Hey everyone,
first off, I have my Kindle for a few weeks now and it's my first Androit device. I started reading into rooting and adb commands only a few days ago, so please excuse me if I'm not writing accurately with some terms. Additionally, I could not find a similar problem via searching.
Here's my problem (I'll try to be as detailed as possible):
I rooted my KFSOWI running 11.3.1.0 yesterday using Moronigs rooting method. It went well and I had full root access (typing su in an adb shell resulted in an # and all that).
Today I wanted to edit the framework-res.apk to exchange some images. Stupid as I tend to be I wanted to rename the original file and then paste my modified one. The device started giving out various crashes, telling me that lots of apps stopped working. Only then I realised that the file is needed to run the system. Unfortunately the Kindle had shut down at some point and when I boot it now it only gives me a black screen (although the backlight is still on).
Here's what I tried so far:
1. I wanted to adb push the modified file to the system/framework folder, but it tells me that the folder is read-only.
2. So I wanted to change permissions but it seems I don't have root access anymore (I don't even get the # output in the adb-shell after typing su).
3. I tried installing the package via adb but it says "Error: COuld not access package manager. Is the system running?"
I guess it doesn't boot up the package manager and root access. You guys have any idea what I can do right now? Seems like a lost cause to me. And if so, can I try sending it back via warranty?
Any help is very much appreciated. And thanks for all the great work on these forums.
Does nobody have an idea? Would be very sad if I couldn't use it anymore. Although I'm the only one to blame. Does someone have experience on sending it back to amazon for warranty? As far as I know rooted devices lose their warranty.. :-/
Karelian_ said:
Hey everyone,
first off, I have my Kindle for a few weeks now and it's my first Androit device. I started reading into rooting and adb commands only a few days ago, so please excuse me if I'm not writing accurately with some terms. Additionally, I could not find a similar problem via searching.
Here's my problem (I'll try to be as detailed as possible):
I rooted my KFSOWI running 11.3.1.0 yesterday using Moronigs rooting method. It went well and I had full root access (typing su in an adb shell resulted in an # and all that).
Today I wanted to edit the framework-res.apk to exchange some images. Stupid as I tend to be I wanted to rename the original file and then paste my modified one. The device started giving out various crashes, telling me that lots of apps stopped working. Only then I realised that the file is needed to run the system. Unfortunately the Kindle had shut down at some point and when I boot it now it only gives me a black screen (although the backlight is still on).
Here's what I tried so far:
1. I wanted to adb push the modified file to the system/framework folder, but it tells me that the folder is read-only.
2. So I wanted to change permissions but it seems I don't have root access anymore (I don't even get the # output in the adb-shell after typing su).
3. I tried installing the package via adb but it says "Error: COuld not access package manager. Is the system running?"
I guess it doesn't boot up the package manager and root access. You guys have any idea what I can do right now? Seems like a lost cause to me. And if so, can I try sending it back via warranty?
Any help is very much appreciated. And thanks for all the great work on these forums.
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At this point, I would send it back to Amazon. all they will check for is physical damage and send it back to China. I hear some people bricking their tablet several times and getting a replacement. Thing is that Amazon's warranty questions are only water damage and did you drop it questions. So you don't even have to BS them to get a replacement.
If you have a fast boot cable you might restore it. Now it's not the cable that came with Kindle, it's a special programming cable that will put it into fast boot mode.
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braider said:
If you have a fast boot cable you might restore it. Now it's not the cable that came with Kindle, it's a special programming cable that will put it into fast boot mode.
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There are no exploits for this boot loader yet. Don't think a fastboot cord will do much at the time.
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Did noone come up with a solution, because i did the same thing, with the framework-res.apk
i can make a fastboot cable if itll do any good without an unlocked bootloader. could i possibly push the most recent update.bin from amazon and restore the device to stock???
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i wouldnt take bricked for an answer and i found a fix
what i did was make sure the kindle was connected to adb and typed the following
adb reboot
adb wait-for-device shell su
the shell managed to snag the SU file and displayed # before the device looped thru all of the boot apps over and over, but then CMD froze.
so i tried this
adb reboot
adb wait-for-device shell su mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/omap/omap.hsmmc.1/by-name/system /system
and in one line got root access and remounted the system as RW
my problem was that framework-res APK was replaced with ZIP so all i had to do was rename it
# cp /system/framework/framework-res.zip /system/framework/framework-res.apk
and success!!
# exit
$ exit
adb reboot
and she booted right up!!!!
First response so please be kind. My KFSOWI is stuck in the bootloop too. I have a factory cable and can get into fastboot but don't have any factory images to restore. Anyone have any ideas?
Do you get any adb access? I don't think casebook will be any help until someone unlocks the bootloader
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This release has been out in the wild for several days now for the Rezound. Everyone who has gotten it to work reports root lasting much longer than previous methods. I am glad that it is working out for others. This should also work on other devices, such as the Vivid and that is why I am posting it here. There is nothing about it that makes it work specifically for the Rezound.
It still uses zergrush and absolutely does not provide any other capability than other temp roots. (Although some people have reported root apps see root better so it might actually be better). The only difference is I have the things relating to root (ie su,busybox, etc) stored in a ramdisk that lasts alot longer (I have not seen of a report of it being lost before a reboot yet) than things "written" or linked to /system. This is because we still have /system write locked so when we write things to it (like the original zergrush implementation) it gets forgotten after while.
Your mileage may vary. I am obviously not responsible for bricks, data loss, etc if you use this. I and others have used it for about a week and it has been fine.
To use:
0) Make sure superuser isn't installed
1) Reboot phone (full reboot), make sure usb debugging is on.
2) Plug in phone in charge only mode to PC.
3) Kill everything in the built in task manager, then go back to the rosie home screen.
4) Extract zip and doubleclick temproot.bat
5) There is a 20 second time out at the beginning just in case you forgot to plug in your phone, etc so you have time to cancel the process before it starts. To skip it just hit enter on the keyboard or wait the 20 seconds.
6) Hit the thanks button (bottom left of this post) if you like it!
Let me know if you like it better or if something bad happens so I can take it down. Lets hope we get S-Off soon and don't have to deal with this temp root **** anymore.
Troubleshooting:
1) Bootlooping? Pull the battery. If you still are boot looping, an RUU restore may be necessary. I believe this has only happened to one user and it was likely a result of something that was done AFTER root and not directly caused by this program.
2) Just not working? Reboot both your PC and Phone. If ADB cannot see your phone, it is not a fault of the program. If you haven't gotten other temp root methods to work, it is likely this one won't either.
con247 said:
This release has been out in the wild for several days now for the Rezound. Everyone who has gotten it to work reports root lasting much longer than previous methods. I am glad that it is working out for others. This should also work on other devices, such as the Vivid and that is why I am posting it here. There is nothing about it that makes it work specifically for the Rezound.
It still uses zergrush and absolutely does not provide any other capability than other temp roots. (Although some people have reported root apps see root better so it might actually be better). The only difference is I have the things relating to root (ie su,busybox, etc) stored in a ramdisk that lasts alot longer (I have not seen of a report of it being lost before a reboot yet) than things "written" or linked to /system. This is because we still have /system write locked so when we write things to it (like the original zergrush implementation) it gets forgotten after while.
Your mileage may vary. I am obviously not responsible for bricks, data loss, etc if you use this. I and others have used it for about a week and it has been fine.
To use:
0) Make sure superuser isn't installed
1) Reboot phone (full reboot), make sure usb debugging is on.
2) Plug in phone in charge only mode to PC.
3) Kill everything in the built in task manager, then go back to the rosie home screen.
4) Extract zip and doubleclick temproot.bat
5) There is a 20 second time out at the beginning just in case you forgot to plug in your phone, etc so you have time to cancel the process before it starts. To skip it just hit enter on the keyboard or wait the 20 seconds.
6) Hit the thanks button (bottom left of this post) if you like it!
Let me know if you like it better or if something bad happens so I can take it down. Lets hope we get S-Off soon and don't have to deal with this temp root **** anymore.
Troubleshooting:
1) Bootlooping? Pull the battery. If you still are boot looping, an RUU restore may be necessary. I believe this has only happened to one user and it was likely a result of something that was done AFTER root and not directly caused by this program.
2) Just not working? Reboot both your PC and Phone. If ADB cannot see your phone, it is not a fault of the program. If you haven't gotten other temp root methods to work, it is likely this one won't either.
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Just don't execute the program again after you have done it once, or it will boot loop the vivid to high hell. And you'll have to do a factory reset.
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Did that just happen to you? There is a 20 second timeout for a reason...
Is there a possibility in making a Mac or Linux friendly version?
Thank
Drew
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drewdatrip said:
Is there a possibility in making a Mac or Linux friendly version?
Thank
Drew
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If you know how to use adb on Mac or Linux you can just run the equivalent command one by one
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Code:
timeout /T 20
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/sh
adb push zergRush /data/local/
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/zergRush
adb shell /data/local/zergRush
adb wait-for-device
adb shell sleep 1
adb remount
adb shell mkdir /system/xbin
adb shell mount -t tmpfs none /system/xbin
adb push busybox /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell cd /system/xbin
adb shell /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
adb install Superuser.apk
Does nothing different from the original scripts that were posted here a month ago.
Read my OP bud. I have downloaded all of the ones posted in your Vivid section and made sure. This one stores the root to a ramdisk that lasts until a reboot instead of /system rw mount going away after a short time.
I had a problem pushing this to the phone at first. Then I made sure the screen didnt time out and everything worked fine for me....just a little FYI incase someone runs into this problem as well.
Thanks
Didn't work for me.
I followed the instructions to the letter, and when I ran the batch file, there was no 20-second wait; it started immediately. It found the phone, went through the "sending speedbots" or whatever, and then rebooted the phone. It then re-ran ADB with "wait-for-phone" and the phone got stuck in a bootloop. I kept it connected to the PC and did a battery pull, and as the Beats Audio logo came up during boot, the command window on my PC flashed some more text and then closed. I let the phone completely boot and tried to run Titanium Backup and I get an error indicating it doesn't have root access. Any thoughts?
BTW - running Windows XP on a Dell Optiplex 755 with 4GB of RAM.
UPDATE - I tried performing the whole process again, and it ran for about 10 seocnds then just closed. So, I tried again, and it went through the process, up to rebooting my phone and indicating "wait-for-device," but the phone never completely shut down; it hung at that shutdown point where the entire screen is black but you can see a bit of lighting. So I did another battery pull and turned the phone on again, and after about 15 seconds, the command window scrolled a bunch more stuff and then closed and the phone continued to boot. It did manage to boot this time without a battery pull and no loops, and SU is there, but when I run Titanium Backup, I still get a "phone not rooted" error.
Looks like I'm waiting for perm root. Thanks for your work though. I'm glad it worked for others. Viva la Android!!!!
FYI: I did disable bloatware using a script, within the same command prompt window right after achieving temporary root.
The bloatware APPS and widgets remain disabled even after full reboots, including a battery pull.
I'm very grateful to temporary root, since it allows to disable most of the pre-installed bloatware.
Went from bad to worse.
I ran this on my phone last night, and even though it didn't temp root my phone, it still ran fine for the rest of the night and all day today. I decided to reboot the phone before I went to bed and now I am stuck in some kind of loop. The phone actually boots to the lock screen, and I can unlock it, but some of the icons on my homescreen don't load and the phone becomes unresponsive after about 10 seconds and then reboots. It's done this about 10 times and a battery pull does not resolve the issue. Help?
Have you tried a factory reset ? After that it may allow you to run the temp root. At least that is what happened once when I tried it.
Well through trial and error, I have found out several things...
1. The temp root that comes with the Rezound Clean Tool is the only temp root tool I can get to work.
2. Even if you have BT turned on before using the Rezound Clean Tool, turning it off permanently disables it until a reboot is done.
3. It is common for the Rezound to suddenly start boot looping, even if you haven't done any rooting or anything. This is caused by the connection type in Phone Properties randomly changing to a type that is incompatible with the Verizon SIM. (Google search "rezound boot loop" and you'll find the fix quite easily.) Also, removing the battery cover may disable the antenna but only a SIM-less boot will stop the boot looping so that the communication type can be set back to what it should be.
4. I still love this phone. It is the best phone on the market today; it has the fastest processor available from any carrier and has the most internal memory of phones that allows for removeable storage.
Thanks to all the devs for their hard work - I can't wait for perm root and custom ROMs!!!!
I Recently Rooted My KFHD7
Whilst messing around I accidently deleted SystemUI.apk
Now whenever I turn on my kindle, I get the unlock screen (Go Locker) and then when I unlock it I just get a black screen.
I tried pushing the file back into /system/app using adb but I got and error saying it was read-only
Also, I tried doing remount but I got: Access Denied: Operation Cannot Be Completed
Can Anyone Help?
EDIT: I Tried doing adb reboot bootloader, but it failed. I then tried doing adb reboot recovery, I then reset my kindle, now I can access my homescreen but anything past that is blank, I also now have the additional problem of ADB being disabled and no way to re-enable it
smallboy99 said:
I Recently Rooted My KFHD7
Whilst messing around I accidently deleted SystemUI.apk
Now whenever I turn on my kindle, I get the unlock screen (Go Locker) and then when I unlock it I just get a black screen.
I tried pushing the file back into /system/app using adb but I got and error saying it was read-only
Also, I tried doing remount but I got: Access Denied: Operation Cannot Be Completed
Can Anyone Help?
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You need to put it into fastboot by doing "adb reboot bootloader" and install twrp recovery then either reinstall stock, install cm10.1, or install Kinology. That's the only way I can think of.
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You need to put it into fastboot by doing "adb reboot bootloader" and install twrp recovery then either reinstall stock, install cm10.1, or install Kinology. That's the only way I can think of.
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Thanks for the advice!, I will try asap, also, I thought you needed a factory cable for fast boot. Anyway, Thanks A Bunch :highfive:
Same problem
I also recently re-rooted my KFHD since the most recent amazon OTA update. I was dicking around out of my league and renamed the Systemui.apk File to Sysui.apk (don't ask me to explain). I know very little about the rooting process and the filesystem in general but dicked around anyway.
Now i unlock and have a black screen. I downloaded Android Commander in the hopes of accessing the .apk and Renaming it back to the original Systemui.apk in hopes of restoring it's functionality. BUT of course Android commander says i DO NOT have root access therefore I cannot rename the .apk file. Please help. and also feel free to dumb it down so i can get my KFHD back! I am very upset about this and will not sleep right knowing i ****ed this up after so much work to get this device the way i like it finally.
I have a rooted kfhd and I accidently removed SystemUI.apk. I can power on the kindle and it will take me to lock screen...after i unlock i get black screen. I tryed to push SystemUI.apk back with adb but it failes. "failed to copy 'SystemUI.apk' to 'system/app/SystemUI.apk' : Read only file system".
Can i unbrick my kindle without factory cable?
And if so can someone tell me how
Thank you
muska.ovidiu said:
I have a rooted kfhd and I accidently removed SystemUI.apk. I can power on the kindle and it will take me to lock screen...after i unlock i get black screen. I tryed to push SystemUI.apk back with adb but it failes. "failed to copy 'SystemUI.apk' to 'system/app/SystemUI.apk' : Read only file system".
Can i unbrick my kindle without factory cable?
And if so can someone tell me how
Thank you
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Yes, you need a fastboot cord now to flash the original firmware. You can get one on Ebay or buy a tip here http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm or make your own with instructions located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207122
Use this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Now you want to do is make sure to download SDK so you can use ADB and fastboot commands. Here is a video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw
Should the drivers be a little outdated, Stunts has some good ones here that have helped many http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477379
Good Luck
Actually if you don't mind putting some time in you could fix without reflashing it, you need to mount /system as read/write and push systemui.apk to the sdcard, the cp it to /system/app, then chmod its permissions and it would fix the problem.
^^ his method is way easier though.
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stunts513 said:
Actually if you don't mind putting some time in you could fix without reflashing it, you need to mount /system as read/write and push systemui.apk to the sdcard, the cp it to /system/app, then chmod its permissions and it would fix the problem.
^^ his method is way easier though.
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can you put the lists of comands pls...i cant get a factory cablle...
how do i mount system as a read/write?
how do i copy it from sdcard to system/app
and how do i chmod it.
As long as you already had adb enabled you don't need a fastboot cable, just run
Code:
su -c "reboot bootloader"
and it should go into fastboot where you can reflash it.
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I believe I habe the kfsowi model. it is 11.3.1.0 it is rooted and I am wanting to factory reset it but I dont have a factory cable. just a normal usb cable that I've been using adb to transfer and even instlal some files because through tweaking it, it lead to a missing status bar in which i change the qmenu = to 0 and 1 or whatever in build.prop but no matter what it doesnt keep the status bar active at all times like it should be. it is non existent until i click on an app in apex, adw or any launcher ive tried then it flashes and disappears. during this flash it is not usable no matter how fast i click it.
also a small issue it has is ever reboot, it says kindle is upgrading but it is not upgrading at all because i have tried to click check now in settings to check for updates but every time it says update failed. next after that message it says starting applications for about 20 seconds. long bootup. i have probably messed with tweak i shouldnt have with pimp my rom and also android tweaker 2 and pro before it became 2. so the status bar is non existent. sucks cause cant even get facebook notifications lol.
i did factory reset it by the menu and also by using andromizer app to click recovery mode and do it that way.
(without status bar i been using all in one gestures but now recently i switched to using LMT.
this kindle has a few issues since i made it kinda as minimal as i could and probably uninstalled a couple things i shouldnt of lol like it only installs apps with adb install and adb install -r sometimes as well as through 1mobile market which is awesome. it will not sideload anything now because through uninstalling an extra deal or two i should of, it wont allow me to enable unknown sources installation through menus. if anyone knows a way to do this through terminal of linux that would be great
thanks to any help
or would there be any way to use the water beta without the cable and only using adb or any other steps. which to my understanding is the only rom so far. thanks
If you are rooted You should I think be able to run these commands from a terminal in Linux, if you meant a terminal on your kindle then take off the and shell in the commands I list to run.
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot bootloader
I think if you are rooted it will kick it into fastboot and you can restore without a cable.
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thanks for the quick reply. yeah i am speaking of terminal from debian/ubuntu. I enter those commands you give me and it is recognizing the device. With adb I can even push files to install since it is screwed up and I can't access the menu part for installing from unknown sources. that is the worst part of the few issues I have with it.
after I enter those commands it only reboots normally. it doesn't go into the bootloader. I can get it to go into recovery mode where I am able to just do a normal wipe of the device but that is about it.
just to make sure I understand this. with a fastboot cable and all it is a different method from just a normal "wipe and reset" isn't it? it is using an untouched .img or something to put back to actual FACTORY as if bought from store? cause the normal wipe and factory reset doesn't put back the items I uninstalled of course from system and what not.
also is this safe to do without a factory cable. I just haven't ever needed one before and even if there is an extra step or two I don't mind instead of waiting a week for a cable.
Actually you might not even need the fastboot cable, if I remember correctly the restore method for that device would normally flash a system image that is smaller and incomplete because the system IMG is to big for fastboots 's buffer, then when it was just bootable enough to have adb push a file, it would push a amazon update file and run a command that forces the system partition to update back to stock from the update zip. So you should be able to simply push the update file for your amazon os version or older/newer and force update it. I don't have instructions handy right now for doing this and its late so maybe I post them tomorrow.
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stunts513 said:
Actually you might not even need the fastboot cable, if I remember correctly the restore method for that device would normally flash a system image that is smaller and incomplete because the system IMG is to big for fastboots 's buffer, then when it was just bootable enough to have adb push a file, it would push a amazon update file and run a command that forces the system partition to update back to stock from the update zip. So you should be able to simply push the update file for your amazon os version or older/newer and force update it. I don't have instructions handy right now for doing this and its late so maybe I post them tomorrow.
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if you could do that that'd be awesome. thanks. I just read up about a locked bootloader but I've seen it's made some progress. I just need to be sure to not turn it into a drink coaster lol.
I finally found a way to do factory reset thanks to gran pc
How to reinstall FireOS
Botched your /system partition beyond recognition? Everything is broken? Dropped your #Kindle in a sea of piss and need to RMA it? Fear not! You can just reinstall FireOS and get it looking just as if we had never touched it!
First of all, you'll have to root your tablet. I'm assuming you know how to do this!
Once that's done, put this file -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin -- in /sdcard/ (you can use adb push).
Then run these commands:
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb shell
[email protected]:/$ su -
[email protected]:/# cp /sdcard/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin /cache/update.zip
[email protected]:/# echo --update_package=/cache/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
[email protected]:/# exit
[email protected]:/$ exit
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb reboot recovery
If everything went well, you should see the 'installing update' screen -- and once you're booted, we're back to stock! We did it!!!!!!
s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin
funny thing is I rerooted after the clean update and forgot all about OTA's being automatic of course. The damn thing upgraded to 11.3.2.2 which I searched has NO root exploit right now. I am wondering if I can do the same above steps to go back to 11.3.1 but that is a downgrade and I am worried about a brick although amazon new update is like an iphone you can't tell any difference haha
also is the above way how you install ICE or hellfire?
slixz85 said:
I finally found a way to do factory reset thanks to gran pc
How to reinstall FireOS
Botched your /system partition beyond recognition? Everything is broken? Dropped your #Kindle in a sea of piss and need to RMA it? Fear not! You can just reinstall FireOS and get it looking just as if we had never touched it!
First of all, you'll have to root your tablet. I'm assuming you know how to do this!
Once that's done, put this file -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin -- in /sdcard/ (you can use adb push).
Then run these commands:
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb shell
[email protected]:/$ su -
[email protected]:/# cp /sdcard/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin /cache/update.zip
[email protected]:/# echo --update_package=/cache/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
[email protected]:/# exit
[email protected]:/$ exit
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb reboot recovery
If everything went well, you should see the 'installing update' screen -- and once you're booted, we're back to stock! We did it!!!!!!
s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin
funny thing is I rerooted after the clean update and forgot all about OTA's being automatic of course. The damn thing upgraded to 11.3.2.2 which I searched has NO root exploit right now. I am wondering if I can do the same above steps to go back to 11.3.1 but that is a downgrade and I am worried about a brick although amazon new update is like an iphone you can't tell any difference haha
also is the above way how you install ICE or hellfire?
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ah good you found it before i could look it up. It will downgrade just fine, but you will probably need a fastboot cable to do it. If ICE or hellfire are roms then no, the 2013 isn't flashable with the exception of kindlewater. Since the bootloader is locked we are limited to using amazon's bootimg(kernel+intram fs).
stunts513 said:
ah good you found it before i could look it up. It will downgrade just fine, but you will probably need a fastboot cable to do it. If ICE or hellfire are roms then no, the 2013 isn't flashable with the exception of kindlewater. Since the bootloader is locked we are limited to using amazon's bootimg(kernel+intram fs).
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ok sounds like I need to find out if putting water on this without a fastboot cable is possible then
Ok first off, I successfully rooted my device and was able to see SU app and I could adb shell su into the device. However I was unable to ADB install xxx.apk due to permissions. I was reading I needed to chmodd 777 the system folder and change the default.prop file however I only ever got to chmod 777 and backed out of that idea. Did I somehow brick my device?
When I turn it on I see "Kindle Fire" logo however it just goes black after that. I may just return it to Amazon and say it was DOA and get a new one... just got it yesterday
EDIT: Ended up just sending it back and getting a new one... didn't feel like fixing it. I think messing with the shell broke something because I didn't have any issues rooting the 2 new kindles I got