yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Tried flashing just the recovery.img file via TWRP, it didn't seem to work, at least i couldn't reboot into the new recovery. ( what did I do wrong ?)

Tried the fastboot approach several times on a windows 10 PC, all is OK until until load of update.bin for sideload. file doesn't load (no % progression shows, and nothing happens no matter how long it's left.

Went back to windows 7 PC __ all goes well until adb reboot/ adb wait for device instructions, tab reboots back into fastboot instead of system. tried manual reboot of tablet with fastboot disconnected, then reconnect cable, but was unable to execute last few instructions (see screenshot)

Any thoughts spudowar ?, I know you don't have windows, but ideas as to where things might go pear shaped would help. --- J.

PS. Back to normal but with 2.8.4)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] pxrave:
ok after twrp is working

can any create flashable zip of the original rom?

so we can flash rom - super su and open gapps
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
use stock firmware, just change extension to .zip

install supersu and gapps, reboot
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] lisaamybeth:
Folks

My kindle has not been used for over a year still on an old version of stock crap Amazon OS. Starting to contemplate having a crack at installing this but I see is still an Alpha build so can someone tell me what exactly does not work AND is the dev still around and active

Thank you
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
I believe that the rom is pretty stable, and main issue is sound doesn't work

ggow is working on it, but he was having issues with the computer used for building roms and he builds for several devices
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] lisaamybeth:
Thank you
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BenDroid1:
i know this is damn stupid question but i just wanna ask if netflix sound works :) lol , i really flash the CM ROM but i would love to have netflix in sound
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Emmes:
[MENTION=5594845]spudowiar[/MENTION] can i flash update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin (maybe renamed to *.zip) after a full wipe within your twrp? i want to ged rid of the kingroot app...
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Bukashanava:
Hello People. I have got Kindle Fire HD 7 3rd Gen (2013) running FIre OS 4.5.5.1

Is there any chance to install on it android marshmallow and can somone make clear istructions for not very advnaced users how to do this, maybe making video on youtube. I am waiting for this for a very long time
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] NeilJFraser:
Error executing updater binary when adb sideload

the title says it all "Error executing updater binary when adb sideload"
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
Not really
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dukethedj:
Unable to get back into fastboot

Hello,

I was able to successfully install cyanogenmod. But, I don't like it. It is unstable, sound does not work, and auto rotate is broken. I seem to be unable to get back into fastboot using the "unsafe method" Would anyone know how to get back into fastboot without buying a fastboot cable? I've also tried

adb reboot fastboot

and

adb reboot bootloader

.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
just install stock firmware in twrp
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] FazPhantom:
[MENTION=5594845]spudowiar[/MENTION]: It's great the bootloader got unlocked and TWRP was made for this device. Is there any way to do this without a fastboot cable BTW?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

Read the first page of the thread, all the info is there, but the method isn't recommended. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ssurell:
No special cable needed root recovery Fire HD 7 3rd gen 2013 soho

I have a working TWRP (version 3.0.2-0 a bit laggy) recovery and stock ROM that's rooted! And having a lot of fun hacking the horrid Fire OS.:p

Used Kingroot to gain root. These instruction do appear better than on TeamWin site; who skip the step of sideloading SuperSu before issuing the su command, and add an unrecognized command string for remounting the system partition rw or something.

I'm no dev, but it seems a ROM based on 4.4.2 like CM11 would be a good start since it's the last Fire OS fork for this device. A port from jem should give chipset and video.

No special cable needed for root and custom recovery for Fire HD 7 3rd gen 2013 soho (search redundancy)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
FWIW, the instructions on the TeamWin site are also written by me, the only real difference is I made it so you don't need to touch the device at all during the process, everything is done from the PC :)

The "special cable" is still highly recommended since my method of bootstrapping recovery without the cable are highly dodgy and will probably stop working. :p

WRT the lack of progress: I need to reinstall my build machine but my build machine is also my laptop (only machine) so that's not currently an option. :(
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
It's not lagging, but it's not always drawing to the screen for some reason (only on this device). This is why I haven't linked to my TeamWin instructions yet (the build is without my less-than-ideal-but-fixes-the-problem patch which forces it to draw to the screen each frame). Until I get this fixed, I'm not linking to the automated TWRP builds but people are free to use them (as you did)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Thanks for this input spudowiar, at least we know that yourself and hopefully ggow too are still about, I'd been thinking maybe lack of activity was due to the time of year

( I know I spend less time indoors in the summer months) look forward to more news in the future. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
heh, that also has an effect, especially since it's freedom from school :)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ssurell:
I actually had better luck using shell to wipe and sideload from the pc rather than device's recovery.

I ordered a cable from China, but couldn't wait to try this. The bootstrap worked fine, all is good.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] eatatjoes13:
works great, very stupid question though, where can i find the accounts area to add/remove gmail accounts?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Oops ! sorry looking at wrong tablet. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] eatatjoes13:
i have the right tablet, i just followed all the steps and gapps and everything is working fantastic, i just don't see the accounts area to add/remove google accounts, as it is just an amazon my account button. is there a round about way to get to that setting?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BenHD:
Hi,

I have a problem executing the exploit and I am wondering what I am doing wrong.

So far I've booted into fastboot mode using a homemade cable

fastboot --version > fastboot version af05c7354fe1-android
fastboot -i 0x1949 devices > 00D207083467085E	fastboot

Then I want to execute the exploit but the command doesn't return

/Downloads/kindle2 $ fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
...
OKAY [ 0.059s]
finished. total time: 0.059s
/Downloads/kindle2 $ cd exploit
/Downloads/kindle2/exploit $ md5 hijack.img
MD5 (hijack.img) = 9409db4b9b895a9b0500b5b5b39a4ec1
/Downloads/kindle2/exploit $ fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img
--- _NOTHING_

Is there anything that I am missing?

Thanks a lot,

Ben
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kyoceralover:
My KFSOWI is already updated to 4.5.5.1 and rooted. Do I still need to do this line

adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin

after

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi Ben,

Late reply, but only saw this yesterday, and it set me thinking. ... It's a while since I flashed my KFSOWI, but if I remember rightly when you unzip the exploit.exe file you should

find that the hijack.img file is in a folder name Exploit, you need to move it to root with the other .img files. It should flash OK then. ... J

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Hi,

Following through on the rest of the proceedure adds TWRP recovery to the KFSOWI, which is a useful feature. If you can live without it leave well alone. Your choice. .. J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kyoceralover:
So I can skip

adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin

if I'm already on 4.5.5.1 right? Just to make sure I understand your post correctly
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BenHD:
Hey jachol,

wow moving the file worked like charm. Thanks you, I finally have a tablet that I can actually use.

THANKS A LOT,

Ben
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
I'm no expert, but I'm thinking that an Amazon update will lose root, and maybe Amazon wont be updating this tablet further (seems a while since there was one),and let's face it the KFSOWI is getting dated, so it's a guess at a guess re. any update.. Not sure how you rooted originally. ... J

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Hey, that's great. Thinking back I think I had that problem initially, so some info must have stuck in the memory banks. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kyoceralover:
I updated to 4.5.5.1 first then rooted it using the latest version of Kingroot (4.9.6). Thus I'm wondering if I still need to run "adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin" or not. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
As I said in another reply, it's a while since I flashed my KFSOWI, but I think you'll need to go through the full sequence to avoid updates (if any) killing root. It's worth it anyway to get TWRP recovery which give you the option to back up your device among other functions. (Personally I'd do it) If I remember correctly there was no recovery option in it's original format.

Hopefully spudowiar will chip in to confirm my comments
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Antonntminh:
Hi, I was trying to follow this guide to unlock my bootloader and TWRP using the unsafe method (without fastboot cable)

I was able to get into fastboot mode, but I skiped this part:

Run

and go straight for this part (yeah somehow I misread the guide and do this)

No my kindle fire HD 7 Soho stucked at bootscreen (with grey kindle fire). So is there anyway to recover from this :(
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Antonntminh:
One more thing: I can boot to kindle recovery by pressing Power + Volume down, but that's pretty much it! Choosing restore to factory wont work, just restart and stuck at Kindle Fire again :(
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Don't know anything about the unsafe method, never tried it. Try the full routine again, but don't skip anything (can't think why you'd do that ???), if all goes well you should have a rooted system (Amazon update proofed, so you don't lose root) + TWRP recovery. --- J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Has anyone tried the Fire OS 4.5.5.2 (455004220) now available on Amazon, with spudowiars method, and if so success or failure ???. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
TWRP

I tried it, and all worked fine but now I can't get back into the TWRP recovery. When I try to boot into TWRP with power - sound button, or adb reboot recovery, I get a red triangle with

options to reboot to system or reset to factory. I can reboot into system (the new OS) fine, but now no recovery. Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

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]I tried it, and all worked fine but now I can't get back into the TWRP recovery. When I try to boot into TWRP with power - sound button, or adb reboot recovery, I get a red triangle with

options to reboot to system or reset to factory. I can reboot into system (the new OS) fine, but now no recovery. Any advice on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi, Thanks for the input. My thoughts were to try it with the idea that I have a backup to fall back on, but if you can't access TWRP any backup is NBG.

Only option I can see for you ( I'm no expert), is to flash again and hope it clears the problem, I know from personal experience that it's possible to miss some minor item that screws things up. Perhaps Spudowiar or others can be more helpful. ... J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
I redid it and got it all going ok.

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I sure wish some dev could get the sound and video working on CM rom.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BurnOmatic:
so did were you able to use the updated image + root it, or did you have to revert to using the old image and root ?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
That's great glad it worked out for you, it seemed a logical step.

Development of a ROM is a long time coming, I keep looking for that too. ... J.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] godhand_sh:
My device is Amazon Kindle Fire HDX GU045RW 64GB Black 8.9" Wifi 3rd Generation Tablet, is it supported by the latest TWRP? Thanks in advance for any help!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
this is only for the

[Kindle Fire HD] 3rd Gen/2013

Codename: soho

Model # KFSOWI
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ted583:
i thought my tablet was a 5th gen but when i go to settings it does say KFSOWI, but im too dumb to know for sure pictures below. can you

help me?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
no it says KFFOWI
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ted583:
failed that completely, i guess i got too excited thanks for the reply
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
no problem
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark48:
i have tablet kindle fire HD 3rd

i install rom cm in topic

sucsesfull

but, youtube + internet don't watch video

i want to help fix bug

can i install stock rom ?

i don't search stock rom type .zip
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] abde27:
Idk if OP is still around, but if he is, he should update the instructions for 4.5.5.2. It seems a couple of users managed to get it working with TWRP staying intact.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark48:
[upadates] my kindle fire hd 3rd don't work audio + video :(:(:(:(

please help me fix it

or how to install rom stock ?

thank you :crying::crying::crying:
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] rast4man:
99% Successful

I followed everything and this actually saved me from a brick. My only problem is when I power off and hold down the - sound button, it goes into fastboot. How can I get it to boot into the TWRP Bootloader?

Thanks in advance.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
try the other volume button and power

TWRP is a custom Recovery
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] rast4man:
I did and both together. No matter what, it puts it in FASTBOOT and no recovery. I did notice during the process, after the sideload, I rebooted and it said "Fire Updating" then it went to the normal screen after it booted. I issued the rest of the commands in the instructions while it was connected via ADB but I don't think it worked.

Any ideas?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
fastboot reboot recovery
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] rast4man:
Now, after booting the Kindle a few times, it just goes right to fastboot mode and not to the main OS. I think I'll try the procedure all over again. It's a pain, because I have to install the Clockwork Galaxy ADB and Fastboot drivers to recognize it, then proceed.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] rast4man:
So this is weird. I installed the 15 second ADB/FASTBOOT and I can interact with the Kindle. I issue everything from this post (again) and when it come times to issue the continue, it reboots straight back into FASTBOOT and doesn't take any of the settings it seems. While I'm pushing the commands via ADB, the Kindle responds with downloading, writing, etc. It's once it is finished and I'm about to move on to the next step (eg boot into TWRP) it just goes right back into FASTBOOT after the Amazon logo pops up for a second.

I'm stumped. Now I have this error ...see screen shot :(
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] rast4man:
*sigh* The answer lies with ADB 1.4.3

The only thing is when I follow the commands in fastboot then adb, the fire reboots then says "fire updating" and then it goes on to reboot as normal. It unrooted. I'm going to try and put it back in fastboot mode and start over and try to issue the sideload before it reboots.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] jachol:
Hi,

Are you sure that the recovery tool you're using is compatible with the KFSOWI (Third generation version 2013) the updated versions use different software to earlier models

(See this Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_HD)

I've not read all the thread on the recovery tool, but from what I have read I have a gut feeling that this tool isn't for the KFSOWI (last post in he thread queries this )

Just my thoughts. .. J
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] BurnOmatic:
speaking of this tablet any one got a working xposed for it that will work with the new update ?

this one ->> update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455004220
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dark48:
D:\C\k>adb devices

List of devices attached

D01EB0A014660Q99 sideload

D:\C\k>adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455002120.bin

error: protocol fault (no status)

i can't setup rom stock

please ,help me
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] something_nice:
I like it.

But is there any updates to fix the audio?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] abadasstanker69:
The exploit link is broken.....anyone got a mirror or a working link? Maybe attack the zip to the post?? Thanks in advance
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] kidicarus1602:
Thanks for all your hard work, I think some of us thought this day would never come!

Which roms are we able to install now then?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Bootloop issue fixed! Updated! (Best option is to reinstall whole thing - sorry :()
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
None at the moment, I might start work soon but this opens the door to other developers. I plan to provide instructions for booting an unsigned kernel on the boot partition since it works differently with this exploit (very simple, don't worry!).
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Just wondering if you could edit this and add a notice saying that this is not actually a problem. Don't want to put off anyone from installing! Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
ok did it
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] codomir:
Everything worked flawlessly. Took about 15 minutes in total. That was because of rebuilding the Dalvik Cache. I also had another problem, but that was fixed since it doesn't bootloop anymore. At least I assume? Titanium backup wouldn't keep apps frozen but that is no longer the case. All in all thanks! This opens a lot of doors, I can't wait for ROMs! :) I would post pictures but my phone likes to eat SD cards. I don't want to risk that again.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
Reinstalled all and everything works great, including Gapps. WHAT A GREAT JOB SPUDOWIAR!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Google Apps sometimes works, sometimes doesn't. Mine worked mosted times and on the last time exhibited the setup bug and the navigation bar bug. I'll have to do some debugging with logcat and trial and error to remove files from the install.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
I had to not install gapps at first. Installed after running system a few times and then flashed gapps from the sd with TWRP and dl youtube. Both the play store and youtube work fine so far. I didn't try any other gapps yet.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Yeah, I'll have to do some trial and error but I'll focus on porting CM.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Dude360:
Just about to have a crack at this, very happy and your work is much appreciated!

Is there anybody skilled enough to be able to convert the .bin file to a working flashable zip now we have recovery?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
Just rename the .bin to .zip but make sure it is the correct bin before flashing it with TWRP.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
It is a flashable zip (that's why we can adb sideload it in the instructions)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Dude360:
Well FMSW. I never knew that. I thought the Amazon bins were binarys which were dd'd across or something. Never knew they were just renamed zips...

Having a few issues mind.

First attempt seemed to go fine, bar having to fiddle with fastboot cable as TWRP rebooted and didnt go to fastboot, had to power off and replug cable to get back to fastboot.

After this it seems that the exploit wouldnt flash, possibly because of the above but the system booted fine etc.

adb reboot recovery got me to the grey Kindle Fire logo and nowhere else.

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery recovery.img

target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes

sending 'recovery' (8192 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.449s]

writing 'recovery'...

OKAY [ 0.581s]

finished. total time: 1.034s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash exploit exploit.img

target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes

sending 'exploit' (8200 KB)...

OKAY [ 0.449s]

writing 'exploit'...

FAILED (remote: partition does not exist)

finished. total time: 0.467s

Currently reflashing back to pure clean stock to start fresh.

Hehe this is fun, I love this stuff lol :D
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
This means you didn't do the second fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format or you did it with the stock bootloader (not the Amazon logo with orange underline)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Dude360:
I did but I see what the problem was now, didn't catch it first time wasnt paying attention. Its a problem my end though :)

edit

Actually its already been mentioned.

During the second oem format and oem continue on the Amazon Arrow screen I need to unplug and replug my fastboot cable otherwise I get a failed message.

Unplug and replug on this screen and all goes through and TWRP boots.

I expect this will be why the exploit didn't flash and I didn't catch it.

Ill have to unplug and replug during the exploit part to get it to flash.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Did you wait a few seconds after this loads up? Anyway, it really is annoying with these fastboot cable idiosyncracies.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] abde27:
Got it Working!

First off, thanks op for your hard work! I remember all the other root methods that people on that one Google Plus page had but this may have actually been the easiest method to root AND get a custom recovery. I think all the original devs had given up on this.

Anyway, I followed the instructions in the OP exactly and it worked just fine. It boots into recovery just fine too.

Again, thanks OP!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
I'm a new dev who got the device recently. Thanks for the praise :)

On another note, how do I get a new device tree for CyanogenMod (mkvendor.sh creates cm.mk but uses device_[name].mk and not full_[name].mk, device.mk; populate-new-device.sh creates full_[name].mk, device.mk but not cm.mk), is there a tool which does it right?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] sd_shadow:
http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/?id=12942#downloads

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http://xdaforums.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=16993&task=get