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[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
Good job, sorry for the confusion. I had to learn how to do this right myself as well.

The way I was able to use firekit was, with step 3 on the usb boot trick page.

3) Unplug the USB or AC adapter if it's plugged into the KF. But have the USB cable's A end plugged into the PC. This is very important.

4) Turn the power completely off. Do a shutdown if actually running Android, or hold the power button until there's no LED or backlight.

5) Pry open the back cover. The iFixit teardown (Google it) gives some ideas on how to do it, but be really careful because it's easy to snap the tabs along the long sides.

6) The power must still be off. If you accidentally powered it back on, turn it back off.

** didn't need this step **7) Run:

Code:

./usbboot aboot.bin u-boot.bin; ./fastboot boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img

This will chain load aboot, FIREFIREFIRE, then TWRP.

You can run the last command in firekit here instead with the firekit# prompt up. usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp

I actually ran the firekit command after I got the kindle into usb boot mode. So you can try it before step 8 or after.

8) Short the point shown below to the metal frame around the CPU area using your paperclip or whatever. While keeping it shorted, plug in the USB cable. This will power up the Fire with the CPU in USB boot mode.

Touch 1 end of something metal like a paperclip to the short point in the picture and touch the other end to the metal casing around that area. While holding that short in place, plug your kindle into the pc. It might take some fumbling but I finally got it. You know it works if the green light doesnt power on the side when plugged in. Once it's in usb boot mode, you can stop shorting the motherboard.

Picture of where to short the motherboard:

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

Just be careful when shorting, don't touch the ribbon cable below the short area, thats a power supply and I caused a spark on my kindle doing that. It was fine though.

9) If it works, you'll see some text fly by in the terminal, and you'll see the yellow triangle hopefully followed by TWRP starting up.

---------- Post added at 04:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:52 PM ----------

you are giving up too easily. Did you get it into usb boot mode? no green light when plugged in? Do you have aim messenger, I can try to walk you through quicker on there.

I just remembered something else you can try. When I originally tried to use the commands from the usb boot trick post, I think one of the commands worked but the 2nd with the .img file wasnt found. So maybe you should run that command first from the rekindle folder and then do the short.

./usbboot aboot.bin u-boot.bin

Then you should be able to use the firekit commands. I tried this so many times and so many different ways. Just don't give up.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
ive'e followed it to the T mate.

ran script it said wiating for omap44xx device

shorted it out and inserted micro usb. (whilst still shorted).

when you talk about the led do you mean the kindles, because mine is off always.

this thing is visually dead, but if you touch the main cpu its slightly warm as though its doing something?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
Have you been able to see the green light before? Is your kindle charged? You can try hard powering down the kindle for 20 or 30 seconds and then try to short it again. If your kindle doesn't have power, this wont work. So you literally have a black screened tablet and never see a green light during power up?

Don't use a factory cable to do this, make sure the usb cable is unmodified.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
i had a full charge 98%

tried to swap bootloader and new bootloader wouldn't work properly.

so i fastboot flashed my old 1.3 bootloader.

I flashed twrp by mistake onto my boot partition and term said that the partition doesn't have enough space. (thats when i realised so fastboot flashed fff1.3 (correctly this time)

i then ran fastboot -i oem idme bootmode 4000 and hit enter the screen flashed off and that was the last bit of life i saw.

no screen backlight

no led

no noises/flashes

just blackness

the led did work before hand
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
I'm sorry, I thought you were maybe stuck on kindle fire logo or at least led power light would flash briefly. Do you see an orange light on the led when charging?

The only thing I can suggest is maybe charge the kindle and see if you get the green light back. You might be able to sweet talk yourself a replacement kindle if you call amazon and just say it stopped working out of the blue.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Have you tried unplugging the battery for a minute or two? Its kinda tricky but it can be done if you're very careful.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
no led at all

not even on stock charger or usb

and im in england so don't know about shipping etc.

i think it must be hardware

have you heard something about using the uart pins?

Yes also had battery diconected for 10 mins or so.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
got my 1st sign of life:-)

if i disconect the battery and leave for a couple of minutes then run script, short-out pin and inset usb i get a flash or 2 of green led the terminal gets so far then stops and waits for device again. (this only happens with the battery disconnected).

iv'e tried alsorts of combo's but just carn't get past this stage:-(

anymore tips/tricks?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
Is it wrong to say that this is the newbiest thread that I have seen in 20 years?

OMG, get an ipad.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
What forums were you on 20 years ago? I had a BBS back then on my 2400 Baud modem but never had to troll anyone to earn post count.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
Thanks for your help

(we all started somewhere)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freefaling:
amother noob

I have been following this thread very closely, since I am in the same boat. Tried flashing fff 1.4 with the script by smirkis and ended up with the same brick. No sign of life whatsoever.

I am still holding off on opening up my kindle. If this lovejoy is successful (which I hope he is) then I may get the courage to do it. Otherwise I am going to try Amazon first (it's bricked anyway so might as well give it a shot).

I have tried FireKit uptill the point where it says "waitin for OMAP4xxx device". It says here:

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

that "You don't need to use the USB shorting trick for this one, just power up the Kindle after running the script" when using usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp but I had no luck getting it to work.

If someone can point out any mistake (stupid or otherwise) please feel free to do so.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
That possibility depends on whether or not the device has decided to put itself into usb boot mode automatically. To find out if it's really fixable in this manner, you will have to see if you can put it directly into usb boot mode by shorting it. Whether or not lovejoy777 can get his fixed like this isn't going to say a whole lot about your chances. This guy was able to fix up his device...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1568340&page=12

Post #118 and onward. So, it apparently works under some conditions.

All this talk about usbboot and shorting has piqued my curiosity. Almost makes me want to brick my device so I can get in on the fun! (That was for soupmagnet... a brief moment of levity for a stressful situation, I'm sure).
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freefaling:
Back from the dead/brick

and it's back out from the dead/brick world!

I followed the FireKit method using the wonderful explanations provided by tombombman! Thank You! I'll be eternally grateful :)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Haha, stressful? Nah, it takes a lot to stress me out these days. I know what real stress is. I won't lie though, I do get frustrated with people and I have very little patience for people who cannot follow directions, but that's probably just the military in me.

But, back to the topic at hand. I got confused by those instructions too so don't feel bad. You still need the usb shorting trick if you are having power on issues. It sucks but that's the way it is. Also, using VM won't work. You need a working Linux LiveUSB which is something I was unable to do for myself on a Mac. Newer versions of Lion make it notoriously difficult.

[Edit:] I get it how issues with your device can be stressful though, but hey...at least they aren't shooting at you. :)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
I meant stressful for the two with the bootloader issues (or one, since freefaling has since fixed his device). I use Lion as well, but run Parallels Desktop for my Windows and (some of) my Linux installs. It works very well for everything I've thrown at it.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
well done mate im still shorting etc:-)

ok iv'e got my hands on a windows laptop and going to try this from the start ie. liveusb
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freefaling:
Thanks guys for your interest and feedback and everything in between.

Here are some pointers for those still stuck with a brick:

- I followed DirectFix's video on Kindle teardown to get off the back cover.

- Then I setup pokey9000's Firekit on my Ubuntu 12.04. After that I ran the script 'usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp' and at 'waiting for OMAP44xx device...' I did the shorting and plugging in. (I had already setup adb earlier) (USB cable was plugged in the computer from the start of this process; but not in the Kindle)

- I used a spare thin wire lying around, shaved both ends and put one end on the metal casing and then put kindle's back cover on top of it to hold it in place. This way I had both hands free to short the point. Then plug in the usb. (Make sure USB is plugged in the computer from the very beginning) (Also make sure kindle is really off; do a hard reset prior to this step just in case)

I did not do it all in one go. So keep at it. Best of luck!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
did exactly that process but just got the following back:-((

root@ubuntu:~/firekit# usb_fix_parts_and_install_fff_twrp

Loading FFF through USB...

?

waiting for OMAP44xx device...

(at this point i shorted contact point to frame then plugged in usb micro

then the led lights up for 1 second and the following is displayed in term.)

sending 2ndstage to target...

waiting for 2ndstage response...

sending image to target...

Fixing partitions...

< waiting for device >
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
Good job freefalling. I'm glad someone benefited off my failures. Now if only lovejoy would get his unbricked too, then I would feel really good.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freefaling:
It's more of a hunch than a technical solution: it might be that your kindle fire's battery is out of juice. I say that because when I bricked mine I kept doing a hard reset and then I would press power hoping to get it back to life. But that never happened and so I would leave it alone for hours. When I would come back it would be warm to touch. So you may have left it in the on state and now it's possible that the battery is dying. I plugged mine into AC for a couple of hours before the unbricking. Try that.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
been plugged in for 8 hours overnight

i think that i read that you can do the usb short trick without battery in (as this is what happens in the factory) i only see green led when battery is diconnected if the battery is connected it stay's completely dead no sign of life like my above post^^^^^
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
me, too! Welcome, fellow old man!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
I've been playing with usbboot for the last few minutes.

When you see: "sending image to target..."

Do you get the FIREFIREFIRE yellow triangle logo? If usbboot has correctly sent u-boot.bin over USB to the device, FFF should immediately start its boot process and one of the first things it does is to throw that bootlogo up on the display. That should tell you whether or not the bootloader is loading up on the device. If it doesn't do that, the rest of it doesn't matter.

I've also seen people say that the bootloader does not need the battery to be hooked up and it can just be powered by USB, so I'm inclined to agree and say the charge on the battery is not going to be an issue.

Have you tried swapping USB cables with something else?

Have you checked the md5 checksum on the u-boot.bin file?

EDIT: It looks like FFF version 1.1 is packaged with Firekit, so you should get "7a4f1a2ff60b13a3534df318f99d813c"... I really don't think this is going to be the problem, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
I did it thank you guys sooooo much.

it was trying to do it through my ubuntu 12.04 setup. i made the flashdrive altered boot sequence etc and it booted to fff:-))))

Just booting kindle out of fastbboot and installing rom and the next post will hopefully be from my kindle:-))

give me 10 mins:-) sorry i can't stop smiling

THANKYOU ALL
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
That's great man. I'm glad you were finally able to resolve it. I thought you actually had a brick. I guess it really is pretty hard to brick the kindle fire.

Now put the new energy rom on there, cleanest rom I've found so far.

Energy.4.29.2012.Kindle.Fire.CM9.ICS

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1528024
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinfauns:
Congrats! It's always a nice rush of adrenalin when you finally get it right.

I give him credit though... he tried harder to brick it than anyone else I've seen here. Still, I had faith that he would get it fixed in the end. ;)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
We're all getting ipads!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
just a quick note i was still stuck when it finally did boot, no commands would pull it through the fff screen. i tried kindle unbrick utility, all the scripts again except the usb ones, and the only thing that sorted it was a complete wipe including sdcard an "fastboot oem format"

thanks again.

steve

p.s how do i mark the thread resolved?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lovejoy777:
funny as f%^k.. lol
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pbailey212:
Glad you got it working. And now you know what happens when you flash a recovery on your boot partition, next time just Google it:p
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
Awesome! Of all the people having problems here, I've been rooting for you the most. Glad you're back!
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BoulderGeek:
Actually, I was a NeXT systems and network admin. And, back then as now, if someone said check your path and shell variables, I would have.

I had Unix on the desktop and frame relay to the house. Raid arrays and net booting. I was a noob, but I listened. The sound of privileged kids crying here downs out the industrious efforts of the few.

Sorry if I sounded too harsh. it is still noobly.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soupmagnet:
You seem very proud of yourself. You should hold on to that.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tombombman:
Ya dude, I have no previous computer skills, you are God compared to all of us. I wouldn't normally mind except you aren't adding anything to the topic. I was just trying to help people, not worry about how noobish I or anyone looks. I suggest you tone down the arrogant attitude because you sound like the privileged one.

P.S. “Be Who You Are and Say What You Feel Because

Those Who Mind Don't Matter

and Those Who Matter Don't Mind.”

-- Dr. Seuss
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] g0og1e:
I also unbricked my Kindle using the method. Thank you, tombombman! Thank you for your great instruction.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pr0crast1nate:
Successfully unbricked my friend's Kindle using this method! Thanks for all the guidance! Was easy as pie to do.

For those that are apprehensive about opening the device, it couldn't be easier to do! I would suggest starting at the top at one of the speaker grills. The bezel around the speaker bends a little bit to allow your tool into the back without damage. Once you get it started, it pops right off!

Run the terminal commands, short the pin, then plug in USB while shorted. VOILA!

Thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] omerbs007:
can i install european firmware on a US retail galaxy tab?
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] Ceelos09:
No. The partition sizes are different on both tablets, flashing their firmware can leave you with a sweet paperweight :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] omerbs007:
tnx man that really helped me!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] gorealmighty:
Just got this phone and I'm curious, with out rooting, OS there a way to get Google play? I still have the old market....but I'm on 2.3.
[HTC Inspire 4G] marsdta:
It will eventually update itself. Or you could just download the apk and install it yourself.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Agoattamer:
Try going into remove programs and select "Market". Clear the cache and data and then go to the market. This has been known to trigger the update for some.
[HTC Inspire 4G] gorealmighty:
Thanks guys, I ended up just downloading the apk. However I am curious as to y my signature says desire and not inspire....this is a refurb handed to me by a technician lol.
[HTC Inspire 4G] zelendel:
You flashed something that changed your build prop
[HTC Inspire 4G] th3lawmak3r76:
no mine did to when i first used xda and when i first used it i wasnt rooted
[HTC Inspire 4G] gorealmighty:
Yep, I haven't gone on a root adventure with the inspire yet. I just soft bricked an atrix, I think I'm done rooting for the evening lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kornklown69:
Are you ready?

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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
What is this??

Never mind...i go it. cant wait.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
The galaxy s3 announcement.

Sent from the TermiNOTEr! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Sgt_Bilbo:
The screenshot is the Samsung Unpacked app. If you're asking about Unpacked as a whole, think of it as Samsung's answer to Apple's WWDC.

Hope that answered your question. If not, someone far smarter than I will provide you that info.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
thanks to both of you.....i got it now, cant wait for the outcome - looking to see whats going to replace my note in my next line of phones....;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kornklown69:
same here i have an upgrade in December!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kornklown69:
update the app the live part of the app is open.... nothing on it yet though still have 8 mins
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
I have an upgrade in Oct. so im on the lookout as well.....keep us posted Korn!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Android The Greek:
I read the press release galaxy note > siii so glad I got it. They really didn't surprise me like I thought they would.

"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!*"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dhoang:
Saw the official release of the S3 over in Engadget, Im not impressed at all with the design. The Note is still better looking in my opinion. Will wait until the Note 2.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Android The Greek:
Agreed

"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!*"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] borijess:
The note will stay with me for a while.

Sent from the TermiNOTEr! ;)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
why are yall so unimpressed??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] cholepuree1:
Seems like most of the SGS3 is software (S Voice, AllShare, Social Integration) - im sure we'll be able to port to the note, right??
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dmbrown81:
I was really hoping the phone will dance for me on command :o
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] dhoang:
Now that will impressed me. lol :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sam.jh:
Who else is glad they didn't wait to get the note??? :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Android The Greek:
I was hoping for at least 12mph camera or something like 4.1.0

"Since God created man, and man created the Galaxy Note, the Galaxy Note are like a gift from God, Randal!*"
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] st3chn0:
Really disappointed with the release... No 12mega pixel camera 8 is now too little for the growing tech there is

And the design bleurrhh

Everything else the s2 has the capabilities to perform

Oh well I'll just wait till the release of the next nexus hopefully they can do better next time
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
im thinking of getting it anyway.......seems interesting. i would have liked to see a 12 mgpxl camera on that sucker.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kornklown69:
may agree with everyone may wait for that note 2....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] the2rrell:
yea i bet the Note 2 will be awesome.......but i may cave and get the s3 then the note 2 when it drops. unless there close in release dates
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kornklown69:
i will probably do the same haha

i love new toys
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] s1mpd1ddy:
SGS3.. all software.... which is funny because samsung is not known for making great software, otherwise I wouldn't be running a freakin rom on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ambrosios:
in my opinion......

1. no LTE at launch...(since we know that the previous Exynos processor is not LTE compatible...i am assuming that if it goes LTE.....it will use the snapdragon processor again)

2. the screen resolution is the same as the NOTE......but its smaller in size...(i already have the NOTE....so why do i need S3?)

3. 1G ram......come on...really? even the S2 has 1G...you not giving us much here..... can't samsung give us more.......1.5? maybe 2? sure.....its has quad core exynos processor....but really.......no point in giving us that amazing chip if you only give us 1G

4. 8MP camera......hmm...samsung said that its focusing on photosharing......okay.....whatever....i rather have a 12MP camera at my disposal if i can.....

i mean if i have a old phone...like the orginal Galaxy S....its a good phone to upgrade to....but from a note.....its just a small cosmetics upgrade....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kornklown69:
lol we can call it the "galaxy s II S" lmao
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlackZenith:
I doubt they were after S2/Note owners. They are going after old phone owners... so to your point they did just fine.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] porkenhimer:
1gb of ram is more than enough for any modern android device plus there are other things that people might like about the s3 like how it will come in 16gb 32gb & 64gb varients. If you were gonna pick on one of the cameras why not the front cam? The front is only 1.2mp and I am sure that the 8mp cam satisfies you on the note so why put it down on the s3? The resolution is actually not the same as the note but very very close. It actually has the same resolution as the nexus. I think the s3 is a very good upgrade to the samsung galaxy line of devices but I still favor the note. As for quad core I would bet it will be dual core on american carriers just like the one x which is quad core in europe but dual core in america. Quad core chips do not work well on lte networks. I hate when people think every new device is gonna be twice as good as the last. It naive and childish.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] BlackZenith:
I'm sure everyone that's disappointed will change their tune IF the quad core is any good. That's all that really matters to xda since all I here about is lag this lag that and butter here silk there :rolleyes: ... just sayn