[Kindle Fire General] BearDad:
Unrooting Issues

Another great write-up! Thanks. But I need some help please.

First of all, I followed your rooting how-to, and everything worked flawlessly! I was then able to install and access the Google market and block the annoying rotating wallpaper "feature" of the KF. And I installed the GO Launcher to use as the default launcher since the carousel thing is completely retarded. Finally, I set ES Explorer to be a root explorer and I installed OTA Rootkeeper so I could watch Amazon Videos, and this is were my luck changed. Even after backing up and "removing" root with the OTA Rootkeeper, Amazon's video streaming would not work; the "watch now" button remained disabled. So I decided to unroot, but not restore to stock. After all, I have what I want: google marketplace and consistent wallpaper set via GO Launcher; I don't need anything else, and if I do I'll just reroot. So I reset ES explorer to NOT be a root explorer, uninstalled OTA RootKeeper, and started following your unrooting guide. However, I had a couple of hiccups allowing the way.

After following the step to reboot into recovery mode I typed "adb shell mount data" and the reply was "error: device not found" I checked device manager and the composite driver was loaded, as expected, but adb insisted the KF was not there. so I pulled the KF's USB cable, and I noticed the ADB drivers in device manager did NOT unload. And attempting to uninstall them failed as the "uninstalling" window just looped endlessly. So, having seen somewhere in this thread a mention about the Android SDK possibly being an issue, I uninstalled it as well (I don't need it and will never use it). I also rebooted the Kindle to normal mode and plugged it back into the computer, but as nothing happened I decided to reboot the computer. Then, after rebooting the KF back to recovery mode, I was able to plug it in and continue the unroot process, picking up where I left off, and everything continued to work fine until the last command: "adb shell rm /system/xbin/su" resulted in "rm: can't remove '/system/xbin/xu': No such file or directory." I thought, "OK, it's already gone." So I rebooted the KF into normal mode, and it appears that I no longer have root, which was the goal. When I try to turn on root exploration in ES File Explorer I get the message "Test failed: This feature cannot run on your phone." However, Amazon video still doesn't work :crying: The "Watch Now" button is still disabled and when I click on "Why can't I watch this" I get the message "Your device is no longer configured correctly ... "

Any ideas? I use the Amazon video feature a lot, and based on everything I've read my actions to unroot the KF should have allowed it to run again. And I really don't want to call Amazon customer support. "Sir, because you rooted your KF you are s-c-r-e-w-e-d. Sorry." <sound of paper tearing as warranty is ripped to shreds.>

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Addendum: One of my goals is to tether my KF to my rooted Droid Eris, something I haven't been able to accomplish since the KF doesn't recognize ad-hoc wifi. I was hoping with a rooted KF I'd be able to connect to the phone somehow. Just a thought in case anyone has any ideas along that line.