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[Kindle Fire Android Development] frettfreak:
ok.. need some help.. i have googled my ASS off and cannot find anything to help!!!

I am stuck in fbmode!!! I am on win764, have my sdk, fastboot and kindle drivers installed and were all working before i booted to FB mode. This is not my first time using adb or fastboot. I have been around a little bit and had 4 android devices all rooted previous to this.. however, i am STUCK!!

I followed the instructions in the OP. after i did this:

unzip fbmode.zip

adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/fbmode

adb shell /data/local/fbmode

adb reboot

now, as the post says, my kindle is in fastboot, but all it says is unknown device in device manager and it wont take any driver that i point it too. previous to going into fbmode, the drivers were loaded and it was recognized as a kindle. Now, obviously, because there are "no drivers installed" i cant do anything (all it says is waiting for device).

How do i get out of FB mode? or better yet.. finish rooting this damn thing. PLEASE HELP!! I am googled out and just need help.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bocautrang.pt:
The same thread here: http://www.icsforums.com/forum/showthread/6866
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
With your device on and plugged in, Go to your device manager and delete your current drivers or whatever is left of them. Then turn your device off, run install_drivers.bat, enter your fastboot command or KFU option and turn your device back on when you see "waiting for device"

It may help to reboot Windows after you uninstall your drivers.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] frettfreak:
i have tried this (several times actually) and still nothing. I have tried the FireKit live USB thing as well and still any time it is trying to access the device i get "waiting for device" (on the live USB, i am in a brand new linux environment with everything that i am supposed to need.

Any one have any other suggestions??

PLEASE?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
send it to me, I'll root it n send it back.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] frettfreak:
I could just bring it to you.. i am only a few hours away from San Diego. lol
[Kindle Fire Android Development] n1ck75:
interesting one for you guys. Long Time Fastbooter, linux user (using win7 to do commands) all going swimmingly, until reboot after recovery.img flash

Kindle powered down, will not turn on at all now. Had 98% Battery before flashing. Tried Hard Reset (20sec holding power)

Any clues would be great.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
That is interesting... Does the power LED light up? Tried plugging it into the AC wall charger?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] n1ck75:
nope, no power led (told you it was interesting :D)

Only had the thing 6hrs lol
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
I would think that the LED would come up in the very least. All you did was flash the recovery partition? What did you use? What command?

I don't know if this is going to help, but it's worth a shot...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1430038
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
sounds like a borked boot loader. we kinda need ro know the exact commands you typed
[Kindle Fire Android Development] n1ck75:
Update:

Using the CPU Short fix (Squeeky Bum Time), i've managed to get twrp working and infact through that managed to get into CWM_Based Recovery (will say why in a sec)

Neither TWRP or CWM have any issues flashing ROM's, however im unable to reboot the device to set the rom up to finish the flash off, everytime i finish the flash and go to reboot the kindle shuts down and stops, and i have to run the usb_boot_twrp to get back into recovery.

Any ideas? (cheers for the short out link!)

Update 3!

ITS ALIVE,

Seens that i had to short it to boot into a failing bootloader, then fastboot flash a working one, then flash ROM
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
I was about to say you need to flash a bootloader, but you obviously figured that part out on your own. Good job bringing it back to life. There's another guy (name withheld to protect the guilty) with a problem similar to yours who was told to try Firekit and he's spent the past 2 months trying to figure an easier way out. Kudos to you!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] n1ck75:
Cheers for the Help, the bootloader was flashing, but i think because the usb install of twrp was 'sparking' the thing into life, i need to manually start it with the short, then flash a working bootloader.

A lot easier in a linux environment to use firekit!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ashast1:
my kindle fire stuck to the kindle fire screen

thanks for the nice post.. I'm following the steps you provided.. I've succeed to the following steps

adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/fbmode

adb shell /data/local/fbmode

adb reboot

but after reboot my kindle fire stuck to the kindle fire screen and

fastboot line is not working..

adb is also not working here..

when I write fastboot reboot it shows waiting for device..

device is already installed in my device and printer and showing at status bar..

please help me to get out of this..

thanks in advance
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pokey9000:
It's been so long since I booted in USB with shorting. It's likely that cold booting via USB won't turn on the led. The LED is controlled by the PMIC which isn't affected by CPU resets.

What boot loader are people flashing that's causing all this trouble?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
I don't think it's any one bootloader, but the way people are trying to flash it. One guy used 'dd' to write a recovery image to the bootloader partition and another guy flashed the zip file without extracting it first. n1ck75, I'm sure was using 1.3 or earlier and ashast1's problem is more likely a device driver issue since he sees the "kindle fire" screen. I'm not sure why so many people are having bootloader issues the last several days. I've never seen Firekit mentioned so many times around here.

Read this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552547

specifically post #2 in that thread will go over how to make sure you've got your drivers installed correctly. Post #3 covers fastboot commands you can use to see if your computer and Kindle Fire are able to talk to each other.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ashast1:
thanks,

Thanks very much for clearification, Kindly fire utility solved my problem.. with rooted kindle fire...

thanks again...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Evo_Shift:
All of the firefirefire bootloaders I can find are zip files apparently meant to be flashed in recovery. Where do I get an image file to flash using these instructions?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
extract the zip!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] akalostangel:
I apologize in advance for being thick headed and wary. :) I am new at the Kindle thing and don't have a programming background, though I am not totally computer stupid.

I have a couple of questions which I did search for but am not completely comfortable with the answers I found.

My kindle is rooted using KFU. I am running ES File Explorer.

I have found the file check_rooted.bak in ES File Explorer.

1. Can I rename check_rooted.bak here?

2. Would it be better to deleted it completely?

3. If I delete or rename, will this keep future updates from unrooting my Kindle?

(It has nothing to do with this issue, but I feel it worth noting that I could not use the drivers in the KFU 9.5. Instead I had to go back to an earlier version and use those drivers (install_drivers.bat dated 1/9/2012) I kept getting an error message within the command prompt screen that disappeared before I was able to read it.)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] akalostangel:
Ok, I spent most of the day searching this forum and have come to the conclusion that my check_rooted has already somehow been renamed to check_rooted_bak. Regardless, I am not having any problems with anything, so I'm just going to leave well enough alone until I find something to tell me differently.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] mshnayde:
Hey guys,

I just bought the kindle and thinking of rooting it.

It's running 6.2.2, however, will there be a way to return it to fulll root afterwards if I were to need it warrantied.

I am really interested in having the google Play store installed but want to make sure I can return it back to stock.

Thanks for the newbie question?

I am not new to flashing my phone, but there seems to be a way to return it back to stock on there.

Can't seem to find anything about returning it to stock on the Kindle though. Just a temporary unroot through the OTA app or something.

Thanks for the clarification.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Dishfsm1:
mshnayde... Try This:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399072
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tedr108:
I rooted my and a friend's KFs using this method. My friend now wants me to unroot him (don't ask me why). Is there a way for me to manually unroot him? Like maybe renaming su to xsu and rebooting, or something easy like that? And, if you are kind enough to answer that question, please let me know how I can re-root his KF easily.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
download the official kf rom, rename it .zip boot into recovery, wipe data/system/dalvik/cache then flash official rom.zip

it should replace bootloader/recovery/rom after reboot system. not reboot bootloader or recovery. reboot system!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] vertcam9:
mine got bricked after fastboot FFF and TWRP.

:( can't boot up the device. ordered factory cable already, hoping it can bring it to life :
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Ledgehanger:
Thank you for helping those of us that are really "Level 1" adventurers ;) to get out there and mix it up with the dragons a little bit, without getting either eaten or even badly singed. Your gracious assistance is most appreciated.

In case it is helpful to others, the 0.96 version of KFU packages up all of these tools nicely - and even if the packaged set doesn't work (as it didn't quite for me), one can get enough between that package (in the "Files" folder) and these instructions to breeze through the difficulties pretty well.

Thanks, again!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] spamicus:
Everything was going great until I went to flash recovery. I've now been sitting here with my terminal showing "sending recovery (5568 kb)..."

It's been probably 20 minutes and I'm still stuck at the kindle fire screen. Any suggestions?

BTW, I'm doing this on an OSX machine.

Thanks in advance for the help!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
if u Bork the recovery its okay, just close that window. type in fastboot devices first n see what it returns. if u get device and a bunch a numbers then redo fastboot flash recovery
[Kindle Fire Android Development] spamicus:
Thanks for the info, but no such luck for me. Looks like I bricked it at this point :(

The power button now does nothing, the charger does nothing, etc. I'm going to spend my time now trying to find out if there's any option available to me other than making/ordering a factory cable. At that point it would force into fastboot and I could try and reflash recovery, right?

Thanks again for the help!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Alessioromatm:
a my friend has a difficulty,when he type "fastboot oem idme bootmode 5002",the prompt shows "waiting for device",how can he solve this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
For the factory cable to be useful, you need to have a working bootloader. If you don't even get a bootlogo appearing on the display when you power up the device, the bootloader is not loading for whatever reason. I suggest you look into Firekit...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1430038

It might be as simple as needing to specify a vendor ID in your fastboot command if you are using the stock bootloader...

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001

or it might be a device driver issue if you are using Windows...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23747671&postcount=2

You might also try reading this...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668159

and make sure you are in fastboot mode before issuing fastboot commands.

There's nothing inherently wrong with the instructions provided in the OP that would cause your device to be bricked. You can post more information about the problem or make suggestions on how the instructions should be updated, but your rant and run posting doesn't do any ****ing good to anybody.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] spamicus:
Thanks! I was just looking at this and since I've already got an Ubuntu machine I guess I could just unpack the firekit tools and get started. The only thing that gives me heartburn about this is it looks like I'll have to do the usb short method since I can't power on the device at all. Am I reading that right?

I guess since it's bricked right now I might as well give it a shot! Thanks again.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
My understanding is the device sometimes puts itself into USB boot mode, but this does not appear to be a common occurrence. No harm in trying out the scripts first, but you're probably opening up the case.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] spamicus:
No dice on this thing magically putting itself into USB mode for me. I'm a little confused though about the factory cable. I thought the factory cable was exactly for applications like this where you've bricked the device to the point where it has no battery left, or at least thinks it has no battery left.

I get nothing with plugging in to usb, wall-charger, or pushing the power button. It's only $16 for the factory cable, but I don't want to buy it if it's pretty much guaranteed not to help me. I guess I'm missing something!? :confused:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] chocoyo00:
Looks like I'm in your same boat. Exact same thing happened here and now it won't turn on at all. :(
[Kindle Fire Android Development] antdog24:
really my wife is gonna kill me

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Ok getting a new one Friday under warranty. I wont be rooting the next one **** that.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kentot:
Same thing happened to me tonight. New one will be here Friday. Still debating about rooting it. The Google Play Store is just too tempting. But We'll see.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jesusdavid:
FYI I used the utility tool for Kindle and root my Kindle with no error or bricking and even flash gapps.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MizzouBrent:
So is that different than this method? Just purchased this yesterday and busy reading up on everything. I'm on 6.3 software and it seems like people are having a tough time getting this method to work correctly.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MizzouBrent:
The Kindle Fire Utility? What version of the software are you on? I'm on 6.3.1. Seems to be a lot of people in Q&A stuck in fastboot mode who have tried to root on the newest software. Just trying to be as cautious as I can before trying it.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
the safest way to get into fastboot and make sure your drivers work and not end up stuck, is a fastboot cable.

plug in the cable, fastboot devices

if it returns a device your safe to perform the rest of the root commands

if not, fix your drivers. n start over and not be stuck.

without a cable, this is where people get stuck. without the cable and proper drivers, u can't get out of fastboot until you fix your drivers.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] MizzouBrent:
This morning I installed twrp, flashed fff with no issues on 6.3.1. Just need to read up on roms.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] moore.bryan:
Quick question about one of the early-on steps...

When you wrote

for the "name of firefirefire image," is that the bin or the zip?

Sorry for the basic question...

Edit: never mind, figured it out.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] JoseGutierrez:
Just got my Kindle Fire this morning. Used Break Droid to root it on my MacBook pro. Pretty easy as long as you follow the directions in Terminal. Highly recommend it for Mac users.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Benignoid:
Wil this root work on 6.3.1?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
it should. use kfu if you want, it automated this process
[Kindle Fire Android Development] bennettg:
I followed the instructions using ubuntu 12.04 as follows:

adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/fbmode

adb shell /data/local/fbmode

adb reboot

My kindle was "stuck" on the kindle fire screen, but really it's just in fastboot mode.

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin

and this was the output:

bennettg@eyhldfk:~$ fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader u-boot.bin

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:

update <filename> reflash device from update.zip

flashall 'flash boot' + 'flash system'

flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition

erase <partition> erase a flash partition

getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable

boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel

flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it

devices list all connected devices

reboot reboot device normally

reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader

options:

-w erase userdata and cache

-s <serial number> specify device serial number

-p <product> specify product name

-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

bennettg@eyhldfk:~$

what am i doing wrong? thanks in advance
[Kindle Fire Android Development] casacristo:
I just did it with Ubuntu

do this:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader ./u-boot.bin

(assuming u-boot.bin is in the local folder you are, check with ls)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Muzungu12:
Almost There!

I've done everything except when I typed: adb shell idme bootmode 4000

I get this message:

/sbin/sh: idme: not found

Any advice?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tshot:
You need to use kfu.

When life gives you tech....Make use of it.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Muzungu12:
I'm using it, but it says that it can't find the drive specified...

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for bootstatus it says unknown
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kinfauns:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29186989&postcount=157
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Muzungu12:
Thank you so much!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Brad_J:
Disregard
[Kindle Fire Android Development] edkozuto:
After

everything flashed, but then nothing happened. I shutted down kf, but now it doesn't boot at all(
[Kindle Fire Android Development] radici:
c:\kfu\tools>adb shell mv /system/bin/check_rooted /system/bin/check_rooted.bak

mv: can't rename '/system/bin/check_rooted': No such file or directory

help?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] rehabray:
I rooted another kindle about 3 days ago and got the same error message. if yours did like mine it successfully flashed the recovery and bootloader but didn't actually root the device permanently. all I had to do was just use recovery to flash a custom ROM which came with root.

rockin' the Miui Incredible 2 w/ xda premium
[Kindle Fire Android Development] marty331:
This thread saved me, I used it to re-root my in-laws kindle fires, they had updated and lost root. Now they are running AOSP 4.2.1.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] carlodeluca:
I'm stucked at "adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode"...

The terminal returns: -bash: adb: command not found

Can someone help me?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] elrichie23:
I know i put glue on a place the factory digitizer did not have, where the white lines are going down, could have this affected the sensors?
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] elrichie23:
I verified and already put the glue where it is supposed to go but it still does not work on the lower end of the digitizer... If anybody can help I'd really appreciate it!
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] tu3218:
So I saw the deal on Bestbuy.com and I'm thinking about selling my a500 for this tablet. I love my tablet but the battery life just isn't there and I feel like its taking away from the portablet aspect of it. My main concern is losing USB and HDMI. I've read nothing but good reviews for this tablet so I know its an amazing tablet. But not everyone had a tablet capable of those tasks like USB and HDMI. So they may not "understand" what its like to have those. They aren't that crucial, but I did like hooking my a500 up to my LCD TV. Has anyone made a switch of this sort and is it a good idea to do this? thanks for any help and input.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Mr_Beefy:
I took advantage of this deal and I am really enjoying it. I have rooted mine and installed Galaxian Soup AOSP ROM and it has made the experience a lot better. As for HDMI out and USB I know there are several adapters you can get if you needed this functionality.

Here are the two Samsung adapters:

USB / SD

HDMI out
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] tu3218:
Were you able to the free dock with it? It's telling me I still can but when I add the tablet to my cart I don't see the dock anywhere.

Also, how is the battery life? I've seen the speculated battery life but what is actual usage?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] knipp21:
With a screen on time of about 3 hours..flashing roms and setting it up...I got 2 full days
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] tu3218:
3 hours??? Engadget's review had it at roughly 9 hours screen time.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] poisike:
Yes, i also get about 9 hours of screen on time with one charge.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] testulous:
If i got less than seven hours of screen on time it would be warranty time. That's not right unless you somehow killed your battery, let it run down to zero much?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] knipp21:
No...I used it for about 3 total hours..and the battery lasted 48
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] knipp21:
i understand you get 9 hours of screen time..but with that, whats your total battery life time? i was just saying with light use i got 2 days and was still at like 20%
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] TXFLGO05:
You can also search on Amazon (almost every one of the 10.1 accessories USB & HDMI) appear to work. I always check the review first to see if someone has attempted it before ordering. I ordered my USB & SD Reader Monday and they should be here today.

If that is the only thing holding you back I'd say jump on it, and see if they are still offering the free dock (BB Website is down otherwise I'd tell you if it is or not).

***the official Samsung 10.1 adapters do work. Deal is still live as of today 3/29.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] tu3218:
Best Buy is back up and it still shows the special offer. But when I add it to my cart, the dock isn't added. Any ideas?
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] Mr_Beefy:
When I purchased the tab, the dock was added to the cart automatically. You could try to search for the dock and add it to cart individually and see if the price is reduced. Maybe they ran out of docks or the promotion has ended.
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] tu3218:
yeah that worked, adding it manually. thanks
[Galaxy Tab 8.9 General] ctjameson:
I have owned an iPad 1, iPad 2, HP Touchpad, and and ASUS Transformer. This is by far the best tablet I have ever owned and have used it the most out of any other tablet. I have the USB adapter and multimedia dock. Getting my Keyboard dock tomorrow when I go to work(it's been there since yesterday, but just now got released. :mad: ). I plan on ordering the HDMI adapter and a couple cases to try out later. :D