yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
No worries, I'm here to help. I had to have a lot of help when I first started rooting too. So I got to looking and this looks real simple. Just download a few files and extract and a few click to get CWM (clock Mod Recovery.) Once you do that, you will use an SuperSU zip that will root your device automatically. I'm more than confident that after reading a couple times you could do this. That's up to you.

Sent from Nexus 7 flo running SinLess ROM 4.4.2 with ElementalX kernel using xda app-developers app

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Edit: I do recommend you chat with the people in those topics and make sure this supports the "l" version. These roots might be very specific. They I'll be similar but do confirm.

Sent from Nexus 7 flo running SinLess ROM 4.4.2 with ElementalX kernel using xda app-developers app
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Elgari:
Well, thanks to the encouragement you gave me I decided to install CWM and root my phone. I did with an other method that I find in youtube. Anyway I must thank also Andersondj. Merry Christmas!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ruckstande:
Yay! I just got a Kindle Fire HD for Christmas from my wife! Boo! I let it update when I turned it on. Did I just screw myself? Should this year old tutorial still work?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
You should be good but you can try Root Many Android if you run into problems. Do not use KFFA to install TWRP though.

Sent from Nexus 7 flo running SinLess ROM 4.4.2 with ElementalX kernel using xda app-developers app
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ruckstande:
The only word I recognize is TWRP. Haha! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction though.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Lol, you're welcome.

Sent from Nexus 7 flo running SinLess ROM 4.4.2 with ElementalX kernel using xda app-developers app
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] herrenfam:
Can't Root Kindle Fire 2nd Generation version 10.4.6

I use KFFirstAide three times to root kindles with complete success. Now I got my husband a kindle second generation device, I can't use any program to root it. I've tried Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v33, RootQemu, and some others. They all freeze at the first paragraph, where it says that the process is started running.

I'm not sure what to do, Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Is it the version of the kindle I have? I do have an older KFFirstAide, is there a newer one that I could try downloading? But if that would have solved the problem, then why do I get the same effect with the other programs? I have all the settings right on the device. If I can't use an all-in-one bootloader, could someone give me a very dumbed-down explanation of how to root the device using code? I can barely use DOS.

Thanks for your help.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Doe your KFHD7 have a front facing camera? If not, it is the third generation and yes a different root method.

Sent from Nexus 7 flo running SinLess ROM 4.4.2 with ElementalX kernel using xda app-developers app
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Phinatic:
I'm in the exact same boat you're in. Followed everything to a T, and still having issues. I have root, or at least that's what Root checker tells me, but I cannot for the life of me get the bootloader onto here, and without that root is kinda useless for me.

EDIT:: And then I realized that I was not on the last page of the thread...kept reading, and now am currently rooted and installing the 2nd bootloader and TWRP...Many thanks to those that posted in this thread. Much appreciated.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] herrenfam:
Thanks for the response. My husband does have a second generation kindle. Turned out what happened was that I didn't have the ADB drivers installed.

Ironically enough, my kindle fire 2 turned on five days ago and all it would give me was a blinking startup logo and that's it. It never booted past that. Then I tried to restore it, and would you believe it? All my ADB drivers were gone again from Device Manager, and I downloaded about 12 drivers from this site, and none of them will restore the kindle icon back on the Device Manager. Any ideas what keeps happening, and what I can do to fix it? Your help would be much appreciated!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Now you need a fastboot cord. You will need to do a system restore using Kindle Fire First Aid. Don't use the system restore tool.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Unable to Install ADB drivers that work

HI Please Please help me, I have tried for ages now to try and root my partners Kindle Fire HD 7, I have browsed many sites and tried many ways to install the Kindle Fire ADB drivers, I have uninstalled and re installed way to many times and still my amazon device is detected as an unknown device.

I have also tried the KF Firtst Aide Tool, selected option 12 to install drivers and that tells me that the specified path was not found, I have also tried the alternative drivers option 24 still get same error.

I have adjusted the android usb INI file and made other changes to INF files as suggested on other sites, still nothing works and my device is still picked up in device manager as a unknown device.

Just to mention I have enabled ADB and allowed installations of applications.

Please can someone help me and my partner so she can at least download apps from Google play store.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Use v31 Binary root many Android http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Thank you for such a fast reply, I will go try this and see how far I get, I have to admit atm it feels like I am slamming my had against a brick wall. :)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
ok tried the restore with Bin4ry, that will not communicate with my Kindle either so I am back to the driver issue, for some reason these Kindle Fire Drivers will not work on my PC which is running Windows 7 64bit os, all updates are up to date, my PC is clean with no virus or malware or spyware, I am running my pc in Test mode, I have uninstalled and cleaned out all files and registry entries and also tried to re install drivers.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Just an update, I have now tried several other ways that have been suggested on this forum including KFU, I have now tried to do this on 3 different windows 7 machines and all give me the same outcome, Unknown Device in Device manager, as I said I have tried to install both Kindle fire drivers and of course uninstalling the old one 1st, but I still get same result, I have now tried to sort this problem out for well over a month now.

It seems that the only way to solve this problem and also the easiest way is to throw said Kindle Fire HD in the nearest bin and go a buy a decent pad with play store already installed :confused:

I have tried absolutely everything I know to try and get this to work, I am an IT Desktop Support Engineer and I have never come across anything so complicated and with so many inconclusive solutions in all my days working with computers, I guess I have been lucky in life so far lol, I can't for the life of me understand Amazons paranoia every other Android device come pre loaded with all of the drivers required but yet it seems like Amazon have a touch of the Apple restrictive bug :(

I will admit that this is the 1st time I have ever tried to root an android device before so I can class myself as a Noob so please can anyone who has any idea as to what is happening with my issue answer me as if I was a complete beginner, I don't want to miss a step or the silver shinny bin will get to meet the Kindle Fire very soon.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BurnOmatic:
try this http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/13/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver/

and this , http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/29/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver-video/

pay special attention to this

once i figured out the numbers in the tutorial were different than the ones in my pc it recognized my kindle asap just when it gives you the accept unsigned drivers say yes.

once i did it that way my kindle got recognized in device manager
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Windows 7 X64 users need to remove MS driver security enforcement first to allow the drivers to install. Just like Windows 8 users but a different process. I have the steps wrote a few places on the forum or do a Google search. Until you do this, the proper drivers will not install because they are not MS signed. My guess is your getting the "Windows has determined the best drivers are already installed" bit.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Well I have run my pc in test mode and I believe that disable the windows driver enforcement so this wouldn't apply?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
I have tried both suggestions yet my device is still recognised as an unknown device please see images attached.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Latonya1:
Then try This one http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2551661
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
The video is great but I fail 5 mins in, I installed exactly the same drivers as in the video, of course I removed all old drivers, also removed the amozon folder in program files aswell as the .android folder, I also cleaned out my registry, on the Video the kindle is picked up straight away mine still says Unknown device, it will not install these damn ADB drivers at all, as I have said I have now tried this on 2 laptops and I get same result.

ADB is enabled on my kindle so is the installation of apps.

I am running my PC in test mode so there shouldn't be an issue with windows driver signature.

I can't even see my kindle as a mass storage device.

I have tried every possible way now that I can find on the net to install the drivers form EXE installs to running .bat files in CMD running as admin, and they will simply not install.

I wish I could find someone in the UK I could just send this damn thing off to and pay for them to do it, just can't seem to find anyone advertising, I have now got to spend another half a day uninstalling and correcting all the changes I have now had to make to my OS on my PC.

Damn you Amazon lol
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Good. also set your tablet screen to say on for ever (at least while you're modding. You don't want it to sleep while modding.

Correct, sounds like you're good there.

Wait, you cant see the mass storage at all? Go to settings > storage > and now look in the upper right hand corner at the three dots > click on them and select "USB computer connection" > now select Media Device (MTP) If you did not have this set up the computer would never see the tablet in the first place let alone ADB or fastboot.

Also, not sure if someone has suggested this or not but use stunts drivers http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=44446906&postcount=9
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BurnOmatic:
@ Slayer52 the file edits in the first link to are crucial and i think are pc specific, meaning that those numbers might change from pc to pc so check that out and look at the numbers and letters , mine were different than the sample.

http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/12/13/how-to-install-kindle-fire-adb-usb-driver/

the edit to android_winusb.inf corresponds to this image here,

android_winusb.inf

[Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64].

;Kindle Fire

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_1949&PID_0006

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_1949&PID_0006&MI_01

also the edit to this file is crucial adb_usb.ini

Go to C:\Users\YourUserName\.android folder.

Open adb_usb.ini with notepad.

Key in 0×1949. (don’t copy and paste)

Save it.

Let’s go back to Kindle property window.

Go to General tab.

Select Update Driver… then.

Select Browse my computer for driver software ~ Locate and install driver software manually.

Select Browse…, and select C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\extras\google\usb_driver folder.

When Windows Security prompt, select Install this driver software anyway

That’s all.

at first i thought it wasnt working for me but discovered that i was editing it wrong because the numbers varried on the first file edit "android_winusb.inf"
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Thanks again for your reply, I have tried to find the 3 dots in the top right hand corner of the storage settings, please see attached picture, as you can see there isn't any, this is the KF HD7 that we are talking about?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Hi I already had tried this, didn't need to enter any extra lines as those entries were already in the .inf file.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Dang, forgot you're still stock. Disregard the three dot bit. Adb alone should bring it up on the computer. Try stunts drivers and also try a different USB cord. The other thing you can do is let your tablet catch an OTA update. Sometimes that straitens things out.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Ok I have tried stunts drivers, I just get message stating my computer already has the best software installed... just to update as people keep reverting back to other processes, please seen screen shot attached, there u will see in bottom right of screen that my pc is in test mode als you will see what is in ini and inf files.

Sorry forgot to show that I have adjusted the inf file and added this entry on both 86 and 64bit: %SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_1949&PID_0006
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Right click on that yellow triangle and then you have to click on properties then update driver then browse from folders "check include sub folders" and find the drivers and click update. There may be a missing step on there but this is what you need to do no matter how tedious it seems. Also restart your computer before trying this. Remember that F8 is only good until a reboot. You have to enter a couple commands for it to remain that way all the time.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Well I am using a brand new USB cable I use for my HTC phone, I have just ordered a Motorola Factory cable from ebay, but i'm sure I read somewhere that you can do this with a standard USB cable, am I correct in this or is this my problem and I need this Factory cable? like I said i'm a total Noob at this.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
A fastboot cord is nice to have around in case you need to access fastboot but you don't need one to do this. Just a regular ole micro USB cord.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SilentlyScreaming:
Have you tried just forcing Windows into using the downloaded drivers for the Kindle. Sorry if I missed you stating you had, but worth a try...

Go to Device Manager, right click the Unknown Device entry,

Right Click, Properties, Driver Tab, Update Driver,

Browse my computer for driver software, Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer, (assuming Kindle entry doesn't magically appear here then...) Have Disk, Browse, navigate to the folder with the INF file in it, double click it.

You may need to untick the Show Compatible Hardware box if you can't see the Kindle entry.

Select the Kindle option and click enough Next, OK/Finish/Yes I'm damn sure I want to force this driver to be used buttons to make everything go away.

Once again apologies if you've tried forcing the drivers with this specific method.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
If you have not even got to root, try an OTA update. Let Amazon get you to the newest firmware. Or is this already the case?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Great Suggestion which I have tried get error please see attached.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Yes I believe I have latest firmware version 7.4.6 and update your kindle is not selectable.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
That option won't be available for manual update. It use to be but somewhere along the line Amazon just made it automatic only. All I can really say is keep working on that driver install.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SilentlyScreaming:
hmmmm

Tried unticking the "show compatible hardware" box before clicking Have Disk? It shouldn't make any difference, but...

Try repeating the procedure, but using different drivers, perhaps the ones included with KFFA? In case it helps identify if you've already got them from elsewhere, the files in that directory are

amd64 - Folder

i386 - Folder

android_winusb.inf

kindlefirewinusba64.cat

kindlefirewinusbx86.cat

LICENSE.txt

NOTICE

NOTICE.txt

signed_kindlefirewinusba64.cat

signed_kindlefirewinusbx86.cat

uninstaller.exe
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Slayer52:
Well I have retraced all steps and I am still not getting anywhere with this, still shows as unknown device, doing it as described above I get error telling me that I need to install a compatible 64 bit driver, I give in I have tried and tried to sort this out with no result.

Thank you all guys for your suggestions, if anyone has a new way to try this with some drivers that will work i'm all ears lol
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] herrenfam:
Last resort try...

I had something very similar happen to me. I tried everything to get my device recognized by my computer to no avail.

Turned out my brand new cable was bad. I mean, my monster, right out of the package new cable was bad. I figured it out when I plugged in an old crappy 1.5' cable and suddenly my kindle was recognized.

Hope that helps.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Latonya1:
:good: you found the problem and that was your cable only then problem solved
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cheesycake7:
Can someone help me out? I've followed the steps all until the rooting part. After running the root option, my kindle rebooted with a root checker but no SuperSU. There was a part of the program that tells me to run SuperSU before proceeding so I am stuck there. Now I can't see any icons at all in my Kindle (only words) and the Kindle runs very very slow. I've tried rooting it a second time and unrooting it, I have also tried the restore option. All three doesn't work. I checked root access with ES File Manager too and it appears I didn't manage to root it yet.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] omaha_celebration:
Hi all,

I followed all the steps written in this guide but the Kindle got bricked.

Depsite Aide's assurance that the root process had been done successfully, now my Kindle goes very very slowly and it is impossibile to use it; furthermore, screen refreshes endlessly. How can I fix this? Please help me.

P.S. I tried to root again using qemo but it fails at step 3
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kidicarus1602:
This happened to me, Kindle fire logo flashing, slow to boot, the sluggish and cant click any apps?

Re-root using the Root MANY ANDROID program from this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2069117

Either https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/Win32.zip if you have 32bit windows or https://dl.dropbox.com/u/54456659/Win64.zip for 64 bit

Worked for me :)

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See my above post

Should help you out too
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] PezzyDude:
Kindle Fire HD 8.9"/ Root

Hi all.

I've been reading through numerous posts & threads here on this forum; I've even come across people that have had problems similar to or even almost exactly like mine.

I have the Kindle Fire HD 8.9", and I've been trying to root it following the guide in the first page of these threads to do it; I believe it was authored by "Pro Kennex".

I have; System Version: 8.4.8_user_4849120

I follow the guide by Pro Kennex; here's where I'm at from following the guide:

I'm adding the code that's listed.....I'm running Command Prompts in Administrator Mode.....I'm checking Hidden Devices in Device Manager.....I get all the way to a part where you run a program known as "KFFirstAide"; this is the part where you actually root the Kindle.

In this KFFirstAide program, the instructions say: "Select Option 15 to Root the Kindle. If Option 15 fails to Root the Kindle, use Option 16." Selecting Option 15, and going by what I see on my computer monitor, it appears to have worked, but......nothing is happening on my Kindle which is plugged into my computer via a USB cable.

So, as per instructions, I try Option 16........I think there might be success!!.....on the Kindle's screen are some words in an almost cartoon-ish font; it has a little downwards pointing arrowhead and the words "fastboot mode".......but it just stays there.....and stays there......and stays there.....; we're talking 5 minutes or more.

I try tapping the Kindle's screen for a reaction; nothing. I try swiping, top to bottom, side to side; nothing. I try pressing the power switch; NOTHING!!!

Crap.....for a moment I think I've bricked it.

I disconnect the USB cable and then pressing down longer on the power button; it finally powers off.

But I'm dreading when I press it again to power it back up that nothing will happen.

But it does power back up and everything is OK.

But I cannot for the life of me get this thing rooted.

I was at a tech forum on another web site, and someone there suggested that I try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2096888

They also suggested trying a different USB cable; could something as simple as the cable really do the trick?

Anyway.....anybody have any ideas? Is the latest system version put out by Amazon Kindle of 8.4.8 resistant to rooting? :rolleyes:

Well, I'd appreciate any help or info to get this device rooted.

Thanks,

Pez
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] soupman4ever:
not sure whats wrong

Oki have fallowed all the steps but I am getting this -

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

* daemon started successfully *

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

any ideas???

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Fallowed step c-2 and it worked, thanks:)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prettyprincess:
Probably missing something obvious

I've got a Kindle Fire 2 10.4.8. I've been following the directions in the OP and I'm not exactly getting errors, it's just that nothing is happening when I get to Step C. I installed the ADB Dropbox drivers and they show up fine in my Device Manager. Once I try to run KFFirstAide or the alternate Manual Method RunMe.bat, it's like neither can communicate to my Kindle. My suspicion is that they're not communicating because every time I try to run any function with KFFirstAide, it either says < waiting for device > forever or "*daemon started successfully*" forever, if I try any function that requires communication between them. I have tried this and tried waiting around 10 minutes max. I'm using the factory cable but I have also tried a non-factory cable (as well as multiple USB ports) The Kindle recognizes it's connected to a computer to charge and the ADB driver showed up in my DM but those are the only indications that it's connected. I've installed, uninstalled, and re-installed the ADB drivers several times.

Just FYI, ADB is definitely enabled on my Kindle, as is "Allow Installation of Applications." It is NOT connected to my amazon account; I assumed that would be better? Also I am doing this on Windows 7 64-bit (and I did perform the fix indicated at the beginning of the post). I am a n00b at this kind of thing so I have done my best to follow each step to the letter, but apologize if I have missed something really obvious.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] mindmajick:
Try running the runme.bat from the command line instead.. May help.

-》Sent from my mind to your screen.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] prettyprincess:
Okay, I tried this with KFFirstAide and nothing changed, same issue. With the alternate method Win64 RunMe.bat it was different, but it ran through each step with the response "The system cannot find the path specified" at each step. The Kindle gave no indication of anything happening.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ameliasauce:
It works for version 7.4.8!! :d

I've got a kindle fire hd 7" with the 7.4.8 update. Method C-1 didn't work for me, but Method C-2 was super easy and quick. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] LinearEquation:
Try root many Android v31. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460