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[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] madmaxmedia:
FYI- the script originally downloaded VirtualBox 6 automatically, then told me VirtualBox 6 wasn't supported. I looked around and found and installed VirtualBox 5.2.36, and 1-Click worked fine after that.

Everything appeared to go smoothly (made it through a lot of the checkmarks), near the end when you are instructed to hold power and volume up for 5+ minutes until Fire restarts, I believe I might have held the buttons down too long? The Fire restarted a couple of times (logo on screen), I thought I was supposed to hold PAST those screens but now realize I only needed to hold until it restarted (yes I feel stupid.) The screen is now black and not responding.

After holding down power button for awhile, the Fire connects but now I get this message in 1-Click- 'Unlocking devices stuck in QDL mode under investigation' From browsing around, it appears there's no way to get out of this mode regardless of button combinations (I tried holding Power, Power + Vol+, power +Vol-) When I connect the HDX to a Windows computer it is listed as a 'QHSUB_BULK' or 'Unknown Device' in Device Manager. Nothing ever appears on the HDX screen.

From what I reading it is restorable, though I lack the skills to do so (besides following directions.) IIRC everything was successfully flashed to my HDX, I just screwed up the restart that should have gotten TWRP up and running (unless there's an extra step after that in the 1-Click script.) I found the following threads regarding flashing and unlocking, and am thinking they can get me back up and running- any feedback would be appreciated!

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-h...r-firmware-t3463982/post75284993#post75284993

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/help/apollo-bulk-mode-unlock-failure-t3871778

Since then I successfully 1-clicked a HDX 7. The script stopped before performing the last step (I think flashing), I restarted 1-Click and it then very quickly completed the last step and gave me the dialog to hold down power and Vol+ buttons (which I managed to not screw up this time.)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] draxie:
Thanks for reporting this oversight! On MacOS, 1-Click will attempt to install the latest 5.2 series VirtualBox version from now on.

Hmm.... that's really quite curious... Are you using a standard cable?

I've only ever seen my HDX units enter QDL mode with a special "fastboot cable".

Of course, it's entirely possible that this mode could be entered in severe failure conditions as well.

Also, just how long did you keep holding that power button?

I recall having seen *extreme* numbers (such as 10 and 20 minutes, for really *deep* reset),

although I never had to do anything longer than 5 minutes. If you have the patience, trying

longer may be worthwhile...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] madmaxmedia:
Hi draxie, thanks for the response! I'm glad the feedback was useful.

I am using a standard USB cable, and used the same cable and Mac to successfully 1-Click my 7" HDX. The only difference is in that power button and Vol+ step, I held it down for around 3 minutes or so with the 8.9". The logo originally appeared on the 8.9 at least a couple of times, but I kept the buttons pressed and the screen now stays only back.

I will try holding the power button down longer- should I do power button only, or power and Vol+? For power button only I can just use a small weight and keep it pressed hands-free while monitoring the screen. ;)

I edited my previous post, looking over the list of manual steps your script seems to run, I was hoping I could repeat the last couple of steps manually, but I will try long power button press first...

For now I am pretty happy with Lineage 14.1 on the 7" HDX, but the 8.9" is what I really want to be using. Cheers!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] draxie:
Power alone should suffice, but the screen may not be indicative of success.

I'd suggest to connect the tablet to a computer and monitor USB device logs.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] madmaxmedia:
So far no joy, it keeps connecting as a QHSUB_BULK device, powers off, then re-connects in same manner. 12 times in a row now...

From reading about the manual process, I guess the main steps are 1.) Generate unlock file, 2.) Flash aboot and TWRP to device, 3.) Flash unlock file, 4.) Hold down power button and Vol+ to boot into TWRP.

I believe the script made it all the way to the final step and was booting up and looked on its way to completion (until it was interrupted by me keeping the buttons down too long.) IIRC everything was checked off on the status page. Any ideas of what I might try to retrace my steps?

My other impression from reading posts is that if my HDX is not unlocked for whatever reason, then there may not be a way to recover.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] draxie:
Just to make sure we're on the same page, could you double-check the USB VendorID:ProductID values for this QHUSB_BULK device?

QDL mode should be 05c6:9008. If that's the case, you may find the following posts/threads relevant:

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=72104863&postcount=8

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/help/bricked-hdx-7-thor-qualcomm-access-t3720404

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/how-to-unbrick-kindle-fire-hdx-firmware-t3277197

The *other* bulk mode (:9006, IIRC) would, of course, be much better, since that's what 1-Click normally uses to flash aboot/TWRP.

In that case, you should be able to simply reconnect to 1-Click and get everything resolved automagically.

BTW, once the device turns off, you _could_ try to experiment with holding Power in combination with one (or both) of the Volume buttons.

Perhaps, you get lucky (not too likely, but you only lose the few minutes it takes to test).

That sounds about right, assuming you start from ADB on a rooted device.

1-Click caters for a number of different scenarios, which differ in some important details.

I can probably tell you with reasonable certainty what happened, if you recall what 1-Click reported upon scanning your device.

Did you start from ADB or fastboot?

Was your device rooted?

Did 1-Click find out your EMMCid?

Did you instruct 1-Click to install any ROM/SU/GAPPS modules?

Depending on the above conditions, the actual unlock may not happen until *after* TWRP did its magic.

1-Click should instruct you to marvel at the green OK and the 'unlock code correct' text on the HDX's display.

If you don't recall having seen that, your unit was most probably not yet unlocked.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] madmaxmedia:
Hi draxie, thanks again for the response.

Indeed, that is it- idVendor=05c6, idProduct=9008. I will look at those threads and probably give those a go.

I will mess around with those for a bit. :cool:

My unit was just a plain stock unit on Fire OS (don't remember the version but in all likelihood a recent one.) I believe 1-Click found my EMMCid, but I didn't not instruct 1-Click to install any ROM/SU/GAPPS modules.

The furthest I got with 1-Click was telling me to hold down power and vol+ buttons until reboot, nothing after that. I am guessing that somehow I interrupted the TWRP process, and now can't get it to continue.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] draxie:
In your world, does 'plain stock unit' imply that the device wasn't rooted?

I'm asking because the next shaky "fact" seems to contradict that.

I don't think that's likely, unless your device was rooted.

Or, to be more exact, I seem to recall that without root or `su`

the normal [adb] shell user doesn't have permission to read

manfid+serial from /sys, but I could also remember wrong.

That was a while ago. I checked the 1-Click code and that

appears to make that assumption in any case...

Now, wait a minute! I thought you said your HDX *did*,

in fact, reboot to TWRP, but you kept holding Pwr&Vol+,

which you assume interrupted the TWRP process.

I guess that sounds sensible, although at that point both

the vulnerable bootloader and TWRP had to be in place,

and -since you didn't request any additional operations-

TWRP would only wipe cache, dalvik, and data. Although,

the latter could take some time depending on how much

user data you had on your device. In either case, I don't

quite see how/why interrupting any of those operations

would get you into QDL mode...

Apparently, some progress was made on messing with

this mode since I had last checked. You may find the

following instructive/interesting:

https://alephsecurity.com/2018/01/22/qualcomm-edl-1/

https://github.com/alephsecurity/firehorse

https://github.com/openpst/sahara

(I know that I certainly do, I'm just lacking the time

to dive into these right now.)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] madmaxmedia:
Hi draxie, I missed your response but thank you, I will look into those links and post back!

In brief, when 1-Click told me to hold down Power + Vol Up for 5+ minutes until reboot, I kept holding the buttons down through multiple reboots (thinking I had to wait 5 minutes before releasing.) The TWRP boot screen never came up at any point, and it won't boot into TWRP now. I agree it's strange too.

I am pretty sure it was stock, so any discrepancies probably means I don't remember correctly regarding the progress steps, other than I had reached the step where you hold down power + Vol Up..

I had actually come back to make a suggestion for 1-Click: I have now 1-clicked 2 other HDX's successfully (still working on that other one), and it seems that everything works smoother if Chrome is set as the default browser before you start 1-Click. So that might be something you suggest people do.

With Safari I would get intermittent browser errors (mainly 503 IIRC) that I could get around by re-loading the page. But IIRC it would then go through the check list procedure again, etc. By setting default browser to Chrome, it eliminates any of those hiccups and the process goes very smoothly until the end (maybe Firefox is fine too, I never tried.)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] burnface:
I'm confused, do we still need personalized links to download? I messaged asking for one, but was denied because of my avatar, haha..

[edit] and I did state my use of Ubuntu for this
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Reverse-anastomosis:
I don't understand what you mean about your avatar...but yes you need a link from draxie via pm
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] burnface:
I'm just as confused as you tbh:

And the link is of course just my avatar: https://cdn-cf-1.xda-developers.com/customavatars/avatar4592291_1.gif

[edit] doesn't like imperial stouts I guess :D
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Sounds like a misunderstanding. Temporarily change your 'avatar' or send another pm explaining origins. Bottle of booze shouldn't be a disqualifier.

Alternatively, manually unlock.

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/how-to-root-unlock-hdx-noobies-t3916167
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnbot81:
At least you got a reply –.-

I'm praying to the android-gods for draxie to have pity with me and to reply to my link request :)

Well, it's only been two days so i'll shut my ****-holster...
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] burnface:
Nahh, I've had the same avatar here for 7 or 8 years.. not that it's anything special or means anything at all to me, but I'm sure not going to change it for this reason :)

I replied back asking for clarification since I'd still like to try, but I'm pretty sure that won't be happening.

Thanks for the link for manual unlock!! I've always done manual, just thought I'd try a 1-click type of thing for a change. Perhaps next time.

Thanks [MENTION=5488402]DB126[/MENTION]!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] johnbot81:
ok, nevermind.

i unlocked manually :)

best regards from germany :*
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] burnface:
Good to hear, I'll be trying tonight or tomorrow.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] burnface:
Well for anyone interested, I received clarification that my avatar picture was indeed too off-putting for me to receive a link. No hard feelings. The world is a magical place. Thanks all, see you around!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Whelp, that's just certified evil by another name. Foisting opinion (purity test) on others via unjustifiable action. Classic insecurity characteristic. :rolleyes:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] duonglq0210:
Hi

Could anyone who has successfully pm and got response from Draxie let me know the meaning of personal link in the request? Does it mean the xda profile link? Or does it mean other personal links like blog, Facebook page or twitter?

And if I used Ubuntu, it would be the Host operating system, right?

Sorry for my dumbness and thanks for your help!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] firedroidx:
I pm'd Draxie and he responded super quick with a personal link. So I've been soft bricked at the grey logo for like, maybe four or five years now. Can't even remember what I did to mess it up. For some reason even with my fastboot cable I was able to get into Bulk Mode but it wouldn't actually communicate with the computer. I couldn't get into fastboot and I couldn't run commands to interface with the tablet. Tried using 1-Click but it said it couldn't support devices in QTP mode (not sure what that is but when I plugged it into Windows the driver said bulk). I noticed that for around 10s when trying to boot up the kindle it actually connected to the computer in MTP mode, so I took advantage of that. Fired up 1-Click and I quickly connected it during that period of time to reboot into fastboot then bulk mode and execute the rest of the steps. Worked great, saw fastboot for the first time in a while too! Unfortunately I think the tool froze up on my crappy old macbook, I waited for close to a half hour for it to get past the flashing boot img stage (it even said this is taking too long, something is fishy haha). Disconnected it and hooked it up to my Surface and finally was able to go through the process of manually flashing the new boot and twrp. And here I am setting up LineageOS 14.1 on my Kindle now. Wish I had done this years ago before I gave up and let this little guy collect dust in my tech graveyard drawer. I think the process freezing up was due to my awful hardware, but either way I'm happy since it got my tablet up and running in the end. Just getting this out there if anyone is in a similar situation. Eternally grateful for this dev helping me revive my old toy!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Hey dude, glad you were able to revive your HDX. [MENTION=5828306]draxie[/MENTION]'s tool didn't exist 5 years ago (or perhaps more accurately, hadn't reached its current level of maturity). Despite being 7+ years young the HDX is still relevant to today's world - albeit approaching obsolescence given creaky kernel and Android 7.1 base. Still decent for content consumption and light browsing; the higher resolution panel really shines relative to most other tabs. Enjoy!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] Hollapm:
Just checking to see if this is still being monitored? I sent a request (it's only been a little over 30 hours so know it's still a reasonable timeframe), but also know this is an old device and a thread started awhile ago.

I'm running a Mac OSX 10.15.4 with 4.5.5.3 on my HDX7.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
[MENTION=5828306]draxie[/MENTION] was active in various threads within the last few weeks. He sometimes 'steps away' for extended periods; you'll just need excercise patience or try the manual method.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] schwinn8:
I recently did my HDX using the manual method and TowelRoot (instead of Kingroot). I used an older, manual method which worked great. I used Windows, but I'm happy to help if I can...

I can't imagine draxie's method wouldn't work either... just a question of what you're running into.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] heyjohne:
Hi. I have a Kindle fire 7 hdx 3 gen. Mod KFTHWI SYS 4.4.3 and a Macbook air running Catalina 10.15.4 (19E287). I want to install pure andriod on the tablet. So far I have figured out how to root it. It is rooted. I have downloaded SDK platform tools and got tablet into fastboot. Now I'm stuck. Don't really know how to proceed from here. I know I need to unlock the bootloader in order to keep going. Any help would be appreciated.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Wrong thread; look here: https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/how-to-root-unlock-hdx-noobies-t3916167
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] draxie:
If you request a link by PM, do NOT turn off private messages

Got this trying to share a link... [MENTION=867980]jetsr6[/MENTION]
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] jetsr6:
Dang, sorry about that. I actually got everything working now. But I do appreciate the work you guys do because I really don’t understand most of it lol.

I need to upgrade to at least android 5.0 to run a updated SoloStorm2 for my autocrossing needs. Thanks again.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] duonglq0210:
Yes, simple and magical

Hi all,

I got 1-Click (on Ubuntu host) from Draxie a while back, and got the new 1-Click after the system down (Check his update on original thread). Put it simple, 1-Click works like a charm, really worth to queue in line. It took me a day or two to unlock, root and install Lineage 14 on the HDX (thor), all-in-one, that might take me couple of weeks to a month if I tried to manually do it. Personally, if there were little more descriptive, or for ones with little more experience, it could take just an hour or so.

Here is the steps for dummies like me, so you don't have to spend beginning hours like me :D

Download latest Lineage ROM, GAAP pico for Arm 7.1 and SU. Name them to ROM.zip, GAAP.zip and SU.zip and put them in the same folder of 1-Click

Turn on ADB mode

Run terminal from 1-Click folder

Rund command sudo chmod +x 1-Click (case sensitive!), or simply drag 1-Click into the terminal (worked on Ubuntu 14)

Browser-interface will pop up and you just follow the steps, even there's a video showing how to turn on ADB mode

Once TWRP 3.2.3 is flashed, restart and flash the ROM, GAAP and SU (yes, they are there for you already, surprise :cyclops:)

Enjoy Lineage 14. It's smooth and fast

Thanks Draxie.:good:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] arshileus:
Does anybody owns the newest version of 1-CLick?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
You need to PM the OP for a copy/link.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] arshileus:
I have messaged him, but it seems he is not available, that's why I am asking you about it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Never seen it posted; not sure if OP adds slurp to discourage unauthorized distribution. Manual unlock remains an option.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] sarib:
I need @draxie 's 1-click bootloader anyone have link? already contacted to developer but he is busy, I know there is another easy method but this method sometimes solves softbrick (currently I'm facing).
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] nastywindbreaker:
Thank you
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] poot_gingrich:
I'm in this boat, not quite sure what to do.

Edit: for anyone seeing this, I just relaunched the 1-click and that got things moving again. Draxie's solution is quite robust, it seems. Truth be told, though, I had to restart twice due to internal errors and things seeming "fishy". All's well in the end!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Perhaps should request a refund; those darn volunteer contributors offering "fishy" free wares never get it right :rolleyes:
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] poot_gingrich:
Ah, I've been misunderstood! When the operation times out, the 1-click program actually says "something's fishy...". Got nothing but thanks for Draxie!
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
Lol at myself; I've been a fool! Thanks for clarifying! :)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] gorgutron:
1- Click not working

Well I had to downgrade my linux distro from pop os 19.10 to ubuntu 18.04 to be able to install virtualbox v5.2. I had v6 installed. I got the 1-Click vm but it get stuck "getvar:version....." on the device for a few minutes. then terminal displays

" 44.285219] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1949, idProduct=000d, bcdDevice= 1.00

[ 44.287052] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3

[ 44.290685] usb 1-1: Product: Android

[ 44.296284] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Google

[ 44.300936] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: B07D0706348400KN

###!!! [Child][MessageChannel] Error: (msgtype=0x6C0029,name=PNecko::Msg_RemoveRequestContext) Channel closing: too late to send/recv, messages will be lost"

device was rooted and had lineage OS I was just having trouble getting magisk tto install viper4android module. All help is greatly appreciated

I was able to get it done manually. I guess however many months ago when I rooted I didn't unlock boot loader. After i did that i could fastboot flash patched magisk boot.img.

Appreciate the help anyway.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] a_nfaenger:
Thank U draxie for your work ;))

I would also try to install custom rom on my hdx7 4.5.5.3.

i want to go away from amazon os.hate it.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] nerderous:
Is this still available?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
PM developer to find out (see OP)
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] nerderous:
Thank you, was having trouble with messages but I think it was just Labs not synced yet with xda's little migration project. Should be good to go now. Glad to see people are still working with these older kindle/fire devices, as the Droidx and 1st gen fire tabs are what got me into this messy obsession with modding/phreaking...converted ALMOST every version so far, been a min since I've gotten my hands on one again.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] CrashThump:
Why HDX 8.9 3rd gen device is unsupported according to a script output with red warning?

However, I've chosen the device and unlock has been applied successfully.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] taette:
my kindle is safestrapped with the 3.** version and I'm using twrp on this with installed cyanogenmod.

now I wanna unlock the bootloader.

how does it work?

i created the tutorial but a long time has gone and I don't know how these new unlock procedures are working.

#mobile
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
What version of FireOS is installed in the stock slot of Safestrap?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] taette:
I would say 13.3.2.4 like in my tutorial.

I'm using safestrap 3.75

i dont know anymore how I can change to safestrap :D

#mobile
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
If you indeed have FireOS 13.3.2.4 you can:

- rollback to 13.3.0.x

- root using HDX toolkit (or towelroot)

- install twrp recovery

- unlock the bootloader (using the tool in this thread)

- flash several different custom roms including Nexus v4, CM11, CM12, CM13

There are many posts in the forums explaining the various steps. Unfortunately the information is somewhat disorganized. You will need to do some reading or perhaps someone will post a 'how-to' specific to your situation.
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] taette:
yea I tried to use this one click installer but here you see the errors

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64358907

#mobile
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] EncryptedCurse:
Not sure if it's the cause of your errors, but have you downgraded?
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] taette:
nope i'm on cm11 for some months and wanna unlock the bootloader to test the cm13 rom :) i'm using win10 maybe this is the main problem :(
[Kindle Fire HDX 7" & 8.9" General] DB126:
You need to downgrade to 13.1.0 first; you can not unlock the bootloader with FireOS above 13.2.3. The exploit that allows you to unlock the bootloader depends on a vulnerability in the FireOS bootloader. It doesn't matter which custom rom you are currently using; the bootloader still comes from FireOS. [MENTION=6815340]Cl4ncy[/MENTION] posted a streamlined procedure somewhere; hopefully he will notice this post and respond with guidance. Hang tight.

Win10 is not the issue ... at least with the obstacle you are currently facing.