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[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
version for mac/linux:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21369040&postcount=653
[Kindle Fire Android Development] a1exus:
really? awesome! can someone confirm that it's working?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
it's in this thread some sites back - there are a lot of guys using it

start reading at the point of the post i linked you in my last post

good luck !
[Kindle Fire Android Development] viczena:
current language problem

Hi, I tried to install the utility, but it comes back with the following errror message:

"The current language is not supported by the Device Driver Installation Wiszard. Contact vendor.."

I use a german Win 7.

Is there a workaround?

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
you can try to use alternate driver:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54

run install.bat then update driver

that's only a loose description that you see how it is done:

if you' asked for a driver:

-choose browse my computer for driver software

-Then select have disk

-Then select browse

-direct to where you downloaded the usb driver

-Select ok and ok

if you'r not asked and want to update the driver:

-Go to device manager

-right click on the exclamation mark kindle

-Choose update driver software

-choose browse my computer for driver software

-choose let me pick from a list of devices on my computer

-Then select have disk

-Then select browse

-direct to where you downloaded the usb driver

-Select ok and ok
[Kindle Fire Android Development] charmainelooi:
Thanks to Jcase- It's rooted now using Burrito2 method . I then tried to run KFU 0.92 to install the extras ( Google apps etc) but it did not work. Google plus and Talk FC'ed on me. I lost whatsapp as well. What's the proper way to get back Google Market? Thanks

It's ok now :

I need to run this before running KFU 0.92 utility

adb shell ./data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin

adb root

Is whatsapp working for everyone ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] viczena:
KFU with 6.2.2

I found the solution. First of all i changed the country value in the file /drivers/dpinst.xml from 0x0409 to 0x0407. This is the country code for germany.

After that the KFU installed on my german windows system.

As i already had a 6.2.2 update with burrito2 root, i also had to change the file run.bat.

Search with the editor for the line:

"tools\adb root

echo."

before that insert the lines:

"tools\adb shell /data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin

echo."

That did the trick. TWRP installed flawlessly...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Gam3r 4 Life:
Hey just want to thank you for the post. I got my fire yesterday, rooted, installed twrp, and used app quarantine to quarantine the ota update apk hoping to prevent an OTA. And everything was working great. Until tonight I was messing around with my fire and it turned off, rebooted, then went to installing a package all on its own.

At first I was confused but I figured somehow the update went through. And sure enough after it restarted I was at 6.2.2, lost root, and twrp. So Ive been scrambling ever since trying to get it back to what it was. I was able to use burritoroot2 to get rooted again. And Ive spent hours reading and trying to install twrp again and finally found your post. So I guess now its just wait until KFU gets updated to be able to install twrp after 6.2.2?

So my question is, after Im able to get twrp back is there any sure fire way to block the OTA? Because I want to keep it at rooted stock. I saw this thread here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451747 but it doesnt prevent ota. So other than a custom rom is there a way to prevent amazon from sabotaging my device? Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
maybe try this:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451328
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thomas1218:
Like an idiot I updated to 6.2.2 last night but then decided I wanted to root today. Is this going to be updated to use Burritoroot2 or should I just root it by hand(preferably not)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
you have to root by hand at the time but after that you can use it with a little patch:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21575038&postcount=622

or if you want to edit run.bat:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21575038&postcount=730
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thomas1218:
I got it rooted by hand but IDK what to do to install twrp by cmd. Does the image have to be in the KindleADB folder with the other stuff(su, superuser.apk)

EDIT: Decided screw doing it by hand and did the method the couple guys above me did for recovery and it worked great. Thanks guys
[Kindle Fire Android Development] djkeller3:
I really hope that at some point, there is a more standardized, predictable and SUCCESSFUL way to flash a recovery system onto our Kindle Fires. I'm not a techie per se' (I do this just as a hobby), so I rely heavily on following directions. It doesn't have to be as easy as having ROM Manager and selecting the Flash CWR option, but it would be nice to be able to follow a set of instructions that include downloading the needed files, and using ADB to enter some commands and end up with a recovery system on my Fire. A nearly complete build of CM9 is out now and it sure would be nice to be able to flash it!

Edit: Used the KFU many times but cannot get a complete install of TWR.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] foliage green:
hi all i was hoping someone on here can help me out. rooting of my kindle fire went well but afterwards when trying to use KFU to flash twrp, it gave me an error message of "cygwin1.dll is missing" i did a search and couldn't come up with anything. what am i missing? im using KFU 0.9.2 thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
place kfu in something like c:\kfu - it does'nt like blanks in the pathname

and if you have 6.2.2:

root with burritoroot2 and run

adb shell ./data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin

adb root

everytime before using kfu
[Kindle Fire Android Development] foliage green:
Thanks. I'll give that a try. Is the Cygwin1.dll supposed to be in the zip file? I noticed that the utility calls on fastboot but that wasn't in the bundle so I'm wondering if the file I dl'd was just missing some stuff for some reason.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] eratosthene:
I believe it should be working, I wrote it and I used it a couple days ago when I was doing the 6.2.2 update.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
fastboot, adb and all necessary files should be in the tools folder of kfu and are included in the zip file - if you want to run any commands manually you can do from the tools folder of kfu - you don't need the sdk

if you'r on 6.2.2 read this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21602553#post21602553
[Kindle Fire Android Development] foliage green:
Downloaded the zip file again, all files are now present. Odd how they weren't all there at first. Perhaps my anti virus flagged some of the files. Thanks again for your help. Will try this again and hopefully I'll get it to work this time.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] uoY_redruM:
So, do you recommend installing the TWRP Recovery prior to doing the Permanent Root? Or does it not matter?

I just picked up the Fire tonight and immediately jumped on XDA to see if you guys supported the Fire (I'm a Nexus One user who lives on XDA for my phone, lol). So glad you do, I'm so excited for this.

Just want to make sure I read everything correctly before I jump onto rooting.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] a1exus:
what about 6.2.2? does it work w/ 6.2.2?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ontwowheels:
This worked for me as well, I had already rooted again after the 6.2.2 with BurritoRoot2, but had not installed TWRP before. The above mod to the run run.bat file worked for me to install TWRP.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] uoY_redruM:
I cannot get it to install TWRP at all.

I got root to go through (pretty sure) but when I try to install the recovery, I get this:

I downloaded the TWRP from the EXTRAS section and placed it in the recovery folder as suggested with that same result.

My KFU home screen shows:

ADB Status: Online

ADB Rooted: No

Boot Status: 4000
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pastorchip:
ADB Status: Offline :(

Hi guys, I rooted from 6.2.2 using Burrito 2. After that I tried getting TWRP using the KFU. Realizing it wasn't working I started poking around instead of reading and ran "install drivers" from the KFU folder. Now I've knocked my ADB status offline. Any thoughts on how I can get it back online so I can do this right? Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] uoY_redruM:
I figured out part of the problem. When I did the root install, it worked. I then reset it and all commands wouldn't work anymore. I checked my device info and realized when I reset it that it updated to 6.2.2. I did the trick from here and was able to root and install the recovery (from what I can tell). The app "BurritoRoot" now shows up in my app directory. I ran it, I selected "root" and it says to run the commands adb kill-server, adb root & adb shell. I had no clue what so ever where on my computer to run this (if you click adb in the tools folder, it scrolls quickly and closes).

I tried pulling from my memory how to do it like I have to flash modified HBOOT on Nexus One.

Move folder to C:/

run cmd prompt

cd..

cd..

cd Kindle Fire Utility/tools

adb kill-server

adb root

adb shell

Each one responded, kill-server worked, adb root came back with "adb cannot run as root in production builds" and adb shell came back with the proper $ symbol.

I ran adb devices and it recognizes my device but running the KFU, it still shows ADB Rooted as no.

Did I do this properly? Is there a way to tell if it properly rooted?

EDIT-

Yeah, recovery is definitely there (I just booted into it).
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Bizzle58:
My fire is stock, just bought it today. ver 6.2.1. I Extracted this utility onto the root of my C: drive. when i run the run.bat as administrator it says it cannot find wget.exe. any time i try to run the root command or anything it also says cannot find device, and I already ran the install-drivers.bat file and installed them successfully. my laptop finds my fire no problem but the utility is not. :/
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
Did you rename install directory to KFU or something without spaces? The extracted Kindle Fire Utility messes up with the spaces in the name.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Bizzle58:
Yes i did, ive been reading the past threads since i posted this and trying to find if anyone has had the same issues. I have it as C:\kfu now
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JRW160:
I'm stuck at the "Kindle Fire" screen. Ran kfu 0.9.2 and incorporated burritoroot2.bin. Rooted fine and rebooted with the superuser icon present. Tried to install twrp and now it's stuck at the kindle fire screen. ADB does not see it at all. I've tried reinstalling drivers. Running install_drivers.bat from teh kfu directory give me the error "install failed (unsigned)"

also, my kindle shows up in device manager as android phone->android adb interface, but I can't get it to show up when i type "adb devices" from the command prompt

EDIT: Got it working by forcing it to reboot hitting 1 then 1 again in kfu even though it wasn't recognized via adb
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
driver:

normal boot -> android composite adb interface

fastboot -> android adb interface

recovery -> android composite adb interface

commands:

normal boot -> adb commands YES -> fastboot commands NO

fastboot -> adb commands NO -> fastboot commands YES

recovery -> adb commands YES -> fastboot commands NO

driver test:

"adb devices" -> should return number & mode

"fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" -> should return "kindle"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ahuynh:
this was what he did:

As i already had a 6.2.2 update with burrito2 root, i also had to change the file run.bat.

Search with the editor for the line:

"tools\adb root

echo."

before that insert the lines:

"tools\adb shell /data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin

echo."

works perfectly thnaks had the same problem as everyone else
[Kindle Fire Android Development] thelonewizard:
I believe my Kindle may be bricked. I'm running the most recent version of bl1nkk's ICS Port and I was going to try MoDaCo. I tried downloading the ROM using the Kindle's browser and it failed. (dl'd one byte of data, then stopped and said it had finished.)

Anyway, I realized I had to download the ROM on my PC and then mount the Kindle to it and transfer to .zip. I turned it off to go into recovery, and it won't turn on.

It's not dead, as I had it was fully charged up until 5 minutes before I turned it off.

IS it bricked? If so, What do I do?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] chairshot215:
Sounds like the drivers still need to be reinstalled. The Kindle will show as android adb interface before installing the drivers. Right click on android adb interface and manually install the adb composite USB driver from the kfu. I have done this a few time and before installing the drivers the kindle shows in device manager under android phone as android adb interface and shows as adb composite after installing. I have had to manually reinstall these drivers during TWRP installatoin.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] NYCHitman1:
Does KFU 0.9.2 work on 6.2.2?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] uoY_redruM:
Worked for me after using the trick from THIS thread. Didn't work prior to using that fix.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] the_kwa:
i have a galaxy nexus, i've deleted android sdk, re-installed, searched and deleted every file on my comp that even has the word samsung in it. yet when install the drivers my kindle is listed as a samsung android phone.

are these drivers samsung drivers?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jcase:
Learning to do it by hand would solve a bunch of future problems for people
[Kindle Fire Android Development] krelvinaz:
Agreed.....
[Kindle Fire Android Development] the_kwa:
i just uninstalled all my samsung drivers and kindle drivers via:

http://www.petri.co.il/removing-old-drivers-from-vista-and-windows7.htm

i then tried to do everything again from scratch, same problems... for some reason i can't get my kindle to not be labelled as a samsung android phone.

and this means still no fastboot. "fastboot devices" is the code line i'm using to see if it's working. nothing...

although for what it matters, these lines do seam to work:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
[Kindle Fire Android Development] androidcues:
b i n g o

nobody wants to bother with the SDK, or learn the FUNdamentals of adb and fastboot -- they just want youtube videos and zipfiles.

its only going to get worse... somehow XDA needs to stand up and mandate users have a basic knowledge of adb and to perform basic functions -- simply put if you can tell your device to reboot via adb then you pass. if not, then, learn!

one doesnt become a mathematician without learning addition and subtraction first.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jcase:
Future kindle roots from me will be simpler but still require adb
[Kindle Fire Android Development] xmast_night:
I'm really appreciate for your very useful tool for KD user
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bwolters:
Help Needed

Had an issue and then I worked harder at it and fixed it myself, thanks for the general talk, it all helped.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Ectoplasmic:
I agree with this, but it's not that simple. I personally just installed TWRP by hand myself, and I know my way around the command line and had ADB installed and working.

The existing guides were confusing, missing steps, and also worried me that they might not be workable with 6.2.2.

When someone comes to this forum, the only one of the pinned topics that covers installing TWRP is the KFU topic, so I don't really blame people for going there.

I took some notes for myself, and I might have made a guide for doing it by hand, but it would quickly get buried on page 900, so I won't take the time. I think there should be a pinned "guide" thread, that has a summary on the first post with links to decent guides, along with a status if they work with a particular OS version.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] chairshot215:
Agreed that good instructions have been hard to come by. Am also with the do it by hand crowed but had a heck of a time getting my ducks in order before installing TWRP as all roads seem to lead back to the KFU so it wasn't easey to verify I understood everything correctly before installing TWRP. I have nothing against using the KFU I just like walking away from the experience knowing I learned something new. Also find troubleshooting easier doing it manually.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jcase:
until vashypooh updates KFU, best get is to use burritoroot2 directly, then head over to the TWRP Site, and follow the guide on it
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
allthrough i prefer also to do things manually, someone allready updated the last kfu from vashypooh:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458841
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Android16:
I agree its good to know how to do things by hand.

But it is also always best to have something simple ready for the end user so that they don't mess up and brick their device by messing up doing it by hand.

Somebody mentioned mathematics. Remember the scientists and math wizards all made up formulas and theories for the simple men to use to figure things out. It does not require us to know how they came up with them all to use them. You just plug things into the formulas they came up with and you get the result.

If you want people do do all this stuff by hand, then you have to show every single step and make sure you don't assume they know how to get to step C alone. List A,B,C,D clearly so they don't brick the machine because of skipped steps or unclear directions.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Gam3r 4 Life:
Well said. Im getting to know android, adb, and fastboot ok, but still have a lot to learn. But I totally agree that theres quite a few tutorials out there that assume that the reader knows everything. And it gets frustrating if you ask and get a rude response. I wish that some people would just think back to when they were a noob at something, rather than posting a rude (know it all) response. I know some people will say that if you dont know the basics that you shoudnt be trying it anyway, but we all have to start somewhere. If we were all born with full knowledge and could write code at birth then that would be awesome, but unless your Doogie Howser we need tutorials. Anywho thats all.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mark_a_l:
Agreed. And what complicates things is that we have posts about 6.2.1 and 6.2.2 all sort of jumbled together. What works for one doesn't work for the other. If I was just coming on the scene today, I would be totally lost. The original post of this thread does not even mention that as is, the utility won't work on 6.2.2
[Kindle Fire Android Development] king_xerxes:
Using this method, worked perfectly for me, to add TWRP 2 back to my fire. I wish that I had seen the post before spending a bit of time trying different things myself. LOL
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Aronoskarss:
idme: invaid mermission

could someone please help me? i have been trying to set up TWRP on my kindle for days now. i have been looking for solutions, but i do not realy know what is wrong. the thing is when i try to install latest twrp (5), this always happens. and my kindle does not reboot. i am not realy sure what to do

***********************************************

* Root Activated *

***********************************************

The kindle is successfully running in root mode.

<idme> Invalid permission

reboot: Operation not permitted

The kindle has been told to reboot in Fastboot Mode.

< waiting for device >
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
before run.bat:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21573311&postcount=729

or use patched version:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458841
[Kindle Fire Android Development] thelonewizard:
So, no ideas on what I should do?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
had to turn back 3 sites to find your problem - looks like it's just hanging

try to hold the power button for ~20-30 sec - then power back on
[Kindle Fire Android Development] thelonewizard:
Did what you said and I made it into recovery. Thanks! I think I can get it from here.

Do you know, though, what would cause this "hanging?"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
no glue - happens sometimes
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
+1...annoying but necessary
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Absolutely. If they weren't patching, Android would be a terrible, terrible platform.

Anyways, I had a few people suggest I add a donate button privately, so I threw one up on the post. I honestly don't care, I am doing this for fun and help people.

Please once someone has 6.2.1 let me know and please send a message to me if you are okay with me remoting into your PC and seeing what I can do to get root on there somehow.

Wonder if we can get a mod to sticky this or something? Anyone know how we do that?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
There isn't a dedicated Admin for this forum yet but there is the general admin listed you could PM.

I'm completely stock on 6.2 and haven't pulled the update yet but once I do, I'm game.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Cool, once you see 6.2.1 please send me a PM on here, and I would love to use something like IRC to help me talk to you. I am always on #xda-devs on freenode.

Thanks, i will see if I can catch one.

As a side note, I am going to post a quick new version that will just make TWRP install switch back to normal after done since this question is being asked so much , will be done in a moment.

Version .2 posted in origional topic.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
As an even cooler note. Just pulled the server logs:

cat access_log | grep Kindle_Fire_Utility | wc -l
784

784 downloads in one day alone. Amazing! I am glad this is being used by so many people.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sl0ttedpig:
I'd try Whiskey103. He/she is assigned to this forum currently.

I wish I could help you out with your request Vashy. If my wife's does indeed get updated to 6.2.1 (I'm trying to stop it), then I'd be more than happy to do some work with you. I'm not an expert either, but I would consider myself pretty adept to tinkering, and have a vested interest in keeping development of this device going. :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Yep, I sent whiskey a message, hoping to hear something back.

Yea, I hear ya. The offer goes to anyone who wants to trust me on it and is willing to hop on IRC so we can talk as It's hard for me to know exactly what the device is doing without seeing it, so I like to have a line of communication.

You would be able to see everything I do.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cllinna:
So, I have tried everything I can think of to get my computer to recognize my kindle and nothing has worked, I go to update the driver and it says that the device has the most up to date version, but it shows up in device manager as a Unknown Device. I borrowed my friend's PC running windows 7 (since I have a mac). Anyone else having the same problem with their computer not recognizing their kindle. i am not sure what I am doing wrong. :(
[Kindle Fire Android Development] troydog:
Also got a problem computer win 7 device not knowing list as unknown usb device. I have done everything to fix this now the kindle is stuck on the yellow triangle screen
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cllinna:
Yeah this is exactly what mine is doing. Frustrating lol, but it's the risk you take I guess lol. I just hope there is a fix for it. I may just be doing something wrong I dunno.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
You both likely need to install the drivers provided with my tool, and then tell it to boot into normal mode.

I responded to your PM you sent.