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[Kindle Fire Android Development] Kujila:
just wanted to give everyone an update that may have read my hesitance in my previous posts: it worked for me great! I was able to slap ICS onto the KF within only a few minutes thanks to this utility :cool:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] crxmax:
edit: i searched a little and solved my problem.. ;]
[Kindle Fire Android Development] maw230:
This post saved my ass. Thanks!!!!!!!!!111111111

Edit - The post that this guy was quoting saved my ass!!!!111111111111
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jamminjon82:
did you make sure you had updated binary for superuser?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Techlyfe:
Lol I was the one being quoted and glad it was of use to you! Also glad you know how to search, been having too much fun with the new 3.0 kernel, that I forgot to stop in here to help out...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] anactoraaron:
It should come up as "Android Composite ADB Interface" in device manager. If not please read page 3 post 28 and you should be up and running. I personally uninstalled from device manager and removed the driver just to be sure. Worked great for me!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] chudik:
Hey bud,

Thank you very much for the tutorial!

I have gone through all the steps and i have installed all the necessary updated (Apps etc.).

But i am still having problem to root the kindle although it says on the CMD that the devices is rooted , but on "CHECK ROOT" app it says it is not rooted and in "Root Explorer" app i cannot changed to R/W mode.

How can i Root my Kindle Fire?

Any help will be welcome.

Thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwhistler:
Google Apps

KFU Worked great! Rooted my Fire, installed TWRP and ready to rock. However, when I chose Extras/Install Google Apps I get all kind of failures. Appreciate pointing me in the right direction, and thank you!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
I had trouble with the Google Apps also. It doesn't install the Google Play store!? What good is that. From your screenshot it looks like they are already there (installed). I just installed Super User APK then flashed AOKP Milestone 5 ROM and the GAPPS that came with it and I'm good to go.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] aydos:
I am having a weird issue and I cannot resolve it.

The KFU worked fine to root, twrp, and fff my KF.

I installed a ROM and it ran fine. Took a backup and everything.

I had been following Haschodes kernel thread and AOKP is my favorite ROM and both seemed to be working well enough that I thought I would toy with it. I read all of the precautions and current bugs, but I thought I would play with it.

I wanted to start from scratch so I wiped everything and installed update.zip.

At this point everything was fine and I was in stock Kindle Fire on a freshly reinstalled version of windows on my pc.

I downloaded the newest KFU from here and installed the drivers and everything showed up fine in Device Manager and I was able to do everything without a hitch.

Now that I have AOKP Milestone 5 and Hashcode's Kernel the KF is working great (except for the expected bugs Hash mentioned), but in the device manager my KF just shows up as Amazon with a yellow ! next to it and in the KFU it shows as offline no matter what I do.

Obviously I can do everything from here on out in TWRP and can always flash the update.zip to get it to work in the KFU (tried this once after the initial problem to make sure it worked and it did so then I went back to AOKP) if I need to do other updates.

Does anyone know why the device does not show up properly in this ROM?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
I'm having the same issue. Kindle Fire is not recognized by my PC. It actually shows up as 'Amazon' under devices but when I try to install the driver it can't find the driver.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] aydos:
Exactly!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
So yesterday I rooted and installed TWRP then installed AOKP Milestone 5. Everything was working great. When I went to bed I powered down the Kindle Fire and when I picked it up this morning it was slightly warm to the touch which I thought was odd since it was off all night. I grabbed the charger and plugged it in an noticed the screen had a slight hew to it. The screen is ON, sort of. The Kindle will not boot. I plugged it in to my PC and nothing happens. My first Android tablet is a brick! Please help!! Anyone!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] aydos:
This is one of the known issues with the kernel. The back light is staying on when you power it down through the menu. You are going to have to power it off by holding on the power button for 20+ seconds.

Hash is aware of the issue and it it's in his first post for the kernel.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
Okay, I missed that somewhere. I was able to power it back on and the battery was at 6%. Charging now and will power down by holding the power button for 20+ seconds. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
So what does the update.zip do? How would I flash a new ROM if I can't connect it to my PC?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] verfahrer:
After cable-connection to the PC did you click in the notification bar to connect to your PC?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
OMG! Duh! Turn on USB Storage works wonders for you PC being able to see the device. Thank you for helping this idiot :o
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwhistler:
No Market or Google Calendar Sync

I'm still struggling with KFU .9.5...

Installed TWRP fine, and rooted but did not install SuperUser, or any of the Google apps, giving me various error messages that I have posted earlier in this thread.

So I read another post where they sideloaded the superuser.apk. I did that, seems to have installed fine, but now I've read someone else say that I shouldn't sideload superuser?

I'd really like to get Market and a few Google apps running, but don't want to screw things up....

I've tried to re-run Install Google Apps from KFU and get the same results: error messages.

Anyone have an idea? Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
I sideloaded superuser.apk then flashed a custom ROM and GAPPS to get the market and other GAPPS. All is working fine. Do you just want root and no custom ROM, is that why you haven't flashed a ROM and GAPPS?

I tried the GAPPS from the KFU and it installed things like Google Voice and some others but NOT the market. I don't get it.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwhistler:
I'm really not concerned with installing a custom ROM at this point. Maybe down the road. For now, I'd just like to get some of these Google apps working....especially Market.

Should Market be installable with only root and not custom ROM?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
I would think it should be. Check out this thread, there is a link to the GAPPS.zip. you could try flashing that in TRWP.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1349902
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwhistler:
While I was out, my Kindle upgraded to 6.3.1, causing me to lose root. I used KFU and quickly re-established root. I then ran KFU Extras->Install Google Apps and, after getting warnings that some apps already exist, I get the following "Permission denied" messages....

failed to copy 'apps\system\GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk' to '/system/app/Googl

eCalendarSyncAdapter.apk': Permission denied

failed to copy 'apps\system\GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk' to '/system/app/Googl

eContactsSyncAdapter.apk': Permission denied

Anyone have any ideas? Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] GT5830:
@Vashypooh

Hello Vashypooh, thanks a lot for your utility ....

I use your utility to flash open twrp 2.1.1

http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/blaze/openrecovery-twrp-blaze-2.1.1.img

first reboot it showed twrp 2.1.1, but the next reboot it was going back to 2.0.0

then I modified small code in your utility as mentioned in twrp web:

http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/79

from : tools\fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery\twrp.img

to : tools\fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery\twrp.img

after running modified utility to flash twrp, the KF stuck at yellow triangle and I turn it off and on, but still stuck, adb could not find devices (:confused:)

then I went back to the twrp web and run:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

the KF going back alive ... thanks GOD ....

And everytime I reboot to recovery the twrp ver always 2.1.1

I hope there's something for you to update the utility.

Thanks & Regards. ;)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Dumpstar72:
THank link fixed my issue. I did need to install root explorer ver 2.16 to do this. Just downloaded it from pirate bay (other versions would not work).
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwhistler:
This link for gapps.zip takes me to a blank page. Anyone have a mirror?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
Here is a link to the signed zip from my Google Drive.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8n1dXw0xcy_UGl5NkRzSElTaEU
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwhistler:
Thanks for this. The file indicates this is gapps-ics. Is this appropriate if I intend to continue running the stock Kindle ROM?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
You know, I didn't think about that. I don't know if it makes a difference. Let me ask on Google+, maybe I can get an answer quickly.

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No, the ICS apps won't work. I did find this which will hopefully work.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/244474/how_to_install_the_android_market_on_your_kindle_fire.html
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jpreichart:
Did I mess up?

Sorry, please disregard. I had to expand my knowledge of fastboot. To anyone who read this post, thanks for your time.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] diba320:
Rooted my Fire after 6.3.1 update in 30 sec again. THX!

Even su worked thus time immediatelly.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tange1:
Just got a kindle with the refurb sale. I can't get the utility to see the kindle. I ran the install drivers, turned the kindle on and plugged it in. Still the pc doesn't see the kindle. Rebooted the pc and kindle, no luck. Any suggestions?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] forest1971:
This tools works perfect for me and help me so much to solve the problem with boot mode many times :). Thank you so much!

Keep up great job!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vexorg:
Hi Guys,

I just got a refurbished kindle. I have not registered it or added any accounts etc.

I downloaded Kindle Fire Utility (running on Windows7) and tried to Boot into fastboot and install permanent root + superusers. No luck, I keep getting a 'We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire', no matter what i do.

I've ran the install_drivers.bat and they've installed successfully but still no luck recognizing my kindle fire in the utility.

When i connect my Kindle Fire should it be home page or the "You can now transfer files from your computer to Kindle" screen?

Any ideas for getting the utility to recognize my Kindle?

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Getting the same exact issue! And i also purchased a refurb.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
After you installed the drivers on the PC (with the Kindle NOT connected) then connect to the PC and did you choose connect via USB on the Kindle? I missed that the other day.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hallstevenson:
I've run into this as well. When I try ES File Explorer, it makes me choose either "Cyanogen" or "HIAPK" ROM mode and both fail when it runs some sort of "test". I also have Root Explorer but unlike on my rooted phones, I don't have the "Mount r/w" button inside each directory.

I'm wondering if I've lost root with an update that Amazon pushed. How do I check ? Use 'abd' ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vexorg:
Thanks for the reply, I tried this but no luck. It still doesn't recognize it.

When I connect my Kindle its at the screen that says 'You can now transfer files from your computer to your Kindle'? (im assuming this is USB mode) Should i be at this screen or the regular home screen (where i see the Kindle menus etc)?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
You should be at the 'You can now transfer files from your computer to your Kindle' screen. Then try running the tool? Should work.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] OnlyMostlyDead:
Had the same issue. Solved it by going into Device Manager->Android (can't remember the exact wording)->only item under that->Driver tab->update drivers-> search Windows Updates, etc. Can't remember if I rebooted the KF or not. After that, everything worked perfectly. I installed gedeROM on it and it's awesome.

Sorry for the vagueness. I was getting desperate trying to get it recognized. :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vexorg:
Thats what I figured... no luck i always get a device not found. See below:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thibor69:
Can I run this on new KF with stock 6.3.x ??

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vexorg:
Hey i fixed it! This is what i did.

- Disconnect Kindle Fire

- Go to Device Manager > Kindle > Properties > Uninstall the driver

- Then re-install the driver from the KFU

- Kindle was recognized (and now showed up in My Computer)

- Used KFU

Thanks all for the help, hopefully this helps others!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] maysys:
Ok so I've been fighting with this as well on one of the refurbed units Amazon was selling this week.

Took me forever to get adb to recognize the device. Eventually, I had to follow the steps on page 3/post 28 of this thread.

You need to edit the /users/<username>/.Android/adb_usb.ini file (which will only be present if the SDK is installed and you run the commands in that post. You need to add the line:

0x1949

to that file, then update the driver for the ADB Composite Device again - just update it and then pick the same driver. Once that was done I was able to root and install the recovery and the bootloaders.

However, I can't get the GAPPS package installed properly either. Can't seem to get perms on system/app to write vending.apk

Anyone have any ideas on this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] A2Eric:
Yes. I used on 6.3 before the recent update from Amazon (parental controls added). My drivers loaded fine and tool worked great. I did have to side load super user app.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sdrexler@hotmail.com:
So I easily rooted my Kindle fire using 0.95. How do I unroot with it?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hairdewx:
To those having problems with Cyanogen 9, CM9 based roms not being recognized as an ADB device:

I updated android_winusb.inf

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25733113&postcount=1023
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
A little heads up to those who don't have a reliable internet connection:

While KFU is downloading a file (twrp recovery for example) make sure your connection stays on. Otherwise it can make a lot of mess.

I had a bad download and had to learn this the hard way.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jb0ne:
Thanks for the updated KFU! Works like a charm :) Nice to have my own wallpaper now.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sdrexler@hotmail.com:
Unroot fo Amazon Prim

Ok, I can answer this myself. Just select "normal boot" and the Kindle will boot such that you can watch Amazon Prime videos. I am not sure if this is just a temporary unroot or a permanent one.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Techlyfe:
OTA RootKeeper

It allows you to unroot and then reroot easily.

**Note** You have to be rooted already for this to work.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] boost happy:
well this sucks, my Kindle wont switch back to fast boot. KFU just sits at *Activating Fastboot< 4002>*

Now Im just stuck in TWRP recovery

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I got it to work manually. KFC just didnt wanna play nice I guess
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adamp24:
My Kindle is bricked.

I followed steps in the first post, installed drivers fine, then rooted it. It turned off, and now will not turn on. I've tried charging it, pressing and holding the button 100 times for varying lengths.. nothing.

My question is, what are my options now? I was thinking of doing the Firekit LiveUSB repair kit short trick.. but that will for sure void the warranty. Is there any possibility of me returning the Kindle as is right now? It's only 2 days old.

Any advice would be most certainly appreciated, because I'm pretty f**ked right now. :(
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thibor69:
Just wanted to confirm that this also worked for me. I had to do the exact same thing, but other then that it worked perfect on Stock 6.3.1 - I am fully rooted, with CWM working perfectly and FFF and su.

THanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mmacpuguy:
I am not sure what happened.

I got to the prompt, hit #2 and all seemed to go well.

But I don't see SuperUser in the apps list.

I then went to #6 to load the extras and all went well except vendors.apk and calendar.apk wouldn't install as it said "permission denied"

So I have Go_Launcher installed and Google Voice and Google +.

I don't think I'm really rooted.

Anyone else see this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cckeeler:
I'm hoping someone can help me. Just tried rooting my kindle fire and I am stuck at the kindle fire splash screen. My computer keeps telling me that the USB device has malfunctioned.... But I can't see it in device manager to update the driver. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] powerpoint45:
It is normal that your kindle is stuck at logo because you are just in fastboot mode. you should try taking the kindle out. uninstall driver.plug kf in. if your computer detects the kf at all then reinstall driver from kfu .go to kfu click gootmode then change it to 400.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] technut:
Charge the Kindle for a few hours to make sure you have juice,open KFU on the computer,plug in the Kindle to the PC,select option 1 then option 1 normal boot and see if it boots back up.If it does the trick you are back in business,if not there are several threads about this stuff to help get you up and going again.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cckeeler:
Thanks. I was able to get it to finally boot up. So now, I went through the steps to root and install the google apps, but I am not seeing the market or a super user app. Is this normal?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tange1:
Same problem as you - rooted, installed the apps but i can't seem to find them anywhere.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] powerpoint45:
did you change the permissions and reboot.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] fstmstngs:
Ditto... I've got the same problem. Still looking for a fix. Any ideas?

-Mike
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cckeeler:
How do I change permissions?

Nm.... I downloaded a root file explorer and was able to manually install super user and market... I'm all set now... thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] gwolfe28:
Ditto

KFU does not provide me with root - 6.3.1. I run option 2 to install permanent root and obtain an error "can't rename /system/bin/check_rooted"

Any suggestions?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Farkonian:
I just got a refurb. unit as well, saw the same issue. This is probably an awful solution with 10 times more steps than necessary... if you try it and your Kindle catches on fire, please don't try to blame it on me. :cool:

Even though the KFU root half-failed, I found I was able to get a root adb shell, so here is what I did:

mount -o remount rw /system

mkdir /system/tmp

(I am sure it is a reflection of my ignorance that I could create the /system/tmp directory, but could not figure out how to copy files directly into /system/app/...<sigh>:confused:)

Then exited adb shell and used "adb push" to copy Vending.apk, GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk and GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk to /system/tmp.

Copied root explorer (/data/app/com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer.apk) from my phone to my computer. (If you don't own root explorer, go buy it!)

Installed root explorer to Kindle with "adb install com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer.apk"

Used root explorer to remount system RW and copy google apk files to /system/app/

Fixed permissions: -rw-r--r--

Fixed Ownership: root.root

Rebooted Kindle... now all seems good.

I'm sure Vashypooh will have much nicer solution in the near future... what I did was an ugly hack. :eek:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hallstevenson:
I seem to recall jcase talking about a "check_rooted" script that Amazon was pushing in their updates and how he (easily) dealt with it. Looks like Amazon may have modified it to work "better" now though. Off to check his thread for details...

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Here it is...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=24129239
[Kindle Fire Android Development] akalostangel:
I don't know if this is important or not, but I'm sharing in case anyone else has this issue.

I just got a Kindle Fire about 2 weeks ago and went through my first root experience using KFU (thank you sooo much vashypooh!) I was unable to get the drivers to load using those included with KFU 9.5. I had to go to an earlier version of KFU and get the drivers from there (install_drivers.bat dated 1/9/12.) I kept getting an error message in the cmd window that was gone before I could read it the most I could get out of it was invalid path.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] hallstevenson:
That won't work as it's written. The files (APKs) will not have the proper permissions. After copying the APKs to /system, change their permissions to

rw-r--r--
[Kindle Fire Android Development] akalostangel:
It did work for me as written.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] justauser:
I am also stuck at the yellow triangle of death. I can't see any way to uninstall the driver. I have removed the device but there is no Kindle in device manager or anything in the Programs/Features to uninstall with. Can you provide any more detail on how to uninstall or get out of this bricked mode.

EDIT: Got it fixed. Reinstalled the base sdk adb and screwed around and it is now booting and I have twrp as well.

*HOWEVER* can't get the Google apps all installed or the device rooted.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Howdy all,

I am still alive. I got married about a month ago and live has just been occupied. I am going to be releasing an update shortly. Going to steal her kindle for a few days and update it fixing the remaining issues.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] linuxsense:
Just wanted to note that with KFU on 6.3.1 you need to sideload the Superuser.apk from the KFU 'files' directory after you have run the option to root using KFU. It seems to get you part of the way there but manually installing the apk finishes it.

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Pull Superuser.apk from the Kindle Fire Utility 'files' directory and install it, you should be OK after that.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MichaelVash7886:
Something isn't working right. I got a replacement Kindle because mine wouldn't charge right. I can't get the new one to be detected now. At first it seemed to have been detected fine, but it kept saying in burrito root that I needed to run something and gave an example path. I did a factory reset just to see if I could get it working correctly that way and now I can't get it connected. Going to call it for tonight and mess around with it more tomorrow, restarting my computer may help.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thepooch:
Hey Vashypooh is there a possibility on your new update it could contain hashcodes new bootloader? It could help for a easy fix for this string of mass brickages . Thanks by the way love the utility.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Yes, it will.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thepooch:
Sweet thank you very much:-)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Techlyfe:
Burrito Root? Dude, upgrade your KFU, Burrito root method has been trumped a while ago.