or should we use KFU 0.9. I ask because IMHO, this forum has the most confusing series of threads on rooting/recovery/TWRP installation that I have ever read.
Without meaning to be disrespectful to the valiant efforts of the devs, I informally count at least ten times the number of posts stating issues as for successes and every time I check, there is yet another "method" for unbricking or installing, etc...particularly for the notorious yellow triangle.
Could one or more mods please clean up this forum to provide a guiding light.
BurritoRoot is the only software root method available, so yeah, it's relevant. KFU uses it to perform the root, it doesn't have its own exploit or rooting method. It was created to make common tasks more convenient, so it compiles all kinds of different functions into one application. There's nothing in KFU that can't also be done manually (as far as I know), but it can sure makes things a hell of a lot faster.
kfu .9 seems to have a serious problem with the recovery image that is part of the zipped file. It is an 8 kb file. It is the wrong file. The correct file is 10,624 kb.
If you are going to use the script, then for goodness sakes copy the proper .img file into the Recovery directory. If you need help finding it, it's at:
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2
I agree 100% the kindle fire forum needs better flow and direction showing people exactly what needs to be done if you want to root and flash Roms on a brand new fire. I see things like burritoroot, twrp, kindle fire utility v.9 , ext... what do we do first?
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You do realize that the kindlefire utility is just a script which grabs the various pieces to do the rooting?
In the batch file (which makes up the kindlefire utility)
Code:
set twrpurl="http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img"
Which IS the correct twrp install image...
Also, the website for the TWRP project was down a lot of the day, so perhaps you tried it when it was down and got a truncated corrupt file?
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or should we use KFU 0.9. I ask because IMHO, this forum has the most confusing series of threads on rooting/recovery/TWRP installation that I have ever read.
Without meaning to be disrespectful to the valiant efforts of the devs, I informally count at least ten times the number of posts stating issues as for successes and every time I check, there is yet another "method" for unbricking or installing, etc...particularly for the notorious yellow triangle.
Could one or more mods please clean up this forum to provide a guiding light.
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Videos or links to videos would be tits too!
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I agree with the others as far as the rooting of the Fire has become mass confusion. Ever since 6.2.1, there has been no "sure way" of rooting this firmware. There are several "guides" and "official ....", and personally, I'm not sold on any of them.
I was rooted prior to the 6.2.1 update, and I'll stay unrooted until a new root procedure is given that has a better success rate than the other 10 procedures posted.
Personally, I think only a MODERATOR should be able to title a thread as "Official".
This is my official opinion.
YMark said:
I agree with the others as far as the rooting of the Fire has become mass confusion. Ever since 6.2.1, there has been no "sure way" of rooting this firmware. There are several "guides" and "official ....", and personally, I'm not sold on any of them.
I was rooted prior to the 6.2.1 update, and I'll stay unrooted until a new root procedure is given that has a better success rate than the other 10 procedures posted.
Personally, I think only a MODERATOR should be able to title a thread as "Official".
This is my official opinion.
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Burrito root works perfectly fine, what're you talking about
YMark said:
I agree with the others as far as the rooting of the Fire has become mass confusion. Ever since 6.2.1, there has been no "sure way" of rooting this firmware. There are several "guides" and "official ....", and personally, I'm not sold on any of them.
I was rooted prior to the 6.2.1 update, and I'll stay unrooted until a new root procedure is given that has a better success rate than the other 10 procedures posted.
Personally, I think only a MODERATOR should be able to title a thread as "Official".
This is my official opinion.
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You are mistaken, BurritoRoot is a sure way of rooting it, it is 100% effective at what it does. It restarts adbD as root.
It is an official thread, as it's mine, and I wrote the damn thing. Other people were making threads about it. I asked a moderator to sticky it so people would stop using the threads started by un-associated people.
As far as 10 procedures, I have only seen 2. One using a factory cable/hardware hacking and Burrito root.
the other 8 or so are just people telling you how you can use BurritoRoot.
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or should we use KFU 0.9. I ask because IMHO, this forum has the most confusing series of threads on rooting/recovery/TWRP installation that I have ever read.
Without meaning to be disrespectful to the valiant efforts of the devs, I informally count at least ten times the number of posts stating issues as for successes and every time I check, there is yet another "method" for unbricking or installing, etc...particularly for the notorious yellow triangle.
Could one or more mods please clean up this forum to provide a guiding light.
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Burrito Root is relevant because... its the only way to root 6.2.1 without using a factorycable, or doing hardware hacking.
If you read/watch KFU you will see he is using a custom version of BurritoRoot I wrote for him.
KFU uses a version of BurritoRoot Jcase wrote specifically for me out of generosity to make KFU relevant again and help people out.
My tool is not to take away from what jcase does, but rather take what he has given us, and try to make things better.
YMark said:
I agree with the others as far as the rooting of the Fire has become mass confusion. Ever since 6.2.1, there has been no "sure way" of rooting this firmware. There are several "guides" and "official ....", and personally, I'm not sold on any of them.
I was rooted prior to the 6.2.1 update, and I'll stay unrooted until a new root procedure is given that has a better success rate than the other 10 procedures posted.
Personally, I think only a MODERATOR should be able to title a thread as "Official".
This is my official opinion.
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Hai, it are legit
TheDeadCpu said:
Hai, it are legit
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i R developer
I do not believe that burrito root is the problem at all, in my opinion this is very str8 forward way of rooting. I think that the real problem that this thread was started over is people trying to install twrp & firefirefire. So many people keep getting stuck in a boot loop, and is very hard to follow what the problem or the actual fix was. There should be a new thread started stating the official way of installing twrp, firefirefire, and cm7. Honestly to stop the confusion completely a video of one doing it step by step would be the best resolve for this. jcase did an amazing job with burrito root and is NOT the problem at all so to answer the question is burrito root relavent? It is not only relavent but the only and easiest way to root!!! Keep up the great work jcase
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I do not believe that burrito root is the problem at all, in my opinion this is very str8 forward way of rooting. I think that the real problem that this thread was started over is people trying to install twrp & firefirefire. So many people keep getting stuck in a boot loop, and is very hard to follow what the problem or the actual fix was. There should be a new thread started stating the official way of installing twrp, firefirefire, and cm7. Honestly to stop the confusion completely a video of one doing it step by step would be the best resolve for this. jcase did an amazing job with burrito root and is NOT the problem at all so to answer the question is burrito root relavent? It is not only relavent but the only and easiest way to root!!! Keep up the great work jcase
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Precisely
Thanks
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I do not believe that burrito root is the problem at all, in my opinion this is very str8 forward way of rooting. I think that the real problem that this thread was started over is people trying to install twrp & firefirefire. So many people keep getting stuck in a boot loop, and is very hard to follow what the problem or the actual fix was. There should be a new thread started stating the official way of installing twrp, firefirefire, and cm7. Honestly to stop the confusion completely a video of one doing it step by step would be the best resolve for this. jcase did an amazing job with burrito root and is NOT the problem at all so to answer the question is burrito root relavent? It is not only relavent but the only and easiest way to root!!! Keep up the great work jcase
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In my post earlier, I was awkwardly trying to say this. No disrespect meant to JCase. In fact, a big THANKS. I'm trying to use this burrito procedure now, only from a Mac.
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Precisely
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Most definitely
I would hate for people to get the wrong idea about such a well written method when the confusion lies with something entirely different. I am working on going back to factory default on my kindle, and will work on a video that hopefully will clear up the confusion with the twrp, and firefirefire install correctly...
As for people trying to install burrito root here is a video that is correct and fairly simple to follow...!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KapnjR89ICA
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YMark said:
In my post earlier, I was awkwardly trying to say this. No disrespect meant to JCase. In fact, a big THANKS. I'm trying to use this burrito procedure now, only from a Mac.
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A great way to show your thanks to a developer that uses his time to make our lives a little easier is by donating to them a little goes a long way, and really proves to the dev that they are and should continue to keep up the fabulous work... I will not link jcase's donation link in this post because I am not aware what the rules are on that but I am sure if you have all found his root then finidng the donation site is not far from that..!
YMark said:
In my post earlier, I was awkwardly trying to say this. No disrespect meant to JCase. In fact, a big THANKS. I'm trying to use this burrito procedure now, only from a Mac.
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The thing is BurritoRoot is just for one thing, starting adbD as root. Everything after is entirely unrelated, and had nothing to do with me. I haven't even laid hands on a kindle fire yet so I can't even comment on any of it, nor do I know the specifics.
With OSX I believe you can just run adb from developer.android.com as root without any system changes, if its like linux.
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The thing is BurritoRoot is just for one thing, starting adbD as root. Everything after is entirely unrelated, and had nothing to do with me. I haven't even laid hands on a kindle fire yet so I can't even comment on any of it, nor do I know the specifics.
With OSX I believe you can just run adb from developer.android.com as root without any system changes, if its like linux.
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I rooted my Fire yesterday using a Mac and it took hardly 2-3 minutes. All the commands are same as given in the thread at rootzwiki. Just fire up terminal after setting up adb. Nothing special needed. No drivers or changing usb.ini needed. It detected Kindle fire right away. Works without a problem.
Big Thanks to all the developers here and all there hard work. The work that has gone into the Kindle Fire in such a short amount of time is Amazing.
I first looked at the title of the thread and thought - is this guy on crack? But I thought about it and with the updates and different root method the forum is pretty confusing, especially if someone just got a Kindle Fire over Christmas and just showed up here. I am rooted and using the secured pre-rooted 6.2.1 boot image Not the OTA and I am not sure what to do to prepare for the next OTA.
I think it would probably help if someone(I'd do it but I am a bit confused, too) did a short "START HERE TO ROOT thread. Something like"
6.2? ---- rooted? -------- Go here
unrooted? ------ Go here
6.2.1? ---- unrooted OTA? ------------------ Go here (KFU - FFF/TWRP/Burrito)
pre-Rooted Boot image ------- Go here/ do nothing?
... just a suggestion
Ive searched everywhere and tried to find videos on how to
1. Root
2. Flash cm7
3. Install and use twrp
I was hoping we could start a thread that has videos or links to videos that would best help people unleashing the full capabilities of the KF.
I admit I am a noob when it comes to this stuff and when I see lines of script its like trying to read Spanish but if I had a good video to watch, it would be a piece of cake. At least it was a piece of cake when I watched videos on how to root and flash my samsung captivate.
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I would agree this would be very helpful to stray from all of the confusion. I do believe that everyone seems to be okay rooting with burrito root, but unfortunately there is nothing that states the order one must go in to get twrp, and cm7 installed as well. If I am not mistaken it doesnt matter if you are rooted or not you can install twrp, and cm7.... I think that the real issue seems to be the boot loop that everyone is getting stuck in when trying to install twrp & firefirefire, that is causing all of the confusion...!
I had 6.21 rooted w/CM7 . But a simple reboot left me w/dark screen. I restored the stock.
Maybe we need only to search them on YouTube and then create a post here
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I found this video on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KapnjR89ICA
would this be a good guide to follow. Just wanted to share and get other thoughts. Thanks Nat3mil for video and jcase for the root.
More videos would be great on how to install the twrp, KFU .9 ect....
Here is another video that was just uploaded yesterday. It seems pretty well done too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOXFEEYufug
I was hoping I could get feed back from everyone and maybe start a thread that has links to the best videos with the best descriptions to help everyone who is unsure of, or who is new to rooting, flashing, ect..
Like I said, i am new too all of this as well, so the guys who actually know what they are doing when it comes to rooting, I would appreciate your response and let us know what videos you recommend.
Thanks everyone and I hope this helps.
Install TWRP on Kindle Fire - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CicZ21H3-zY
How to root - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CicZ21H3-zY
Install ADB driver - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds7HjmJ5Yg8&list=UU-fsR9vJRgzMKEuxyzCKPAA&index=1&feature=plcp
Restore Stock Software - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSGcBR2fFIM&list=UU-fsR9vJRgzMKEuxyzCKPAA&index=4&feature=plcp
Lets pick the best videos and post in a new thread that's easy for everyone to get. I think if people actually see, step by step, how it is being done it should answer a lot of questions.
Let me know if these videos are any good or not so we know which ones to take off and which ones to leave on to help the members.
Any luck finding new videos?
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Will this allow for dual boot? Or does this remove the original software?
Can i make root access on Kindle Fire HDX 7 from Mac? I am since 6 Month Windows free :good:
alex k said:
Can i make root access on Kindle Fire HDX 7 from Mac? I am since 6 Month Windows free :good:
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You should be asking that question yourself, can you do it? The answer is, out ofy knowledge, yes. I would suggest, the easiest way I know. VulirtualBox, install windows on it and then root it from there. Also, which version of android do you have on your kindle? If it is 13.3.2.2 then there is no written exploit at this time, but if you have 13.3.1 then you are in luck! Go ahead and read the earlier posts on this section of this forum.
Yes, look at the how to root Kindle Fire ND with Mac/Linux thread in the 7" Kindle Fire HD (not HDX) General thread to get started with setting up your Mac for rooting. The download in that thread will not work for the box but the procedure will. It may seem complicated but it's worth working through. Also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237 for a how to on setting up ABD on a Mac.
As stated above a root exploit currently exists only for the earlier version of Fire OS though it appears that progress is being made on the current version for the 7" HDX.
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Hello everybody!
I have a 5th generation kindle fire running version 5.3.3.0 I have gotten it to install google services and the play store but I have yet to actually root my device. I have tried looking for guides on xda for rooting my specific version but I cannot find anything. If possible, can someone notify of a guide which tells me how to root my tablet?
Thank you in Advance,
iiPandaii
iiPandaii said:
Hello everybody!
I have a 5th generation kindle fire running version 5.3.3.0 I have gotten it to install google services and the play store but I have yet to actually root my device. I have tried looking for guides on xda for rooting my specific version but I cannot find anything. If possible, can someone notify of a guide which tells me how to root my tablet?
Thank you in Advance,
iiPandaii
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If you have an HD 8, try Kingroot and or Kingoroot. If they don't work, then there's no root yert.