So here's what happened.
About a year ago, I rooted my Kindle and flashed the latest CM rom (at the time). Everything worked out great.
Fast forward to a few days ago, I thought it'd be cool to give the KF an update. Total mistake. I wanted to flash CM 11, but before that, I figured it'd be important to install the latest version of TWRP as well, since that was also outdated. I downloaded the most recent img file, flashed it using the Flashify app, and before I knew it, my Kindle Fire was bricked. When I try to power it up now, it gets stuck on the "Kindle Fire" screen. I've tried holding the volume up button to boot into TWRP, to no avail. I can turn the device off, but as soon as I turn it on again, I get the same results.
I've tried using the Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility, but I get a "device not found" message. My computer makes a noise, as if to recognize the KF when it powers on, but within seconds, loses contact.
Any advice?
arthurk62 said:
So here's what happened.
About a year ago, I rooted my Kindle and flashed the latest CM rom (at the time). Everything worked out great.
Fast forward to a few days ago, I thought it'd be cool to give the KF an update. Total mistake. I wanted to flash CM 11, but before that, I figured it'd be important to install the latest version of TWRP as well, since that was also outdated. I downloaded the most recent img file, flashed it using the Flashify app, and before I knew it, my Kindle Fire was bricked. When I try to power it up now, it gets stuck on the "Kindle Fire" screen. I've tried holding the volume up button to boot into TWRP, to no avail. I can turn the device off, but as soon as I turn it on again, I get the same results.
I've tried using the Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility, but I get a "device not found" message. My computer makes a noise, as if to recognize the KF when it powers on, but within seconds, loses contact.
Any advice?
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Please state your KF type: HD or HDX? Which FW you are on? Seems to me that you have HD version, and if you mistakenly followed instructions from this HDX forum for flashing TWRP ... ouch ...
my speculation is based on following:
About a year ago, I rooted my Kindle and flashed the latest CM rom (at the time). Everything worked out great.
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About a year ago there was no CM rom for KF HDX - AFAIK.
jeryll said:
Please state your KF type: HD or HDX? Which FW you are on? Seems to me that you have HD version, and if you mistakenly followed instructions from this HDX forum for flashing TWRP ... ouch ...
my speculation is based on following:
About a year ago there was no CM rom for KF HDX - AFAIK.
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My bad, I totally misread this forum. It's a Kindle Fire HD 8.9".
And I know I just made the mistake here, so it totally undermines what I'm about to say, but I do feel confident that I was paying attention to the model type when downloading the img file for TWRP. Either way, am I screwed?
Also, would you mind directing me to the forum for Kindle Fire HD's? I can't seem to find it on here.
arthurk62 said:
My bad, I totally misread this forum. It's a Kindle Fire HD 8.9".
And I know I just made the mistake here, so it totally undermines what I'm about to say, but I do feel confident that I was paying attention to the model type when downloading the img file for TWRP. Either way, am I screwed?
Also, would you mind directing me to the forum for Kindle Fire HD's? I can't seem to find it on here.
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Well in case of HDX model you have 100% bad luck and something like this is unrecoverable for user AFAIK, but HD model is maybe recoverable, just ask for help, describe model, which FW you have, what you did, and hope some repair guru can help you ... good luck :good:
Here you go 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Or Kindle fire HD section
jeryll said:
Well in case of HDX model you have 100% bad luck and something like this is unrecoverable for user AFAIK, but HD model is maybe recoverable, just ask for help, describe model, which FW you have, what you did, and hope some repair guru can help you ... good luck :good:
Here you go 8.9" Kindle Fire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Or Kindle fire HD section
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I have a KFHDX 7 and now my KF is stuck in the grey " kindle fire" screen, I tried to fix it with adb code but my lap does not regonize it
Please help me
tuilakhang said:
I have a KFHDX 7 and now my KF is stuck in the grey " kindle fire" screen, I tried to fix it with adb code but my lap does not regonize it
Please help me
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I read some of yours previous posts and I think you tryed install CM11 over your nexus 2.0.2 instalation. How did you install CM11 rom - with Safestrap or with TWRP 2.8.x.x?
If you did it with Safestrap, then there is nothing that you can do to repair it, unless you have working adb access to your kindle + root.
jeryll said:
I read some of yours previous posts and I think you tryed install CM11 over your nexus 2.0.2 instalation. How did you install CM11 rom - with Safestrap or with TWRP 2.8.x.x?
If you did it with Safestrap, then there is nothing that you can do to repair it, unless you have working adb access to your kindle + root.
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Oh, now I get the point, you are right, I did it with Safestrap and don't know anything about TWRP.
Don't worry you must have flashed TWRP for the wrong kindle generation.
Connect your kindle to your pc with the normal cable that is provided with your kindle. Now turn your kindle off and type the following in your cmd
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
now it should show
< waiting for device >
then turn on your device
you should be in fastboot now.
From here follow this thread from step 2
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and why have you posted the same question twice
skullarc said:
Don't worry you must have flashed TWRP for the wrong kindle generation.
Connect your kindle to your pc with the normal cable that is provided with your kindle. Now turn your kindle off and type the following in your cmd
fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
now it should show
< waiting for device >
then turn on your device
you should be in fastboot now.
From here follow this thread from step 2
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128175
and why have you posted the same question twice
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First, I sorry for this post cause I don't see anyone reply my thread, so I had searched in forum and see this this guy have the same issue with me.
And I still can't go to the fastboot mode with your advice, cause I can't turn the kindle off when I connect it with my pc, and my cmd just show < waiting for device >
tuilakhang said:
First, I sorry for this post cause I don't see anyone reply my thread, so I had searched in forum and see this this guy have the same issue with me.
And I still can't go to the fastboot mode with your advice, cause I can't turn the kindle off when I connect it with my pc, and my cmd just show < waiting for device >
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your kindle does not have to be detected by your pc (at least at first) to perform this method you can switch it of then connect the cable and then run the command and then turn your kindle back on
skullarc said:
your kindle does not have to be detected by your pc (at least at first) to perform this method you can switch it of then connect the cable and then run the command and then turn your kindle back on
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By the way I saw it, its auto turn on when I connect to pc, how can I connect my KF to pc and manual turn it on?
tuilakhang said:
By the way I saw it, its auto turn on when I connect to pc, how can I connect my KF to pc and manual turn it on?
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then try putting the code first and then connect your kindle while its off
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then try putting the code first and then connect your kindle while its off
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I tried that way too, but it's show the same result, I think the point is that my pc does not regonize my KF, I had tried to uninstall and install again the driver but it's not work
tuilakhang said:
I tried that way too, but it's show the same result, I think the point is that my pc does not regonize my KF, I had tried to uninstall and install again the driver but it's not work
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try using this driver(use the first one)
skullarc said:
try using this driver(use the first one)
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I sorry but how can I install your driver
I try to copy this to the driver folder of amazon in my C disk but its not works too
first right click on mtp usb device > click on update driver software > click on browse my computer for driver software > click on let me pick a list of driver form my computer > click on have disk > browse > select the file android_winusb.inf > Select the first option (before or after this it may ask for permission and say that the driver ins not signed just click ok) > click on next and the driver should be installed.
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first right click on mtp usb device > click on update driver software > click on browse my computer for driver software > click on let me pick a list of driver form my computer > click on have disk > browse > select the file android_winusb.inf > Select the first option (before or after this it may ask for permission and say that the driver ins not signed just click ok) > click on next and the driver should be installed.
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Seem like its not work with win 64bit
which version of windows are you using ?
window 7 ultimate 64bit
sorry man i have to go now but i will be online again form 2:00 PM IST i will surely help you then
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tuilakhang said:
window 7 ultimate 64bit
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try this
modify the android_winusb.inf file with this information. Notice the PID change from 0006 to 0008 on the newer model.
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I have changed the build.prop of my rooted TF201 to play the gameloft games.
After changing the TF201 got stuck in a bootloop. I tried the hard reset but it is still not starting.
I read that it is possible to push the orginal build.prop to the TF201 via APX-Mode but i dont now how to do it.
My computer recognizes the TF201 as a Asus Transformer Prime APX mode or in MTP when i start it regular. Unfortunatly i can not get any access to the Data of my TF201.
Is Asus able to see the root and that i changed the build.prop if i sent it to RMA?
Would be so happy if anybody could help me.
Thank you.
(And i know it was stupid to change the build.prop but didnt expected to brick it http://media.xda-developers.com/images/icons/icon9.gif)
Hi there.
I had a week of the same problem. I hadn't deleted anything but mine was in the boot loop too. After trying everything I managed to reinstall the OS by:
1. Downloading firmware from Asus site (it must be same or later version as installed already and must be the one for your region - if you don't know your current version, the small text described in step 4 below will tell you and step 4 can be done multiple times)
2. Freshly formatting a micro SD card with FAT
3. Placing the ZIP file (the zip inside the zip that Asus provide) in the root of SD CARD
4. Restarting the tablet by holding power and volume down until small text appears at top of screen at which point press volume up
Your tablet will boot from the SD card and reinstall your OS.
ALL DATA WILL BE LOST but you'll have a working tablet.
Cheers.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
stf996 said:
Hi there.
I had a week of the same problem. I hadn't deleted anything but mine was in the boot loop too. After trying everything I managed to reinstall the OS by:
1. Downloading firmware from Asus site (it must be same or later version as installed already and must be the one for your region - if you don't know your current version, the small text described in step 4 below will tell you and step 4 can be done multiple times)
2. Freshly formatting a micro SD card with FAT
3. Placing the ZIP file (the zip inside the zip that Asus provide) in the root of SD CARD
4. Restarting the tablet by holding power and volume down until small text appears at top of screen at which point press volume up
Your tablet will boot from the SD card and reinstall your OS.
ALL DATA WILL BE LOST but you'll have a working tablet.
Cheers.
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
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Thank you for answering!
Unfortunatly did not work for me.
The androidfigure showed up with a red triangle on it and after a minute it restarted into the bootloop.
Any other ideas?
clmz88 said:
Thank you for answering!
Unfortunatly did not work for me.
The androidfigure showed up with a red triangle on it and after a minute it restarted into the bootloop.
Any other ideas?
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Can't you push the original build.prop via ADB Shell when it's almost booted up?
Code:
adb mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
adb push c:\...\build.prop /system/
Turge said:
Can't you push the original build.prop via ADB Shell when it's almost booted up?
Code:
adb mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
adb push c:\...\build.prop /system/
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I tried it and got the message "can not find device" although my systems shows Android MTP Device in the device manager...
clmz88 said:
I tried it and got the message "can not find device" although my systems shows Android MTP Device in the device manager...
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Mine shows up, but only when "Camera (PTP)" is selected instead of "Media device (MTP)" in the "Settings >> Storage >> USB computer connection" section.
But of course, that won't help you in this case since you can't change this setting.
I can't find anything about having to switch to PTP for ADB to work so you may want to post a question about it in the Q&A forum.
A guy had the exact same problem here last week after changing the build.prop for the exact same reason. He was able to recover his problem using the same method that the root scripts use for writing to data. Let me try and find the thread and you can try to contact him.
EDIT: Here you go.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1480428&highlight=bricked
Now don't go doing such stupid things again.
Turge said:
Mine shows up, but only when "Camera (PTP)" is selected instead of "Media device (MTP)" in the "Settings >> Storage >> USB computer connection" section.
But of course, that won't help you in this case since you can't change this setting.
I can't find anything about having to switch to PTP for ADB to work so you may want to post a question about it in the Q&A forum.
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Ok. Thanks though.
I would be happy about some other ideas
Doktaphex said:
A guy had the exact same problem here last week after changing the build.prop for the exact same reason. He was able to recover his problem using the same method that the root scripts use for writing to data. Let me try and find the thread and you can try to contact him.
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I already got that thread and asked for his solution.
Im unfortunatly not able to sent him a private message because i am a new member.
clmz88 said:
Ok. Thanks though.
I would be happy about some other ideas
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EDIT: I'll see what I can do for you, give me some time.
Doktaphex said:
EDIT: I'll see what I can do for you, give me some time.
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Thank you!!!
clmz88 said:
Thank you!!!
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I've sent him a PM for you asking for his solution. I've linked him to this thread.
What software version are you on? .11 .13 or something else.
EDIT:
Do you know how to use ADB?
Does ADB see your device?
Doktaphex said:
I've sent him a PM for you asking for his solution. I've linked him to this thread.
What software version are you on? .11 .13 or something else.
EDIT:
Do you know how to use ADB?
Does ADB see your device?
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I actually dont know what version is on my Prime. I did the official update two weeks ago. So it is probably V9.4.2.11.
I have a app called "adb made easy" on my pc and this on can not find my device.
Does your device constantly reboot or does it stay at the boot animation?
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Does your device constantly reboot or does it stay at the boot animation?
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It stays constantly in the boot animation.
and adb made easy doesn't have your device listed?
What if you "open CMD for ADB commands" and then in that window type "adb devices" without the quotation marks?
Also what does windows device manager show with regards to android devices?
EDIT: unplug and plug back in a couple of times, does windows make it's usual connection noises?
Doktaphex said:
and adb made easy doesn't have your device listed?
What if you "open CMD for ADB commands" and then in that window type "adb devices" without the quotation marks?
Also what does windows device manager show with regards to android devices?
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adb made easy and cmd dont show any adb devices.
the devices manager shows
mobile devices: Asus Android MTB Device (could not be started)
windows is always making the pluggingsound
Wierd, ADB should still see the device as it seemed to when the other guy screwed his build.prop
If I reboot, ADB picks up the device during the boot animation and lets me start interacting straight away.
EDIT: Unfortunately, without ADB, I'm not gonna be able to help any further. Hopefully the guy how recovered his from this state will pop in and be able to help you out.
When and where did you get the device from. If you're still in your return window and feel like being dishonest, then you could take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement. However, if it has to go back to ASUS, I'm fairly certain that they would pick this up straight away, I could be wrong though. They may just look at it see it doesn't boot, reflash it and then test it and send it back.
Doktaphex said:
Wierd, ADB should still see the device as it seemed to when the other guy screwed his build.prop
If I reboot, ADB picks up the device during the boot animation and lets me start interacting straight away.
EDIT: Unfortunately, without ADB, I'm not gonna be able to help any further. Hopefully the guy how recovered his from this state will pop in and be able to help you out.
When and where did you get the device from. If you're still in your return window and feel like being dishonest, then you could take it back to the shop and ask for a replacement. However, if it has to go back to ASUS, I'm fairly certain that they would pick this up straight away, I could be wrong though. They may just look at it see it doesn't boot, reflash it and then test it and send it back.
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Is yours setup for PTP or MTP?
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
Turge said:
Is yours setup for PTP or MTP?
Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201 using xda premium
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I think it is setup for MTP but im not sure about it...
I didnt find a way yet to get access to the prime via usb.
Already tried different drivers, adb, apx but nothing is working.
I installed the root, then delete important system applications, and got brick device. Inscription appears only when loading "Kindle". Is there any way via fastboot (adb) to flash the stock firmware 13.3.1 (HDX 7")?
Sorry for my bad English.
I have same problem, we hope that you can solve
Have you tried factory reset via adb? It should work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623
johnnydowngrief said:
Have you tried factory reset via adb? It should work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623
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does not work because getting stuck on the word "kindle fire" adb does not work for me most of installing the following drivers: http://i.imgur.com/jxq9EKI.png but does not work
sorry for by bad english t.t
This was a big problem with the last gen device. you will not be able unbrick your device until you get a backup of the system img then flash it through fastboot. or you could possibly pull a system image from the update.bin file from amazons kindle software page. I am downloading it now but do not own this device yet so no way of testing it. Also not sure if you can use a factory cable to get into fastboot on this model. anyone know or done this?
onemeila said:
This was a big problem with the last gen device. you will not be able unbrick your device until you get a backup of the system img then flash it through fastboot. or you could possibly pull a system image from the update.bin file from amazons kindle software page. I am downloading it now but do not own this device yet so no way of testing it. Also not sure if you can use a factory cable to get into fastboot on this model. anyone know or done this?
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I'm bricked as well. The problem was that I got into recovery mode and did factory reset which was a bad idea. It totally killed adb and now I can't get pc to recognize at all. Therefore do no recommend factory reset to others.I have ordered the factory cable from the previous KF HD and will test to see if that works. If so I'll need someone to get a system.img to flash though.
I just talked to an amazon rep and will be sent a replacement. I wonder if they will notice it was rooted.
Does anyone know if an unrooted HDX will brick on factory reset and latest firmware?
Moronig said:
I just talked to an amazon rep and will be sent a replacement. I wonder if they will notice it was rooted.
Does anyone know if an unrooted HDX will brick on factory reset and latest firmware?
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I will try and recover first as an experiment to also help others having same issues. Otherwise if I can't recover I'll contact Amazon as well.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Android Cowboy said:
I will try and recover first as an experiment to also help others having same issues. Otherwise if I can't recover I'll contact Amazon as well.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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My brother has the hdx7. Ill see if I can pull a system.img from it when I see him. possibly tom. I'll pm you if I manage to get it done.
onemeila said:
My brother has the hdx7. Ill see if I can pull a system.img from it when I see him. possibly tom. I'll pm you if I manage to get it done.
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Thanks. I'll work on getting ADB to recognize for now.
Android Cowboy said:
I will try and recover first as an experiment to also help others having same issues. Otherwise if I can't recover I'll contact Amazon as well.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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The funny thing is that I deleted all apps I installed in /system/app before trying the factory reset (except superuser.apk and the su binary in /system/xbin. I had installed busybox before, so I'm suspecting that was what caused the problem with the factory reset. A different fdisk or something than the reset script expected... or maybe it does a checksum of some sort on the system partition and bricks it if it's not as expected?
Moronig said:
I just talked to an amazon rep and will be sent a replacement. I wonder if they will notice it was rooted.
Does anyone know if an unrooted HDX will brick on factory reset and latest firmware?
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Amazon says they won't send me a replacement, so I'll see what else I can try. Let me know if you discover anything.
Moronig said:
Amazon says they won't send me a replacement, so I'll see what else I can try. Let me know if you discover anything.
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I got one from the Amazon Ads free tablet promotion, and apparently i get no warrenty because it was a "gift". I'll order a factory cable and try poking around in fastboot. Has anyone tried a factory cable yet?
JordanRulz said:
I got one from the Amazon Ads free tablet promotion, and apparently i get no warrenty because it was a "gift". I'll order a factory cable and try poking around in fastboot. Has anyone tried a factory cable yet?
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I don't think anyone has tried it, I'll try to find a cable I can cut and make one next week. I haven't had much experience with fastboot before, though. Should we be able to flash the /system partition from the latest update image?
Moronig said:
Amazon says they won't send me a replacement, so I'll see what else I can try. Let me know if you discover anything.
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Why wouldn't they send you a replacement? Did you tell them it bricked while you were trying to root?
Major General said:
Why wouldn't they send you a replacement? Did you tell them it bricked while you were trying to root?
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No, because I'm in Brazil and they don't sell this model of the Kindle to Brazil. I might try to get them to ship the replacement to my brother in the US.
Moronig said:
I don't think anyone has tried it, I'll try to find a cable I can cut and make one next week. I haven't had much experience with fastboot before, though. Should we be able to flash the /system partition from the latest update image?
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I have a factory cable that I bought for kindle hd when i bricked that unit but sent the hd back before i ever used it.
I just powered off hdx 7 and plugged in cable but powers on as normal and its charging unit. Mine is rooted with google play not working of course..Is it suppose to boot into fastboot?
davekaz said:
I have a factory cable that I bought for kindle hd when i bricked that unit but sent the hd back before i ever used it.
I just powered off hdx 7 and plugged in cable but powers on as normal and its charging unit. Mine is rooted with google play not working of course..Is it suppose to boot into fastboot?
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I thought so. Maybe if you hold either volume up, volume down, or both when plugging the cable?
Moronig said:
I thought so. Maybe if you hold either volume up, volume down, or both when plugging the cable?
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I had wrong cable in sorry..I powered off kindle and plugged correct cable in and windows 7 asked for QHSUSB driver.and kindle stayed off as far as screen is concerned.I hunted down driver http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468791 I didnt try fastboot yet as I have a few things to do..Let me know if i could help as android cowboy is in same predicament and would like to help. After unplugged kindle boots up as normal after holding power for awhile
davekaz said:
I had wrong cable in sorry..I powered off kindle and plugged correct cable in and windows 7 asked for QHSUSB driver.and kindle stayed off as far as screen is concerned.I hunted down driver http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1468791 I didnt try fastboot yet as I have a few things to do..Let me know if i could help as android cowboy is in same predicament and would like to help. After unplugged kindle boots up as normal after holding power for awhile
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I will have the fastboot cable by tomorrow or Tuesday. Then I can test on my bricked Kindle if it goes into fastboot and if I still have root.
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I and many others who have changed build.prop or other modifications after root then bricked have found that factory reset is the worst thing to do. It completely removed the PC from recognizing the tablet and ADB no longer works in any manner. Which pretty much means a total brick device. There is no real way to recover at the moment but if you have bricked with root then ADB should still be working. That still leaves some hope to fix the original damage. I have pulled the Amazon bin file and have access to original build.prop and system apk. That might allow some way to reverse the damage. I also have a fastboot cable coming to test if HDX will get into fastboot. For now hold off on any modifications after root since there is no real way to recover. But if you brick definitely don't factory reset.
Android Cowboy said:
I and many others who have changed build.prop or other modifications after root then bricked have found that factory reset is the worst thing to do. It completely removed the PC from recognizing the tablet and ADB no longer works in any manner. Which pretty much means a total brick device. There is no real way to recover at the moment but if you have bricked with root then ADB should still be working. That still leaves some hope to fix the original damage. I have pulled the Amazon bin file and have access to original build.prop and system apk. That might allow some way to reverse the damage. I also have a fastboot cable coming to test if HDX will get into fastboot. For now hold off on any modifications after root since there is no real way to recover. But if you brick definitely don't factory reset.
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In Fastboot, It would be possible to recover if someone were to pull the system image and post it here on XDA.
r3pwn said:
In Fastboot, It would be possible to recover if someone were to pull the system image and post it here on XDA.
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Yeah, we are desperate need of system image. I have the fastboot cable coming and new KF HDX being sent. If it's not done I should have it in a couple of days.
Android Cowboy said:
Yeah, we are desperate need of system image. I have the fastboot cable coming and new KF HDX being sent. If it's not done I should have it in a couple of days.
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Has any progress been made on this? Unfortunately I didn't see your post until it was to late. Any assistance/advice would be much appreciated.
hi android cowboy plz help me
Android Cowboy said:
I and many others who have changed build.prop or other modifications after root then bricked have found that factory reset is the worst thing to do. It completely removed the PC from recognizing the tablet and ADB no longer works in any manner. Which pretty much means a total brick device. There is no real way to recover at the moment but if you have bricked with root then ADB should still be working. That still leaves some hope to fix the original damage. I have pulled the Amazon bin file and have access to original build.prop and system apk. That might allow some way to reverse the damage. I also have a fastboot cable coming to test if HDX will get into fastboot. For now hold off on any modifications after root since there is no real way to recover. But if you brick definitely don't factory reset.
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My kindle hdx7" is bricked yesterday now only showing kindle fire boot logo so i have connected my laptop use factory.cable but not recognized my device would you help me? Sorry my poor english
bricked as well
cjdfyd2 said:
My kindle hdx7" is bricked yesterday now only showing kindle fire boot logo so i have connected my laptop use factory.cable but not recognized my device would you help me? Sorry my poor english
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Same here Most likely going to return it which I really would rather not . But I went too far on that new Google play hack and it just booted up to welcome screen for google and never connected to servers and rebooted
after awhile.I did this on stock rom(bad bad) thinking it would be fine. Of course i reset to factory which everyone warned. Now just grey kindle logo and cable( Factory and non) to pc pulls up unrecognized usb that windows stopped from starting Done deal screwed im sure
davekaz said:
Same here Most likely going to return it which I really would rather not . But I went too far on that new Google play hack and it just booted up to welcome screen for google and never connected to servers and rebooted
after awhile.I did this on stock rom(bad bad) thinking it would be fine. Of course i reset to factory which everyone warned. Now just grey kindle logo and cable( Factory and non) to pc pulls up unrecognized usb that windows stopped from starting Done deal screwed im sure
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I don't think anyone has figured out a recovery from this kind of brick. Safestrap is now the way to go. I had to get a replacement myself.
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Android Cowboy said:
I don't think anyone has figured out a recovery from this kind of brick. Safestrap is now the way to go. I had to get a replacement myself.
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Did the fastboot cable you ordered do anything?
daveman2123 said:
Did the fastboot cable you ordered do anything?
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No I didn't have much luck with that either.
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daveman2123 said:
Did the fastboot cable you ordered do anything?
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it comes up as unrecognized usb device which windows stops
did you your device unbrick succese?
davekaz said:
it comes up as unrecognized usb device which windows stops
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I had known your device.is.beicked right? Now yor device unbricked?
What happened was I was trying to root my kindle fire HDX with this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689121
I put in "adb reboot bootloader" and it was fine.
After, I put in "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img" and that's where stuff went downhill. Basically my kindle just got stuck at the kindle fire logo, where the kindle is "silver" and the "fire" is orange with the gradient of light going across it.
It was stuck on waiting for device for 10 minutes, so I shut it down by holding the power for 30 seconds and disconnected it.
Ever since then, when I restart the kindle, it just shows the kindle fire shining logo and that's it. I can't do anything else.
I'm very new to this kind of stuff, was doing this with the help of my friend, but now we're both stumped.
Any help would be really helpful. If I could factory reset, I would, so there's a lot of stuff I'm willing to do and part with the info on this kindle. I just want it to be working again.
Thank you for reading this and any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Oh, and if it helps, I was running 14.3.2.2 instead of 14.3.2.1.
I didn't think it would make that big of a difference, but I definitely learned my lesson.
uberiyer1 said:
What happened was I was trying to root my kindle fire HDX with this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689121
I put in "adb reboot bootloader" and it was fine.
After, I put in "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot boot.img" and that's where stuff went downhill. Basically my kindle just got stuck at the kindle fire logo, where the kindle is "silver" and the "fire" is orange with the gradient of light going across it.
It was stuck on waiting for device for 10 minutes, so I shut it down by holding the power for 30 seconds and disconnected it.
Ever since then, when I restart the kindle, it just shows the kindle fire shining logo and that's it. I can't do anything else.
I'm very new to this kind of stuff, was doing this with the help of my friend, but now we're both stumped.
Any help would be really helpful. If I could factory reset, I would, so there's a lot of stuff I'm willing to do and part with the info on this kindle. I just want it to be working again.
Thank you for reading this and any help at all would be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Oh, and if it helps, I was running 14.3.2.2 instead of 14.3.2.1.
I didn't think it would make that big of a difference, but I definitely learned my lesson.
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If you can reboot into the bootloader again, it might be worth it to try the same commands, but with the boot.img pulled from 14.3.2.2.
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... but with the boot.img pulled from 14.3.2.2.
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I don't think this matters... if the HDX 8.9 is anything like the HDX 7, the boot.img file is identical in both the 13.3.2.1 and 13.3.2.2 versions. I did a binary-compare when 13.3.2.2 was released, and they're bit-for-bit identical. FYI.
[Edit] However, there is significant difference in the boot.img between versions 13.3.1.0 and 13.3.2.1. [/Edit]
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I don't think this matters... if the HDX 8.9 is anything like the HDX 7, the boot.img file is identical in both the 13.3.2.1 and 13.3.2.2 versions. I did a binary-compare when 13.3.2.2 was released, and they're bit-for-bit identical. FYI.
[Edit] However, there is significant difference in the boot.img between versions 13.3.1.0 and 13.3.2.1. [/Edit]
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I was not aware, thanks for the heads up!
No, the root method in my thread unfortunately is non-working. I intended for boot.img to be flashed when the "fastboot" screen is showing. Unfortunately, the hdx does not go into fastboot like its sister device the HD 2013. Reading earlier posts in the thread would show you that it does not work.
But this is puzzling. Did you use a fastboot cable? If not then it was not my root method that bootlooped your device, and you should be able to get a replacement. If you DID use a factory cable, I can help you fix it.
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Mineturtle33 said:
No, the root method in my thread unfortunately is non-working. I intended for boot.img to be flashed when the "fastboot" screen is showing. Unfortunately, the hdx does not go into fastboot like its sister device the HD 2013. Reading earlier posts in the thread would show you that it does not work.
But this is puzzling. Did you use a fastboot cable? If not then it was not my root method that bootlooped your device, and you should be able to get a replacement. If you DID use a factory cable, I can help you fix it.
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how can you help fix with a fastboot cable??
jjrizzelcincy said:
how can you help fix with a fastboot cable??
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Did you use a fastboot cable or not. If you didnt, it wasnot my root method that killed your device, and if you did, it still might not have been. It depends on whether the tablet's "fastboot" screen appeared when you used the cable. If so, i can help you recover it.
So...
•did you use a fastboot cable?
If yes
•did a fastboot screen pop up?
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Mineturtle33 said:
Did you use a fastboot cable or not. If you didnt, it wasnot my root method that killed your device, and if you did, it still might not have been. It depends on whether the tablet's "fastboot" screen appeared when you used the cable. If so, i can help you recover it.
So...
•did you use a fastboot cable?
If yes
•did a fastboot screen pop up?
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i am only asking how you might go about fixing his problem to learn something new about the device ,that is why i asked you how you would go about that with a fastboot cable your root method did not brick my device
jjrizzelcincy said:
i am only asking how you might go about fixing his problem to learn something new about the device ,that is why i asked you how you would go about that with a fastboot cable your root method did not brick my device
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If you want me to fix it you need to answer the questions or I can't help you. I'm doing my best.
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Mineturtle33 said:
If you want me to fix it you need to answer the questions or I can't help you. I'm doing my best.
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again i did not brick my device
using your root method
my device got bricked by an error in safestrap
i did a wipe data factory reset and this when i went to reflash the rom on the rom slot and it kept saying flash failed and that there were 0 mb on the sdcard i even pushed the rom back to the sdcard from adb but it would not flash and when i went to reboot it gave me a warning saying no os found or something like that so i tried and tried to make another rom slot and tried to restore a backup but it would not let me saying 0mb of storage available
so that's my story and now i dont have adb and im stuck at the gray kindle fire logo with only mtp showing but not fully installing but with a fastboot cable i got QHSUSB_BULK at first but after some booting over and over again i got it into QHSUSB_DLOAD with a driver installed on windows and i can see it connected to Linux as well with an id and everything in lsusb from a terminal that is about where my knowledge ends
but with the right devs we could get this working like the evo 3d and a bunch
of other HTC devices that were fixed that way and even get s-off through that QHSUSB_DLOAD mode but i dont have the knowledge to write something like that up or how to issue the proper commands in Linux or what partitions to write to or even the proper chmod to make so im stuck with a nice little paper weight as of now with no devs on board it's looking a bit grim for me
jjrizzelcincy said:
again i did not brick my device
using your root method
my device got bricked by an error in safestrap
i did a wipe data factory reset and this when i went to reflash the rom on the rom slot and it kept saying flash failed and that there were 0 mb on the sdcard i even pushed the rom back to the sdcard from adb but it would not flash and when i went to reboot it gave me a warning saying no os found or something like that so i tried and tried to make another rom slot and tried to restore a backup but it would not let me saying 0mb of storage available
so that's my story and now i dont have adb and im stuck at the gray kindle fire logo with only mtp showing but not fully installing but with a fastboot cable i got QHSUSB_BULK at first but after some booting over and over again i got it into QHSUSB_DLOAD with a driver installed on windows and i can see it connected to Linux as well with an id and everything in lsusb from a terminal that is about where my knowledge ends
but with the right devs we could get this working like the evo 3d and a bunch
of other HTC devices that were fixed that way and even get s-off through that QHSUSB_DLOAD mode but i dont have the knowledge to write something like that up or how to issue the proper commands in Linux or what partitions to write to or even the proper chmod to make so im stuck with a nice little paper weight as of now with no devs on board it's looking a bit grim for me
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Oh my god I'm an idiot. I thought you were the op. *facepalm* sorry for the trouble.
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Mineturtle33 said:
Oh my god I'm an idiot. I thought you were the op. *facepalm* sorry. For the trouble.
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NOPE you are stuck helping me now lol
jjrizzelcincy said:
NOPE you are stuck helping me now lol
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I'll look into it. But as of now I'm a bit busy. Sorry.
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Mineturtle33 said:
I'll look into it. But as of now I'm a bit busy. Sorry.
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the only way i see a fix for mine since the fastboot cable did not help me get into fastboot mode is if we some how manage to get some devs over here which seems unlikely at this point but i still have hope one falls on a devs lap sometime soon
Hey guys
I got root, but then I changed the build prop to the one given in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782159
However it didn't boot properly,i.e. only the grey logo showed up, then black screen. No bootloop.
Then I thought factory reset would fix it?
no. now the pc doesn't recognise it. Please help! Same grey logo stuff but no PC recognition.
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No luck yet, but I remember a way I did before.It's not quite the same situation but...
I left the kindle on for a long time, and pressed the power button beyond the point from where it showed out of battery screen. It had like no batterypower at ALL. Yhen i plugged back up to PC and...
I'm trying it out now, if anyone is in the same position as me do the same!
Remember,charge only about 1-2%,if it doesn't work!
Thank you guys a LOT for support! I am in process of getting adb and stuff to work on linux...
let's see how it goes...
ferrouskid said:
Hey guys
I got root, but then I changed the build prop to the one given in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782159
However it didn't boot properly,i.e. only the grey logo showed up, then black screen. No bootloop.
Then I thought factory reset would fix it?
no. now the pc doesn't recognise it. Please help! Same grey logo stuff but no PC recognition.
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Does adb work ?
Patrick4 said:
Does adb work ?
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No, unfortunately!
Patrick4 said:
Does adb work ?
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No,
well
ferrouskid said:
No,
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That sucks..I didnt try to swap my whole prop build though.. I just modified my mine..I did it with rommanager lite...I do remember a permission problem if u did swap files or used file manager instead of propbuild editer...has any one got brave enough to try the fastboot option one row under the root option in chinese app?
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That sucks..I didnt try to swap my whole prop build though.. I just modified my mine..I did it with rommanager lite...I do remember a permission problem if u did swap files or used file manager instead of propbuild editer...has any one got brave enough to try the fastboot option one row under the root option in chinese app?
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Man any ideas?
Thanks
Hashcode and I have talked about it. There IS a working fastboot, but you can't get to it with a fastboot cable, and it's very buggy and not too useful. So it sounds like you are SOL. Sorry. :/
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ferrouskid said:
Man any ideas?
Thanks
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Fastboot system files?
jimyv said:
Fastboot system files?
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Wait I know android cowboy had the same problem some time ago. I'll ask him.
ferrouskid said:
Wait I know android cowboy had the same problem some time ago. I'll ask him.
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If anyone is in the same situation as me,I'm trying stuff out. First things first,I remember I bricked the kindle a while back. I made sure it was out of battery and then charged it a LITTLE and tried. doing that now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588608 QUOTE=ferrouskid;53393803]If anyone is in the same situation as me,I'm trying stuff out. First things first,I remember I bricked the kindle a while back. I made sure it was out of battery and then charged it a LITTLE and tried. doing that now.[/QUOTE]
Hi,
I was in the same situation. Luckily, the Kindle was semi-recognized with Linux (adb devices shows ??????? with no permissions), I just had to add the udev rules to allow the device listed in lsusb and then I was able to chmod build.prop to get everything back to work.
Hope it helps
Ptiwee said:
Hi,
I was in the same situation. Luckily, the Kindle was semi-recognized with Linux (adb devices shows ??????? with no permissions), I just had to add the udev rules to allow the device listed in lsusb and then I was able to chmod build.prop to get everything back to work.
Hope it helps
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HI, you did the factory reset, too?
ARUSTORI said:
HI, you did the factory reset, too?
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I didn't, though you should try my solution (I'd got a black screen after the grey logo).
I'm sorry but I won't try the factory reset to see if it works
I have the same problem currently, I'll use ubuntu and see if my kindle can get recognized, the cable I'm using also has a light on it so atleast we know its not dead lol.
Ause said:
I have the same problem currently, I'll use ubuntu and see if my kindle can get recognized, the cable I'm using also has a light on it so atleast we know its not dead lol.
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I'll be over the moon if this works, adb is installed, now waiting for flat kindle to charge...
Ptiwee said:
Hi,
I was in the same situation. Luckily, the Kindle was semi-recognized with Linux (adb devices shows ??????? with no permissions), I just had to add the udev rules to allow the device listed in lsusb and then I was able to chmod build.prop to get everything back to work.
Hope it helps
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Please expand on that. Thank you so much.
Ptiwee said:
Hi,
I was in the same situation. Luckily, the Kindle was semi-recognized with Linux (adb devices shows ??????? with no permissions), I just had to add the udev rules to allow the device listed in lsusb and then I was able to chmod build.prop to get everything back to work.
Hope it helps
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Can you please give the commands that you used?
That would be very helpful...
Thanks a lot for the help though
ferrouskid said:
Can you please give the commands that you used?
That would be very helpful...
Thanks a lot for the help though
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Connect your device to your computer.
By typing "adb devices", you should get this output :
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List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
Then type "lsusb" and note the ID of the Google Device (Should be 18d1:0001, but I'm not sure you will get the same).
Edit the file "/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules" and add the following lines (If the file doesn't exists create it). Replace 18d1 and 0001 with the values you get in lsusb :
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SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1", MODE="0666"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1",ATTR{idProduct}=="0001",SYMLINK+="android_adb"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb",ATTR{idVendor}=="18d1",ATTR{idProduct}=="0001",SYMLINK+="android_fastboot"
Run "sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules".
Restart your computer and you should be access your device using "adb shell".
Follow this post to restore your device : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53388919&postcount=23
Crap. I dont have access to a linux OS..ill have to call amazon i think.
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