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[Kindle Fire Android Development] linux2000:
Until you do that, for the guys that still have this problem, I just had the exact same one and a quick way to bypass it was to download OTA Root Keeper from the market. It has a temp-unroot option with backup, do it, do whatever you have to do with Kindle Fire Utility, then if you want restore the backup. That at least worked for me...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] oranges311:
I just got the kindle fire and Im trying to play catch up here with all teh terminology being used and find out what it is exactly that I want to do. I was told to use this and that it would give me what I want (full android market and lock screen) but I dont know what im supposed to do. do I just plug in my kindle and click the run.bat? is this going to erase everything on my kindle? I hear that you can switch between golauncher and the fires interface, does this require a reboot or something? it would be awesome if someone could post a video of this and how it works
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Kapurnicus:
Stuck on the yellow triangle after installing twrp using this utility. I have not unplugged the device. It says in tricks to try and hold the button for 20 seconds (the screen says waiting for device to put back into normal boot mode). That didnt work. It then says to check and see that it ISN'T coming up as a kindle in device manager, but doesn't say what to do if it is IS coming up as a kindle in device manager (mine is, kindle with an exclamation point next to it).

I originally had installed drivers to use adb by modifying the USB_init file or something in my android sdk, that was all fine and dandy. Just wanted you to know where my drivers were from (unless this utility over wrote that).

Any help would be appreciated. Still plugged in and on the yellow triangle.

Thanks!

Edit: Instead of reinstalling my google drivers after uninstalling, i installed the ones that came with kfu. Idiocy to not try that to begin with. I'll leave this here for any other moron that tries to not use the proper drivers. *NOTE* If it says kindle in your device manager with a exclamation point sign after you hard reset the kindle, try to manually install the drivers in the kindle fire utility drivers folder and then tell it to boot into normal mode!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] boostedneonsrt4:
here is a screen shot of what happens when I try to do anything with this tool.

ive rooted many android devices in the past and never had this much trouble. i have uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, the sdk etc but no luck. ive changed the adb_usb.ini file like mentioned and still nothing. manually updated the drivers....nothing. I am on Win 7 Pro. Any help will be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
On your Desktop

Did you place this utility on the root of your drive (C:\KFU_091\), extract it, then run the .bat as Administrator?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] boostedneonsrt4:
yes but the name of the folder isnt kfu_091. it unzips as kindle_fire_utility_v0.9.1

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works fine in windows xp. who knows?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] a1exus:
are there any plans to porting it (kindle fire utility) to linux/mac ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
It was just an example. Did you get it working yet?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] oranges311:
can someone please help me. I have no idea what a lot of what you guys are saying i have quite a bit of exp. flashing roms and such for the samsung epic but Ihave no idea what to do for this.

I have downloaded and ran the drivers.bat and my computer recognizes the and calls it Kindle in my computer but when it is not found when I do anythign on the utility but I dont know what the process is for using the utitlity is so I might be doing it wrong ive just been going straight to temp root but either way it says the device is not detected. so I went in to device manager and i see that next to kindle it has a yellow exclamation point. I have no Idea what the steps are to fix this and not even sure what the steps are to use this utility can someone pleas help or point me in the right direction
[Kindle Fire Android Development] yumcax:
It seems there are issues with the driver installer in the current version. Try right-clicking on the Kindle, selecting uninstall, and check the box and hit Okay. Now reconnect the kindle and let it install the driver.

If this does not workI would suggest downloading an older version, say 0.6, and using the driver installer bat from there.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] oranges311:
i dont have an option to check a box when I uninstall the driver and I tried to use version 6 and it appeared to be doing more than the latest version but it still left me with the same issue
[Kindle Fire Android Development] yumcax:
Take a look at this image:

Look up the driver details for your kindle and tell me if it looks like #1 or #2.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] oranges311:
The on one the left is what it looks like from the property details of the device mangaer the one on the right is what it looks like if i right click and go to properties on my computer

EDIT: just realized this is what you were asking about:

is it supposed to be a usb device like that?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] HypeZ85:
hi, i just got a Kindle Fire (i'm not in US) and i'm trying to root it, without access to amazon store is like an expensive digital photo frame.

I'm using Kindle Fire Utility 0.9.1 and kindle have 6.2.1 software inside.

I correctly install the driver but when i try to permanent root i got this error:

My kindle is plugged in and powered on, but when i install those drivers i can't see it in the "computer" window. From "Manage Devices" i can see this:

I read in this topic that teorically windows must see it like a "Kindle" and not like an "Android Phone", so i reinstalled the driver, i tryied to install it on other computer, but i always get this error.

What can i try? Thank you!

edit: solved using driver from this post: http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/29/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver-video/

Link to driver: http://file.jayceooi.com/2011/12/Kindle-Fire-Driver.7z
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
That drivers the same as mine.

Whats happening is most people just need to uninstall the ADB Composite device if it reaches that point, and check the box to remove drivers.

Then hit scan for hardware, and it will come back as "kindle" then just install the drivers.

It can happen sometimes, its just a weird issue with windows.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
would it be possible to build in a function that checks the adb shell ?

that would help the people with messed up system/bin/sh and would lower the time and effort to repair such cases in simply telling them they need a factory cable to recover.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] oranges311:
Can someone help me with that? Ne time I uninstall it it doesn't give me an option to uninstall the driver so idk what I'm doin wrong
[Kindle Fire Android Development] HypeZ85:
it's really easy :D

just right click on your kindle from "Device Manager", then Uninstall and the magic popup with the infamous checkbox will appear! Something like this:

i made this example using my Vga, but the window is the same :)

@Vashypooh: i uninstalled checkin that box a LOT of times, but with the driver of the original package i always get the same error. With the other driver it worked on my first try!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] oranges311:
mine looks like this:

It doesnt give me a place to check a box is it still uninstalling it all correctly?

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nvm finally got it to work using hypez drivers. what do I do to get the android app store on the kindle fire side too?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] raywaldo:
Thank you for a great tool! The bad thing is that it is Windows based and I use Ubuntu Linux exclusively. However, your application seems to simplify the ADB commands dramatically so I found a Windows box and tried it.

I encountered the problem of being stuck on the "Kindle Fire" screen at the beginning of the procedure. All ADB commands stopped recognizing the device and nothing helped. I tried deleting / re-installing the Windows drivers, adding the second ID to the files, etc.

Finally, I tried on a DIFFERENT Windows computer. It did start responding but kept crashing the driver installs. Each time I executed an option, Windows responded to an unrecognized device. This time, I just ignored all of those dialogs and continued successfully.

I will be posting my review and more on my website: http://raywaldo.com/2012/01/kindle-fire-works-great/
[Kindle Fire Android Development] PorkMoon587:
For me it shows up as Android Phone and I've uninstalled the adb interface the scanned for hardware changes it shows up as kindle but when I try to update the drivers I get an error code 10 the device will not start.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] plmiller0905:
I was able to root my Fire and install TWRP. So my question is, is this verison of TWRp the same as the phones where we can make backup etc? If so, how do go into recovery to perform a backup so that we can flash another rom..like CM?

**Update**

Nevermind..I got it :-)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DragonSeeker:
Everything worked like a charm. easy as pie. Keep up the outstanding work

Dseeker:D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Icetech3:
anyone have a good download link for .9.1? the one in the first post is dead...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bowen873:
Last night I was able to download the utility, but whenever I tried running commands from the utility to the remote site they failed (such as downloading the apps in extras). I've been trying this morning on another computer and I can't download the utility from that link either.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Kafluke:
Please post a mirror. All download links in OP are dead. Also as mentioned the utility times out when trying to connect to random.kennocha to download files (TWRP)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] owenbeals:
Will this root 6.2.1?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Yea, Im working on the server.

The host machine is having issues.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] PorkMoon587:
Ok so the drivers will install but it still doesn't show up in the utility. All it does now is turn on and off every 5 sec
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
Extras

Go into the Extras menu on the utility, install Market - he is (was) working on server issues, so if it can't download the .apk, you might have to wait till he gets it back up and running.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] isaiahhhhh:
Can someone (if the creator will allow it) throw the latest version up for download somewhere, the op download link is still down.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bowen873:
Thanks, and thanks for the great utility...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pre4speed:
Vashypooh, any idea if the host server caused this? Now my kindle is not recognized at all by my computer except as unknown usb device. Have tried uninstalling the driver and reinstalling then updating and windows says its the most up to date. KFU says error, device not found. ADB the same.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1425099

Thanks for any help. Im at me wits end here.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] isaiahhhhh:
Thanks for the heads up, didn't know if that was still in the works of if this was a new server problem.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] notsointeresting:
Ive tried searching through the threads and found people with what seems like the same problem but I have not been able to resolve it the same way.

Running Windows XP.

Basically I can not get the script (or basically ADB) to see the device. I have uninstalled the drivers and installed them manually about 20 times. (using the drivers in the KFU utility)

I've tried installing the drivers when the device is recognized as "Kindle" under "Unkown Devices" and I have tried Installing the drivers when the device is recognized as "Kindle" Under the "Android Phone" category" as others have been told. (I have never been able to get the batch to install the drivers)

Everytime I install the drivers no matter what it installs as "Android Composite ADB Interface" under the "Android Phone" category (whether this is good or not I don't know)

I have also seen to uncheck some box to completely get rid of the driver , but have never been able to find it (Running XP)

I just need to know if there is something I am missing. Is this supposed to be done in a certain mode on the Kindle Fire (like fastboot or something?), should I have it at the "transfer files screen" while doing this, or make sure to press disconnect first?

Any help would be great as I am at a loss of what to do.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pyrostic:
not sure how long this will last but here is a temporary mirror the the apps.zip.

http://www.box.com/s/vbz73tdcic4mcsoduejr
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Server is back up.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] a2296455:
Once I use this utility I'll never have to use it again right?

What if TWRP updates? I can just download it directly and flash it right?

Thanks for all the hard work!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
The new version of KFU i'm working on should install the newest TWRP. I know jcase is also working on another system for flashing.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] revxx14:
Does anyone have a static image of the triangle with fire in it image? I'm trying to make a custom theme and need it for part of it...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
MD5SUM's Please ;)

Could we get some MD5sum's posted on the OP, pretty please with sugar on top :o
[Kindle Fire Android Development] squishy5:
this is great to see a easy utitly for kindle fire althrough it doesnt reconize my kindle using windows xp.The ulitily on Osx mac would be a lot easier to use
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
It worked for me in WinXP, but I had to install the drivers six times in the process of getting TWRP installed. I was already rooted with adb and Burrito Root.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] andTab:
How do I manually force the Fire to update to 6.2.1

Want to root the update and install market et al, before giving a KF away.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
Pretty sure this is still up-to-date and has pre-rooted stock 6.2.1 ROMs u can flash through recovery (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402440). Also Amazon has the file on their product page if you are running a stock Kindle Fire (http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200790620) and you can side-load Market using KFU (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399889)

Is that what ya needed ? :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
@ Vashypooh - Can we add a new option to...

Just noticed @ pokey9000 updated his post (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369405) to version 1.1 with FIREFIREFIRE, hopefully correcting what may have been causing all the Windows Driver issues everyone has been having :eek:. I was hoping we could add a new option to flash the new Bootloader from local storage [or the internet (somehow?)]. I know typing the code to flash a new bootloader to my Kindle Fire isnt that bad, but thought you could integrate this function into your awesome utility :cool:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] CTTKDKing:
Just logged in to say thanks. This is a very nice utility. I got my Kindle yesterday and had it rooted an hour after getting it with recovery loaded. Tonight I'll probably try out CM7. :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Next version will be able to install firefirefire.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
You should send a private message to @pokey9000 (http://xdaforums.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=466725) asking him for permission to use this image from his tool FIREFIREFIRE here (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1369405).
[Kindle Fire Android Development] j0natran:
The utility is unable to detect my Kindle Fire. I tried running the install_drivers.bat but still nothing. I'm a bit new to all this, am I missing something?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
Have u set up adb and fastboot correctly?

Sent from my CM7.1 HTC G2
[Kindle Fire Android Development] j0natran:
I'm not sure but I followed some instructions that recommended me to install the adb driver separately and the utility worked after that.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
The KFU will never see you device if KindleADB is not installed.

Find that here: Kindle ADB

Instructions to follow on getting the driver correct and the ADB setup can be found here Youtube video by nat3mil

Follow the instructions until the 5:40 mark (ADB shows the Kindle connected) and then open your KFU install and you should be good to go. There should be

NO

reason to mess with drivers after this.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] j0natran:
Thank you. The video was extremely helpful.

I performed the third option from the utility but it still says "No" for ADB rooted in the utility. Does this mean my device is not rooted? What is the difference with the second option (BurritoRoot) and the third option (Permanent Root with Superuser)?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] texasagent:
unable to find kindle with adb?

I messed with adb for hours trying to get adb to detect my kindle before I finally stumbled onto a quick fix. Maybe will work for others.

Type "adb kill-server", then "adb devices" from the folder containing your adb files. My device didn't show up until I killed the server, then retryed.

This link helped me tremendously to get root, and is good for those who can't get KFU working.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13027-universal-all-firmware-one-click-root-including-261/
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
One is temporary (when needed by the KFU utility), whereas the other is permanent (can still technically unroot using adb, etc)

Sent from my CM7.1 HTC G2
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pokey9000:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:DIN_4844-2_Warnung_vor_feuergefaehrlichen_Stoffen_D-W001.svg
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
The second option elevates adb to root and the third installs the root function on the device. I did them in order (except the driver stuff) and had no issues.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] krelvinaz:
This is a very misleading message the KFU puts out as it doesn't mean what people think it means.

If you install the unsecure su, when you enter ADB shell you are already at root elevated permissions. THIS IS NOT THE DEFAULT however...

By default, the utility installs Secure su.

With that, when you enter adb shell you are NOT at root level and need to issue an su command to get to root level. This is the normal way you would do this in an OS.

That is what most people are installed with so the message in the script which says ADB rooted: No. but that has no bearing on if they are actually rooted or not.

If I remember correctly, the OP's screen shots on the first post shows ADB root: No ... however, the screen shots are currently not loading.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] animefun135:
random.kannocha.com down.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] scarsofthumper:
Anyone have the zip and can rehost? Server is down.

EDIT: nvm, guess the problem has been around for a couple days. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1425673
[Kindle Fire Android Development] animefun135:
I need somehow install google apps to stock firmware but can't download... anywhere..
[Kindle Fire Android Development] zonbal33:
I tried installing TWRP using this. Everything worked but it then tried downloading the file from the server and its down. So the batch was canceled and now I'm stuck at the Kindle Fire splash screen, all I can do is power off. When I power back on I'm just stuck at that screen again.

What the hell happened?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Latest_Version/Google_Apps is the website for the latest Official Gapps by CyanogenMod team

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/79 is the website for the Kindle Fire Recovery Image

And a mirror for KFU 0.9.1 I uploaded here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AOCVBRYG My md5sum is "ed74c0372c960be2d267a57a9218848a"

Edit:

Megaupload is currently involved in a copyright case
[Kindle Fire Android Development] zonbal33:
How does this help me?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] insanespain:
You are stuck in fastboot mode. Use the Kfu to switch your bootmode to 4000 and it will boot normally. You may also need to reinstall the drivers first to get windows to recognize your kindle while its in fastboot mode.

Sent from my Kindle Fire
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
The host is doing maintenance in their data-center.. kind of irritating me.

I am trying to beat an ETA out of them, but no getting anywhere.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Texanz06:
Img File

So if the server is down then its not possible to install the TWRP , is there not a place that I could just place the image file for it to be recognized when using the run.bat command.

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MMDominator88:
I'm pretty sure you can place the recovery img file inside a folder you create called "recovery" all lowercase (which is created when trying to download the recovery image using KFU) and use the KFU to flash twrp locally (might have to rename the .img to simply "twrp.img"). I have not tested this, you may have to load firefirefire bootloader first and then the recovery image.

I bear no responsibility if you do something wrong.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DeerSteak:
OK, just a warning: while you wait for kennocha.com to come back online, don't flash the CM7 gapps ZIP in TWRP to try to get apps installed. It will get you stuck on the "touch Android to begin" screen and bypassing, while it worked for me, I found out that I was no longer registered for any Amazon services at all and I couldn't re-register. It wasn't just broken video, it was broken everything.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Huh, weird. When I installed TWRP and then the CM7 ROM, first Amazon app I opened was kindle, and it said to sign in, but I could not find where. I just went to the browser and the Amazon site, signed in, and all apps worked. (shrug)

I have kindle, mp3, and the shopping app now, all work fine.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Texanz06:
img file

Thanks for the reply MMDominator, I had already tried just putting the img. file in a folder named Recovery but I didn't have all lower case. It didn't work that way.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DeerSteak:
I'm talking about installing the CM7 gapps ZIP on top of a rooted 6.2.1 ROM, not on top of CM7. I'd expect CM7 to work with the gapps, and I was guessing (incorrectly) that it'd work on stock 6.2.1.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cactusboy19:
I was wondering the same thing. Can I install the CM7 gapps on my stock kindle Fire? 6.2
[Kindle Fire Android Development] insanespain:
Mmdominator is right. That's exactly how I flashed twrp to mine after it failed Bc the server was down. I forget where I got the correct image file.

Vashy, is it possible to edit your utility and bundle the twrp img with it and then simply check the server for a newer version and prompt the User telling them there is a newer version and ask them if they would like to download it now?

Sent from my Kindle Fire
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DeerSteak:
I don't think you'll like the result. I ended up (thankfully) backing up before I tried, and restoring that bcakup when I found I broke a ton of stuff.