yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire General] blauciel:
thanks for these instructions. I had to run all this, but it still didn't work. I apparently put a bad framework-res.apk file on there that bricked it. I think I might have been able to fix it without wiping everything had I just pushed that file in there... oh well. Live and learn.

Thanks again!
[Kindle Fire General] dk560:
Just wanted to stop by and say thanks to everyone in this thread for their experience and input, after 8hours of Google and messing around I finally was able to fix my kindle hahaha

My issue was i replaced framework-res.apk with new wallpapers, but they were not sized correctly and because of that the kindle was stuck in boot forever.

If anyone goofed like I did in that area or need to replace a system file do what I did.

1. open up adb

2. follow the root procedures in the op or download super one click and press shell root (they both give you temp root)

3. take the original un-edited system file (in my case it was framework-res.apk) and put it in the same folder of your adb

4. type in

adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

This makes it so you can re write system files which are normally protected

5. finally type in

adb push Filename.apk /system/whatever dir/filename.apk

6. reboot!

(if it still boot loops go ahead and finish off resetting your kindle from OP's instructions and try again)

I'm new at this so i tried to explain it as best as I could :)
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Glad you were able to fix it! Also thank you for explaining your experience and how you fixed it. Seems like a few people were bricked from the same issue so this will be helpful to some I'm sure!
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Awesome, glad you got it working!
[Kindle Fire General] crispyham93:
crispyham93

I know there was an earlier message about how someone did all the steps flawlessly and then got stuck in a bootloop again, but the solution that was given doesn't make sense to me as I am not a linux user. I'm not as technologically gifted as you guys, but I managed to stumble my way through this process pretty well, but I'm still stuck in a bootloop.

Help would be greatly appreciated.
[Kindle Fire General] trungnt143:
Stuck on "fastroot -i 0x1949 -w" command

Hi every1, i'm new here. Sorry for my bad English.

I was rooted my Kindle Fire successful. After that, i try to install Android market by following some article on the net.

They said I need to install Vending.apk to /system/app -> i change /system/app to 777.

After a moment, my KF is stuck and i take to shut it down by hodling power button. After restart my KF, it's stuck on bricking/cycling logo KINDLE FIRE.

I am following ubeezee's 1st pot (thanks you for that). It works fine until i using: fastroot -i 0x1949 -w.

1st try: it's said: status read failed <Too many links>>

2nd try: it's stuck for a long time on "erasing userdata...." like below

kindlef.vn/files/kindle-flash.jpg (I can't post full link because i'm new)

How long does the "fastroot -i 0x1949 -w" command take (for longest)?

Do you have any suggestion for me?

Many thanks in advance.

=================================== Updated

I have just got out of fastboot mode. When come back to normal mode, i using adb shell to check my /system/app 's permissions. I see it like below:

drw-r--r-- -> do not have X permission. I think that cause problem that i cannot erase userdata.

Do you have any suggestion to chmod it to 755, i cannot SU (because of: segmentation fault)

=================================== Updated

OMG, it's work. I used the 2nd option on this article: karuppuswamy.com/wordpress/2009/04/25/mounting-system-partition-in-read-write-mode-in-android

Then i change /system/app to 755

Then, moving on with fastboot but it's also have "status read failed <Too many links>>".

I decide to reboot it and change the bootmode to 4000 -> reboot.

After reboot, it said i need to recover to factory....

Power button pushed -> progress bar -> reboot -> flashed logo for few minutes -> Connect to my wifi -> YEAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Thanks all of you.
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
works like a charm .. many thank mate.
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
yes i would try and do chmod 755 on /system/app and reboot

first you will need to mount the system to be able make changes to the perm:

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Yay! Good job, glad you got it working!
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Take a look at the permissions of your /system/ directory

adb shell
cd /system/
ls -l

paste it here and we can take a look at it
[Kindle Fire General] crispyham93:
Okay, here goes:

C:\Users\C. Hammon\Desktop\KindleFireRoot>adb shell

$ cd /system/

cd /system/

$ ls -l

ls -l

drwxr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 00:00 lost+found

drw-r--r-- root root 2011-12-01 19:54 app

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-01 19:54 bin

-rw-r--r-- root root 2144 2008-08-01 12:00 build.prop

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-24 01:12 etc

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-24 01:12 fonts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-01 02:54 framework

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-24 01:12 lib

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-24 01:12 media

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-24 01:12 tts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-24 01:12 usr

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-11-24 01:12 vendor

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-01 19:54 xbin

$
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
temp root first then

adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 755 /system/app

then reboot
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
Sorry to take over this thread, but any suggestions for what to do if I am unable to use the mount command with /system/?
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
now thats odd! suddenly the device keep rebooting ( boot looping ) .. i don't know why

the screen was off .. I didn't root or change anything

what would be the problem?
[Kindle Fire General] crispyham93:
This is what I get:

$ mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

mount: Operation not permitted

$
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
I'm still trying to think what to do in your case.. reason why you cant mount is because you need temp root. But you cant temp root because it looks for your android version and build.prop is what contains that. Unless someone can mod the rooting file to not look for the android version then I'm not sure what to do
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Sorry, temp root first then try again
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
any help ?

I restored the kindle two time till now .. it works fine and suddenly after 5 min or more the device start bootlooping
[Kindle Fire General] crispyham93:
IT LIVES!!!

Thanks so much, I went to three tech experts on campus and they couldn't figure it out. I should have known the internet would be my salvation.
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Yayyy! Glad to help out! :)
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
So you completed the restore successfully? After 5 mins of working it bootloops when you restart... or what? I need more information
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
Same here.
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
yeah i completed the restore, and registed my kindle and start downloading apps from Amazon Appstore .. then i turned my device off, after 5 min or so it started to bootlooping

i did all the steps .. only one thing i skipped " rm sh boomsh " since it says "rm failed for sh, No such file or directory"

any clue ?
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
So essentially I had root and then I followed the OP and consequently removed root after doing the fast boot stuff. And now because I don't have root, I can no longer do what I need to do to get unbricked.

Wow.

Anyone have any ideas?
[Kindle Fire General] yareally:
You're screwed until someone feels like recompiling zergRush (or edits the existing binary) to not look for the android OS version that would normally be found in build.prop

https://github.com/revolutionary/zergRush

If someone doesn't do it in the next day or two, I'll get around to it when I have time.
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
Ok, wow, looks like I dug myself quite the hole. Now, just to confirm, I did have root when I magically deleted my build.prop. However, by completing the instructions in the OP I un-rooted my phone?
[Kindle Fire General] yareally:
You're only bricked to begin with because you deleted the build.prop file instead of modding or moving the old one back, overwriting the one you added to the system.

The tutorial in the OP only deletes and removes user data, not system data (i.e. does not remove anything or revert anything under /system as far as I know).

THEREFORE, it's not going to remove su, but it's not going to matter anyways really if you dont have a build.prop file. HOWEVER, zergRush needs rerun every time you reboot a device, but it's removed since it's under /data/local/tmp. Not that it matters since you removed your build prop and it wouldnt work anyways without the mod I listed in my last post.
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
I am confused as to how I lost root. Does following the instructions loose root or does deleting the build.prop loose root.

In case you were implying otherwise, I realize my device is bricked because of my own actions...my apologies if my post suggested otherwise. I am just trying to:

a.) Verify that I lost root and try to figure out how that happened because I don't quite understand how.

b.) See what can be done to figure out my situation.

---------- Post added at 02:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:27 AM ----------

Ok, so to confirm, in order to figure out my situation I need to

1. Find a way to regain root without a build.prop

a. This is way beyond my expertise. I will have to post a request and a donation.

2. Mount /system/ as RW and then push a normal build.prop to /system/.
[Kindle Fire General] yareally:
a) Because you bricked your device. You do know build.prop is very important file right? Perhaps the most important configuration file on the device. Without it, your device is lucky to even function in the current (limited) state it's in.

b) already explained

You wont get anywhere until someone does what I mentioned already. There is nothing else to explain as far as I know from the last 2 posts I already wrote.
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
I am aware build.prop is an important file. I obviously did not knowingly delete build.prop. I tired to push in a properly edited build.prop but must have named it wrong or the push must not have worked.

Thanks for your explanation. Much appreciated.
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
what did you do to brick your device to begin with?
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
i changed some fonts .. and got endless bootlooping

before that i used a patcher to get RTL support ( framework.jar / libwebcore.so / libandroid_runtime.so )

i noticed after i restore my device ( 3 times till now ) that i start get bootlooping when i turn the screen off
[Kindle Fire General] haze_1986:
Hi all, I am new to the forum, I have rooted my kindle fire and while I was trying to copy vending.apk into the system, I cant.

So I changed the permission of the system\apps folder to read write, then file expert crashes and the kindle hanged.

After a reboot it is stuck at the kindle fire startup screen and kept looping.

I have tried the all the steps and reached the step where they asked me to press power button to wipe everything but after the reboot its still stuck at the KF start screen.

Is it GG?

Any recommendations on what I should do to unbrick it?
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
follow the steps to temp root first then try

adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 755 /system/app

then reboot
[Kindle Fire General] haze_1986:
[edit] Worked now.

Thanks!

Hi just to confirm is do until step 2 then replace with the above right?

And rebooting is hardware reboot?
[Kindle Fire General] granitdm:
Please help! Same problem.

I too am having the same problem. If you could recompile zergRush that would be great. I no longer have rights to /System folder to rename my build.prop backup! to get it to work again.
[Kindle Fire General] ejrubin:
I'm shocked that there's someone else here who's managed to screw their kindle up as much as I have mine. Shocked.

EDIT:

For those who know this stuff better than I do: Does having file "su" in the system/bin/ mean that I have superuser permissions and am rooted?

I say this because I have navigated to this directory in adb and saw this file. I may still be rooted. However, I can't perform any root commands because I am unable to give adb permission to use SU. In other words, because I can't fully boot my kindle, I am unable to handle the access dialog that usually comes up when a program tries to user SuperUser.

If this is the case, does anyone know of any way for ADB to bypass the access dialog box that usually allows programs to access SU?
[Kindle Fire General] bigragu:
I installed an alternative keyboard, TouchPal, and now am getting all FCs and system dump reports. Really can't do anything or access files to uninstall the app. So I am trying this method to get it back to factory condition. I already had root so I was starting at step 3. Don't really understand all of the nuances so if there is anything implied or assumed I won't get it. Anywhere, here is where I am so far.

$ adb shell

$ #cd /system/bin

#cd /system/bin

$ # idme bootmode 4002

# idme bootmode 4002

$ <idme> write 4002 to offset 0x1000

<idme> write 4002 to offset 0x1000

write: permisson denied

Not sure if it has to do with me still being in the adb shell ($). Not sure if # is a prompt or how I get into it. Not sure what N1@n~ is or where I should be typing it.

I'm pretty sure I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas? Thanks.
[Kindle Fire General] ubeezee:
Open cmd, navagate to where you installed the zergRush root by cd C:\enterThePathHereWhereItsLocated Then just type in the exact commands from the steps on the how-to. The first few steps should look like this:

[B] C:\KindleFireRoot\files>[/B]adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp
2251 KB/s (23056 bytes in 0.010s)

[B] C:\KindleFireRoot\files>[/B]adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/
zergRush

You'll know it worked if what I bolded keeps showing there on the left and has an ">" there after you type commands. so what you need to type is everything after the "$" on my how-to. So where my $ is you will have C:\KindleFireRoot\files> (or whatever the path is your root is located at)
[Kindle Fire General] Max-ML:
Worked for me!

@ubeezee

I have ruined my cousin's Fire and thank you, man! You saved my life :)

Here what happened - as Fire does not displays correctly some unicode characters, she asked me to root her Kindle Fire and change system fonts. Myself I do have Coby Kyros tablet I had rooted and made some modifications. I was new with android but Google up and find ways to do that. Thus was successful with my Coby.

BUT with Kindle I run to troubles. It got successfully rooted. installed Swipe etc... everything was just fine, but after I have tried to load dejavu.tts fonts pack instead of DroidSans pack - I got stuck on boot scree.

Now I have recovered thanks to your How-To.

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
._.

looks like I have to keep the screen on ( screen timeout: never ) to not get bootloops :_(
[Kindle Fire General] kasner:
Cant pass even Step 1

Hi

I Cant pass even Step 1

D:\KindleFireRoot\files>adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp

error: device not found

D:\KindleFireRoot\files>

Drivers are installed OK.

BR Kasner
[Kindle Fire General] Max-ML:
Azdian

I am not a big specialist - had to face problems myself :) but that happened when I fixed boot first time - as soon screen went to sleep I got sucked again, but I have changed DroidSans-Bold font back to KF default one and everything is OK now.

Maybe your fonts are changed as well? Try to mount and see system fonts or when you fix and boot up - check with Root Explorer.

Sorry if not the case.
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
how can I look to system fonts by mounting?

and even if i try to root it after the root it stuck at the boot screen
[Kindle Fire General] Xeddicus:
Make sure it's actually using the correct driver. Check in device manager. May just want to point it at it manually to be sure.

Also, if you have Bluestacks installed that seems to be screwing it up for people.
[Kindle Fire General] hungerp:
I'm having problems with step 2.

You are getting this as an output,

$ ls
ls
boomsh
zergRush
sh
$ rm sh boomsh //remove everything but zergRush
rm sh boomsh

and I am getting this

$ ls
ls
zergRush
$ rm sh boomsh
rm sh boomsh
rm failed for sh, No such file or directory

Is this okay to continue with?
[Kindle Fire General] Xeddicus:
Yes, rm is remove, so you're just deleting that file he had for whatever reason. If it's not there to start with it's fine.
[Kindle Fire General] hungerp:
When I try to use the $ fastboot -i 0x1949 -w command it won't detect my device.

Never mind, I just reinserted my USB cable.
[Kindle Fire General] Texanz06:
Getting Error Message

Hi all I had rooted my Fire, than after the newest update it no longer works I had the Launcher ICS on the fire and it worked fine before the update now when I start the Kindle it give me a error message that I need to force close ICS i have tried but it keeps popping up the same message. Is there a way to start over.

Thanks
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
is there a way i can push stock kindle fire fonts to the device ? i got the original fonts but how can i push it to the device

because i think my problem caused after changing the fonts
[Kindle Fire General] killercheung:
I think I'm on the same boat . Hope someone can help us to restore the build.prop proble,
[Kindle Fire General] Max-ML:
Azdian

In my case How-to worked but before I change fonts back etc.. etc... scree went in sleep mode and when I push to get it back - voila only got this KindleFire bootscreen again. :) Damn!

Though I recover back using How-to, than switched screen timeout to never - just for case :), installed back Root Explorer and changed DroidSans-Bold font back to system one.

This way that was easier, But the same can be done directly via ADB.

And reboot. It worked fine and now everything is OK.

KF is just my second Android device I play with abit. Even smartphone I always have Nokia - thus I am way inexperience with this... but at least this worked for me well.
[Kindle Fire General] Azdian:
i believe now its because of the fonts folder, so i found an old system dump and take the fonts folder and replaced it with the one on my device

and the result is

the words and letters now are disappeared .. its still clickable but you don't know what are you clicking!

so can anyone help me here with sending me the latest fonts folder[6.2 firmware]

and how to push it via cmd and adb ?
[Kindle Fire General] jennzster:
First of all, I do apologize for the lack of knowledge, just recently made the switch from Apple.

I too, I am having the same problem as kasner.

After the first step I get error:device not found.

Device manager recognizes my device but after the "adb devices" command I get "list of devices attached" and after that it's blank.

Any help with be appreciated!
[Kindle Fire General] Texanz06:
If anyone has gotten this unbricking instruction to work and if they did could you please post the correct instruction.

Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Gorgeit:
My first android install , all works well but phone reboots every few hours

Any help would be welcomed .

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] philask:
Hi,

Great to have a super-cheap Android Tablet now I've got Google apps and Market working, however the standard Amazon settings app leaves out a lot of the goodness, where can I get the 'standard' settings app?

Also has VPN support been removed from the Fire? (1vpn doesn't work) Is it possible to restore it?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] spyz88:
I believe its missing tap/tun. At least thats what it tells me when I install OpenVPN.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] death2all110:
tun.ko is missing. when we get kernels going we'll be okay
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mclad:
Cool. I'm in Australia, and due to a locked router I can't get VPN through my home wireless to fool Amazon into thinking I'm in the US. Not sure where to go from here... a cheap USB wireless dongle and set-up an ad-hoc wireless connection with VPN on my PC?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] death2all110:
I honestly don't see why that couldn't work.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] spyz88:
You can use http://unblock-us.com/ to get you around that issue.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ajq:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19645614

If anybody wants to play around with it, there you go.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Rubarb:
It does work - I've used my iPhone with PPTP (and LPTP), and then enabled hotspot. Turn off location services though, some sites seem to be able to pick your real location if you don't.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mclad:
Thanks - it should work but apparently android (or at least 2.3 which the kindle is based off) is set to ignore adhoc wireless networks. I know, as I've tried with a USB wireless transmitter on my PC and my laptop's wireless, the Fire doesn't see the networks but my phone, running cyanogenmod, does. There are some files that need modded but I haven't been able to get it working.

If anyone can help in the threads below it would be appreciated :)

[Q] Will Adhoc WIFI be possible with software patching?

[Q] Kindle won't pickup adhoc wireless my phone will??

Wifi tethering to Kindle fire

No progress in that thread yet, a couple of people have tried the tun.ko file.

There is another thread in general about VPN: How to access android.net.vpn.SETTINGS?

Both those threads need some Dev's working on them, not just noobs like me in the General forum - VPN is very important for anyone travelling or residing outside the US!! :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mclad:
bump. need VPN :(

just tried to share my PC's VPN (HMA pro) using connectify.me which makes a wireless hotspot rather than an adhoc network, but for some reason connectify drops out when the VPN is active, dammit.

VPN on the Fire itself would be so much easier...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mr_gem:
How to use it ? Can you guide us ?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tweeker404:
Hi all,

I see people ask others when discussing battery life what their screen on time % is during that time...

I was wondering how would one go about finding this information? I have looked through the battery usage etc, but can't seem to figure this one out.

Thanks very much for anyones time.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] No_Nickname90:
Hmm... I don't know if I fully understand what you're asking.

What I do is Settings == About Phone == Battery Usage == //And when I'm here I find Display and tap it. It opens up and tells me the percentage and how long it's been on. It also gives a quick link to change your screen brightness.

Something tells me that's not what you're asking though. :confused:
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tweeker404:
That was it! Thanks!

I feel brain dead. Might, be time for bed. Can't believe I couldn't figure.this out earlier.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ixJay:
Well i tried putting a theme on my phone after i put beastmod 3.0 (no beastmod did not brick my phone.. was working fine before i tried flashing my own theme) and now idk what to do.. when i turn my phone on.. it passes the whole "synergy kernal" animation but after that its a black screen with force close pop ups.. something about my twlauncher is failing.. it wont let me get passed that.. whats there to do?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jasontx:
A reflash of beast should fix it. Since the 3.0 just came out today I doubt any themes are ready for it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ixJay:
well how can i get into the mode of reflashing it?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] qasimzia512:
Just get into recovery and flash beastmod over it...to get into recovery hold vol up n down keys and turn on ur phone while holding them, then let the power button go n keep holding volume keys and that would take you into recovery...