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[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Your post doesn't provide enough information to figure out what happened or what the problem might be...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1644970

The KF does not go into fastboot mode with any ordinary cable. Read these for factory cable and fastboot information...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1550999

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1668159
[Kindle Fire General] rootgeeek:
Sorry, as far as the kfu goes. When I unzipped and attempted to install iit, it says "failed" red "x" next to Google usb........ I was just following directions as to begin the root. I am unsure how to get it to install.... That's as far as i got it to go.

As for the cable, I'm using my htc evo sync cable. So that im aassuming answers my question to it booting into fastboot and it not being a factory cable. Although when i power it down it, and then connect via cable it doedoes power it up. Up will readyhe yhreads u posted.

Thanks.
[Kindle Fire General] TreatnHerRight:
Awesome Guide!

Thanks
[Kindle Fire General] tucstwo:
Thank you very much for this!
[Kindle Fire General] patsmike:
Thank you kinfauns.... all of your guides are amazing!
[Kindle Fire General] MizzouBrent:
Amazing writeup! That definitely helped my understanding of how the KF works. With that said, the Q&A section seems to be littered with people who have used the KF Utility and screwed up their device so I am terrified to try rooting. Has anyone used it successfully lately?
[Kindle Fire General] beecker:
bump
[Kindle Fire General] xari228:
I recently moved over to using KF Utility from jcase's burritoroot (becase I was ready to give installing a ROM a try, but wanted to have FFF already installed on my Fire--just in case).

I'm fairly new to all this, but found KF Utility pretty easy to use.

I think the key is to make sure to read Vashypooh's instructions carefully and

in advance

, and then have the instructions on-hand as you're going through the process so you can refer back to them.

Good luck!
[Kindle Fire General] xari228:
[Oops! I said thank you for the ROM tutorial in the other thread; thought I'd share my thanks over in the correct one, too!]

I was really nervous about trying my hand at installing a new ROM, but your guide held my hand through the process, no sweat.

Thanks so much for all of your guides. They are extremely helpful!
[Kindle Fire General] willibertus:
I have an issue when try to mount usb mass storage in my kindle, I have tried 2 different roms and I'm having the same issue on both roms.

Any thought of what the problem can be?

Cheers

BTW I'm very thankful to the creator of this thread it was pretty easy to follow up all the required steps to get my kindle to install custom roms.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Glad to hear you got some use out of the guide.

First the obvious... you need to "pull up" the notification window and turn on USB storage after you've connected it to your computer. It will show you a USB symbol when you've connected the device. Select the notification and you'll get a button that lets you mount the storage device onto your computer. If that doesn't work...

Try using the "Mount" feature in TWRP and see if that shows up on the computer for you.

If you are using an ICS ROM, there are a couple of different protocols you can choose from... MTP and Mass Storage. Open up "Settings" and choose "Storage" from the list on the left. Then in the upper right are three dots arranged vertically, select that and then the item that pops up... "USB... something"... I don't recall exactly. There you can select from some options. Try those out and see if that helps.
[Kindle Fire General] willibertus:
Thx, with the option "usb mass storage", even when I did "mount" the sd card I couldn't "see" de kindle in windows, but with mtp or something like that, everything went ok, now I can add books, music, and all the stuff I wish to add.

Thx!
[Kindle Fire General] freefaling:
Reverting to stock

I just spent a good chunk of my morning to revert my ICS/CM9 Kindle back to stock 6.3.1. I followed this guide closely and was stuck at "status 7" error. Basically my build.prop file was modified (hint: "otter") and now the update won't proceed because it was looking for "blaze". Anyway, that's what I think was happening. So I reverted all the settings of my build.prop to the stock one.

I tried flashing the stock update with Cannibal Open Touch and TWRP 2.1.1. But it was TWRP 2.0.0 which finally did the trick.
[Kindle Fire General] Brewer9:
thanks

very helpful.

you got me dialed. :-)

working to make kf a wifi phone. used googletalk and grooveip and special microphone as described in another forum. Only getting one way... i can hear, but not be heard. Wondering if Kakeo apk might do the trick as it goes in and alters audio settings. has anyone tried this.

thanks so much. great help!!!:cowboy:
[Kindle Fire General] los_wochos:
hi guys,

is it possible for me to ask some questions about KFU here? in the developer area i have no access for my questions.

i would like to root my KF and install ICS.

my problem is by choosing "install permanent root" in the KFU the KF reboot and in the terminal window i see:

Installing FFF...

<waiting for device>

I´ve testet all 3 boot typs in the KF - but the FFF will not be installed

The drivers are installed correctly, my kindle has firmware 6.3.1, the KFU is 0.9.6 - any ideas waht i made wrong (i also tested this on different computers)?

Thanks to all
[Kindle Fire General] putney1477:
Hi there. I am tryimg to get my rooted kf back to stock. I have twrp installed. Took me 4 hours yesterday to root, install google play and install twrp. Mainly because my computer wouldnt recognize my kf. I ended up using my husbands laptop. I dont like how the kf is running, I want it back to bone stock and sell it. Th problem is, I dont know how to use adb. And the very first direction says "this section assumes the device is booted into the system software" sadly I dont even know what that means. Does it juat mean on? Or recovery? I flashed with samsung and htc so im not that much of a noob. However I know that I am in over my head here.

Heather
[Kindle Fire General] putney1477:
Do I have to unroot before I flash back to stock?
[Kindle Fire General] rjmolloy:
Thanks so much!

Brilliant. Worked perfectly. Thanks very much.
[Kindle Fire General] BrynDN:
Great thread! Thanks guys!
[Kindle Fire General] lyanrocke:
Thanks a ton for the information! Really saved my arse a few times now.
[Kindle Fire General] glennj99:
No, you do not.

When you flash back to stock using the update.zip for 6.3.1 from Amazon, for example, your kindle Fire will be at that point a brand new Kindle Fire with the original bootloader, "recovery" and Amazon-altered OS, no Root no TWRP no ROM.

All three partitions are flashed.
[Kindle Fire General] bennettg:
Hi. I am a noob desperate for help. have been trying to flash twrp and firefirefire for 3 days without success. i can only get so far as to put the stock kindle fire into fastboot mode. i followed the guide and got the following in the terminal. can someone help me with what i am missing?

bennettg@eyhldfk:~$ adb devices

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

02EC000600000001	device

bennettg@eyhldfk:~$ cd /home/bennettg/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb push /home/bennettg/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/fbmode /data/local/tmp

1153 KB/s (510876 bytes in 0.432s)

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell /data/local/temp/fbmode

/data/local/temp/fbmode: not found

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell /data/local/tmp/fbmodebennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb reboot

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery /home/bennettg/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/openrecovery-twrp-2.2.0-blaze.img

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
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
You have a typo in the second command. It must be "tmp" in both spots.
[Kindle Fire General] bennettg:
thanks....fixed the typo, but got the same result. do you think there is something wrong with fastboot command?

bennettg@eyhldfk:~$ cd /home/bennettg/android-sdk-linux/platform-toolsbennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

Bus 006 Device 002: ID 08ff:2580 AuthenTec, Inc. AES2501 Fingerprint Sensor

Bus 002 Device 073: ID 1949:0006 Lab126

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb devices

List of devices attached

02EC000600000001	device

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb push /home/bennettg/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/fbmode /data/local/tmp

3402 KB/s (510876 bytes in 0.146s)

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell /data/local/tmp/fbmode

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb reboot

bennettg@eyhldfk:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.2.0-blaze.img

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:~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
The fastboot command is fine. I think the problem is with your fastboot binary. You must be using an old/outdated version or something because there should be a "-i <vendor id>" switch listed under options... and you are not getting that. I suggest you reinstall the newest version of the platform tools from the Android SDK. You don't necessarily need the other parts within the SDK... just the platform tools.
[Kindle Fire General] GoSpyder:
Awesome Guide!

I would like to say that this is a great Guide. Hmm let me rephrase...the is an AWESOME guide! I just did my first ROM installation and it took about 30mins after reading the Beginners guide and this Supplemental. I read it twice and was successful on my first try. I had no choice but to flash my Kindlefire because I got a lost/stolen one off Craigslist and I was pissed! Never thought of calling Amazon to verify if the SN was good. Anyhow...this route was better thou at the end, I took your advice and got a factory cable which made the installation alot easier plus this was my first install and I wanted to be cautious as well.There is one thing that I would reiterate in the guide and that is when installing TWRP you need to run all the commands from the command prompt in the C:kfu/tools folder. After reading the guide I figured it out since it mentions the commands are in the tools folder but I think it should be more prominent in the guide.

Thanks again!

GoSpyder

Kindlefire - AOKP Otter Milestone build 6

Galaxy SII ICS
[Kindle Fire General] shrimpm:
look

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[Kindle Fire General] stojanovicnikola68:
I need help. I have installed twrp and fff. Also I have installed new ROM, and today I decided to change it.

And everything goes well until I need to install new ROM, I copy it to /sdcard and when I select it to install it goes wrong:

And it is the same situation with every rom I tried.

Also when I reboot device and press intall in twrp in sdcard file which I tried to flash isn't there anymore.

Edit:

Setting the bootmode to normal brings me to the current rom.

Plese help!
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
I don't recognize those errors. I almost want to say that something is wrong with your sdcard storage partition, but you seem to be saying that you can copy zip files to it and find that file to be installed. Maybe you want to detail the particulars... for example, the exact steps you are taking to flash the ROM or anything else you think may be relevant.

I believe you are using TWRP 2.2.0. I have no experience with that recovery and no Kindle Fire to test it, so I cannot offer any help if that's the potential source of these problems. The Kindle Fire Q&A forum is probably a better idea, so you can get some people who have used it to take a look at it.
[Kindle Fire General] stojanovicnikola68:
It was really strange because I could copy ROM with "adb push C:\kfu\software\ROM.zip /sdcard/" command and if I reboot the device the file will be erased, there wasn't any trace of it.

But I solve this problem by installing new twrp, and formating SD card, I'm not sure what was the problem of these two, because I did that at one step:).
[Kindle Fire General] donalduck0304:
Hi guy,

I got this problem. When I plug my Kindle Fire into the laptop with the cable, of course I switched to USB debugging already, there is Android ADB Interface in my device management. However, when I start cmd and type adb devices --> there's no devices attached to my computers.

I re-plugged my Kindle Fire with the cable and click on turn on USB storage on the screen of KF, but it's still the same. There's no devices attached

I tried to re-run the install_drivers.bat (from KFU) but it has no results. It's still the same.

What can I do now? I need to install a new custom ROM.

By the way, would you mind to show the way to clean everything from the previous ROM (including applications, both downloaded and installed part)? I think they are redundant when we run a new ROM
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
USB storage and USB debugging have nothing to do with each other. They each have different interfaces and device drivers.

Make sure your drivers have been installed properly...

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

and also follow the instructions in this post to figure out your ADB issue...

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=26999297&postcount=37

Some ROMs don't report the correct hardware IDs, so you'll have to alter the .INF file to match if you don't get the ones in the post above.

To clear out all installed apps and settings, use the factory reset in TWRP.

If you continue to have problems, read/search through the Kindle Fire Q&A forum or post there with your questions.
[Kindle Fire General] donalduck0304:
I think I have nothing wrong with the driver installation. It's kinda fine and I still can copy data in and out. However, I still tried to re-run the install_drivers in KFU and this is what I have (I rejected my Kindle Fire before re-running as your tutorial)

https://www.dropbox.com/s/sk84tqhtwba7jz7/KF_Noti.jpg

I tried your link and this is what I have

https://www.dropbox.com/s/u85xoupskedmaui/KF_cmd.jpg

I dunno what to do right now to install a new ROM when it's not connected. Previously, everything was fine.

P/S: do I need to make this question in Q&A thread, 'cuz I think it's more relevant to be here since I read your tutorial thoroughly and followed your steps :)
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
It's not enough to get confirmation from KFU's driver installer. You should check the the device manager and confirm that the correct interfaces appear in the list when you connect the KF to your computer. Also check the hardware IDs and check it against the values I provided in the post. Follow the guides I provided closely. Try uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling. Try rebooting the computer between these steps. Try different cables or USB ports. Windows can be a pain and getting device drivers to work properly can be the most problematic.

This is a very common problem and the Q&A forum is packed full with these discussions. The thread I pasted for you earlier is a good start. If you can't get it resolved, you don't have to post in the Q&A forum, but you'd benefit from having many sets of eyes looking at your problem if you did. Most people generally don't look in this thread for help requests. If you post here, you're probably only going to get responses from me and that's going to be sporadic at best.
[Kindle Fire General] p4trykx:
Maybe this is a stupid question but if I restore original Amazon software do I have to register my Kindle again? Mine came already registered at the beginning.
[Kindle Fire General] Thepooch:
???someone else's account your answer is yes and by all means if you do flash stock wipe everything except for your SD card lots of people brick by not performing correctly
[Kindle Fire General] blatadude:
When I flash a custom ROM like cm10 to my kf do I need to charge fully or does the battery stats not get touched when you flash a new rom?
[Kindle Fire General] Thepooch:
Never a bad idea but by no means a requirement
[Kindle Fire General] blatadude:
I'm not quite sure what you mean. I know that on my Evo and Samsung Moment I needed to charge fully or lose battery life. So my question is does the battery stats automatically go to 100% from what its at when I flash the new ROM. Like if I flash one of hashcode's ROMs at 85% battery will that 85% battery life become my 100% battery life and I will lose 15% of battery life?
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
I've flashed my devices at various charge states and I've never had it do that. If you have concerns about it after you flash, I suggest you calibrate your battery using one of the many apps or how-to's available.
[Kindle Fire General] aioen:
Thanks to this guide I successfully unbricked my kindle fire! Now I'm running jelly bean by hashcode!
[Kindle Fire General] tindog13:
everyone is woot wooting, but as usual there are things that don't make sense unless you're already versed in this stuff. I don't know what a "writeable location" is... I put the fbmode zip in a folder and unzipped it, it gave me a text file, I opened that and it was nothing but computer language. Don't know where to go from there.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
As with every other guide, you must have a base set of knowledge to understand it and follow the instructions provided. For this reason, the first paragraph in this how-to specifically mentions the "Kindle Fire For Beginners" guide. The first 3 posts in that guide helps you build up the required knowledge to understand what to do here. Setting up your Windows environment, navigating through directories using the command line, how to run the adb/fastboot commands, etc. will be crucial for you to complete these tasks. I suggest you take things slow and read over everything carefully before you jump into doing anything.
[Kindle Fire General] snroshanth:
unable to reboot into recovery

When I follow the steps all goes well until I reboot into recovery. I think it gets rebooted into fast mode although I give the command "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001" previously. Instead of the TWRP screen the "kindle fire" logo comes and gets struck there. When I give the command of "fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000" and then reboot it gets rebooted normally.

Can you please help...! Thanks in advance.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Download TWRP again using the link provided. Reinstall TWRP and make note of what fastboot outputs as after it flashes the TWPR image.
[Kindle Fire General] snroshanth:
Thank you

Thank you so much. I did as you told. Without using the latest twrp used the 2.1.1 version and it worked.

Thanks again. Rooted for the first time & Flashed an engediROM. Working very well.
[Kindle Fire General] jwigley24:
just wanted to say thank you for your guide! i was so hesitant on rooting the kindle fire for a while because i'd read a bunch of comments of people having a whole slew of issues when using the KFU, so i never went thru with it. i read this guide and did everything manually with the adb commands and it was smooth and quick. i found it much easier to follow than trying to use the KFU. i read the the first 2 posts 2 or 3 times over before i started and it worked perfectly!!! now i'm rockin CM10 on the kindle fire and life is great.
[Kindle Fire General] 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 please?
[Kindle Fire General] entaled:
The script moved that file the first time you ran it, so it's not there to move anymore, which is fine. You can ignore it. If kfu isn't working then something else is wrong. For me it wasn't waiting long enough for my KF to be ready so I had to increase the sleep from 20 to 25.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
As noted in the instructions, this file does not exist in earlier versions of the Kindle Fire software.

If you've previously attempted to root this device, it may have already been moved or deleted.

If the file cannot be found, then it's as good as having been moved anyway.

This is not a critical step for you to obtain root privileges.

In the future, please do not post the same question 5 times in various threads throughout the forum... It's bad form, it angers the natives, and it's against the forum rules.
[Kindle Fire General] techtek:
Noob question: Purchased Kindle apps question

So, noob question here.

I've modded my ipad, no problem there...everything I've bought is there after installing Cydia.

So, looking at the Kindle Fire...what happens to purchased apps if I mod the beast?

For example, I purchased Angry Birds on the Fire.

If I mod to CM10 Jelly Bean...what happens to Angry Birds, for example....

T
[Kindle Fire General] glennj99:
You have to reconnect to your Amazon account and reinstall it.
[Kindle Fire General] entaled:
Well, you'd just re-install anything you've already paid for. They're attached to your account, either google play or amazon app store.
[Kindle Fire General] Rodger111:
adb push

I'm trying to adb push a rom but instead of pushing it the adb help stuff comes up. I flashed cm7 when I first got my kindle so im not sure why it's doing that now. Does anyone no why it's doing that?
[Kindle Fire General] jjosue17:
Unable to root! Stucked on TWRPP 2.2.0 Screen with several options

Hello,

I've tried to root my Kindle fire using KFU 0.9.6)

However, when the KFU is processing the rooting, the kindle restarts and stucks itself on the TWRPP Screen with sevral options (Install, Backup, Restore...) and the KFU software shows a message of Please wait.

Does anyone know how to move on with the rooting?

Thanks in advanced