I am visiting a member of my family and their Kindle Fire "Broke". It seems as if its bricked to fastboot mode only, as when you power it on, the kindle fire logo shows up and then very quickly swaps to the Fastboot logo. Im not too big on kindle stuff so so far I havent gotten anywhere and am having trouble. They wouldnt have rooted, enabled ADB, or done anything beyond vanilla kindle stuff. ADB wont recognize the device on my computer and nothing works on the device to get it into recovery or anything besides fastboot. I am using the stock cable but I have also tried multiple cables and USB ports and restarting computer and kindle. Not sure how to proceed as it seems like theres no way I can communicate with the device.
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I am visiting a member of my family and their Kindle Fire "Broke". It seems as if its bricked to fastboot mode only, as when you power it on, the kindle fire logo shows up and then very quickly swaps to the Fastboot logo. Im not too big on kindle stuff so so far I havent gotten anywhere and am having trouble. They wouldnt have rooted, enabled ADB, or done anything beyond vanilla kindle stuff. ADB wont recognize the device on my computer and nothing works on the device to get it into recovery or anything besides fastboot. I am using the stock cable but I have also tried multiple cables and USB ports and restarting computer and kindle. Not sure how to proceed as it seems like theres no way I can communicate with the device.
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I am having trouble getting consistent results with the "fastboot boot <recoverimgname>.img" command.
I am working with both an Amazon Fire 5th generation tablet, a Nexus 4 and HTC One X.
I followed the directions and youtube video posted by awesomeslayerg and rootjunkysdl for rooting the Amazon Fire, and was successfully able to do so (CyanogenMod version 12.1-20151115-UNOFICCIAL-ford, Android 5.1.1).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/development/wip-achieving-root-thread-t3238152
I was also able to put Android version 6.0 on the Nexus 4 by following these directions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-unofficial-cm13-marshmallow-builds-t3236487
The one thing I'm struggling with is the fastboot command "fastboot boot <recoverimgename>.img".
On both devices, I'm able to get the devices in communication with the PC (ie "fastboot devices" returns the appropriate information about the devices).
I then run the "fastboot boot <recoverimgename>.img" command:
For Fire: "fastboot boot TWRP_Fire_2.8.7.0.img" (obtained from http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/orig-development/twrp-recovery)
For Nexus 4: "fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-mako.img" (obtained at https://dl.twrp.me/mako/)
In both cases the recovery file is in the same directory from which I am running adb/fastboot.
The issue with both is that sometimes they'll reboot into the respective recovery, and sometimes they won't.
When they won't, the Nexus 4 hangs at the Google splash screen. The Amazon Fire boots to the system.
I can't figure out why they don't consistently boot to the recovery.
I've tried getting into fastboot mode via "adb reboot bootloader", by shutting the devices off and booting into fastboot manually (volume button + power switch), by rebooting to recovery then to fastboot, etc.
Also tried waiting a long time after getting the correct response to "fastboot devices" to make sure things had settled down.
Nothing seems to have given a consistent response.
I'd like to be sure that I can boot into a recovery on the PC when I need to (from fastboot on the device). At the moment it seems to be luck whether I can or not, but I assume there must be some cause that I can solve.
Anyone else experience this problem? Have ideas how to solve? Or can point me to a forum which is addressing this?
Thanks.
fastboot boot <recoverimgename>.img Inconsistency
I've just looked through the entire forum discussion on rooting the Amazon Fire 5th gen tablet, and not found an answer to this problem.
I've already rooted the Fire (Ford) and gotten Cyanogenmod 12.1-20151115-UNOFFICIAL-ford running on it, so this device is OK.
But I have continue to have erratic results booting to a recovery on the PC using fastboot: C
I can get the tablet connected to the PC in fastboot mode, fastboot devices gives me the right answer, my driver is Android Composite ADB Interface, and everything seems OK.
But most of the time when I enter the "fastboot boot TWRP_Fire_2.8.7.0.img" command the Fire reboots to system, and occasionally to Amazon's recovery version. Only occasionally to TWRP, and I don't know why.
How can I consistently boot into the TWRP_Fire_2.8.7.0.img recovery on the PC that I used when I rooted the thing in the first place?
Any ideas?
Hi,
Here's a guide you could try to be sure you are set up properly, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118
And as far as specific help for each device, you would be best to ask in those devices Q&A sections,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help
Or ask in the threads you linked yourself. :good:
Good luck!
Thanks much. I'll try the guide. I've managed to get it all to work (ie "fastboot boot TRWP_Fire_2.8.7.0.img") on another PC, so it must be the setup on the 1st PC. I'm really struggling with the drivers.
I'd post questions in the other threads, but don't have the status yet...
I also see that Amazon's new update has throw a monkey wrench into fiddling with the Fire. I'll keep working at it.
Darth said:
Hi,
Here's a guide you could try to be sure you are set up properly, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48915118
And as far as specific help for each device, you would be best to ask in those devices Q&A sections,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire/help
Or ask in the threads you linked yourself. :good:
Good luck!
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Go to your device sections and contribute some meaningful posts to threads that interest you, and you'll be able to post in the other threads in no time. :good:
Hi Everyone, can you kindly help me regarding this. I was recommended to ask for assistance from @ggow @draxie or @Davey126
I just was able to root my Kindle Thor and open up google play store yesterday, thanks to the help of Yousucks2, see belows Posts 83 to 90 of page 9
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ki...artially-fire-os-to-proper-rom-t3421623/page9
My problem started on page 10 from Posts 91 to 94 (which I will summarize here)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ki...rtially-fire-os-to-proper-rom-t3421623/page10
---- After rooting and being able to use Play store on my Kindle Fire Hdx 7 Thor, I was trying to access a game that was region locked, I tried several things and apps like VPN changer, then it led me to this app, Region Changer that was asking for root access, which I allowed. It was a last ditch effort and I shouldn't have used it and I should have just given up trying to access that game.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tw.TigerHuang.RegionChanger&hl=en
After using the app and allowing root access, I chose korean and while it was changing my settings to korean (I thought I could just change it back to English later, after I'm able to access the game) It froze my kindle for 5 minutes and I couldn't move anything, so i rebooted my device.
Kindle stuck at Kindle Fire logo with the “Kindle” word being white and “Fire” word being orange.
According to yousucks "Looks you soft bricked the tablet, the root access you allowed, probably change it some UI elements, and thats why the OS refuse to starts and stays on a loop"
I recommend you ask for assistance to @ggow @draxie or @Davey126 , they have high tech tknowledge levels to help you in this case , but you need explain what you did exactly ,and have the necessary tools and knowledge to apply the procedure (if be possible)
Open a new thrad asking for asistance.
Can someone help me or walk me through the procedures of unbricking this tablet, i remember doing Adb some time ago when modding my Fire Stick Tv.
Any help will highly be appreciated, Thank you.
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Interestingly enough, it matters less how you got into this state,
than what we have to work with. And, your post is a bit short on
those details. I understand your device was rooted. Other than
that, I'm guessing that it was stock FireOS (locked bootloader, no
TWRP)? Can you confirm? If so, what version?
And, the most important question(s) of all: how does the device
show up when connected to your computer (via USB)? Does it
respond to adb commands?
Hi draxie, device was just rooted the other day and was running on fire os 4.5.5.3
I haven’t use any twrp on it
I still haven’t connected it to my computer via Usb since I’m awaiting instructions on how to access it using adb commands
I just read this
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ho...use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/amp/
Do i need to install adb on my computer or the command line will do?
Sorry first time for me doing this can you guide me, the last time i did something similar was modding fire stick tv using command line and following instructions online
Thorhdx said:
I just read this
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ho...use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/amp/
Do i need to install adb on my computer or the command line will do?
Sorry first time for me doing this can you guide me, the last time i did something similar was modding fire stick tv using command line and following instructions online
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https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools.html
here is the adb and fastboot only if you dont want to install the whole package
if your phone could be detected we will see what can we do from there
Hi draxie, thanks, i unzipped the file from your link and installed all the exe on it. I was getting these
https://ibb.co/nxJtaR
https://ibb.co/cS5vpm
There must be a problem on my installation? Since it’s also showing on my friends kindle 5 & 7 the same thing “list of devices attached” even though they’re not soft bricked and usb debugging was allowed on those tablets
Sorry i read wrong, it was hope who sent that link, thank you hope
Thorhdx said:
Hi draxie, thanks, i unzipped the file from your link and installed all the exe on it. I was getting these
https://ibb.co/nxJtaR
https://ibb.co/cS5vpm
There must be a problem on my installation? Since it’s also showing on my friends kindle 5 & 7 the same thing “list of devices attached” even though they’re not soft bricked and usb debugging was allowed on those tablets
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did you try to do a factory reset ?
i guess doing that must reset the values changed by the app.
When I couldn't shut down the kindle, and it was stuck on the logo for more than an hour, i tried holding the power button around 10 seconds, and that could have done a factory reset of the device?
I figured what was missing when adb wasn't listing devices when testing kindle 5 & 7, i was missing the usb drivers for the laptop to recognize the kindles, so i installed it and both kindle 5 & 7 were recognized when typing "adb devices" on command prompt
But it still doesn't recognize kindle fire hdx 7 thor, and when i type adb devices it shows "list of devices attached" only and I get a notification everytime I plug it says "USB device not recognized" and everytime I try to install driver it says driver is up to date
I read this post #19 on this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200750&page=2
"if your issue is not hardbrick, which mean that you tablet can power up and display something on the screen then you have a chance to get it fixed, just look for the thread here and you will find a way to fix it."
I hope there's still a way to make this work
VID/PID??
Thorhdx said:
When I couldn't shut down the kindle, and it was stuck on the logo for more than an hour, i tried holding the power button around 10 seconds, and that could have done a factory reset of the device?
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Nope.
Not that it would help, but FYI: stock recovery
can do a factory reset, but that normally only
wipes your user-specific data. And, from what
you described the issue is probably a botched
build.prop in your /system partition (which is
NOT touched by a factory reset).
If you like you could try to enter stock recovery
by fully powering off the device (hold the Power
button until the screen goes black). And, then
holding the Volume-Up button and pressing
(and holding) the Power button until the grey
Kindle Fire logo appears.
Thorhdx said:
I figured what was missing when adb wasn't listing devices when testing kindle 5 & 7, i was missing the usb drivers for the laptop to recognize the kindles, so i installed it and both kindle 5 & 7 were recognized when typing "adb devices" on command prompt
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Are you using the official Amazon drivers?
https://developer.amazon.com/docs/fire-tablets/ft-set-up-your-kindle-fire-tablet-for-testing.html
Some people had better luck with other drivers
(which I cannot recall as I don't use Windows).
Thorhdx said:
But it still doesn't recognize kindle fire hdx 7 thor, and when i type adb devices it shows "list of devices attached" only and I get a notification everytime I plug it says "USB device not recognized" and everytime I try to install driver it says driver is up to date
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Could you _PLEASE_ check in Device Manager what
VendorID and ProductID your unrecognized USB device
reports to your system (assuming it enumerates)?
Hi Draxie, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Here are the images of the kindle fire, it seems that there is no vendor id and product id showing up in the details when I go into properties.
https://ibb.co/hmHVPm
https://ibb.co/c9RPjm
https://ibb.co/joRDc6
https://ibb.co/mEMqPm
I also cannot install the driver that I downloaded before and also from the link you sent.
https://ibb.co/iRJyAR
https://ibb.co/izNEjm
Thanks for the instructions regarding stock recovery, should I try it?
Thorhdx said:
Hi Draxie, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Here are the images of the kindle fire, it seems that there is no vendor id and product id showing up in the details when I go into properties.
https://ibb.co/hmHVPm
https://ibb.co/c9RPjm
https://ibb.co/joRDc6
https://ibb.co/mEMqPm
I also cannot install the driver that I downloaded before and also from the link you sent.
https://ibb.co/iRJyAR
https://ibb.co/izNEjm
Thanks for the instructions regarding stock recovery, should I try it?
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My point in doing factory reset was that: if the app changed only values in /data partition then this might allow you to boot up correctly
Rather than that you will have to flash stock frimware
No computer expert, eh? (-;
Thorhdx said:
it seems that there is no vendor id and product id showing up in the details when I go into properties.
https://ibb.co/mEMqPm
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In the dialog shown in the image above,
could try to select some _other_ property
(like VID / PID) beyond 'Device description'
from that drop-down menu?? (-;
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-Hope- said:
My point in doing factory reset was that: if the app changed only values in /data partition then this might allow you to boot up correctly
Rather than that you will have to flash stock frimware
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Personally, I doubt that changes in /data would stall
the startup process at such an early stage, but if the
data on the device is of no significant value (and/or
backups were taken), then it may be worth a try to
see if a factory reset helps.
@-Hope-: could you HIDE or otherwise tone down
your substantial signature? It hurts the eye... (-;
draxie said:
In the dialog shown in the image above,
could try to select some _other_ property
(like VID / PID) beyond 'Device description'
from that drop-down menu?? (-;
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Personally, I doubt that changes in /data would stall
the startup process at such an early stage, but if the
data on the device is of no significant value (and/or
backups were taken), then it may be worth a try to
see if a factory reset helps.
@-Hope-: could you HIDE or otherwise tone down
your substantial signature? It hurts the eye... (-;
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I do too but its worth a try
A last resort would be getting stock to be flashed
Removed the signature:laugh:
Hi Hope, Draxie,
Sorry I didn't get it about the VID/PID beyond device description lol know i understand went to plug the kindle and it wasn't as the same as before showing kindle on portable devices, this is what is showed
https://ibb.co/hp6wVR
Weird because it was showing kindle earlier, i tried to reboot device holding power button for 10 seconds and even rebooted PC, anyway since no kindle was shown on portable devices like before, i just got it from a pop up that showed regarding an unknown device when I plugged in the kindle
https://ibb.co/dbr24m
And there was no VID/PID I saw on the drop down list beyond device description
https://ibb.co/kg5OAR
https://ibb.co/dBVOAR
I doubt the kindle is the G because when I plugged the kindle earlier it showed G and Kindle separately
This was it earlier
https://ibb.co/hmHVPm
Regarding the G
https://ibb.co/dm3bVR
https://ibb.co/h6EiAR
https://ibb.co/fstX4m
https://ibb.co/bRsQPm
Is this the VID/PID below in between No connect sound and Class Long name
https://ibb.co/kxSs4m
I'm just checking so later when I'm able to go on the drop down list for the Kindle I got the correct values, the question is why is the kindle not showing on portable devices compared to now.
Also before I do a factory reset by:
fully powering off the device (hold the Power
button until the screen goes black). And, then
holding the Volume-Up button and pressing
(and holding) the Power button until the grey
Kindle Fire logo appears.
Is there a risk I may hard brick the device if I do a stock recovery? Or not really?
Also I know it's not the G:\ cause even when I unplug the kindle the G:\ is still showing
I'm still trying to make the kindle show in device manager in portable devices, will update you when it shows up there.
Also I just remembered - when I plugged in the kindle earlier to find it in device manager, there was no more battery, and while it was plugged in the USB it showed the red no battery sign, and while it was plugged in the USB port it charged the kindle and when it powered up it was then I saw it in the device manager
https://ibb.co/hmHVPm
But now even if I plug or unplug it, no kindle it showing on device manager
I probably should let the battery die and repeat the same thing, so I can get the VID/PID for the Kindle beyond the device description
Or should I do a factory reset now, no risk of hard brick?
Thorhdx said:
I probably should let the battery die and repeat the same thing, so I can get the VID/PID for the Kindle beyond the device description
Or should I do a factory reset now, no risk of hard brick?
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do not do a factory reset it seems to be a bad idea , trust me
What was the phone's frimware version? <=1314.3.2.6.*?
So Im running into a weird issue that I've never before experienced. I have an SM-T320 tablet and it currently has no OS installed. It was wiped via TWRP. After wipe completed, by tablet restarted abruptly and, ever since, has not gone past the splash screen. I tried entering recovery mode again many times and each time it failed.
My light at the end of the tunnel is download mode, which I've managed to enter. My tablet is currently in download mode, and ODIN sees it (I've attached a couple pictures). I managed to even follow this thread and my tablet restarts when ODIN finished but, again, does not go past the splash screen.
When I query all attached devices with `adb devices` command, it doesnt display it.
Any advice would be much appreciated.. I dont know what's going on. I've installed a variety of different drivers of different versions from a variety of different sources. Results are the same -- ODIN sees device, ADB doesnt.
Here are the images
wertywhy said:
So Im running into a weird issue that I've never before experienced. I have an SM-T320 tablet.......
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I don't have this device but, I believe that one or both of the following threads should be helpful for what you are looking to do that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3673338
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3303851
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3040594
One or more of them may be a bit dated but, the information should still apply...
Good Luck!
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Ibuprophen said:
I don't have this device but, I believe that one or both of the following threads should be helpful for what you are looking to do that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3673338
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3303851
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3040594
One or more of them may be a bit dated but, the information should still apply...
Good Luck!
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All three links don't help me because ADB does not list my device, which is the core problem. If I could just get ADB to recognize my device, I can run an `adb reboot recovery` and solve my problem that way.. but alas I can't get ADB to see my tablet. This is so odd to me.. it cannot be a driver issue because ODIN sees my device.
Solved my issue by flashing firmware on device.
my problem is the opposite , My amazon fire hd 7 9th gen is recognized in adb as devices, but it is not recognized in odin I tried both use mtp (windows 10 driver), and the kindle fire stock driver, but still not detected in odin and still recognized somehow in adb. some help would be nice
Samsung Odin is a very lightweight and easy-to-use Stock ROM flashing tool for the Samsung Galaxy line of devices including Samsung smartphones and tablet devices.
Dan TBA said:
my problem is the opposite , My amazon fire hd 7 9th gen is recognized in adb as devices, but it is not recognized in odin I tried both use mtp (windows 10 driver), and the kindle fire stock driver, but still not detected in odin and still recognized somehow in adb. some help would be nice
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you can't use odin for other devices except samsung.