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[Kindle Fire General] 5d2:
I rooted my Fire last night using BurritoRoot and then tried using the Kindle Fire Utility and to install TWRP.

It rebooted and got stuck on the logo, so I added 0x18D1 to my usb file and that didn't help. Went through uninstalling drivers, let the power drain over night, shut down completely and nothing...

For whatever reason, with Windows still not being able to detect the Fire, I ran:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

That did something...

Now the Fire continuously reboots every few seconds when I plug it into my laptop. Plugging it into a wall charger doesn't hold a charge either.

Any ideas? Is this a fastboot or recovery loop? No yellow triangle either

[Update] I got everything working...

I think the main issue I had was because I was using Win 7 in VMWare on my Mac. After running that fastboot command, VMWare wasn't mounting the Fire to Windows...

It was difficult because in order to get it to stop rebooting, I had to connect it to a wall adapter, do a hard reset and then plug it into the Win7 laptop quite a few times...

Anyways, I ended up digging up an old netbook with Win 7 on it, installed the Android SDK, installed the drivers (still had to add 0x18d1) and once it showed up in Device Manager, I ran the fastboot commands and then resumed what was left (install TWRP via KF Utility).

The issue now is that it seems to take forever to charge...
[Kindle Fire General] mill3rkydd:
Kindle Fire Bricked after TWRP

I just got this Kindle Fire for christmas and I already bricked it!! I was using the Fire Utility and I tried installing TWRP 2.0 and...Well I messed up. I clicked the reboot button on the Kindle and now its stuck on the FireFireFire screen. I tried doing adb commands and it cant identify it. I am on 6.2.1. I don't know what to do. I'm panicking. Someone PLEASE HELP~! :(

EDIT: Nevermind the fastboot code fixed it THANKS!!!!
[Kindle Fire General] progtaplayer:
I need some help with my Kindle. I am stuck on the animated boot logo. I can access it through ADB, but I can not use the temp root.

C:\Users\Administrator>adb shell

$ cd data/local/tmp

cd data/local/tmp

$ ls

ls

zergRush

$ ./zergRush

./zergRush

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root

[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00015118

[*] Scooting ...

[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...

[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...

[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !

$

This is where I am stuck. I have also tried Fastboot, but it is not detected using fastboot. I have the newest firmware of 6.2.1.

I believe that I the reason I got stuck on the boot loop, is from changing read-write permissions on the System/App/ folder.

C:\Users\Administrator>adb shell

$ ls -l /system/

ls -l /system/

drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 17:00 lost+found

drwxr--r-- root root 2011-12-25 17:34 app

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-25 17:04 bin

-rw-r--r-- root root 2151 2008-08-01 06:00 build.prop

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 etc

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 fonts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 framework

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 lib

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 media

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 tts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 17:04 usr

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-25 17:04 vendor

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-25 17:25 xbin

$

I would really like any help I can get. I just got the Kindle Fire about 12 hours ago, and I am already bricked.
[Kindle Fire General] yareally:
It's because you have the new firmware it wont work. There's a newer exploit around that replaced zergRush if you look around the kindle subforums. I don't know the name offhand, because I haven't been paying attention to the thread or the kindle lately, but if you find that, everything else will work just the same.
[Kindle Fire General] Karoly Szanto:
I've got the exact problem as progtaplayer does. I would be really helpful if someone could point to the fixed exploit!

Cheers
[Kindle Fire General] jcrawford62:
If we are talking about the burrito root way of rooting the device it would have to be done when its not bricked. Once bricked that won't help. I wonder if there might be a new version of zergRush to work with the 6.2.1 update?

Hopefully someone will come up with a temp root way of doing it. I made the mistake of getting permissions messed up on the /system/app folder. All I need is a way to gain root long enough to set them back.
[Kindle Fire General] Karoly Szanto:
Yes jcrawford62, we are talking about the burrito root way and seems that we have the exact same problem: I modified the permissions on the /system/app and did the stupid mistake to reboot the device. I've been looking for a solution all day and I couldn't find anything concrete but the solution based on a temp root with the zergRush which does not work with 6.2.1 :|

Browsing around, I've noticed quite a few people having the same problem. I think this calls for a new thread, doesn't it?

Cheers
[Kindle Fire General] progtaplayer:
Are you talking about Burrito root? Because I can't use that root. It requires the device to be on. I am stuck at the boot animation.
[Kindle Fire General] jkibilko:
I've gone and done the exact same thing. Looking for a way to "chmod 755 /system/app" through ADB since I'm stuck on the boot animation. zergRush doesn't work on 6.2.1.
[Kindle Fire General] GregDDC:
I had the same issue and fixed it with a recovery cable.

The process was simple, just short the 1st and 4th pins on a microUSB cable and boot into recovery/fastboot. You can find all the information here (link) and here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1392693&page=3). I accomplished everything using Kindle Fire Tools.7 I hope this helps.
[Kindle Fire General] jkibilko:
It's great that there IS a solution. But cutting/soldering is not my forte. Is there somewhere I can purchase a cable?
[Kindle Fire General] mehlhaff:
My Brand New Kindle Fire Brick

Using Kindle Fire Utility 7, I burrito rooted my KF.

Everything was glorious and I was having a smashingly good time. Unfortunately, i did NOT install TWRP 2.0 prior to all this and when I tried to Permanent Root, it never came back on.

When I power on, it shows kindle fire (no animation). It blinks twice and stays displaying kindle fire from there on. You can hear it mount on a computer, but then you hear it dismount.

The device is still recognized in device manager, but when I go to command prompt or the root tools, it will say either "Waiting for device" or "Error: Device not found"

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks~
[Kindle Fire General] bigjkcfan:
When reverting back to stock using twrp something went wrong (obviously) and I am getting the error of

- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2)

when trying the command adb shell. From reading half of this thread I have found out that most likely that I am screwed because I can not get in fastboot mode. My last hope is to try and track now one of those factory cables?
[Kindle Fire General] IzKtle33:
HELP

Im stuck at twrp recovery. because I booted directly to recovery in cm7. can anybody help?
[Kindle Fire General] iauegh:
What is your problem? Do you have a bootloop and the Kindle Fire everytime boots into recovery?
[Kindle Fire General] osashin:
my KF stuck by editing setting.db

I edited settings.db in /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/

after reboot, My kf stuck on kindle filre logo.

However I tried to replace setting.db with backup, I couldn't do it because I couldn't get root. So I tried to used BurritoRoot by Kindle Utility v8.

But my status never change.

the status always

ADB Status: Online

ADB Rooted: No

Boot Status: 4000

Please give me advises. Thank you!!

And, I don't install TWRP yet...
[Kindle Fire General] firefanboy:
HELP ME!

My Kindle Fire is stuck on the spash screen/logo and wont glitter or go past. I have TWRP installed.

The reason why it is bricked is because I screwed around with the framework-res.apk file.

I still have my ORIGINAL framework-res.apk file, though it is on my PC.

I have tried to run the commands here, but I keep on getting the errors:

adb permission is denied

-or-

adb: not found

How can I fix this? I am in desperate need of help and I really can't unbrick it because tehse commands in my CMD are not working :( HElP?
[Kindle Fire General] [-_-]:
is this still valid even after the update and the new method of rooting?
[Kindle Fire General] jcrawford62:
Not if you are using the latest version of the Kindle Fire OS.
[Kindle Fire General] [-_-]:
Thanks for the quick response... I didnt think that it was still valid but was not too sure so I thought I would ask to stop people from continuing to post,,,

HELP ME! when this might not even be valid for them
[Kindle Fire General] mjp_motw:
Kindle Fire Tool 0.9 will also help you fix your kindle using a neat menu:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
[Kindle Fire General] Karoly Szanto:
Tried this already .. doesn't work either. The tool is not able to root the device!
[Kindle Fire General] lucien12:
hello

i have the same problem of bricked kindle (the logo flashes) and it doesn't boot any more.

still possible to use ADB but impossible to change any system file or boot mode, impossible to use kindle fire utility or fastboot...

i think i've made a mistake and changed the permission of the APP folder

now it is drw-r--r--

i tried :"mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system"

but it says : operation not permitted

impossible to solve this problem...

impossible to make a temp boot or push any file or do nothing...i'm trying since 2 days !

i'm under 6.2.1 and the KF is rooted

please help me if you have an idear

jluc:)
[Kindle Fire General] osozraz:
Well, it looks like we´re quite a few that have made the same mistake.

I think the only solution we have now is build/buy a factory usb cable. At least until someone releases a way to roor from adb.
[Kindle Fire General] lucien12:
hello

what is a factory usb cable ?

how does it work and where can i buy one ?

thanks

jluc:)
[Kindle Fire General] Karoly Szanto:
I would not recommend that. If there is a chance that would mess up your device, you'll sure loose your warranty :). In the current thread they gave a solution to this problem already, but for an older firmware version. I'm sure a 'temp root' solution will come out soon and we'll be able to fix this annoying problem.
[Kindle Fire General] lucien12:
ok thanks a lot

so i will wait and hope to find a solution ASAP on this forum

jluc:)
[Kindle Fire General] KrispyCrustacean:
I edited my settings.db file, and am now stuck in a bootloop.

The fire utility says i dont have root, and am in hpboot mode.

I could probably restore the DB file from a backup using sqlite, or push/pull, if i could get root. In ADB shell, su returns "segmentation fault" and sqlite returns "permissions denied".

The shell freezes when i try to boot into fastboot mode as well, or really do anything besides ls at device root. am i SOL?

If anyone can help, it'd be beautiful.
[Kindle Fire General] vaporofnuance:
I'm going to chime in with KrispyCrustacean. I edited my settings.db file. I set the permissions back, but forgot to reset the owner to system.system. Now, I'm stuck in a bootloop. I've tried zergRush, installing TWRP, and the Kindle Fire Utility. I'm unsuccessful on all counts. The problems seem to all relate to my permissions.

The thing is I'd be set if I could just set the owner of the file back to system.system. But, even so, I'd be happy if I could just do a good old fashion factory reset on the device.
[Kindle Fire General] lucien12:
same for me !!!
[Kindle Fire General] osashin:
KrispyCrustacean> I'm in totally same situation. I have been tried to find out other method to take root since 3 days ago. but I didn't fine yet.
[Kindle Fire General] Unknown25463:
I bricked my kindle and i dont have adb. I used to have adb but now i dont can anyone help
[Kindle Fire General] KrispyCrustacean:
I figured i wasn't the only one.

just download it again
[Kindle Fire General] NeoNoob:
Bricked on 1st Day

I updated my KF to the latest OS then used BurritoRoot to root it and installed Googgle MP etc. I then stupidly proceeded to erase my entire framework directory (within the kindle system directory).

Now I'm stuck in the kindle boot screen (no flashing logo). I do have adb access, and can push files to data/local/tmp. I cannot however write anything to the kindle (so cant restore the framework file), remount command does not work either, neither did Zerg. Rerooting with KFU 0.9 didnt work. Cant remove files so cant unroot either. Switching modes gets an error too.

I've tried everything in this thread to no avail.

C:\Users\User\Desktop\Kindle Fire Utility\tools>adb shell

$ ls -l /system/

ls -l /system/

drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 18:00 lost+found

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-26 19:33 app

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-25 15:33 bin

-rw-r--r-- root root 2151 2008-08-01 06:00 build.prop

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 15:33 etc

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 15:33 fonts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 15:33 lib

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 15:33 media

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 15:33 tts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 15:33 usr

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-25 15:33 vendor

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-26 17:46 xbin

$
[Kindle Fire General] Vashypooh:
If you used KFU .9 to temp root or perm root, your kindle is not soft bricked.

You can tell by doing a:

adb shell "ls -l /system/"

if you see rbfb in that folder, you are safe.

Just hop onto IRC:

Kindle Fire IRC

I will get it squared away.
[Kindle Fire General] osashin:
> Vashypooh I don't have the folder :(

C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell ls -l /system/

drwxr-xr-x root root 1969-12-31 19:00 lost+found

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-25 03:37 app

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-21 10:35 bin

-rw-r--r-- root root 2151 2008-08-01 08:00 build.prop

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:34 etc

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:34 fonts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:34 framework

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:35 lib

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:35 media

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:35 tts

drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-21 10:35 usr

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-21 10:35 vendor

drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-25 03:25 xbin

-rwsr-sr-x root root 22364 2011-12-25 03:35 su-backup
[Kindle Fire General] bspisak:
Won't enumerate

Sorry for the cross-post, but this thread is probably the place I should have asked originally.

While running KFU v0.9.1 and installing TWRP, the kindle was rebooting after TWRP came up and got to the yellow triangle and ... I had a power failure. After my computer rebooted, it can't recognize the kindle. When I run the MS USB Device Utility, it reports that it can't enumerate the device. All of it's descriptors show up as '0'.

In VashyPooh's post on v0.9.1, he says, "If you end up stuck with a yellow triangle, do not EVER unplug it." Well, that's essentially what happened when my power failed. I was communicating fine before, but now get a "USB device not recognized" and when I try to install the ADB driver, I get "The specified location does not contain information about your hardware." Nothing shows up in device manager.

What now?

Update: Well, today the cosmic rays must have diminished, windows can enumerate the device correctly now and thus I can load the drivers. I really don't know what is different between last night and today. I had rebooted my computer multiple times, powered kindle on/off multiple times, etc. This morning, after a fresh boot and power up, windows finds it and I can load the drivers.

I don't know if this was an intermittent problem or if just sleeping on it did the trick. Perhaps it's some lurking gremlin. I'll update again if I see a return of the symptom.
[Kindle Fire General] vaporofnuance:
Vashypooh, I didn't use the KF .9 to root. Instead, I used BurritoRoot with SuperOneClick. So, I'm not able to find rbfb.

I did find a post about rbfb, but it looks like it depends on having the owner already set to root and permissions set to allow anybody to execute it after that which doesn't help now.

Any other ideas? Otherwise, I'm waiting on a cable to come in to modify for a factory cable to trigger the fastboot mode.
[Kindle Fire General] Unknown25463:
My computer still dosent recognize the device
[Kindle Fire General] kcsport:
Wife's Kindle fire is stuck at Kindle Fire Screen.

Hey guys I was using Zedomax's New 6.2.1 root method and Everything was going great till the reboot after installing Superuser. The Kindle Stuck on the Kindle fire screen and will not come off. I would be very greatful for ant advice you can offer before my wife kills me. Thank you!
[Kindle Fire General] ovanitas:
Messed up with settings.db file and stuck in a bootloop. Have exactly the same problem as described KrispyCrustacean.
[Kindle Fire General] KrispyCrustacean:
download the usb drivers with the sdk and install them with the device manager. Read some tutorials, all of this has been said before.

i think all of our kindles are dead.
[Kindle Fire General] jackkoho:
I also edited permissions in /system/app and am unable to do anything in kindle fire utility, unable to fastboot, impossible to change any permissions or install any image.

Hoping someone out there can help us.
[Kindle Fire General] limecrush:
Hello everyone,

I was trying to change the wallpaper on my rooted kindle by changing the permissions on the wallpaper folder found here: Data/data/com.android.settings/files/Wallpaper

I forgot to reset the permissions (I selected third party all permissions; I believe all permissions have a 'check' in them) and after my kindle shut down, I was unable to re boot. It is stuck on the kindle fire logo screen (logo stays, then disappears for a second and re-appears).

I have tried holding down the power button for ~20 seconds and this did not help.

Are there any special steps other than the original post I should take to un-brick my kindle? Should the steps in the original post resolve my issue?

Any help is greatly appreciated
[Kindle Fire General] mark_a_l:
Ditto. I had done something with my accounts.db file and got stuck in the bootloop. Tried every pre-6.2.1 solution I could find. Nothing worked. Luckily I was able to get the KF replaced. I see now that there supposedly has been a safeguard put in place with rbfb, but I think I might wait a while to see what other issues are popping up.
[Kindle Fire General] KrispyCrustacean:
my kindle is only a few days old. i was planning on trying to get a replacement.

did you just not mention it was rooted?
[Kindle Fire General] mark_a_l:
I just said it would not boot (which was the truth).
[Kindle Fire General] limecrush:
Hey again everyone,

Just for further clarification; I haven't attempted any of the steps yet...doing some research before digging in.

After reviewing the original post some more, I think I found what I should do. I will temp root using "step 1 and 2" at which point I would be at:

"AFTER you temp root:

Code:

adb shell

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

chmod 755 /system/app"

Should I replace "chmod 755 /system/app" with chmod 755 Data/data/com.android.settings/files/Wallpaper and then reboot?

Thanks again for the help
[Kindle Fire General] mes323:
How I unbricked my Kindle Fire Running 6.2.1

OK, so 2 days ago I bricked my father's Kindle Fire after stupidly changing a permission in the /system/apps folder I shouldn't have. End result, kindle fire logo looped over and over again.

Anywho, since it was a fresh, improper root on 6.2.1 I didn't have ADB shell rooted, typing SU only gave me an error, and of course ZergRush doesn't work on 6.2.1

Through several posts I discovered that you could get into fastboot mode with "a factory cable." My Father (probably realizing he would have made the same mistake himself eventually) soldered together a factory cable last night and probably tried to fix it himself. I don't think he had any luck since it was still bricked this morning. He probably couldn't get it to boot into fastmode (power it on, plug in the factory cable, hold the power button down for 20 seconds, then power it on again). Or even if he did, he probably didn't know that in some cases you have to add the vendor ID to every command like so

fastboot -i 0x1949

Source: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20619033&postcount=11

Afterwhich I was able to flash TWRP http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20431311&postcount=1

fastboot -i 0x1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img

After a reboot, the recovery came up and I backed up the system to do a postmortem later, then I flashed one of the stock, rooted, unsecured roms which I got from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402440

And thus, my father's kindle is back from the dead.

I post this in hopes that somehow I can help some other unfortunate noobs such as myself. Took me hours of searching to find everything I needed to get it running again. I also hope that a new temp-root method will be discovered soon, one that would make this sort of brick easy to recover from.
[Kindle Fire General] osozraz:
Thanks for the info. I´m in the same situation and if I can get a factory cable i´ll follow your instructions.

Regarding a new temproot, jcase, the creator of BurritoRoot has a disclaimer in his post saying he has other root methods working, in case Amazon closes the current one. I don´t know if he plans to disclose them or if they even can fix our problems.
[Kindle Fire General] mark_a_l:
What KF version are you on? This thread was originally inteneded for 6.2 and below. The steps don't work with a bricked 6.2.1.

As far as I know, the only sollution (if you did not install rbfb) is to use a factory cable as posted above.
[Kindle Fire General] chucklesmcfarland:
I wanted to add a solution that I found for my specific issue -

Stuck on "kindle fire" load screen after trying to install TWRP.

I was able to load the ADB driver enough to run the .9.1 utility and ran the 'normal boot' from the bootmode window.

This rebooted the device and all is OK.

I haven't tried to install the TWRP again though.

I'll keep an eye on this thread as we play with this...
[Kindle Fire General] limecrush:
I believe I am on 6.2.1. I had all updates on the Kindle since i just rooted on Sat/Sunday.

Does this mean my only option is to follow what 'mes323' stated above after getting a factory cable?
[Kindle Fire General] mark_a_l:
I could be wrong, but I think so. I managed to brick mine before v.9 of the KFU was out, and hence had no rbfb failsafe. I tried evey trick in the book that I could find and nothing worked.

FWIW, I'm still not sure just what I did to screw mine up. I had copied my accounts.db file to my sdcard directory as a backup (lot of good that did LOL) . I pulled it to my PC, deleted my Market account record, and then copied it back. After I rebooted I was stuck in the bootloop. But it's entirely possible I had already messed up some permisions earlier, but just had not rebooted yet.

If the KFU v.9.1 can't get you out of it, then the cable may be the only option.
[Kindle Fire General] kweng_ca:
Holy crap, thanks a bunch chuckles, that worked for me!
[Kindle Fire General] chucklesmcfarland:
awesome

Funny thing is now on the same machine I can't get it to see the kindle anymore.

Oh well
[Kindle Fire General] wvdude:
big problem

Hi all,

I have a big problem. I was earlier trying to install swype using the instructions in this post after rooting and successfully getting market and other gapps running. I think I had an issue setting the permissions on the "settings.db" file in the /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases directory.

So, after restarting, I got the looping kindle fire logo. After coming to this post, I followed it down through step 3 and now, after restarting it, reinstalling the usb drivers, making sure that I had the device mentioned in the adb_usb.ini file in the .android directory, charging it up, and every combination of the above - I just CAN'T GET ADB UP!

Any ideas? Thanks for the help!