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Kindle Fire Bricked? Please Help! (In panic mode)

I was following the tutorial at http://rootkindlefire.com because the tool wasn't working. I got to the point where I typed in these commands and thats when things went downhill in a hurry.
adb shell
su
idme bootmode 4002
reboot
When it rebooted I was instructed to reinstall the drivers but, this was unsuccessful and I tried to reboot both the device and the computer. Afterwards when I tried to access the device using these commands
adb root
adb remount
It said the device cannot be found.
The device is listed as Android ADB Interface with and exclamation point by it. At this point I have no Idea what to do because it is stuck on the Kindle Fire logo and I think I may have bricked it for good. I hope that someone can help remedy this. I booted it into fast mode to try to install the twrp recovery if that information helps any. I am running windows 7 64 bit.

First, What where you trying to do on the kindle fire? Rooting it or something else?
Second, Do you have TWRP installed on your kindle fire?
PS: Don't freak out yet. Always stay calm there will almost always be a fix.

Search the forums. This has already been covered more than a dozen times.
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Don't panic yet. I am guessing you are stuck at the yellow triangle and not the Kindle Fire logo?
To reinstall drivers right click on the device in device manager and point the installation to where you have your kindle device drivers. (should be .android folder)(if you have followed the instructions to root then you already updated those files to contain the Kindle drivers)
Then you need to change out of fast boot mode (4002) back to regular boot mode ((4000)

GBH2 said:
Don't panic yet. I am guessing you are stuck at the yellow triangle and not the Kindle Fire logo?
To reinstall drivers right click on the device in device manager and point the installation to where you have your kindle device drivers. (should be .android folder)(if you have followed the instructions to root then you already updated those files to contain the Kindle drivers)
Then you need to change out of fast boot mode (4002) back to regular boot mode ((4000)
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I seem to have gotten it working. After several reboots with both devices the KFU finally recognized the device and allowed me to change back to normal boot. Now I dont have to buy my dad a new KF

[Q] Help with TWRP...

Hello, i used the Kindle Fire Utility to root my Kindle Fire on 6.2.2 and i did the root and on my kindle i flashed FIREFIREFIRE but when i tried to boot up into TWRP recovery i noticed that it wouldnt it would just restart the boot process. I will admit that i am sort of a noob and dont really have a whole lot of experience with android developement but i didnt know if could go on the kindle fire utility and flash TWRP because i was afraid of bricking my kindle. Any thoughts??

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jayhawk4life said:
Hello, i used the Kindle Fire Utility to root my Kindle Fire on 6.2.2 and i did the root and on my kindle i flashed FIREFIREFIRE but when i tried to boot up into TWRP recovery i noticed that it wouldnt it would just restart the boot process. I will admit that i am sort of a noob and dont really have a whole lot of experience with android developement but i didnt know if could go on the kindle fire utility and flash TWRP because i was afraid of bricking my kindle. Any thoughts??
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Turn off your KF.
Turn on and wait for yellow triangle (in older FFF) or logo(in FFF 1.3).
At this moment press and hold power button until light goes red. You will boot into TWRP.

I did and the screen flickered and turned on. I used Kindle Fire Utility with BurritoRoot3. Once it was on my kindle i used BurritoRoot3 to install FIREFIREFIRE and i dont think it flashed TWRP but i didnt know if i could still flash TWRP and if you can how?

You still can use fire utility to flush TWRP. Get the last version from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889.
Or use gscript : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 for install touch CWM. It not recuire adb, but with CWM you cannot restore TWRP backups.
Or try :
http://liliputing.com/2011/12/how-t...ire-backup-restore-flash-custom-firmware.html
or
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12363-how-to-windows-install-twrp-20-on-your-kindle-fire/

check recovery.img in the recovery folder of kfu - has to be ~10mb
if not delete the file and redo the installation
there is a little error in the current run.bat of kfu (0.9.3) - use the run.bat from this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23536888&postcount=1007

I actually re rooted my kindle after the 6.3 update and it automatically installed twrp which I use to install cm9 kang.
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Kindle rom wiped - adb device offline

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.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
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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

5.0.X ONLY Unbrick/Restore Stock 2015 Amazon Fire (KFFOWI/Ford) with custom recovery

This will only work with system versions 5.0.X , will not work with Fire tablets on System version 5.1.1or higher
Required
PC/Mac/Linux although I will only cover PC
Can ADB/Fastboot be used on Linux and Mac?
You will need a way to copy Stock Firmware file to a SD Card
You will need a few files
Drivers
Stock Firmware
update-kindle-37.5.2.2_user_522054520.bin.zip - AFH -
Custom recovery I used Twrp
UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip if you want to root
Open Gapps zip if you want Google Services (I suggest ARM/5.1/pico)
Instructions
Install Drivers
Change Stock Firmware file extension from .bin to .zip
Copy Stock firmware to sd card
Insert SD Card in the KFFOWI/Ford
Boot to Fastboot Mode
Boot Custom Recovery
In Custom Recovery, Install Firmware.zip, SuperSU.zip, GApps.zip
Reboot
I covered most of these steps in
2015 Fire: Booting TWRP, Rooting, Installing Gapps with Video
Tomsgt Video also covers most of this using Amazon-Fire-5th-Gen-SuperTool.zip in
How to install CM12.1 rom on the Amazon Fire 5th gen
Note: I have tested this method by
Installing CM12.1, Booting cm12.1, Factory Reset in twrp, Rebooted, Installed Stock Firmware (nothing extra), Booted Stock Rom. It is possible that this method does not restore everything or reflash all partitions, but everything appears to work correctly.
Alt method: using Stock Recovery
If you do not have a way to get the Firmware file to the SD Card
try [HOWTO] How to restore firmware on your device + Amazon Firmware by Awesomeslayerg
[Video]How to Firmware Restore or Unbrick your Amazon Fire 5th gen Tablet​or
If you have a pc but not a sd card reader, you can try
adb sideload with
Cyanogen Recovery (2015-11-04) by ggow
If you don't have a pc, you can try
[Guide][Script]Fire Mobile Boot Helper - Boot imgs without your PC using android! by Harry44​

Error: E: Cannot restore System -- mounted read only
If you see this trying to restore a nandroid backup, I just install the official firmware (plus SuperSu and GApps) then just restore the data from the back up

sd_shadow said:
Error: E: Cannot restore System -- mounted read only
If you see this trying to restore a nandroid backup, I just install the official firmware (plus SuperSu and GApps) then just restore the data from the back up
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awesome write up buddy love it. you are all over this device thats for sure

Can I perform a full, stock recovery on 5.1.1?
I lost some stock Amazon apps (launcher, Amazon Video) during Root using AutoRootScriptFirev4.12.
I have used ADB to restore the 5.1.1 Update but it returns still missing the apps deleted during Root and no Launcher.
Both factory reset & sideloading the 5.1.1 Bin restore my tablet still with missing components.
Is 5.1.1. only an update and not the full restore?

ArmandSalmon said:
Can I perform a full, stock recovery on 5.1.1?
I lost some stock Amazon apps (launcher, Amazon Video) during Root using AutoRootScriptFirev4.12.
I have used ADB to restore the 5.1.1 Update but it returns still missing the apps deleted during Root and no Launcher.
Both factory reset & sideloading the 5.1.1 Bin restore my tablet still with missing components.
Is 5.1.1. only an update and not the full restore?
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I think there isn't any way on 5.1.1 bud
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plase hlep me dump backup emmc
i need dump 1G or 4G, please root and dump file,
adb shell su -c " dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/fire.img bs=1024 count=4194304"

Please have a few questions please, I hope not bother anyone
sd_shadow said:
Error: E: Cannot restore System -- mounted read only
If you see this trying to restore a nandroid backup, I just install the official firmware (plus SuperSu and GApps) then just restore the data from the back up
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hi Please have a few questions please, I hope not bother anyone, I have two kindles 5th gen 5.1.1 full root, block OTA upgrade and install nova all with supetool then I try to install CM12 With flash fire apk but i got stuck in CyanogenMod logo, my pc recognizes mtp as fire and adb and fastboot working perfect but I can not boot intro stock recovery in any way, when I try to enter to stock recovery fire gets stuck in (amazon logo) forever and when I type (adb devices) adb show fire as fastboot device, I do not understand, is there any way to fix this?

jonathanjr321 said:
hi Please have a few questions please, I hope not bother anyone, I have two kindles 5th gen 5.1.1 full root, block OTA upgrade and install nova all with supetool then I try to install CM12 With flash fire apk but i got stuck in CyanogenMod logo, my pc recognizes mtp as fire and adb and fastboot working perfect but I can not boot intro stock recovery in any way, when I try to enter to stock recovery fire gets stuck in (amazon logo) forever and when I type (adb devices) adb show fire as fastboot device, I do not understand, is there any way to fix this?
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did you try
fastboot.exe oem reboot-recovery
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Yep keep stuck in (amazon logo forever) and when i tipe adb devices keep showing fire as fastboot devices, I read all your recommendations all very good to be honest with u and thanks to u and root jonky have two fires 5.0.1 With CM12 working well,thanks u all!!!

jonathanjr321 said:
Yep keep stuck in (amazon logo forever) and when i tipe adb devices keep showing fire as fastboot devices, I read all your recommendations all very good to be honest with u and thanks to u and root jonky have two fires 5.0.1 With CM12 working well,thanks u all!!!
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if you can't get to recovery, there is no known fix
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THANKS
sd_shadow said:
if you can't get to recovery, there is no known fix
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is ok, thanks to u guys I know u all working hard here that helped me to get a lot experience

I tried to install TWRP. It won't boot into TWRP. Nor will it boot into stock recovery. All I am able to do is get it to FASTBOOT mode. I current'y have Slim rom on it. It stopped loading as well. It just sits there with the Slim logo rotating. Any help will be great.

musiqlives said:
I tried to install TWRP. It won't boot into TWRP. Nor will it boot into stock recovery. All I am able to do is get it to FASTBOOT mode. I current'y have Slim rom on it. It stopped loading as well. It just sits there with the Slim logo rotating. Any help will be great.
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if it won't boot to stock recovery, there is no fixing

I installed the OS from Amazon OS 5.1.2 to Android 5.1.1. (Lollipop). It worked a few days and started intermittently working sensor and I decided to reinstall another Android 5.1.1. After reinstalling the tablet does not turn on. Then I went in fastboot and through ADB installed Amazon OS 5.1.1.
The result: the tablet when turn on does not show screen AMAZON, that is does not react to pressing the power button. When connected to the computer constantly appears and disappears "PreLoader USB VCOM Port".
Tell me, please, how can I restore the tablet after that?

[email protected] said:
I installed the OS from Amazon OS 5.1.2 to Android 5.1.1. (Lollipop). It worked a few days and started intermittently working sensor and I decided to reinstall another Android 5.1.1. After reinstalling the tablet does not turn on. Then I went in fastboot and through ADB installed Amazon OS 5.1.1.
The result: the tablet when turn on does not show screen AMAZON, that is does not react to pressing the power button. When connected to the computer constantly appears and disappears "PreLoader USB VCOM Port".
Tell me, please, how can I restore the tablet after that?
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i have the same problem. So far the only fix is to order a used motherboard on the web and hope it isn't bricked. Amazon should really release a program to return the device to stock from the PreLoader USB-MTP mode.
There is this thread for the possible solution:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/unbrick-fire-7-5th-gen-downgrade-t3388747/

goldenpipes said:
Amazon should really release a program to return the device to stock from the PreLoader USB-MTP mode.
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Amazon has a generous 'no questions asked' exchange policy during the warranty period which runs 90 days to 2 years depending on model and region. Device is not intended for enthusiasts as evidenced by aggressive lockdowns. Why would any company in their right mind release such a tool given the target audience?

Bricked my tablet but I'm able to boot into fastboot mode
Hello,
I have just softbricked my tablet because the wrong OpenGapps were flashing.
The problem is I can't start a custom recovery because the boot loader is too new
And I can't access my stock recovery because I've tried flashing TWRP from it in the past.
What can I do now? As I said earlier, I can access the device using Fastboot commands, but I don't know how to get at least one ADB interface working on the tablet so that I can upload the stock image to the device.
Thanks for any help!

TheGoliath said:
Hi,
I just softbricked my tablet 'cause of flashing wrong gapps?
The problem is, that I can't boot into a custom recovery (bootloader to new)
And I can't access my stock recovery because I tried to flash TWRP over it in the past.
So what can I do now? As I said, I'm able to access the device with fastboot commands but I don't know, how to get at least a adb interface running on the tablet so I can sideload the stock image.
Many thanks for any help!
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You will not be able to reload stock FireOS from fastboot as the necessary commands have been disabled by Amazon. Pretty much game over if you can not access stock recovery and bootloader version is >5.0.x.
Can you describe "softbricked" symptoms in more detail? At what point during boot process does device hang/loop?

Davey126 said:
You will not be able to reload stock FireOS from fastboot as the necessary commands have been disabled by Amazon. Pretty much game over if you can not access stock recovery and bootloader version is >5.0.x.
Can you describe "softbricked" symptoms in more detail? At what point during boot process does device hang/loop?
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OK. So I wanted to install the new Fire Nexus Rom and I may have installed the wrong package or something, but the symptoms are the following:
When I press the power switch, it turns on. Then the Amazon logo appears and after about 10 seconds the screen goes black again. The whole thing then repeats itself in a boot loop

i flashed stock update-kindle-37.5.2.2_user_522054520.
following a link in the forums
had to do it for pokemon
can i just flash any newer version as well this way or will ability to fastboot boot twrp then be gone?
thanks for any help

Any Hope for my Fire HD 8? (7th Gen)

Hello. I have a Fire HD 8 which was rooted and I tried flashing twrp recovery onto it so to make the long story short the recovery (volume down + power) is stuck in a gray amazon logo screen and in normal mode it's a loop of the orange fire screen. Also I've installed all the drivers in my pc and have adb installed as well as the Kindle FIre Unbrick Utility which says there is no device.

carlm3 said:
Hello. I have a Fire HD 8 which was rooted and I tried flashing twrp recovery onto it so to make the long story short the recovery (volume down + power) is stuck in a gray amazon logo screen and in normal mode it's a loop of the orange fire screen. Also I've installed all the drivers in my pc and have adb installed as well as the Kindle FIre Unbrick Utility which says there is no device.
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Any Hope to fixing this Fire HD 8? or do I have to trash it? Thank you.

carlm3 said:
Hello. I have a Fire HD 8 which was rooted and I tried flashing twrp recovery onto it so to make the long story short the recovery (volume down + power) is stuck in a gray amazon logo screen and in normal mode it's a loop of the orange fire screen. Also I've installed all the drivers in my pc and have adb installed as well as the Kindle FIre Unbrick Utility which says there is no device.
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carlm3 said:
Any Hope to fixing this Fire HD 8? or do I have to trash it? Thank you.
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Sounds like you wiped your recovery, as booting to the orange logo usually means a soft brick (which is fixable via flashing firmware in recovery).
In this case, with no recovery, it'll be a bit more tricky, as you'll likely need to take the device apart. Try following the method below:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80287339&postcount=154
You'll also end up with TWRP if you follow the above method.
Note: It may be possible to flash a stock recovery image in Fastboot, but I am not sure?

Kctucka said:
Sounds like you wiped your recovery, as booting to the orange logo usually means a soft brick (which is fixable via flashing firmware in recovery).
In this case, with no recovery, it'll be a bit more tricky, as you'll likely need to take the device apart. Try following the method below:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=80287339&postcount=154
You'll also end up with TWRP if you follow the above method.
Note: It may be possible to flash a stock recovery image in Fastboot, but I am not sure?
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Correct my recovery is gone. Is there any way I could recover using software without opening the device?
For example for Samsung devices there is a Odin Flashing Software. But is there any amazon flashing software that I could reload everything including recovery? Thanks for your answer also

carlm3 said:
Correct my recovery is gone. Is there any way I could recover using software without opening the device?
For example for Samsung devices there is a Odin Flashing Software. But is there any amazon flashing software that I could reload everything including recovery? Thanks for your answer also
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I don't believe there is any recovery software for these.
Opening the device shouldn't be too bad, and is probably your best bet.
The other option is to try and flash a recovery image via Fastboot. That's how I'd do it on other devices, but i'm not sure how it'll work on the Fire without hacked fastboot. See attached zip I took from the Unlock thread. One of the files in there is the recovery image.

Kctucka said:
I don't believe there is any recovery software for these.
Opening the device shouldn't be too bad, and is probably your best bet.
The other option is to try and flash a recovery image via Fastboot. That's how I'd do it on other devices, but i'm not sure how it'll work on the Fire without hacked fastboot. See attached zip I took from the Unlock thread. One of the files in there is the recovery image.
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Thanks, I'll try. If it helps, here is a picture which could explain the issue a little better.
Picture of Fire Tablet Errors on PC