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[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
I have root explorer will that cause it as well?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sl0ttedpig:
You mean on your device? No, that would make any difference. I'm talking about software installed on your PC.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
no I dont, running mint 12 and can connect to my evo no problem but doesnt see the fire for some reason
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sl0ttedpig:
Make sure you don't have any command windows open, then open Task Manager, and see if adb.exe is running. If it is, then you have a program that is using it's own version which is potentially overriding yours. Stop it or uninstall it.

At this point, I'm also presuming that you are rooted and so have 0x1949 in your adb_usb.ini file?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] devastater:
do i need to put the "twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img" in a certain folder before flashing?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] afazel:
Did you add the edited USB vendor id?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ck_looi:
Have someone tried to boot normally from this recovery
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
I am rooted but when I open the usb_.ini file there is nothing listed there, this is all I have in it

# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT.
# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE.
# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sl0ttedpig:
Add 0x1949 to it. Not sure how you could be rooted without having done this step at some point! ;)

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Put it in the same directory as fastboot.exe, which generally goes in the same directory as adb.exe.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
yeah i did that and it worked, when I rooted I was running mint 11 and then my HDD fried and I had to reinstall and when I did I switched to mint 12 but never updated the usb.ini. I feel about retarted now

thanks for the help
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tannerzion:
I decided to flash this a different way then said in their post - the way JackpotClavin has us, it sounds a bit firmer. Also, I have FIREFIREFIRE installed, in most cases installing this recovery is pointless unless your have FIREFIREFIRE, so assuming you have FIREFIREFIRE installed you can skip some steps.

This method does NOT require fastboot, so you don't have to go searching around for a bin! (then again, if you have FIREFIREFIRE installed I assume you already have a bin, >_<)

Requirements for my instructions:

FIREFIREFIRE installed

ADB up and running!

adb push *DIRECTORY OF YOUR IMG*\twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img /sdcard

You may need to put the path in parentheses if you have a space anywhere in the path!

adb shell

cd /sdcard

dd if=/sdcard/twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery

reboot

Now it is installed, and it rebooted so press the power button to get into recovery! It'll install it then reboot again, just go into recovery again.

There, you successfully installed it. :P
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
Help!!!!

I flashed it according to the instruction in their homepage.

But the KF doesn't wake up,just hangs on the yellow fire picture.

I think it's in fastboot mode(because i set bootmode to 4002)

But my PC can't recognize it,so I can't use fastboot to change the bootmode.

Anyone can help me?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] andTab:
How could you make those instructions work?

Mine doesn't go further than the below ...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
You should reboot you KF and the KF will boot into fastboot.

Then you type fastboot command in you terminal.

It will be a screen showing that the recovery is installing and will reboot.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] iDylan1357:
edit: fixed myself :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
I'm rebooted once i set the bootmode and the kindle fire logo is showing, but when i type

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

all i get is a list of fastboot options
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
Change "twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img" to the path of the img you downloaded.

Not just "twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img".
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
when i do that it still gives me just a list of fastboot options.

If i change it to loki@MS22:~/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux$ ./fastboot boot 0x1949 '/home/loki/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux/twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img'

i get:

cannot load '0x1949'
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
This time you missed "-i" before 0x1949
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
if i load the -i it says cannot load -i

now i'm not in shell anymore as i hit reboot after setting bootmode to 4002
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
And you should put '-i 0x1949' before 'boot XXXX'
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
Hmm nothing.

loki@MS22:~/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux$ ./fastboot -i 0x1949 boot /home/loki/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux/twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall 'flash boot' + 'flash system'

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it

devices list all connected devices

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

options:

-w erase userdata and cache

-s <serial number> specify device serial number

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
The whole command for you should like this:

loki@MS22:~/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux$ ./fastboot -i 0x1949 boot '/home/loki/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux/twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img'

Also , my problem is solved.The vid is changed to 0x18D1 after flashing the recovery.

I recommand you change the bootmode first before boot the recovery

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It seems that the fastboot for linux doesn't accept -i option.

So you may need to change the udev rules?

Or you can use a win VM to do this thing?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
hmm idk maybe. i was hoping to do this in linux :confused:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
can someone post the fastboot binary for linux?? I am getting fastboot command not found
[Kindle Fire Android Development] riverzhou:
It's a really cool news.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
everyone needs to use this method. to make things easier, put the file on the root of ur SD card than run the adb commands for installing and skip the push! easy!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] iDylan1357:
http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=788730&d=1321775776
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
You can do it in linux.

Though i have an arch box,i don't like the lib32 things in my pure 64bits arch.

So the following things is not tested.But i think it should work.

1.In folder /etc/udev/rules.d/ create files(don't forget to replace user with your username!):

50-android.rules

Code:

# for KF fastboot

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="1949", MODE="0666", OWNER="user"

# for KF fastboot after flashing the recovery

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666", OWNER="user"

2.reboot and try the command :

fastboot boot 'XXXX'

Good luck.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
well i switched out my fastboot with what IDylan provided and now its waiting for device while the kindle fire logo shows
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tannerzion:
For those of you having fastboot issues in Linux..

You have the wrong fastboot binary..

Go here:

http://developer.android.com/sdk/older_releases.html

Download the Release 1.6 r1, and use that fastboot binary(if it isn't that then it is 1.5 r3).
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
thanks, now if I can just get past the screen with the little yellow sign ill be ok
[Kindle Fire Android Development] iDylan1357:
I only saw your post asking for the binary. What's your issue? fastboot isn't working?

also, the FireFireFire method is MUCH better. this way having to go into fastboot every time is no longer an issue; install FireFireFire before you install this. it'll make it so much easier.

did you try

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 0x4000

fastbooot -i 0x1949 reboot
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
the fastboot binary worked and flashed it then it showed the teamwinn splash then said installing, now I am stuk at the screen that has the yellow sign that says press power for recovery but when I press it it doesnt do anything
[Kindle Fire Android Development] iDylan1357:
did you try my above post? and do you have FireFireFire?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hazard666:
That's weird. Try unplugging the usb cable, turning it off by holding the power button and rerunning the command while the logo is present. Worked for me.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
says waiting on device
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cgilstrap:
wow so am I wtf
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
The FireFireFire in the recovery changed the VID to 0x18D1,so you don't need -i 0x1949 any more.

If you are using windows,you need install the fastboot driver.

You are having the same problem with me.

However it can be solved because KF is not bricked and it is just in fastboot mode.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] iDylan1357:
this happened to me earlier as a mistake. hold down the power button til it turns off, turn back on and try it again
[Kindle Fire Android Development] riverzhou:
I also think this is the best way.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] iDylan1357:
you should ass where the file is coming from. example:

fastboot -i 0x1949 boot C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools\twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
Ok so if you get to the kindle fire logo you're not screwed

I typed sudo ./fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

and it booted back just fine to CM7
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
if ive already flashed twrp but am stuck in fastboot, can I use the fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader uboot.bin from firefirefire and then reflash twrp from there?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
-i 0x1949 doesn't work if you flashed the TWRP recovery because the FireFireFire bootloader in the recovery changed the VID of KF to '0x18D1' which is the normal VID for fastboot.

So if you flashed TWRP successfully , the '-i 0x1949' is no longer needed.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cgilstrap:
Restarted multiple times back to yellow hazard fire sign with the text press power button for recovery each time. <waiting for device> in cmd when I use fastboot commands.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
same here..
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sl0ttedpig:
Try my solution that I posted in the other thread if you are using Windows

See Here.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] neilrl79:
It worked perfect for me!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
im not on win but tried rebooting but still getting that
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
hmm i do everything it says

adb shell

su

idme bootmode 4002

then i exit adb shell and type

./fastboot -i 0x1949 boot '/home/loki/Downloads/KindleFireRootMacLinux/twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img'

and now it just sits and waits for the device
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hazard666:
Awesome! Works perfectly for me. Thanks sl0ttedpig

E: Spoke too soon. It boots but hitting power loads the original fire bootloader.

E2: Spoke too soon on the edit, haha. It appears that I did not hold down the power button for the right amount of time. Works now.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cgilstrap:
You are a gentleman and a saint sir.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adam900710:
The guys whose KF is hanging on the yellow fire, your KF is just in fastboot mode due to the bootmode 4002.

The FireFireFire in the recovery changed the VID to 0x18D1,so you don't need -i 0x1949 any more and -i 0x1949 will lead to waiting the devices.

If you are using windows,you need install the fastboot driver.

However it can be solved because KF is not bricked and it is just in fastboot mode.

'fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000' will save you KF.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
im not worried, I know its not bricked, but even when using your command it still says waiting.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
are you using linux or windows?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
linux mint 12
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
try using the sudo command.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sl0ttedpig:
To get TWRP to load, when you see the FireFireFire bootloader screen and it says press the power button, hold it down for maybe 2 seconds. At that point the power light should turn orange, and boot into TWRP.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
OMG sudo was all it took, thank you
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hazard666:
Yep, I actually just noticed that a couple seconds before your post. Running a backup now and going to wipe it just to see what it's like :p
[Kindle Fire Android Development] nursereese:
Saint!

sl0ttedpig you are a saint! The simple things I overlook! Saved me some time! :cool:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
your welcome dude. I'm still waiting for my device, idk what's up with mine.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
man I feel really stupid, I swear im not a total noob but its been close to 2 years since I rooted and flashed a recovery. and doing it on linux is a new experience as well.

thanks again for all the help guys.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
did you back out of adb shell to run the fastboot command?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
yeah when I ran the sudo ./fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000 I was just in ~/androidsdk/platform-tools
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
oh i meant when you flashed the recovery.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
yeah you have to, to be able to access the fastboot binary or at least I thought so I did
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
that's what i thought. O.o Its just waiting for my device.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
after backing out you need to adb reboot then run the fastboot command
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
you mean adb remount?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
this is what I had to do on Linux Mint 12 but should work with most ubuntu based distros

1: download twrp

2: if you dont already have it then you need to download the linux fastboot binary, extract the .zip and place the extracted file in your androidsdk/platform-tools directory

2: place the file you downloaded from TWRP into your androidsdk/platform-tools directory

3: connect your fire to your computer and disable mass storage mode

4: open a terminal and cd to your androidsdk/platform-tools directory and enter the following commands pressing enter after each line

./adb shell

su

idme bootmode 4002

then back out of the adb shell by

exit

exit

then

./adb reboot

after it reboots to the "Kindle Fire" boot screen its time to flash the recovery

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

once flashed and it installs and boots to the "firefirefire" screen (screen with the yellow sign and text that says "press power for recovery" you have to change the boot mode back out of fastboot

sudo ./fastboot oem idme bootmode 4000

sudo ./fastboot reboot

it should reboot to the "firefirefire" screen, to enter recovery press and hold the power button until it turns from green to orange then let go. You should boot into TWRP and be able to make your first backup.

from now on if you dont want to go into recovery then just let it sit and it will boot normally

Thanks to all the Teamwin members, agrabren for the port, pyrostic for testing, and I am sure there are more but I dont know who you are so thank you.

if you can donate to these guys please do becuase without them we would just have an e-reader.

I am not responsable for any damage that YOU may cause buy following these directions.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] loki154:
Awesome the adb reboot is what held me up.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
lol glad we could help eachother
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
im missing a driver or something... im stuck at the yellow triangle. i just reboot n reboot n reboot back to this. i open a shell, run fastboot devices and its blank. when i run the bootmode command it just says waiting on device... forever. im on windows7, running 64bit. what i don't get is i had everything working cuz i used this same machine to root it an hour ago. i know adb n fastboot was working cuz it flashed everything. but after i clicked reboot when it flashed twrp it just got stock at the firefirefire boot page, no fastboot commands do anything.

EDIT: damn its late. i forced my asus adb composite drivers on the device since it wouldn't recognize any fastboot commands. now im golden. right after i installed it, fastboot found the device immediately and i was able to boot normal. im going to bed. may the rom fun begin :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] nitty917:
Anyone able to do this on a mac?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] N23:
Yap, works like a charm!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] xlephant:
@n23

could u pls write down the steps?

cause the kf is my first android device i'm not very familar with adb stuff.

my kf is already rooted.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
i dont have a mac but thus far everything i have seen, it seems like the mac should be simaler to the linux steps but I dont know if you need a different fastboot binary.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pyrostic:
Are you on windows? Did you make the changes necessary to your usb files for your device to be recognized?

Open an adb window and type

"adb kill-server" enter

"adb start-server" enter

"adb devices" enter

If you don't see your device listed then your drivers aren't set up correctly. After any changes to your usb driver list you need to do the above for it to recognize changes.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wtphoto:
I got it going pyro, ran into some issues that loki and I worked through, thats why I did the complete how to in the other thread that way people didnt have to dig through here to find all the answers
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pyrostic:
Awesome to hear :P I wrote that from my phone. Also, thanks for helping out the community with a how-to.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hazard666:
Don't know if this has been posted yet but just a heads up . It seems that if you use the restart into recovery option in CM7 it'll work fine but even after you restart out of TWRP it'll keep telling the device to boot back into recovery. Just ran a recovery and it's back to working fine.

E: Restore nor wipe + install did not work.

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot

during bootup did.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] linuxthinker:
Okay, figured it out why I was stuck at the yellow triangle. My drivers were set to 0x18d1 VID (which is correct), but my PID was 0x0100. Once I set this as the pid in android_winusb.inf, all was good and I could use fastboot to get back into 0x4000.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] andTab:
If you ask me there is a bug in TWRP in that it does not reset the bootmode upon completion (or at least gives you the various bootmode options) when you want to reboot.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] krelvinaz:
I use Reboot -> System all the time with this with no issues. I also use the Quick Boot app to boot the device both for just a boot as well as getting to recovery though I don't think there is a difference in this case.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] adbirdie:
Quick newbish question, in TWRP is factory reset the same as wipe data in CWM? Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] killyy:
Yes, wipes all the data on the device, except for the portion treated as sdcard.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] harry_fine:
I'm rooted, and want to use this method to install the TWRP recovery. I've read this whole thread, and I feel stupid, I can't figure out what FIREFIREFIRE is and how to install it. I've Googled it, and looked in the Android market.

Earlier in the thread it said that per-requisites were:

FIREFIREFIRE installed

ADB up and running!

So how does one install FIREFIREFIRE.

Thanks

Harry

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Bump...Please someone, this should be an easy question for anyone who has done this.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] deez1234:
FireFireFire is included with TWRP 2.0!

http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/79
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Molinari:
WHat do some of the wipes do?

Sd card i assume wipes everything, what about system and sd ext?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Necropasia:
something odd happened to my twrp backups last night. I've been trying out different builds and have restored from backups multiple times w/out any problems before. I "had" backups of my stock build, cm7, miui, and the first release of jack's ics build. They were all full backups, every option, and they've never failed to restore before.

Last night, after flashing the newest build of ics, I went to restore cm7, and was perplexed when it took only a few seconds to restore. After the boot, nothing was restored. ICS was still installed. I tried every one of my backups and got the same result. The only things that have changed on my fire since the last time I restored a backup, was flashing the ics build I mentioned, and I flashed in IR's newest cm7 kernel into my cm7 install, and backed it up.

Anyone have an idea of what could have happened?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Alchemist07:
Recovery? Boot?

Hi,

Been using TWRP for a while now...but not sure what the recoery and boot backup/restore do?

Does anyone know? Normally I just backup and restore system and data...

Is it even possible to restore recovery while in TWRP?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bennettg:
Hello. I am a noob and am seeking assistance with TWRP 2.0 for the kindle fire. I've searched the forums for an answer without success.

I am trying to make a backup of the CM7 on the kindle fire. i can boot into twrp recovery without any problems. however when i choose backup i get problems:

the following options are checked(x'd): system, data, boot, cache and .android_secure

then i hit backup and get the following error message:

"your backup failed. open the console for more details."

-has anyone experienced this before?

-does anyone know a remedy?

how do i open the console for more details?

thanks in advance
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
have not had such issue but the console is in the top right corner

maybe you have to mount the sdcard or reinstall twrp - just suggestions ...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bennettg:
Thanks.....now that i found the console, i know the problem. i do not have sufficient space.

have a good weekend. i appreciate your help.
[HTC Incredible S] salah114:
Hi all,

i have HTC Incredible S and i rooted it with S-OFF, I wanted to go back with the original Stuck i downloaded the stuck and started to install it in my device which install it without any error, but it won't start it keep restarting on HTC screen,

some info which has been changed to

HBOOT-6.13.1002
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
Follow this procedure to remove Revolutionary and return to S-On

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=15732727&postcount=14
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
So if I'm reading up in the forums and then hit the home button to do something else and them come back to the xda application, I sometimes have to back all the way out and come back to get forums and threads to populate with text.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] Jemack:
Will it reload if you just hit menu button then refresh?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-I777] mj0528:
Sometimes but I mostly have to completely back out and then come back in.
[Motorola Photon 4G] e240:
Anyone try it yet?

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/82