[Kindle Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] skeeter7424:
So after reading about a dozen or so threads, all of the FAQ's, and 3 other sites, I have come to a roadblock. Here is my situation in its entirety...

Got a brand new Kindle Fire HD 7" for Christmas, obviously couldn't leave it alone. I have rooted about a dozen models of Android phone, and jailbroken multiple iPhones, so I know the trials and tribulations of this process...

So I attempt to root my KF using the Bin4ry and Qemu method. I have a AWFUL time getting the drivers to properly recognise my KF. I end up finding another person's issue such as mine, and go through the LONG way of downloading the adt bundle, and installing all of the google software and drivers that way. EUREKA! Drivers work, KF recognised by my machine. First shot with Bin4ry after the driver mishap, works fine. Takes 2 attempts with the second step with the Qemu method, but again, I get there. after the first time booting up, I factory reset the Kindle. Still have SU on the apps list. Cool! Now what?

I boot the machine and shut it down about 5 times just to check stability, and hard shutdown (power button for 20+ seconds) twice. Every time all is ok, and SU is still there.

Now time to play. I again go through reading a couple threads on changing the launcher, and decide to go with the Nova launcher for now. I download it from the Play store, yet can't seem to find it on my KF. I for some god awful reason decide "well I saw it a couple threads ago, that someone had an issue with the launcher change the name of launcher.apk to launcher.apk1 and then it worked" so obviously I go and do that. Enter the final time I would boot my KF.

Upon reboot, I get the stock/standard "kindle fire" screen with no animation at full brightness. It then goes black for a split second, and comes back with the "kindle fire" screen, but now with the animated "shiny streak" that goes across the logo. I left it there multiple times for a half hour +, no change.

So I don't freak out yet, cause it turned on, and I find it can't be all that bad. So I check for it in device manager...nothing. Check My Computer just to see if its recognised for memory storage...nothing. I run the Bin4ry script again, just to see...nothing. Run Qemu just to be thorough...nothing. Restart my computer, repeat ALL above steps...nothing. Still never see's the KF, also never makes a tone at me when I plug the kindle into the cable. Change USB ports, repeat all, nothing. Back all of the drivers out, and reinstall all of them. Restart. Nothing. Download kindle unbrick utility, that still doesn't see the KF. No adb shell commands ever let me even see that it is seen somehow my my computer.

So now I am stuck. It still seems to me to be a driver issue, but I seriously cannot see how that is possible. I guess while waiting for a response from one of the guru's here, I will repeat my process of backing all of the previous drivers out and reinstalling them. There is NO other software on the kindle except for the Nova launcher and whatever the Bin4ry and Qemu methods install on it.

Sorry for the long post, but I figured it would be better than leaving you guys to ask more questions, though I'm sure you will anyways.

Thanks for any help, sorry to be that guy!

Jordan