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[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
I'm sorry is this a command? I'm not very familiar with linux you might need to hold my hand on this one. and I tried to adb devices and nothing was listed, will using sudo fastboot devices make a difference? again, sorry for the ignorance, I will try it, I am just addressing concerns.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
What bootloader are you using just give me a refresh of your situation so I don't have to read I'm at work but I can still help ya.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
okay so basically I don't have a bootloader or recovery because I was planning on rerooting after reinstalling the stock amazon android, only problem is that I forgot to wipe before installing the OS and now I have a Frankenstein amazon gingerbread which is competing with the ICS i had previously installed on the device and continues to crash after about 20 seconds being on and reboots. I am able to access the sd memory, even when it is rebooting but I haven't had any successful connection using adb. If I had, I would imagine I could just reflash twrp and fff and I would then wipe and install a ROM and be good to go but as of now I just have a constantly bootcycling KF that for some reason has no precedent for repairing.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TOP_101:
Shutdown and reboot the phone
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Ctrl+alt t opens terminal in home folder With your KF off and disconnected from your work computer, run this command...

Code:

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

and then connect it to the computer. The KF will turn on automatically. The computer will say " <waiting for device>" for a bit, but if the command works, it will eventually return "product: kindle" as output. If that works, you can actually flash TWRP from there, but if you are anxious for it to do something again...

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Code:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000(hit enter)

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot(hit enter)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
How long would you think I should need to wait for it while it says <waiting for device> before I can pretty much say it isn't happening. Also, would these be things to try from windows as well? I CAN access the kindle SD from Ubuntu but it doesn't seem to recognize it otherwise and at least in windows it can see the kindle even though the drivers are just plain wrong and for some reason every version of windows I have tried has been unwilling to change. I tried Win7, Vista, and XP and none of them were able to communicate with the device other than the mounted SD...

Oh, and now ubuntu as well can be added to that list, I'm afraid. I've been sitting at the <waiting for device> screen for more than 5 minutes and nothing is happening on my computer or kindle :(
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
If it says waiting too long start from the beggining type sudo before each line
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
Just tried that with command

sudo fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000

and I will wait for a little while to see what happens. I am not sure if you read this from my OP from when you hopped on board but was it correct to use the adb_usb.ini from KFU or could that be what is screwing my whole operation right now?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
That means close the terminal reopen power your kindle down launch the first command when it says waiting for device plug in your kindle apply sudo before every command respectively

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Yeah as long as its in your home folder your good

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You still will have to start the process fresh from beginning
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
When i type fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000, (with or without sudo) I get the prompt <waiting for device> I assume I am not supposed to continue trying to apply commands until it is able to connect to the device.

From the beginning, what do you mean? If you are able to instruct me, I will follow your directions to the t. As i've mentioned in previous posts, this kindle was a gift and I would really like to bring it back from whatever terrible place it is at now.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
If that doesn't work start fresh again remove this portion -i 0x1949

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I mean open fresh terminal as I instructed power your device off implement first command hit enter plug kindle in type sudo respectively before each command:-)
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
Tried with and without sudo, seems to be the same result as before... :(
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
You tried sudo with -i 0x1949 in each line and sudo ommiting this -i 0x1949 from each line?
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
Yes, and to be clear. I am not supposed to type the second command while it says <waiting for device>, correct? I am supposed to wait for some sort of response first.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
Thats right yes
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
Then I have tried it all, with and without sudo and with and without the -i 0x1949 section, without avail. I still can't believe this is not a problem someone else has had before, you would think that I wouldn't be the first idiot out there to flash the stock OS over a different one. or maybe I'm just that gosh darn special.
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NabhanKhan100:
Poor guy
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
You will need firekit to chain load fff and twrp http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1430038 then you can get to recovery mount your SD card wipe and flash a rom

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1. Try sudo fastboot getvar product

Plug powered off kindle in

2. Try sudo adb devices

If 1 doesn't return product kindle or 2 doesn't return a string of numbers there could be more to this as well you shouldn't have to sudo adb if andadb is set correct this should be native

Which lends me to believe your kindle is stuck in another mode that's why its not detected

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Oh and if you get to that point DO NOT WIPE YOUR SD CARD this will cause you nothing but trouble
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sparkplugDev:
I would imagine that it is in normal boot mode but I am not an expert by any means. also, unfortunately the whole not wiping the SD is long since past. I tried in the preliminary stages of discovering this problem to do a factory reset and part of that process involves it wiping the SD. The overall process is unable to complete because the device doesn't stay on long enough for it to complete but I thought it was worth a try at the time. That being said, I couldn't make any sort of connection with the above two commands that you suggested so I would guess you are probably right about the boot mode. I actually lowered myself to consulting amazon in this matter and seeing if they would be willing to repair it for a fee of any kind where it would be less costly than buying a new kindle. I appreciate all of the help and will still be happy to take any other suggestions but hopefully I will hear back from amazon in the morning and I can get it resolved one way or another. It is a fantastic little device when it is working properly and I would prefer to have even a somehow locked one that works than what I have now. :/
[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thepooch:
You know there might be one long shot but your on Linux now you could try sending twrp with kfu and then send fff probably won't work but you would have to be on a windows machine to do it best of luck with amazon though

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Otherwise its firekit or nothing
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] flumps:
anyone tried any non metal bumpers for their note? im after one with the same style as the iphone one but you know...bigger :)

looking on ebay/google seems to come up with alot of chinese ones with no reviews and/or look really bulky!
[LG Optimus 2x] R0B3RTF1SH3R:
so. i read alot of ppl saying FROYO has the best battery performance of all the roms.

so i lose what?

geosensor + accelerometer, anything else?

what is the best froyo to try.

is there any heavily modded or customizable froyo roms?
[LG Optimus 2x] SREEPRAJAY:
not sure if it will work on SU660 Korean ones...but there was an excellent custom ROM from the great TOPO in this forum a few weeks back...search for it and you will get that...TOPO was mentioning that FROYO is good in perf and battery and he said the latest may not be the best always...

Check it mate....maybe he / you are right.

just a point to mention...i dont think you should put this one in a developers thread....not really justified....nothing as an offense to u...
[LG Optimus 2x] R0B3RTF1SH3R:
woops. i thought it got deleted. i put it in Q&A. sorry =( MODERATOR DELETE PLEASE! TY
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] illdill:
Can someone with an unmodded G-Slate (V909DW?) please provide the original img files via adb?

System.img

Boot.img

Recovery.img

I was typing a command that was supposed to be:

fastboot boot recovery.img

and instead, executed the insanely stupid command of

fastboot flash boot recovery.img

Thus killing my boot.img and making my device unbootable.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] illdill:
Actually I was able to recover with NVFlash and the restore files in nvflash included the boot and system img files, but not the recovery. If someone could post that up it would be cool.

Well, I have since recovered the recovery file from a nandroid backup so that is no longer necessary.

If I can get around to signing up with a new fileshare site, I can share the img files I have.

Since I have successfully performed a nandroid backup which restores the device completely not needing any time to set up and personalize, I am now much more inclined to provide basic system data for recovery purposes. I am going to use NVFlash to get back to stock and then pull all the img files as well as a complete nandroid of the unit. Again, this all depends on finding a fileshare provider. I miss having my own server.

I did find out that it has a safe mode if you can believe that. From powered off state, power on normally and when you see the G-Slate logo, hold down the Volume down button until you see the home screen. I don't recommend using it however, when I did it started force closing and I had to power down twice to get back to my home screen.
[Desire HD General] RedInuYasha:
Sorry if this is a dumb question..

But I am running XxPachaxX Extreme Surprise, but would like to know if it's possible to use the rosie launcher from Icy Smoke (originally a MyTouch 4G ROM).
[Desire HD General] RedInuYasha:
Anyone? D:
[Desire HD General] Fatos:
There is no dumb questions. We all ask stuff that we don't know while the others think its simple.

About the question I think its a no or eventually it will be hard really hard to make it work.

Devs : Correct me if I'm wrong.
[Desire HD General] RedInuYasha:
Thank you for your answer! :)

I kind of thought it wouldn't be possible, or be very difficult at least. Otherwise someone would have done it by now I'm sure :P
[Desire HD General] trh1341:
From my experience...it will be really hard...but if its the same version of sense..I think its easy
[Desire HD General] rumibd:
Some Rom has different Rosie option.like rcmix3d
[HTC EVO 3D] mcdermott1:
Not sure if anyone is aware but Sprint no longer carries the Evo 3D. You can go to their site and look and the Evo 3D is no longer in their line-up. Some retailers still have some in stock, as of now RadioShack is offering the Evo 3D for $29.99 for new upgrade or add-a-line.
[HTC EVO 3D] runcool:
lmao! umm yeah. that's been the story for over 2-3 months now. :) lol. But oh well, you just now figured it out. Discontinued a long time ago. Sadly, the Evo 3D really is a great phone. But they can't just have 60 phones in their lineup. wish they could keep this one.
[HTC EVO 3D] xCLUx:
they need to grow a sack.

with ICS, the device should be a front runner, and HTC devs should have overclocked the GPU a tick to keep it up with other devices coming out. They could have kept selling the damn things, for the same price, it's all about how you market a product... and with hardware, as always, the performance is only as limited as the restricting software loaded to it.

truly disappointing. with ICS available, they could still be marketing these devices at 100 bucks a pop, even more, and people would still be buying them up.
[HTC EVO 3D] brownhornet:
None of this matters if the phone doesnt sell. It clearly didn't meet their expectations on the sales end which is why they elected NOT to put 3D on the next Evo. Doesn't matter what the hardware is, if people aren't buying it they aren't going to keep paying HTC to make them. Pretty simple business practice there.
[HTC EVO 3D] pgar23:
+1
[HTC EVO 3D] bmoreboy02:
The GS2 killed that phone. I had the 3d and figured it be just like my OG evo and i would keep it for a year. I got really bored with the phone. It was like they sold us a cool 3d phone and said have fun go find tour own 3d stuff lol. The phone didnt sell bc it wasnt that big of a difference from the original evo except the 3d and well there wasnt alot of 3d stuff available so what was the point in getting it. The GS2 how ever was thinner faster sexier and had a way better camera. The day the GS2 hit the shelves the 3d was done. I jumped ship asap
[HTC EVO 3D] Blayz:
yea and they should still have nextel phones, just gotta market that push to talk feature better! *chirp chirp*

on a more serious note... glad you aren't the one making the decissions for sprint though
[HTC EVO 3D] twitchyfingers:
Marketing ICS

The general public seems to be a little uninformed about android versions. I work at best buy mobile and often used android version as a selling point (Especially when the Galaxy Nexus came out with pure ICS). However I don't emphasize software version as much now since most consumers have no earthly idea what it means. even after explaining, most customers respond with a lack of enthusiasm: "oh... that's neat..."

For myself and probably many power users, It would have made sense to release ICS earlier on the E3D so it could have a better edge on the competition, (iphone, Gs2), but the general public... Android versions don't seem to motive them as much. the early move to ICS would have translated to insignificant increases in sales to justify the release.

Atleast on Iphone instead of saying "The new 5.0/5.1" you can just say, "it's loaded with icloud." Consumers respond a lot better to that. even though I like selling androids better. especially after apple screwed up my evo LTE pre-order (was supposed to get it day after my birthday)
[HTC EVO 3D] mcdermott1:
You know I don't have my head up Sprint's butt or my face constantly glued to XDA. So when someone makes a post that may be a little behind or in the wrong forum, coming out and try to make fun and humiliate them only pushes people away from the site. Next time show some courtesy and some decency and correct them in a respectful manner. Some people such as myself didn't know this until I went to add-a-line and saw it was no longer offered, others may see this post and find the same info and see a good sale for a great phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] Vdubtx:
LINK
[HTC EVO 3D] dr.chucky:
Another point is that HTC screwed up on this phone. About 70 percent of the people who've had this phone say its glitchy. I inherited this phone from my dad and when he had it, it would reboot or shut off by itself. Had it not been for it glitching out all the time my dad would'be kept it. And if a lot of people weren't hearing such things it wouldve been more popular.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tim 13:
Hello there... this is probably going to get laughed at by the more experienced users on the site, but what the hell, here it goes.

I've had a Droid 2, an HTC Thunderbolt, a Dell Streak 7 tablet, and now, my pretty new TF300 tablet. I've never rooted any of them (the Thunderbolt looks scary as f*** to root), mainly because I was scared. I want to unlock all the capabilities of my device, but the idea of bricking anything I have just scares the piss out of me.

I've heard people say that the Transformer (not necessarily the TF300, mind you) is fairly easier to root than other devices because ASUS provides you the software you need to root it. Well, to my surprise, that software was nowhere to be found when my tab showed up. So I guess it's up to me to seek out the details and do some hardcore tab rooting... but damn am I scared.

Bottom line: I'm verrry inexperienced at rooting things... I probably couldn't root my way out of a paper bag. I see the lingo people use in the topics where they talk about rooting their device, and I am just totally lost. I guess I'm looking for input from others who were new to rooting until they hit this device, or input from pros about how risky it is, the ease of the rooting process, a more in-depth explanation of the rooting process... anything. The more, the better. Anything anybody could say to help me nut up enough to root my device, I'm looking forward to hearing it.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EndlessDissent:
All you have to do, if you're still on the OG firmware (.17), is find the app called Sparkyroot, open it, and follow the directions. There is no danger of a brick by using Sparkyroot.

Note that if you've updated to .26 or .29 firmware, you'll have to downgrade to root, which could potentially cause a brick. But really, as long as you can control your attention span and follow directions, you should be fine.

Check out this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1645029
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alanic:
I'm a computer programmer and I rooted only because I wanted to remap the keys on the dock. If you are so hesitant, and don't have a good reason to root, maybe your tablet is just fine the way it is. If you don't have a good reason to root, but you have time to kill, and want to learn new things, then it may be a good thing to do.

As a first safe step, on your laptop you can just install the android sdk with platform-tools, install the usb driver for tf300t, and see if you see anything when you type "adb devices" in command prompt. Maybe doing this will give you a better idea on things that you'll need to do.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsf3g:
Honestly, I'd wait until you have a real need or reason to root. You say you want to "unlock all the capabilities" of your TF300. But what do you mean by that? Is there a specific app you want to run?

I rooted my phone because I wanted free WiFi tethering. I haven't rooted my TF300 because I haven't yet run into any increased functionaliy that I feel I really need or want.

Another thing to consider is that OTA updates can fail or brick a rooted device (or you may simply lose root). So if you want an OS update, you sometimes have to flash an older, un-rooted stock ROM on your device, then take the upgrade. A bit of a hassle. I expect that, since the TF300 is so new, we'll be seeing a few OTA's over the coming months. Until things settle down I, personally, am happy as is.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tim 13:
You're gonna think this is so stupid... but the reason I want to root is so I can run an app called GameCIH, which would help me cheat in a game. lol

In my own defense, the developers have made that game so difficult that your only real hope is to buy in-game currency for real money. Enough other people say, "Cheating is wrong, but in this case, it's pretty warranted."
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] new ion?:
Lol, you have piqued my curiosity. What game? And its stupid easy on .17. I did it about 4 hours after receiving. If you wish to waive your warranty, you can unlock, install CWR(clock work recovery), then flash the SU(super user) zip.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tim 13:
The game is called Defender II from Droidhen. If you go to Play, you'll see a whole poop ton of one-stars, people complaining that the game basically became impossible after the last few updates.

Now, since I'm such a know-nothing when it comes to stuff like this, I don't feel bad asking: I saw that Asus released a bootloader thing for unlocking the TF300 today. Is unlocking different from rooting, and can I hack that game having just used the bootloader apk? I tried using the GameCIH app, but it told me my device wasn't rooted so I couldn't use it.

And to answer somebody's earlier question, I have provided my device with all the firmware updates supplied it over the air by Asus. Does the bootloader app I downloaded tonight make that any less problematic?

-Tim
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] radekula:
Here are my reasons to root:

- app backups/restore with saves (mostly games :p )

- tune settings (look at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1641219)

- some apps require root access for more functionality (nova laucher, titanium backup)

- I'm a linux user so I like having god-like control over my system even if I don't use it offen :D

- and many more...

The only reason to not do this is loosing your warranty.

At this moment I have root only in my phone (Galaxy S II) but I'm also thinking about rooting my TF300T
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 10010110:
^^

Another good reason would be to overclock imo. I've seen threads on XDA where people are getting 1.5 or 1.6 from root/overclocking, which is +EV imo.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spitfire:
If you can follow directions, you should be ok. At some point, everyone roots for the first time. I had no clue about any of this either (and I'm still not the best, especially with adb commands on the comp) but once I rooted my first device, I found it to be pretty interesting and now I do it with anything I get.

I'd advise you to read the root threads thoroughly, you will see a lot of Q&A which will show you where people tend to get stuck in the process. You also might want to just use it as-is for a week or two and make sure you don't have any defects, since your warranty could be void, and you wouldn't want to find out about an unrelated problem later that you can't get fixed.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tim 13:
I'm extra hesitant because it sounds like the downgrade is more dangerous than anything else, and damn it, in every thread, they use so many technical terms that I don't understand...

Make sure the blob file is in there with ADB tools and *circus music playing in my head*
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spitfire:
Haha, trust me, I know where you are coming from. Rooting may be a good place to start actually, if you truly screw it up I don't think they will be able to know that it's rooted and will still cover it (someone else can chime in here if I'm wrong). Unlocking, however, apparently sends them information and will void your warranty for sure.

The only way to learn it is to do it :)

Then again, if things are working well for you, leave it as-is, won't hurt anything to run it stock.
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tim 13:
Yeah, if that's the case though, then I really wish I didn't unlock it... I thought it was like rooting but it did nothing for me except kill my warranty and OTA updates... so until I nut up enough to root it, I guess I'm stuck on .29. Not a bad update, mind you, but as they keep upping the tab, I'm going to be stuck in the stone age. That kind of sucks.