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[Kindle Fire Android Development] blatadude:
Request

Is there anyway to make it charge and not boot until I press the power button. I am meaning that if my kindle dies to where it turns off I want to charge it without it turning on. Is there a way for me to mod the .zip or is someone else willing to for me. I understand this is a very specific request so if someone could point me how to or do it for me i would be so grateful.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
I'm pretty sure that's kernel related and not so simple to implement. It took nearly a year to get it to charge the way it does now, so I'm guessing it probably won't be messed with any time soon.

As soon as you plug it in, you can hold the power button until it shuts off and it will still charge...if that helps.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
[bootloader][05-26] FFF 1.4A bugfixes + new look + recovery boot [.zip file s...

Is there a way to convert the u-boot-1.4a.bin into an .iso. (For extraction purposes) I've tried multiple tools but they all fail, or say no tracks could be found?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
Anyone?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
Why don't you look into getting the source?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
[bootloader][05-26] FFF 1.4A bugfixes + new look + recovery boot [.zip file s...

Honestly it never occurred to me, I'll take a look at it
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
Hey, not sure if anyone follows this a anymore. But if the cydia mobilesubstrate gets big (it may or may not be, time will only tell) Suarik said you can always just go into safe mode bye holding volume up. Problem? We don't have a volume key. If, it gets to be a big thing, would it be possible to add a Safemode boot option to FFF? I'm not entirely sure of how to do it, I'm jut curious?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] 404-Not Found:
I know this Thread is old, but will there be any update to something like 1.4b or 2.0?

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Not sure but I if Cydia gets big(why would it?), XDA devs like Hash will surely get something even better.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
Its a good idea if you read about it, you can use bits and pieces of themes to basicly make your own! It might catch on, but its certainly not for me. And I don't think there will be any updates, theres no need for it. No new features need to be added, so probably not.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
What issues do you have that need fixing?

I have never seen anyone post any problems that 1.4a did not address, so why do you feel the need for 1.4b or 2.0?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] seishuku:
It would be nice to fix the power button menu select, get it to respond better than it does... but really, how often are you actually dealing with the boot loader?

It boots and you can get to recovery, that's all it really needs to do.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
I will probably update the bootloader when kernel 3.4 goes mainstream.

I would like to establish a different partition layout for the device -- making it more like the other KFires. I want to combine the data/sdcard partitions and use /data/media for storage. It gives us a lot more flexibility IMHO. Those what want a ton of apps installed get that, and those that would like a slightly larger sd area would have (less apps installed).

My issue is supporting a "stock" build using this partiton layout. I know many users still like to use stock occasionally.

For the bootloader itself, I'd like to switch to a text-based menu system providing a few more options. Currently the menu is image based and we've used all of the space that we have available.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] seishuku:
Yeah, that too... text menu is something that I started for my own boot loader awhile ago, but never found time to finish.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] tobiascuypers:
Would this 'stock' build be a 6.3.2 or a 10.x.x (like the newer Kfires? )
[Kindle Fire Android Development] 404-Not Found:
No many issues but as seishuku said, the power button may sometimes be a little unresponsive although that may be a hardware issue but yet a update would get better responsiveness.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pmgreen:
I just flash this, now the Kindle Fire will not turn on. Please help
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pkt_Lnt:
This is only for the first generation Kindle Fire that came out over a year ago, is that what you have?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pmgreen:
I have the Kindle Fire HD 7. I'm not sure which generation it is though. Amazon just had it on sale a few weeks ago
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Sblood86:
If it's an HD it's not the first generation. As Pkt_Lnt pointed out the first generation was released in late 2012...

Pretty much everything in this forum is devoted to the first generation, a quick search reveals that the HD models are found in a separate forum Amazon 7" Kindle Fire HD, 8.9" Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire 2.

Probably want to ask around there but more than likely your device is hosed do to flashing the incorrect bootloader.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] eemeen:
Great work Hashcode

It worked great. I'm not even familiar with flashing or rooting what so ever. I spent three hrs of research and try. Everything worked. You rock bro. I much appreciate it. Now I have my own tablet that I can take to the airplane for frequent and long business trip.

Regards,

Doug

:good::good::good::good::good:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kvnkarthik:
[Q]booting.....

from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1552547 post i found that i am in FFF mode since i am getting a display of white and blue kindle logo. At the bottom its showing press the power button to boot when i pressed it its showing "booting..." and is not going any further.can you suggest me what should i do to get the device back to its normal working state
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soupmagnet:
Press and hold until the boot menu appears
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kvnkarthik:
wow.,., u guys r really great.,., it worked thank you.,., the boot menu appeared and i selected recovery mode and the power light changed orange .,.,
[Kindle Fire Android Development] razen_kain:
is there another place i can download the bootloader from? Goo.im says "The file you requested was not found"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] KindleUser:
Use kindle fire utility to flash FFF 1.4a

If you need the link, I'll provide it.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] razen_kain:
Thank you but it turns out after a little more research i have a kf2 so... Thank goodness i didn't go off half cocked and do something stupid.

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[Kindle Fire Android Development] KindleUser:
Oh, well then lol. Look up kindle fire 2 and you'll find your way back :P
[Kindle Fire Android Development] razen_kain:
Well i guess it wouldn't hurt to go ahead and post the link then :rolleyes:

Sent from my SGH-S959G
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pig Vomit:
Please forgive what may seem like a stupid question.....I searched, couldn't find the answer.....

Today, I finally updated TWRP to 2.6.3.1 from 2.2.2.1 (THAT was a pain in the butt getting adb to work right....it's been a long time) before updating to CM11. While I was at it, I updated FFF from 1.4a to 1.5....or so I thought. If I'm on 1.5, will the boot screen still show 1.4a? Or did I screw up somewhere? How can I tell if I successfully updated to 1.5?

Thanks in advance for your replies.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] VTCruzer:
There is no FFF 1.5. There's FFF Extended which let's you dual-boot but there's no 1.5.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Pig Vomit:
First page indicates there is a 1.5 now. That's why I was/am confused.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Yeah it still shows 1.4a. I forgot to update the boot screen.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] VTCruzer:
Oh I didn't notice that :P
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sabres032:
I updated a few days ago and I was wondering the same thing. Life got a little busy so I forgot to ask. Thanks Hash :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] :
Wrong place... This is kindle 1st gen forum. I think you have an hd
[Kindle Fire Android Development] brizey:
Dang, wish I had seen the 1.5 update. My kid let the battery run down and its stuck in "charging low battery please wait mode..." and I can't seem to get it out of it. Going to let it sit on PC usb overnight and see it it comes out of it.

Edit: Got impatient. Unplugged from USB and put it back on the stock Amazon charger and boom it booted. Going to flash 1.5 in the morning.

Edit again: got to 5% then stopped charging (while booted into CM) with the stock charger. Wondering if a year and a half of a 4/5 year old plugging it in has taken its toll on the usb port.

Edit one more time: Yep, it's the port. Have to brace it up to get the contacts to connect, but I am getting it charged. Got the new BL loaded...expecting low battery conditions to be common until we can get this replaced. Maybe new Nexus 7(8?) for his birthday in August.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] joenun:
thats a very common problem with the charger port. i have to prop mine up as well. i did see a guy fixing ports on ebay for like $30.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Anthony96922:
I fixed it myself. If you have soldering experience you can do it
[Kindle Fire Android Development] joenun:
[MENTION=5417966]androvista[/MENTION] I installed kindle app to read a book and it force closes when loading. Any Idea how to fix this?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] kornklown69:
the updated app does this as Amazon is blocking it from rooted kindles either find older app or trick the app store into thinking you have a nexus 7
[Kindle Fire Android Development] brizey:
I have some soldering experience, but it was 20 years ago in grad school building radar heads using $1000 soldering stations, not the cheap crap I have out in the garage :p

I don't have a good low wattage iron or a good fine tip. I guess I should follow my old mantra of "buy the right tool when you need it", but I hate to go drop $100-$200 on a soldering station for a tablet that's worth about $50 at the most.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dyson77:
I am having a problem the kindle is stuck in the blue white boot screen at says booting but never gets past.

I tried hooking up a fastboot cable and when it boots with that i get a traffic light at the top that says fast boot and it blinks from green to yellow. but i cant access the system to put a version in there.

i can access the recovery in teh boot options but it doesn't show a file to load at all,

not sure what the heck happened
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Please dont use this file. You have a KFire 2nd ed (not the 1st edition).

There is another forum for that device on Xda.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] dyson77:
ok can you direct me to the right one
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
[MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] link in OP is

broken.... https://goo.im/devs/hashcode/otter/bootloader/flash-zip/

should be https://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/otter/bootloader/flash-zip/
[Kindle Fire Android Development] fabrizio77:
Link for downloading the bootloader 1.5 is not working anymore.....

Can anyone update it , to a working link?

Thanks Fabrizio
[Kindle Fire Android Development] fifo209:
need reup of the file

Can you please reup the BL or provide an ALT location?

The one in the post does not work with ither loer case h or upper H...

Thanks,
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Ciespi:
Is there anyone that can possibly PM me a link or the Flashable zip for 1.5? really need it and the link is no good. Thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
Kindle Fire Flashable Recoveries/Bootloaders TWRP/COTR/CWM/FFF [2014]
[Kindle Fire Android Development] skynet2.0:
goo.im not working

for some reason every time i click the download link i get a 400 Bad request error
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sd_shadow:
See my post just before yours
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Misune:
Also requesting a mirror. Can't wait to get my hand on this new version.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Use links in OP.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
okay, I'm officially blown away. this selector works in fastboot which is frakin awesome, the end of all boot loops! you the man hash! I tried a few times rebooting into fastboot and I can. now successfully get out without a computer! bravo
[Kindle Fire Android Development] acax456:
Can u make a gscript file for us?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] cuguy:
Thank you so much! I've been neglecting recovery and bootloader update, after flashing both, everything just works.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
*recommended method*

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=22608974

hope hashcode doesn't mind.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] jwilliamf:
I'm using twrp 2.0. Can this upgrade the firefirefire I'm curently using? Will this mess up twrp?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
Use links in OP.

jwilliamf: you can upgrade to the new bootloader. It works with any recovery.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
fff v1.2

I am still rocking the 1.2 ver of fff. The changelog for 1.4 mentions bugfixes. Are there any bug fixes which are not listed? I would like to keep rocking the old logo, that's what's keeping me from updating.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] acax456:
Ive run with script manager. It works. Tks
[Kindle Fire Android Development] yangtsesu:
great job!!1
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
All of the bugfixes are listed in the OP. The only real big one is that the charger mode built into the bootloader was broken at some point. This feature keeps the Kindle from bootlooping due to low power battery.

The other changes are additional functionality and/or failsafes for those that might need them (ways out of fastboot mode, etc).

As much as I liked the original FFF logo, I decided on a slightly more "ics"-themed / clean look for the new logo. Sorry, it's not to your liking :/ Due to the difficult nature of building the screens as RLE files and then compiling them into bootloader, I can't support building custom versions of the bootloader.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] juaduve:
Super Thanks your amazing job!!!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] speedingcheetah:
Cool

Works great..

I first tried to use the Script manger in root manager..didn't notice any change....then i downloaded the free version of Root Browser..flashed the script and boot-loader fine...YEA!..no more ugly yellow triangle..LOVE the Blue Kindle Fire logo..almost looks like is is supposed to be there. :)

Thanks again...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Locutus5382:
Can't use the script :(

it says" /sdcard/install-fff-1.4-bootloader-fromsdcard.sh 4: Syntax error:newline unexpected"
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
After much deliberation, I decided to let the old one go. Figured, I may regret sticking with the old one in case I got stuck at the bootloop.

Thanks for the effort, Mr.Hashcode.

EDIT:

Same thing is happening to me:
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Thepooch:
Worked great it boots just like it should hope I did everything right just downloaded the boot loader and the script to the root of my SD and ran the script works perfect didn't rename anything tho hope that's ok:-) thx hashcode fine job I figured as many roms as I flash on my poor little kindle better safe than sorry:-)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Aesrys:
Thank you. I used the fastboot method and it worked great for me. I also like the new logo, it just looks better. Great job. Between this and the 3.0 kernel, when do you have time to sleep? :D
[Kindle Fire Android Development] YaKillaCJ:
Thanx Hashcode. Nice update indeed.

OK so I flashed this and all was good accept the reset IDME/recovery loop thing. Or maybe it was my fault. I issued the advanced recovery command to get in recover because I switched to twrp. Was moving over to ICS and seen the new Bootloader, so did that.

Well basicly the reboot reset command didn't do it. I had to use the KFire Brick tools recovery loop command.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] brizey:
Did you look at the script in a text editor?

It ran fine for me. Maybe try redownloading the script again. I put both at the root of the sdcard and ran from root explorer.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] capridream:
fixed
[Kindle Fire Android Development] meturne2:
For someone who doesn't understand at all can someone walk me through installing this? From what I understand I put .bin file on sdcard and then do something in Root Browser?

Thanks!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] verfahrer:
Thanks, a great job!

I have used "adb-method". After booting into TWRP recovery mode I connected the device to my PC and started KindleADB. Then I typed all the commands and rebooted again. That's all!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DaraM:
Tips

Here is how I did, and it works!

Download the file, from the dropbox link, file named, fff-u-boot_v1.4.bin, and the other file, install-fff-1.4-bootloader-from-sdcard.sh, from the link in method #3. Put both files on the root of your sdcard. Get a free copy of the Root Browser install onto your device, then run it....

Go sdcard, then click "install-fff-1.4-bootloader-from-sdcard.sh, then click the Run Cript botton(the computer monitor icon)....

Voila! :D

A million thanks to the Dev!!!
[Kindle Fire Android Development] rthibeault:
Thanks Hash and thank you DaraM for the easy instructions! Thanks button hit...
[Kindle Fire Android Development] sthomas38:
New update is awesome, thanks :).

Envoyé depuis mon Amazon Kindle Fire avec Tapatalk
[Kindle Fire Android Development] diba320:
ok, installed via Root Browser. Restarted, at least tried ... Fire did the shut down, now no reaction any more. On/Off button flashes green for a second, nothing more.

KFU no sign of live of the Fire ...

Any hints?

UPDATE, after a looong hold of the OnOff button and again plugging to the PC, it is back to life again. Before even plugging to the charger showed no sign of charging
[Kindle Fire Android Development] DaraM:
Hold the power button at least 20-30 second, for a hard reboot, then it should booting back to the new Kindle Fire screen....

Unless, you did something wrong during the flash...

See if it works..

Good luck, mate..:)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] ma.da.ladla:
installed succesfully but it will be great if u add charging in power off mode

Sent From my Kindle Fire

gedemes 27 april cm9+Hash's 28 april kernel
[Kindle Fire Android Development] linktohack:
Be able to charge from bootloader is awesome and very helpful.

Gửi từ Kindle Lửa của tôi qua Tapatalk 2
[Kindle Fire Android Development] pbailey212:
Your going to put the factory cable dude out of business hash. You job killer! ;-)
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
ATTENTION DEVS: Your builds will need to also have a working "idme" binary and the "libidme.so" lib for the reboot recovery option to work.

Both of these are in the prebuilts of the device tree on github:

https://github.com/KFire-Android/device-amazon-otter/tree/ics/prebuilt
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
hash code, the reboot options are technically in the ramdisk if your using 2.1.1 twrp. not sure if you noticed that in the update. when I talk,ed with deestroy during the fixes, he put nbmode(normal boot) fbmode(fastboot) rcmode(recovery). this is what we used with cwm originally to reboot to recovery from power down menu.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
I had thought of doing it this way from inside Android, but then if someone was using a recovery which didn't handle the idme modes and/or didn't have a way out using the new FFF.. they'd get stuck in an idme mode which required a fastboot capable PC to undo.

The way I implemented it sets a trivial value in idme (not used by our system) that way if any of the products inbetween don't support it, the worst that happens is that you boot right back into the system.

In theory, the only piece of the puzzle that needs to worry about the new setting is the bootloader. Which if it finds the new setting immediately unsets it and then boots to recovery. This way our recoveries can be more "stock" and not have to worry about bootmodes at all allowing for easier updates and future portability to new products.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
Bricked :(

I had trouble running the script the first time. Redownloaded it and it seemed to run fine. Next thing I know my kindle won't boot :(

It had full battery (at least ~90%; had just finished recharging).

I rebooted after running the script to see the new logo and it just went dead. I did a hard reset twice. Nothing happens when I try to power it on.

I am guessing it is probably my own stupidity. Any help on how to proceed?

EDIT: half of the kindle (the part closer to the power button) is warm to the touch. Could it be possible that it is not turning off?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
Houston I may have a problem... Everything installed fine and got into recovery fine made a backup. But for some dumb reason i tried i hit reset boot mode and it went to a little box with arrow pointing out the little android then, goes into a triangle with exclamation on it , if i press the power button i take me to CWM recovery and i can reboot into Stock ROM for 30 seconds then it just reboots again and keeps on rebooting. In the boot menu i highlighted normal boot and i still get the same thing. I must be doing something wrong. What am i doing wrong.

This is what i see:

When i first hit reset boot mode then

now if i push the power button i go to recovery and get some kind of installation failure.

I should of not played with anything everything was fine ....Im such a donkey.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] smirkis:
try a hard reboot. hold power button for20 seconds.

also, did u confirm the md5 before running the script?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] vbdss:
If you are using ICS ROM with Kernel 3.0 by Hashcode, you have to use TWRP, forget CWM for now
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
why is it trying to run update.zip. ive shut down holding down the power button for 20 sec. let it sit and was able to boot into stock rom i used it for alittle while them just to make sure i shut down and booted it up again but just went to the triangle with the exclamation. Should i reinstall fff1.4 again. i dont see a reason to flash update.zip or should i restore a backup that i made. If someone can help please do.

thank you .

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I'm using stock ROM and kernel. It should just boot up normally if i highlight normal boot thats what the OP said. Dont know why its doing this ???????
[Kindle Fire Android Development] Hashcode:
I don't use the DoomLord CWRecovery but is there an option in it to set the bootmode back to normal? Or, if you have adb access into recovery you can try this:

adb shell

idme bootmode 4000

(you can double check what the bootmode value is by typing:)

idme ?

And then reboot and see if that doesn't let you boot normally.

EDIT: Confirmed. I tested the "Reset Bootmode" boot option and there's a bug which is causing it not work correctly. I will have a new flash file shortly.
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
adb reconizez kindle i type in

adb shell

#

idme

idme

/sbin/sh: idme: not found
[Kindle Fire Android Development] freefaling:
I tried the hard reboot for 20 sec, then 30 sec; to no effect. I left it like that for a few hours and it's still warm. Looks like it's still running but won't reset. I'm hoping it runs down the battery soon so I can plug it in and see what happens.

PS: MD5 did not cross my mind at the time. That was the stupid part.

PSS: Does anyone know what would happen if I send it to Amazon like this? If they realise I've been messing with bootloaders, can they let it go or do they have a strict policy regarding modding?
[Kindle Fire Android Development] soberarmy:
can i just install fff1.3 so that i can use my kindle again or am i going to do more wrong ....