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[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
I have same issue.

[:confused:QUOTE=drillster;64617577]Hey everybody!

This is my first time posting something on XDA. This is really cool.

So I just bricked my fire, hard. Let's start from the top:

- I used the super tools rootjunkysdl.com/?device=Amazon%20Fire%205th%20gen&folder=SuperTool to get the google play store.

- Using the google play store, I got flashfire.

- Using flashfire, I flashed SlimLP onto my tablet successfully and quickly.

- I got a little cocky, and based on the comments on the youtube.com/watch?v=NaCBSuUuhRE video that I used to flash SlimLP I decided to try the flashfire technique with CM since it is my favorite ROM.

- I did everything properly and the same, but... it got stuck here... for about an hour...

imgur.com/QJvmRz3

So I decided to do the smartest thing ever and cancel it myself by turning it off, I wasn't able to do anything else anyway. Either way, my tablet is now stuck in the cyanogen 12 boot load animation, the one of the cute blue head with the radar effect.

I would of fixed this a long time ago, but for some reason I'm not able to adb sideload.

I go into fastboot, I can detect the device, but not adb sideload.

I go into adb sideload mode, I can't detect the device, so definitely not sideload. :/

I've tried updating my drivers, I don't know if I'm doing it right, but while it was in fastboot mode, I changed it to Android Composite ADB Interface, and that didn't change anything.

No matter what I'm doing, whenever I do adb devices, I always get:

List of devices attached

Blank. Nothing. Only when I'm in fastboot mode do I get:

fastboot devices

G0K0H40454261ARU fastboot

Something, but still no ADB. I can't even load TWRP here, tried that, I just install it and it just sits there dumbly saying it's installed.

I'm bricked just like my tablet. Could I please get some help here? I'm very desperate to get this tablet back up and running, and I feel so stupid for not having stuck with Slim and trying to install CM. I really don't want it to stay bricked like this. :(

Thank you, XDA![/QUOTE]

I did the same thing. Slim worked great, tried to flashfire CM12, ot bricked. Can get fastboot, but nothing else. Afraid to try update from fastboot.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
I just want to say thanks to everybody who contributed, I'm really appreciative of the support, especially because I didn't expect it, haha! Listening to blueberry.sky I'm going to try the flashboot update, because it's either that or a bricked device. School just started so I got busy with that.

So when I have it in adb mode, the fire doesn't seem to show up anywhere in any of my devices, and I can only find it when it's in fastboot mode. So when it's in that mode, I've tried Android ADB Interface, Android ADB Composite Interface, and when I go back to adb sideload, it's just not there in device manager. I don't know what this means, so any speculation? But no matter what mode I'm in or what driver I'm using, I can't seem to get it to show up in adb when in sideload mode.

Again, thanks everybody, and I hope anybody else in the future with this issue can refer to this thread for a lead!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
So I just tried to flash update the firmware from Amazon amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201830180 which I renamed from .bin to .zip:

C:\path\to\SuperTool>fastboot update update-kindle-global-37.5.4.1_user_541112720.zip

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'

archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'

error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt

I didn't rename the Slim and this is what I get:

C:\path\to\SuperTool>fastboot update Slim-ford-5.1.1.build.2.2b-20151210.zip

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'

archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'

error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt

Is there anyway I can resolve this, so I can do SOMETHING?

Thank you!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekrakah:
To be clear, you were able to, "adb sideload update-kindle-global-37.5.4.1_user_541112720.bin". To restore your Fire OS 5.1.1?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
No, I did fastboot update in fastboot mode as suggested by blueberry.sky since ADB isn't working for reasons I stated before.

C:\path\to\SuperTool>fastboot update update-kindle-global-37.5.4.1_user_541112720.zip
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thekrakah:
So when you say you go into "adb sideload mode. You selected "apply update from adb", and the Fire device is actively waiting for the sideload command, but you got nothing showing up in your device manager at that point?

I'm just clarifying because until the "apply update from adb" is activated, windows doesn't get a communication from the Fire device.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
On my device, I can get fastboot, but not adb. if I reboot from fastboot, I only get the

CM logo and it sticks there permanently until I power off. When I boot to fastboot, the screen is blank but my Windows PC can see the device and return the SN. I can issue the command to reboot to bootloader, but reboots to fastboot with "fastboot" in small letters at the bottom of the screen. What else can I try? Thanks for all the help offered so far.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
What happens when you try to get into recovery mode?

To get into recovery you start with the Fire off. Turn off by holding power button until it goes off (might take awhile). I just tried turning off from fastboot mode. Took only about 14 seconds of holding power.

To enter recovery: hold volume down button + hold power button.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
When I try to get into recovery, it boots with a blank screen. At that point, I can connect to my PC, type fastboot devices, and it will show me device. Then I try to reboot-bootloader, and it reboots to fastboot, but this time it says fastboot on the screen. I can't seem to get to recovery
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shabuboy:
watch this video to see if it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQLoH-ahjy4
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
Just to be sure, are you positive that you're doing the correct key combination (power+volume_down) to get into recovery? Because fastboot should only be accessible when doing power+volume_up.

Both key combinations take you to fastboot?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
Yes, when I do power+volume_up I get into fastboot mode, and "fastboot mode . . ." appears on the screen. I can type "fastboot devices" on my PC, and it will return the SN. If I do power+volume_down I get the Amazon logo and it stays there. I think previously it changed to a blank screen, but not this time. Anyway, at this point I can type "fastboot devices" and get the SN on my PC. If I issue the command "fastboot reboot-bootloader" it will reboot to fastboot. If I isuue the command "fastboot reboot" it will try to boot CM and get stuck at the CM logo. I can't seem to get to recovery no matter what I try.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
You could try "fastboot reboot-recovery".

I don't see that listed under accepted fastboot commands a but it's worth a shot. I'm not able to try the command on my Fire at the moment.

edit

I got a chance to try "fastboot reboot-recovery", it's not a valid command. Wonder why that's not an option.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrmamba:
I have the same issue with the same steps you follow.

Stock Amazon -> Slim rom with flashfire -> CM with flashfire and briked :(

Also stuck on fastboot, no way to get recovery or adb...
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
So Blueberry.sky,

I can get into recovery, but is there anything I can do here?

adb sideload doesn't work, as many other people have confirmed.

Wiping doesn't help.

When I enter fastboot more, I tried to flash update the firmware from Amazon amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201830180 which I renamed from .bin to .zip:

C:\path\to\SuperTool>fastboot update update-kindle-global-37.5.4.1_user_541112720.zip

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'

archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'

error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt

I didn't rename the Slim and this is what I get:

C:\path\to\SuperTool>fastboot update Slim-ford-5.1.1.build.2.2b-20151210.zip

archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'

archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'

error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt

Is there anyway I can resolve this, so I can do SOMETHING?

Thank you, and I really appreciate your help Blueberry.sky!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
We need a properly formated update.zip. I would think it should be possible to create one using the update.bin or create it from an existing 5.1.1 install but I'm afraid that's beyond my experience atm.

I was thinking of creating a new thread, putting out a call for someone who knows how to create an update.zip which is properly formated for fastboot.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abacabie:
That would great, i have the same problem as others have posted, SlimLP was working and i had Amazon recovery, then after i flashed CM with flashfire i cant get to Amazon recovery and have the flashing CM12 logo, tablet had fire OS 5.1.1 previously.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
Wow blueberry.sky, thank you!

If you could do that it would be really awesome! Is there any way we can involve ourselves to try to do it?

This would be a really big help to everybody on the thread here who's had the exact same issue as me.

Thank you!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blueberry.sky:
Lol. Wait till I actually do it before thanking me! :laugh: I've been thinking of making the thread for a week or more. I've been lazy. You guys could also make the thread. :p

I've read a bunch of people in threads all over who are stuck not being able to get into recovery. I guess FlashFire just runs the risk of screwing things up. Even tho it shouldn't be touching the recovery. I think the Fire itself might be contributing. I've read a couple people say their Fire just won't consistently boot into recovery, sometimes booting into the rom instead.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
Could you tell us what we have to do to post the thread?

Thank you!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] opas350:
I'm in the same situation with my amazon fire :( , if there is anything I can do or try to help please let me know.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
blueberry.sky, I want to thank you for trying to help those of us who have bricked our tablets by trying to install CM after installing Slim. Since I haven't seen any activity here for a few days, I'm assuming no one knows the answer yet. I'm not giving up hope, and I'll check back here once in a while. If I find an answer, I'll share it as well, but for now, I guess we're stuck. At least we didn't spend a ton of money on this tablet. I got a six-pack and gave 5 away. The ones I didn't tinker with are all still running great. Some have even been rooted by their owners and are running alternate launchers, this is a great tablet if you don't screw it up. :o
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsidience:
I'm in the same situation. I have a 6-pack and my first one updated to 5.1.1. I attempted to use FlashFire to update to CM12.1 but that didn't work, I was able to flash Slim and after successfully doing so then tried to flash to CM12.1 which results in a hang during the flash required a hard shutdown. Then we get the stuck at logo. Recovery doesn't load with vol-down + power, only thing that is working is fast boot.

Not a big deal for me since I have 5 others and I'm able to get to CM12.1 with TWRP - no issues. But would love to unbrick this device rather than throw it away ;)

Thanks for any help you guys can provide. I'm going to troubleshoot a bit more tomorrow.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
If you feel like any of those 4 other devices are not that useful to you, this thread right here is a perfect place to sell/giveaway some of those Fires, haha.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsidience:
Will do :P
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwalb89:
brick

Exactly the same situation, for the same reason. ABSOLUTELY NO ACCESS TO RECOVERY MODE. I believe that the issue is that cm12 failed install has corrupted the recovery.img (duh). Two possible solutions i can see.

1. Unlock the bootloader and flash custom or stock recovery

2. build an update .zip for fastboot

I am vastly unqualified for both atm. I have been reaching out for assistance, either to do this for us, or to point me in the direction to master the force;). If any one does find a solution, please do not forget to share. Good luck to every one, as im sure this will be popping up more and more.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thedemonic:
A corrupt /dev/block/mmcblk0p13 is what bricked mine. Mine would do all what is happening on this thread. Stuck boot no recovery and so on. Luck for me I still am on the old os. So the repair took no time. But is looks to be what is happening .
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsidience:
Did some more troubleshooting today.

I took one of the "update-kindle....bin" files and converted the system.new.dat to a sparse ext4 system.img and attempted to flash via fastboot flash system. Resulted in a "flashing not allowed" message.

Next, I noticed that when you tried to boot to recovery the devices displays an Amazon logo and the Device Manager displays "HTC Dream". I was wondering if I swapped the driver out to the Google ADB driver or a hacked ADB driver that I modified via a forum post elsewhere on XDA - that ADB might work. No go - adb devices displays nothing.

At this point I think the only way to unbrick this device is to get the update.zip to work but I'm worried that even that would fail due to "flashing not allowed". It's unfortunate that fastboot doesn't have any way to read from the device. If an unlock method ever comes out - I'm sure it would need to read from the device first.

Oh another thing is that when the device is first booting I see a "MT65xx preloader" device in the device manager. I wonder if that has some way to unbrick the device.

If anyone else makes progress - please post what you did.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
Hey! Could you send me the zip you made? Just upload it somehow, I would like to try it on my Fire, if you have no problems. You are using the 5.1.1 update, yes?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nea123:
Hello,

First i have soft Brick my Fire. The Fire hangs on boot screen to cm 12.1. I have found this Post to set su rights temp. and/or permanently on the fire.

My question is, is this the right command "fastboot oem append-cmdline "androidboot.unlocked_kernel=true" for root access on cm12.1 or only for the fire OS, in the shell?

I came into the shell but with no su rights.

C:\AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool\files>adb reboot-bootloader
C:\AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool\files>fastboot oem append-cmd
line "androidboot.unlock_kernel=true"
C:\AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool\files>adb wait-for-device && adb shell
←7←[r←[999;999H←[6nshell@ford:/ $
shell@ford:/ $ su
1|shell@ford:/ $
1|shell@ford:/ $

Thanks

Nea
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsidience:
drillster: I did not make an update.zip, I made a system.img. I believe the update.zip files need to be properly signed by the OEM.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
Yeah I had an issue with that when I tried to flash it; you can see it in a post before. Could I try the system.img?

Thank you!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ehmedhemidli:
Can someone help me?

İ just soft bricked fire 5.1.1(deleted launcher)

İ can go recovery mode. There is no problem at all.

So all i need to is

İnstal adb fastboot drivers, go to recovery mode , and sideload global firmware?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsidience:
Sure: https://www.dropbox.com/s/749kff76vcla3uk/system.img?dl=0

The system image was pulled from update-kindle-global-37.5.4.1_user_541112720.bin and converted to EXT4 sparse.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwalb89:
every thing you need here.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
Can I flash this system.I'm from fastboot? Has onyone tried this yet?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] obsidience:
I mentioned this earlier but probably lost in the noise: flashing the system.img from fastboot on 5.1.1 fails.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rongweiss:
Thanks for info, and thanks for trying.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwalb89:
I suggest every one check if their fire is still in the warranty window. if so amazon will replace it. i just did mine yesterday, the new one will be here tomorrow.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
I'm a little dumb when it comes to Amazon. How do you do that?
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwalb89:
log on to the amazon website with the account registered to the fire. it doesnt matter if it is the account it was purchased with. in the top right corner click on your account. on that page click on return or replace items. i went through the chat with them, just told them it wouldnt boot past amazon boot screen. (true, but they never asked why... not my fault) go through their short trouble shooting that makes no difference because we know its bricked. they will have you print the return shipping label, and as soon as ups scans it, they ship the new one. my tracking code popped up with in an hour of dropping it at ups. new one will be here tomorrow.
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drillster:
Awesome, Thanks!
[Fire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwalb89:
no problem. hope it works out for you. fyi they send a referbished one, so its a bit of a crap shoot on which os it will come with. i lucked out and got a 5.0.1 so no more brick issues for me.
[XDA Assist] Jaepark:
my phone wont run after flashing from SPflashtool , it wont show anything expect selecting from "boot to recovery, fastboot and system" when i choose 1 of those it will turn into black screen.

any help or suggestions will do, thank you very much
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tiepna:
my phone unroot, software version: G920PVPU3BOL1 - 5.1.1

i using odin 3.10.6 to flash teamwin.

screen inform fail:

<ID:0/003> Added!!

<ID:0/003> Odin engine v(ID:3.1005)..

<ID:0/003> File analysis..

<ID:0/003> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/003> Initialzation..

<ID:0/003> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/003> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/003> SingleDownload.

<ID:0/003> recovery.img

<ID:0/003> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/003> FAIL!

Help me,pls!!!
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supernico00:
So yeah I'm getting unusual battery drain during the night.

I disabled localisation, I have wifi on yeah but it shouldn't drain this much. Even my phone during the night with wifi+localisation on drains less than this , wth ?

Any idea what might be the culprit ? You can see on my battery graph I played something on the battery for like 45 min then when to sleep, and it decreased at a steady pace during that

https://goo.gl/photos/gvovhWsJZir9uPWJ8 , here's all the relevant photos. shows battery graph , tablet version and all the apps I have installed

Thanks in advance if anyone can help me solve this, because that's really annoying ;w;
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papampi:
Have you tried Doze ?

is it rooted ?

if so, you should have a look at this guide : [GUIDE][21/12]Extreme Battery Life Thread(Greenify+Amplify+Power Nap)✭ by v7

my 9.7 Tab S2 T815 has 0.1% to 0.5% per hour during nights
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supernico00:
Haven't tried it no. But in the past I didn't need to. I also have an old galaxy tab 10.1 tablet and it only loses like 1-2% battery during the night. also with wifi constantly on

So why does this tablet drains so much during the night ? x.x Without being able to view wakelocks it's annoying, and I don't wanna root yet since it's still under warranty lol
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] papampi:
Doze is good for non rooted devices, it only allow white listed apps to use network without disconnecting your device

---------- Post added at 01:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:57 PM ----------

Mine is under waranty as well, but I rooted it the 1st day I got it, cant live without root ...
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supernico00:
Well I'll check it out for next time then

I hope one day there will be a root method that doesn't trip KNOX :/ Would be nice
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supernico00:
Tried out Doze for the whole day, and the problem still persists. Constant like 2-4% per hour battery drain when the screen is off ://

It's really annoying, is there any way to find out where it comes from while being unrooted ?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AndrewSE:
Hey there !

I have set wifi to off during stand by and also disabled bluetooth.

I noticed a huge improvement when I did this.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supernico00:
The culprit has been found !

Turns out using the 5Ghz Wifi of my house caused the drain. I connected to the 2.4Ghz wifi instead and no more drain during the night, complete flat line ^_^
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habskilla:
Curious, do you have a ASUS router?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supernico00:
Hmm it's a B-box 3 from my ISP Proximus (belgian one)
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CincyTriGuy:
I have an Asus router, and I'm using 5Ghz, and my standby battery drain is awful. I'll move to a 2.4Ghz band now to see if that helps.

Why did you ask about Asus routers? Is this a known issue?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hasenbein1966:
With my AVM Fritzbox router, standby drain is perfectly fine when connected to 5GHz.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CincyTriGuy:
I don't know what the issue is, but I can confirm that 5Ghz was the source of my battery drain as well. Mine's an Asus and the OP said his was a B-box, so clearly this issue affects routers from multiple vendors.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habskilla:
Yes it is. Google around and you'll see.

Which router do you have?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CincyTriGuy:
RT-AC87U
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] habskilla:
You have a problem router. Head on over to http://www.snbforums.com/forums/asus-wireless.37/ and have a read. Maybe Merlin's firmware fixes it.
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