yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ojdon:
Thanks for the quick reply.

Yeah it boots fine.

It’s in developer mode with adb mode turned on. I’ve also tried to reset to see if that’s the issue.

I’ve just tried the usual adb devices command and also adb usb.

EDIT:

It seems like this tablet can only charge. It can't mount files via mtp or ptp. Is the port faulty? I've had a look inside and used a small brush and toothpick to make sure the port is not dirty.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] richfife:
Best ROM for Apollo w/ Zoom that supports camera?

Hi,

I see that a lot of the Apollo ROMs have camera problems, so I was wondering what your recommendation for a ROM to use with Zoom would be?

Basically audio (in and out), display (duh) and camera.

The idea is to plop the tablet onto the piano next to the sheet music when my daughter takes piano lessons remotely.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] TallestDutchman:
Last night I put the latest Thor lineage from ggow, Lineage 16.0-20210111, on my Fire HDX7. This was my first attempt at this, but everything went well.

Except that Wireless is super flaky.

Sometimes it connects right away, but will disconnect after a little while and seemingly never reconnect.

More often is scans for networks but never displays any available.

First, do I need to report this as a problem? If so, where?

Second, can I simply install an older package to resolve this? Which one would you recommend?

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I am attempting to revive this to use as a kitchen media streamer (hulu, netflix) and to look up recipes. I don't care about the camera, but having bluetooth working would be helpful.

Thanks in advance.

Edit - I found the Lineage 16 ROM thread, so there's some answers for the first part of my question. There does appear to be a general issue with wireless not working until a reboot as well. I will read through that thread and report the issue if necessary.

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-unlocked-lineage-16-0-11-jan-2021.4164161/

The remaining question seems to be if I should drop back to the last build of Lineage 14.

Edit 2 - I reinstalled using the instructions in the ROM thread (I hadn't found that thread the first time). Initial impressions are that the wireless is working much better.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] dkimx009:
I had installed Nexus rom on my Thor long ago, and decided to install Lineage14 on it.

1) I was not aware of the current status of this device and simply cleared data using its Recovery-Safestrap 4.01 (TWRP v2.7.1.0). Then I tried to move files to it, but found that I couldn't mount it on PC while on Recovery.

2) I still could boot and move files to the deviece. I moved 'lineage-14.1-20200705-UNOFFICIAL-thor' file and entered back to Recovery, then installed it on 'Stock Rom'. Then rebooted.

3) I could see 'Recovery' or 'Boot' options while on boot. Choosing 'Boot' didn't show anything on its screen and didn't respond anything but long-pressing the power button to force power-off.

4) I still can enter 'Recovery', but also 'mount' option still doesn't work.

Maybe it's because the bootloader was not unlocked...?

Or maybe the partitions of the device were screwed...?

I searched web and tried to set partitions right, but commands I found didn't work on 'Terminal Command' option in Safestrap. (only showed error messages that the command is not correct thing)

Please give some help on this.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] locolyric:
any other tablet similar to hdx ? 2k resolution, size from 7.9 to 8.9 ?with a better custom rom support?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] irfan67670:
Hi, i have 4.5.5.3 fireos on my hdx7 3rd gen and it does not detect external usd keyboard connected through the port (keyboard is checked and fine). I read somewhere it maybe the port inability to supply enough power which causes this issue.

My question:

- will flashing another rom like lineage etc solve this problem, anyone experienced this before?

- any other way to make keyboard work without flashing (if any)

- any other help appreciated.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ojdon:
Unfortunately, I don't think the HDX supports OTG USB in any ROMS.

You'd have to use a Bluetooth external keyboard with your HDX instead.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] irfan67670:
Thanks, that saves me sometime trying to butthead with the keyboard.

Will look for a nice bluetooth keyboard!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Err...not going to be easy. BT support on anything but stock OS is sketchy at best - as you have hopefully gained through further reading.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ojdon:
I've done something weird to my HDX (Thor) and I can't put my finger on what I need to fix.

I've switched between roms/relevant TWRP versions recently and now my WiFi keeps dropping out whenever it gets used like signing into google or whatever.

Has anyone experienced something similar?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CamMcB123:
Found my device in a drawer that I bricked many years ago... It gets stuck on the grey kindle fire logo and nothing shows up when plugging it into any PC, not even unrecognised devices or anything in the device manager and of course no adb or fastboot. I remember being able to hold the power button to get to a reset screen but even after resetting nothing would change, however I can't seem to get to that screen anymore.

I was wondering if it would be worth it to get a fastboot cable or use the emmc trick or whatever it is (heard it on ifixit forums but can't find info specific to this device).

This is probably a lost cause considering how old this device is and how inactive the forum is but I thought I'd give it a shot. Props to you guys still working on this device all these years later
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wavvy01:
Hey does anyone have old Nexus or AEX ROMS for Apollo? I need one to get the proper unlock code (I screwed up on the stock fw) and the links I'm finding are 404. Thanks.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] maroonmoon:
Hello all.

I have a Kindle Fire HDX 7" which had a custom ROM installed. A few months back, I was having frequent Wifi problems and battery drainage issues, so I reverted back to the stock ROM. The tablet boots fine, but I have multiple issues listed below. I am not sure if these are due to bad installation or some hardware issues. Any ideas will be appreciated.

1) I enabled developer mode on the tablet. When I plug in the USB cable, I do not see any notification to enable USB debugging. As a result ADB is a no go.

2) The status bar and the navigation bar are not visible. They come into view for milliseconds intermittently and then disappear. Changing orientation etc. has not worked.

3) Once the tablet is up and running, opening any app takes a long time.

I tried factory resetting, but it just hangs on the amazon logo. Power cycling gets me back to main screen, not first time set up screen.

Thank you!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] zekzekzek:
I have a Thor device and I screwed up the unlock code process as well. Check my post below and see if it might be able to help you. I was searching for a Nexus rom for a while as well but ended up not needing it.

https://xdaforums.com/t/thor-apollo-unlocking-bootloader-with-any-firmware.3463982/post-86696703
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] OnlyHungryWhenYouEat:
Hi, I have acquired a spare HDX7 as mine is getting old now. It's not been updated since 2018 and is this build of 4.5.5.3 .

I never got around to flashing a custom ROM on my old one of these but want to do so with this one. I've used ADB before to root my first Samsung Galaxy I think it was so quite some time ago and I'm technically-minded but also sometimes impatient and am wondering:

What should be my first steps with this specific device on the road to installing a stable ROM with Google Play? Those are my main two wants really I don't need much more as there are just a few APKs I'd like to have running and of course ad-blocking would be nice though.

Cheers for any help!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ushilives:
Go ahead and update it to the latest version, it is safe as all updates for this device can allow custom roms. Easiest way to install a rom is firstly you need to unlock the bootloader. Contact Draxie on this Amazon HDX forum to request the 1-click bootloader unlock and follow the instructions.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] OnlyHungryWhenYouEat:
Thanks for the tips :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] MotenaiRonin:
Got an Apollo I got to Fastboot Ready screen.

So I attempted the instructions below from

https://xdaforums.com/t/thor-apollo-unlocking-bootloader-with-any-firmware.3463982/post-75284993

Followed through but the result wasn't successful.

Any advice for me?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ushilives:
Its best to use 1-click bootloader unlock
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] MotenaiRonin:
I don't have a Linux or Mac machine. What else can I do?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] azazeldev:
Hey, I kinda messed up with the "get_code.bat" in here. I got an empty key file and didn't notice, so I just continued to do everything until step 8, which is when I realized I couldn't continue. Now I'm stuck in either TWRP or [fastboot]. How do I get out or get my code? Sorry if this is a really basic question, I'm a total newbie.

Posted the same thing here and here. Sorry if this is too much I just need a bit of help
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] wavvy01:
Ok, so I have TWRP installed and got the keys, but the link to the tools.zip is broken, would you happen to have another link, or the files on hand? Thanks!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] lhuge:
I've had a HDX 7 3rd Gen (Thor) running 4.5.5.3 that I got for free a couple of years ago and basically haven't touched. I'd like to put Google Play Store on it and generally would like to know what I can do with it - I'm not too worried about risk of bricking it, but I'm also probably not qualified to do anything too involved/advanced (I rooted a couple of early Fire HD devices many years ago but I've forgotten everything from those days)

Is it easy to get Google Play on my device? Is there anything else worth doing?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] ushilives:
Use the 1-click unlock bootloader to instal LineageOS 14.1 or DivestOS. Or if you don't want to do that I would just download Aurora Store, it is similar to google playstore.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
you installed drivers but did you verify that the correct drivers are selected in device manager? It should be listed as an android (or android phone) with

"abd composite interface"
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] airplane_guy:
It shows Android but not adb composite. As I hit send on the last message, I remembered using the sdk to add kindle drivers. So I'm going through that process on a different computer. We'll see how it plays out.

Thanks for putting up with me
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
may need to select correct drivers>update driver>choose drivers>from list of drivers on computer>

or just toggle adb Off/On the kindle a few times
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Stetanchi:
Hi,

I installed TWPR on my Kindle HDX 7 and updated the bootloader to 3.2.3.2 via TWRP.

But now I got stuck with unlocking the bootloader.

Opening "adb shell" tells me

error: device not found

I activated ADB on my HDX.

I am on Win10 64bit.

Any idea how to solve this?

Do I need an aditional driver?

Thanks, Stef.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
Try these drivers, could be a pain in the ass to get 'em working in Win 10 x64 though. You've access to a Win 7 system?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cheyenne15:
Do you happen to have a copy of the recovery image for 4.5.2 Apollo or know where I can look? I have been reading several threads but can not find it. My hdx is booting but I am unable to boot into recovery after attempting to apple the twrp recovery image. Any help would be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Stock recovery images are rare; I have yet to see one from 4.5.2 (any device). You'll probably have to roll you own using tools in this thread. Not for the faint of heart. Warning: Do not allow your device to accept/process an OTA with a borked recovery; outcome will be an unrecoverable brick.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] av99315:
Help with HDX 8.9" Recovery

I have a rooted Kindle Fire HDX 8.9" (2013) running stock 14.3.2.6, I really want to install a custom ROM because my fire is now too slow. So, I don´t want to use safestrap but I don´t know if I can use any other recovery with my OS version (TWRP or CWM if possible).

If I can, I would apreciate you tell me how to do it and maybe redirect me to another thread.

Do I need to upgrade or downgrade mi OS for it to work?

Apreciate your help.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
I believe only xx3.2.4 & lower can unlock the bootloader

if you want a custom Recovery use safestrap
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
3.2.6 can downgrade to 3.1.0, then use TWRP, update the bootloader to 3.2.3.2, unlock the bootloader and use nice custom ROMs - check page 1 of this thread (page 2 is about 3.2.4 users who can use the downgrade images by [MENTION=5749760]ggow[/MENTION], you can NOT use them!).
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] n.santhanakrishnan:
Fire HDX 7"

HI

I have amazon fire hdx 7. Recently when I updated the OS it stopped working. When I push the power button, "Kindle fire" in white colour text is what I get. And the screen stays there. When I went into recovery mode by pressing "Vol down + power" button, I got the following message

Fire System Recovery

Your Kindle doesn't seem to be able to boot.

Resetting your device to Factory defaults may

help you to fix this issue.

Volume up/down to move highlight;

power button to select.

Reboot your Kindle

Reset to Factory Defaults

E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E: can't open /cache/recovery/log

E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/last_install

E: can't open /cache/recovery/last_install

E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

E: can't mount /cache/recovery/dropbox_last_kmsg

E: can't open /cache/recovery/dropbox_last_kmsg

E: can't open /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc (No such file or directory)

E: failed to mount /cache (No such file or directory)

When I selected "Reset to Factory Defaults" and then "Yes -- Erase everything", a blank screen blinks and again "File system recovery" console comes with the same error message. When I connect the tab to computer, it is not getting detected. Is there anyway to repair the tab?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Unlikely given symptoms. Suggest you contact Amazon to review options. An exchange maybe offered if still under warranty.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] n.santhanakrishnan:
No other way?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Unfortunately, no. Internal storage partitions are borked with no way to remedy. Sorry for your loss.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] n.santhanakrishnan:
Any hardware tweak?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Dude - your done. Fastboot cables and equivalent tricks do not work on HDX devices - which still would have been an extreme long shot with a locked bootloader. HW design choices Amazon made when specing components. Device is not designed to be easily recoverable given liberal return policy while under warranty.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Stetanchi:
Hi Cl4ncy,

I was able to install the drivers and unlock the bootloader :)

What will be the next stept?

Just flash CM11 or HDX Nexus with TWRP?

Thanks, Stef.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
Yes, with an unlocked bootloader you could use CM12 or SlimLP, too.

Read the installation notes and requirements carefully.

And be sure to create a backup of your Fire OS in TWRP and copy it to your PC before you flash any custom ROM!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Stetanchi:
OK, backup is already done, I will give it try and let you now...

EDIT: Yes, it works, Thanks again for your help.

Thanks, Stef.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
Good, enjoy your "free" HDX. ;)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Stetanchi:
Hi Cl4ancy,

I ve got another Thor HDX with version 13.3.2.8 installed.

Is there a chance to install TWRP and downgrade the bootloader to 3.2.4 to do the same procedure as for my already "freed HDX"?

Best regards, Stef.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Cl4ncy:
Unfortunately there's no way to go below 3.2.8 due to rollback protection by Amazon, attempting would brick the HDX.

So 4.5.2 and Safestrap v4 are the only options for that device, thus either Nexus v4 for Safestrap v4 or CM11 for Safestrap v4 are the available ROMs then.

Note that Safestrap v4 has higher battery usage with secondary slots, thus it's recommended to use the stock slot. Pay attention to the requirements and risks of updating to 4.5.2, using the stock slot, and be sure to make a backup of your Fire OS before you flash any custom ROM!

Also note that CM12 and SlimLP are NOT Safestrap v4 compatible! And DO NOT install Safestrap v4 on 3.2.8!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] Stetanchi:
Thanks, for your input.

My 3.2.8 is already rooted.

Is there a manual way to update to 4.52?

Because I let Amazon downgrade the device to 3.2.8 and OTA update is no longer possible.

Nexus V4 or CM11 would be sufficient, in any case a better OS than Amazons OS 3.2.8.

Best regards, Stef.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Yes - you can manually update to 4.5.2, reroot (via kingroot), reblock OTA, install Safestrap v4 and then flash the Safestrap compatible rom of your choice (Nexus v4 or CM11). There are a few tips and cautions to observe which [MENTION=6815340]Cl4ncy[/MENTION] can explain in detail. Under no circumstance should you attempt to re-enable OTA while on 3.2.8. Any update received directly from Amazon will hard brick your device.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] snakelam26:
TWRP recovery bootloop

Hi,

I followed [Root] OS 4, 5.0.n and Install Lollipop & Gapps ("Newbie Friendly") to root my kindle, but I only got to step A.

When I followed [How To] Install TWRP on OS 4.5.3 and Boot Recovery (newbie friendly) to try to install TWRP, I couldn't get it to boot in TWRP recovery. I could still boot OS though.

Apparently the thread is for HD 6 and 7, but I only realized I was following the wrong thread after the problem occurred.

Is there a way to fix the problem.

Thank you :)

I have a HDX 7" with Fire OS 4.5.2 rooted with KingRoot. Flashify installed.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
Probably lucky that stock rom still works.

I'm not sure but, I'm thinks you should flash stock recovery.img in bootloader/fastboot

recovery.img should be in the stock update.bin just change file extension to .zip

and extract files

then follow

[Rollback][Downgrade][Thor][Apollo] 3.2.8 rollback-OTA captured by ONYXis
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] EncryptedCurse:
You're looking at a completely wrong device forum.

You can't install TWRP on the HDX after FireOS 3.2.3.2 (and you can't rollback to it, either). Your only option is Safestrap 4.

As [MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION] mentioned, you should flash back the stock recovery image, except you'll need to use Flashify since fastboot is useless without an unlocked bootloader.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] DB126:
Actually, I'm not sure either method will work. [MENTION=5940066]EncryptedCurse[/MENTION] is correct about fastboot being useless with locked bootloader (no path to unlock). You'll almost certainly need root for Flashify to work properly. Whether it can act on the recovery partition without further modifications is a different story. Be sure to backup your existing recovery from within Flashify as a precaution.

A bigger hurdle may be creating a working recovery. As I recall it is not as simple as extracting/renaming recovery.img from the FireOS update file. Amazon does this a little differently. In FireOS v3 I had to go through several obscure steps to regenerate a recovery image. Perhaps things are more straight forward in v4.

Of paramount importance is preventing an OTA as Amazon assumes a working recovery when processing the update. Best case the update will fail. Worst case is a hard brick. Best to keep your device in flight mode until OTA is blocked (rename system/priv-app/DeviceSoftwareOTA.apk to .bak).
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] snakelam26:
Yeah...I realized how dumb I was :(

Where can I find this recovery.img file? I am in the stock bin file and I can only find a boot.img file.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
please ask questions here, not in index thread, thanks
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
I believe 4.5.2 must be rooted with KINGROOT

http://xdaforums.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] linlan:
Unrecoverable brick?

I have a kindle 7" 3rd Gen (1 camera) that stopped working. Currently it is in a reboot loop that I cannot seem to get it out of. It will boot and give a message about File System Recovery and give options to reboot or to reset to factory. At the bottom of the screen, it has the following message:

failed closing /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc (I/O error)

If I choose to reset to factory, it restarts and gives me the same message. If I choose to reboot, it gives a long list of can't mount and can't open errors and then restarts back to the fire system recovery screen.

Is there any thing that I can do to get it working again or is it done for?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
I'm guessing it's not fixable.

The Kindle Fire HDX 7" has Power and volume buttons on the back, and a front-facing High Definition camera

Can you give some more details...

system version, rooted, safestrap, custom rom?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] linlan:
I have no idea on system version. If there is a way I can check that in the current state, let me know how.

It was all factory software - I had not made any changes to it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
Don't suppose it's still under warranty? Amazon has been pretty good about replacing units that fail.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] linlan:
Yeah.... no such luck there. It'll be 2 years in December and Amazon support couldn't figure it out. They said return it and buy this new $200 model. I posted here as a last ditch effort to see if it could be saved before I chunk it to recycling.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] sd_shadow:
try just wiping the cache, and then reboot, may need to wipe/reboot a few times.

When you power off, connect to wall charger, does it show the charging screen?