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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] @pops:
THANKS FOR THOSE INSTRUCTIONS #spudowiar MY TABLET WAS BRICKED FOR QUITE A WHILE AND WAS LOOKING FOR A THREAD WHICH COULD HELP. AND THIS INDEED WORKED.

I ALSO MADE A VIDEO ABOUT IT TO HELP ANYONE WHO NEEDS HELP: http://bit.ly/kfhd_unbrick_vid

REQUIREMENTS:

LINUX DISTRO

FASTBOOT CABLE
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] FazPhantom:
You can use Windows too, you just need Google Galaxy Nexus Bootloader interface drivers, adb/fastboot binaries, and Firerooter.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] @pops:
Awesome. Thanks!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] @pops:
Let me say a huge thanks again. Your response lead me to create an updated video since i know most people use windows and didnt like the idea of having to install linux.

Thanks again.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] John877:
Does this all still work with a completely stock tablet updated previously to 4.5.5.3?

Side issue, tablet currently has an issue where it will randomly shut off as if battery is pulled. It doesnt just go to sleep mode but actual power off.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] freshmike:
Yes it does work. Check this out:

https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-h...fsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770/post75441615
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] John877:
I get to the point just after sideloading SuperSU and then rebooting and it stalls at the Kindle Fire logo with the white and orange and it does nothing. I cant get to the last few commands cause either fastboot or adb cant find the device or adb says unauthorized. I feel I am SO CLOSE to fixing this but yet so far away.

Everything else prior to that went perfectly except for attempting to install the pico version of GApps. TWRP gives an error code 70 on that.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] zXiC:
I'm just wondering if there's any reason to unlock the bootloader. Has this tablet gotten any stable custom roms yet?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] John877:
Anyone know how to reflash the stock recovery to the device? I have restored the OS but I have no recovery. When I try PWR + Vol- it just shuts off after the dimmed white kindle fire logo.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] MarvinMod:
I can not get to fastboot. ive tried adb reboot bootloader and so on. if I try to boot to recovery, the only options is reboot or factory reset. its on fire os 4.5.5.3

any suggestions?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
Did you try "adb reboot recovery" while in adb not fastboot?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] MarvinMod:
Yes. Ive also tried power off, vol up or down, ive tried power off , insert cable. I have both linux and windows but neither gets me into fastboot. Ive tried everything i can find and the inly thing i can get it to boot to is the fire os or a screen with orange triangle that says reboot or factory reset. If i tell it to adb reboot bootloader, it just reboots the device. If i use adb reboot recovery, takes me to the screen with orange triangle.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] MarvinMod:
i still can not get to fastboot. will someone please help?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Crossvxm:
I'm positive you need a factory cable (fastboot cable) for all Kindle Fire devices in order to get into fastboot. You can make one yourself, but depending on your USB cable, it may not be super easy.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] MarvinMod:
I ordered one today. Should be here soon. Hopefully this will work.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] MarvinMod:
Where do i get exploit.zip?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] MarvinMod:
okay, I followed the instructions after finding all files and im currently running twrp 3.1.0-0, evervolv rom android 7.1.2 with gapps 7.1 pico and everything runs great.

does anyone know of any other roms? the cm12 for soho does not have sound and is skechy with open gapps. I have found only these two roms thus far.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] arshileus:
Hello gals and guys,

What is the latest method for unlocking fire hd device (3rd gen)?

---------- Post added at 12:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:55 PM ----------

Hello gals and guys,

What is the latest method for unlocking fire hd device (3rd gen)?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] dob.dobrev:
Hello guys,

I need advice

I followed instructions from https://xdaforums.com/kindle-fire-hd/7-development/unlock-kfsowi-bootloader-unlock-t3262770 , but stuck on stage where " Now wait for the Amazon logo with the orange underline and run "

1. I made my own fastboot cable

2. Entered in fastboot mode

3. And ran commands

fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot hijack.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img

fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

[IMG="commands"]https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipMWLnWkGOkwQhOrw4gi87Ui6pZfsecraYxrL8zS/photo/AF1QipODGOyEMwAiUgjZmITriR6pCsZ4byqri5xuPiiO[/IMG]

After that the KF must show "Amazon logo with the orange underline and run" , but it's running kindle fire

I repeat this with twrp-3.1.0-0-soho and with twrp-3.0.2-0-soho without succeed

[IMG="Running KFHD logo"]https://photos.app.goo.gl/8NaiQB8FBSxrv5iq9[/IMG]

[IMG="all pics"]https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNeQEbICyOe3Re9dqGFr3sXOTHqI0scGS-SmGc7kkbP-_udQxbQxSb2qufPFfWEoQ?key=VEF2cWQtcHpQWnVvLV9BakFPX0lmbk9MLXZ5MGNR[/IMG]

Could someone help. Thank you.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bluejade16:
Hi there.

I've tried to look for the exploit.zip file on my own. I gave it my best shot for 2 weeks (being a newbie, I didn't want to ask a question that already had an answer) searching through every resource and every link of a link on the internet. I haven't been able to find a spudowiar link anywhere on this forum or any related websites belonging to the dev(s) or anywhere on the web. (Not mirrors, but other iterations linked to this thread. Although even mirrors were non existent, in case anyone was worried.)

Could somebody please point me in the right direction or send me a copy? Thanks in advance!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Jack_Kekzoz:
If you are looking to install TWRP, I recommend the official instructions here:

Amazon Kindle Fire HD (3rd Generation)

Disclaimer:Team Win strives to provide a quality product. However, it is your decision to install our software on your device. Team Win takes no ...

twrp.me

That page has links to download the required zip, and also to the github code if you wish to build it yourself.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bluejade16:
Hi!

I'm actually looking for the exploit.zip attachment that was a part of spudowiar's explicit instructions.

I have never had it, so I don't know if the contents are related to TWRP alone, if at all, or many other parts of the flashing process, in addition to TWRP.

Do you happen to have a copy of his .zip file?

Or if not, then: (broadcast) Does anyone have a copy of this file or know where I can find it? Thank you.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bluejade16:
I took a leap and tried to fight my way through the process using the link you posted, plus some good old fashioned googling for troubleshooting every step of the way. I just broke it up into 3 steps - root, then unlock bootloader, then twrp (these two came hand-in-hand, fortunately), then flash custom rom, (which all together gave me 3 steps, not 4). I have to say, it's scary navigating blindly but it's sooo exhilarating coming out on the other side learning so much (and remembering none of it, for the next time hahaha.)

Thank you again for the prompt to just use the twrp site alone, it was really everything I needed.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Mombula:
Hello,

I have received the old Amazon hd7 3. gen. aqnd want to flash a newn software.

Unfortunately, the link for then exploit. zip is not more alive. It is possible,

that anyone possess this and could send it to me? Please answer me, on my

e-mail-address or on this forum.

For your kind assistance in the matter I would be very obliged.

With best greetings from Germany
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ssurell:
Here ya go!

exploit-soho.zip

drive.google.com
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Mombula:
Thank you
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] drexlin:
Does this procedure require root? Because the instructions here (https://twrp.me/amazon/amazonsoho.html) clearly state that I don't if I have a fastboot cable, but this response seems to indicate that I do.

$ adb shell su -c 'mount -o remount,rw /system && rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh && mount -o remount,ro /system'
/system/bin/sh: su: not found

Thanks for any help you can provide!
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ssurell:
After using fastboot/bootloader mode to flash twrp recovery, and then only after booting into that twrp recovery are you able to use su.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] bobcat131:
"flashing not allowed for locked hw" is a catch 22 for windows users.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ssurell:
The first thing you have to do is unlock the bootloader. The only way to do that is boot the device into fastboot mode. fastboot commands work the same in linux as windows.

May want to digest the instructions again and there are some helpful posts regarding windows starting with #501.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] homejogger:
Hi all,

I would like to flash a custom rom for my Kindle Fire HD 3rd Gen(Fire OS 4.5.5.1).

I do have a 9008 cable(which worked for Qualcom devices).

However, my FireHD would not boot into Fastboot Mode when I powered it off and plugged the 9008 cable into it (It powers on normally and loads into the stock Fire OS without booting into fastboot mode.)

So I am not sure whether the cable I have is the right 'fastboot cable' you mentioned in this thread (or was there something wrong I did during the process). I uploaded some photos here. Wish someone could help.

(My desktop is running Windows 10 64bit version.)

PS:

Since it's running Fire OS 4.5.5.1(based on Android 4.4.3). I was able to root it by using an app called 'kingroot'. It could now boot into stock recovery mode. The bootloader is locked still(I suppose). And I could not find a way to boot my kindle into fastboot.

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[7" Kindle Fire HD General] ssurell:
I'd say it's not the proper cable, mine looks like any other generic cable. But you shouldn't need the cable unless you mess up and soft brick the device. Otherwise just use the "unsafe" method that nukes the kernel, forcing into fastboot mode. It worked for me.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Golgomaph:
Hi, i cant find the "exploit.zip" File in the "attachments" of the original post. Am i missing it or was it deleted?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] daftfool:
Whenever I try to flash a different version of TWRP I get an error about incorrect file sizes that I cannot seem to resolve.

Can anyone point me to actually accurate instructions to update TWRP from 2.8.5 to TWRP 3.x, which every guide seems to suggest I need.

Or, a guide that is currently active, it would be nice to still use this tablet.

I have no problems with ADB or getting into FASTBOOT
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] quarrysteam:
If anyones still here could I have some help please.

I have got to where you are supposed to get an amazon logo, but its not happening, the screen does nothing. I have tried the fix by BurnOmatic but it doesnt seem to work for me.

any help appreciated, thanks
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] rokejulianlockhart:
I believe that I may have done the same thing. Is this possible to recover from?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
So for anyone struggling to get adb or fastboot to work with such an antiquaited device like the soho.

It seemed that auto update fstabbed its self into oblivion.

Tried for quite a while before I solved it.

Really did NOT want to use kingroot although if reflashing shouldnt have mattered. But even having kingroot see my internet scared me.

So. If you tried a terminal app like me and got "killed" returned when commanding to list users.

I was at my wits end and nearly resorted to kingroot.

Try this

Plug your kindle to windows. (I used windows 7)

Open device manager.

Navigate to the single mobile devices entry titled "fire"

Uninstall it. (Dont delete driver though if that checkbox option is there)

Now unplug your kindle. Power it off with power button.

Plug the kindle back into usb while powered off.

It will automatically boot the kindle when plugged in.

Now look at the bottom for the notification bubble "installing device drivers"

Click it.

There should be 3 driver entries in that popup.

MTP, fire, and fire.

In my case 1 of the "fire" entries had the yellow exclamation.

Right click that in device manager and install driver manually.

Choose the adb devices option from the system wide list of drivers.

I chose "adb sooner composite" iirc.

Issuing command "adb devices" worked then.

(Check the kindle screen for prompt. I recommend checking "always trust this computer" in case something goes wrong later that might be your only hope of recovery.)

When before no device would appear at all.

Then adb could see the kindle that had been invisible.

Requirements= kindle_fire_usb_driver

Try to source said drivers officially obviously. (Actually let me find the link)

Connect to Fire Tablet through ADB (Fire Tablets) | Fire Tablets

You can use Android Debug Bridge (ADB) to connect your Fire tablet to your computer for testing and debugging. You connect your computer to your Fire tablet through a micro-USB ...

developer.amazon.com

Might need to add 0x1949 to the adb_usb.ini in your .android directory in your Users directory.

Also read 0x0006 and 0x00f0 could be needed in that ini.

Anyway hope that solves the issue.

Actually bought other kindles thinking the kindle I originally had was hopeless.

Glad I didnt give up. Where theres a will theres a way.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
Also... guys.

My guys and especially gals, and all others

the exploit.zip is twrp 3.xxx download on official twrp site for soho.

Under "download links"

Amazon Kindle Fire HD (3rd Generation)

Disclaimer:Team Win strives to provide a quality product. However, it is your decision to install our software on your device. Team Win takes no ...

twrp.me

I had a lot of confusion like others. Especially reading other posts saying the exploit.zip was on twrp soho page. It just isnt titled exploit. But if you peer in the twrp 3.xxx zip you will see its the same stuff in the og exploit zip.

Well I hope this clears things up.

I believe Saleem Rashid is spudio.

Big ups and thanks to Saleem/spudio and all others that contributed.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
After making a fastbooty cable I was able to flash twrp and grant superuser access. Heck yeah.

I did run into some issues though.

On page 25 someone mentioned the same issue.

So unplugging and plugging back in didnt quite work for me. If I unplugged and plugged back in after "0x1949 continue" it wouldnt show amazon logo. Stayed at fastboot screen. (Which fastboot screen sure is groovy myan. I mean cool myan)

And device manager showed "unknown device" under universal serial bus controllers.

Had to hold power for 10 seconds and replug fastbooty cable.

I tried to make sense of the above quotes but I ended up having to issue

Fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img

Fastboot -I 0x1949 oem format

Fastboot -i 0x1949 continue

Then and only then did I get the amazon with orange smile

So I then did the commands again

And that worked. But I noticed twrp warned me there was no system?

But continuing with the directions worked and I got su access and have twrp working.

Although like surell said

Twrp 3.1.x.x is laggy. I kinda wish it wasnt but to avoid opening more cans of worms ill leave it be for now. Since the official twrp doesnt offer an older/lower option. Seems its essentially abandoned after 10 years understandably.

Now I get to explore the custom os options.

Can anybody run down the options?

If I understand correctly I can choose from cm12.0 or android 5 lollipop.

Or

Everolv 7 android 7.

But 1 of these lacks native audio or video drivers?

Seems weird thatd be tough to implement since the soho has dolby driver by default.

But im a total noob. But did notice dolby when reading system files.

Anyway if anyone can catch me up on whats what with audio and video for custom installs.

This will be my first custom install and I need my hand held

You still out there spudo? I hope all is well in any case.

Oh. And for all having trouble booting twrp which I read a few of those complaints.

Hold - vol and release power button keeping -vol held or it will just power cycle.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
Check my last post. Happy new year.

To make it cleared. By "I did the commands again"

I mean I did the same three commands that the instructions say to do at amazon smile logo.

So after unplugging. Hard powering the kindle by holding power.

Replug fastboot

Fastboot -I 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img

Fastboot -I 0x1949 oem format

Fastboot -I 0x1949 continue

Then you should get the amazon with orange smile

Then those 3 previous commands again. And continue the rest of guide.

If twrp complains about no system, no big deal, it will still work.

And on the wipe dalvik cache and wipe cache checkboxes. I had a weird glitch where it only let me tick 1 box, going back and forth?

But I just hit back, went to adb sideload again and bingo they were both checked.

Might need to mess with it some but yeah. Twrp is laggy so might have just been I needed to be more patient for the touch to register.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
I found this

libIMGegl/Selected Syms

libIMGegl/Selected Syms. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

gist.github.com

And this

https://xdaforums.com/t/ddk-1-9-omnirom-ddk-1-9-test-version.2814977/

1.9 was the version before 1.12 if I understood correctly.

Ziyan said the source for ddk 1.9 is on his github.

If someone with a little know how looked into this might be solvable after all these years.

Also found this

Releases · intel/SGXDataCenterAttestationPrimitives

Contribute to intel/SGXDataCenterAttestationPrimitives development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

Anybody wanna help this noob implement audio/video in cm12?

Where you at Vishal Mahaveer?

android-sdk/device-ti-proprietary-open - Integrated Android Product SDK Hardened Software - Mirror of http://git.omapzoom.org/?p=device/ti/proprietary-open.git.

Texas Instruments Git Open Source Repositories

git.ti.com

Found this too. Looks potentially promising perhaps.

omap3-sgx-ddk-linux/eurasia_km/services4/system/omap3630/syslocal.h at master · martinezjavier/omap3-sgx-ddk-linux

Imagination Technologies SGX DDK for the SGX530 family of chipsets AM35x/37xx, AM335x, 387x(TI814x)/389x(TI816x) - martinezjavier/omap3-sgx-ddk-linux

github.com

Repository Mirrors / asdk-device-ti-proprietary-open / 3f11c15b1bd - PHYTEC BitBucket (Stash)

stash.phytec.com
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
Actually this might not have worked flawlessly

I opened up my twrp backup file and explored the files.

Looks like I have 2 recovery partitions installed.

Unless 1 is the md5 checksum.

(1 recovery is expected size, the other is 50kb

Also have 2 build.props, one 4mb I think, the other 50kb)

Anybody know if twrp backup actually adds an md5 file paired with original in whatever.ext4.win?

I dont mean the md5 file in the backups folder, I mean within the partitions backup.

If not?

are these duplicates due to me repeating the steps after seeing the orange amazon smile?

How should I remedy it if so.

Thanks

I should add, I do have a functioning OS with supersu, but I wonder if thats problematic if I do have 2 instances of files in root.

Guess one way I could find out would be make another backup with md5 disabled.

But hoping someone with expertise could chime in to save me from another chore on top of the rest
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
I disabled md5 checksum but still found duplicates of every file.

To make the backup faster I only did efs, but I saw the same thing in basically every directory in system

In efs most duplicates reported size 0 (kb I guess?)

What gives?

Edit:guess I will try to wipe, format and reinstall os. Then back that up.

I wonder if the duplicate files were what was causing me to get errors on custom rom install attempt.

Edit2: guess I should open 1 of those files and see if it has a checksum
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] AstralA:
Weird. If I view the ext4 renamed to zip in 7zip theres doubles of nearly every file, and directory is nameless "1984? Yeah right man, orwell is here now, livin large, we have no names man, no names, we are nameless" lol

If I extract the zip the folder is named, correctly, and contains only individual files.

Not sure how or why, but seems like a false alarm. But maybe I should be alarmed 7zip is like that on my pc.

Found this trying to understand why I would see doubles of files before extraction. Hmm

7-Zip / Discussion / Open Discussion: MD5 and Duplicate Files

sourceforge.net

Saw someone else complaining on something like stackoverflow about seeing files twice during extraction but cant find that topic now.

Anyway. Guess its fine.
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Xv4nlove:
Hello,

At first,I flash the code but stuck at waitting twrp.So i reboot the kindle and tried the code again but stuck at waitting the orange underline

What should i do now?
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] Dude360:
RAR!

Had a pita time getting it back to complete stock, ended up having to play with Firerooter and a older OS version before it seemed to calm down enough to get back to latest.

Anyway.

After a full complete wipe using Firerooter everything went as smooth as silk.

Didnt have ANY issues with the cable this time round, no plugging and replugging, just sailed through easy :)

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
...
OKAY [ 0.047s]
finished. total time: 0.050s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes
sending 'boot' (8192 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.447s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.581s]
finished. total time: 1.033s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img
target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes
sending 'system' (6370 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.351s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.456s]
finished. total time: 0.812s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
resuming boot...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.007s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem format
...
OKAY [ 0.049s]
finished. total time: 0.052s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
resuming boot...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.007s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>adb sideload update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_45501820.bin
loading: 'update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455001820.bin'
sending: 'update-kindle-11.4.5.5_user_455001820.bin' 100%

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>adb sideload UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
loading: 'UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip'
sending: 'UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip' 100%

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>adb sideload open_gapps-arm-4.4-pico-20151209.zip
loading: 'open_gapps-arm-4.4-pico-20151209.zip'
sending: 'open_gapps-arm-4.4-pico-20151209.zip' 100%

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 [ 0.451s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.581s]
finished. total time: 1.038s

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 [ 0.450s]
writing 'exploit'...
OKAY [ 0.582s]
finished. total time: 1.037s

C:\Users\Dude\Desktop\KindleSOHOUnlock>fastboot -i 0x1949 continue
resuming boot...
OKAY [ 0.004s]
finished. total time: 0.007s

Just to clarify, this is 'permanent' now right? I wont have to use fastboot or Firerooter if I wanted to full wipe and reinstall. I can just use the bin renamed to zip and use it like any other flashing kit?

Time to get xposed back and crack on getting it setup :)
[7" Kindle Fire HD General] spudowiar:
Permanent now. To restore to total stock (complete factory reset) you'll need to do some fastboot commands though. More on this soon...