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[Kindle Fire General] cammykool:
6.3.3
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
What button combination are you using to change boot mode?
[Kindle Fire General] cammykool:
I didn't. I was asking if one exists.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
No, If it is in Fastboot/Bootloader mode you need you need a PC to sent Fastboot commands like in the 3rd post in this thread. But is PC is not seeing the Kindle it's not in Fastboot/bootloader mode or the kindle's usb port is bad
[Kindle Fire General] cammykool:
It sees it. But I get the "USB device not recognized"
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
Could be low battery bode, bad usb port, or bad usb cable

See Q6 in Frequently Asked Questions - Amazon Kindle Fire
[Kindle Fire General] cammykool:
Thanks for the help I'll look at it when I get to school tomorrow and have access to a Windows 7 PC all I run at my house is Windows 8 and Windows 10
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
With Window 8 you may need to disable driver signature enforcement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmw86KplqmU
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
also see Q31, and Q 32
[Kindle Fire General] jacumin:
Hi there!! First of all thanks for the explanation! I've try to understand in wich position is my KF.... but nothing...

A little bit of history:

KF HXD 8,9

I've rooted the KF, after that I've install Safestrap Recovery APK and successfully flash/install 2 different rom into 2 different rom slot not in the stock rom(backed up in the device).

Great! I've tested both and chose one running well. I've chose to delete one and give to the one more space... 7GB.

Well after the installation I've reboot the device........ white fix logo (all white) on screen.... after some reboot pushing the power button (I don't how) it show a screen where I can chose restore device or reboot. I've restored the device to the default factory...

Well now I really don't know what can I do. The command adb devices doesn't recognize any device. Fastboot: ./fastboot getvar product is waiting for the device...

p.s. Only one positive thing is when I plug the KF with the usb in my MAC start Android Transfer Tool.

Any help or suggestions are welcome.

Thanks.

sorry for the bad english
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
see 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Android Development
[Kindle Fire General] DroidFanJL:
Great Guide

Thanks for the great lessons. They helped while working on my Kindle, HTC one S, and Galaxy Tab 3.
[Kindle Fire General] brickpit:
Factory Cable same as one that ships with KF?

Im an extreme newbie. Sorry if posting in wrong area or asking stupid question. My Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 (2013) stock, won't boot up. I've tried the "hold in power button" thing many times. If plug it in it loads to grey "kindle fire" logo (no colours) and freezes. If unplugged, if hit power button it does the same thing, but I am able to "turn it off" by holding in power button 20-30 seconds. So my questions:

1. Is this Factory Cable the same one that comes with the KF?

2. If I plug it into my Mac, with this cable, does that boot it into Fastmode (and thus will maybe fix my problem.)?

Trying to fix my problem, if can, without "rooting" it if can.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
A factory cable is a special cable aka fastboot cable also same as a Motorola factory programming cable.

But they may not work with the hdx 8.9, not sure.

You should ask in the hdx 8.9 forum, this thread is just for the kindle fire 1.

Motorola Fastboot/Factory Programming Cables Links

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http://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
I have checked all the corners of the internet and I'm stuck with Code 10. ADB works flawlessly, I bought a fastboot cable (or so I assume . . . bought it on ebay, but it seems be in Fastboot mode, the KF logo just hangs when booted w/ this cable plugged in), I've downloaded all sorts of drivers, installed/uninstalled them all, rebooted a few thousand times in between each driver and a few hundred extra times when I forgot to disable driver signing (windows 10), but each time the same brick all. Fastboot commands return <Waiting for Device> and devmgmt.msc shows me "Code 10". I'm going to start working "code 10" into my daily vocab: "Sorry boss can't get to work today, car's gone code 10. . ." (go w/e way you want with that, device wont start or correct driver not found. . .HA!)

I get that its usually driver relateds, but I'm starting to wonder if my device is just junk. I try to force windows to use the drivers direct from amazon, and/or the drivers in the kfu folder and I get:

"Windows encountered a problem installing the driver . . . . . The Device cannot start. (Code 10)" . . . . arg!!!

I feel like this is the wrong side of the process to be getting the code 10. . .how can i get a code 10 while trying to fix the code 10? (rhetorical)

Anyway, I'm running win10 and have a stock KF 1st gen . . somehow managed to root the device in my weeks of uncoordinated attempts at flashing the bootloader. Any advice other than: just be happy I have root on the stock OS and go on with life?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
How to flash twrp and firefirefire with a Fastboot cable
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
Thank you for that!. . . but what am i looking for on this? The fastboot info is not something i can do (code 10) . . . are you pointing me to this:

"and use drivers from here [HOW-TO] Amazon Kindle Fire Signed Driver for WinXP/Vista/7/8/8.1

If driver does not install correctly kindle may boot to Fastboot, and you will need a different pc to send normal boot code to kindle

or an Non-Windows option like SoupKit"

I'm a bit dense, a little more direction please ;)
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
that driver doesn't work with fastboot mode, use the one from Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.9
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
uninstalled old drivers, restarted, reinstalled KFU v0.9.9 drivers via KFU and device "Android ADB Interface" is still showing Code 10 when the KF is in FB mode. . . what else could i be doing wrong? Tried installing drivers manually but windows reports "the folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder blah blah blah . . .. "
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
Could be a bad fastboot cable

bad bootloader

some other hardware incompatibility with pc

what system version is on the device?
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
Sys Ver: 6.3.4_user_4120720

How can I tell if its a bad ff cable? I've read that its supposed to hold the KF logo when its plugged in and that's what it does. Can I switch to a different cable once i've got the logo steady?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
would need a known good fastboot cable

yes, but the data connection could be bad

should be able to swap cables after its in fastboot mode
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
Fastboot cable swap doesn't seem to matter, windows reports that the last usb device that was connected malfunctioned and windoze cannot recognized it . . . .plblblblblblb

Sorry this didn't dawn on me earlier, but I noticed option 6 "Extras" in the KFU menu .. The main reason I'm looking to swap the recovery and rom is that I want to give this kindle to a friend that's not very experienced with android devices other than his LG G4. Looking at option 6 > Option 1 and being rooted makes me think, having gapps and a different launcher could easily bypass the problem and get me where I want to go, but I hit another brick wall . . .

KFU points to: random _dot_ kennocha _dot_ com/kindle/apps/apps.zip but doesn't seem to exist any more. . .

any leads as to where I can snag the apps.zip package that came with KFU? (or one of equivalence that comes with gapps and go launcher ex?)

ps thanks for your dedication shadow. . this is an awful lot of work for a device that i recently got a 5th gen version of for $30. so let me say, I appreciate you.
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
*bump*
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
i have instructions for installing Google Apps manually in

[How To][Root] Kindle Fire 1 update 6.3.4 [2014]
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
haha, i found it and was working on it while you posted that. Thank you! It worked except when i go to run play store, i can log in, accept terms and then i get "Application Market (com.android.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. I see in that linked thread you suggest deleting from the sys/app folder then rebooting and reinstalling but no luck, even using the go launcher
[Kindle Fire General] evilpause:
should i just toss this thing? email addy in KFU returns non existant, server to download files from is not connecting anymore, and i'm hitting brick wall after brick wall with the process. . . any advice at all?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
KFU is dead

only options for stock rom with Google Apps is manually install

I should add to instructions that it can take awhile for framework and playstore to update and settle down

or try my prerooted 6.3.3 but it may try to update

[2014][Pre-Rooted][Stock]System Version 6.3.3-Original Kindle Fire Only
[Kindle Fire General] briankcaruthers:
Need stock Kindle Reader apk

I have been through these forums backward and forward looking for a way to get the stock Kindle reader on my Gen 1 Kindle Fire. I am running 4.0.4 with the GlazedICS ROM found at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1704132.

I have tried to install the Amazon update from the Amazon site. Someone said to rename it update.zip and flash it. Doesn't work. I'm using TWRP v2.8.5.0

I want to stick with the Kindle app so it will sync with my Amazon account. Of course if there is another app that does that, I would be will to try that too.

I would appreciate any help.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
use TWRP 2.2.2.1

Kindle Fire Flashable Recoveries/Bootloaders/FFF/TWRP/COTR/CWM[2015]

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edit

After installing stock

make sure you factory reset before rebooting
[Kindle Fire General] doddwee:
Thanks for this guide. Written in a easy to understand way. I am a completey new to altering tablets + phones, but it has given me the confidence to proceed.
[Kindle Fire General] creid2352:
OK, so I've read through this post and I seem to be more screwed than ever. My Kindle is stuck at the "Amazon" boot screen after a failed update. I've booted into Recovery to try and side-load the update but I keep getting the "E: failed to mount /cache (Invalid Argument)" error so it stops the update. I've wiped data and cache with no luck. I've even tried booting into the Bootloader but I get a black screen. Surprisingly, my device is recognized by Fastboot but I'm not able to execute and "flash, format, or erase" commands. If anyone has figured a path around these issues, PLEASE send your knowledge my way. I'm using the Fire HD 7 4th Gen (Ariel).
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
this thread is for the 2011 Kindle Fire

I wouldn't recommend following anything in this thread

Please keep questions on topic and in the correct forum

Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
[Kindle Fire General] crawdad47:
I'm so glad I read this. The last couple of days I've learned so much since I tried to update my otterx mod to the Resurrection Remix. The installation hung up on updating the apps, and when I tried to "fix" it I somehow wound up with a flashing TWRP splashscreen. Luckily I noticed that my factory cable came unsoldered, and once I fixed that I had fastboot and adb. This whole forum is full of good information, like the idea that a brick is in the eye of the beholder (that sounds uncomfortable) and you can usually fix something. This particular thread showed me how to use fastboot and adb, as well as the concept of how the file system was laid out, the different levels of adb and adb shell. Once I got those concepts kind of down, following Shadow's directions made so much more sense. I fastboot erased recovery and flashed a new one in and I was on my way.

I started goofing around with the KF about four years ago, found this site, and managed to, as I thought, brick it almost immediately. Then about two years ago, I remembered I had it, and realized that I just needed to charge the battery a long time, and then I rooted it and put on the PacMan rom. All this was using Windows. Lately I've been learning a bit about the Linux cli, and that's soooo much easier. Anyhow, Kinfaun's wonderful tutorial is fortunately easy to transpose to Linux. I confess that I was only driven to get to the later pages of it by desperation, but that frantic sense of doom is a good incentive to study for me.

Thanks again to you and to this whole site. You make it fun.

Will aka crawdad47
[Kindle Fire General] ribadas:
fire hdx 8.9 adb shell: no devices/emulators found

Good evening , I have a dead fire hdx, that always start on fastboot mode. It recognized fastboot commands but not any adb command.

See below some commands and responses. Any suggestion ?. I tried with windows 7 32 bit , 64 , ubuntu, etc... and I am not able to make adb work .

Thanks and sorry if i posted on wrong thread, I am a baby at this forum!

kk@kk-HP-EliteBook-8470p:~$ adb shell

error: no devices/emulators found

kk@kk-HP-EliteBook-8470p:~$ fastboot oem idme bootmode 5001

...

FAILED (remote: oem idme not allowed for locked hw)

finished. total time: 0.060s

kk@kk-HP-EliteBook-8470p:~$ fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

product: SATURN

finished. total time: 0.059s
[Kindle Fire General] bleonard252:
I have an issue.

Whenever I use fastboot -i 0x1949 command, it stops at <waiting for device>, but whenever I do it without, all commands except fastboot reboot error with (remote: the command you input is restricted on locked hw).

I used adb reboot bootloader to reach => FASTBOOT mode... screen.

What's going on? Can it be fixed?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
Which system version? 5.x.x, 6.x.x, 10.x.x?
[Kindle Fire General] bleonard252:
Android 5.1, Fire OS 5.6.0.0.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
You have a 5th gen or higher

This is only for first generation Fires
[Kindle Fire General] babayaga12:
Hello i have a Kindle Fire 7 Hd with a Factory Cabel, the kindle stuck on bootscreen and going off what can i do i am really a noob in that.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
See links for your device in

Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
[Kindle Fire General] ahmed amjad:
thanks

but please make video for this procces i can't understand

:confused: :crying:
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
Please don't quote long posts like that, it's unnecessary.

There are several videos about using the Kindle Fire 1st Gen

[INDEX] Kindle Fire Development
[Kindle Fire General] Ender875:
Thanks for this writeup. I have been able to flash CM11 to my kindle HD6 (ariel).

Cant get bluetooth to work and the volume for headphones is very quiet and would like to go back to stock. Cant do it though.

Seems I do not have a recovery any longer. Cannot goto recovery via adb commands or using the volume up.

Boots up fine and I can access adb and fastboot command, but can not flash anything.

Comes back with:

FAILED (remote: the command you input is restricted on locked hw)

When I command: fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

I receive: product: ARIEL

adb devices

00930606516206Q0 device

I had root on it and TWRP, but no longer have either.

Thanks for any info.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
This thread is for the 2011 1st Gen Fires, see the forum for HD 6

Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
[Kindle Fire General] Ender875:
Doh! Thanks. I started looking around to see if I could solve my problem and found this write up. Didn't realize it. was only for 1st gens. Off to the other forums!

Thanks for the indepth look though. It's helped out.
[Kindle Fire General] acrinym:
Has there been any updates to your guide, as the original Kindle Fire has been out for years, and most of the tools for rooting seem to be broken. I did it back in the day with Fire Fire Fire / KFU back in 2014?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
[How To][Root] Kindle Fire 1 update 6.3.3/ 6.3.4 [2014]
[Kindle Fire General] halelawhoha:
yes!

This was exactly what I needed. I'm new but kinda tech. All I needed was a simple explanation. Thank you.
[Kindle Fire General] zeddev:
Great guide , very useful and clear.

One point, mentioning shell commands as linux commands and referring the user to general linux doc, you should point out that these are not the full linux versions but "light" equivalents provided by toolbox, a busybox clone.

Many commands do not support the full range of options and arguments described in the linux doc for similarly named commands.

Thanks.
[Kindle Fire General] Rickjones427:
I appreciate the time you took writing the kindle guide. Your information cleared up some terms for me which will be valuable for me as I read further. Some of the fog is clearing. Thanks again.
[Kindle Fire General] Rickjones427:
I really appreciate all of the information in the guides. Where I get frustrated is most of the information assumes the kindle is healthy and the PC technology is pre win10. My experience with a kindle fire 7hd 4th gen. It only loads to the amazon system recovery 3e. Using win 10, the only time I see a device is in the apply update from adb menu item. I open the command window as administrator, issue the adb.exe command and start the download. The install gets to the point where the kindle starts to burn the image but never completes. Entering ^c returns to the adb interface and entering adb devices shows

List of devices attached

00DF060645320030 sideload transport_id:3

I was hoping to be able to sideload a different bootloader. The current bootloader is anemic without any root privileges.
[Kindle Fire General] Tri4x:
Thanks for the information, this was a good starting point for me to work from and was very useful in searching out rooting software. I really did not like the whole carousel concept so thanks for helping me break away from that :-)
[Kindle Fire General] leswgnr:
What a great overview! This would have saved me weeks of searching and reading a few months ago when I was trying to root my Kindle for the first time. One suggestion, is that you might want to talk about getting the Java and Android SDKs prior to mentioning Burritoroot3.
[Kindle Fire General] GregPug:
Being a new KF user myself, I can confirm that this guide is a fantastic starting point for those who wish to mod their devices--thanks! I've spent much of the past few days researching all the same info on this forum and others; I just wish I'd come across this guide first.

You asked for suggestions: how about discussing the possibility of keeping apps and data between different flashings? This is something I myself haven't quite figured out yet. I suspect the answer has to do with creating a specific kind of backup within TWRP, and that it would only work between different versions of the same OS, but I'm not sure. However, I realize that this may fall into the category of the kinds of "specific steps" instructions that you were hoping to avoid, at least in this guide, so no problem if you don't think the topic's appropriate.
[Kindle Fire General] Dasanko:
You can make a backup and then restore only the DATA partition, or alternatively (and better yet IMO) use Titanium Backup to make backups of the installed applications you'd like to keep and their data, and later restore it all once you've flashed the new ROM/update.
[Kindle Fire General] mistermannyman:
I am noob

Thank you so much for making this guide. Although I have already rooted my KF through trail (soft bricking it once) and error (praying that I finally got it right). Reading this guide explains a lot about the meaning of things found in the explanations of tutorials. I still have a few question and I hope they aren't too technical, when a tutorial say open the adb shell command line are they talking about the dos command prompt? I know I must sound dumb but I have been away from computers for a bit and find myself searching for understanding. Overall, reading your guide has made my head stop hurting.

Thanks again,

Mr.
[Kindle Fire General] z3usdr0id:
Nice article dude!!..

It help me to enter the new Kindle os stuff :d
[Kindle Fire General] fiddlefaddle:
Yes adb is command prompt.. but you don't need it.. head over to the development section and download the kindle fire utility... use that instead. You will also need the kindleadb folder, just Google it.

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You don't need the android SDK for the kindle fire... just get the kindle fire utility...
[Kindle Fire General] b63:
or simply use the tools folder of kindle fire utility - there are all commands you'll ever need

the drivers are in the drivers/kindle folder of kindle fire utility
[Kindle Fire General] GregPug:
However, if when using KFU, you find that adb and fastboot do not recognize your Kindle -- even after installing the drivers supplied with KFU -- you will in fact need to download the Android SDK (and thus JDK) and install it, as described in the liliputing tutorial "How to root an Amazon Kindle" (can't post link due to noob status, but note that you only need to follow the 'Install ADB' and 'Enable ADB for the Kindle Fire' sections). And note that you may have to do the actual SDK install, rather than just download and unzip the zip. At least, this is what was required on my Kindle, with Win7-64.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
I don't want to clog up the thread with individual thanks, but I want everybody to know that I appreciate the comments and I've been reading all of them. It's also great to see everybody jumping in to help each other. Keep it up!

Just so we don't complicate matters, I'm going to side with fiddlefaddle and b63 on this topic. KFU has all the drivers and executables most users will ever need. I've confirmed this for myself last night by installing the drivers on both the x86 and x64 versions of Win7. The KFU drivers will work just fine and there's no need to install the SDK and Java packages. I had a harder time with x64 recognizing my Kindle in fastboot mode, but I did nothing special other than some reboots of the computer and restarts of the KF for Win7 to eventually see my KF.

Thanks everybody!
[Kindle Fire General] GregPug:
I don't want to clog this thread, so I'll make this my last reply to this side discussion, but I should note that although W7 had no problem seeing my Kindle (it showed up in Device Manager without any exclamation point), it was KFU's fastboot that couldn't see it. Multiple reboots of both my computer and the Kindle, installing the drivers from KFU, downloading the Android SDK install zip, unzipping it, and running SDK manager in order to install "Android SDK Platform-tools", etc. didn't fix it; only when I did a full SDK install did it work, and then finally KFU's fastboot was able to access it. Anyway, as I said, I don't want to drive us off-topic here. Once again, great job with the beginners' guide.
[Kindle Fire General] skyduster:
Well done. Thank you for your time and effort.
[Kindle Fire General] fiddlefaddle:
This is my last post here as well on this topic... I rooted and installed Cyanogenmod (7&9) without any trouble.. You just need to install the kfu drivers correctly. You first need to go into the computer management and completely uninstall all kindle drivers you may currently have, then you need to install the drivers from the kfu. Not using the batch file though... you need to go into device manager and click install drivers and then guide the computer to the kfu drivers.. ignore the warnings that follow and you will be good to go! Hope this helps people.:cool:

Edit

I had trouble installing the drivers from kfu at first as well but I found a liliputing video guide.. as I said you cannot use the batch file..