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[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Is this what is being described here?

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

If so, I will have a look this evening..

I like the fact that it has "noob" in the post description.

Although I flashed a custom rom onto my Samsung Galaxy S2 a couple of years back (using ODIN) a lot of the instructions in this Kindle Fire section seem to be very confusing. I wish I'd known he was planning to do something like this, as I'd have read up on it for him (and, most likely warned him off, amazon look like they have locked down this tablet to a horrific degree)

Okay, that sounds a good first place to start. I don't think I have the SDK currently installed but I guess I can grab it again from google.

I take it if the SDK can "see" it we're halfway there?

Just to clarify:

The device is "quite" responsive.

It will boot up (although I cannot find anything on the internet about this boot animation that just draws the word "DROID" - if I could, I might be able to figure what he's tried to do at least) and you can sort of use it (although there are onscreen glitches as described above) and it freezes up when the screen locks (so you have to reboot every time it locks the screen). But, at least it's not totally D.O.A, I guess.

It does initially flash up Kindle..

I thought I had solved the problem with a factory reset last night (I'll admit for a second I cheered), but after initially showing Kindle Fire, it then starts going to this blue DROID animation..

Okay, cool I take it this is step three if the Kindle Fire First Aid doesn't work?

I am a lot calmer today, am sorry that the first post was written in "Angry Dad" mode :)

I was just annoyed that he tried to deny doing anything to his device, and claimed it was "just an amazon update" (when it was obvious it wasn't).

This is why I am hoping to fix it for him, it was a Christmas present after all, and I would like to (eventually, not right away) hand him back a working Kindle device.

I just wish I wasn't flying so blind.

Thing is I'm not 100% sure he know's what he's done, I think he's just blindly followed a YouTube video or similar and he's ended up with this.

I really, really appreciate you guys taking the time to reply to my post.

Thanks so much for reading and responding.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
Okay,I'll guide you through a step-by-step tutorial to restore your Kindle.

Download and install the Android SDK. That is the first thing any Android modding guy must have. It provides you with the ADB and Fastboot executables which you're gonna need.

Download and install the Kindle Fire HD ADB drivers. You're gonna need them since the official Google drivers that came with the SDK are not supported by Amazon.

Modify your path variable. To do this,right-click on 'My Computer' and select properties. Click on "Advanced System Settings" and then "Environment Variables". At this point,you should copy the path to the tools and platform-tools folders of your SDK and paste them in the "path" system variable . If you want a video tutorial:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw

See if ADB and fastboot works. Open CMD from Run and type in ADB or fastboot. If it returns a lot of text,it's working.

Now type in:

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

It'll return <waiting for device>

Turn off the Kindle and plug it in. If it boots into fastboot,you're good to go with KFFA

If it doesn't boot into fastboot,you'll have to buy a fastboot adapter or make one.

---------- Post added at 06:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:51 AM ----------

Although I have no idea how he got the Droid animation....
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Okay, apparently, he went to this 1mobile market to get a one click root app.

I have not been able to find the app myself, but am very worried that he's been downloading apps from an unofficial app store.

The change to the boot animation seems to have been achieved using a Xposed app (that requires XBlast?). It was after installing this, and changing the boot animation that he says the Kindle started to behave weirdly.

Have not had the time yet to sit down and go through the instructions provided, thank you for those, I will set time aside at the weekend as I don't want to rush it.

At least now I know where the weird boot animation came from

I provide this info as a warning to others.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
1mobile is an OK place to download apps from. You just have to make sure the dev is reputable. XBlast can mess a tablet up if you play to much with it.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
I agree. It's tricky,XBlast. Any progress?

Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Alas, not good..

Am stumbling at the first hurdle really, have installed the AndroidSDK all okay but am trying to add the Kindle Fire drivers into the SDK as per amazon's instructions here .

But the SDK they describe doesn't seem to match the SDK environment I have installed (I have version 23.0.0.1245622 of eclipse installed, which seems to have a different menu structure to the one amazon describe?) and whenever I try and get

Eclipse to access the URL amazon has told me to (http://kindle-sdk.s3.amazonaws.com/addon.xml) I get the message "No repository found at http://kindle-sdk.s3.amazonaws.com/addon.xml"

Am really not sure what I'm doing wrong..
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
Don't do that. Just download my Flasher and extract it. There is another zip inside,which has the drivers. Just install them normally.

Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bao289:
Hi! One click root app was probably called VROOT. VROOT is still not identified as safe as there may be malware, sorry :\ However if you have a FASTBOOT cable go on this website and you should be able to restore it without SDK.

http://androidcowboy.com/2013/07/how-to-recover-bricked-kindle-fire-hd/

by the way once choosing an "option" please wait for at least 20 minutes as restoring the device takes a long process. :)
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
Your tablet still has fastboot access which means it's almost surely restorable. The flasher offered above will work and so will the System Restore Tool. You just run the bat and wait to be restored. Make sure your drivers are installed properly. Windows 8/7 64bit need to be put in test mode so your drivers will install right.

Windows is not going to let you do this until you disable device driver signature enforcement.

Disable device driver signature enforcement in Windows 7 read on. Windows 8 has different steps.

Both must be done from the administrator profile to work right

Both of these are for Windows 7 X64 users.

Windows 7 X32 and earlier version users do not have this issue

A.*

1. Reboot and on start up press F8 a couple times.

2. Scroll down to "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement."*

Note: This must be done on every bootup you want to install something not MS signed.*

B. For a more permanent solution.*

1. First go and uninstall the driver (delete driver) you want to replace and then restart your computer.*

2. Now go to the start menu and type cmd.

3. Right click on "cmd" and open a command prompt with elevated privileges (run as administrator.)

4. Now type these in the command prompt one at a time hitting enter after each one.

bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING ON

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions DDISABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS

4. Now install the driver you want.

5. Restart the computer.

6. Profit.

Note: If you do this right, you will see "Test Mode Windows 7 Build 7601" (or something comparable) in the lower right corner of your screen. This means that drivers not signed by MS can be installed without getting the Windows has installed the best driver already bit.*

If you opt to take your computer out of test mode, the drivers will more than likely be replaced by MS drivers next time. To exit test mode follow steps 1,2 and 3 in part B of my writeup and type these commands in the command prompt one at a time hitting enter after each one.

bcdedit.exe -set loadoptions ENABLE_INTEGRITY_CHECKS*

bcdedit.exe -set TESTSIGNING OFF

Now restart computer.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Okay, I got the amazon drivers installed on my machine, and had fastboot and adb working from the command prompt after adding all of the paths to the PATH environment setting.

I typed in:

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

and I got the prompt <waiting for device>

However when I attach the device, it just boots (with the weird droid animation) - I cannot see anything to say that it has fastbooted. Does it display any different?

I have also typed adb devices and I don't think my PC is seeing the Kindle Fire HD as I get no devices shown in the List of Devices?

Does this mean I need a fastboot cable?

Would installing cyanogenmod on this be an option now? Or would that just make matters worse at this stage?

++ EDIT ++

Actually, uninstalled and reinstalled amazon adb drivers, and retyped:

adb devices

and it output:

D025A0A0241220KP device

so tried the fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product command again, but still the device booted normally
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
By the way just wanted to say thanks for providing the Flasher.

Amazon drivers extracted and installed like a charm (once I allowed them to install to the default location)
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
The only time you don't need one is if you can access the OS and you have functioning root. If you don't have this then you must have a fastboot cable. If you have a Motorola cord laying around try that.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Ahh okay, I understood that I might be able to get the device to enter fastboot without a cable.

I must have read this wrong.

Okay, as I am not in the United States I am guessing eBay.co.uk is my best option?

Will something like this do the trick?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
Should work fine.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Okay, great, have got one ordered, so will hopefully be able to get this sorted soon.

A sincere thanks to everyone who has offered sage advice above.

Some ace tips here, hopefully I'll get this sorted for him

Thanks again!!!!
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LinearEquation:
You're welcome. Keep us updated.
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
That will work. Although I recommend a Team BlackHat factory adapter.

Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
So cable arrived today and, surprise, surprise was a dud.

Plugging into the laptop caused the laptop to shut off instantly.

Booting the laptop up with the cable already attached and the using the

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

command and then plugging the other end of the cable into the Kindle did nothing either..

So am back at square one, these Team Blackhat adapters, do I only need to order the Factory Adapter or do I need the Adapter and the Cable, as it's suddenly running to quite a bit of money (well, will do presumably when I add shipping)?
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SafinWasi:
No,only the adapter will do. It fits at the Micro-USB end of your normal cable. I think it costs $10+shipping

Sent from my device running CyanogenMod 11
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Great.

Have ordered one (should have done in the first place, huh?)

It won't despatch 'til the 14th as the guy's are on holiday but at least it'll work

Had a quick look at the Kindle Fire First Aide software and it really looks if I can get fast boot access this will be able to restore the Kindle Fire!
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christorricoavila:
De hace already gotten cm11
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Okay.. Have Fastboot working.. but cannot seem to restore

Hi there all,

Okay my Team Blackhat adapter came today.

I ran the Kindle Fire First Aide program, and selected option 15

(Reboot the Kindle In To Fastboot Mode (Preferred Version).

And then tried Option 4

Completely Restore the KFHD 7 7.2.1

All seemed to be okay although got some odd messages whilst it was working:

target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'boot.img': No error

target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error cannot load 'recovery.img': No error

target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'system.img': No error

erasing 'userdata'...
OKAY [ 71.739s]
formatting 'userdata' partition...
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type not supported
OKAY [ 0.011s]
erasing 'cache'...
formatting 'cache' partition..
Erase successful, but not automatically formatting.
File system type not supported.
OKAY [ 0.008s]
finished. total time: 127.576s
Would You Like To Wipe Data And Cache (y/n)?

Then it proceeded to put 7.2.1 on there, and told me it had successfully completed.

However when I reboot the kindle, the DROID animation still appears during boot, and it seems it's done nothing other than a factory reset (as when it eventually boots, it goes into the whole language selection process)

So I guess, I'm doing something wrong?

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong, please?

(Son's away this week at camp, be nice if I could fix this for him for when he comes home)

As always, appreciate you taking the time to read this!

Thanks in advance!!
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_81:
I think the images download in kffa are broken. Try kfhd tool.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentbazz:
Hi all,

Well as suggested above, later last night I tried the KFHD restore image (which I found here).

It was a sizeable download (something like 1.1Gb), but after I downloaded it,, I put the Kindle Fire HD into Fastboot, and ran the batch file.

When it had finished, I rebooted the Kindle Fire and...

and..

Yes! No "Droid" animation.

There was a little wobble, initially I couldn't get the WiFi to turn on, so I reattached the Fastbooat and allowed KFHD to wipe the cache.

After that, I rebooted it, went through the set up process and appear to have got my son's tablet back from the dead!!

So relieved!!

Cannot wait for my son to come home from camp at the weekend so I can tell him the good news!!

Just wanted to say thank you to everyone here for all the excellent advice.. This is an amazing community and you guys have been brilliant - thanks so much!
[7" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Red_81:
Glad to see you got it working!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] conundrum768:
Ok, so like an idiot I accidentally wiped my entire device when going to flash a new ROM. The old OS is gone, the new image is gone and the backups are all gone. Annoying, but not a big deal, right? Wrong. My device is no longer being recognized by the computer, at all.

I have tried ADB, ADB sideload, mounting, new drivers, old drivers, the toolkit, rewiping the device, different USB ports, different USB cables, and different computers with different versions of windows.

At every turn, I am unable to move data from the computer to the device as the following error is returned: error: device not found.

I've been working on this for several hours, and I'm not new to problems in recovery or with ADB, but I'm at the end of my rope on this one. Any and all help is appreciated.

EDIT: I managed to finally get a ROM over on the device. I don't have time to post the solution tonight but will tomorrow.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] talt03:
Mind to share the solution as I have been in the same dumb situation :)
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] theo_yuxda:
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There's a lot of cool color combination and best of all its just 7.99$.

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Here's the Link:

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[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] frezd91:
Cool! It's close to my Spigen Neo Hybrid but it costs a third of. Now I'm looking for an economic thinner case. I've seen a lot of tpu cases but the only thing I really want is an edge that protect camera glass.:good::good:
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] 88EVGAFTW:
Wife has the purple one on her S5. She loves it and the price was spot on :good: I'm a case whore so I think I'm going to try the gold mesh one for mine, currently using a Spigen.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] jasp3r:
just bought one of these myself. got the android green one with the iCarez 9H Tempered Glass screen protector. Hope it fits with the case, guess we'll find out!

thanks for the find!
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] gee2012:
- Off Topic- i just realise ;)

Just bought this real leather flip cove caser on Amazon.de (Germany) for 6,99 euro`s. Link http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00IXEKEW4/ref=pe_386171_38075861_TE_item_image.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] frezd91:
I don't like magnet near the device. I'm always scared about that :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] phobium:
Tablets have been utilizing the tech for awhile now, I think it'll be okay unless you have a floppy disk reader or platter-based hard disk in there!
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] jasp3r:
just got the case today. fits really well. the only thing i dont like is the sides seem a little sharp. im sure that will wear down in time. also i recommend the iCarez 9H Tempered Glass screen protector for this phone.
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] goopingtonthe3rd:
just ordered this. same color as OP. yay for free shipping
[Galaxy S 5 Accessories] MadManMark:
I have the case, its nice and good protection also very well priced. But for me this case adds way too much bulk onto the phone, I've made the brave choice to be caseless
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknown00:
my first time using cyanogen...

double clicking the screen while on sleep/blank/standby mode wakes up the screen and turns it on - how do i disable this?

home buttons - is there anyway to switch or change the icons? i'm use to the left being back and right being multi-task
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ddggttff3:
1. Go to Settings, Display, and uncheck the Double-tap to wake option.

2. Go to Settings, Buttons. and make sure Enable on-screen nav bar is selected. After that go to Settings, Interface, then under Navigation Bar select the Buttons and layout option. from there you can customize the icons.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jubi Lee:
Just got my OPO too, upgrading from Cyanogen 10.2 on my last phone so I'll add a couple questions.

1. Where is the default Android browser? I only see Chrome (I like to use both for different purposes)

2. Where is Google Now? I thought it should show up on the left hand home screen by default but I don't see it.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] truckroot:
1. Chrome is the default browser of kit kat. If your rooted u can install the AOSP browser with an app from play store. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.aospinstaller

2. Google Now works off the on screen buttons as usual. For swipe left use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher

Also check for a setting on stock launcher for it, I use Nova on mine and can't check my phone now.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jubi Lee:
Thanks, yeah I figured out the stock browser was dropped in KitKat after I posted that question. I like having a second browser so I may try Firefox, Next and/or UC Browser as an alternative to the AOSP one.
[ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] truckroot:
I do too. Thing is I'm always hitting "Just Once" because I never set a default browser for links?

Sent from my N5 or OnePlus One, I'll figure it out later
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Pedro2Pinto:
I bought a Galaxy Core Plus and i want to unlock sim card network, any ideias how to do it for free?
[Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro] Aeyan Ashraf:
Bro It's Grand Quattro forum . Not Galaxy Core Plus forum . Ask in the specific forum or If Core plus forum isn't created then ask it in the Galaxy Core Forum.

Don't forget to press the thanks button !!!!!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tonemand:
Screen dimming - requires single tap to "wake" - looking for a way to disable

So I am running a stock Sprint HTC One (Android 4.4.2, software version 5.03.651.3) and for months now (for some reason, I thought I first noticed this behavior right after 4.3 got pushed out), there is a single behavior that has perplexed me, and despite trying various configuration changes, I cannot seem to get it to resolve.

I currently have all power-saving features disabled, screen timeout set to 1 minute, automatic brightness enabled (slider, which shouldn't make any difference, is set to the middle), daydream is disabled, and developer options are on with no screen timeout while charging enabled.

What seems to happen is that after about 1 minute (also the duration set for screen timeout, which initially made me wonder), the screen (while plugged in and charging) will dim slightly, maybe about 50% of the standard brightness when the phone is actively being used, and I have to tap the screen (not the double-tap I have been reading about, which supposedly isn't even implemented yet) just once to dismiss the dimming in order to register touch input.

At first, I checked Daydream a bunch of times, enabled it, disabled it, changed settings, and it seemed to have nothing to do with it, because when I did enable Daydream, I got the real screensaver or colored screensaver that I had chosen in the options.

I then disabled auto-brightness, set the manual brightness level to minimum, maximum, and a dozen levels in between, and I still got the dimming that required a single tap to restore use of the screen and brought the brightness back up to its normal level.

I made a bunch of power saving changes, enabled, disabled, to no avail.

Three factory resets later, (tested with no installed apps) I still have the same behavior. It seems like there is a setting that is enabling some sort of screen saver (that only dims the screen to about 50% of the set brightness level, but disables interaction from the user until the screen is tapped a single time) that is dismissed with that single tap.

I've gotten used to it, but it's really infuriating, especially in the car when I have it mounted on the dash for things like GPS, streaming audio (I just want to be able to see what song is playing if it's a new album), and other things that require a glance over to the phone. Sadly, in the car is probably the worst time for the dimming, since the ambient light outside makes the screen appear off when this "feature" kicks in.

I've spent a great deal of time searching/reading threads not only here, but on other mobile forums as well, and I cannot even find a reference to this issue that behaves the same way mine does.

This is my Hail Mary in the hopes that I really have missed something simple.

Thanks in advance for any ideas!
[One (M8) General] vomer:
reserved if needed