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[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Big2hd:
This one, should be using this one?(I remember someone did youtube video doing it a different way but is that obsolete?). Thx I'll try disable signature enforcement and see how that goes.

Edit: disabled driver enforcement installed 15 sec drivers again( tried 1.4.2 then 1.3),still showing up as portable device in device manager and when I unistall driver not showing up at all.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
The video method doesn't give you ability to run adb from any location, so I'd stick with guide you're using. (In any case, your problem is happening before any driver installation. That's what needs to get fixed.) Try this:

1. Reboot both pc and tablet

2. Plug in (try a different usb port)

3. Open device manager and see if Fire is under "other"

If not, toggle "enable adb" in settings>device>developer options and post back the result.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Big2hd:
Did everything as said no go(still listed under portable device no matter what port I use) :(
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
The next thing I can suggest is uninstalling google-related and any other usb-related drivers from Control Panel and start with a clean state. If you want to do this, pm me and I'll send you complete info tomorrow.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] craftyhermit:
This was my first time rooting a device and I was able to successfully root my Amazon Fire HD 6 using your guide! It took the better part of an afternoon but the guide was clear and easy to follow, thanks for putting it together!

I'm having a slight issue now that it's rooted that it didn't seem to have before, when I plug the tablet into the USB on my laptop the touch sense on the tablet goes on the fritz. It seems to sense touches where there are none and doesn't register an actual touch correctly. I tried the other USB ports and swapping out for a different USB cable but there was no change. If I disconnect the tablet from the laptop, or disconnect the laptop from the charger, the symptoms go away. I have a newer iMac in my office and there aren't any problems when the tablet is connected to it. My laptop is a PC running Windows 7 and what I used for the rooting. Could it be the drivers that I installed on the laptop to do the rooting that are causing the problem?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
That's bizarre and I'm stumped. Drivers seem very unlikely. What happens when you plug into ac power?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] emanuensis:
Cannot get working TWRP Manager

>Download JMZ's ariel TWRP image to the Fire's download folder (or to computer and move to tablet).

yields a download of

openrecovery-twrp-2.8.6.0-ariel.img

... which does not convert to an APK in WinRAR nor can i 'adb install' it directly (gets INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK)

i found and downloaded 7.5.1.3 but it crashes before opening a UI (i was able tos 'allow' it...

Any source of a TWRP that works on a HD6 in AZ OS 4.5.3?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
From your posts you don't seem to following any of the root guides. I suggest you choose one and stick with it. In this guide the steps for installing TWRP are in in section B.

EDIT: Sorry, I see you quote a step. You need to follow the rest of the steps in section B.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] craftyhermit:
If I plug it straight into a USB charger everything is fine. It only seems to have a problem when it's plugged into my laptop while my laptop is plugged into ac power. I once had a cheap lightning cable that would do the same thing to my iphone when it was on the charger so I would have suspected a hardware issue, except that it was working fine at one point. It's not the end of the world though, if it isn't some known issue with a known fix I wouldn't spend a lot of time on it.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
You could post in Q&A where more people would see it. Also, Amazon might know about it. They'll probably replace it if you want.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] emanuensis:
C3b

Thanks [MENTION=6058831]DoLooper[/MENTION], i got a bit lost.

Now i am stuck on step C3b ... the adb comes back immediately with

Missing APK file

looking at the zip directory the biggest thing is a system.new.dat @ 636M

Perhaps something other than

adb install 522_ariel.zip

is required to "install"?

Or maybe 453 is not the correct baseline ... i should suss out upgrades to 5 first?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
OS 4.5.3 is where you want to be

You do the installs on the tablet in TWRP. (To get to TWRP, type: adb reboot recovery. That's step 2.) For each file, tap TWRP's Install button and navigate to where you put the files on your tablet. Install the correct files in the exact order shown.

These are the files you got at the end of section B. In "Files for the upgrade," it says: "Download to tablet (or to computer and move to tablet Download folder)."

There are 4 files. You install all of them as zips. For the big update file ending in ".bin" you change "bin" to "zip" before installing. Don't worry about the "directory" and don't expand/extract them. Just use the original 4 files you downloaded, changing the name of the extension on that one file to zip.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Thorminathor:
I got as far as completing step 5 and trying to complete step 6 but my HD 6 was no longer under the list of devices in adb. I said to hell with it and decided to do an ota install (because this is a tablet for my father anyways.) The install was for 4.5.5 I believe, I watched the HD 6 start the amazon ota install and walked away for a few minutes. When I came back I could not get the device to display anything at all. I plugged it into my PC to see if it is recognized in device management; for a brief moment it will recognize MT65xx Preloader and windows plays a tone, but this process just loops constantly. I'm stuck and am not sure how ****ed I am, any ideas?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
It sounds like you got TWRP installed to recovery and the 4.5.5 OTA doesn't overwrite recovery.

The device boots recovery on its way to the OS, and 4.5.5 (unlike 4.5.3) can't boot an unsigned recovery (aka TWRP).

I don't think dad is getting a Fire HD for Christmas.

I'm pretty sure this is unrecoverable, but you can ask in Q&A or bibikalka's lollipop guide to double-check. Assuming it's under warranty Amazon is good about replacements.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] emanuensis:
C4

Great thanks!

In 2b,c,d&e i would say use TWRP "install" button.

In C3f instead of "Boot" you mean "ReBoot System"

i now see 5.0.1!

...but i see no action item for 4.

Is it

adb reboot recovery

?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
No, I meant what it says: Tap Boot > Recovery, but you didn't do that. I hope you moved the slider to install 'SU."

You don't see it because you were supposed to go to recovery first, then boot to OS. Anyway, do this:

adb reboot recovery

and make sure you see the recovery menu. On that menu, "Boot to system" (something like that) will be highlighted. Just press Power button to go back to system. Then do step 6.

I've never asked this before, but you are a special case: Please go hit the "thanks" button on every reply I've given you, including in the "Downgrade to 4.5.3" guide, then do the rest of the steps exactly as written.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] erinnight:
Went through the entire rooting process and got to the play store. However when I open it, it says Play Store|Work as well as "There are no apps to install, since your administrator hasn't made any available to you yet." (this is verbatim what it says even the &#). I can browse games freely, strangely enough. I am also unable to download apps remotely to my fire HD6. At this point, I really don't know what to do/what I did wrong.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] emanuensis:
fin

Thanks [MENTION=6058831]DoLooper[/MENTION] i now have 501 GAPPS & root.

i still think C2b,c,d&e i should say use TWRP "install" button.

Whatever happened in C3f (again mentioning TWRP would have saved this one at least) maybe restricted me to 501. As of now i know of no way to update to 522u2.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
I'm glad you made it!

You are running 522u2. (This is just a name we made up to differentiate it from 522 v1, which bricked devices.) It shows as OS 5.0.1 in device options. Additionally, you have earlier recovery so you can temporarily run TWRP if you need to flash something. (Explained here.) :victory:
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
I have only heard of this happening when someone installs Gapps over existing Gapps. Is it possible you installed the Gapps file twice? See if rebooting helps.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] podikan:
Hello again, DoLooper, I have completed this guide and everything works great! Thanks again! I think your guide is pretty top notch when it comes to newbie friendly step by step instructions.

However, there were a few times when I wasn't 100% certain whether I should press some button. I have compiled a list of these cases below. If you want, you can edit your guide to make it go even more smoothly for our new friends. Don't want to be picky, though. If you think some things are 'duh', just disregard them.

C3b-e: You say "Install...". This is done in the TWRP menu called "Installation".

C3b: At this step a large file will be flashed, which takes a minute or so, so your screen should turn off. Just let the tablet be, the screen will turn back on as soon as the installation is finished.

C3f: The menu option is called "reboot", not "boot".

C5: The option is called "reboot system now". The enter key to confirm is the power button of the tablet.

C5: This "longer startup" took me about 10 minutes, so don't worry.

D2c: When I ran SuperSU to update binaries I got the message "If you use TWRP or CWM, you can (try to) install the su file with that as well. This is especially recommended for HTC devices. How to you want to install the file?" (I translated this, so on English devices the text will differ slightly) There are two options: Normal and TWRP/CWM. I chose "Normal", since you said earlier in your guide that TWRP is now gone from the device (thanks!), and it worked.

Last but not least, at one point I booted to a lock screen in front of a home screen (I think it was the new FireOS 5 one) and on the bottom it said something like "Loading". I thought it was still installing things in the background, so I wasn't sure what I could do. But I think it just tried to load Amazon Special offers and failed doing that. :) At this point I just swiped to unlock the screen and proceeded with the guide.

P.S.: In step D3a you say we should enter the command "pm enable com.amazon.dcp". Is it really "enable"? Will I get OTA updates now?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] JaBbA-42:
I have set up 2, one worked perfectly the other one is stuck on "Play Store | Work". I've checked and the google profiles look similar - there are no restrictions, although they are both part of the same google apps domain.

Has anyone got a solution for this?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] dferg:
Hi

I get to part D2b/c and cannot find the fileexplorer or SuperSU apps to run.

If I go to apps tab it shows nothing available so im stuck at this part is there any advice please it all seemed to work well up until now.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Those are apps you downloaded to computer at part B. Look at "files for the upgrade." Then install them from computer with command in step D-1. :)
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] dferg:
Hi yes I did install at part D1 both apps with adb and it said successful for both.

Then I did D2a fine.

But now im stumped as to why I cant find the apps on the tablet to run them so I can continue at D2b

Thanks
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Scroll down on the HOME screen. They're probably at the bottom.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] dferg:
Oh my.........

Feel quite stupid now lol.

Thanks man I can carry on now haha

ALL COMPLETED NOW THANK YOU - MUCH APPRECIATED
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] onesimus7:
I successfully installed everything, everything is working fine, my question is that I can't find my device on 'My Devices' at Google Play.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
It would show as KFASWI (7") or KFARWI (6"). If it's not there, I can't say why.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] sunilzs:
Really sorry for this noob question. So my question is why do we have to go back to FireOS-4.5.3. from Developer Preview 5.0.1 ?

I had installed playstore and play services previously but it wasnt working. then came across this guide and started from step 1. So installed developers preview 5.0.1 and after phone reboot, Playstore is working fine and I'm able to install all apps from platstore.

Another question> is there a way to root Developer Preview and remove all those amazon bloatware?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
You can't root the Developers Preview (OS 5) directly. To get root on OS 5 (and get rid of bloatware), you install 4.5.3--the only OS that can be rooted--root it and then update with root to OS 5. (I know it's whacky, but it's the only way it can be done.)
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] thatITguy:
Worked like a charm. Thanks!
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] sunilzs:
Thanks so much for this thread and the admin. Got the tab rooted and kicking... feels like giving a new life to my tab.. Thanks so much again. Also is there any CM roms available for fire HD 7(2014)?

Also is there any way to remove the amazon jump.. Ive uninstalled some amazon apps usuing titanium backup but there are also a lot of amazon services in the background... I'm not sure which ones to remove, so is the any way to do this?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Glad it worked for you. There's info on CM11 here: http://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/orig-development/rom-cm-11-kindle-hd6-t3270138

Some apps folks have deleted are in this thread: http://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/general/lollipop-apps-to-delete-add-ones-t3238846. You can also check the 2015 Fire forums. There's a good list there (somewhere) and most of their apps correspond to ours. Personally, I'm a fan of gatesjunior's Debloater tool for testing which sys apps are ok to disable/delete.

For services, I use My Android apps from play store. Gives tons of info, displays interdependencies and lets you disable individual services.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] sunilzs:
Thanks a lot.. Much help..

I'm having one more weird issue. M unable too add widgets to home screen in nova launcher or any other launcher expect Google Now launcher. All widgets work fine in google now launcher but on nova when I add a widget it takes me to the Android settings page and the widget doesnt get added.. Any help here?

OK i think i messed a little. I uninstalled a few Amazon apps and services using Titanium backup.. Now after a reboot the device boots properly till the lockscreen and after that the display just keeps blinking on and off.. I can see the lockscreen wallpaper when the display turns on but it just keeps blinking nonstop.

I did a wipedata and reser by going into stock recovery but no help.. Think i need to sideload FireOS 4.5.3 and start the root process again.. i can adb the device and can also access SU.

Is it safe to go ahead with these steps again??
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Yes, it's safe. Sideload 4.5.3 and *do a factory reset* in TWRP before installing zips. When you're up and running again, I highly recommend using Debloater tool (here on xda) to disable apps and see how it goes before deleting.

For widgets, you need to convert launcher to a system app. Use /system app mover from play store.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] podikan:
Hi DoLooper, even though I disabled OTA updates by renaming a file (as you describe in your first post), I still got two of them over the past couple of days. While booting, it said something like "installing software update". So far no problems, but since I don't know Amazon's current or future policy on rooted devices, I have gone ahead and renamed another file (as described on androidcowboy.com/2013/06/how-to-disable-amazon-ota-updates/) in the hope that the OTA updates will stop now. May I suggest you add this other file (/system/etc/security/otacerts.zip) in your first post, too?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Thanks for suggestion. Renaming devicesoftwareOTA prevents system updates. You were seeing software updates, which I think many people will want (to keep the Books app up to day, for example), but I may add a note about it. To ensure you get no software updates, you should also rename priv-app/com.amazon.dynamicupdationservice.

EDIT: [MENTION=5627926]podikan[/MENTION], see [MENTION=6680544]bibikalka[/MENTION]'s post below.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Those updates are usually doing something to dalvik/art files (if you clear dalvik-cache in TWRP, it'll recreate everything again), so this is an integral part of Android ! You cannot get rid of it.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] twangin4u:
Don't know if it's coincidence or what but when I enabled developer preview and it downloaded the file (and I think installed it) I picked up my fire hd 6 4th gen and it was dead. Like nothing. Won't power up. Plug it into USB on my comp and it just bounced between mtxxx..(can't remember exactly) and no device. Back and forth. Almost like the battery took a ****
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Oh, dear. There was a report of this in another thread, but it hadn't been confirmed. Do you know what OS you were running when dev preview downloaded? Is it possible your tablet had already updated to OS 5?

Anyway, you've got a good case for a replacement even if out of warranty. Amazon shouldn't be allowing this to happen. Sorry it happened to you. I'll change the procedure.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] cmm324:
My daughters tablet bricked during the Fire OS 5 update. It was plugged into my computer, near 100% battery. It had completed the 4.5.5.1 update, downloaded 5.0.1, reboot, started loading the new img, about half way through and the screen went black. Now its completely unresponsive... yay.

Contacted Amazon, they told me to plug it into an official amazon charger and if it won't boot, its out of warranty, so they could offer me a discount off another one, I told her that I would just have to speak to a supervisor then, because it bricked during an official system update... we will see.

The closest thing I get to a response, is that when plugged into my computer, Windows makes the device connected chime, then a few moments later, device disconnected chime. Thats all. :/
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
EDIT: Hang on. Think I misread your post. Gimme a minute. [MENTION=4634826]cmm324[/MENTION] OK, I got it right. "tablet bricked during the Fire OS 5 update" means while developers preview from Amazon was installing, right?

Dang! Sorry to hear that. Yours is the 3rd report. I updated the guide an hour and a half ago.

I hope you can be insistent with Amazon. It's clear they updated the developers preview and it's no longer compatible with OS 4.5.5 (at least). They're installing software that destroys their customer's tablets. It's inexcusable. I think you have an excellent case for a new tablet. Hope you can keep us posted. Thanks.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] cmm324:
Yea, so far generic kindle support has been unhelpful. I sent a message to the development support team and created a forum thread, hopefully they can help. Its just ironic, that the fear of bricking is always when you are actually changing roms, rooting devices or unlocking bootloaders, not completing an official OTA update.

To date, the closest I have actually come to a bricked device was with my Fire Phone but I could have fixed it if the *.bin file was publicly available at the time for the unlocked version of the OS. The worst part, is this was my daughters tablet, she liked the update to the OS on my tablet and wanted it on hers and all they will offer me is a discount off of another Fire. They are just going to piss me off over a device they are selling in Amazon Warehouse Deals for $33. :(

http://forums.developer.amazon.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=10750&tstart=0
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] comapro:
So I just got a Fire HD 7 (4th gen), found this thread and updated to 4.5.5, turned off wifi and installed "update-kindle-devpreview_ariel-20.5.2.2_user_522041550.bin." Now I'm stuck at the "fire" logo. Is there anything I can do now?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Did it finish booting or are you still at Fire logo?

Sorry to say, the developers preview is not working on OS 4.5.5.1, which you may have updated to. However, getting to Fire logo is a good sign. If it hasn't rebooted, hold down power for 30 seconds and see if it will boot past "Fire". Let it try for 5 minutes. If no boot, try power and volume up buttons and see if it boots to recovery. Let me know results. Thanks.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] comapro:
I was unable to boot past "fire" but I was able to boot to recovery. What's next? :)
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Sideload 4.5.3, and root it via Kingroot.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
If you have the adb sideload option, get the files from step 3, then do step 4c.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] tolchuk:
Safe to have wifi on?

Hi DoLooper,

Just wanted to clarify something. I'm in the exact same situation as cmm324. Received a tablet on Saturday for myself and updated via this thread (thank you!) then received another one today for my daughter. She played around with it a while, but wanted her tablet to look like mine, so I was going to update hers as well. Thankfully, I read your red bold letter warning and checked my os version (4.5.5.1 :s). Thanks again. So no upgrade for her right now, but is it safe to have her tablet connected to wifi since we are both on the same account and I signed up for the developer preview? The developer update has to be installed manually right? Won't go OTA?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
Yes, it will OTA! I'd contact Amazon and see if you can get off the list (whatever) so she can use wifi. If you have the time, tell them why you don't want dev preview!

EDIT: After re-reading, I don't know for sure how the two tablets/one account would work. But Amazon can tell you. :D
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] tolchuk:
Once again, I thank you.

Will do. A third thanks to you my friend. :good:
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Elwormo:
Dev

I upgraded from 4.5.5 to the developer preview. I'm happy as it much closer to standard lollipop. Can I leave it and just install play store?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] comapro:
I was able to proceed from here and I'm now rooted. Thank you!!
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
I can't tell you how to get play store on the unrooted lollipop version you installed. Maybe Google knows. To prevent updates, get gatesjunior Debloater tool (here on xda) and filter for "ota" and disable anything you find.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] cmm324:
All of our fire tablets (4) are on the same account, however you have to individually opt-in to the dev preview for each device. So, if you only opted in your tablet, then you are fine, hers can operate as normal;.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Elwormo:
Gapps

Hi,

I was able to get to step C / 3 / E on install Gapps. This failed due to not enough space. Storage shows I have 4.11GB free

I continued to step D2. Issue now is I cannot enable root explorer using. It does not prompt for root access. (Sorry test failed This feature cannot run on your device).

I did allow unknown apps in the step above.

I also tried to run Super SU, but it says SuperSU is not fully installed - your device is NOT yet rooted.

Currently on 5.0.1

Any suggestions?

Update - Tried this id you reinstall superSU with "adb install -r name_of_your_supersu.apk." as said in my last post? (Notice the -r) and I now have root :)

Now just need to know safest way to install Pico-Gapps ?????????