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[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Hi all, I posted this as a reply in the dev forum yesterday but figure this is probably the better ppace to be posting.

I recently received a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 for my birthday from my girlfriend. I was in the market for a tablet, had considered this tablet as, for the money, it seemed to be by a fair old way the best bang for the buck for that kind of size screen. However, I had dismissed it due to its lack of Google Play, and its use of Amazon Market, which from what I had read, was somewhat limited. I was aware you could root it and install google play buy didnt fancy voiding warranty just to use the tablet normally.

Despite having that in mind, I knew my girlfriend had done research into the specs, which was what her buying decision was on. I didn't have the heart to raise these issues with her as, it wasn't a particularly small amount of money she had spent on me and I didn't want to hurt her feelings or whatever. Due to that, I decided to keep it.

In my first couple of days, I actually surprised myself and loved it. I had managed to find an app called "Black Market" that is essentially a android APK library which contained pretty much every app I use on my other android devices, so I was happy. Unfortunately, the more I used my Kindle Fire HD (being used to cyanogen mod on my previous tablet [Rooted HP Touchpad], cyanogen mod on my old phone [HTC HD2] and Samsung's Android overlay on my Galaxy S3 and Galaxy S4) I found myself getting more and more frustrated with "kindledroid". Everything just seemed to feel more difficult, awkward and felt like it took so much longer. So I started thinking about flashing custom ROMs. Buuuuuuut you already know that, why else would I be here?! haha

My issue

I'm not new to rooting and flashing custom ROMs. I've done it on my old HTC HD2 and HP Touchpad numerous times. However, this process seems a lot more in depth than the process on either of those devices.

My issue at this point is fear. I've read through as many posts on as many threads as I can stomach and have not been able to find a definitive answer as of yet.

My Kindle Fire HD is running version 8.4.6. I am happy/comfortable rooting it, however, "fire flash" is the point for me where warning lights come up in my mind.

Everything seems to be for version 8.1.4 or 8.4.3.

My Question

This goes out to anyone who has flashed the 2nd bootloader and custom ROM from a version 8.4.6 Kindle Fire HD. I have seen a lot of people who have successfully rooted on 8.4.6 but no mention of what they have done after... Do I have to do anything special prior to running "fire flash"? and if so, could someone please give me a step by step of how to do it.

I am at the point where I am rooted, installed Fire Flash APK and opened it. I now have a big Warning (Warning: current bootloader is not kfhd8-u-boot-prod-8.1.4.bin)

Is this something to worry about/something I need to address before I continue on with any further steps? I.E. Somehow reverting the tablet back to 8.1.4? If so, where do I get the files from/how do I do this?

As you can see, I am in a rut. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
OK use the tutorial use originally posted in here and take note of two things: that red warning text about the boot loader is very important, right above the red text is a check box that downgrades the boot loader for you so check that, the rest u can pull from that tutorial. Another note, make sure to put the ROM you want and gapps flashable zip for that version of android on the sdcard ahead of time because thanks to something amazon did if your boot loader version isn't the same as your os version you will boot loop into recovery and its a pain because u have to push the ROM with adb when it does that. From there it's a simple factory reset from twrp and system wipe and flash the ROM you chose.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Fantastic, Thank you very much.

I will give this a go later today.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Okay, at " plug the TWRP recovery.img into the recovery partition, and make sure to hit "apply stack"

I don't see an option to hit "apply stack". Where can I find this? Hesitant to go on without hitting it as the "make sure to hit" makes it sound likes its a pretty essential step...

Thanks in advance!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Bricked.

So, I went for it anyway, anddddd yehh I've bricked it. All seemed to go okay, hit okay, powered off, powered back on and held volume up and....

Nothing just gets stuck on Kindle Fire Logo (non-animated)...

Anything I can try to get it back?

:( Looking back I guess the misses would be more unhappy with this outcome then if I just said "yeahhh can i get a different tablet instead?"
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
No worries, your device should be easily fixable, you just need to run a fastboot command with the kindle unplugged as follows "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" once it says waiting for device plug your kindle in, it should go into fastboot, if the command prompt sits at waiting for device then you probably need to install the drivers for fastboot mode which are in my signature. If you have to install fastboot driver you will have to be quick about it because the kindle only shows up as a fastboot device for a brief moment after its plugged in and it shows up in the device manager as a jem device, once it picks that command up though it will go into fastboot mode completely where you can restore the system with kffa or backups that you made if you followed the tutorial completely.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
You did not follow the directions listed and that's what happens. You more than likely would have bootlooped anyway because Amazon patched the hole that allowed the flashing of the second bootloader back on 8.30 anyway which is why it's recommended to downgrade the bootloader in the first place.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Hey buddy, Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. I really appreciate it.

However, I wonder if you could please expand? I'm new to fast boot, as far as i'm aware I don't have anything installed for it. If you have any time could you please give me a step by step with any download links I might need? I understand if not, I don't want to go taking loads of your time, but it would be greately appreciated!

Thanks in advance!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Okay Stunts Thanks for all your help so far. You've been great!... I do indeed need to install those fastboot drivers, but it wont let me install them. I get an error message come up saying please ensure this file is intended for an x64bit system.

Could you please break down for me what I am going to have to do once I plug the device in.

Fastboot was on "Waiting for Device".

I plugged my kindle in.

Computer made the normal USB device plugged in noise (First time the computer has recognized the device - didn't make the noise before fastboot install - taking this as positive sign.)

Computer automatically started trying to install drivers, So i quickly went to run "hdwwiz" (manual driver install) Selected the download from your siggy and clicked okay. I got the error message and the kindle started showing up as a Jem device.

I have now uninstalled the Jem device and rebooted computer so should be back to normal? Could you please let me know what I have got to do in order to get the fastboot driver installed?

Thanks!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
That's odd, it shouldn't have said it wasn't a 64bit driver, lemme check the inf and make sure I put the driver in the 64bit section for 8.9" models because I thought I did. Usually the only error message people get is on windows 8 from the stupid signed driver enforcement that they added.

edit: ok i double checked my driver, they do have the 8.9" model in the 64 bit section, i have no idea why you would be getting that error. Maybe try it on another pc?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Okay mate, sure. When I can get back on the laptop in a bit ill tell you the exact message. Just popped out briefly so cant atm.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
"The folder you specified doesn't contain a compatible software driver for your device. If the folder contains a driver, make sure it is designed to work with Windows for x64-based systems"

It is more than possible I am doing something wrong though or selecting a wrong option somewhere. If you cannot find any problems with it, if you could let me know at what point I need to install the driver and a step by step of what I need to do to install it would be absolutely fantastic.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Okay mate, You have been more than helpful already, but would it be at all possible for you to break down what I have to do a little more:

1. Open up fastboot

2. Type the command you gave above (fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product).

3. When it says "Waiting for Device", plug the kindle in via USB.

4. Quickly Install Driver (How?) I think I must be doing something wrong here at this point. (I am using Windows 7)

5. Once driver installed and booted into fastboot, use KFFA/my own back up to restore.

If you could tell me what to do at the install the driver quickly phase that would be fantastic...

thanks again
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Basically you open the device manager and look for a jem device to appear and right click it, hit update driver, and point it to the directory where you extracted my drivers. If it still gives you issues after doing that, right click the jem device and hit properties, goto details tab, and select hardware id's from the drop down list and tell me what your device says.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
Ah so it's not a bad thing for it to be named Jem Device?

Okay great, Driver installed. Kindle Fire HD on Fastboot mode screen.

Am downloading KFFirstAide100.zip from here; http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2096888

Can you please confirm this is the version of KFFA you were referring to?

Thanks mate you really have been a life saver so far!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Yes it is I believe that is the right version. Go for it. Just do a system restore and tell it no when it asks if you want to put it in fastboot since it already is.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Timmzy89:
We have a happy bunny! Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Restored! :D

Albeit now running version 8.1.4 where I was on 8.4.6 before but that isn't the end of the world!

Question:

Is this now back to complete factory settings unrooted etc? i.e. Essentially now back under amazon warranty?

Please check your PM Stunts. About to send you another message.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Actually it's rooted, we can't make a backup image without it being rooted. You would have to delete superuser from /system/app and the su binary from /system/xbin in that order to unroot it.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
Windows 7 X64 has driver signature enforcement that has to be disabled too.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stunts513:
Couldn't send a pic in a pm so here is a reference to look for the check box.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] AM Radio:
still hemming and hawing. all the reviews at least acknowledge lag in the Eyxnos variant of the Note 10.1 2014, with some of them stating they wish Samsung had given the wifi version a Snapdragon CPU — as thought that would solve the problem of lag (which is bloated, un-optimized TouchWiz and Samsung apps)

but does anyone have first-hand experience of Exynos vs. Snapdragon **specifically** for this tablet? is Snapdragon really that much better in real life?
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] DeBoX:
I've gone from a LTE version to a Wifi only version. (i.e from Snapdragon to Exynos) . This is due to the fact that I couldn't find a 32 gb version of the LTE.

Things I've noticed

Snapdragon:

Menu transitions a tad faster

Program startup a tad faster ( granted this depends on the app)

Game performance a tad better (Note I don't really care much for synthetic benchmarks, yes the dragon is faster in games, but we are talking peanuts in comparison)

Exynos

Wake up from sleep somewhat faster

Battery seems a tad better (had the Snapdragon for a month and the Exynos for about 2 weeks)

The lag is due to the software and overlay, so neither CPU can really compensate for that . I'de say it's like comparing Ferrari to Lamborghini. In principal it comes down to what you need, LTE or not...?

Performance wise too close to call, unless you look at the synthetic benchmarks, but then you also have to keep in mind that they don'w always represent real life. ( companies cheat like crazy on those benchmarks)
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] (THE REAL) Neo:
That's a good question...but we must wait for someone more expert,cause I don't know the answer...

Inviato dal mio Nexus 5 utilizzando Tapatalk
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] js931:
Hi all,

I just bought an LG G2 (D802 international unlocked version) and the behavior when plugging in the charger cable is very strange:

When I plug in any charger (tried 4 different ones with different cables incl. stock), the phone is not charging.

BUT, there are a few strange things happening:

1. On the lock screen it shows "Charging"

2. In the settings menu under the battery menu it shows "not charging" (this is different from being unplugged, then it shows something like "discharging")

3. Sometimes the popup comes up when I plug it in, but not always.

3. When I turn the phone off and plug the cable in, the display lights up (also the LED) and it shows the "charging" battery symbol.

IN ANY CASE, THE PHONE BATTERY IS NOT CHARGING!

Here is what I tried so far:

- Used 4 different chargers & cables

- Tried to charge via USB

- Did a factory reset

Nothing helped so far.

I suppose that its a hardware failure, but maybe someone has a different suggestion/solution?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x714x:
Only thing i can recommend is maybe do a factory reset to see if that corrects it which i doubt it will. Other then that i would have the phone warrantied then.

If its a software issue then that is at the kernel level. I would assume its a hardware issue though
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] js931:
i think so too. already tried the factory reset, but no luck.... :confused:
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RubbleTea:
Maybe op off back cover and see if battery is loose? Warranty.....?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] js931:
I sent it back to get a replacement. Was just wondering: Is it possible to remove the back cover on that phone without damage/loss of warranty?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RubbleTea:
Yup some ppl I heard were taking off to buff the back cover shine off....hope you get it soon!
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] khalidadil:
Same problem
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] js931:
I got a replacement unit, it was a hardware issue.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bilgramiz:
The same problem i am facing with my G2 Sprint LS980 and i am pretty sure this is not hardware problem because my phone had signal issues and LG charged repair fee around US$ 55. My phone was not rooted before repair and also my phone was charging fast too. It has installed ZVD7 ROM. But once i get my phone it was completely changed. They rooted my phone, They converted my ROM from ZVD7 to Cloud G3 2.2 and they also installed TWRP recovery. But still phone is not charging same like as you posted. I just noticed another thing phone is perfectly charging in TWRP recovery mode. Therefore i am 99% sure it's not hardware issue. 2nd issue is that phone is also not detect with my PC. I tried different drivers but failed. Anybody can help me or suggest me any suitable ROM and provide me correct driver or PC suite?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sumeetG:
having same issue , have u solved??

having same issue on lock screen say charging but in setting -> battery say not charging but when plunged out say discharging :confused:, have u solved??
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tomb_Raider_Legend:
Same peoblem here
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bilgramiz:
Not yet Dear...It is the piece of junk for me. Now my ROM has been deleted. I want it back :(
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decon89:
I have the same problem. The phone is acting very inconsistent with charging after I replaced my broken display. This is the second time I replace the display, and it didn't cause any issues the first time. Basically, my phone won't charge more than maybe 2% over a period of 12-16 hours. The phone does not discharge as others have mentioned in previous posts.

No one seems to have a solution to this problem. Some people online are arguing that is it a "security measure" LG have installed into the phone, which makes it impossible to properly charge the phone without an official LG charger/cable. However, I never used the official charger, but been using various chargers and cables without problems!

But now comes the really weird part. I decided to take off the backcover, and then plug in the charger to see if pushing down on different parts would somehow fix it (loose connections etc..). But before I got around to test such hackery, I plugged in the USB and the phone suddenly started charging! I proceeded reproduce the problem/solution, and the result was very confusing: no real charging with backcover on; perfect charging with the backcover off.

Would anyone here on XDA have any ideas as to why this is happening? I've been thinking that the connectors on the backside on the cover might have something to do with it. Not having the backcover on does not seem to affect the phone at all (i can use it like I would without the cover).

TL:DR: My phone won't charge with the backcover on, magically works when the backcover is off. I suspect that it might have something to do with the connectors on the back of the cover.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Maybe putting the back cover on the phone is causing a grounding problem or shorting a circuit. Maybe put some insulating material on the inside of the back cover and then put on the phone?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decon89:
Yes, I thought about doing this, trying one connectors at a time. Do you think that the sticky part of a post-it note like do? I don't have electrical tape lying around atm :/
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
Anything that is non-conductive should be fine since it is just a test.

You could also use a non-sticky piece of paper between the cover and the phone's components.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] onupirat:
So you solved the problem?
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Fuda163:
I have very same problem decon89 described - I replaced screen and cannot charge it properly. And even worse: charging is possible with the phone being switched off completely. And after phone is charged - I cannot turn on the phone unless i open back cover and unplug-plug battery cable. Phone MAY turn on without unplugging-plugging battery, but it is blind luck. Yesterday i accidently turned off my 100% charged lg g2 and could not turn it back on during whole day. If someone has a solution please share it.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decon89:
Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry for not following up on this thread. I haven't fix the problem yet, but it worked for same time, then started acting up again.

I've put a few strips of electrical tape on the bottom part of the phone, behind the black plastic thing. I did this because of an issue with my display having a loose connection. This fixed the screen problem, but the charging fault came back.

The idea of putting a piece of paper between the battery and cover did not work at the time, but I'll try it again tonight.

As I'm writing this, the phone is charging with the cover half off. It works, charges, no problem. I can even use the phone even though the bottom part of the cover is off.
[G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 8tayyab:
same here with my phone when i take off the back cover it started charging.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Schildkamp:
Hi

I'm terrible stuck, and hope somebody can help me. Recently i wiped and then installed 4.4 Google Edition on my i9505. Everything worked, except extremely poor wifi. I then read that I might try updating my phone modem (to I9505_XXUEMK8_MODEM), including a pacth NON.HLOS. However, after this, The phone(dialer) chrases, Bluetooth doen not work, and neither does anything that inlcudes sound (ringtones, alarms, etc). The rest of the phone works flawless - and I DO have great wifi reception ;)

Anybody got any suggestions?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssymmetri:
I have the same problem.

I flashed an Australian Telstra i9505 which previously had baseband I9505DVUAMD8

with MKE_modems_GSM_LTE.tar.md5 (I9505XXUEMKE and I9505XXUEMKE-WiFi-FIX)

Looking for a way to get rid of NON-HLOS.bin (wifi fix) or at least revert back to whatever it was before. As the phone (dialer) worked before I used the wifi fix.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ssymmetri:
Fixed the issue. Stock rom has original NON-HLOS.bin file.

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1. Download the stock rom your carrier is using (for me it's the Telstra stock rom)

2. Use philz touch as your custom recovery

3. Do a full wipe (dalvik, cache partition and clean rom install)

4. Use odin in download mode and stock rom via PDA
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] -sandro-:
I have the exact same problem.I tried to download a stock rom and flash the non-hlos.bin included but nothing changed. I doubt I need to flash entire firmware (I don't want the new bootloader).

UPDATE OK for anyone having the same issue I solved it by flashing the NON-HLOS.bin from a stock 4.2.2 ROM I had still on my computer (I9505XXUBMEA). You can extract just this file and flash it via ODIN without affecting your bootloader and stuff
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Repulsa:
Hi there :) Let's make it easy for you boot into download mode and if you have an entry: Knox Warranty Void then you are having the new bootloader.So you need to Flash the latest Wifi Fix from djembey thread. By flashing a Wrong LTE modems will break your sound if you have an oldbootloader. Have a nice day.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] born4trance:
I really don't get it but after flashing a stock 4.4 ROM my wifi stopped working (couldn't enable it).

So i did some searching (found this thread and some others) and they stated that you could fix this by (re)flashing the modem.bin and non-hlos.bin that comes with the ROM you flashed in the first place.

I found this silly in the first place, as i could see that those files were flashed too, but i did it anyways.

Guess what happened... Wi-Fi was (and is still) fixed! :eek:

Happy as i am i still wonder why flashing the complete ROM (that had those files in it) wasn't enough to fix wifi.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
Possibly because you simply rebooted into download mode, instead of turning phone completely off and booting up into download mode and then flashing stock ROM?

If you don't turn phone off completely before entering download mode sometimes modem doesn't flash properly.

If you did turn phone off, then boot into download and then flash ROM I have no idea! Lol
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] born4trance:
d'oh!....:silly: