yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
basically KFU should do the job (install fff & twrp)

then it's up to you to flash whatever rom you like with twrp
[Kindle Fire General] qmatteoq:
If I simply want to restore it with the original Amazon ROM and then go with the root to install the Android Market is it enough to use KFU?

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
should be so - it's the easiest way - there are manual methods also

would suggest to try with kfu first because kfu basically is a batch file which streamlines the manual methods
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
if all else fails, this cable will force ur kindle into fastboot and u can force flash twrp n fff1.2 and should be good to go
[Kindle Fire General] mcimo88:
Just ordered mine. Can't wait to get it!
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
To everyone who ordered a cable this past weekend, I finally got your cable in the mail on Tuesday. I had some problems over the weekend and ran out of shipping materials and thanks to the MLK holiday weekend I was not able to take care of it until Tuesday afternoon (my normal supply stores were closed Saturday through Monday). But rest assured everyone's cables are now on there way... Also, I went to Walker Electronics today and picked up a bulk order of 1% tolerance resistors, because the Radio Shack ones were nagging at me, lol.. They were reading out at 0.980 k-ohm (5% tolerance all of them?), and I wanted something more strict. So, I picked up some 1% tolerance from a REAL Electronics store and man these are testing out at either 0.999 or 1.000 k-ohm exactly... w00t :D and yes I know it doesn't matter, but if the package says 1K, it needs to be 1k. I just don't feel like renaming it to the 980 Ohm Factory Cable... lol

Also, for anyone who's interested, I have a defective cable that I can not ship out at my normal asking price. I am considering these defects, as either they have broken snaps on the casing or something about them I just do not like. Sometimes the tiny little plastic snap thingy breaks off when your snapping it together and since Im using hot glue I can not take it apart once I assemble it. However, they still work to put your device into Fastboot mode. I already threw a few away LOL (stupid me), as it never dawned on me to offer them up as a partly defect product. If anyone is interested in a blemished Factory Cable who does not want to pay the $14.95 but would be ok with say $7.95 let me know. Its nothing that super glue or a few layers of electrical tape can't fix...

And one last thing, if anyone is interested in making a detailed YouTube video showing people how the SkOrPn Factory Cable (maybe a short review of the cable as well) is used with a link to this thread I would be most happy ;)

Thank you!
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
so, i made my own cable with a 1k 1/4 watt resistor. now, how do i get into fastboot mode?

I tried plugging it in when the tablet is already on, and i get the "Auto Play" prompt.

I tried powering off my kindle, plugging in the cable then powering it on, i seem to get stuck at the "Kindle Fire" boot screen.

I tried "adb reboot-bootloader" and got to the kindle fire screen..

am i doing something wrong here? I'm 99.9% sure i made the cable correctly as it'll power up my OG droid without the battery in... (although it bootloops for some reason).

thanks for the help

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fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

returns "Product: Kindle"

but no other fastboot commands are working?
[Kindle Fire General] 119932222mynameincode:
Are you still selling these cables?
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
The fire screen is fast boot lol. Adb won't work lol

With this cable, no device code required. U power ur device off, plug this in and bam, Fastboot. No boot mode changes or any device id codes or nothing. Just straight up Fastboot.

Fastboot devices

Fastboot reboot

Fastboot boot

Fastboot flash

And don't go plugging this cable into other devices!

This cable is for programmers basically. Be carefull,

I should make a video about exactly how this works.
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
I fully understand the risk, the only reason i tried it on my OG droid first is because it uses a factory cable too per:

http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-style-programming-cable-for-Motorola-FactCable.htm

as far as fastboot goes, i guess i'm used to seeing a "fastboot screen" on the devise.

also, fastboot commands aren't working. i also understand adb commands don't work in fastboot mode. but with my other android devices i could type in adb reboot-bootloader while it's powered on and it'll boot into fastboot mode.

thanks for the help by the way.
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
on devices without this cable, adb reboot-bootloader will work. but to reboot to fastboot without this cable u need to change bootmode than reboot.

with this cable, it ONLY boots into fastboot. its a programing cable.

and sorry, u said og Droid but I didn't think of Motorola for some reason lol.
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
I must not have the right driver or something, adb works, but i CAN NOT get fastboot to work? the "install_drivers.bat" from kindle utility does nothing.

i do know how to use fastboot, i've change recovery and radio's on my Gnex.
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
I have a few users who bought my cable and have the same problem. They cannot seem to get into fastboot and unfortunately I do not know what to tell them as I do not own the device, or know how to use it for that matter. I do know some devices have multiple drivers for various reasons. Hopefully someday soon someone writes a great tutorial on how to use a factory cable...
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
from messing with this all day, i'm getting into fastboot mode with my cable, it's just i can't do anything because of these driver issues
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
uninstall current drivers and reinstall new drivers wwhile in fastboot.
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
tried that and device is then listed as a samsung android phone?

Devices and printers in normal power on: (adb working)

Devices and printers in fastboot mode: (fastboot not working)
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
Don't think it should say Samsung as it is not a Samsung device.

In Win7, it doesn't (or at least mine doesnt) show a device name, just Android ADB Interface with nothing else.

C:\DEV\SDK\KFU092\KFU>fastboot devices

0123456789ABCDEF fastboot
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
u need to manually select android adb interface phone drivers or something.
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
i didn't think so. i searched "samsung" in the start menu and deleted everything...

how do i get rid of the samsung drivers? i guess i'll try deleting KFU and re-installing that?

smirkis, i've done that too, i have no idea wtf is going on
[Kindle Fire General] sdp07a:
I'm a noob so take this with a grain of salt but you may have better luck with Linux. I think there is a bootable usb version in the dev section that has some kindle stuff built in. Ive never used it personally but I know I struggled with the kindle utility on windows because of drivers but had fastboot working on my Mac in minutes which will be very similar to Linux.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
driver:

normal boot -> android composite adb interface

fastboot -> android adb interface

recovery ->android composite adb interface

restore with factory cable:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21391952&postcount=38
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
android composite adb interface: adb works (normal boot)

android adb interface: adb works (normal boot) / fastboot does not (i'm in fastboot mode)
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
Clearly you are having problems with devices on your computer.

Possible solutions...

1) try another computer

2) try something like this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1430038&highlight=firekit
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
interesting - maybe your device is not really in fastboot mode ?

what's the output of adb devices ?

attached my output - maybe it helps ...

another idea allthrough it should not be necessary with a factory cable

initialize the adress:

fastboot -i 0x1949 devices

or

fastboot -i 0x18d1 devices

or the linux method as suggested by krelvinaz ...
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
When i saw you were using command prompt though KFU, i thought that's the part i was missing! but it wasn't... still nothing. As far as being in fastboot mode, i guess i really don't know for sure. I'm assuming i am as when i plug in and restart the kindle with the factory cord, it just hangs at the kindle fire screen.

i'll try playing with Ubuntu tonight.

adb devices = 545E000600000001 device

btw, thanks for helping!
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
that are the only (quite old but maybe important) 2 sentences i found about restoring with factory cable:
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
i'm downloading android SDK right now, i have ubuntu dual booted on my laptop already. (i was going to play with / try and learn ubuntu but it hasn't happened yet)

i'll have to try that trick though, would be funny if that's all it was. how ever, i did try using your code from the pic you had attached with a non-factory cable. if when "adb reboot" boots you straight into fastboot, it didn't work. i was stuck at kindle screen and fastboot commands did nothing.
[Kindle Fire General] ra0ultortugas:
I received SkOrPn's factory cable last week while I was out of town. Great production quality. I haven't had the opportunity to brick my Kindle just yet but look forward to crashing and surviving with ICS in the near future.

Hack ho!
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
u can use it any time mods call for fastboot. safest and eeasiest way to get into fastboot without getting stuck.
[Kindle Fire General] krelvinaz:
Had some time here at the house and access to 3 KF's as we had some people over that brought theirs... so I did some playing around and every single one worked properly with the instructions below.

I used the cable I got from SkOrPn a while back.

Note that all of the KF's were Rooted. Three different versions of FireFireFire though... two at 6.2.1 still and mine at 6.2.2. FireFireFire on all of them with versions 0.9, 1.0 and I have 1.2 on mine. A forth KF was supposed to be here which is 100% stock, but they forgot it. Would have been nice to confirm that as well.

Note, I could get it to fail every time on every device, if all I did was plug in the cable and plug it into the USB port. the devices would go to the FireFireFire triangle but the commands would not work reliably.

Instead, I did the following and it works every time:

o Plug cable into KF first (This is a wise thing to do anyway with this cable)

o Plug into USB port of the computer

o the KF unit if not on already will have turned on again.

o Press and Hold the Power button for 20 seconds (past the do you want to turn off prompt). The device will go dark.

o Press the power button once and let go.

o The device will turn on and it will stop at the FireFireFire Triangle

o If you check your devices, it should say under Android Phone

Android ADB Inteface

o Using KFU, you should be able to go to the tools directory itself and issue the command:

C:\DEV\SDK\KFU092\KFU\tools>fastboot devices

0123456789ABCDEF fastboot

The C: path will be where ever you have KFU loaded...

o Another command:

C:\DEV\SDK\KFU092\KFU\tools>fastboot getvar product

product: kindle

finished. total time: 0.003s

From here you can do whatever command you need to do to restore, install whatever...

Oh... BTW - SkOrPn Cables Rock!
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
using windows... tried every way possible of booting into fastboot, i have to be there...

with my ubuntu adventure, everything works with my OG droid, nothing works with kindle. not even adb.
[Kindle Fire General] xrishox:
i dunno how you guys can be having so much trouble... my fastboot cable worked the first time, and has never not worked. it's always booted into fastboot mode, and i've also managed to get fastboot working on both windows and linux. i would recommend reading around the forums though. sorry i cant be much more help than that. if you are getting stuck at the kf logo that absolutely is fastboot, and then its purely a driver issue.

did you install firefirefire? i know they use a specific vendor id that's different than the default.
[Kindle Fire General] lmntone:
You cannot get fastboot if you don't set the KF to boot into that mode. You can set it with "adb shell idme bootmode 4002", the factory cable, or with the fbmode binary.

Also, on Ubuntu you have to add edit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules and ~/.android/adb_usb.ini to work with adb and fastboot.
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
wrong. be careful giving out wrong info, this cable puts the device into fast boot automatically no boot mode changes necessary.

u plug it in, bam, fastboot.

like mentioned above. this cable works flawlessly. any issues ur having are purely driver issues.
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
Are you sure you made this cable correctly? Can you post an image of your work so we can see if its wired correctly please?
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
lol, it's pretty ghetto right now, but i wanted to make sure it worked before sealing it all up. I don't think it's my cable, i think its a driver issue, but i could be wrong.
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
Yeah Ok it looks correct to me. Your computer is just not playing nice. It happens, my brother has a AMD based machine that runs great but he cant get stuff like this working either. He always comes over to use my Intel based machine to do all his adb or rom flashing stuff etc. Even my little Asus Atom netbook never fails at flashing my smartphones. But I have seen some computers flat out refuse to work in this regard, even after fresh OS installs.

Anyway, your cable looks good to me so good luck...
[Kindle Fire General] the_kwa:
thanks for all the help, really!

even if i don't get this working, i appreciate the time you guys are taking to help

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[Update] Fastboot and Adb working on ubuntu!!!!!!!!! FINALLY!
[Kindle Fire General] Serial_Noob:
I would buy one. I don't have the tools or the time anymore for precision soldering.
[Kindle Fire General] Blue Lou:
Are there any UK providers for the Factory Cable? I don't have the skills to make one myself.

I bought the KF as a present for someone and thought it would be a good idea to get it ready with Android Market, only it bricked before I've managed it to give it! ha
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
is it really bricked ?

what do you get if you do "adb shell" ?

no such file or directory -> need cable

jumps in shell -> probably don't need cable
[Kindle Fire General] Blue Lou:
Unfortunately yes it's bricked.. I was on the IRC Channel last night trying to get it sorted and they advised me I needed the cable.

I have no access to ADB (it only tells me that the Kindle is 'online') nor fastboot.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
really bad ...

does SkOrPn deliver to europe ? do you know something ? allready asked him ?

and here is an other one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1405655

directly in europe i know nobody that manifacture the cables - sorry ...
[Kindle Fire General] Blue Lou:
I've sent SkOrPn a PM asking, I think I've read that he adds a surcharge of $5 for international postage but I can't find the post now you've mentioned it.

In the other thread Altitude09 has decided not to sell them and has referred everyone to this thread.
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
thanks for the info !
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
I would like to add that USPS has decided to double the cost of Priority, and also double the transit times of First Class. What used to cost me $5 to print out a International or National Priority shipping label, it now costs $10+ for the exact same shipping label. And PayPal does not offer me First Class when selecting a International address as the destination. It only offers me Priority and Express. For First Class I have to visit the Post Office in person and pay with my credit card...

The reason I charge $5 more for International is because I can NOT give it to my mail man like I do at the present time. I have to visit the Post Office in person just to get First Class, then fill out a customs form, and pay for it in person which costs me a LOT of extra time. I do not have a working vehicle (something is wrong with the emissions system and I can not afford to fix it and not sure when I will) so I must walk a long ways, and well my health is not quite as it used to be these days. I CAN do it but it will not feel very good by the time I make it back home. My only ride comes by at their convenience once a week or so to take me to get my errands done (Groceries, bill payments, Hospital visits etc) and I can not be asking them to give me rides to the Post Office, lol it don't work that way. Below is my route to the post office if no one believes me.

http://g.co/maps/6ujt4

Its just to short to take a Bus (which cost money), and too long to use my feet. And, I'm not in the habit of driving my only car illegally. Please understand I make these cables and JIG's because I have lots of time on my hands alone at home and already have all the necessary skills, tools and materials to do so. Asking me to do anything more when I am already charging $5-$20 less than anyone else (the OP gives you a link to someone selling them for $35) seems only fair to me. Can anyone here truly disagree with my pricing setup? lol

With that said I have 20 cables sitting here ready to ship. If your interested just PM me your request and I will be happy to get one out to you, even if its International. But if its an International order, expect to pay me a little extra for my extra efforts.

SkOrPn
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
you don't have to legitimate the extra costs !!! oh god - no !

the only question was if you ship internationally

and you do - that is really great cause there is no source in europe

as far as i know - to pay a bit more for the far distance shipping

is a matter of course !

thank's for your work and for providing your cables to the whole world !
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
Thanks man. I was worried people were thinking I was greedy or something. I even asked a bunch of people in IRC to see what they thought and everyone agrees, its not to much to ask a few extra dollars for the extra work I will need to put in for International shipping. I'm going to check out USPS.com here soon to see if I can setup an account so I can do that at home. Im not even sure if I can or not, but Im going to try.

EDIT: Also, just discovered that PayPal charges a fee for international orders for currency conversion of 3.9% + £0.20 GBP. So, I wont even be pocketing much of that extra $5 anyway :(

Thanks
[Kindle Fire General] smirkis:
skorpn, just my opinion. I would easily have been willing to spend 30 on ur cable. solid quality, and great service. just saying no need to justify ur price raise. if u ain't making anything doing it, why do it?

support a fellow hacker I always say. jam on buddy, still loving my cable. for what its worth, ur cable helped me and doomlord perform all initial prealpha testing on clockworkmod touch for our kindles. so kudos brotha
[Kindle Fire General] funnylookinkid:
Just wanted to say something really quick --

I specifically registered for the forum (looooong time lurker) just to send a private message to SkOrPn in order to order a factory cable -- within minutes (LITERALLY, minutes) he had messaged me back with all of the details regarding the order. I placed my order on Monday evening, and USPS has given me an estimated delivery date of this FRIDAY.

I expect this cable to do the trick with my bricked kindle (no such file or directory, ****in wiped my system clean after installing a stock update) and I will post the results here for everyone to see how great SkOrPn and his service is.

Even if my kindle is royally ****ed for good (which I don't *think* it is,) what SkOrPn's doing for the community is incredible. Thanks again dude.

FLK
[Kindle Fire General] OmgitzFire:
No one should bother in making the cables themselves .. SkOrPn s cables are great and an awesome deal !!

If I hadn't bought it from him my KF would still be bricked ..

Thanks again SkOrPn !!
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
I'm definitely making a profit and I have no plans on raising my price to xda members. It's just that International orders cost more to ship and paypal charges more for their services. So only International is affected by the increased costs, which in my opinion is a shame.

I will probably sell this on eBay here soon and will have a higher cost there as well but xda requests will continue to get the lowest price possible.

Thanks for the vote of confidence everyone, its highly appreciated.

SkOrPn
[Kindle Fire General] SkOrPn:
Ok, I just confirmed it with USPS that I can NOT print first class International postage at home without a business account. First Class International will only be avail in person at a USPS counter.
[Kindle Fire General] jcom86:
Definitely count me in for one of your cables. I bought a bricked Razr the other day thinking "oh, this is nothing, I'll have it up and running in 15 minutes"... woops!:rolleyes:

I would PM but the problem with always lurking and never posting is that I can't... :p
[Motorola Droid RAZR] IP IHI II IL:
Has anyone mastered Smart Actions yet? I've set a few custom, but things get turned on/off that I didn't intend. I'd like to set a Smart Action to turn off WiFi when I leave home, and turn off mobile data/turn on WiFi when I walk in the door...

That aside, I'd really like to know what our savvy crew has done with this amazing tool!

What's the best (modified sample/suggestion, or custom) Smart Action(s) you've come up with?

\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//

http://android-gz.com
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Galaxyastronaut:
Hi, I was wondering if anyone had heard of a case that could replace the battery cover. It would be nice if I could replace that ugly plastic backing with aluminum or wood. I bet there is something like this as it is such a great idea in my opinion.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sean is here.:
I know there are battery pack cases, for the SGS2. Nothing fancy like you're looking for. They typically add bulk, but with the bulk comes the usefulness of added battery life.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-SPH-D700-3000mAh-Extended-Replacement/dp/B004NGVDAS

Here's one for the 4g.

Here's another, no extended battery, but a bit closer to the eye-candy you're looking for. Also, check the other items at the bottom of the page.

http://www.amazon.com/Premium-Samsung-Rubberized-Faceplate-Guaranteed/dp/B004XCCQ5S
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bkoon1218:
In regards to changing the actual battery cover, I don't think there is one yet, except for the ones that have a useful purpose like what sean is here posted.

However, if you just want the look of it, there are skins you can buy from a lot of websites.

Also, if you prefer the more creative route, you can always design and paint one for yourself by using your own cover. The Vibrant comes with two covers, so I'm sure you can find plenty of covers to work with.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neothechosenone:
Has anyone got the same issue than me? I'm using the 4.0.1 version of WajkIUI on my SGS2 and i putted in a sd card with 32 GB. But my phone is only recognizing 12 GB of space available Oo

Sounds weird, but it's how it is, and even the internalstorage is not bigger than 2 GB.

Any possible solutions for that?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] SuperSpacecadet:
I have look high, I have looked low!

Where or where did the Gt-i9000 original rooted firmware go?

hehe

Could someone point me in the correct direction please?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] emwi:
Which Stock-ROM do you have ? You root your Firmware by Changing the Kernel.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] disclaimernotice:
Try downloading the stock roms from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1102881&highlight=stock+froyo

And then use chainfire's kernel to root.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] itspb:
There are many ways to root firmware. If you want to stick to the stock samsung rom, then use Chain Fire's root for your respective rom.