROM for the Kindle Fire but it would just throw me into a bootloop at the Kindle Fire splash screen, couldn't get it to work. Someone suggested that I unrooted back to stock and started over.
So I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072
Now I'm stuck at the "Kindle Fire" splash screen, been sitting here stuck for 10 minutes now and still going. Anyone to get out of this? Oh and while I'm sitting here stuck at the splash screen, my power button is still orange, if that means anything to anyone?
I also still see "android phone" in device manager and it says my drivers for it are installed correctly.
EDIT: I have KF connected to my PC, when I type in "adb shell" I get this now:
c:\>cd android
c:\Android>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
c:\Android>
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I also tried following this:
I have also heard of the problem with some people getting caught in a boot loop and see a constant Kindle Fire boot screen. To fix this you must open up your cmd and type:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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But when I type in "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" I just get this, doesn't do anything?
c:\Android>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
< waiting for device >
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I also tried reinstalling my drivers. I removed them, restarted my PC and followed these directions again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1431785&page=2
I tried typing in "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" but still just sits at "waiting for device".
to flash the stock stock rom was probably not the best idea because you'r loosing root,fff and twrp
the prerooted secure stock rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402440 is the better choice cause it don't touch fff & twrp
anyway - allthrough i'm pretty shure you allready tried:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442529
maybe using the unbrick utility can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
or try to start over manually:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414832
if this all does'nt work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21062347&postcount=19
bal1985 said:
I was rooted, just stock though, use BurritoRoot. Also had TWRP working fine. I tried several times to install MoDaCo Custom ROM for the Kindle Fire but it would just throw me into a bootloop at the Kindle Fire splash screen, couldn't get it to work. Someone suggested that I unrooted back to stock and started over...
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We are in the same boat my friend. I think we're gonna have to get/make a factory cable.
Refot_Sirk said:
We are in the same boat my friend. I think we're gonna have to get/make a factory cable.
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so you tried everything that is listed above and nothing worked? by the way what is a factory cable, what does it do and how do you get one?
theres gotta be a way to get out of this bootloop...someone has to know.
b63 said:
to flash the stock stock rom was probably not the best idea because you'r loosing root,fff and twrp
the prerooted secure stock rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402440 is the better choice cause it don't touch fff & twrp
anyway - allthrough i'm pretty shure you allready tried:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442529
maybe using the unbrick utility can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
or try to start over manually:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414832
if this all does'nt work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21062347&postcount=19
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ive tried all of those.
for making a factory cable look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693
it puts the kf in fastboot mode
b63 said:
to flash the stock stock rom was probably not the best idea because you'r loosing root,fff and twrp
the prerooted secure stock rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402440 is the better choice cause it don't touch fff & twrp
anyway - allthrough i'm pretty shure you allready tried:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1442529
maybe using the unbrick utility can help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
or try to start over manually:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1414832
if this all does'nt work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21062347&postcount=19
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- the first one didn't work.
- the second, the unbrick utility didn't do anything. everything just sits at "waiting for device".
the third, [fastboot] stock 6.2.1 wont work for me. this is what i get when i try that option:
C:\Android>adb push fbmode /data/local/tmp
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
2457 KB/s (510876 bytes in 0.203s)
C:\Android>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
C:\Android>
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b63 said:
for making a factory cable look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392693
it puts the kf in fastboot mode
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yeah im not soldering anything, ill just make things worse. if i could buy one that would be great. my only option is to get my kindle replaced again. no choice. hopefully someone here can help or knows something before i call amazon.
this is the other option - you have to open it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20565446
would buy a factory cable - there are at least 2 guys selling them here in the forum - one of them is SkOrPn
make a search for factory cable or SkOrPn
it's also good to have one for the future ...
EDIT:
here you can order one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21309629&postcount=123
u need to slow down and read more carefully.
buy a cable from skorpn, fastboot flash twrp than new fff1.2
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smirkis said:
u need to slow down and read more carefully.
buy a cable from skorpn, fastboot flash twrp than new fff1.2
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i read very carefully, but before i start throwing money around, i dont know how much he charges, but maybe someone else can get my through this little issue.
i did message him a bit ago, just waiting for his reply.
Make sure your computer is set up properly to read your kindle...the easiest thing to do is download Kindle Fire Utility, extract it to your desktop, navigate to the tools folder within the Kindle Fire Utility folder, hold shift while right clicking and select open command prompt here. Once the window opens up, try the commands over again where you push the fastboot file and then change the permissions.
Adb shell (press enter)
Su (press enter, if already showing # sign than you are already in su)
Chmod blah blah (press enter)
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bal1985 said:
i read very carefully, but before i start throwing money around, i dont know how much he charges, but maybe someone else can get my through this little issue.
i did message him a bit ago, just waiting for his reply.
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i think i have read he charges ~ $15 with shipping
G1ForFun said:
Make sure your computer is set up properly to read your kindle...the easiest thing to do is download Kindle Fire Utility, extract it to your desktop, navigate to the tools folder within the Kindle Fire Utility folder, hold shift while right clicking and select open command prompt here. Once the window opens up, try the commands over again where you push the fastboot file and then change the permissions.
Adb shell (press enter)
Su (press enter, if already showing # sign than you are already in su)
Chmod blah blah (press enter)
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im not rooted so adb wont work properly...
i did what you said:
C:\Users\Brett\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools>adb shell
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
C:\Users\Brett\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools>su
'su' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:\Users\Brett\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools>
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b63 said:
to flash the stock stock rom was probably not the best idea....
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So are threads like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399072
just bad advice? Or is there some inherent risk in flashing or removing any recovery?
bad advice ? don't know - it is written in the title what happens
i think this is for people who want to return the kf to amazon and mostly it works.
if i want to keep my kf and have a working recovery system i would NEVER EVER flash the original stock rom from amazon
there are prerooted stock images available as i mentioned earlier
also a pure update version to 6.2.1 is available (i used it from 6.2 to 6.2.1 - very fine)
There sending me a knew one, I learned my lesson. I'll get more info before flashing. Well at least people know not to use that thread above. He should put a little warning in his thread so no one else gets my promblem.
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Hi all, I have the same problem, while I was using TWRP I don't know how but I have bricked my kindle, now it is in "kindle fire screen boot loop", when I attach the kindle at computer it is seen, kindle fire utility say:
ADB status: online
Boot status: unknown
I tried to change boot mode from kindle fire utility and it reboot my kindle but in the same situation, so I try to make a factory cable, I connect the red wire with the connector that have not any wire (on the rear), as I read in some threads, but when I reboot kindle pressing power button for 20 sec, with this modified usb insert, and power up kindle....never happens and it still say "kindle fire"
sorry for my english and please help me
I missed it I believe and just "fastboot reboot"
after installing twrp recovery in th 6.3 root by jcase.
Now I'm stuck at the yellow fire and adb does not recognize my device any more and fastboot says waiting for device.
Did leaving this line out brick it? I got too excited after seeing the recovery screen I must have missed the line. I'm scared to do anything. Please help.
KennyCap said:
I missed it I believe and just "fastboot reboot"
after installing twrp recovery in th 6.3 root by jcase.
Now I'm stuck at the yellow fire and adb does not recognize my device any more and fastboot says waiting for device.
Did leaving this line out brick it? I got too excited after seeing the recovery screen I must have missed the line. I'm scared to do anything. Please help.
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connect it and hit normal boot in kfu and when it says waiting for device turn the kindle off by holding the power button then turn it right back on and it will connect during boot
KFU utility? or unbrick? I tried to use the utility to root option 2 but I believe I had the path wrong. I had adb set up correctly cuz it recognized my device and I made it all the way to flashing the recovery img.
I'm not that command line savy any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
KennyCap said:
KFU utility? or unbrick? I tried to use the utility to root option 2 but I believe I had the path wrong. I had adb set up correctly cuz it recognized my device and I made it all the way to flashing the recovery img.
I'm not that command line savy any help would be greatly appreciated thanks
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Oh I thought you had fff and twrp installed already where are you in the process and what's going wrong
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i was rooting using the 6.3 method I made it through the first set of command lines. I installed the twrp.img. i saw it on my kf's screen. I got excited cuz I've been at it for a few hours typed fastboot reboot without the idme oem 500 something(sorry from memory I know thats not right) So the device rebooted into fast boot(yellow triangle with fire) and immediately tried to download drivers as the device was no longer recognized by fastboot(waiting for device) or adb (daemon started but no connected device) although after reinstalling the driver through kfu its now recognized in fastboot but not kfu. i think it has something to do with putting kfu in platform tools. So I know I'm not bricked just not sure where to start I'm gonna try the command line I believe I missed or a couple right before it.
KennyCap said:
i was rooting using the 6.3 method I made it through the first set of command lines. I installed the twrp.img. i saw it on my kf's screen. I got excited cuz I've been at it for a few hours typed fastboot reboot without the idme oem 500 something(sorry from memory I know thats not right) So the device rebooted into fast boot(yellow triangle with fire) and immediately tried to download drivers as the device was no longer recognized by fastboot(waiting for device) or adb (daemon started but no connected device) although after reinstalling the driver through kfu its now recognized in fastboot but not kfu. i think it has something to do with putting kfu in platform tools. So I know I'm not bricked just not sure where to start I'm gonna try the command line I believe I missed or a couple right before it.
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OK cool so you have twrp and fff flashed.... do like I said before hook it up in kf utility hit the number for normal boot and it will say waiting for device.. turn your kindle off by long pressing the power button and then turn it back on and it will connect and switch to normal boot wile the kindle is turning on
if our using just adb in a command promp type this
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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Thanks for the advice. The problem was I had the wrong path for kfu. I have rooted an Evo an epic and my transformer all fairly easy. That actually took me around 4 hours. I really should use adb more. That was my sister's KF I was rooting. I couldn't stand to see her using it stock like that. I got Hell Fire up and running. Thanks for trying to help.
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KennyCap said:
Thanks for the advice. The problem was I had the wrong path for kfu. I have rooted an Evo an epic and my transformer all fairly easy. That actually took me around 4 hours. I really should use adb more. That was my sister's KF I was rooting. I couldn't stand to see her using it stock like that. I got Hell Fire up and running. Thanks for trying to help.
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No problem glad you got it going and good choice for a rom
I have searched and couldn't find a fastboot thread. So here it is.
I found out fastboot is working on Linux.
Bad news is Windows seems to need another driver for fastboot.
Please help look for a windows driver or make one.
The fastboot commands all seem to work fine.
Here you guys go! Enjoy.
Code:
[SIZE=5][SIZE=3][SIZE=5][SIZE=3]adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot -i 0x1949 command_here[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
Just noticed pokey9000 said this but it was overlooked.
pokey9000 said:
That's it. And you're running fastboot as "fastboot -i 0x1949 your_command_here", and you have udev set to allow permissions for that VID (or are running as root) in Linux?
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Thank you.
Still don't believe me, look at the last picture.
I'm having issues with some commands. Please test it out and enjoy!
shimp208 said:
In the Fire TV section a fastboot cable was created by splicing two USB A to B cables together, so that the A to A ends were together which when connected from your computer to the Fire TV on bootup put the device in fastboot mode, in the process then your computer recognized (Running Windows 8 was the example given) the device and installed the proper drivers. Since the devices are similar, a potential solution would be use the cable, have the computer recognize it and install the drivers, then backup the drivers, and share them here for others to use.
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I'm quite sure the cable isn't the issue. Also that's just it, I can't get windows to recognize it or find much info about it. The adb driver for the device isn't enough I guess. The funny thing is windows says it's working properly as 'Kindle' for a little while when you plug it in (while in bootloader) then device manager refreshes and reports 'cannot start'. I tried launching 'fastboot devices' many times but still nothing. I think it needs a software fix and not a hardware one but I have no past experience using fastboot. So... noob alert.
btw the driver windows tries to use is ms_comp_mtp(Generic driver installed=true) and adb uses the Amazon one on the fourm here.
DevNode status Value:
01802400
DN_HAS_PROBLEM
DN_DISABLEABLE
DN_NT_ENUMERATOR
DN_NT_DRIVER
Also Bus reported device description Value:
fastboot
VID=1949 & PID=000C
(0x1949 && 0x000c)
Current Driver files:
\system32\DRIVERS\UMDF\WpdMtpDr.dll
\system32\DRIVERS\winusb.sys
\system32\DRIVERS\WUDFRd.sys
\system32\WpdMtp.dll
\system32\WpdMtpUS.dll
We need someone good on this.
I have a problem
I don't think there's ever been a question of getting into fastboot mode by using the adb reboot-bootloader command.
The issue is how to enter fastboot if the device is semi-bricked.
The device has source in the original bootloader to boot into fastboot mode if both volume buttons are pressed while powering on the device. But this has since been altered and now will only work if the device is unlocked.
Hashcode said:
I don't think there's ever been a question of getting into fastboot mode by using the adb reboot-bootloader command.
The issue is how to enter fastboot if the device is semi-bricked.
The device has source in the original bootloader to boot into fastboot mode if both volume buttons are pressed while powering on the device. But this has since been altered and now will only work if the device is unlocked.
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Is flashing the stock .bin file any different than doing a factory reset?
I am bricked, have root, have adb, can get fastboot using adb reboot-bootloader in windows 8. I also have a Linux box if necessary.
saphi95 said:
I have a problem
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I would recommend taking a look at this thread here, specifically the "Fixing No Permissions Error" section which should allow you to fix the problem your encountering.
dcoig1 said:
Is flashing the stock .bin file any different than doing a factory reset?
I am bricked, have root, have adb, can get fastboot using adb reboot-bootloader in windows 8. I also have a Linux box if necessary.
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Fastboot works with win8? Not with win7.1 If you have fastboot working with win8 please go to device manager (when your in the bootloader) click properties on the device then look for what driver it uses.
Hashcode said:
I don't think there's ever been a question of getting into fastboot mode by using the adb reboot-bootloader command.
The issue is how to enter fastboot if the device is semi-bricked.
The device has source in the original bootloader to boot into fastboot mode if both volume buttons are pressed while powering on the device. But this has since been altered and now will only work if the device is unlocked.
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My main reason is to get fastboot working with windows. I just can't. Linux seems to work with fastboot but I can't access it via windows.
Just uninstall the kindle driver and replace it with the generic fastboot one
hello all,
i've kindle fire hdx 7" , no adb, grey screen logo then shutdown and goes to black screen.
when connected using cable, it show new devices... QHSUSB_BULK and sometime unknown devices.
press hold power button and volume up only go to recovery mode, but cannot recovery the system..
always go to grey screen logo...
sorry for my bad english language...
hope all of you, understand what i mean here
i need solution for fix the problem soon. thanks
I think all that works is reboot into fastboot mode. Windows 8 says no drivers are loaded. I tried a command (can't remember what) and it just went out to lunch so... I guess windows 8 isn't working either. Only to put the device in fastboot.
there are three oem commands:
oem device-info
oem idme
oem relock
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but it doesn't support oem unlock so there must be another way of unlocking the bootloader, when you try some of the commands the device returns "not allowed for locked hw". Does anyone know what the "hw" is ?
hw = hardware?
MaximilianOzora said:
hello all,
i've kindle fire hdx 7" , no adb, grey screen logo then shutdown and goes to black screen.
when connected using cable, it show new devices... QHSUSB_BULK and sometime unknown devices.
press hold power button and volume up only go to recovery mode, but cannot recovery the system..
always go to grey screen logo...
sorry for my bad english language...
hope all of you, understand what i mean here
i need solution for fix the problem soon. thanks
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Read up on this bud.
Hi,
I have a bricked kindle hdx 8.9 that stops at "Kindle Fire" boot screen. I am a newbie at these things.
Just discovered that it still respond to some adb queries. Sounds like there is still hope to recover... Could it be the bootloader is messed up? Anyway to reload an image boot file to repair?
Also "fastboot reboot-bootloader" puts it into fastboot mode...with the status "ready"....and i just dont know how to proceed. Any one can help?
uhg
Facepalm
just back a little: was rooted in April but with subsequent amazon auto updates - didn't have su status. But I was able to load apps & files, installed vpns, quite a few docs,mp4 files, etc. Not really using much of the new freedom or whatever was left of it... Nothing exciting.
Was working well until one fine sunday afternoon, just 2 weeks ago when it just simply stopped after rebooting from a previous low battery charge. Was told it could be an interrupted routine update when the battery power just fell below threshold - but thot it wouldn't have erase the previous image before the new update is effective. Or it could possibly be a deleted file that is related to the booting process as I did a bit of clean up prior to the last reboot?
In the meantime, I did some adb shell/pull to explore or extract the files, photos,etc in /sdcard & other places back to my PC just in case they were not backup by the cloud. Maybe it was not bricked...but just lost a boot file or something...
In a bad situation, have absolutely zero ADB access as my build.prop is botched (bad permissions) and I did a factory reset in hopes of recovering. There is a "fastboot cable" on amazon that says it will reboot a hdx into fastboot mode, but I'm unsure of it's legitimacy. Help?
here try
Tumbtack said:
In a bad situation, have absolutely zero ADB access as my build.prop is botched (bad permissions) and I did a factory reset in hopes of recovering. There is a "fastboot cable" on amazon that says it will reboot a hdx into fastboot mode, but I'm unsure of it's legitimacy. Help?
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This thread.read read read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588608
I don't quite understand. Why is a special cable required for this? What makes it any different from the standard one that comes with the device?
I don't know if this will add anything to the discussion...but I can confirm fastboot is working on Ubuntu 14.04. I am using a kindle fire HDX 7" and it detects it on devices..and most commands work. Sometimes the terminal must be closed and reopened for commands to go through..
fastboot oem unlock works..or rather it says "Okay" but I'm unable to flash anything.