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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
Test 2 failed.

All went well, until I rebooted to system from TWRP. It booted straight into language select then system settings and no navigation bar or home screen.

Stuck in system settings .

Is this just me or a bug?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Which model do you have (8GB or 16GB)? I tested these instructions from stock using my fastboot cable, YMMV.

That is probably wise but Amazon provide complete stock images of everything but the system (which can be reconstructed), cache and userdata

"adb reboot" should reboot into fastboot mode since it does a hard reboot, I did this since my fastboot cable (whilst it worked with the "otter2") only allowed one command if it had been plugged into the powered off "soho". I only have access to one fastboot cable and this worked for that one.

That means you didn't flash SuperSU or the recovery (that is the stock recovery)

Not flashing the exploit results in the recovery not booting (the screen would flash red and fastboot would load up on both of the methods you tried), you didn't flash SuperSU or the recovery (the stock recovery booted up)

You were too quick on that command. I wrote "arrow underline" in the instructions, I meant "orange underline". (originally I wrote "orange arrow underline" :)) What happened is fastboot reinitialised but was not accepting commands. Also, VirtualBox may take a bit of time (there was a USB disconnect/reconnect). A live CD would be much easier, I avoided putting any Linux commands in here (I have a script to craft the images).

As I said, I tested these instructions from stock. Did you try a factory reset? (You can do a backup in TWRP :o)

See above.

Anyway, this is definitely a WIP, I have access to one device and one fastboot cable. You can help iron out any bugs with this method. Thanks for trying! :o
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Booting into TWRP might cause a TWRP bootloop (when you reboot, it boots back into TWRP instead of system). For now, only use TWRP with access to a fastboot cable (so you can go into fastboot and do fastboot -i 0x1949 continue) or you could flash /system/recovery.img to the recovery partition and reboot using the stock recovery - but don't bother!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Rhyn:
It was the virtualbox. On my work computer from linux it worked perfectly.

Pictures as you requested :) http://imgur.com/a/GVr7f
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
It could be a coincidence (if the first fastboot worked, it must have been VirtualBox reconnecting the USB). But still, good to see it worked :)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
CM12 works better than CM11. It makes no difference which starting point, if the blobs load (which they are)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Po069:
I repeat all again.... all it´s ok till:

"adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin" (when open the sideload panel the same error "unmount system")....

On Cmd:

loading: ´update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin´ * daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

error: device ´<null>´not found

Just in case it's not my mistake and serves someone to something....

If the error is mine and it is very obvious, sorry.

Regards.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
From what I can tell, you are using Windows and losing the drivers battle. This is much easier on a Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu. No drivers issues. PM me if you need help setting up Ubuntu as a Windows replacement, a dual-boot for Windows and Ubuntu, or running Ubuntu on a flash drive. Or I can figure out the hell of the drivers for you. But Ubuntu is much simpler.

Or, you downloaded the newest update.bin and are telling ADB to sideload the wrong thing. Do not copy and paste the adb push line in the post. Do ADB push and copy and paste the rest of the line from the name from the actual file. The post is not entirely up-to-date.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sdowens1026:
TWRP boot

So I did everthing as instructed on page 1 and my Kindle is working great rooted on OS 4.5.5.1. Question is about TWRP. I can't seem to boot back into TWRP. I followed direction on page one but it just hangs at white dull Kindle Fire logo. If I power off and reboot it loads into OS just fine. Is there something wrong with TWRP or am I just doing the key combo wrong? If something is wrong can I just use fastboot to flash just the recovery again?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
That's incredibly odd. You can probably use fastboot to flash it again, but still odd.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
You could be doing the key combo wrong. You need to release PWR as soon as the pale kindle fire splash screen shows up and keep holding VOL-, or else the bootloader will hang and the device will reboot. If you are doing the key combo right, then the Amazon/arrow bootloader thing might be broken and needs to be reflashed.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sdowens1026:
Tried a couple more times again like you described and held for 30 sec without success. Screen never left dull Kindle fire grey logo. Should I reflash just "recovery.img" from the exploit.zip? Do I need to do anything else?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
I think so. I'm not entirely sure, check with spudowiar; he knows what's best.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Po069:
Thank you very much for your reply....

Yes, i am using windows (7). I have no idea about Linux and try to avoid using it but i really appreciate your help.

The file name is ok. I try to reinstall all the drivers but what i less understand is why if the drivers are wrong i can reach to this step.

Regards.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
Booting Ubuntu off of a flash drive is easier than trying to solve the Windows drivers issues and can be done with no effect to your computer. I can help you with the Ubuntu LiveUSB. But if you want me to help with the drivers, I can do that too.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Legitsu:
don't listen to him it has nothing todo with the platform you are using(how the fk would using linux fix a issue with booting the device into recovery ? )

odds are you aren't doing the button press correctly this device can be a bit finicky

when the device says ''booting..'' in the upper left hand corner release the power button and keep holding vol

if its not saying 'booting..' then you didn't do the exploit correctly and you need to start over from scratch which is likely because once you have issued the continue command it should boot directly into twrp without any interaction

as per the op YOU NEED TO BE USING A FASTBOOT CABLE THE FACTORY/NORMAL USB MINI CABLE WILL NOT WORK
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Po069:
I think he is trying to help me (be wrong or not), I thank you too....

I use all the time the fastboot cable....

In the upper corner says "booting....", I'll try to do my best tomorrow with your help (now i have to sleep)....

Regards.

P.S., I know what is fk, but op?....
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Legitsu:
When you see booting quickly release the power button and continue holding the vol(release the vol button after the screen goes black) the screen will go black for 15 to 30 seconds then twrp will boot

you may need to unplug the fastboot cable when booting into twrp

there is no possible way this is a driver issue
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sdowens1026:
FIXED!!

I tried to just flash recovery but that didn't do anything to make my situation better so I started over and realized it was the second oem format that got me. Since I had to power off my device multiple times since my fastboot would stop taking commands I made the mistake of doing the oem format on the fastboot screen vice the Amazon screen. I now have TWRP, rooted 4.5.5.1 and working GAPPS! Thanks for all the help everyone and a huge thanks to Spudowiar for this awesome guide!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BurnOmatic:
for who ever cant get into twrp for some reason the one i got it boots up when i hit the + instead of the - strange i know but it works for me.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] keninishna:
I had the same issue it looked like it was flashing recovery.bin and would take a minute or two then return to the command line with no error. I found out supersu was blocking permissions and you have to go in and allow shell to access su.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cmdrsurok:
Thanks for all the help on this.

I have a 16GB rooted Soho and managed to do this without a fastboot cable (would have been a lot easier with one - I know, I was warned.). I had quite a time getting the Android drivers loaded with Windows 10. Was a whisper away from grabbing an Ubuntu live CD.

Only had one slight issue with the actual procedure, which I assumed was adb communicating with Windows 10. ADB had trouble finding the /sdcard path at the last boot when I tried to execute the last set of commands. Used one of the alternate paths for the .img files, and then it worked fine.

TWRP Recovery boots with standard Power and Vol - method.

I was able to make a regular and compressed backup and copy them to my PC.

I removed the full backup from the kindle in between backups due to space limitations.

Looking forward to the mods that can be loaded on it in the coming months.

Had originally rooted the device to get Google Play and Chromecast loaded.

Would be curious to see if a CyanogenMod could enable casting in more apps or even perhaps activate screen mirroring.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] finroba:
Official or further debugged version of CM12 coming?

Hey there,

I managed to get the unofficial CM12 (5.0.2) version running on my soho 8GB. It is really quick but unfortunately still a bit buggy (sound and bluetooth not functional) - as stated and hence expected. Does anybody still work on this? Somehow the kids don't want to accept that there is no sound

:o
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cmdrsurok:
Question on build.prop

This will probably show how much of a noob I am, but here it goes ...

I was comparing the build.prop on the CM12 alpha to one currently on the 4.5.5.1 soho.

Is there a specific reason that the omap.audio properties are not in the new build.prop file?

I was curious as to what actually runs audio (if anything) at this point.

I took a quick glance at the CM11 and CM12 build.prop files for the Tate (for basis of comparison), and there were omap.audio settings in both files.

Just excited about having some new things to do with the old kindle and trying to learn as much about android as I can.

Keep up the good work, everybody.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Because the audio hasn't been implemented yet. I need to set up the drivers for audio.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi

I haven't tried CM11 yet (waiting for update), but re. casting I use Vegacast for online video or Localcast for any local files I have (not much of the latter because of limited space on my rooted 8GB model), Allcast also works OK for local video files, like you screen mirroring is no go. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BenDroid1:
So hold up [MENTION=5594845]spudowiar[/MENTION] .. Let me get this straight. Yes you have not implementation any audio/video drivers yet (taking a long while though ) but does that mean i cant use vlc to open and play a video file or use spotify to play music.. dont those already have audio/video decoders or do they require the kernel to output the audio/video.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
To answer your question simply, the applications have their own decoders, yes, but the device itself effectively has no audio or video output. There are no drivers for the audio devices and no decoders for media. You are correct; the kernel must handle the output, and it cannot.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] :
My workaround

This happens to me pretty consistently. I simply connect the kindle to my laptop(Windows 10) and put the downloaded cyanogenmod 12 zip and open_gapps-arm-5.0-stock-20160213 zip into the kindle file system. Reboot into twrp and flash them both. Works great for me. I'm just so glad to have cyanogenmod on my kindle. No more constant advertisements!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] CookieMonster12345:
Yeah but you don't get audio or video.. The tablet is pretty useless without those
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] :
I understand. You have to decide what your priorities are. I have a surplus of tablets and laptops and if I want to watch or listen to something I can use them. I do hope for sound and video in the future though

With Cyanogenmod I feel like my tablet is mine, not a hook to get me to buy more things from Amazon. I like and appreciate Amazon but even a good neighbor can become a bad one if they won't leave you alone. But I'm an old hippy.

Besides, I think its slick!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
If an application has it's own video decoder, you can watch video. However, I haven't been able to get audio working and no application could use audio (unless it used root permissions and interfaced with the audio device itself, unlikely any do). I've been talking to [MENTION=4243514]Hashcode[/MENTION] on IRC and he's confirmed that these drivers are far more complicated as they are heavily modified by Amazon.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BenDroid1:
Understood. Then why dont you make V4a the main audio driver. Its already made specifically for root and highly flexible
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
Read up a little on the official thread. Will install and check up with you guys later on the results.

Thread is here
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
Tried the Viper4Android driver on the alpha CM12 build. The driver is moot without an already functioning audio device. Sorry.

Got this in 'Driver status' :

Driver version: 2.4.0.1
NEON Enabled: No
Enabled: No
Status: Abnormal
Audio Format: Unsupported
Processing: No
Sampling Rate: 0
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
spudowiar take a look please .......

I needed to reflash, after some experimenting with your CM12 ROM.

See the screenshot, I get as far as the reboot stage with the fastboot cable disconnected, but tablet reboot sticks at the scanning white/orange Kindle fire logo, I've waited 30 minutes + with no progression.

This has happened several times, even with fresh downnloads of all files, I'm at a loss can you see any hiccups in the proceedure ??. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Have you factory reset after using CM 12.0?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Did you factory reset after trying CM 12.0?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
No definitely not, I did try Firerooter, not sure if it was before or after the 1st reflash attempt,

But Firerooter hasn't worked for me for a while, I did report it on the KFSOWI forum, but

problem was never resolved, it runs so fare then I get the message as attachment.

i'm guessing that you think tablet has been wiped--- right ?... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
No, I'm saying you need to factory reset in TWRP.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
OK, sorry totally misunderstood you, we're good now all working fine. Thank you. .. J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] labd:
spudowiar

could you say what kindle apps I can safely remove?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] 1sae:
How hard is it to get an official cyanogenmod build compiled for this device?

Also, about 90% of my play apps are say 'not compatible with this device'. Do you think that is a hardware issue or software?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
neither it's a Google issue, try manually installing the apk, or modify build.prop so google thinks its another device like a nexus tablet
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
@SD Shadow, i would like to this on my SOHO Fire, i don't see the exploit download in the OP. Also, any working ROMS that can be flashed. Also, FWIW, I already rooted the device. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=12942#downloads
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Thanks much. Any reviews on the ROM on this device? I've been running CM on my Amazon Fire and it had been perfect. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Ok,so attempted to do this today. The device got hung up after the second commands. It is now stuck on the FASTBOOT Kindle Fire Logo. Any advice or am I bricked? Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Anyone? Thanks!

I can get it to the red triangle, attempt a factory reset and still get to the Fastboot screen.

FWIW, I can reboot it via CMD...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
not sure, did you verify md5 for all files?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Sadly, I did not, my bad as I can now see. FWIW, my PC recognizes the device and I can reboot it via CMD commands. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
check the md5 checksums
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jwoodall92:
Hey guys, having similar problems to the guy above me. I entered into fastboot using the first line:

adb shell su -c "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/omap_hsmmc.1/by-name/boot bs=1 count=1 seek=848"
adb reboot

then failed at the second set of code:

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

it just said cannot load hijack.img and syste.img

where did i go wrong here?

im now stuck with the black background with orange fastboot in the middle. I couldnt manage to make any contact with the kindle for a while but now ive just managed to by turning it off, then putting into cmd

fastboot -i 0x1949 wait-for-device devices

and then turning the fire on and it seems to recognise it. in devices its down as Soho-PVT-Prod-07

I just wondered how to now get my device back to FireOS so I can try again from scratch?

Bit of a beginner here as you can probably tell, im just a little clueless as to what to do next.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
@sd, What is the best way to check?

Also, how can I recover from this?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
@sd, just redownloaded the MD5 Sums check out. The device is still stuck on FASTBOOT mode. ADB wont work for some reason, any advice? Please. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
i don't know

adb commands don't work in fastboot mode

need fastboot commands
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
[MENTION=4267571]sd_shadow[/MENTION] , sorry, i am novice to all of this. Yes, I am able to use fastboot commands and the device will respond. If you or anyone else has any advice, please feel free to let me know. Thanks......
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] abnerroesch5:
Try this code for 2nd command fail/error

sandman512 24th March 2016, 10:20 PM |#232

"Ok,so attempted to do this today. The device got hung up after the second commands. It is now stuck on the FASTBOOT Kindle Fire Logo. Any advice or am I bricked? Thanks! "

Try this code for the second step. It was what was posted before the new code with hijack.img, which does not work for me.

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

---------- Post added at 07:40 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:05 AM ----------

I use this one and it works super on my cyanogenmod-ed kindle hd. Its at "The Open GApps Project"

adb sideload open_gapps-arm-5.0-stock-20160213.zip, which is currently adb sideload open_gapps-arm-5.0-stock-20160327.zip.

I choose: ARM, 5, Stock.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Thanks, Going to work on it today, will report back.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Ok, just want to throw this out there. When I right click the ING file, click mount, it says file corrupted. Could that be an issue? FWIW, i have re-downloaded the file several times. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
No, they cannot be mounted in windows
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Ok, thanks. Still working on getting this things out of FASTBOOT..
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
I think you just need to run the fastboot commands

---------- Post added at 05:50 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:49 PM ----------

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Here you go.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] cmdrsurok:
Are the 2 .img files in the same directory as the fastboot and adb programs? If I remember correctly, I had to copy one or both of them from a subfolder (named "exploit" that the unzip utility created) to the directory that adb and fastboot resided in.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
I'll try and explain. Already did the adb command. I unzipped the exploit to its own folder on my desktop. Ran the commands from there.

PS. I am doing this from memory, I can confirm when I get home. Thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
do it again
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
@ sd, Did it multiple times and no luck. i even re downloaded the files and attempted it again. So, there is a folder on my desktop called EXPLOIT with the files contained in it. Inside is also a folder with another file. I am trying.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
but what happens?

---------- Post added at 03:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:09 AM ----------

details...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
@sd, the same thing as above(pic.), the screen flashes orange quickly, then it goes back to the FASTBOOT screen.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
but there should be more details

when you run the fastboot commands

sent, received...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
@sd, the screen shot is exactly what happens when I use the FASTBOOT commands as shown in the post. I cut the code, and paste into my cmd prompt screen. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
ok, missed the screenshot
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
[MENTION=688006]sandman512[/MENTION] you need to be in the folder where you extracted the exploit files when you run the command, you were not. You said you extracted the files to `C:\Users\Sandy\Desktop\EXPLOIT` but you were running the commands from `C:\Users\Sandy`
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
[MENTION=252821]Spud[/MENTION], my apologies, I was literally copying and pasting the exact code.

If you wouldn't mind, what exact commands would I use? Thanks!

PS: Do I run all the commands at once?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ggow:
Before running the commands you need to change directory to your 'EXPLOIT' folder.

cd C:\Users\Sandy\Desktop\EXPLOIT

when you come to flash the hijack.img you will also need to change directory or specify the path to EXPLOIT/exploit folder
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
you need to change directory (cd) to

C:\Users\Sandy\Desktop\EXPLOIT

you can run the first batch all at once
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Ok, kindle battery died. Will report back ASAP.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Made it here.... I assume, run code from here?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
yes
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sandman512:
Victory is ours! Thanks to everyone who assisted along the way.

Now, which GAPPS to flash!

THANKS!!!!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
CM12 USB problem ???

Hi all, I've installed CM12 2 or 3 times, and on each occasion the tablet is completely unrecognised in windows 7 via USB ( No problem with the rooted Fire OS 4.5.5.1),

but with CM12 installed, there's no characteristic USB notification connection sound, and the tablet doesn't show in Device Manager either.

I only have the 8GB version, so it's use is limited to downloading and reading my morning newspaper + Streaming online video, CM 12 seems pretty good, but

Lack of ability for a USB connection is a problem for me. Ideas anyone please ?. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] SuccubusInc:
Make sure USB connection mode on the Kindle is set to MTP, and not charging only. CM12 defaults to charging only. I had the same issue when I test ran the alpha build.