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[Kindle Fire General] kmmxracer:
This method worked perfectly for me, first go. Way easy. I was on one of the latest CM9 builds and downloaded the stock files from the Amazon link posted by the OP.

-Re-name the file in ES File explorer to update.zip

-Moved it to the root of the SD card

-Booted in to TWRP

-Factory Wipe/Restore

-Wiped Cache

-Wiped Dalvik Cache

-Wiped System

-Installed the "update.zip"

-Wiped cache/dalvik again

-Rebooted

-My Kindle Fire booted back into stock 6.2.2 in less the a minute.
[Kindle Fire General] adz1966:
Back to Stock

Followed these instructions and Robert is your father's brother!!

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] mrjinglesusa:
Ditto. Worked perfectly. No problems at all and I'm back to completely stock. :D
[Kindle Fire General] wormat22:
I'm stuck at a black screen with my power button orange...any ideas?
[Kindle Fire General] fiddlefaddle:
Same here.... does the restore point I have mess that up?

Update

I tried a couple more times until I realized what I did wrong.. loll

I zipped the file instead of renaming it. Stupid me.
[Kindle Fire General] Xplorer4x4:
I would say a good 5 minuets or so.

Just because you didn't do it right, doesn't mean everyone else will brick their kindle. I just used this method and it worked perfect. Just waiting for more charge to finish it off with a factory reset.
[Kindle Fire General] ZachLL88:
Would love to see a video on this:-)
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0-4icc6ahk

it's an older one - superoneclick don't work any more - the rest is the same
[Kindle Fire General] Metalshadowx2:
I would like to also Confirm that this is false.. It worked flawless with mines. Dont be afraid of the flashing kindle fire logo.. Just be patient.
[Kindle Fire General] elephant007:
I too would like confirm

THIS METHOD DOES WORK

And it worked flawlessly and the how to was spot on even with the notating of the error meassage and not to worry about it. If this method doesn't work for you I recommend stating over from scratchand doing it correctly. People shouldn't post messages like "don't use this method" unless they know for sure its the method and not their own error.

I used [URL="http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=139989]Kindle Fire Utility[/URL] to install the most recent TWRP and this made the rest of the process eastward 1-2-3

Thank you for a terrific guide... now to recustomize my Fire
[Kindle Fire General] AustinFire:
Video

I found a video on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzbmxV45x10

And I do confirm that:

THIS METHOD DOES WORK​

AustinFire:D
[Kindle Fire General] raiderep:
Also confirmed to work for me and my kindle. Contrary to a previous post the sky is NOT falling...:rolleyes:
[Kindle Fire General] btngchck:
This worked for me too......will not brick your kindle.
[Kindle Fire General] Itaintrite:
Interesting. I flashed the 6.3.1 update and it went through successfully. No error in TWRP 2.1.1 :) Rebooted and KF was back to stock!
[Kindle Fire General] spanky34:
I flashed latest update.zip that I downloaded with KF Utility. Took awhile for first boot, but everything was stock after that. Now to turn it in to Amazon because the WiFi still doesn't work.
[Kindle Fire General] AustinFire:
If you had it rooted, I would go to "Settings/Device/Return to Factory Defaults" to erase the sdcard before send it back to Amazon. I returned my old KF (had an screen ghosting problem:p) for a new one with no problems by doing this. :D
[Kindle Fire General] kpetrie77:
+1 Worked perfect.

Kind Regards,

Kevin
[Kindle Fire General] Heresfitz:
CWM

Does anyone know if this will work in CWM?

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Never mind...I installed TWRP and this worked like a champ! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!
[Kindle Fire General] Vexorg:
I just tried doing this but I couldn't see the file from TWRP when i rebooted into recovery. Any ideas why this may be?
[Kindle Fire General] TahrirSquare:
That's because the file you download is ".bin". you need to rename it to "update.zip". and you should see it.
[Kindle Fire General] MJHawaii:
Worked like a gem thanks
[Kindle Fire General] Vexorg:
I did that, still no luck
[Kindle Fire General] Vexorg:
Got it working, confirmed this works!

had to change some folder settings to view the extension.
[Kindle Fire General] mpitts:
I just did this and it worked flawlessly. Thanks a lot, OP!
[Kindle Fire General] adamhlj:
Awesome, thanks!!
[Kindle Fire General] phonepersonality:
Flawless.

Works perfectly and surprisingly quickly.

It's really not the OPs fault if people are too impatient, unwilling and for whatever reason, incapable of following simple instructions.

And the instructions were as simple and easy to follow as they come.

Great Job, OP!
[Kindle Fire General] Evo_Shift:
I did this with the newest update. I was on gederom. Everything went as stated in the OP but mine didn't give me the message about can't find misc volume or whatever. The update.zip installed just like any other rom and I was back on stock.

Thanks OP.
[Kindle Fire General] jacewt:
Worked like a charm. No problems no warning, nothing.
[Kindle Fire General] tipzilla:
Just returned mine to stock using this method and works awesome with 6.3.1. Just used ES File Explorer and renamed the *.bin file to *.zip and it flashed with no errors, just reboot and everything is back to stock no FFF or TWRP. Perfecto!
[Kindle Fire General] Namolas:
I downloaded the bin file and renamed to update.zip and installed with TWRP. Everything seemed to go fine but after rebooting I get a constant android.process.acore force close and it just keeps rebooting every 15 seconds. It wont stay up long enough to get through the menus to do a factory reset and KFU shows its ONLINE with a 4000 boot status but every time I try to install permanent root or install TWRP or any other recovery it says failed to copy permission denied...

Help?
[Kindle Fire General] Blaggah:
Please Help

I followed directions to the T, but the renaming the bin file to

zip never works. It doesn't show up under twrp because the file type extension still says .bin

ught I'd post as a quick note;

if you wish to restore to stock from CM7 or just go back to stock with no root or FireFireFire at all, TWRP works for it. quick tutorial:

1. download amazon's stock software: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_navbox_kspot_fireupdate?nodeId=200790620

2. rename it to update.zip and place on root of sdcard

3. boot into TWRP and wipe cache, dalvik cache and factory reset

4. flash update.zip, however it will stop the install mid-way and say it can not find the misc volume or something, but fear not

5. boot up and you'll be restored to stock! note FireFireFire and TWRP will have to be re-installed as well as re-root

I had issues at first boot like WiFi not working, but a factory reset changed that. now I'm gonna reinstall FFF and TWRP for some kernel action :D[/QUOTE]
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
What operating system are you running?
[Kindle Fire General] miguelchvz89:
Great!

Hey guys,

It works just perfect!

Thank You! :cowboy:
[Kindle Fire General] jlshady00:
[/QUOTE]

You have to change the file extension... simply renaming a file to update.zip.bin doesn't help anything. Go into control panel if running Windows, go to appearance and personalization, go to folder options, switch to "view" tab and find the option in the list that says hide extensions for known file types, uncheck it. Click apply and ok. Now the update.bin will show as just that and you can change .bin to .zip
[Kindle Fire General] DuendePaladino:
Worked perfectly here!

No misc volume problems... wi-fi seems to work to!

Thanks man!
[Kindle Fire General] tobiascuypers:
I wiped data, and cache and delvik coming from a Jellybean Rom, and i flashed the update in twrp. and when i unlock the screen i get a bunch of force closes and it reboots? any help?
[Kindle Fire General] rail205:
Would this way also work from cm10?

Thx
[Kindle Fire General] Kernodle:
This method worked for me just now (November 2012). I replaced one of the 4.1 ROMs with stock and now I can sell my 1st gen KF to a friend, thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] jozatan:
Worked great with the exception it didn't freeze for me in the middle of the upgrade, just went thru the whole process, said "update completed" and I pressed the "reboot" button in twrp. Just a super simple great guide and works excellent. Today is Dec, 04, 2012.

I was running for a while different android 4.1 mods, primarily cm9 but since I don't use the device much want to sell it so had to revert it back to stock.

By the way, after the update is done, login with cable and delete update.zip file from inside in order to be really stock.
[Kindle Fire General] Vlasp:
I Figured this out myself 3 months ago when my kindle was in a permanent bootloop. Thanks for posting.
[Kindle Fire General] notdeadyet01:
This helped me back when KFU was acting up and not finishing the root. Now I never flash anything without the update.zip in my kindle.
[Kindle Fire General] BlueEchoes:
okay, I have a problem. Everything on my Fire got blown away. This is really great, so great I had to laugh. I was in TWRP and set it down to go get something to drink. My 4 year old picked it up probably looking for angry birds and started clicking the buttons, so he must have clicked on the Wipe menu and blew everything away. All that is on it is TWRP now. No files, no update.zip, nothing. I am trying to copy the update.zip to it, but it just will not show on my computer. Tried 3 different cables and none worked. It shows under "My computer" for about 5 seconds at boot up, then disappears. Under Device Manager, it shows as Android ADB Interface. As it reboots, when the Kindle Fire logo is up, it is in my computer, then just as fast it is gone. Any ideas?

I tried running KindleUnbrickV1.1 "Flash Amazon Update" and it does the download, erases userdata, erases cache, then error: Failed to load "/sdcard/update.zip' error: device not found (x2)

Got it to work finally. I got it to show up long enough to finally get it formated. Took me like 20 times. I would start the format and then it would stop when it disconnected. Sheesh what a pain but this thread ROCKS! Thanks for the info!
[Kindle Fire General] randomneko:
Thank you

This worked perfectly. Just be prepared for a long boot up sequence.
[Kindle Fire General] imnotamorningguy:
Followed this method and now I'm stuck in a boot loop, kindle boots up but reboots quickly after about 30 seconds. I tried kfu but kindle is not being recognized, it's showing up in device manager as Android ADB. I've uninstalled and reinstalled drivers. Help?
[Kindle Fire General] h4ck:
awesome.

followed the directions, kindle boots up as soon as i unlock it everything starts crashing and it reboots.

ideas?
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2166668

#33
[Kindle Fire General] Guitarman:
Would the same apply to Amazon's newest 6.3.2 update?
[Kindle Fire General] jenng16:
hello all!

im very new to rooting android devices and such, (i have jailbroken a few ipods but that process is so much simpler compared to rooting a Kindle Fire)

first question- for step 2, i did rename the file, but when i place it on root of sd card, does that mean i make a new folder labeled root, or should i already have that from say, a driver installment of some sort or another how to guide?

how do i boot into TWRP? is that from the "kindle fire utility" folder and i use the "run" batch file, or do i have to download something else?

well, i really appreciate anyone that can answer my questions!
[Kindle Fire General] notdeadyet01:
If you rooted the Kindle with KFU, all you have to do is turn the Kindle off and on, as soon as you see the blue Kindle fire logo, press the power button until it highlights recovery.

Sent from my RAZR M from xda premium
[Kindle Fire General] jenng16:
thanks for clearing that up!

i freaked out a bit when the logo flashed a few times but it finally booted.

Thanks!!
[Kindle Fire General] unzippedpanic:
help

every time I follow these stepps I get (status 7)

error flashing zip /sdcard/update.zip

I am a noob so any help would be great

have twrp v2.4.4.0
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
Install COTR. or a pre-2.4x version of TWRP.
[Kindle Fire General] unzippedpanic:
how do I install a pre twrp 2.4.4.0

do I need to remove the version I have first

I did try an ealier version of kfu to install twrp but after reboot it still is 2.4.4.0

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thanks for the help

I figured it out once I installed a pre 2.4 twrp it worked
[Kindle Fire General] meetycheesy:
How did you fixed this? I'm in the same situation. I apparently also wiped my OS and now I've got nothing. How do I install a pre 2.4 TWRP. Where can I find it?

I can still boot into TWRP, but I don't know how to restore the stock OS. Thanks.

/EDIT

I was able to get it booting again by doing a restore! Thank goodness I made an initial backup! I'm still trying to figure out how to downgrade TWRP so I can restore the stock image. Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] votinh:
Can you just flash the .zip file (say TWRP 2.2.2.1) from TWRP (2.4.4.0)?
[Kindle Fire General] meetycheesy:
I guess I can try that. I afraid though as at least now I can get into TWRP. lol

Steve
[Kindle Fire General] Swedonia:
Awesome instructions

Way easy indeed. I followed these instructions (4/17/2013) and got my 1st Gen Fire back to stock. I have to ship it back for warranty reasons. I also restored to factory defaults after.

Thanks!!
[Kindle Fire General] xMatter:
Error In TWRP

I get this error when trying to install update.zip:

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

E:unknown command [err_string]

getprop("ro.build.product") == "blaze"

it will reboot afterwards, but stays at the KF screen. Any thoughts?
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
Install COTR
[Kindle Fire General] Xperia Player:
Will this work on Kindle Fire 2 if I download the KF2 stock firmware & follow the rest of the instructions?
[Kindle Fire General] gimmeitorilltell:
I cannot confirm this but I see no reason why it wouldn't work to get you back to factory settings. All you're doing here is installing the factory system after wiping the cache, dalvic, and system. I just done this to a kindle fire first gen and it worked flawlessly without any stopping during install.
[Kindle Fire General] synagr:
uh oh

So I thought I followed the instructions well, until it only showed the kf logo for an hour. I then left it plugged in and on all night. No change in the morning.

I think I wiped system also before doing this method. :(

And I'm guessing that means I need a factory cable. Am I correct?
[Kindle Fire General] douglasfamily:
tryed to follow but failed

Hi, would appreciate some help on this guide. I followed post #12 and apparently the update failed and now Im stuck. The kindle still buts up kindle fire blue and then kindle fire logo and just sits there. Total noob in desperate help. This is my sons Kindle and I cant tell him Daddy cant fix it :( PS> we were trying to returnto stock incase we had to return to amazon due to not charging
[Kindle Fire General] synagr:
"uh oh" update

Update: I've got a factory cable now. But when I plug my kindle in with it, my device is no longer recognized in Device Manager. When I use the normal OEM cable, it's recognized under "Other" as "kindle" but I can't get it recognized in KF Utitilty. I even looked at this thread,

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=41116749&nocache=1

and downloaded unbricking utility. It says "congratulations, your kindle fire should be unbricked" but it's doing the same thing, either way I've had it plugged in. Can anyone help? It would be greatly appreciated!
[Kindle Fire General] synagr:
problem solved

Thanks one and all for your help. This guide was easy to understand and very helpful. I just did the wrong thing :)

Anyway, for anyone who did the same thing as I did, if you're having issues with drivers: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/26723-cannot-get-kindle-fire-utility-to-work-for-the-life-of-me/

This was pretty easy to understand for updating my drivers. It took me a little bit, but I figured it out. Once I was able to get those fixed, it was easy peasy using Kindle Fire Utility. I'm now using this rom.

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Do you have TWRP installed? And does your computer recognize your kindle?
[Kindle Fire General] douglasfamily:
Yes twrp 2.4.4 I believe and no i do not see it under device manager
[Kindle Fire General] jbert50021:
update.zip does not load

I seem to be having the same problem and I have seen other posts about it. Although I probably got there a different way. In my case I was trying to restore from a failed attempt loading gapps on the stock software. My plan was to revert to stock and try again.

What I have found is that I cannot load the update.zip file.

I was able to load and use CM 10.1 so that tells me my device is not bricked - it just needs an OS.

When I try to load the zip file it fails almost immediately.

Now I have been researching this and I have a hypothesis, but I cannot test it. As a last resort I took a look at Amazon's update troubleshooting info. One thing it says is that the update will fail if the filename is changed. Of course the file needs to be renamed for us to install with TWRP because it downloads as a .bin file. From what I can tell TWRP only loads .zip files.

Is there someone who can make a version of TWRP which can see the .bin file in the install interface? My assumption is that the .bin file will load as if it were a zip file. Or maybe there is another way to load this manually via fastboot or ADB?

If I am way off base on this someone please aim me in the right direction.

Thanks,

Jason

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EDIT:

I figured it out. The answer was to switch from TWRP to COTR. With COTR I was able to flash the update...zip file with no problems. So maybe this is just a bug in TWRP?

For some reason I could not get COTR to install using KFU. You may have better luck.

If not then do this:

1. install smirkit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1500935

2. Learn how to use smirkit.

3. Install COTR

4. reboot into recovery

5. Wipe

6. Flash the update...zip file (I only changed .bin to .zip. It did not seem to matter.)

Good Luck.

One other note.

Other symptoms I was having at various points in this disaster which I found people in other threads with the same issue:

1. /system/bin/sh did not exist.

2. Able to install FFF, Recovery, use fastboot and ADB, but stuck at the Kindle Fire logo.
[Kindle Fire General] redbean25:
I'd like to install COTR, but every time I install smirkit and press Launch Terminal Emulator, it crashes. Is there just a COTR file I can flash without smirkit?
[Kindle Fire General] talenak:
Worked perfectly. Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] jluis81:
it works

thanks
[Kindle Fire General] rb2tfm:
Thank You for the guide... I have used it several times...Doh ! Works great although I did have to use TWRP .v2.2.2.1 and not .v2.7.0.1. to flash the update.zip

OS = Trusty ole Windows XP Pro
[Kindle Fire General] minix51:
nice thread

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Can I use this just to reinstall stock Rom, I have a buggy stock ROM with dead spot on the top screen on and off. Think the automatic update to 6.3.2 is corrupted, My kindle fire has no issue until i update to 6.3.2, I rooted kindle fire the other day. but no new ROM installed... my issue on dead spot on top of the screen disappear after rooting, but it went back just today , I think I have a software problem.

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There is somebody who experience this issue????
[Kindle Fire General] DeviceGuru:
Worked, but with one exception

When I tried to install (flash) the update.zip file, TWRP was unable to do it and reported that it could not open the zip file. After re-downloading the update file a couple of times, and trying over and over, I tried rebooting the KF and going back into TWRP. After doing that, TWRP installed the update.zip file without any hesitation, and after that my KF booted up into the stock ROM just fine.
[Kindle Fire General] TipsyMcStagger:
I'm trying to unroot my Kindle Fire and get it to 100% out-of-the-box status (or at least wiped and unrooted with the most current OS).

I've tried several times to download the OS and rename it update.zip but it continues to show as a .bin file. In TWRP, I renamed the file from "update.zip.bin" to simply "update.zip" It would then show up on the SD.

After trying to install "update.zip" there is immediately an error message. I cleared the cache and did a reboot and the Kindle appears to be back to out- of-the-box status with one exception; On bootup, I still get a white "Kindle" and blue "Fire" with the option "Press power button for boot menu." When I press the power button and select recovery, I'm back in TWRP. Shouldn't TWRP be gone if the factory flash was successful?

Not sure where to go from here.

TIA.

Tipsy
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
i'm guessing that window explorer is not showing file extensions

You need Twrp 2.2.2.1 or lower or COTR, or CWM Recovery see my Kindle Fire Flashable Recoveries TWRP/COTR/CWM[2014]
[Kindle Fire General] TipsyMcStagger:
It downloads as a .bin (and shows a VLC icon on my desktop). When I rename it to "update.zip" it still shows a VLC icon, as opposed to a folder with a zipper. And when I right click and select properties after renaming the file, it still shows as a .bin file.

I have a TWRP 2.5.0.0.

How to I install an older version? And which of your flashable recoveries applies to the original Kindle Fire?

Thanks.

Tipsy
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
what window version? Windows should ask "Are You Sure you Want To Change File Extension?"

see link

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You need Twrp 2.2.2.1 or lower or COTR, or CWM Recovery
[Kindle Fire General] TipsyMcStagger:
Win 7 64 Bit.

Tipsy
[Kindle Fire General] TipsyMcStagger:
Success! I flashed to TWRP 2.2.2.1. I still had to go into "Advanced" and manually rename the update file to "update.zip" from "update.zip.bin" I don't know what that was all about.

I flashed the update and now it appears to be stock. There is no more option to boot into TWRP, no more white and blue "Kindle Fire" and no more "V1.4a" in the top right corner.

Thanks again for all of your help. I bought a Samsung Tab 4 8.0 this afternoon. I'm done rooting. I'll stick to my day job :)

Tipsy
[Kindle Fire General] rickwr88:
Hello

First I want to thank you everyone for all the information that you are sharing with us.

It doesn't work for me. I have renamed the file correctly and I have try couple of time and it doesn't install.

I have downloaded the file from Amazon with the link that you provide.

It said:

-Installing '/sdcard/update.zip'...

-Checking for MD5 file...

-Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found

-Error flashing zip '/sdcard/update.zip'

-Updating partition details...

and that it. I have try to wipe again. I have try to reboot System and it doesn't work.

When downloading the file from amazon, it doesn't show any MD5 code.

Need help please

I would show you a picture but I am no allowed since I am a new member.

:confused: