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[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] netchamp.faris:
My Kindle Fire 8.9" was on 8.5.1 firmware.

I followed this thread to root and install 2nd bootloader.

I successfully rooted. Installed FireFlash and followed the steps accordingly. After reboot, it went into bootloop, the kindlefire logo shows up and again reboots.

After that, I used KFHD System.img Recovery Tool to restore system. But after doing that, the kindlefire logo shows up and gets stuck.

I am able to get into fastboot mode, how can I restore my device back to life?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Quaraxkad:
I have a Fire HD 8.9 (v8.5.1). I'm considering rooting and flashing, but reading through many of the threads (including the stickies and FAQs ) gives me a lot of conflicting information. Where is the most *current* information on rooting and flashing this model?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monster1612:
This thread will help you. Just make sure that instead of flashing TWRP 2.7.0.0 as directed, you flash either TWRP 2.8.7.x or 3.x, both of which are available in the 8.9" development forums. Happy flashing! :)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rubinception:
I have a kindle fire hd 8.9 that I bricked ages ago I believe is 2nd gen (about 2 years to be exact.) Now I'm in high school and I desperately need this for books abound reaserching. I do have a phone but It's just not right. (Personal preference)

I don't exactly remember what I did but I do know what I was trying g to achieve. I'll try to keep it as descriptive as possible.

So one day I ran into a problem on Google play. (I sideloaded it) it said that my device was not compatible. So I went online and saw this youtube video. I don't remember what it was called. But it told me to modify a file. I forgot which one it was but it had something to do with the device info and model. Than reboot. This is where it began.

I'm in a bootloop. I'm not sure if this is just happening to me or its 3 very ones but whatever bootloop video I watched the kindle fire logo was kn the horizontal side. Mine is rotated 90 degrees so the device has to be phisically horizontal. It's been like that ever since.

I did install twrp and safe strap installed. But now they're just gone. I can't access either of them.

(The logo sign is orange and white and it still has the charging animation when it is out of battery. Pls help. I don't want to buy another one.)

Any help is welcome.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] monster1612:
Make sure you have fastboot working on your computer, and hold the power button on your Kindle for 10 seconds to completely turn it off before continuing. Type fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product into command prompt, and then plug the Kindle in when you get <waiting for device>. You should get a line beginning with "Jem-PVT" when the Kindle starts, and the Kindle should display "fastboot mode" on the screen as well. If you've made it this far, you're halfway there. Just download the files and flash as directed in step 5 of Hashcode's 2nd bootloader thread. Once you're back to a working state, make sure to backup the boot0 block as directed in step 1 of that same thread. It identifies your Kindle when the stock OS tries to authenticate your Amazon account. If this block is wiped, the authentication can't proceed.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonntminh:
Hi, my kindle HD 8.9" have system version 8.5.1_user_5159720

What should I do to root and install custom ROM on my Kindle?

thanks
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonntminh:
Just to add more, I read above and see the answer to my same question, but another thing is do I need to install2nd bootloader?

My goal is to have a stable custom Rom installed on my kindle HD 8,9 with minimize bricking issue that might happen.

thanks in advance.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Antonntminh:
Never mind, I just managed to root then install 2nd bootloader and flash Candy 5 lollipop ROM, everything seem fine atm :)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spitakgev:
Original Os recover

Hi. I have kindle HD 8.9" jem model with original OS without rooting. After a virus attack I have done factory reset but it didn't help. Then, probably, I have deleted something essential so the device couldn't start after rebooting. Factory reset menu was appearing all time, but resetting had no result. With SR Tool in fastboot mode I have tried KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4 and KFHD_SRTv2.0- 8.1.3 but with both of them after rebooting the device stuck on the Kindle Fire boot screen (orange logo, no animation). How I can recover original OS, thanks.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Anchorman42:
Can't get into fastboot

I have a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Gen2 and I am trying to reflash the OEM firmware using SRT_v2.1. I have done this many times in the past but I always had Android Phone > Android Composite ADB Interface in Device Manager. I am running Windows 10 and I recently received the Anniversary update. I think this broke the above driver and caused my inability to get into fastboot. I have been trying to reinstall the drivers and now my device manager shows

Fire Devices > Android Composite ADB Interface but still can't get into fastboot. Do I need to delete that driver and go back to the older driver? If so, can you point me to a download for the older driver? I have been searching for it and can't find it. Also, do I need to disable Driver Signature Verification to install it on my Windows 10 64-bit system?

Thanks for any help you can give me!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evastonian:
Also unable to enter fastboot.

I attempted to update SuperSU to .77 and now it won't boot.

I am rooted, on CM13, and it was working fine, just no camera.

It is now sitting on the orange kindle Fire logo and i can't enter recovery for some reason. It also dings that it connects on my laptop, and then disconnects. "fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product" returns <waiting for device> and that's all. very weird, any suggestions would be much appreciated.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tazz.:
Hi

I've had my Kindle Fire HD 8.9' version 8.5.1_user_5159720 for some time now and I wanted to root it for my parents since many of the apps they'd like to use won't work. I was wondering if anyone happens to have a video or text guide on how to root it and put Android on it. I'm not really familiar with rooting, though I have rooted my Moto X Pure with the help of video+text guides. If anyone could point me in the right direction or recommend me a good ROM for this tablet that would be great. Thanks!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phonetool:
Hi all,

I recently got a DEMO model of the 8.9HD 2012 dropped in my lap and I was instantly curious if I could wipe it and get a decent Android OS on it.

Challenge: I'm on a Raspberry PI for my desktop and a (near) complete noob with Linux.

All of the DEMO fix threads look to be from 2013. Any ideas if the process has become any more robust? Or if the opposite has occurred- things have fallen apart due to upgrades?

I could sure use some guidance on this- anything would help.

Thanks-

edit1-

I managed to get the fire into fastboot mode. Good!

I'm reading a lot through the 8.9 threads to sort out my particular problem. Thus far I've found some confidence in using fastboot commands to push _and_ flash from my desktop file locations, so that's something. Most of the fastboot tutorials and command examples don't tell you that you can dictate the locale of the file to push, they usually just give you simple examples that leave you scratching your head.

Anyway, it looks like I can gather up the key three files and push/flash them.

I'm going to start looking through the 7HD threads to find more clues about fixing up demo models. I'll probably keep updating this post with progress.

I'm a bit worried that a lot of the files I need will no longer be available through the various links that are now more than a couple years old...

Fingers crossed.

edit2-

Looks pretty simple, from what I'm reading. Trouble is most of the quick and easy tools are Windows based, not linux. :(

Just have to sort out which files I want and how to get them organized on the Pi, then fastboot them onto the device.

I'd love to get CM 12 running, but if I get stuck on some Amazon OS I could live with it, I guess. I just have a lot more reading to do to determine what's possible. Looks like I should be able to get onto 8.1.4 and then onto whatever I want. The main thing will be getting the 2nd bootloader and TWRP on.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidopotomus:
Hello,

I've got a Kindle Fire HD 8.9" purchased in August of '14. Not sure if this is 2nd Gen, or what.

The problem is that it is stuck in a Boot Loop. It is stuck on the animated silver and orange "kindle fire" logo. I plug it into my computer via USB cable but the computer does not indicate that anything at all was plugged in.

I have tried rebooting this thing many times. Sometimes it makes it to the Lock Screen and everything looks fine. If I let the Kindle stay on the lock screen for a minute or so, it reboots. If I swipe the lock symbol the screen stutters, flashes on and off a couple times, then the tablet reboots.

Here's a little background:

This Kindle was barely used much at all, and when it was used it was used very lightly. There's no doubt in my mind that this issue is not from physical damage. Plus it's been in an Otter Box since Day 1.

This Kindle HD 8.9 sat unused for months and had no charge when I recently went to turn it on again. So I charged it up and booted it. I kept getting this oldschool looking UI telling me there was a problem booting the device and the option to restore it to factory settings. After several attempts to reboot it, I finally caved and chose the restore to factory settings option.

It reinstalled Fire OS and I was able to boot into Fire OS with no problems. I set up WIFI and connected to the net. Everything seemed fine.

Then as I was about to start customizing the settings to my liking I kept getting a message similar to 'XXX service has stopped'. (I can't remember the exact wording.) This message was spammed repeatedly, so I could only sneak in swipes or clicks right after I closed each error prompt box. I decided to reboot the device by turning it off and back on and ever since then it has been stuck in a boot loop.

What can I do? I never turned on ADB in the settings before the boot loop began. I've tried holding the Volume Up button while it boots, but it just stays on the normal animated boot logo. I've tried holding the power button for 20-50 seconds and haven't had any success.

Any help saving this Fire HD 8.9 would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: Just now it got to the boot screen again and I swiped the Unlock logo. This time the screen did not flash and it looked like I was getting into the system, but it displayed a message saying that it was on a low power charger and it would not charge while in use. (It was plugged into a USB port at the time, I was trying to see it on my PC or with fastboot.) Then it rebooted again.

Now it's back on a full power charger so I guess I'll keep trying.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bnakrani:
Hi There,

I have kindle fire HD 8.9 from 2012 , unluckily I tried to root it and flashed wrong file. so now whenever I plug in it just start with kindle fire logo and then 5 second later it restarts and same loop again. somewhere I read factory cable will put in fast boot mode. so i bought and plug in with factory cable but no changes.

I am still not giving up hope if somebody can help me here.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] barelynotlegal:
was wondering just got my kindle "7 and put google play on it, i am trying the same for my BOCAxxxxxx (kindle 8.9 32 gig, current version 8.5.1) is this possible on this device without root, and if rooting is it like android where you have to start all over again? i am very new to the kindle/amazon devices so i do apologize

and thanX in advance
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electrocusionist:
Confirmation on whether I've bricked my device

Found my KFHD 8.9, and I remembered why I stopped using it.

When I messed with it last, in an attempt to go back to Amazon OS, I deleted TWRP and the OS off the device (can't make excuses for stupidity).

So, this device has no TWRP and no OS, but it still goes to orange logo when powered on. It is not recognized by the computer when connected, even though adb is installed correctly (hangs on "waiting for device" after getvar -i 0x1949 etc).

Convinced that its bricked but read a few posts that said if a device goes into orange logo it may still be recoverable, I just can't think how. Looking for confirmation, or otherwise, that the device is bricked so I may split it open.

Cheers.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] secretsubscriber:
Have you tried Kindle Fire First Aide? If not, search for that tool. I believe that's what I used ages ago when I put myself in a similar situation.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Electrocusionist:
I did actually. The problem is, it hangs on "waiting for device" because the KFHD isn't recognized when plugged into the computer. To my knowledge, there's no means of communication between device and computer because, as mentioned earlier, the device doesn't respond to fastboot.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richeyrock:
Amazon Jem B0CA - Able to install Lollipop?

Hello,

I previously used (N2A) Perfectly Android's solution to root and install 4.4.4 on my 2nd Gen 8.9 HD -which is what I'm currently using.

(Total noob here, which is why I used N2A in the first place. I just ran their program and let it do it's thing. )

An app that I use frequently (for remotely controlling a band's sound mixer on stage) had a major update and the minimum version it uses now is 5.0

Is there a way for me to put 5.0 on this model, and can I do so while the N2A os is currently running, or do I need to return to stock first?

Thanks!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I've flashed two different CM ROMs and ge the same thing: Sometimes the screen flashes black for a second or it glitches out with pixelation. Has anyone had this issue?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I've figured it out. Apparently this ROM (CM13 Temasek for JEM) doesn't play well with dropping window animations and what not to 0. I put it up a little and the issue stopped.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kslonkey:
Stuck in stock boot

Hi -

First post here. I'm kind of stuck.

I was having some issues with Google play so I decided I wanted to try to reset my kindle and root it/install lineage 14.1 ROM again. Went into TWRP, flashed my stock recovery and boot, but in my stupidity I forgot to wipe before I rebooted the system. I'm now stuck at the stock bootloader. I plug it into windows and the computer will recognize it for two seconds. When I do this and have the device manager open, the device manager doesn't populate quickly enough for me to be able to click on it and update the driver before the computer stops recognizing it.

I've read somewhere that Linux doesn't have this problem with the device manager. Any help would be greatly appreciated here.

Thanks!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CornellEngineer:
Backing Up Kindle Fire HD

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[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compjan:
first i'll HELP, then i will ask a question....

this is a COPY/PASTE of my own post. the files i specify are the exact names, just search this section of X-DA for them. SEE BELOW.

i had the same problem with the "red screen of death" as well. i found that if i installed the "Minimal ADB and Fastboot" and / OR (i did the minimal first.... ) KFHD_SRTv1.3.5 and RUN THE APP FIRST, then when it says "waiting for device" you then plug in the ALREADY OFF tablet it then WORKS!! says "fastboot mode" on the tablet. and it is listed in device manager also.

i got BOTH apps here at this board in this section.

WARNING: i run windows XP with all updates as of 10-31-2017 (pm me for info, 2 lines of text!! ) . NEWER windows versions have "permission issues". fixes are posted in multiple topics here in the Amazon 7" Kindle Fire HD, 8.9" Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire 2 section. READ THEM!!

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:01 PM ----------

as i just posted above, i have the 32 gig model that i screwed up AND did not back up the original partitions BEFORE i messed with it.

i know, STUPID.

i need either:

a copy of someone else's 3 partitions from an HD 8.9 with software version 8.5.1 on it....

OR...

a way to create / extract the 3 images from the actual update i have downloaded from amazon, MD5 checked!

OR,

any OTHER way to get this tablet up and running. at this point i don't care if it is an android ROM or totally STOCK. just want it to WORK.

9 out of 10 files posted here are DEAD. the files are either deleted or the host is dead. EITHER WAY, i can't find the kindle fire first aid app ANYWHERE. yes, i tried GOOGLE also. all the links either point to X-DA or to a site that THEN points to X-DA.

i have a 3-piece file called " system.img_sparsechunk " files 1 thru 3 that total 745 megs, and i have 3 separate tools that are SUPPOSED to extract whatever this image is.

HELP!!!
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
If You can find the stock ROM on Amazon's website, You'll need to flash that from recovery if you can get to it. Then re-root, reflash TWRP and new ROM.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compjan:
unless the "update" 8.5.1 file is a full ROM, i don't think you can get the ROM from amazon.

also, my dumb ass got spoiled by my 1st edition fire tablet and did NOT install any recovery app at all. didn't back up the partitions either.....

:(
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sd_shadow:
Amazon updates are always full roms
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I'm going to sound like a noob for a minute. So I want to redo my Kindle to stock and start over now that I know what I'm doing and what I did wrong the first time around. I downloaded the firmware from Amazon, 8.5.1, it's what it was on before I flashed TWRP and a ROM. I thought I was downloading a zip. It's a .bin. so do I flash it in fastboot?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compjan:
LMAO!!!! i just read the MOD's reply and almost posted the SAME question.

SO....... how do "we" use the 8.5.1 BIN file to restore to stock??

2ND QUESTION: and what is needed to do ^^^ THAT ^^^ with no recovery installed? all i have is EASY access to fastboot ( and ADB... i think... ) ???
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
I'm almost sure it's a fastboot flash. I am imagining something like:

fastboot flash system file.bin

At least you can, depending on the device, flash recovery like that.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compjan:
PROGRESS ! ! ! no more red screen of death, YES ! EDIT: now hangs at the traditional kindle fire logo. this is GOOD news ! END EDIT.

ok, so i thought there was 3 partitions that needed wrote. are the others in the BIN file?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Yes. So Apparently you can go to an older version on this tablet if you want to do this via fastboot. According to this post, the recovery tool has the three images needed to flash back to total stock and start over. You would use those three and flash via fastboot, NOT the tool.

From what I understand, Kingroot will root any FireOS version of this tablet (all of them are based off Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich). If so, you should be able to continue with rooting, flashing TWRP and a ROM. Hopefully [MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION] might shed some more light though.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Ok I think I got it. Stock for this device, or at leas the most preferred to reroot, TWRP and ROM, is 8.1.4.

1. Go here and download KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4.

2. Then go here and download the two images.

3. Unzip and extract the KFHD_DRTv2.1 file to a folder. Create a new folder and name it something like "Kindle 8.9 stock restore".

4. Place the boot.img and recovery.img you just downloaded, into the "Kindle 8.9 stock restore" folder.

5. Now open the KFHD_SRTv2.1- 8.1.4 folder, click images and copy system.img and paste it into your "Kindle 8.9 stock restore" folder. This is your 'I fu**ed up folder.'

6. Copy boot, recovery and system.img from "Kindle 8.9 stock restore" folder to your ADB folder, hopefully containing fastboot.

7. Make sure your Kindle is unplugged from PC, and power it off.

8. Open an ADB window and type the following:

fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product

9. It will say 'waiting for device.' Plug your kindle into the PC and it will turn on and boot into fastboot. You should see:

< waiting for any device >
product: Jem-PVT-Prod-04
finished. total time: 0.000s

10. Type:

fastboot -i 0x1949 devices

11. If you see a serial number followed by the word fastboot, you were successful at getting to fastboot mode.

12. To restore now, type:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img

13. If you get something like the blow test, you were successful:

target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
sending 'system' (907264 KB)...
OKAY [ 48.857s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 60.331s]
finished. total time: 109.193s

14. Next type:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img

15. If you do not get any errors and are successful, then type each line below in the listed order. Do this ONLY if you have NO errors:

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache
fastboot -i 0x1949 erase userdata
fastboot reboot -i 0x1949

16. When the reboot process starts, unplug your Kindle. If everything went smoothly, you'll be at stock 8.1.4.

---------- Post added at 05:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:36 PM ----------

It works ;)
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Having a lot of trouble getting TWRP to flash. The steps reset to stock, with SuperSU, and I can't get the update button to allow the official update.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compjan:
if you want TOTALLY STOCK, latest / last update, you need to manually download and install it direct from amazon. i grabbed it last week.

the file: update-kindle-8.5.1_user_5159720.bin

the link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_v4_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201016370
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
Ok so The latest is: The button to update in settings > device > about > update is always grayed out. So I put the 8.5.1 bin file into the internal storage. Still the button was grayed out. I left it there and decided to sign into Amazon and register the tablet. After doing so, I pulled down the statusbar and tapped sync. Immediately started to see stuff update. I decided to plug the tablet in to charge overnight and I would look at it today after work. Everything Updated via OTA back to stock 8.5.1. I lost root, which is good because I wanted to start over. I went back to my guide to rooting the tablet, installed Kingroot, and success. I installed FireFlash, went through the steps for TWRP, success. Everything works just like it should now. I am exploring other ROMs now. I downloaded a few while I was waiting. Let's see what this bad boy can do.
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] compjan:
PLEASE: make a backup of the 3 NOT MODIFIED partitions and zip or rar them!!

i would be forever grateful if i could get a copy of them, PLEASE ?
[8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DragonFire1024:
You can do so at the links I provided in my previous posts. If not, how does one go about doing that?