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[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] george9584:
wasted whole day, try 3 times already, doesn't work on Fire HD6, Followed all the steps, upgraded from 4.5.5 to 5.0.1 Preview, then downgraded to 4.5.3, install KingRoot to get su, install TWRP, copy all zip packages, flash them, reboot via TWRP to install superSU and after 10 minutes it shows kindle fire OS 5.0.1, and to perform step 35, no SU access any more, can't complete step 35, such a wastage of hours and hours
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Team Scream:
Man I am glad I read this post... I have a Gen 4 HD6 that came with 4.5.5, and I would LOVE to get root and GAPPS and make this thing work the way it should, but these tutorials are confusing as hell...

Do we use ADB+Fastboot or do we have to install ADB from the SDK? There is NO mention of this in the video tutorials... I am confused.

Not everyone uses Linux. I am on a Windows box here at work and would love to make this happen... Can anyone shed light?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] user0x80:
Hello,

[MENTION=2676188]Team Scream[/MENTION], I suggest you look at Imma Wake's video "Downgrade and root Fire HD6/HD7". This one is giving you all you need to move from 4.5.5 to 5.0.1 and get root rights. It's shorter(18 steps) and rather self-explanatory. As an example, I did it today without any hiccups.

I used ADB+Fastboot (the one he made a video about), but didn't had to use any fastboot command. So don't get confused, it's just a rather simple way to get ADB up and running.

If it may be of any help, just know that I had to re setup the driver in the device manager will the tab was in sideload mode.

[MENTION=4469251]powerpoint45[/MENTION] not forgetting ppl who made this tutorial possible, I deeply thank you for the tremendous work you've done! I will give it a shot soon hopping it goes as smoothly as the guide i mention before.

All the best,

EDIT

It all went smooth and easy.

So here is my backlog:

"Fire HD6" on "Fire OS 4.5.5"

Upgrade to 5.0.1 (dev version)

Downgrad to 4.5.3 and grant ROOT access via kingroot. (followed the 18 step tutorial made prior to this one. check his youtube videos. additionnaly I did "adb shell pm block com.amazon.dcp" not mention in the 18, but 37steps tutorial just to be safe about OTA stuff)

Catch up on this tutorial at step12. Upgraded to 5.0 + ROOT + GAPPS + Play Store

[MENTION=4469251]powerpoint45[/MENTION], You may want to swap step 35 and 36 because by the time you reach 35, you can't "su" in "adb shell". In fact, 36 is meant to allow "su" usages as far as i can tell (:

Due to the above "su" issue, I was scared that during the SuperSU setup(needing Wifi and prior to OTA disable) between step 34 and 36 is that some update happen eventually transforming a piece of cake into nightmare. Is it something to be worried about for ppl following your tutorial?

Lastly, the "System Updates" panel state "Fire OS 5.0.1", but isn't "5.2.2 firmware" + "5.2.0 stock recovery" suppose to increase the OS number to 5.2.X? (that's the rookie question I suppose)

Once again, thank you very much for this great video tutorial and all the best to you stepping into it.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Team Scream:
Ok so first off thank you so much for taking the time to try and help, and forgive me for being needy.

In your post you mention following Imma Wake's video which I tried to do, but the very first step is a brick wall. The YouTube video which supposedly shows how to upgrade to the 5.0 Developer preview has been removed. It is no longer there, so that very crucial first step is one that I cannot take.

Next, in your post, you reference upgrading the Kindle HD6 using both the 5.0 Developer preview AND the 5.01 Developer preview which has me totally confused. I do not see any videos on Imma Wake you tube channel referencing the 5.01 Developer preview. The last thing I want to do is brick my brand new Kindle...

SO, once again, I am back here at square one, stuck. Any chance you can point me to the quick and easy method of upgrading to 5.0 Developer so I can get past that step? I have signed up on Amazon and the developer page indicates that my device will be upgraded within 48 hours, but I am sitting here with time on my hands today and really wanted to give this a shot today.

Thanks.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
You must wait for developers preview. Press Check for Updates in Settings/Device. A link for installing adb drivers is at the top of this guide: http://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/general/root-developer-preview-lollipop-os-5-t3172408
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Team Scream:
Thank you DoLooper!

I just checked and am now in the process of receiving 5.01 update. My question is, am I safe to proceed with these instructions for getting root even tho the original posts and Ima Wake's video refer to 5.0 developer preview?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
What is the build date?
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Team Scream:
Ok, so I am sitting here with a fully rooted Kindle, play store working perfectly, root access confirmed (root checker) and all is well with the world - except...

I followed the instructions to the best of my ability and got all the way through every step EXCEPT the part where I was supposed to copy the stock recovery onto the device along with the 5.2.2 rom, the make space file and the GAPPS file.

Because of the repeated "proceed with caution" warnings in the video instructions, I soldiered on without it and continued with every step EXCEPT flashing the stock recovery back to the device.

Anyway, I am now sitting here all happy with myself and all of you for the awesome direction, but worried that I might have screwed myself by now getting stock recovery installed....

Is there anything I can do to get stock recovery installed now after the fact? It appears that I do not have ANY recovery on my device at this point since I cannot boot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" or otherwise..

Thanks guys!
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] DoLooper:
If you're not already in a bootloop, don't try booting to recovery again or rebooting system. Wait and see if [MENTION=6680544]bibikalka[/MENTION] will be around and can help.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Team Scream:
Glad you stopped me... I was on a mission to try and figure it out, including going back and trying to figure out how to sideload it again or whatever... I have rebooted 3 times so far and I am NOT in a bootloop. I have been happily installing apps from the play store testing things out.

THANK YOU!!!!
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Tachi91:
Which recovery did you use? Twrp or the other one?

I tried that method with twrp and it reboots back into the OS not recovery. Thinking maybe I'm doing something wrong/different
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] Team Scream:
OK so I now have stock recovery back on my Fire HD6 (gen4) after failing to flash it on the 30th (or whatever) step it took to work through this exercise.

The fix was to copy recovery.img from the "5.2.0_stock_recovery_only.zip" file onto the root of my device, and then flash it using flashify which I downloaded from the play store. Once done, it booted into stock recovery and all is right with the world.

I now have a fully rooted Fire HD6 (gen4) running 5.2.2 Lolipop and have done away with the Fire Launcher in favor of the Google Now launcher and all of my favorite apps that I run on my phone are now running just fine on my Fire.

<edit> found my answer and fixed it (ads on lockscreen removal) I am really starting to like this device more now that it is rooted and cleaned of most Amazon stuff.
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] ritholtz:
Hi,

I have Fire HD7 4th generation running fire OS 4.5.5.1. Can I just follow steps given in this video and upgrade to Marshmallow , root and install GAAP apps. Trying to get kid by installing better apps from playstore.

Thanks
[Fire HD 6 and 7 General] bibikalka:
Be careful ... There were some bricks after 4.5.5.1 if using the older Lollipop version. Alternatively, you can follow an up-to-date guide :

http://xdaforums.com/fire-hd/general/how-to-upgrade-to-lollipop-root-gapps-t3163950
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] Fomocokyle:
Hello, I am trying to run APK Studio to adjust a minimum bitrate on an a video app. It is an app used for watching television on android. I have scoured the internet and have tried many different things, however I still cannot access APK Studio. When i try to run apk studio.exe it says that MSVCP120.ddl is missing. After fixing that it comes up with error code 0x000007b saying that the executable could not load properly. I really can not find any really good installation instructions on the net, so I'm not really sure if I have installed something wrong, or if something on my PC is configured wrong. I have tried running it from the command prompt as well. I am able to get apktool to run in the command prompt, but I am not very good with text based programs like that. I really would just like to get the MINIMUM bitrate boosted, because the settings are set to high but is only running 500 kbps. Would someone be willing to help me get this aplication fired up? :confused:

- Kyle
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] Fomocokyle:
I forgot to mention i am running windows 7 64 bit and have downloaded the latest apkstudio and apktool.
[IDEs, Libraries, & Programming Tools] Fomocokyle:
Don't everyone answer all at once.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5] Juan4386:
Hi everyone, i'm new in this forum :)

I want to upgrade my Galaxy s5 ATT SM-G900A to Lollipop but I have no idea how (I'm living in Mexico and I can't receive the update), I have kitkat 4.4.2 with baseband G900AUCU2ANG3, I tried to root my phone with Towelroot (for update manually) but it says my phone is not compatible.

Do you know how I can update to lollipop guys?
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renbock:
A little while ago I broke my screen on my Sony Xperia z3 compact, so naturally I replaced the screen and the digitzer, and it worked (hurray!) for about five minutes (Boo!), after which the backlight stopped working, apparently this is a common issue and I managed to find a solution after googling "sony experia z3 compact backlight not working". Should be the first result (cant post outslde links as noobie)

So i attempted to make the jumper with a soldering Iron, but my soldering experience is clearly evidence of my ability to break phones as in the process I burned through the component I needed to make a jumper across (I think. though the whole mess is covered in Solder right now). And although the charging light comes on the phone it self will not turn on. It is completely dead, I have tried various resets but none work, I should mention the phone worked perfectly before hand it was just the backlight that was the problem..

Is it time to get a new phone, or is there still hope? I've already sunk over £100 into trying to repair the stubborn basterd but I've not quite given up hope
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dreamslacker:
There's no issue if you simply covered the burnt fuse in solder (which is actually the same effect as what you'd do if you jumper it properly).

Try removing the solder as it might be shorting to other metallic components - such as a metal foil cap. Just put your soldering iron tip to the blob and swipe aside and lift.

Then on the remaining 2 solder pads, add a tiny bit of solder to join them.

Clean up the flux residue and such with some isopropyl alcohol (denatured or rubbing alcohol will work fine too).

Add a little sticky tape on top of the solder bridge to prevent any shorting.

Unplug the battery and leave to stand for a few minutes before plugging it back in and try to start the phone again.
[Xperia Z3 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abrarabbu:
Hey if you have given up hope then can I get yourEFS backup. My phone IMEI is bad after playing with roms and isnt getting fixed after numerous flash.

It is basically useless to me,

I can buy you beer :) I have a thread open for requesting but seems nobody cares :)
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domste:
Hello, guys. So heres my situation:

My dad just bought the s5 mini, and he owns an s4 mini. His friend installed StreetPilot by ORLIK on his s4 mini and it uses garmin maps. Now heres my question: How can i install the same app and maps on the s5 mini, without buying the program from the official site as my dad wants the same GPS on his new phone and he uses it regularly at work. Sorry if i posted in the wrong section, if i did, may a mod please move this? Thank you.
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteWolfSix:
Hi, AFAIK Garmin uses maps provided by NAVTEQ that was acquired by Nokia in 2007/2008, and fully merged into Nokia in 2011 to form part of the Here business unit. Easiest and cheapest way is to use HERE maps by Nokia Maps LLC as it is for free. I am owner of Garmin sat-nav for many years and I have been testing HERE maps installed on my phone with Garmin device at the same time. I wanted to see what the difference would be in a real situation. I could say, the only difference was in ETA that was in HERE maps about +20 min. in 5 hours journey.
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] domste:
So all id really have to do is get the "HERE maps" app on the google play store and it should be jsut as good?
[Galaxy S5 Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WhiteWolfSix:
Yes, no doubt.
[HTC Excalibur] momentarylapseofreason:
Just wondering how to download system files. ActiveSync's explorer shows it moving over, but never appears on my desktop.

Reason I am asking is because I would like to edit some of the screens (such as in call)

Also would like to delete junk that I am never going to use....
[HTC Excalibur] razorone:
open active sync and click on explorer and drag the files you want to your desktop edit them drag them back to folder when ask to over write choose yes hope this helps
[HTC Excalibur] momentarylapseofreason:
Not allowing me to drag them?
[HTC Excalibur] razorone:
is your phone cid unlocked
[HTC Excalibur] momentarylapseofreason:
I used Window's search engine and it is popping up in the temp files directory for some reason....

So with that squared away, anyone know how to delete files that are "secure"?
[Fire General] Awesomeslayerg:
So if you been messing around with your fire and got to the point that it wont want to get past the loading screen or something or you may have messed up during the root process you can use these steps to restore your Fire

MOD EDIT: THE FIRMWARE LINKED HERE IS NOT SAFE AT THIS TIME, LINK REMOVED AND THREAD CLOSED.

Steps.

1. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR ADB DRIVERS INSTALLED!! and if you dont know how to check this thread

2. Download the amazon frimware above and keep it where you can flash it.

3. Boot into recovery (Volume Down + Power at the same time)

4. Select "adb sideload" or whatever it says using your volume keys and press the power to select

5. Now adb sideload <frimware>.bin

6. Its probably gonna take 5- 10 minutes so be patient and then once the recovery options come up make sure you wipe every thing and cache as well

7. Reboot gonna take another few minutes BE PATIENT!!

8. Now your back to your stock frimware.
[Fire General] Darkside1984:
I'm trying to try this method because Ive gone too far in deleting bloatware and now the Fire doesn't start properly. It get stuck on a flashing lock screen and I can't do anything (I can't concede ADB permissions so I can't operate with ADB console).

Sadly I'm trying to sideload bin into recovery mode, but It says: "device unauthorized". It weird 'cause I've the drivers installed on my PC (I've rooted and sideload Playstore before).

What can I do? :crying:
[Fire General] Vlasp:
Try installing ADB drivers in Device Manager while the Fire is in recovery. If you do it correctly, when you do ADB Devices, it should come up as Sideload.
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
Troubleshooting

Device may not connect to PC until you select apply update from ADB,

check device manager, Fire should be listed ADB sideload or adb composite interface, when in recovery mode

If device is in adb sideload mode

adb devices

should return

G000HXXXXXXXXXXX.........sideload

if not drivers are not correct

Manually Fix Drivers

Open device manager Settings>Devices>Device Manager

(If Kindle is not listed as Android>Android Composite ADB interface)

select Other Devices>Fire

Right Click>Update Driver Software

Browse my computer for Driver Software

Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer

select Android or Android Phone (or ADB Interface or Android Device)

Select Android Composite ADB interface

or Android Composite ADB interface

next

you may have to reboot pc

Error

cannot read 'adb sideload update-kindle-37.5.2.2_user_522053820.bin'

Make sure Firmware.bin file is in same location, that is listed in command prompt

(ex: C:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>)
[Fire General] Darkside1984:
It's strange but when the tablet is in recovery mode, PC doesn't recognise it. The device manager doesn't show any related device. I've reinstalled drivers and nothing... Even I made the same procedure in another PC (also with W10) and nothing... There's no trail of any "Android device" in device manager when the tablet is in recovery mode. I'm seriously confused and I don't know what else to do...

Looking for a miracolous hard factory reset...

EDIT: I see that the battery is low. Does this have something to do with Recovery troubles?
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
i posted some basic using adb instructions in my amazon index

Using ADB

---------- Post added at 11:00 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:58 AM ----------

try disconnecting from pc, power off fire, boot into recovery, connect to pc

---------- Post added at 11:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:00 AM ----------

you have to select apply update from ADB, before device will connect to pc

---------- Post added at 11:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:03 AM ----------

possible, not sure if Amazon blocks flashing, if battery is low, i know motorola does.

You do not want battery to die during firmware install, it can brick a device.

Try charging battery.
[Fire General] Darkside1984:
Thanks for your help.

It seems that there are some advances but a new problem appears. Finally the PC recognised the tablet into recovery's sideload option but a new error appears. I can't sideload with success 'cause of this message "You need adb 1.0.32 r never to sideload to this device. Installation aborted". Strange because I've installed the newer ADB drivers...
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
try

adb version

---------- Post added at 12:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:38 PM ----------

should get

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.32
Revision d15680a64678-android
[Fire General] Darkside1984:
:-S

"Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31"

Now I remember that "adb-setup-1.4.3.exe" installer didn't work for me. How could I install the last version?
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
try link in my Using adb post
[Fire General] Darkside1984:
Wow! Hallellujah. I finally got resurrect my Fire. Thanks a million!
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
great

care to post some details about what worked?

Drivers version?

adb method?
[Fire General] iLLSKi:
after side loading I needed to switch off the device and restart in order to start the final "Installing the latest software"-sequence
[Fire General] Darkside1984:
Sure!

I deleted my adb folder and follow the steps in your thread here. So it got the right adb version (1.0.32) and I finally could sideload properly the bin file. I think that the point is that PC just recognizes the Fire (as ADB composite) when you are into 'adb sideload' option, not in the recovery main menu.
[Fire General] hochichi:
5th Gen Kindle Fire - MT65xx Preloader problems

Hi - Noob here. 5th Gen Kindle Fire I'm trying to root. Followed the steps and had no trouble installing the ADB driver or running the .bat until...

Two things happen: 1st, Windows 7 says it fails to load a driver: MT65xx Preloader. 2nd: I get as far as the Fastboot screen but there it stops. Nothing else happens for 5-10 min until I shut it down.

I've tried downloading what were supposed to be MT65xx drivers (some off of other threads here). Windows 7 accepts none of them so far when I try to Update Driver on Unknown Device. Have tried pointing it to MT6577 USB VCOM drivers.rar, USB_Drivers.rar, and MT65xx Preloader.rar (all unzipped of course). No luck.

Any helpful advice would be appreciated.
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3238740

[HOWTO] How to restore firmware on your device + Amazon Firmware
[Fire General] fozzibab:
I'm having the exact same issue. If you watch the Device Manager while the process rolls out, the MT65xx Preloader, will disappear after a few seconds and is replaced with just a generic "Android" device. At this point the rooting process hasn't even started yet, and the tablet is just sitting on the fastboot screen waiting for input.

Shadow, your solution doesn't apply. The device can still be booted back normally. It just basically sits at the fastboot screen until you power it off and turn it back on again.
[Fire General] hochichi:
Following your comment, I ran the .BAT while watching Device Mgr. Prior to running it, I had the Android device apparently successfully installed. It had its own folder in Dev Mgr without any [!]. Running the .BAT, that disappeared and Android migrated down to Other Devices. It's now next to the same Unknown Device that I haven't been able to update drivers for.

I tried pointing both to the latest_USB_drivers zip from Shadow's recommended thread. According to Win7, it's 'unable to install' from that unzipped folder or any of the others I've pulled from various threads.
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
did you try booting to recovery?
[Fire General] hochichi:
With the Fire disconnected, I booted to recovery (Volume Down + Power) and got a list. Not knowing what to pick, I chose the Bootloader option. It started to boot in FASTBOOT mode. Plugged it in, went to Dev Mgr. Both Android Device and Unknown Device showing in Other Devices. Pointed the Android Device driver to the latest_USB drivers from your other thread. Windows says unable to install your Android. Tried same thing with Unknown Device. Unable to install.
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
First forget MT65xx Preloader every kffowi boots through that before fastboot mode.

If drivers are not selected automatically and selecting folder does not work

right click on android_winusb.inf file (latest_usb_driver_windows\usb_driver)

select install

Then manually select drivers

Open device manager Settings>Devices>Device Manager

Connect Kindle Fire

Enable USB debugging

(If Kindle is not listed as Android>Android Composite ADB interface)

select Other Devices>Fire

Right Click>Update Driver Software

Browse my computer for Driver Software

Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer

select Android or Android Phone (or ADB Interface or Android Device)

Select Android Composite ADB interface for Stock rom or recovery/adb sideload

Select Android ADB interface for Fastboot mode

or Android Composite ADB interface

next

you may have to reboot pc
[Fire General] hochichi:
I get an error message right off the bat:

The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation

Can't do the right-click/install.
[Fire General] sd_shadow:
try Windows 7 64-bit Disable Driver Signature Enforcement

then retry installing driver

or try

[TOOL] [WINDOWS] ADB, Fastboot and Drivers - 15 seconds ADB Installer