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[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adamp24:
My Kindle is bricked.

I ran the Kindle Fire Utility 0.95, followed steps in the first post, installed drivers fine, then rooted it. It turned off, and now will not turn on. I've tried charging it, pressing and holding the button 100 times for varying lengths.. nothing.

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

Any advice would be most certainly appreciated, because I'm pretty f**ked right now.

I'm trying to run your utility, but am a little confused. At first it says:

Fix power on problems: If the Fire's screen never seems to turn on, you may have wrecked the bootloaders or the partitioning. Fortunately most of the time this results in the CPU falling into the low level USB boot mode. Use the "usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp" to rebuild the flash enough to boot TWRP. You don't need to use the USB shorting trick for this one, just power up the Kindle after running the script.

But then down below it says "Needs usb shorting trick".. which is it?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] three-p-o:
It doesn't need it.. I thought it did so I popped the back off mine before I found out I didn't need to.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
@Adamp24

I was confused by that too. So I tried it without usb shorting (nothing happened) and then i tried it w/ usb shorting and my kindle came back to life.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adamp24:
Question for the 2 guys above me.. was your Kindle completely bricked (no lights, won't power on or anything) from trying to root?

And this fixed it?

Thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] three-p-o:
Mine would not power at all, No lights on screen or on power button.

My issue was that I wiped the internal storage completely, blowing away all partitioning information.

When I plugged it in however, it would show in windows' device manager as an omap4430. I just couldn't get anything to connect to it. The USB stick got me working.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
The problem you're experiencing is typical of a broken bootloader caused by improper installation, not enough battery power, or pulling the usb cable out during installation. So far the only way to fix it is the USBboot method.

Even with a broken bootloader, the device will still recognize low level USB commands like those from the "firekit", but the "shorting trick" must still be applied.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] three-p-o:
I'll agree with soup that 90% of the time, the USB trick is needed. However, if you are in a state like I was it may not be necessary.

I intentionally wiped the entire storage of the system, dd if=/dev/zero on the entire device. I had a full battery charge, well 80-90%, and after wiping the storage and I powered down, I would not get a visible power indication.

The trick was that when I had it "off" and I plugged it into a computer I would hear it detect the device and I saw the omap4430 item in device manager (windows 7) but oculd not interface with it.

What I ended up doing was powering it off by holding in the power for 20-30 seconds, I heard windows "disconnect" from the device. I then unplugged the kindle from the computer and booted using the liveUSB, ran the firekit and "usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp". After running that command I plugged the kindle in, and viola, it was fixed.

This however will only work if the device is seen as the omap4430 when you plug it into a computer. A few notes, if the kindle was "on" and I plugged it in, it would not be seen. If it was off though and I plugged it in, it would turn on and go into omap4430 state. This is the state needed for the "usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp" command.

If your kindle does not enter this state, you will need to open it up.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pokey9000:
For future reference: if you get the "OMAP4430" or "TI" device showing up when your KF is bricked too hard to turn on the screen, then you can skip straight to running one of the "usb_" commands.

The OMAP will try booting from USB if it can't find a valid bootloader, aka you trashed the first stage bootloader (x-loader). The shorting comes in when you screw up the 2nd stage bootloader (FFF), because the 1st stage bootloader doesn't check that there's a valid 2nd stage. If someone was REALLY dedicated, they could add a checksum to the 2nd stage, and have the 1st stage force the Fire into USB boot mode if it looks messed up.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
Exactly. No lights, no VISIBLE signs of powering on (although I knew it powered on b/c half of the kindle would get warm after a while; as opposed to staying cold when it was hard reset).

So try it w/o shorting and if that doesn't work (which is very likely), try it w/ shorting (like everyone here is suggesting). Be careful w/ opening ithe back cover, you don't want to scratch it up (use a plastic tool if available). Good luck.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adamp24:
Hey all! Thanks for the help. After 2 hours of trying the shorting trick and getting into TWRP recovery.. I finally got a ROM installed. However, now.. when the Kindle is first powered on.. it shows the yellow triangle screen that says "press power button for recovery" for like.. 20 seconds.. then it finally boots into CM9. Is there any way I can either A) remove that triangle screen from showing, or B) return this thing to 100% completely stock so I can return it to Amazon?

I looked through the forums but all I can find are stock ROMs.. is there an RUU or something I can flash to reset recovery/bootloader/everything stock? Thanks in advance
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
Flashing stock/Amazon ROM through TWRP (instructions can be found here on xda) will revert your kindle to stock, afaik.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] trungblc:
I do every step as you said.

+ I run usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp then My Kindle boot on TWRP

+ I fash with update-kindle-6.3_D01E_4019920.zip

+ Reboot

But my Kinlde Fire still not power on. Is there something wrong?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] three-p-o:
Sounds like either your update-kindle flash failed, or you are out of power, because the first step worked.

At this point, plug it into your wall charger over night and check it in the morning. If it is still dead after that I would say try to return it and get a new one. And I'm actually against people doing that when they screw up.. so....
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Deeva:
Ubuntu crashing when using FireKit

I screwed up my Kindle somehow while trying to root it with the KFU and I tried everything under the sun to fix it before I decided to post here... it took me two days to figure out how to boot Ubuntu off a USB stick in WinXP, but I finally got that going to the point of finally being able to run the fk in the Ubuntu terminal with no issue, until I plug the stupid Kindle in and try to use it.

My Kindle is stuck in the non-animated Kindle Fire logo. Unseen by USB or adb in Windows, last resort was to use the Ubuntu method. I tried all the scripts *except* the usb scripts, figuring it is stuck in fastboot mode - however no matter what I try to run, the Ubuntu goes into a kernel panic (bunch of text on black appears etc) and freezes every time. So nothing is getting through and connecting to the Kindle. I plugged it in and let it turn itself on, I powered it down and plugged it in then turned it on, etc. NADA. :mad: The only thing I haven't done is the shorting thing only because I really don't understand it...

I'm about to smash this POS into bits or use it for target practice, but before I give up I'd like some thoughts if anyone has any? Thanks :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
Your problem doesn't belong here. This tool is for SERIOUS bricks, yours is not that serious. Please repost this in the Q&A section so we can help you better.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Deeva:
Ok sorry, I thought my post may have belonged here since I was using the Firekit tool and I think my Kindle IS a serious brick? Thanks for the reply I will find the proper place to hopefully get some input. I searched and searched and cannot find anything referencing Ubuntu crashing while using this tool.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
This is a must read for someone in your situation:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23747567

1st, 2nd, and 3rd posts.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pokey9000:
Kernel panics might be related to some other system instability you're having. Make sure you're using the "x86" version of the LiveCD, and try it on another PC. None of the code in Firekit should be able to cause a kp.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] shantam:
i am stucked at waiting for device

i bricked my kindle when i factory resetted with cwm recovery and it stucked at formatting/data

then i powered off the device by pressing down the power button for 20 seconds.then i pressed power button and it did''nt booted up..

now i have installed firekit live usb and issued the command for usb_fix_install_fff_twrp

and plugged the device.

device powered on and in terminal it was showing that

sending 2nd stage to target

waiting for 2nd stage response

sending image

fixing paritiions

and its showing waiting for device

and i stucked there for 30 minutes but nothing happened.then i unplugged the kindle and powered it off

i have issued every command listed on the terminal

one thing is that i have not transferred any fff bootloader,twrp or rom file to root of drive..

should i transfer the files it requires like twrp,fff,or roms

now what should i do for getting my kindle to life

i have tried this for about 4 to 5 times with no success..
[Kindle Fire Android Development] alekslove:
what do you mean you had already set adb? how do I do that? Cause I get al the way thru till I plug in my usb while shorting and it gets stuck at "waiting for device".
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Jdom58:
Guys, same here as shantan, had to use the usb trick of opening up the back of the kindle to short out the connection and after MULTIPLE tries got it just right but it went as far as

sending 2nd stage to target...

waiting for second stage response...

sending image to target...

fixing partitions...

<waiting for device>

then nothing happened for about 5-10 minutes so I tried again from the begining and got the same results, any ideas?

Thanks in advance
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thepooch:
Yeah hold your power button down for a minute and power it back on while attached you might get some dialogue on your kindle screen about it being restored to factory after a bit if not use fastboot commands to set your bootmode to normal
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adeel1234:
same here i am always stucking at that point what should i do
[Kindle Fire Android Development] -FuRBz-:
I had been sh!ttin bricks 'cause my fire wouldnt even turn on..

Just opened it and did the usb short and it worked!!

So effing relieved!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] yourbrotherrex:
Just wanted to chime in: After more than a week of pulling my hair out, and almost giving up, I finally found this tool. After performing the USB trick, it worked perfectly, and I was able to restore two fires that I was convinced were unsaveable.

However, I will say that I never had any luck whatsoever using a paper clip for the short method. I finally yanked a piece of wire out of a dead PC that was in a junk pile, and it worked immediately.

Just a tip..may make someone's effort a little easier.

Thanks very, very much.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adeel1234:
has anyone revive their kindle after bricking with cwm hashcode
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
a few people were able to partition around the damaged blocks, it all depends on where the damage is.

edit. I notice pokey's work seems to have helped out far more people than he has thanks, I know that it's a very nail biting time when performing this GREAT trick, but please try to remember at least to hit pokey's thanks button

sent from my new non bricked kindle:-)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thepooch:
Serious the firekit is a kindle saver
[Kindle Fire Android Development] balakrishnan111:
Help me

I tried out in Ubuntu 11.

tried "usb_install_fff_twrp" since There is No significane for KIndle living.

It says

waiting for OMAP44xx device...

Tried up for 2 Hours,

1. Removed Back cover.

2. Connect CPU Frame and pin point as in picture.

3. Attached USB in kindle(SInce i already connected in PC)

4. I hope that there should br Low battery.(So i put it in charger, I hope it is charged to somewat since it is in little High Temp.)

)

5. Again I tried But no use.

(Also i did Before Shorting, REmoved Battery Wire connection and again Connected it. Then pressed Power button for nearly 30 secs. )

Help me please
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thepooch:
When it says waiting then apply the short trick plug it in and keep it applied till the script runs also make sure whatever your using to short has good conductivity :-)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] balakrishnan111:
I stuck at "Waiting for device."

Again tried.....

I stuck at "Waiting for device."

i charged up Kindle fire (Lightly Heats up) that it is active but i am not able to unbrick it.

Does it required ADB or Android SDK SHOULD INSTALLED in ubuntu?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adeel1234:
dear balakrishnan i am stucked at same point like you

i think that firekit should be made again for peoples bricked their device with custom roms
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bennettg:
I need help please. I was following jcase/pokey's instructions for trying to root a stock kindle fire from a ubuntu machine. i think i got stuck at fastboot, because all i saw was the kindle fire logo. unfortunately, i disconnected the device.

i followed your instructions and made a usb stick and did the following:

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo /cdrom/fk

5837+1 records in

5837+1 records out

5977554 bytes (6.0 MB) copied, 0.66837 s, 8.9 MB/s

Stopping any running adb servers...

Done. Tools are in /root/firekit. Files copied to USB are likely in /cdrom

Scripts:

install_fff_twrp_from_stock - install FFF and TWRP while in stock Android

install_fff_twrp - install FFF and TWRP while in fastboot

fix_parts - restore partition table to stock while in fastboot

normal_boot - set the bootmode to boot android and reboot while in fastboot

usb_boot_twrp - USB boot TWRP without installing

usb_install_fff_twrp - USB boot FFF, install FFF and TWRP

usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp - USB boot FFF, restore partition

table to stock, install FFF and TWRP

Good luck. -pokey9000

root@ubuntu:~/firekit# normal_boot

Resetting bootmode to standard boot...

< waiting for device >

it has said it is wating for device for nearly 30 minutes.....can you help? is it not seeing the kf? if so, how can i fix it?

thanks in advance
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
Try plugging in kindle then power off (30 second hold) then run script and when it says waiting for device press the power button.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bennettg:
I followed your instructions, but nothing changed. any other ideas?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adeel1234:
firekit 1.1 is now obsolete should be updated

nothing will work this firekit was made back in 2011 dec..we need updated firekit for custom rom bricked kindle fire

and hashcode's cwm bricked kindle like mine.

hashcode should contribute to update the firekit.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] wolfxwinds:
SLITAZ OS is perfect for this.. its like 56MB's and can do all the same commands/work that Ubuntu does.. trust me on this :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] balakrishnan111:
Tried

I tried out to unbrink my KF in ubuntu. But Shorting trick Not works for me. I for get to mention that, I recently Updated to ICS :confused: . Since it is Custom ROM, Firekit fails to Unbrick or any other reasion.........

Help me to Unbrick KF...........

:eek::(:crying:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Adeel1234:
yes u are right balakrishnan dear firekit should be updated for ics custom rom

yes u are right balakrishnan dear firekit should be updated for ics custom rom

i was last using gederom ics when my kindle bricked...

pokey and hashcode plz help us
[Kindle Fire Android Development] balakrishnan111:
Is there any one here which Firekit helped u to recover from Brick when u are in Cust

Is there any one here which Firekit helped u to recover from Brick when u are in Custom ROM.... Please respond dear friends........

:confused:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] lovejoy777:
This has worked for me on more than one occasion with numerous custom ROMs.

Follow the instructions carefully and it should work.

Rekindle also works well.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] itsDefying:
This is for the Kindle Fire...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
I'm pretty sure he's aware of that. He's looking for the expertise of those who know whether or not it's possible to usbboot the Nexus 7.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] manuuu88:
i've a problem with my kindle fire.

When I turn it on, it's stuck on kindle fire logo and nothing else, if I connect it to my pc it isn't recognized (unknow device)

I've tried with a home-made factory cable, but when it turn on show the kindle fire logo and unknow device.

So, I've tested with the test point.

my ubuntu's pc say waiting for OMAP44xx device...

i short the pin to ground and connect to the cable to the kf, but nothing happens.

after that, if I want to charge or power on I must remove the battery and reconnect.

I've tryed to close the testpoin in windows and It's says unknow device, it's disconnect, reconnect as unknow device, in a loop.

there are any possibility?

sorry for my english.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] powerpoint45:
7

Linux does a 10X better job handling usb shiz. Just need to add some udev rules according to the output of lsusb.

---------- Post added at 10:26 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:24 AM ----------

I also suggest linux for this then u can send it a fastboot command. you power off the kindle then plug it in after you sent command.

You could download kfu and do some shiz like this

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery "C:\KFU\recovery\twrp.img"

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader "C:\KFU\recovery\fff.bin"

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot

Sid3note:

Oops. I kind of forgot with this thread is for... I'm not trying to depromote it or anything like that, just trying to help in the way that I have experience in.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] manuuu88:
when i connect the kindle to ubuntu, and do lsusb, I don't see the kf, in windows "unknow device"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] powerpoint45:
It should come up with lab126 or something like that after lsusb

Look at this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL6NT8ITIHw&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Kindle Fire Android Development] manuuu88:
No new device are show when I connect the fire to pc!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mcycharles:
You saved my kindle's life!!! Much thanks! :)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] johnsaldivar:
I keep reading about using the USB Short trick, but havent been able to see how its done, is it a metter of shorting the cable or is there more to it

Thanks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jparnell8839:
I too am lost... to short it, do I just put my paperclip to the little copper dot shown in the picture and plug the USB cable in? cuz that's not doing anything :P

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19762674&postcount=51

relatively sure this is what I need... followed a guide and I guess it wiped my bootloader. it wont power on, it wont have a charging light. just a brick. let me know if i'm wasting my time

btw, is this for a Kindle Fire 2?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
BTW, no. This is not for the Kindle Fire 2...it will only make things worse for you.

"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh."
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jparnell8839:
anything similar to this that will fix a KF2? Not too sure what to do at this point. seems pretty bricked to me :P
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Smmoph:
While using the fk-1.1 last night, my kf 1st gen, lit up, and for the first time in a long time I saw some sign of life. A green light lit where the power button is. I've read alot on the subject "usbboot trick" but now have somewhat more faith. Especially seeing a long forgotten yellow triangle on screen. Wow! Too bad its gone now but I'lI continue, Yup "waiting for device"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] rbgabriel:
Hi everyone. I'm trying to bring my gf's Kindle (1st generation).

When I run the usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp or any other script i get the following message

Loading FFF through USB...

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 4: /root/firekit/usbboot: No such file or directory

Fixing partitions..

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 6: /root/firekit/fastboot: No such file or directory

Installing x-loader...

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 8: /root/firekit/fastboot: No such file or directory

Flash FFF...

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 10: /root/firekit/fastboot: No such file or directory

Flash TWRP...

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 12: /root/firekit/fastboot: No such file or directory

Resetting bootmode to standard boot...

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 14: /root/firekit/fastboot: No such file or directory

Loading TWRP...

/root/firekit/usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp: line 16: /root/firekit/fastboot: No such file or directory

I think the problem is the adb drivers in Linux. I looked to so many tutorials about how to set up the adb. I followed many and i still think this is the problem.

while I was trying a method, I didn't found the folder "/home/username/.android"

Any suggestions?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
When you launch firekit, it copies necessary files to '/root/firekit'. If those files aren't being copied or if the files can't be found, there is probably a problem with your permissions or the 'root' directory is not in your $PATH. You can either run it as the root user, or install SoupKit and launch firekit from there.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] rbgabriel:
Thanks for the help. When i try the SoupKit that's the output as soon as the SoupKit is launched

/home/rbgabriel/bin/soupkit.sh: line 84: /root/bin/SoupKit/adb: No such file or directory
/home/rbgabriel/bin/soupkit.sh: line 89: /root/bin/SoupKit/fastboot: No such file or directory
/home/rbgabriel/bin/soupkit.sh: line 84: /root/bin/SoupKit/adb: No such file or directory
/home/rbgabriel/bin/soupkit.sh: line 89: /root/bin/SoupKit/fastboot: No such file or directory
Device Status: Device Offline (press enter to refresh)

if i try option #4 in the SoupKit (Start Pokey9000's Firekit) the message is the following

Please select 1 - 6: 4

sudo: /root/bin/SoupKit/fk: command not found

---------- Post added at 02:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 PM ----------

I really suck at Linux. I'm not running the LiveUSB, I installed the version Ubuntu 12.10 (64bit). Is it possible to be this the problem?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
Did you actually install SoupKit before running the soupkit.sh? Did you check to see if those directories/files exist?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] baghy:
Hello!

I`m having a prob shorting the cpu.

I installed linux and booted the software u provided , after I saw the pc cannot find my kindle fire 1st gen I opened it and applied the usb boot shorting trick but the kindle is is still unrecognized by the pc. I tried with pc and laptop, but couldn`t make it work.

Any ideeas? Do I really have to do the usb boot shorting trick to make it work?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] baghy:
any ideeas? Please.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] awidawad:
Try using Soup Kit, it may fix your problems. Just boot off a live cd or usb. Good luck!