yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
Revert to a previous version of TWRP or install COTR
[Kindle Fire General] amandadam:
This worked for me.

http://androidforums.com/5886603-post9.html
[Kindle Fire General] ALGshekou:
Device won't sleep .... backlight stays on while charging

I have been successful in flashing my Kindle Fire (gen 1). Installed the CM rom and gapps ... all is well.

One funny thing ... when unplugged ... the unit will turn off (got to sleep) via the power button.

But when plugged in and charging it will not. The screen dims but the backlight (?) stays on ... it is hard to tell but it is not as black when charging as it is when unplugged.

Any ideas or suggestions? I do have the "stay awake while charging" un-checked in developer options ...

Thanks,

ALG
[Kindle Fire General] soupmagnet:
Don't have the brightness set at 100%. Lower it just a bit and it will stop.
[Kindle Fire General] ALGshekou:
[resoved] Device won't sleep .... backlight stays on while charging

Wow! And just like that it is fixed!

Thanks a lot!

ALG
[Kindle Fire General] n7slc:
I've tried that and it gets stuck on the KF screen, Any thoughts?
[Kindle Fire General] amandadam:
So your trying to flash back to stock,right?

If so,use attached recovery and follow this.

Below Steps helped me in Restoring my KF to factory ROM:

1. Download KFU 0.9.9

Ignore this step >.2. Download TWRP 2.2.2.1 from above link or just search on Google (Make sure the size of the file is around 4.6MB). and see attached.

3. Extract the contents of KFU zip file to a folder.

4. There will be a recovery folder with 'twrp.img' file (twrp v2.5.0). Take a backup of this file somewhere and delete it.

5. Now the twrp 2.2.2.1 img file that you have downloaded, rename it to "twrp.img" and put it in the recovery folder.

6. Connect your KF to your PC with USB cable.

7. In the KFU, double click on run.bat (a new window will open up)

8. Make sure the ADB status is 'Online' and Boot status is either 4000 or 5001

9. Now press option 3 in KFU to install the latest TWRP but actually you are just installing twrp version 2.2.2.1.

10. Once you get success message. disconnect and reboot your KF.

11. you should be able to get into TWRP now.
[Kindle Fire General] n7slc:
Got it! Thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] amandadam:
Let me know if you're successful.
[Kindle Fire General] SlakWReX:
This is for model number d01400 right?
[Kindle Fire General] firecat53:
FIREFIREFIRE bootloader download link broken

It appears the download link for FIREFIREFIRE 1.4a here is broken. I can't seem to find another download site for that file. I also don't have enough posts to post this question in that thread. Anyone have a working link? Trying to root 1st gen KF.

Thanks!

Scott
[Kindle Fire General] akin175:
Resolved

i'm having an issue while trying to revert my old kindle to stock for my wife, when I try to use TWRP to install the latest kindle update it gives me errors

E:unknown commend [err_string]

getprop("ro.build.product.device") == "blaze" ||

Has anyone seen this before?

Edit: I see someone else had the same issue on page 19 and the resolution is to load the 2.2.2.1 TWRP with KFU.9 and it will flash the factory updates, this allows you to revert to stock if needed. Thanks to all that figured this out.
[Kindle Fire General] ilikepeas:
Worked for me, thanks!
[Kindle Fire General] a1exus:
I'm trying to follow this instruction and as soon as I try to install it, TWRP interrupts process w/ error

please advise
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
That assert check is used to determine if you are flashing the right software for the device. My guess is you do not have the original, 1st generation Kindle Fire.
[Kindle Fire General] a1exus:
I _DO_ have 1st gen kindle fire, i had another custom rom installed there, and my guess its overwrite my productname by something else
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Your custom ROM is not a factor here. It's going to depend on your recovery and how it defined ro.product.device when it booted.

I've been out of the KF loop for a while, so you're probably better off asking in the Q&A forum. Maybe someone has seen this problem before.
[Kindle Fire General] a1exus:
i just flashed older version of twrp recovery and was able to use my update.zip to flash stock rom, thanks to everyone for their help
[Kindle Fire General] johndillinger1932:
There is no recovery folder when you extract KFU 0.9.9

SO stop giving that as a step...the folder just isnt there..all I want to do is revert to stock. this thing is getting on my nerves.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Agreed.

Never have. There's no reference to any recovery folder in this guide or my guide for beginners.

See above.

Reading is fundamental to understanding what you need to do. Go back to the beginning and try to understand the steps required before jumping in to actually perform them. Plenty of people before you have been successful with it.

Good luck with that.
[Kindle Fire General] chrisjbell:
Thanks!

This (along with the beginner how to) is by far one of the best tutorial guides for working with a device I've ever seen.

That's all I got. Just wanted to say "thank you" for a job well done.
[Kindle Fire General] nkolvek:
thanks

thanks
[Kindle Fire General] Sirjono:
Thanks for posting this!
[Kindle Fire General] johndillinger1932:
Oh I read everything.. turns out I was right there was no recovery folder in the version supplied.. So I grabbed a different on from another site.
[Kindle Fire General] q2_:
Bricked after flashing twrp: Kindle -> Fastboot -> Blank

Hi all,

Thank you for all the work and the information that you put in the forums.

While trying to install CyanogenMod 10.1 on my Kindle Fire HD 7" it looks like I've bricked the tablet in the process.

I got root permissions following http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2074565 (without the suchecker stuff)

Then I did a

$ adb shell
shell@android:/ $ su -
shell@android:/ # reboot bootloader

Now that it was in fastboot:

$ fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
product: Tate-PVT-08
finished. total time: 0.012s

Then

$ fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-blaze.img
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
sending 'recovery' (6768 KB)...
OKAY [115.623s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.577s]
finished. total time: 116.200s

So far so good...

$ fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001
...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.013s

Oops...

After that, every time I reboot I get one second Kindle logo, one second Fastboot logo, then blank. During that time, my computer only seems to recognise the tablet as fastboot mode during a second. After a few tries, I managed to hold it with another

$ sudo ./fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 5001
...
FAILED (remote failure)
finished. total time: 0.008s

Now the Kindle stays in the Fastboot screen. How do I fix it from there? I've also tried with the older openrecovery-twrp-2.2.2.1-blaze.img with the same result. I don't mind losing the original Amazon OS, I just want to install CM. I'm using Ubuntu.
[Kindle Fire General] Ixthusdan:
This forum, and all instructions, are for the original a Kindle Fire. Please check the appropriate forum for servicing newer models, such as the HD. (Stuff works differently on the various Kindles. Thank Amazon.)
[Kindle Fire General] q2_:
Auch. What an idiot. That would explain it.

I managed to get it back to a stock image: I extracted system.img from https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4lZEJI5lYeMb1g5bW9tQW00LUE/edit?usp=sharing --linked by http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1951254 and flashed it with

$ sudo ./fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system ../../KFHD_SRTv1.3.5/images/system.img

And now start again, hopefully with the right instructions from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2128848

Thank you for the help
[Kindle Fire General] jluis81:
thank you it really help
[Kindle Fire General] sledgebeast:
The Good The bad The Frustrated!

OK I succeded in turning my Kindle Fire 1st Gen into a Nexus 7 running jellybean 4.2... but after installing the "ChangetoNexus7.zip" file I can no longer connect my tablet back to PC as a KFU Device. I believe referred to as ADB.

In every way the tablet appears to the PC as a Genuine Nexus 7 and the KFU drivers are denied! I need to go back to KFU for something and I cant. How do I reverse that one step? I have tried the usual suspects.... Uninstall Driver in Device Manager, try to force it to accept the Driver in the KFU package. Reinstall the drivers with the KFU package. If I could manually force the driver I think it would work but It wont even let me try that.... HELP!

Note: I can see the device as a Mass storage device and access files & folders as a Nexus
[Kindle Fire General] :
[MENTION=5741439]sledgebeast[/MENTION]

Just reflash the ROM without any wipe.
[Kindle Fire General] sledgebeast:
Figured it out

Thanks for the reply, I was thinking I might have to re write it, but from scratch,,, and I was dreading loosing everything.

However, I didn't have to do any of that... I unlocked the developers mode by tapping 7 times and there were some options.

including ADB, But on the PC I also manually added the ADB to the device manager with no device connected and then plugged it.

Although I have a x on the Item I added it did seem to help. It added ADB composite device below it and KFU was able to see the Tablet.
[Kindle Fire General] sledgebeast:
Uh O'

Hi again,

I am on Cyagenmod. and it has been downloading regular updates ocassionally. But last night I noticed an update and let it install....

This time, unlike the others, When it booted back up all my icons were gone. Checking the Ver of Android it says 4.4.2 now.

I think that it has upgraded me from Jellybean to KitKat. Is that why it wiped out my Icons? I did find that they appear to still be installed

in the app drawer. So ok but the Google play store will not connect anymore, Just says Retry? Is all this normai for that upgrade?

Do I need to find another zip file containing a different ver. of google apps and install them like I did when I first Modded my kindle from within TWRP?

Has the KitKat update wiped out my Nexus7 hack? What all has occured I need to be thinking about here? What should I do?
[Kindle Fire General] Mr Sasavicz:
Deleted OS.

I do not have any Kindle device. I have never played around with one. I do fix / build PC's all the time as a side business so I think I can fix it with some instructions. A friend has told me her son has deleted the entire OS off of her Kindle Fire. After reading the Kindle Fire For Beginners and a lot of this thread, everything I see stars out with with something like; "Boot up the Kindle Fire normally and connect a USB cable to the device and computer". That is the problem there is nothing to boot up. When she turns it on it says, "no OS". There has to be a way to re flash it. Everything I find on any search always starts out with boot it up ect...

It is a Kindle Fire 1st generation, 7 inch screen, model number D01400

Any help would be great thanks in advance, Eric.
[Kindle Fire General] FusionOG:
MD5?

I Keep getting MD5 error any ideas?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
Twrp version?

Rom file name?

Gapps name?
[Kindle Fire General] mathdev:
Kindle Fire 1st gen power button problem

Hi all; i have a kindle fire 1st gen. it's only boots from "usbboot aboot.bin u-boot.bin" command. power button doesn't work. i booted usbboot and wrote flash fff, twrp and android. wheen i was reboot with twrp, its turn off and power button not work. but if i use usbbot command with usb cable, its turn on and goes to android. what can i do? (sorry for my english :)
[Kindle Fire General] eidyn:
Trying to recover Kindle, no longer booting

I'm sorry to be that guy in the thread, but I was trying to recover my kindle to a usable state after a failed cygenomod install which left me with the red screen of fire. I bought a factory cable, and I followed the instructions here, using the Kindle Fire Utility from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1399889

I installed TWRP recovery using this tool, and it was still showing the red screen of fire. Then I installed FIREFIREFIRE, which is what the thread says to do, the tool said the install was successful, and my kindle will no longer respond to anything, including the fastboot cable, the regular power cable, and the power button.

Is there any way to recover this device, or is this device done?
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
If you got the red screen, you did not have a kindle fire 1, as the kindle fire 1 does not have the red screen, but may have a kindle fire 2.

Not that it matters now that it is likely hard bricked.

There is a different sub forum for the second gen kindle fires.
[Kindle Fire General] eidyn:
Are you sure this is the case? It was sold to me as a 1st gen Kindle Fire Refurb by Amazon. If what you're saying is correct, then Amazon sent me a different product than I bought.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
did they list model # D01E, D01400, or D026?
[Kindle Fire General] galearned:
Kindle Fire 1 = 6.2.1, etc OS series

Kindle Fire 2 = 10.4.6, etc OS series

Red Screen of death is not an issue.

It just means you have installed or flashed or forgotten to install something like stack depending on what you were doing.

All fixable.
[Kindle Fire General] amberspeerling:
no OS (Kindle Fire first gen) pls help

What would I do? I accidentally wiped the os. But there is still the TWRP (2.6.3.1). I factory reset. When I tried flashing the update.zip, there was an error. The log shows:

Checking for MD5 file...

Skipping MD5 check: no MD5 file found.

Verifying zip signature...

E:Zip signature verification failed: 1

Error flashing zip '/sdcard/root.zip'

Updating partition details

I also tried using the winmd5free to verify md5 of the bin file but there's still that error. Will anyone help me pls. Than you so much! :)

---------- Post added at 04:51 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:48 AM ----------

I also keep getting md5 errors. Wil you help me?

Rom file name: update-kindle-6.3_D01E_4019920.bin

I didn't use gapps. I accidentally wiped my os. i was trying to save my device to no avail. Pls help me . Thank you very much!

---------- Post added at 04:55 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:51 AM ----------

Me too I also accidentally deleted the os in TWRP when I was trying to get it to flash the stock rom.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
How To revert to Stock 6.3.4 Rom (2015)
[Kindle Fire General] desoto77:
Kindle 1 no OS

Hey I messed up my kindle really bad and I would like to know if there was a way to flash the stock rom over fastboot with fastboot cable. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

-Desperate:(
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
How to flash twrp and firefirefire with a Fastboot cable

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=53652317&postcount=2
[Kindle Fire General] ghenxx:
I get an error installing fbmode.

I have a 5th generation fire, brand new, stock.

E:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

G000H40460420K0L device

E:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb push fbmode /data/local/tmp

9026 KB/s (510876 bytes in 0.055s)

E:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode

E:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell /data/local/tmp/fbmode

fail opening shift: No such file or directory

That's where I fail. I can browse to it too:

E:\Users\name\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell

shell@ford:/ $ cd /data/local/tmp

shell@ford:/data/local/tmp $ ls

fbmode

shell@ford:/data/local/tmp $
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
this is only for the kindle fire 1st generation 2011

Fire Index: Which Amazon (Kindle) Fire Do I have?
[Kindle Fire General] ghenxx:
Ok, didn't know. I'll try this instead http://xdaforums.com/amazon-fire/development/amazon-fire-5th-gen-supertool-root-t3272695
[Kindle Fire General] sc4s2cg:
Hi,

I installed fastboot pretty much as described. So I used adb to copy and install it to the device, then reboot the device. But now my Fire is stuck on the "kindle fire" screen on bootup, and I cannot continue to flashing twrp since the Fire never gets recognized by my computer. Any ideas?

This is a first gen fire on the latest update.

Edit: I'm an idiot. This is fastboot mode, I just needed the fastboot drivers. I installed adb from a random XDA thread, and not from Kindle Utility Tool.

Edit 2: I can't install the driver for some reason. Not through administrative mode, not through device manager.
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
which windows version?
[Kindle Fire General] sc4s2cg:
Windows 10
[Kindle Fire General] sd_shadow:
disable driver signature enforcement win W10

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/...ment-win/a53ec7ca-bdd3-4f39-a3af-3bd92336d248

[How To][Root] Kindle Fire 1 update 6.3.3 [2014]
[Kindle Fire General] k4955:
[MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION]

I am using Ist generation KF with stock ROM and TWRP. FFF is installed and I am able to switch between TWRP and Kindle. I had an issue with the device and I was advised by Amazon to reset to Factory default. Fortunately I am able to see both TWRP and Kindle, but I need to install google apps. I accessed Kindle Fire utility 0.9.9 app to install permanent root with super user and install google apps. I both instances the DOS program tried to reach http://random.kennocha.com/kindle/apps for 18 times and then returned to main screen unable to establish a connection. Can you please help me for another way of downloading the zip file and sideload using TWRP ?

Thank you for your help and support to the community.

I found in Kindle Fire Android Development the downloadble files posted by you. Apologize for the trouble by not reading all the posts.
[Kindle Fire General] TheBeak:
thanks for the great writeup, good stuff for those with limited experience like myself.
[Kindle Fire General] Thepooch:
Just a quick question are you using a usb 2.0 port? And try shift+ right click on the tools folder in kfu select open command window here type adb devices hit enter see if it returns a device string for you.
[Kindle Fire General] HaveNoIdeaWhatIMDoing:
Thanks, Thepooch, for reading and the suggestion.

- Yes, I am using a cable that is USB-micro(B) on the Kindle Fire and USB 2.0 on the PC.

Is there such a thing as a micro-USB3.0 cable? I believe one of the ports on my PC is USB3.0 (it has a wired shape and says SATA/USB-symbol).

- Turned on Kindle, plugged in cable in Kindle, then PC,

Started the command window from C:\kfu\tools as you suggested.

Typed 'adb devices'

got:

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

(nothing more there, one line free, then command prompt)

Sigh... what next?

Are there any settings on the Kindle I can do something about? The menus and options seem rather few, I think I clicked on everything there.

One note:

My Kindle is not registered and I have not ever let it connect to my Wifi. (Don't see why it is any of Amazon's business what I do.) Could that be my problem?

Thanks for any suggestions.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
Make sure the icon for the "Android Composite ADB Interface" in the device manager does not have an exclamation point or question mark. That would indicate a problem with the device drivers. Look at this post...

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

and install the drivers manually.

You also need to have a "%USERPROFILE%/.android/adb_usb.ini" file and that file must have a line with just "0x1949" in it. If you don't have one of those, make one or copy it over from KFU's drivers directory.

If neither one seems to apply to you, go back to the device drivers. Right click on the "Android Composite ADB Interface" and look at the properties. Paste the Hardware IDs here in your next post.
[Kindle Fire General] freefaling:
Is there any reason why there is a warning on the twrp website about installing fff before twrp recovery?

http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/79

"Note: You must install the Fire Fire Fire utility before installing TWRP 2.1.1""
[Kindle Fire General] tazfanatic:
try this

go to PC 'Start', 'Run',

typed in 'cmd'

clicked 'enter',

you then have cmd prompt right click on that and run as administrator

then try the rest.
[Kindle Fire General] kinfauns:
I don't see any real reason for it other than to say that TWRP 2.0.0 installed FFF along with the recovery. That's no longer the case starting with version 2.1.0, so TeamWin is just making a note for you to do it on your own. Otherwise, there is technically no reason why one needs to come before the other.

The preferred order given in this guide is to install TWRP first, so that it can be used to install FFF. This way, the device would still have a working bootloader in case the TWRP flash went wrong. When TWRP is in place and confirmed to be working, the FFF flashable zip file can be used to get the new bootloader installed. This is the "safest" way to get the two installed and minimizes potential problems in case of some mishap.
[Kindle Fire General] HaveNoIdeaWhatIMDoing:
It was the missing file! Thanks!

Thank you very much, kinfauns, for the answer. I worked through the list, it worked.

Here are the details in case this happens to somebody else:

1) The device manager shows no '!' Or '?' next to the Android Phone symbol that I notice. It looks to me like the right bottom field in the table in your post.

2) Found the adb_usb file in the kfu drivers folder, looked at it in notepad:

Content of C:/kfu/drivers/kindle/adb_usb (no .ini shown in file name):

# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT.

# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE.

# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE.

0x1949

3) Next I checked whether there is such a file in %USERPROFILE%/.android:

I assume with '%USERPROFILE%' you mean I should go to C:/users/MYNAME/.

There was no '.android' folder or file.

4) Just to be sure, I did a search though the computer for 'android'.

Found these:

E:\Android

E:\.android_secure

(am quite sure E:\ is the KindleFire)

a bunch of things in C:\kfu\

a bunch of things in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository

5) Thus, I tried to make a folder

C:\Users\MYNAME\.android

but the system does not like the '.' it says 'you must type a file name' and goes back to the old folder name.

Went into the command window, used 'mkdir .android', got the folder created.

Copied adb_usb there.

6)Also went in the device manager, right-clicked 'Android Composite ADB Interface'

got these hardware IDs:

USB\VID_1949&PID_0006&REV_0216&MI_01

USB\VID_1949&PID_0006&MI_01

7) Since I had made the new .android/adb_usb file, I opened the command window and tried again

C:\kfu\tools>

did:

'adb push C:\kfu\software\fbmode /data/local/tmp/'

got:

* daemon not running. Starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

2070 KB/s (510876 bytes in 0.241s)

YEAH!!!! THANKS!!!! You found it, it was the missing '%USERPROFILE%/.android/adb_usb.ini' file.

8) Since that worked, I went on as in your first post in this thread and successfully rooted my kindle fire. That is one great feeling! Thanks.

MANY THANKS TO:

- kinfauns,

-- for the great instructions (without your tutorials being so readable, I would not even have known where to start)

-- and for solving my 'device not found' problem

- Pokey9000 for the fbmode and the fff bootloader (cool stuff, even if I have no clue how that works)

- TeamWin for the TWRP (cool stuff, even if I have no clue how that works)

- ChainsDD for the Superuser (cool stuff, even if I have no clue how that works)

- The founders and supporters of this forum
[Kindle Fire General] rootgeeek:
I am a noob to rooting. Ive successfully rooted a LG Optimus & HTC EVO (supersonic). I am trying to root my KF, But the KFU when i attempt to install it. "FAILS" is there a work around? Did i overlook something?

And just to make sure i understand correctly, If i power down the KF, and use a sync cable and plug into the pc while KF is powered off, It will reboot in to FBmode right?

Id greatly appreciate any fast responce!!!!