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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kinfauns:
That setting has nothing to do with fastboot mode. Fastboot mode must be enabled with a factory cable. This is not the USB cable included with your KFHD. The OP has has a link for more details on how you can make or purchase a factory cable.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] onemeila:
Just wanted to post that this method works flawlessly. I intentionally messed with some of the system files and caused my KFHD to get stuck on the boot screen. I flashed the system.img from the backup I made and it booted normally without a problem.

Once again, thank you kinfauns
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] hellokerby:
Would you please share your system image?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] onemeila:
Look in the "beg for a system image" thread in Q&A
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] knight0828:
Help

it says it cant find data/local/backup.sh

any ideas, im sure im doing somethin wrong
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupmagnet:
Did you create a backup and push it to /data/local/backup.sh?

adb shell ls /data/local
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Yuretz:
Got some troubles restoring back up. Ive got no factory cable, but have motorola USB JIG device. Should it fit me for flashing? When i plug it and restart kindle nothing happend. Cant say weather pinout is the same...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Yuretz:
Succeeded to downgrade with system.img from 7.2.1
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dexd:
cool and thanks, it works and once again my Kindle Fire HD is back!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] el ilusionista:
let´s try all this! Thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dank101:
Now we have bootstrap moded twrp ROMs are coming.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bodi524:
KindleFire2 Backup/Restore Help

This is the partition table for the KindelFire2:

parted /dev/block/mmcblk0 print

Error: Can't have overlapping partitions.

Model: MMC M8G2FB (sd/mmc)

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7818MB

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Partition Table: gpt

Number Start End Size File system Name Flags

1 131kB 262kB 131kB xloader

2 262kB 524kB 262kB bootloader

3 524kB 11.0MB 10.5MB dkernel

4 11.0MB 78.1MB 67.1MB ext4 dfs

5 78.1MB 78.2MB 65.5kB idme

6 78.2MB 78.2MB 16.4kB crypto

7 78.2MB 78.2MB 2048B misc

8 78.2MB 95.0MB 16.8MB ext4 efs

9 95.0MB 103MB 8389kB recovery

10 103MB 112MB 8389kB boot

11 112MB 1041MB 929MB ext4 system

12 1041MB 1722MB 682MB ext4 cache

13 1722MB 7818MB 6096MB ext4 userdata

It looks like the /system partition is 929 MB as the backup script is saving.

However fastboot for the KindleFire 2 wont let you restore a image file that big.

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar max-download-size

max-download-size: 486,539,264

This is 464 MB.

So how can we backup a 929 MB partition and then restore if we can only restore a 464 MB Partition??

I am refraining from doing much with my KindleFire2 as I dont want to brick it...again.

Hoping some devs that know more than me can help me out.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupmagnet:
What fastboot are you using? The one from the SDK, or the one from KFU?

"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bodi524:
I am using the fastboot from the SDK.

But I don't think it matters as the max-download-size is a already defined fastboot parameter. I don't think we can change it.

Anyone with a HD can you run the fastboot command to check your Max download size?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupmagnet:
Try the one from KFU and see if that makes a difference.

[edit:] 2000th post!

"That's a special kind of stupid. The kind that makes me laugh"
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bodi524:
I downloaded KFU and tried. Unfortunately I get the same error.

FAILED (remote: data to large)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupmagnet:
I'm not sure what's going on with that. Several others have flashed the system.img with no problem at all, and the KFHD and KF2 have the same size system partitions.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bodi524:
I am curious if someone with an HD can run

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar max-download-size

And report what is returned.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] fcasey:
If the device has already been rooted and the su binary is available on the system...

adb shell su -c "/data/local/backup.sh"

I have rooted my device but when running the above command I get the following error:

sh: /data/local/backup.sh: cannot execute - permission denied.

Anyone have any ideas?

I've worked it out. The execute permissions were not set on the backup.sh file, once these were set it worked like a charm.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Xyth:
I found a cheap ($3.75 , includes shipping) Factory Cable on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0099E59SG that works well. It is a manufactured cable, not a modified USB cable, and works well. Took about 10 days to arrive from China, but if you want cheap insurance against future bricking, this looks like a good deal.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] darkzero28:
Does it work regardless of kindle fire version?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Xyth:
It works on the original fire and the fire HD , so in theory it should work for all fire versions.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kinfauns:
This is absolutely not the case with the original Kindle Fire. While the backup might appear to work, the restore will fail.

The original KF has a different partitioning layout than the KFHD 7" and the backup images will be named incorrectly by the script when used on the original KF. Flashing them back will write them to the wrong partitions and (most likely) soft-brick your device.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] onemeila:
A factory cable does NOT work on the Kindle Fire HD8.9. I've posted the directions on how to enable fastboot on the 8.9 here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2010353
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Xyth:
My point is that the cable will work to enable fast boot on the kindle and kindle HD. The software tools used to restore are indeed different. Good to know that the 8.9 version won't fast boot off a cable, thanks to the poster who discovered that.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] verygreen:
Kindle Fire HD 8.9" that I have here absolutely IS getting fastboot commands over usb cable, no need for any special tricks at all.

Just make sure to start your fastboot instance before you turn on/reboot the kindle.

Also pass -i 0x1949 parameter.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] onemeila:
I think some of the recent questions and responses have been misunderstood. Yes a usb cable will definitely send commands via fastboot, but a factory cable is needed to get the two 7" models to even go into fastboot(it can be done using adb but that doesn't help if device isn't recognized), where as the 8.9" version you just have to boot while entering a fastboot command with the -i 0x1949 as you mentioned.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] tim_h:
Hi, I have a Kindle Fire 2 and am tempted to root it - but I am hesitant to do it without a working backup. It would be great if someone could check the download limit on the Kindle Fire HD. If indeed there is a problem with restoring on the Kindle Fire 2, that would be very unfortunate.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Blue Steel:
Backup worked on my KFHD89 - slightly different process

I had difficulties getting ADB to execute the first commands - Yes, I am a noob so it might be a simple user error I am overlooking!

On command 1

adb push backup.sh /data/local/backup.sh - resulted in permission denied error

so I used ES file explorer to move the backup.sh file to the proper location

On command 2

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/backup.sh - resulted in Operation not permitted error

so I used ES file explorer to change the execution rights

After that, in the ADB shell I executed adb shell su -c "/data/local/backup.sh" with no problems and followed rest of instructions for backup, ultimately copying to local pc.

Still trying to figure out why I could not get first 2 commands to work...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] onemeila:
Do you have the 8.9" version? I had the same problem with my 8.9, but worked flawlessly on the HD7,.There seem to be some fixes they made to the 8.9 possibly to try and lock them down further, another is that a factory cable will not work w/8.9
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Blue Steel:
8.9 commands

Yes I have the 8.9 version. I am unfamilier with ADB and was thinking I was missing a critical prerequisite command to "unlock" the fire before those first commands.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] DigitalVortex:
Restore after 7.2.2 update?

So that's the question. I have a KF HD7 that was rooted prior to the 7.2.2 update. I think it was 7.1.1 because the unit was purchased back in July of this year and hadn't been touched till 12/3. I rooted and performed this backup method prior to allowing the wireless access. If I were to get my hands on a factory cable, could I (and others for that matter) re-flash the device's system directory to go back to 7.1.1 in my case? Or would that fail now because the new 7.2.2 file permissions would likely get in the way?

Does this method erase and then recopy an entire partition (like /system in this case) or does it simply copy the files over without modifying anything that would have been "newly" inserted by such an update? -- If the latter, this clearly wouldn't work.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] onemeila:
Yes it should work. I was able to restore my 7" from 7.2.1 to 7.1.5. If you can get into fastboot im pretty sure there is nothing on the system that can prevent you from flashing a partition. And to answer your second ? when you flash a partition it completely overwrites the existing partition. So be sure what you are flashing is right.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] DigitalVortex:
Thanks much for the answer. I'll hold on to my original backup and make a fresh one as well from a now working rooted 7.2.2. I did that with the instructions posted at natorus87's thread.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dhowell:
Backup/Restore re-rooted 7.2.2?

From this I assume that the backup still works fine under re-rooted 7.2.2

I assume the restore will work as well but has anybody actually restored 7.2.2 yet?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Varlokkur:
I just ran the script on my HD 7. Thanks so much for posting this!

I also wanted to add that I, too, had trouble finding the kindlebackups folder. I rebooted and reconnected my Kindle and then it became visible in Windows.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] DigitalVortex:
I have not restored 7.2.2 -- haven't had to as yet. Further, I still have my 7.1.1 backups for both Kindles. From what I'm reading, there's been another update push as well (7.2.3) which neither device has received yet and hopefully will not; I've renamed OTAcerts and modified the hosts file to point s3.amazonaws.com at 127.0.0.1. Evidence for me (my experience thus far) shows that Droid Wall fails to prevent updates. As I really don't feel like having to do the root process over again right now, hopefully I've closed the necessary holes because I like having wireless active.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] starfighter1948:
Did you add s3.Amazonas.com 127.0.0.1 to Hosts or was it already in there and you changed it to point to 127.0.0.1?

Starfighter1948
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark_samus:
I need a boot.img from the firmware from the factory can anyone attach one please or a boot.img and system.img for a higher version will work too thanks

EDIT: I think I screwed this one... crap
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] DigitalVortex:
I had to add it...s3.amazonaws.com pointing at 127.0.0.1. The only line in that file when I opened it was for localhost -- not surprising.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] JAG50:
Where is this file s3.amasonws located? Which directory?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark_samus:
ok I can get my kindle fire hd back up and running with a factory cable so I'll need a boot.img and a system.img thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sullytrny:
I 'think' /system/app

XT912 Simplex 1.3 - 64gb SD 8gb SD-ext
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] klstephenson77:
I am trying to make a backup of my 8.9" KFHD, it has been rooted and has SU access, and windows does see it and is able to communicate with it. With it connected in fastboot mode,I get error: device not found, when connected in normal boot mode I get cannot execute - permission denied.

I copied backup.sh to my sd card through windows, then moved it to the /data/local folder with the Root Explorer app. I have even tried to run the backup from root explorer, but nothing happens. Any clues on what I am missing?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupmagnet:
Just place the backup.sh on your /sdcard and execute the following command:

adb shell su -c "sh /sdcard/backup.sh"
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] klstephenson77:
That done the trick, thank you!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupmagnet:
If you can't find the "kindlebackups" folder on your /sdcard, check under /data/media
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] klstephenson77:
For some reason the kindlebakups file was not showing up on the sd card in widows, so I went to root explorer and found it that way and copied it to the downloads file and windows found it there, but thanks for the info on where else to find it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] seansnuhouse:
I have been reading every where on how to restore my kindle to stock.....I made an 11 file backup with kindle fire first aide......I still have the files....I done it back right after I rooted it ......I also have a backup of the boot, recovery, and system.IMG stock rooted.......I have the kindle fire 2 and it had version 10.4.6 on it when I rooted it and backed it up.......Ive tried fastbooting the three image files but system.IMG was too big for fastboot.....am I supposed to put the sh file on the sdcard first before I try to flash the restore files.....or am I missing something else......has anyone figured a way around the system.IMG file size error yet.......thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Latonya1:
try this thread if you can get some tips http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=609090
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cheif_of_smoke:
so i made a system, boot, and recovery img. i bricked my kindle hd 8.9. entered fastboot and put all 3 imgs back on. when it rebooted it was if i had a brand new out of the box kindle. had to set every thing up again. all my apps were gone except super user. i checked to see if i still had root. had to download a different root checker since the one i had was gone. i still have root. now did i miss some thing since i did a backup of all 3 files and unbricked it with those 3 files and still lost all my apps and what not. i did make another img call boot0block.img. does that one need to go back on in order to get all my app data back? or should i cut my loses and just continue on with puting twrp and 2nd bootloader on to the kindle? i just know my son is going to be upset that all his games are gone. thanks.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] stunts513:
I'm going to throw a guess without examining that script that it didn't backup the userdata or probably better known as /data. Don't know if it's even possible to back that up in a imaging method because the sdcard is actually part of the /data partition so trying to make an image inside its directory where it is gathering data from is kinda a weird loop. Long story short unless it backed up your userdata then no that data is gone. I'd cut your losses and installed 2nd boot loader + twrp, much better to use a cm ROM than stock amazon anyways imo.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] KindleRooteado:
I hope someone can help me

Hi, I was trying to restore my kindle to 10.2.3 firmware to be able to do 2nd-Bootloader/Recovery unlock process to flash a new rom, but something went wrong and now my kindle is unable to boot, and it have a red triangle on the screen all the time...

I'm not sure if is bricked, i just have hope to fix it.

I ask at several post, looking for help or tutorials about what to do, i didn't get anything yet... finally I found this post by chance.

Well my problem is that i tried to flash the system.img, getting this error:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img
sending 'system' (777953 KB)...
[B]FAILED (remote: data too large)[/B]
finished. total time: 0.004s

I'll really estimate anyone who help me, whatever u can guide me, if I'm on the right post to fix what's wrong with my KF or not, or if someone know why it gives me the error "data too large" and I can do it I'll appreciate very much (I can donate via paypal or whatever).

It's frustrating to be stuck so long time.

:crying::crying:

[IMG="red triangle"]http://xdaforums.com/picture.php?albumid=11345&pictureid=46175[/IMG]
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
First tell me which Kindle you have. Can you confirm the firmware? Before I can assist, I need to make sure I don't offer the wrong images etc.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] KindleRooteado:
I have Kindle Fire 2nd gen. It was running 10.5 version before I try to restore to 10.2.3 firmware.

And I was trying to downgrade stock firmware because I was following the tutorial [BOOTLOADER] 2nd-Bootloader/Recovery unlock process for KFire 2 [TWRP 2.6.3.0] but when I was trying to do the backup I couldn't (always getting "Permission denied" error) and when I tried to flash bootloader I couldn't either so I asked and someone answered me that the method can not use with kindle fire 2 running on 10.5.0 firmware, so I need to restore my kindle to 10.2.3 firmware.

Well, I used restore.zip from http://goo.im/devs/mindmajick/Kindle2/Restore.zip and then I run Restore.bat but something when wrong and what I've told already, KF now cannot boot and it does not react, only appers the red triangle.

It enter to fastboot, and if I check "fastboot -i 0x1949 devices" I got:

Last login: Sun Sep 14 09:57:10 on console
mn-no-MacBook-Pro:~ mn$ fastboot -i 0x1949 devices
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + 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
continue continue with autoboot
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
help show this help message

options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address
-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default: 2048
mn-no-MacBook-Pro:~ mn$

I'm working with Mac OS, thanks in advance.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
I can't offer advice on how to do this from a MAC. I can tell you how to get it done on a Windows Pc though. First, you'll want to review this tutorial and read all of it. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2537579 you will need a fastboot cord in order to boot the tablet again. This will put the tablet in fastboot mode.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] KindleRooteado:
First at all thank you for taking time to answer me. Yes, I have a factory cable and my KF is able to enter in fastboot, thats why I so I could write fastboot commands. The problem why i wrote here is because it is not able to boot, and i do not find the way to make it boot.

And are you really sure i should review that tutorial??? Why?

[IMG="?"]http://xdaforums.com/picture.php?albumid=11356&pictureid=46219[/IMG]

I have a kindle fire 2nd generation, as i said.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
You have an Otter 2 not Otter so disregard the initial link. You can find tutorials on here for dealing with the issue you have but I don't know how you go about it on a mac.
[HTC Sensation XL] mechul_19:
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[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wooba99:
For those that already have a note 2 could you please tell me what the external speaker is like?

Right now I have a galaxy nexus which for the most part I adore, but the external speaker absolutely blows. I work in construction so I often miss calls. I also use it to play music while I'm working and unless I'm in a fairly quiet area I can't hear it very well. Hands down the worst external speaker of the many smart phones I've owned.

I'm really hoping the Note 2 is improved on that.

Thanks..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Crazypinoy9:
The external speaker is pretty loud. Definitely a lot better than the Gnexus. On the Gnexus I had to install Volume+ or flash a rom with Beats Louder.

The problem is defining how loud is loud. Since you're in construction you might have different standards than others.

Although, I do feel that the internal speaker could use a bumping up but it's not too bad.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SMARTPHONEPC:
According to reviews it's finally solid but I look forward to experiencing the Note2 in person. I agree the Nexus speaker sucks & even was a dealbreaker for me, my EVO loudspeaker is solid & contributed to my 2010 decision. I hope future flagships pay more attention to the speaker quality & even include stereo speakers.

BTW, you could also consider external bluetooth speakers..
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MaxReality:
Well put it this way. You can hold a conversation with the loud speaker, while driving on the motorway/freeway. Impossible to do with htc sensation. Very clear and loud.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wooba99:
Thanks for the feedback guys. Sounds like this will be good for my needs.

As for the external bluetooth speakers. I've considered it but unfortunately not practical as I'm always on the move. So it has to be on the external speaker while in my pocket.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kiringichiban:
note 2 external speaker quality loud but poor

I like that its loud. But the quality and clarity leaves much to be desired. Also having an iPhone 5, the clarity to loudness ratio is like night and day. I'm sad because I much prefer the Note 2. If anyone has any tips or mods to greatly improve this please post. TIA
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stanglifemike:
Have you considered something like the Motorola S10-HD? It's sweat resistant and sounds amazing! Being that it uses earbuds, it would reduce any surrounding noises as well. It goes around your neck and over your ears, so the earbuds stay in place very very well. Also, if you want to pull the earbuds out for any reason, it just rests around your neck, is there when you're ready to listen again, and will not fall off. Most earbuds are dangling from your waist where they're attached to your phone, that's a great advantage with the S10-HD as they are always around your neck no matter what you're doing. I have this and was extremely impressed! I bought it just for music, games, videos, etc ; so I was shocked to find out it works perfect for phone calls, I didn't even know it was capable!!! Callers on the other end don't even know I'm on a bluetooth headset, and are surprised when I tell them that I am. Best Buy has it in sale for $69.99 now, normally $89.99.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adytum:
I just stumbleupon'ed this, might be relevant to your needs, depending on the size of your pockets :D

http://mashable.com/2013/01/07/felt-audio-pulse-speaker/
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] okuda1971:
The speaker is loud but not loud enough for an industrial environment! My solution was to buy the sony smartwatch and pair it with my note2 and the watch vibrates when the phone rings and for messages etc..
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] rickriego:
for jb AOKP 4.1.1/4.1.2 inverted version of gvoice will install but cannot be configured and play store version says incompatible update..are there any known workarounds?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] drwx:
I would uninstall it and then just use the one from the market. I had some issues similar back in July. I think it was gmail not wanting to update but it might have been gvoice. You might have to use tibu to uninstall it.