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[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
No apologies are necessary. I'm just trying to help you get your KF fixed. If you sent me your Kindle with return postage, I would try to fix it for you, but that defeats the purpose of all my posts. I'd like to see you learn how to do it yourself. You'll get that nice rush of adrenalin when you see it booting again and gain the confidence to know that you can do it again. Without the latter, you'll be terrified of doing anything with your KF in fear that you'll brick it again. In my mind, that would be a shame.

I got your PM messages... all 4 of them. ;)

The first thing I would do for your KF is charge it. I believe that even in its current state, it should still charge if you power it off and plug it into the provided charger (use the wall charger, don't hook it up to your computer to charge). You don't want to deal with a dead battery while you are trying to fix it. That would just add another variable to the troubleshooting and you don't want that. Leave it plugged in overnight if you can, but even just a few hours would help it a great deal.

If you are sure that your KF is in fastboot mode, but your computer isn't able to send fastboot commands, then in all likelihood, it's the drivers on your computer. I know I must sound like a broken record, but you gotta get that right if you want to fix your KF. In addition, I'm not confident that you are using fastboot on your computer correctly. Have you tried running the commands I provided in my previous posts? What were the results?

Assuming you are able to run the fastboot commands correctly, but it says <waiting for device>, the you have to look into the drivers. I'm not much of a Windows guy, so maybe someone else will chime in here and help you out, but here's what I would do. The device manager in Windows should show some device for the KF when you hook up it up. Whatever the device, first delete the installed drivers for it and then the device itself from the list. I don't have the procedure memorized, so you'll have to tool around by right clicking on the device and looking at the device properties. Then disconnect the KF and use the KFU driver installer to get the right drivers in there. Windows is a finicky beast, so you might have to reboot in between the above steps just to be sure. Then when you hook the KF back up with the factory cable, fastboot should be able to see the device and issue commands to it.

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If you are talking about a factory cable, then yes... I think it would be a worthwhile investment for anybody and new users in particular who are more likely to take a misstep and not really sure how to get out of the hole. Like I said in my guide, it makes many fixes a whole lot easier to perform if you have one. If nothing else, think of it as a spare tire in the trunk.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550999

Good guy, good product, reasonable price and fast delivery.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
about drivers:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6

if you can't get rid of the drivers:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
[Kindle Fire General] Shockitup:
Ran unbrick utility, now SUPER bricked!

So I'm a noob at this, and apparently I'm dangerous because I screwed this thing up big time...

I ran the Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428428) and now my sdcard is completely erased (except for TWPR folder, which is empty) and I can no longer mount my sdcard in order put a new ROM file on and install. When I connect to my windows computer it asks me to Format before it can view. I haven't done this yet, should I?

Please help!
[Kindle Fire General] evgeny9:
Stuck with a screen with exclaim sign

My KF was charging, and may be during that time the 6.3 update was installed. But now I'm stuck with a black screen with a green android robot and an exclaim sign (cannot post links to images). Got root, FireFireFire and recovery installed. But recovery does not help.

Every time I try to restart, KF restarts but immediately shuts down and goes back to that screen.

Please, help!
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
you will have no other choice ...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1572077
[Kindle Fire General] Shockitup:
Yep, that worked! Thanks for the help. I was terrified it wasn't going to be salvageable...
[Kindle Fire General] sisterdelirious:
Wiping the cache worked for me...

I had this too, and I found that doing a wipe of the cache (navigate to that option in CWM recovery touch menu) cleared it up admirably. I could enter and use recovery, and i could just let it boot past firefirefire into the stock 6.2.2 os if i liked.

Since then, I have re-installed the 3/19/12 version of the Energy rom and everything is working swimmingly.
[Kindle Fire General] bjg020683:
Hrlp
[Kindle Fire General] evgeny9:
My experience

Didn't work for me... Still restarting after 5 minutes of work.

Also didn't help me. I tried practically every option in CWM and KFU.

So did I. And am very happy for now :-)
[Kindle Fire General] spacebow:
Hey guys, I'm a noob at this whole rooting thing and i think I bricked my KF. It's stuck at the yellow triangle screen, I can't even shut it off. All I did was follow the instructions from this link: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399889. I don't think I installed the TRWP thing or anything else, I shut off the Kindle as soon I rooted it.

Now my computer can't even recognize my Kindle when I plug it in with my USB. I tried to use Normal boot from the same KFU app and tried to use the KF Unbricked Utility from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.co/showthread.php?t=1428428

but I can't get either methods to work because my computer can't recognize my KF.

Please help me!

Thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
You're probably in fastboot mode. Turn off the device for now by holding down the power button for ~20 seconds. Then read the first 2 posts in this thread...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

You'll need to make sure the drivers are working correctly and then see if KFU will set the bootmode back to normal for you.
[Kindle Fire General] mrl515:
Thanks!

I'll have to keep this one bookmarked just in case. Thanks for posting!
[Kindle Fire General] PLU Tim:
Thank You!!

This post is worth a million bucks and should be linked on post 1. I foolishly tried to replace the wallpapers in my KF and bricked that bad boy. I tried following the first post in the thread and I was also getting the 'cross-device link' error. Pushing the framework-res.apk file directly to /system/framework/ saved the day.

Major kudos.
[Kindle Fire General] angelfire78:
Hi Team,

i have a big problem. Mi KF is bricked after i've tried to install the last ICS rom. I've followed the tutorial in an other website (i can't report this here because i'm new).

After the installation my KF rebooted and from yesterday is with yellow triangle and nothing happens. I've tried Kindle Fire Unbrick Tools and Kindle Unbrick UtilityV1.1 both but nothins happened.

My first problem is that when i plug the KF on my pc (i used Windows Vista and Windows 7 in two different computers), the pc charge the KF and loose the connection (i've installed the correct drivers using Kindle Fire Utility) for two/three times and then everything is silent.

How can i solve the problem? :(
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22433402&postcount=4
[Kindle Fire General] Kheladu:
Gonna try this

This looks like it will work for me i am going to try it as soon as i get home. Thanks for the hardwork
[Kindle Fire General] angelfire78:
Hi b63 great work! Thank you very much. I've used your linked tutorial and it works fine for my case.

Only one thing:

- I've installed your rooted rom but it doesn't work

- So i've downloaded the latest version (6.3) from Amazon website. I've installed it but the KF is not rebooting completely because is now only 1% battery. I'll wait to check if it is everything ok

Anyway. Now i'll have OS 6.3. If i want to install an Android ICS rom i've to root the 6.3 OS, then i've to download a working ICS rom and install it, right?

Thanks for your attention :)
[Kindle Fire General] thedeveloper1:
Kindle Fire Unbrick Utitlity

Just use the Kindle Fire Unbrick Utitlity and it will do all the work for you

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
[Kindle Fire General] angelfire78:
Sorry but i think i've right un bricked my KF.

Now i need to root my KF with OS 6.3

Reading other posts i saw it could also be useful using Kindle Fire Utility v 0.9.5.....and it will do everything for me without writing command lines, right? :)
[Kindle Fire General] 13BFeder:
My KF I believe is in fast boot mode, it is frozen ont he "Kindle Fire" screen, without any animation of the word Kindle Fire. It is not recognized by computer, dont know what to do.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24477232&postcount=24
[Kindle Fire General] 13BFeder:
Thank you, I got my KF back to normal with that.

Later today I am letting my friend root it for me, he was the one that originally suggested it, so he can get it done quick without me messing it up.
[Kindle Fire General] jluke86:
I was having trouble last night getting out of a recovery boot loop. The KFU showed my kindle online and that it was in recovery mode. When I had KFU try to switch it to normal boot mode it said that it "couldn't find the drive" or something. Finally I just looked up the commands and typed them in myself. I just had to change directory to the Android SDK folder where the ADB file is. I won't post the link, but if you don't know the commands to do this just google "kindle fire recovery loop" and check the first result. Hope this helps some people.
[Kindle Fire General] thetalkinghawk:
I'm having some serious issues with my situation... I've spent hours and hours trying to figure it out, and hopefully someone here has some idea of what to do.

So my Fire is stuck in CWM based recovery. However it is NOT the touch screen variety, so I cannot navigate the menus. Every time I've tried to connect it to my computer, my PC won't recognize it. After many attempts to fastboot the new touch based recovery to the tablet, it just isn't working. I get stuck in < waiting for device > and it just never finds it.

I've tried reinstalling drivers, and just trying to accomplish doing anything with the device, and absolutely nothing works. Does anyone have an idea of how to get my kindle back into a usable state? Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated! :)
[Kindle Fire General] fedeblank:
kindle fire broken

hi, can you can help me.

from purchasing the kindle fire I walk, I came broken factory, I'm in Uruguay and here there is no guarantee. When I turn on the tablet runs the fire Kindle logo, but then I get letters a ip number, then is fixed with those letters. The pc does not recognize. Not to do to fix it.

thank you very much
[Kindle Fire General] Thepooch:
use the kindle fire utility install fff again and twrp if your in a non touch based recovery you might get lucky and be able to use the 1 button to navigate fast press to move and long press to select but this is unlikely cause I think you have just flashed the wrong cwm recovery. Its waiting for device which lends me to believe USB debbuging isn't toggled into the right position which is bad for your situation open the kf

utility though and try plugging and unplugging your USB maybe somehow you will get lucky and be recognized remember to make sure all the correct drivers are in place and cross your fingers:)

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You need to use the kf utility and try to gain root because your device has a corrupt factory image the only way your gonna save it is to put a new clean stock image on your kindle you may try this first

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428428

Then try this

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399889

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Here is the full list of helps and such for the kindle

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1467013

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZ88CYWv0FU&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=/watch?v=mwMHIkX20YI&v=mwMHIkX20YI&gl=US

Videos for rooting 6.2.2 and 6.3
[Kindle Fire General] alanwong125:
My KF stuck at logo........and I try fastboot , adb shell, but it only said "device not found" and I can't install driver.... what should I do now?
[Kindle Fire General] ChrisKenison:
Bricked Kindle - Computer doesn't recognize it (not in the device manager)

Okay, I'm not having the same issue, but I'm pretty sure I've completely, irevicalbly, bricked my kindle.

I know that I'm not in Fastboot mode, I've experienced that issue and solved it with the KFU.

Here's what I did:

I used the KFU to root my kindle. That worked fine. I was able to load all the Google apps (which was my initial goal). Then, I got greedy and decided that ICS was my next step - oops.

I followed the instructions on the following site:

androidauthority.com/kindle-fire-miui-4-ics-55853/

Note: I know, I'm an idiot - I should have paid attention to comments! UGH!

After I did this, I now only get the firefirefire logo and that is it. I can't load/reload TWRP and I can't change my bootmode to normal or recovery. The thing is, no matter which computer I plug the device into, the computer won't recognize the device. I get a message saying something "malfunctioned" when I plug it in. I've tried 3 different Windows machines (I've installed/reinstalled drivers I don't know how many times!) and I even tried loading Linux on a spare laptop and that didn't work either.

So, I tried the next thing I could think of. I followed the instructions on the following site:

ramble.karrth.com - Section "Troubleshooting TWRP

which involved removing the back cover, shorting a circuit (to force usbboot) and plugging my Kindle in. This didn't work for me either.

At this point, I'm willing to try anything. I'm not quite sure how to fix this issue. I think my next step is to either order a factory cable or make my own and try that, but if my bootloader is broke (truely broke) will that even work?

Please, if I should post this in another forum/place, just let me know. Any help appreciated!

I should also not that nothing comes up in my device manager. It does come up as a unrecognized USB bit goes away after telling me there was a malfunction (it tries to recognize it twice).
[Kindle Fire General] petrenko34:
Bricked Kindle Fire

Hi,

I recently rooted my Kindle Fire and it worked great but my step dad cleared out everything and in the run scream its ADB status is unknown and the boot status is offline. My KF is stuck at the logo screen and im sure my dad cleared out all the files. im in the twrp and dont know where to go next
[Kindle Fire General] Thepooch:
I think I would write amazon maybe they will send you a new device its worth a try since I believe you have extenuating circumstances of being corrupted from factory

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I would try the kf utility. Try factory restore in twrp and reboot without a backup in the twrp folder on your SD card there's no much you can do unless you can access the SD card contents then you could simply just flash another rom at least that would get you to a booting state instead of just stuck in twrp.
[Kindle Fire General] ZhiZunBao:
Kindle Fire stuck at Yellow Triangle

Hello All, i have read all the 76 pages and realized my issue with the Kindle Fire is quite serious. I have been working on it for 3 days already but couldn't resolve it. I need your help on this.

I have rooted the Kindle Fire using Burrito Root, everything is working fine until the battery went flat. When i charged it, it will boot till the lockscreen and then auto shutdown and restarted. Then it will be booted into CwM, and i have selected reboot system, but the cycle continues. It did not resolve the issue.

So i went online and research, found the command to exit fastboot mode:

fastboot -i 0×1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

fastboot -i 0×1949 reboot

After typing the above command, i shut down as per normal. When i tried plugging the Kindle Fire into usb, it keeps restarting in Yellow Triangle every few seconds, it does not allow me to charge, when i unplug, it will power down. I understand that the power is dead. I tried charging using the adapter but to no avail as well. It will still stuck at the yellow triangle without charging. My computer couldn't detect the Kindle at all. I tried KFU, it shows "Waiting for Device", i tried holding the power button for more than 30seconds, it still can't charge normally. It just keep staying as green light and dime and then restart.

Can any one please help me with this? i will appreciate your kind advice on this. Thank you in advance
[Kindle Fire General] federicots:
guys, I installed the ICS, but will not start the recovery firefirefire, so I decided to go back to 6.3.

I followed this guide to bring back the Kindle Fire :

( start TWRP with KF utility and usb cable )

Connect USB cable to Kindle Fire.

Mount it as USB Mass Storage mode.

At PC, rename Kindle Fire Software Update bin file to update.zip.

Copy update.zip to Kindle Fire SDcard (root level).

Turn off USB Mass Storage mode.

Unplug USB cable.

Power off Kindle Fire.

Power on it.

Press power button until light turn orange.

TWRP 2.0 Recovery will be loaded then.

Select Wipe.

Select Cache then Wipe cache.

Select Dalvik Cache then Wipe dalvik-cache.

Select Factory Reset then Factory Reset.

Go back to Home.

Select Install this time.

Then select update.zip.

Select Flash after that.

After installed, select Reboot System.

but when I start the flash of 6.3, I get this error :

"

assert failed: getprop ("ro.product.device") =="blaze" ||

e: unknown command [error_string]

e: error in /tmp/slideload/package.zip

(status 7 )

* verifying filesystem..

* verifying partition sizes..

error flashing zip '/sdcard/update.zip'

help me :(
[Kindle Fire General] ven9898:
I have the same exact issue, word for word as far as the error message goes. I have been trying so many different things over the past day and a half. So any help would be great!
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24720976&postcount=11

TWRP 2.1.0 is broken. You're going to have to bug Vashypooh about getting KFU to revert back to version 2.0.0, finding/installing 2.0.0 yourself, or try using CWMR instead.
[Kindle Fire General] federicots:
:eek::eek::eek:

thanks a lot!!!!!!

ClockworkMod I promised to go back to 6.3!!! :)

To clear firefirefire and TWRP2.1 just go to Device> reset to factory> erase everything

right?!
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
No. Factory reset just clears out the data partition. It will do nothing to the bootloader and recovery partitions. You must overwrite them with new versions using fastboot.
[Kindle Fire General] romeop:
Hello,

i bricked my Kindle Fire (rooted 6.3 with fff and TWRP) trying to install TetherGps, i need to enable mock location and followed this guide http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362472

Note that the script pushes zergRush. In addition due to permission errors i did from command line this line: sqlite3 settings.db "update secure set value=1 where name='mock_location';"

Then rebooted and stuck in boot logo loop, it could be the zergrush push or the settings.db file corrupted.

From where i can start trying to unbrick?

Many thanks

Update: I had solved
[Kindle Fire General] ChrisKenison:
My issue was the cable. It was faulty. Fixed brick after using a new cable.
[Kindle Fire General] chris wyly:
another fire question

Ok so im trying to unbrick a fire for my friend that completely screwed it up.. here are my issues, stuck in fastboot even when powering off and on, adb will recognize it but it goes to the /system/bin/sh failed : no such file in directory when i try to run adb shell and same message when i try to do the temproot instructions in the OP im at 7 hours on this and am completely out of ideas... is there anything i can do with just adb to get shell up and running so i can finish the unbrick? Please any advice would be awesome
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
that's a shure indication for a messed up system shell.

if you don't have a recovery on it (twrp or cwm) then a factory cable is your only solution:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550999
[Kindle Fire General] ledmis:
kindle fire brick when i tried to change wallpapers

Hi, I was trying to change wallpapers and I brick my KF. I edited the framework-res.apk and when I tried to overwrite the original one with root explorer the kindle frozen up so i had to restart and after that im stuck on kindle fire logo. Im trying to follow your tutorial but i can't root again, Im using kindle fire utility 0.9.5 and the program recognizes the device but when I start the process I get stucked in the part when it's switching to recovery boot mode. because of that I can't complete all the steps. So please if anyone can help me I would appreciate it a lot.
[Kindle Fire General] Emerald214:
Your information is helpful. I'm trying to fix my gf's KF. It's good.
[Kindle Fire General] potestasx:
Have you tried the Framework-res option of the Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
[Kindle Fire General] ignoringperson:
plz help me ... i think i rooted my kindle twice .. and now its stuck on that yellow fire sign screen and it wont load further .. plz help me wat to do .. not even my computer detect the device since its hanged on that yellow screen . i tried restarting it aalot of times .. plz help me
[Kindle Fire General] kenikh:
Not sure why the app isn't running. Java is installed and up to date, using CMD, I've tried both running it as admin and normally, trying toe execute the app using: java -jar <path>\name.jar

App fires up fine, but I get this when I click the buttons:
[Kindle Fire General] blinkstop:
bricked, won't mount

First let me say thanks for all that I've learned so far.

Next: I don't have a windows machine so any tool or help that requires one will not be useful to me.

Now the problem: not sure how, but I seem to have bricked my K-Fire. It's all blinky yellow triangle, then turns itself off. Then turns itself on again, repeat. It's managed to become un-chargable, so if it's not plugged into something it's dead.

I can't mount it to push any recovery commands in. Every program/command line hangs at <waiting for device>

Am I going to have to get all surgical, or are there any options, suggestions, clues, or magical incantations that I've missed?
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1623244
[Kindle Fire General] Party-Rocker:
Help me please im so frustrated :(

Hey u just rooted my kindle fire 6.2.2 . and everything went smoothly ............Until i tried installing a ICS rom i got from some guy on this site . I downloaded it through the kindle and then opened up twrp and installed it . i do have a back up file though. But the problem is that once it installed it booted up normally but then some colorful animation came up and its been like that for 3 Hours. what do i do??? i tried the KINDLEUNBRICK thing and it doesnt work
[Kindle Fire General] kenikh:
Put it back in Normal Boot mode.
[Kindle Fire General] Party-Rocker:
it didnt work