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[Kindle Fire Android Development] geekoo:
Is there a guide on this thread on what steps have to be followed to get from a brand new stock KF, to a CM7 rommed KF - without risks of brick or doing something wrong, or in the wrong order?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] synergy7:
can i use this to replace cmw recovery with twrp?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
the hangs are at all versions ! -> from the op (first site):

and:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20945694&postcount=506

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yes you can
[Kindle Fire Android Development] infraled:
You are the man

Nice job on the tool sir, it's truly excellent!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] LoGiK915:
the hang isn't on all versions. I ran 0.9.1 to install TWRP and it worked first time. No hang. no uninstalling and reinstalling drivers. No powering off computer or kindle. No heart stopping "I just ruined my kindle" moments. It just worked. Thanks to the Dev's for this Utility. Much appreciated.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] maw230:
Can you provide a link that shows instructions on how to install KFU on windows? I may have missed it in the OP?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
Just unzip it to a folder in the root of C:\......and no spaces in the folder name
[Kindle Fire Android Development] quarky42:
Possible Bug: I ran this tool so that I could unlock my wallpaper. I only ran that option. After it was done it still tried to install FireFireFire which I had already installed and tested myself. I didn't want it to install FireFireFire...just the wallpaper unlock.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] awidawad:
Is there any way I can restore/install roms without using TWRP (my touch screen isn't working due to a bad kernel, my bad). All I need to do is restore from my backup without using TWRP. Any solution?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
would try to reinstall twrp - then it should work again including the touch screen

btw. what has twrp to do with the actual kernel ? don't understand ...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] LoGiK915:
Just search YouTube for "kfu kindlefire" or "kindlefire root" there are several step by step videos.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] awidawad:
I already tried reinstalling twrp and when it completed it said Installation Complete with a reboot button under it and I tapped the button multible times, no response so I had to hard rest, and still no touch response.:confused:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] CZroe:
Wasn't working for me back then (latest version at the end of December) because that's exactly what I did. Another coworker brought another Kindle Fire to me so I used your utility again today (latest version 0.9.3). I left the drivers installed from v0.6 alone and it worked great. Though you may have fixed it since then, I didn't dare try updating the drivers again! Probably still the same anyway. :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
sorry - sounds like a hardware failure for me ...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] awidawad:
Is there any fix to this? Should I run logcat?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
if the touchscreen is defect the only solution is to change the screen

or better the whole kf - sorry there is no other solution
[Kindle Fire Android Development] awidawad:
But my touchscreen was fully functional for the past 3 months until I flashed the overclock kernel in rom manager. :confused:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
sounds courios - but i don't realy know what the overclocked kernel does with the surrounding electronics

my last idea is to try a battery drain - but i doubt that this will help ...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] awidawad:
I guess I could give it a try.

But is there any way I can restore from a backup without twrp?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
not that i know
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sicctt:
download links not working help!!!!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jesus3125:
download link dead
[Kindle Fire Android Development] zn706:
yup, ALL links DEAD.....
[Kindle Fire Android Development] grhand82:
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Download link is DOA....... :( looks like manual install from here. Good luck broskies!

Hey, does anyone have the current utility that they can post a link to for noobs that don't want to go it alone? I am pretty sure that the OP will rectify the situation soon enough but just in case, it would be nice.

+1 and thanks to anyone that posts a link or shares a Dropbox with this.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] galexandr:
Just when i decided to root

Hey guys,

Just when i decided to root, the links went dead :(

I have been reading carefully every post, and finally decided to jump the gun,

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to upload somewhere,

PS: if you need, i may have an FTP available for you guys to upload it to,
[Kindle Fire Android Development] androidcues:
http://db.tt/5TWIfNM3

for KFU version 9.3

no telling how long itll be up. Will bring down when original linx funcshun.

EDIT - took down link.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] zn706:
u da man!!!!!!!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jmandawg:
Here is the apps.zip

http://ppl.ug/6fPuGMLujFY/

Don't expect a fast download it's coming from my pogoplug.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] blitzermetal:
I try to install recovery with option 5. The kindle fire stuck at yellow triangle and windows even can't see my kindle fire (yes, I try to hit scan button for many time but nothing change). So I can't do anything like remove drivers or find the kindle in device manager....

:(So what can I do now?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] BluesHawk:
are you stuck on the yellow triangle? does your kindle appear as unknown device in device manager? if so, run install_drivers.bat and/or point the unknown device drivers to the win_usb.ini in the KFU drivers folder. Next go to KFU and go to bootmode > normal and when it says waiting for device perform a hard reset (hold power for 30 seconds) and hopefully it should reboot normally. This method worked for me with Win7 64bit when I first tried to install TWRP
[Kindle Fire Android Development] trycks:
Cant install twrp, it says recovery.img missing
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Tiffany84:
Does anyone know if this can be ran in a vm on a mac? I know that someone created a version for the mac but I actually like the layout of this windows version better. I've tried doing it but it can never find my Fire. I have the drivers installed and it shows in the device manager without the yellow triangle so it seems like the drivers are good but I just wanted to see if anyone knew if it were even possible before I spend more time messing with it. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
some got it running some not ...

maybe this post will help you:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19623505&postcount=28

i did a repair in a teamviewer session with a virtual xp on a linux machine

so it should be possible on a mac too ...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dieandromeda:
if u use 9.3, it will download automatically n placed into recovery folder. u can also download the recovery file (*.img) and placed it in the same folder
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Jikenda:
I keep getting ADB Status Offline.. I can't get the utility to recognize my Kindle. Can someone help me out? Drivers are installed, but I've been stuck in fastboot for a while now. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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I keep getting ADB Status Offline.. I can't get the utility to recognize my Kindle. Can someone help me out? Drivers are installed, but I've been stuck in fastboot for a while now. Any advice would be appreciated.

I am not seeing the Kindle under adb devices. nothing is listed. If I restart the kindle, it just keeps going back to the twrp screen.

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
when it's in twrp just select option1 -> bootmode normal in kfu

in the case it says <waiting for device> power off the kf by holding pwr ~20sec

power on again - at some point the command gets finished

power off and on again

if not then check your drivers in device manager:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Jikenda:
Thank you, that worked. I thought I was going crazy for a second. New to Kindle Fire, just got it yesterday so i have to get up to speed.

I appreciate the help!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] devildog9999:
As usual - you guys are the best. From Unboxed to rooted with all Gapps in under an hour. It just does not get better than that. Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] fox_dye:
man i just had the life scared out of me. tried to install twrp and my fire wouldn't boot into fastboot. Then it got stuck at the kindle fire logo. Took forever but now i'm good and i am doing a backup now so i can throw a rom on it. Thanks for the tool.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] humjaba:
So... the FireFireFire bootloader doesn't and hasn't ever worked for me. The only way I can get into the recovery environment is if I reinstall it - setting the boot mode does nothing (it cycles past the yellow screen 2-3 times and then boots normally) and holding the power button down does the same thing.

I've reinstalled multiple times using the KFU, also by running the adb commands by hand. I haven't been able to get it work even once. What am I doing wrong?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
Are you holding the power Burton down after the yellow triangle appears until the light changes?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kuthedude:
I keep getting 'findstr' is not recognized....

adb status: offline

adb roote: no

boot status: unknown

How do I fix this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jsdeguzman1029:
I know i'll probably catch some flack for this question, but after reading this post and the replies it seems like this is a very good way to root the fire and get all the functionality I want out of it, but where do I start?

of all the files in the original post, like the utility, recovery, etc, do these go on the fire or on my pc? which .exe do i start first on my pc? I know i probably overlooked something simple, but for the life of me I'm stumped.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] BluesHawk:
you should unzip the KFU package to c:\kfu on your PC and from there you run KFU by launching run.bat
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
would think the path to C:\WINDOWS\system32 is missing in your path variable

check by typing "set" in a command prompt
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jsdeguzman1029:
in device manager im only getting an android phone, ive uninstalled it and reinstalled the driver bat file several times and once a kindle device popped up but disappeared before i could click on it and then the android phone showed up again any ideas??
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
if you use kfu you don't need the sdk at all

kfu driver installation:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=22342376&postcount=6
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kuthedude:
noob

Sorry, I'm a noob with the kindle fire, just got it yesterday.

I have tried using this tool on 2 computers, both having the same issue. Once I installed the drivers from this tool, my computer doesn't allow me to explore the kindle fire anymore. Doesn't show up anywhere in my computer.

Also when I run the KFU, no matter what option I select, it says "Opps..something went wrong. We are unable to locate your Kindle Fire. Make sure it is plugged in and powered on. press any key to continue."

It is plugged in, and the Kindle says "You can now transfer files from your computer to Kindle". But the computer doesnt show the Kindle in my computer.

I have tried this on two computers, same result. Is there a faq as to how to run this utility? as in, do I install a recovery before installing full root etc? Sorry for the noob questions.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bluenadas:
I've posted the easiest, basic and no nonsense video showing how to use kfu. I think there is a newer version of the video but it is linked on the video I posted. I'd add the link again but I'm on the phone right now. Search for posts by me in this forum and you should find it.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
look at the link in the post above your's
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kuthedude:
yep, that was it, thanks.

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Thanks, searched your name and found the videos. Finally got cm7 installed etc. Gracias.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] init_dot_t:
I too am getting, findstr is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file...

ADB Status: Online'

ADB Rooted: Yes

Boot Status: Unknown

Ive tried rebooting my kf and it is recognized as an adb device Im just kinda stuck if anyone can please help I would appreciate it! This is the second kf I have rooted without any problems and I ran across this when I did mine but I cannot remember how I corrected the problem. I did see this mentioned above but I am not sure how to do the procedure above.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000549.htm
[Kindle Fire Android Development] init_dot_t:
*face palm* thank you I should have remembered this lol
[Kindle Fire Android Development] scarfoot:
Great App! I was rooted and running the market in no time!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] krash44:
Thank You!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] GenghisKhan67:
Great utility, just got my Fire tonight and had it doing my bidding within half an hour. Many thanks.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] p-niiice:
I'm getting the following when I check adb devices:

C:\KindleAdb>adb devices

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

and that's as far as I can go. env. variables are good, and my drivers are connected correctly. Any advice? The ADB is not able to go online:

ADB Status: Offline

ADB Rooted: No

Boot Status: Unknown

Please make a selection or hit ENTER to exit:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
you should not mix up two adb's - that's why you get this message

kfu has it's adb, fastboot and all other needed commands in his tools directory

if you want to issue manual commands cd to eg c:\kfu\tools
[Kindle Fire Android Development] p-niiice:
I've followed the instructions at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KapnjR89ICA&feature=fvst but adb is not connecting. I'm sure it's a driver issue but uninstalling, rebooting and reinstalling isn't working.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
just to be shure:

check the adb_usb.ini file in your .android folder in your personal folder

it has to be existent and has to include 0x1949 (i use to add 0x18d1 in a separate line also)

without this folder/file/entries adb will never work !

if they are missing just create this folder and copy the file from c:\kfu\drivers\kindle
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Nyne9:
Forgive my ignorance, but after rooting and installing Google Apps I still do not see the Market anywhere. Did I mess up along the way?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
do you mean not see it on the carousel ?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20711698&highlight=marketlauncher#post20711698
[Kindle Fire Android Development] AF9210:
redundant downloading

can you possibly make the tool check to see if there is the twrp recovery is in the folder already as well as the necessary gapps files? So it does not have to redownload all the time? Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
I am trying to see if I can come up with a different system for that where it will MD5 them to make sure they are the latest versions, and so forth. I can easily make it not download again if they exist for the next build though until I finish that.

Just not done quite yet.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] troydog:
kindle works great. But one thing I can no longer use adb at all says no device found?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Did you run the installer for drivers?

Try restarting the tool too.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] troydog:
This what I get when I run install drivers

updating drivers for usb\vid_1949&pid_0216&mi_01 from c:\user\troy\downloads\kindle_fire_utility_v3\public\drivers\android_winusb.inf . devcon failed press any key to continue

Cmd closes after that
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Awesome,

What OS are you running?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DooMLoRD:
nice work mate!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Thank you :) I am trying!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] troydog:
Win7 64 bit

kindle works fine but no adb at all. So reopen the utility and get error kindle not found. I think my kindle is be evil.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Interesting, can you open device manager and try to look for your kindle somewhere in the list, when you find it, double click it, and click the details tab, then from dropdown do hardware Id's, and click them and right click and hit copy and paste here for me?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] troydog:
It is listed as a android phone

USB\VID_1949&PID_0006&REV_0216&MI_01

USB\VID_1949&PID_0006&MI_01
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Interesting, that's right.

Does the tool happen to say fastboot online or anything silly? Have you tried going to driver and hitting update driver and going to select the file distributed with my tool?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] troydog:
Tool reads this when open

adb status offline

boot services status 4002

fastboot status offline

If I try to update drivers it says win has the best ones found or something like that. So I even removed the driver but still same thing when they re install.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] corvux360:
stuck

hi i just root mi kindle like 2 days ago... today i use your tool to install TWRP it was a succes... but now im stuck a exclamation and it says press power to recovery and nothing happends. what can i do??
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Use the tool to set bootmode to normal.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Try this for me.

Open up my computer and goto %userprofile% and look for a folder called .android, then look for adb_usb.ini. What does it say inside?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] corvux360:
now adb cant recognize the device...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
run install_drivers.bat
[Kindle Fire Android Development] corvux360:
Fails to install... devcon failed
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Vashypooh:
Well what the heck, worked fine on both machines here, huh..

Unfortunately it's 4am here, I need to sleep, I can't think straight.

I will think of something more when i wake^^

Night all!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Nyne9:
No, it just didn't seem to install along all the other Google apps. I reset the Kindle and I'll try to run the whole process from the beginning again.

One thing I noticed, during rooting etc I kept getting "cannot run as root in production builds"

Does that matter, meaning it doesn't root properly or so?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
yep - is'nt rooted properly - some others had success with kfu 0.9.1 in this case
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Nyne9:
Excellent thank you! I re-downloaded and ran 0.9.3 again and it seems to have worked now!

Props.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] p-niiice:
Thanks! I'll check that after work today.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
One question guys, I'm just trying to gather the most info. Before I take the plunge to root. Do I need to be in fastboot before I choose option 3 . Permanent root. Ive looked around but cant verify either or. Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
no - just normally started - kfu will make the necessary bootmode changes
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
Thanks for the quick reply. I might just give it shot.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] p-niiice:
I redid the complete adb setup, and this is what I get when I do an adb devices:

C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

It does not come up as a composite device, it comes up as 'Android ADB Interface' - I have added those entries into the ini file, and the 0x1949 into the other ini file.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] scarfoot:
I think they key is getting the right drivers working. I would reinstall the kindle drivers. I have 4 kindle fires, and rooted, flashed recovery, and installed modaco successfully on all of them.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] p-niiice:
thanks - I got it coming up as a composite device now. What would really help with some of these tutorials is letting us know how things should look and why. I added in the hardware id entries as instructed, but the ones given weren't for my machine. Some of this is pretty intuitive, but although I've been rooting devices for a good while, I'm new to the Kindle and I'm probably being too careful.

Anyway, it still isn't recognizing my device now - but I know I'm closer. Any further tips ?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
I could not get ADB to recognize my kindle fire and had tried everything. After removing drivers and reinstalling them and nothing, but did show up as Android Composite ADB Interface. One thing i tried was adding 0x18d1 besides the 0x1949 in the adb-usb.ini and saved it, tried ADB device again it worked. Now my kindle shows as a device. I'm no expert, i searched high and low for answers but it hard to fine a straight one, don't get me wrong everyone here is awesome and i could not of done any of this with out their expertize. I still don't know if i'm going to root my kindle fire. Hey but i got ADB running and recognizing my devices.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] l0uisz:
HEY!i was able to successfully root my kindle question though i tried to install " FireFireFire " but every time i do i get this error [ look at the photo ]...anyway to get a fix on this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] scarfoot:
Try copying the adb.exe to the c:/windows/system folder and run it again.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] l0uisz:
tried that didn't work and my ADB folder got messed up deleted some files by accident so i just deleted the WHOLE thing and reinstalled it but now when running the KFU i get this...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] scarfoot:
Are you running the app as a windows administration?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] l0uisz:
Yes sir I am....I don't know what went wrong its like adb is shot to hell lol cause I can't even run the KFU correctly I get errors for everything pointing back to ADB errors like in those two photos I posted.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] b63:
try to move kfu to c:\ and rename it to "kfu" so that it is c:\kfu

it don't like spaces in pathname

check c:\kfu\tools - there should be all necessary commands like adb & fastboot
[Kindle Fire Android Development] apg1969:
Incredible work, utility worked flawlessly. Definitely donated to your cause :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] l0uisz:
i got the adb working again!

ADB Status: Online

ADB Rooted:Yes

Boot Status:4000

but still back to the main problem at hand when i try to install " FireFireFire " i keep getting this error [ adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. ]
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pjhoughton1976:
Hi I managed to Root my Kindle Fire fine using the utility but i have a problem I wonder if anyone has come across before

I have version 6.2.1. of the software when I rooted my kindle and I wanted to update to 6.2.2 so I downloaded teh Bin file from Amazon and asked teh fire to install it. The Fire reboots into TWRP now asking it to reboot from TWRP just sends it back to TWRP,. Using the utility I get it to reboot normal but it hasn't applied the update.

Any idea what Im doing wrong guys?