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6.3.1 update is being pushed

Warning to all of those still running the stock Rom, amazon is pushing a new update and as usual it breaks your root.

Just got my refurby one, Left mine on my table while getting root instructions. Rebooted automatically. Should have turned wifi off. Damnit. Still got Google framework but market force closes

updated to 6.3.1 and used kindle utility to root and flash rom

Hey, anybody know what new content Amazon has included in the update?
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Software update 6.3.1 "brings additional parental controls to Kindle Fire, including the ability to password-protect purchases, disable access to specific content libraries, and block access to the Silk Web browser," according to Amazon.
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More information here: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403957,00.asp
and here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_k6_updatesi?nodeId=200790620

Wow. I just rooted yesterday. Hopefully OTA root keeper can save me
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shravbits said:
Wow. I just rooted yesterday. Hopefully OTA root keeper can save me
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Link for those who may not know what you are talking about.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper&hl=en
I will be installing it today as the Kindle I rooted I have done for someone now techincial and I need to make it easy for them to reroot if requires (ie when they say the fire is stuffed, I can point to this app!)

doubt that app stops it.
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smirkis said:
doubt that app stops it.
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Let us see. This may help.....
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Unrooted. Great! Back to square one.....
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shravbits said:
Wow. I just rooted yesterday. Hopefully OTA root keeper can save me
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HA HA... I just rooted yesterday myself! WTF!

bricked by 6.3.1 update
Rooted 6.3 bricked by 6.3.1 update. Stuck at cmw, please help.

dmpaul1 said:
Rooted 6.3 bricked by 6.3.1 update. Stuck at cmw, please help.
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Did you back up?
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shravbits said:
Unrooted. Great! Back to square one.....
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told ya lol. try jcases 6.3 root method. it may still work.
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shravbits said:
Did you back up?
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Send from my (sadly unrooted) Kindle Fire using Tapatalk....
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dmpaul1 said:
Rooted 6.3 bricked by 6.3.1 update. Stuck at cmw, please help.
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hard reset, and at startup get into cwm and flash cm7 for now. while in cwm mount sdxard to ur pc and delete the bin in kindleupdates folder
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Rooted no more after only one day. I've had my Kindle for a month and took me this long to take the plunge to root.
Back to square one! Does KFU .9.5 work as before?

Tried rooting through the 3.x method, got stuck on the kindle fire logo on one command and nothing happened for minutes. Reset, nothing. No light whatsoever. Bricked. Damn.

Alizone said:
updated to 6.3.1 and used kindle utility to root and flash rom
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Are you saying the Kindle Utility still worked for you like normal?

dude2k5 said:
Tried rooting through the 3.x method, got stuck on the kindle fire logo on one command and nothing happened for minutes. Reset, nothing. No light whatsoever. Bricked. Damn.
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not bricked, you are in fastboot mode, flash recovery, flash firefirefire and set the bootmode back to 4000
Kindle Fires are damn near impossible to brick.

I just want to root

Hey guys I want to root(only root) my tf300
I've been reading all day that u need to unlock bootloader and some that u don't have to unlock.
Does anyone know the best and easy way to only root tf300
I read something about debugfs but haven't tried it.
If u guys have a link for the root I'll appreciate it.
I'm on .30 version.
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What version are you on?
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3ddyz said:
What version are you on?
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Ohh sorry .30
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You do not need to unlock the boot loader to root.
I used the app in the following thread to root and am also on .30...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588

Thanks, I had the same question the OP.

ukdtweak said:
You do not need to unlock the boot loader to root.
I used the app in the following thread to root and am also on .30...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
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I'll try it a soon as I get home.
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Hey one quick question....u don't need to use the PC to do this right?
Just download it on tablet and unzip?

Raul69.atl said:
Hey one quick question....u don't need to use the PC to do this right?
Just download it on tablet and unzip?
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Yes. You need to have a PC. It is to be done in recovery mode IIRC.
Good luck with the rooting.
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Sadly a PC is required with this method, but after reading all the root threads on here, I decided it was the easiest method and worked a treat for many
Just don't make the same error I did... don't connect the tablet to the dock and then USB on the dock to the PC, use the use charging cable supplied with the charger and connect the tablet to the PC via it, otherwise Windows wont see it...
Make sure you have the drivers installed too!

OK but how exactly u do this...I already downloaded the zip file on PC and pluged tablet...it installed drivers but last one ...says waiting for input and I got some options saying 1.locate and install driver
2.ask me again later 3. Don't show this message again
I click #1
Now what?
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It said I had to restart computer so it could update this setting...where do I unzip/run the zip file?
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Best to read the full thread I linked to, but make sure you have USB debugging enabled on the tf300 under developer options in settings...
From what I remember, I just unzipped the downloaded file to a folder, opened the folder and ran the .bat and it did the rest.
To get the correct drivers installed, I just installed Asus sync from the Asus support site, but make sure it is not running when you run the .bat.

I had the same issue, I think I installed the Android Development Kit and rebooted a couple times and it just decided to work after that. Soo, hope that helps?
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Just did it, with the newest version from his skydrive account.
The only thing, I had to change USB mode from drive to camera-something in order for the ADB to detect the device..
My only reason to do it, was to get:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25286407
and I must say it's like a totally new device... Finally I can use the browser on "heavy" sites without ANR's..

Got it root..thank guys!!!
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ravn said:
Just did it, with the newest version from his skydrive account.
The only thing, I had to change USB mode from drive to camera-something in order for the ADB to detect the device..
My only reason to do it, was to get:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25286407
and I must say it's like a totally new device... Finally I can use the browser on "heavy" sites without ANR's..
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What is that exactly!?
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Raul69.atl said:
Hey guys I want to root(only root) my tf300
I've been reading all day that u need to unlock bootloader and some that u don't have to unlock.
Does anyone know the best and easy way to only root tf300
I read something about debugfs but haven't tried it.
If u guys have a link for the root I'll appreciate it.
I'm on .30 version.
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I bet you'll want to unlock at some point hydro stock rom is amazing

Raul69.atl said:
What is that exactly!?
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Long story short, it makes the stock browser a lot faster, by using ram as cache instead of the disk.

ravn said:
Long story short, it makes the stock browser a lot faster, by using ram as cache instead of the disk.
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Well I'll try this app later....usually I use chrome.... but when I need flash I go to stock....it ain't that bad but I'll install that apk and try it.
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I just now tried the browsertoram apk... pretty sweet. Went to some heavy hitter sites and its quite zippy now.
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[VIDEOS] How to use KFU to root, recovery, flash, and much more.

Hi fellow Kindle Fire owners. I have put together some videos on this device and wanted to share them to help out any noobs. Enjoy
How to install KFU v0.9.6 & TWRP Recovery on the Kindle fire
http://youtu.be/CQ21pr6_SHI
How to install FIRE FIRE FIRE on the Kindle Fire
http://youtu.be/AYjfYj0LepA
How to Root the Kindle Fire plus install Go Launcher
http://youtu.be/HdFMGJoUZPc
How to make a Nandroid back up on the Kindle Fire
http://youtu.be/_L9SRZM0j3w
How to install Jelly Bean 4.2.2 AOSP on the Kindle Fire
http://youtu.be/v0VQb_PYbEQ
How to install CM10.1 Jelly Bean 4.2.2 on the Kindle fire
http://youtu.be/3WHAOQeq4O0
How To restore your Kindle fire to stock from a custom rom
http://youtu.be/dHfOF3qHRLA
More Videos coming as I have time

Added jelly bean 4.2.2 install video
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Bump more videos to come
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Been running latest CyanogenMod ROMs on my kf for like a half a year already, (currently running TWA's cm10.1 JB4.2.2 ROM) but these vids SURE would have been helpful back in the day when all I knew about android was angry birds & YouTube app etc.
THANX A LOT!!!! :thumbup:

BrooklynNY said:
Been running latest CyanogenMod ROMs on my kf for like a half a year already, (currently running TWA's cm10.1 JB4.2.2 ROM) but these vids SURE would have been helpful back in the day when all I knew about android was angry birds & YouTube app etc.
THANX A LOT!!!! :thumbup:
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Thanks glad you like them. I just got a kindle fire. I am just making videos as I do things to mine to help the noobs
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Bump for noobs
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what method you would recommend?
with kindle fire utility or the manual method with the factory cable?

The kindle fire utility makes it so easy
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Added CM10.1 jelly Bean video to OP

Does this work with system version 6.3.2?
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gnex0422 said:
Does this work with system version 6.3.2?
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Great for Noobs. Thanks

bahehs said:
Great for Noobs. Thanks
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And that completely didnt answer my question
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gnex0422 said:
Does this work with system version 6.3.2?
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Yes this is all done on system version 6.3.2
once you install jelly bean you will never go back to that amazon boring launcher. running jelly bean on the kindle is llike having a whole new tablet.

Does it work with 6.3.2? Cant seem to make it work
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gnex0422 said:
Does it work with 6.3.2? Cant seem to make it work
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Yes. whats not working?
Check my web site in my signature

Tomsgt said:
Yes. whats not working?
Check my web site in my signature
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I cant get the utility to recognize my kindle...its not showing it hooked up. Did everything as told and installed all drivers.
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gnex0422 said:
I cant get the utility to recognize my kindle...its not showing it hooked up. Did everything as told and installed all drivers.
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use usb deview from my site to uninstall all android drivers and install them again. I had the same problem you are having.

Tomsgt said:
use usb deview from my site to uninstall all android drivers and install them again. I had the same problem you are having.
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Thanks ill give it a try after work tonite and report back
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gnex0422 said:
I cant get the utility to recognize my kindle...its not showing it hooked up. Did everything as told and installed all drivers.
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right click on my computer icon/ manage/ device manager/ android/ and uninstal whats there while your KF is plugged in.
Reinstall the KFU drivers.
And yes its working in 6.3.2, I root mine this week.

oVeRdOsE. said:
right click on my computer icon/ manage/ device manager/ android/ and uninstal whats there while your KF is plugged in.
Reinstall the KFU drivers.
And yes its working in 6.3.2, I root mine this week.
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Worked like a charm thank you very much!
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Looks like dead nexus :(

Hi
I installed via cmw smoothrom 4.4 and I can't get past the animation boot.
I reboot and the same, I boot into fast boot with power and volume down and can't get into recovery. Even when I connect USB with fast boot the tab freezes.
If I let the nexus boot to animation and plug it in via USB I can access the nexus but there is no folders/files.
I have tried wugfresh/jrom with no luck so I think my days with the nexus are over.
What a shame
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So when you're in the bootloader the tablet freezes?
What OS are you using? I've heard of issues with Win8. You should be able to fastboot flash the bootloader .img file and the zip file from the stock Google N7 images for 4.2.2, have you tried that yet?

It freezes as soon as I plug a USB in whether it be a charger or laptop with win xp.
So that root maybe a problem
Paul
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When in the bootloader, you don't have to do anything though, so I guess I'm confused here...
If you boot the tablet into the bootloader (Power + Vol Down), then plug in USB, open command prompt and change directories to where fastboot is (which is in the Android SDK - platform-tools directory) and type: fastboot devices
What happens?

That's too technical for me I'm afraid.
Nexus 7 paper weight I guess.
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For what it's worth:
If you can get to the bootloader there's hope for it, however it will require research, installation of Android SDK Tools, Asus N7 USB drivers, and downloading the N7 factory Google images. There's plenty of how to guides on each of these topics, which in the end is not that hard to get going.
I suggest do a little research, and see what you can do.

Thanks
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I'll give you $50 for the paper weight.

spence341 said:
I'll give you $50 for the paper weight.
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I like collecting paperweights. I offer 75

Very funny guys.
A simple fix guide would be better haha
Paul
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vphotographic said:
Very funny guys.
A simple fix guide would be better haha
Paul
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The fix is for you to put some effort into learning adb and fastboot commands to get you out of the jam.
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any pointers would be nice.
paul

vphotographic said:
any pointers would be nice.
paul
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read the stickies and understand how to use fastboot and adb commands.
flash the stock images with fastboot....

vphotographic said:
any pointers would be nice.
paul
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Take the initiative and read the stickies.
People that assist others on here seldom take to hand holding someone that hasn't taken initiative in trying to solve the issue them-self, or learn the toolset needed to fix the issues(s).

It can seem overwhelming but its easy if you take it step by step.
You need to get fastboot installed on your computer including getting the drivers for your nexus installed.
When this is done you just issue a few commands and you will be back in business.
this gentleman has a guide that will get you most of the way done. You dont need to root but pay attention to the fastboot flashing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395

I'll also suggest YouTube as a source of knowledge. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent watching videos and reading stickied posts about rooting without a kit. I'm ordering my nexus 7 today and will still probably watch the same videos and reread the threads.

AW: Looks like dead nexus
If your bootloader is still there everything is alright.
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New update 7.4.3 for kindle fire hd :sad

New update 7.4.3 for kindle fire hd :sad:thumbdown:
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ya.. now after the update its again unrooted and I cannot unroot is now. Tried Root QEMU & Binary v30 method but it fails to root my kindle.
Cheers

ipsearch said:
ya.. now after the update its again unrooted and I cannot unroot is now. Tried Root QEMU & Binary v30 method but it fails to root my kindle.
Cheers
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I just root it using binary 30 and it works greats
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esema1o said:
I just root it using binary 30 and it works greats
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I've used binary v 18 and that works also

esema1o said:
I just root it using binary 30 and it works greats
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salmidach said:
I've used binary v 18 and that works also
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Did you all run it under normal mode. I tried rooting it again with v30 and it wont root.

ldostang said:
Did you all run it under normal mode. I tried rooting it again with v30 and it wont root.
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Yes did u install drivers
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esema1o said:
New update 7.4.3 for kindle fire hd :sad:thumbdown:
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Update good

quan_1986 said:
Update good
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Yea is good cuz wee can still root it
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esema1o said:
Yes did u install drivers
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I was able to root it. But not able to install second bootloader and recovery. We're you all able to do that?
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ldostang said:
I was able to root it. But not able to install second bootloader and recovery. We're you all able to do that?
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Dont know i haven try it to install im just on stock root
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Does 7.4.3 still have a wallpapers switched off when using 3rd party launchers?
Edit: Never mind it still does

Gilly10 said:
Does 7.4.3 still have a wallpapers switched off when using 3rd party launchers?
Edit: Never mind it still does
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Yes srry dude
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If anyone needs help with this new update and rooting and 2nd bootloader stuff still, this is how I did it:
Use kindle fire first aide (available here on xda) to reset your device to stock Amazon 7.2.3. Obviously backup whatever you don't want to lose first with your preferred backup method. Make sure to also disable ota updates also before you proceed.
Once you're back to (pre rooted!) Stock, sideload the fireflash.apk (do a search on xda to find the app) use the directions on that thread to get yourself setup with a 2nd bootloader and twrp recovery in like two clicks of an app. If you can't find the thread, just let me know and I'll provide links. Just MAKE SURE you flash the 7.2.3 bootloader
That fireflash comes with before you flash the new boot.img and twrp recovery. It's such an easy method, and you can find all the tools you need via searching xda for fire flash, followed by hashcode's 2nd bootloader thread. 7.3.0 freedom boot (nevermind that your bootloader won't match, it should be 7.2.3 and freedom boot should be 7.3.0, and twrp 2.4.4.0. Make sure all your boxes are checked, flash the files AFTER YOU FLASH THE 7.2.3 BOOTLOADER!! And you should be all set. From there you can even flash newer Amazon updates if you like via twrp. feel free to contact me with any questions, and major shout outs to the devs who made these apps and programs available to us.
P.S make sure you read the instructions for fireflash.apk on its page so you're familiar. This way always works for me to get around anything Amazon, but you do of course run risks when altering stock software. I highly recommend buying a fast-boot(factory) cable just to make sure you can always restore stock using KFFA if something goes wrong. I got mine from xda member SkOrPn, and I fully suggest if you don't own one get one first. Better safe than stuck waiting 3 days on a cable to save you!
Sent from my cm10.1 KFHD

see my previous post
Here are all the files.actually steps: KFFA to revert to 7.2.3, sideload fireflash and get it opened. You will see a red warning message that you have the wrong bootloader. Flash the one they offer. Reboot kindle (I do, May not be necessary). Load the other files onto your kindle, freedom boot and twrp. Open fireflash again, and match up boot.img and twrp where they obviously go in fireflash, flash the files, and boot into recovery :good: good luck! Hope this helps anyone in that boat

Whenever I attempt to restore the update to a previous version in KFFAide the command window stays at "daemon started successfully" and does not progress beyond that point. Any advice? This happens for any option I choose in KFFAide.

I actually have not tried updating KFFA since I installed it originally, so I can't say what the problem might be. I suggest posting on the first aide thread with your question, and looking for similar posts with solutions over there. The community on here is wonderful, and I'm sure you can find a fix on there it you try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2096888
I hope you find the answers you seek

Have you tried fire first aide to root that's what I use and it works
 @spoken S3
Newest one?

Link to Binary v31
Can anyone send me a link to the latest binary? Much obliged.