Ok so here's what happened.
I rooted my nook with autonooter 3.0.0, then I installed rom manager to install cwm. I installed the latest version of cwm and I tried to make a backup, it ended up in my nook only booting in cwm. So I found a cwm removal script and removed cwm. I booted my nook and opened rom manager and I decided to try an older version of cwm. I pressed make a backup in rom manager and it just went into a boot loop. I can't really turn off my nook, and I can't really turn it on. It just keeps going to "touch the future of reading", then turns off, then a couple of minutes later, goes back to "touch the future of reading". To make it clear, I do not have a backup.
So can anyone please assist me in fixing my nook? I'm in a dead end here.
Sounds like a boot loop try
Method one: Eight interrupted Boots
1. Power off the nook.
2. Tap the power button.
3. As soon as Welcome to the future of reading appears, hold the power button down to interrupt the boot process.
* If the boot animation does not appear, add 1 to your interrupted boot count.
* If the boot animation DOES appear, your interrupted boot count is reset to zero. Start over.
4. Repeat from step 2 until your failed boot count reaches 8. At this point, the nook will re-flash its /system partition. You will see the process on the right.
From Nook Devs
i went through this yesterday... i was told you can't brick a nook color so I restored it back to the original firmware...go to this website www.theunlockr.com then click the how to's then go to Android and look for Nook Color then look for how to restore to stock firmware and follow the instructions. they worked for me and I'm sure they will work for you also...Good Luck
Stupner said:
Method one: Eight interrupted Boots
1. Power off the nook.
2. Tap the power button.
3. As soon as Welcome to the future of reading appears, hold the power button down to interrupt the boot process.
* If the boot animation does not appear, add 1 to your interrupted boot count.
* If the boot animation DOES appear, your interrupted boot count is reset to zero. Start over.
4. Repeat from step 2 until your failed boot count reaches 8. At this point, the nook will re-flash its /system partition. You will see the process on the right.
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Thing is, I can't power off or power on the nook.
I'm going to try and restore it to stock.
bennook said:
Ok so here's what happened.
I rooted my nook with autonooter 3.0.0, then I installed rom manager to install cwm. I installed the latest version of cwm and I tried to make a backup, it ended up in my nook only booting in cwm. So I found a cwm removal script and removed cwm. I booted my nook and opened rom manager and I decided to try an older version of cwm. I pressed make a backup in rom manager and it just went into a boot loop. I can't really turn off my nook, and I can't really turn it on. It just keeps going to "touch the future of reading", then turns off, then a couple of minutes later, goes back to "touch the future of reading". To make it clear, I do not have a backup.
So can anyone please assist me in fixing my nook? I'm in a dead end here.
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You need to boot a stock image. Try this link http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...ll-clockwork-recovery-revert-stock-image.html
I'm So hoping someone will help me, I tried to root my device but it didn't work I couldnt get off the software so I installed 2gb clockwork 0.7 and nook complete restore 1.0.1 I followed all tutorials carefully, but when it comes to restore data it says no files found. Lost, I went ahead with the restore. It appeared to work except now I get a message flashing up that I cant read the screen just flashes and I think the partitions are lost too. I'm on the verge of tears. (im a girl dont judge) lol. And I'm lost with my expensive doorstop. PLEASE can anyone help me fix this as i'm at a loss (
No need to worry. The nice thing about the NC is that it will always boot from the SD card first. Sounds like you tried this...I suggest deleting everything you have (clockwork mod files, stock restore files etc) re-download everything and start fresh.
on your computer, format your uSD card, use Win32DiskImager to flash the clockwork mod boot image onto the uSD card and copy over the stock restore files. Place the uSD card into the NC and reboot. you should boot into clockwork mod and from there you can install the stock zip file from the uSD card.
GL!
Thanks,
I managed to get it working by resetting 8 times and booting a factory reset, but now it wont install any updayes and i'm stuck on the poo 1.01 software. I tried putting the official update on clockwork and booting from there but it says file bad with any version I use (screams in frustration)
This will fix your partitions
It was awhile ago, so I don't remember the exact steps, but the following file will fix everything...
nookie-froyo-0.6.8.custom.3.zip
When you unzip it you will get the following:
nookie-froyo-0.6.8.custom.3.img
You will need a program like 'WinImage' to write this image file to your SD Chip. Once done, boot your Nook with this chip and install Froyo. You probably don't want Froyo, but thats OK. This is just the first step... but it is key.... This install will 100% recreate and fix all your partitions.
Now you have two choices,
1. Find a stock nook image, and install it to your nook. I think it is 1.01
or
2. Find 'boot.img' and 'system.img' for the nook color. Write those to a bootable SD chip and install.
I am not sure if it was #1 or #2 that worked for me. Try #1 first. If it works, you will be able to start up your nook and register it with B and N. Then you can download their 1.2 update and install it as they instruct.
Good luck.
Follow this thread and you can get it back to original stock 1.0 or 1.01 and then do the updates as normal by waiting for OTA or sideloading them.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=931720
Thank you guys I've followed your steps and also looked around this site and im back on the latest stock software. I appreciate your help
Hey, my buddy let me borrow his rooted NC running the Honeycomb Preview on it. He wanted to see what MIUI looked like on it, and let me put it on there for him. I guess I was dumb to assume this was running Android, so it must flash files like any android phone.
He has some program to boot the NC into clockwork mod recovery. While in CW recovery, I wiped data, but after this, it froze while in CW recovery! I've never encountered this, so I just decided to reboot the thing and go from there. It rebooted and directed me to the set-up screen with the green android dude with the persons hand telling me to press him
"Welcome to LogicPD Zoom 2"
No matter what I press, nothing responds. I read up on http://nookdevs.com/Flash_back_to_clean_stock_ROM#ixzz1AAsuy5td and tried to accomplish the 8 restart thing. I don't think I can complete that because whenever I boot up, it immediately puts on a splash screen that says "Loading.."
No part of the boot cycle does it say "Welcome to the future of reading"
Is it possible flashing this thing back to stock? I tried to tap into adb, so I could put it into bootloader from there, but my adb doesn't recognize it. Even with the "adbfix.bat" file.
Any help will help.
Thanks
First, load an image of CWR v3.2.0.1 on an SD card. Then, get a CM7 ROM and the market app .zip file and put them on the card and you should be good to go. Older versions of CWR tend to freeze up when wiping the cache....
In my opinion, no one should be running Honeycomb on the Nook unless off an SD card as a secondary "toy".
Well thanks for the suggestion. I couldn't boot into any kind of recovery mode, which made things kinda confusing.
I fixed my adb issue, so luckily, I could log into adb. I cleared data and cache through adb, and than downloaded the boot.img file and system.img file. Pushed those to the nook that way. Now I'm back to out of box status ready to put some MIUI goodness on here.
I'm new to rooting & customized OS...
using Kindle Fire 7" 7.4.6 D025
I've rooted the Kindle (I've downloaded a checker to confirm)
I have also downloaded CM 10.1.3, put onto the device.
I can't go into recovery mode (I've tried pressing Power repeatedly but no use... If I can get into recovery mode, then I can boot CM from there.
My other question is, what is the purpose of TeamWin?
Is there an apk file I can download?
Many thanks
OK I think from reading this you haven't done your research yet, first off to get into recovery you hold down volume down after the device powers on, second of all this device's stock recovery doesn't allow for flashing ROMs. Team win is referring to twrp, the recovery we have to use on kindle fires, we also have to use second boot loader because this device is a high security device with a locked boot loader. In short twrp isn't an apk u install, however one of the methods for installing it is. I suggest you read through this entire thread and make backups like it says: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909
Two key things to note, you already did part ofone of them so good for you, that was put the ROM and the gapps zip on your kindle ahead of time so you can flash it when it starts boot looping into recovery, so don't forget the gapps zip or you won't have Google play store and such. The other thing is make sure you check the box in fireflash about downgrading the boot loader, it should have red text warning you about this. If you don't check this box you will need a fastboot to recover from the red screen on boot up that will happen. Also kinda suggest a newer ROM from our dev section like cm 10.2 or cm 11, or any variants, funny coming from me that is running cm 10.1, but that is because I couldn't get the tablet ui patch to work on cm 10.2 so I stuck with it.
Anyways hope this points you in the right direction, please read over that entire tutorial, you don't want to miss something.
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The only thing i see wrong with that 2nd post is to enter TWRP from power down is power on tablet and hold down the Vol UP key, not the Vol down key.
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I was wrong to write posts, I ask the moderators to delete posts!
I'm sorry
DISCLAIMER: I'm as always, not responsible for any bricks, damages to your device, or any other "bad" effect this guide may or may not have on your device. Also doing this voids your warranty. ALSO... please read the "common mistakes" section at the bottom of the post. Good luck!
Checked/Updated: November 18th, 2017, all the links check out, I've logged into my old MEGA account to keep them alive. Cheers everyone
NOTE* VERY IMPORTANT! Don't bother installing this without installing android! Why? Every time you reboot with the stock OS, it erases the recovery. At least on 8.5.1. After installing the recovery, IMMEDIATELY power off your device, boot into recovery manually, and install android. Never, I repeat NEVER use fire flash to reboot into recovery, it will soft brick your device, which you need a computer to fix.
NOTE2* I did not create any of these files, I simply put them all in one place and kept them in my mega drive (I never use it so the links should be good for a while
It's rooting time guys!
iroot.apk : https://mega.nz/#!0Z0AFB7b!LgIwouIzy6IYPFEVpKdL7fkWTWdEKJX-gV00mwXXYrE
So, now that you have iroot downloaded, go ahead and install it. Now open it and you should see your device (KFJWI) at the top, and a big button in the center. Tap it, and it will begin rooting your device. (Don't interrupt it!). When it's finished, reboot your kindle, and you should now be rooted! You'll find an app called "King User" in your device apps, it just manages root (like Super SU) and is needed to use root. Now for TWRP!
So here's the VERY STRAIGHT-FORWARD tutorial for people who's kindle fire 8.9s are on Fire OS 8.5.1 and want TWRP and Maybe even Cyanogenmod/Android running on their kindle. Anyway, let's start with fire flash, you've probably heard of this before, but all I'm really doing here is summarizing other guides and my personal experience for others to utilize (no matter what skill level)
1) Anyway, download FireFlash11 apk (it's trustworthy, worked no problem for me)
DOWNLOAD HERE: https://mega.nz/#!MIM1hbQJ!4hCcH3o3w7ZdrQylcMG0Gt-F0Kju_w_IHs8q0Pe44ng
2) Now download ALL these files. (I know one says "freedom-boot-8.4.6" It will work on 8.5.1!)
ES File Explorer (Download from app store, if unable to, download through MEGA and install from silk): https://mega.nz/#!hR1EzbiR!RSEy0wiVBadAaWDF3SGnd5CQAMcaUo8aDQlIvqEGF6U
freedom-boot-8.4.6: https://mega.nz/#!tRlDxYwK!tje6Mfa08YBTYubLvHPtn_kpakc6woBJfUpM70RTsV4
u-boot-prod-8.1.4: https://mega.nz/#!BV0V2TiS!39szFTM57OV9Pby_R88t-xeAL9nu5ouwgXv96NmfsSk
TWRP 2.6.0.0: https://mega.nz/#!ABUiAbrI!IManKhn6prbjBCyThY_33uw7wftvqxpqXXqzDx3qSGA
(TWRP because of stability and ease of use, CWM and newer builds of TWRP are available around the community but 2.6.x.x should work fine for most pre-6.0 roms)
stack: https://mega.nz/#!oBtSDIZL!WnsanHgEieY7JzeOJPRC2XnQOkrN3O7ZyDZU01-Z_eA
3) I know those links looked the same, there different, now bear with me here, here comes the TWRP install.
so, First, make sure you've downloaded and installed ES File Explorer (if through silk, open the downloads tab and install it through there) and open it. now, if you haven't already, make sure you move all the files you downloaded to your kindle. now if you moved them straight to your kindle, then they should be on the sd card, if you downloaded these through silk, they'll be in the downloads folder in your sd card. tap and install fireflash11.apk . now open it, and give it root access. you should be greeted with a somewhat complicated looking wall of text and checkboxes.
!IMPORTANT!
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*So, let me now guide you through this app, first of all, there should be red print informing you that you're not on the 8.1.4 bootloader or something like that, so click on the checkbox. above it (the one that says "install kfhd8uboot-prod-8.1.4.img or something like that)
*Now go down, and you'll see some text that says "Boot Partition Image (boot.img) and a box under it that says "NOT FLASHED" tap it. it should bring up a file manager-like list. scroll down until you see your already downloaded "kfhd8freedom-boot-8.4.6.img" , and tap/select it. (I know it says 8.4.6, IT WORKS ON 8.5.1!).
now go slightly under it and check "apply stack override".
*Next, Go under that to find a line that says "Recover Partition Image (Recovery.img), and slightly under it a box that says "NOT FLASHED" tap that, and again, you'll be greeted with a list-like file manager. scroll down until you see "kfhd8-twrp-2.6.0.0.img" and tap/select it. last part! go slightly under that and tap the check box next to "disable auto recovery update".
*Now that you have all you options in order, verify that you have them in order, and correctly selected (refer back if needed) and scroll down until you see at the bottom, a box that will install/flash all these things, it will say something like "Execute Flash Script" tap it, and your all set. if you want to boot into recovery, go right under that box to find another box that says "reboot into recovery" click it, and wait a sec, your screen will black out, and you will first see the normal kindle fire logo, then a blue one, then some glitchy looking stuff, then it should show a TeamWin logo, and go into recovery.
NOTE: If you don't flash your device with android, the stock Amazon os will erase the recovery, so NEVER REBOOT INTO RECOVERY USING FIREFLASH! Only right after you install/re-install recovery.
Now you have to download a custom firmware file for your kindle. They com in .zip format, and are all over the 8.9 HD android development forum (which is where this thread is!). Download two, one that you want, and one as a backup just in case things go bad! (make sure the backup one is a lower android version and is stable, such as CM11).
4) Now, to install these:
first off, open ES file explorer, go to the tool section (located to the left of the screen) and open it
enable root explorer (a window should pop up choose to allow it to use root)
Next, create a folder on your sd card named "0" just the zero! no quotations, no space, or a period, just ZERO!
Then, move the ROM and gapps from the download folder in your sd card to the new folder named "0" (that should be on your sd card!)
!IMPORTANT!
MAKE SURE TO CHARGE YOUR DEVICE TO AT LEAST 70% BEFORE MOVING FORWARD
(This is just in case you end up needing to fix or unbrick your kindle fire, the more battery life you have, the more time you have to fix things)
!IMPORTANT!
(Question: why are we doing this? TWRP and nonstock (nonamazon os roms) create a subfolder in your sd card labeled "0", which will be used from here on out (or until you go back to amazon os)
Now, boot into TWRP, power down your device RIGHT AFTER installing/re-installing TWRP through fire flash. Now, with your kindle powered off, push the power button for 3 seconds, release it, and hold volume up until it boots into recovery.
*Make a backup of your ROM, should be in the "Backup" section of TWRP.
*Now go back to the main screen select "Wipe"
*Go to "Wipe Data and Factory Reset"
*Now select "wipe" (its a tab you pull, kind of like the gingerbread or iOS6 lockscreen)
*Now go back (don't reboot your device just yet!)
*Now select "Install" on the main menu (It might say "Zip Install" based on your version of TWRP)
*Now select your ROM (if it's not in the scroll menu, check the right side of the screen! )
*Now click "Install" or "Flash" (again, depends on version of TWRP)
*It may show errors, (like: failed to mount dev/boot0/blah blah blah)ignore them, it only matters if it finishes and says FAILED in all red.
*When it's done tap "Reboot Device"
(You forgot to move your rom/gapps and/or you're stuck with a device with no firmware? help with this question and more at the bottom of the page!)
*DONE!!!! remember, all roms/gapps/zips get flashed like this, including the google ones, but only wipe your device when installing A NEW ROM! not gapps, just go straight to installing them.
Okay, common mistakes:
1. Trying to boot into recovery and getting a badi: bad boot image magic error, then trying to use fire flash or an app like it to boot into recovery. THIS WILL BRICK YOUR KINDLE. It'll red screen, then dump you into fast boot.
2. Using kindle fire 7 in images. Please don't make this mistake. needless to say, THIS WILL BRICK YOU DEVICE.
3.Using non-kindle fire 8.9 roms. You'd be surprised, I had a friend try to flash a ROM for the original kindle fire onto his HD 7 (Tate) kindle fire, so don't flash it unless it specifically says: "for kindle fire 8.9". THIS MISTAKE WILL SERIOUSLY BRICK YOU! Obviously.
*disclaimer: I did not make any of these files, the majority of the credit goes the Hashcode and the wonderful devs on the kindle fire community!
Common questions, with helpful answers!
Q: I forgot to make a backup and I can't find the ROM files I downloaded! what do I do!!!
A: Okay, no big deal! lets do this! in recovery open the install menu (big button that says install) now to the left is all the folders in the sd card (the "0" folder in it anyways) select "Up A Level" now, scroll around until you find a folder named "data" (should be third from the top) next, scroll down until you find a folder named "media" open it. congrats! This is where the actual sd card is! (And if you look you'll find the folder named "0")! now just navigate to the downloads folder (or an incorrectly named "0" folder/wherever you put it) select it, and install!
Q: Where did my recovery go?
A: you either deleted it or rebooted into Stock Amazon OS 8.5.1+ after installing this. Just reinstall it using fire flash, and reflash CM or Omni or whatever you use.
Q: What does Badi: Bad boot image (or similar) mean? And why does it happen every time I try to boot into recovery?
A: It means Amazon erased your rec
4. My kindle fire won't stop booting over and over again! Why? Soft brick. No big deal, flash a different custom ROM (preferably of a lower android version like 4.4.x or lower) and see if that helps. If it is still doing this update TWRPovery at boot, this error is SPECIFFICALY because of Amazon OS doing this. reflash recovery, and remember, ONLY boot into recovery manually, never use fire flash to do it.
Q: Dangit! I forgot to download a ROM for my kindle! Now I'm stuck with a firmware-less kindle fire! What do I do?
A: You will need to boot into TWRP, and tap Mount, now mount internal SD and connect it to a computer, and move a rom to it.
Can Not get Root access, Fireflash will close.?
wopspeed said:
Can Not get Root access, Fireflash will close.?
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Don't worry Watson, I'm working on getting iroot apk set up. In the mean time, please, when you are rooted, only boot into recovery using volume key up, NOT fire flash. The system will erase twerp after reboot... Even with disable auto recovery update. Just a quirk of Amazon os. Looking into it. Should have a useable iroot by tomorrow though.
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wopspeed said:
Can Not get Root access, Fireflash will close.?
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Okay, here is your solution (should be in the guide now, but here's iroot.apk!
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-JbG8_ys1PGc3ZKTDQtSmtKOHM
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When I open iroot, I do not see my device at the top. There is a circle in the middle that says "No Root Permission" and a button at the bottom that says "Get Root Access." When I press the Get Root Access button, the circle in the middle changes to "Rooting Now." When it's finished, I get a message that says "Root Succeeded" and the circle changes to "Got Root Access," but when I reboot, there is no King User app. When I open iroot again, the circle says "No Root Permission." I've repeated this process several times and cannot gain root access. Any ideas? I have the Kindle Fire HD 8.9 16G with version 8.5.1.
Ok I will DEFINITELY check this out... Worked on my kindle, and I had the 16gb wifi on 8.5.1, so I'll look into this later, but other then that, the only other app said to occasionally work is kingroot, or root with restore by bin4ry for kindle fire hd 8.9 (Google it, its on xda)
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When I go into fire flash the boot partition there is no kind...ect
Cadebonds12 said:
When I go into fire flash the boot partition there is no kind...ect
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Thats how its supposed to be, itll always say "not flashed" just flash the images like normal. Remember NEVER USE FIREFLASH TI BOOT INTO RECOVERY DO IT MANUALLY.
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I've tried this method several times, always ending with me having to restore a stock image via fastboot. Everything works fine until I reboot into TWRP for the first time. I can even reboot after installing TWRP (but without booting into it) and it works. Once I enter TWRP the first time, even if I don't do anything except reboot, it never boots past the blue Kindle logo. Flashing the latest nightly CM12.1 says it completes successfully, but it still never boots past the blue Kindle logo. Looks like I'm stuck with the stock Kindle Fire ROM. Any ideas?
chrisaln said:
I've tried this method several times, always ending with me having to restore a stock image via fastboot. Everything works fine until I reboot into TWRP for the first time. I can even reboot after installing TWRP (but without booting into it) and it works. Once I enter TWRP the first time, even if I don't do anything except reboot, it never boots past the blue Kindle logo. Flashing the latest nightly CM12.1 says it completes successfully, but it still never boots past the blue Kindle logo. Looks like I'm stuck with the stock Kindle Fire ROM. Any ideas?
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I've never heard of that problem nor have I run into it, can you please tell me the following info please:
What version of Amazon OS:
What model of Kindle fire hd 8.9: (wifi or lte)?
Perhaps details on EXACTLY what you did(?):
What specific img(s) you flashed (yes it's necessary):
A log saved through twrp(not needed to be honest):
All these details and more would really help me solve your problem! Thanks!
EDIT: If possible you don't have to use the app, have you tried manually flashing through fast boot?
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after step 3, on boot, I see the gold fire, then red screen. What now?
Dnorris55 said:
after step 3, on boot, I see the gold fire, then red screen. What now?
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Do you have a PC with admin access (Windows preferably)? If so pm me EXAXTLY WHAT YOU DID and these:
Amazon OS version you're on:
Lte or wifi kindle:
Other info:
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MeowDude said:
Do you have a PC with admin access (Windows preferably)? If so pm me EXAXTLY WHAT YOU DID and these:
Amazon OS version you're on:
Lte or wifi kindle:
Other info:
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I finally got it fixed.
I went from the red screen to a stuck Fire logo screen.
Could not get to fastboot screen using Win 10 PC. Was able to use Linux Mint to boot the Kindle into fastboot. From there, was able to flash recovery, etc.
Now running Resurrection Remix 6.01 on my KF HD 8.9 (jem).
Not sure what happened with fireflash.apk. The iroot.apk worked OK, AFAIK.
Thanks.
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Dnorris55 said:
I finally got it fixed.
I went from the red screen to a stuck Fire logo screen.
Could not get to fastboot screen using Win 10 PC. Was able to use Linux Mint to boot the Kindle into fastboot. From there, was able to flash recovery, etc.
Now running Resurrection Remix 6.01 on my KF HD 8.9 (jem).
Not sure what happened with fireflash.apk. The iroot.apk worked OK, AFAIK.
Thanks.
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Glad to hear that!
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23-March-2016:
Read through the instructions and decided to use CM 12.1 after getting frustrated with Amazon and repeated "Google Play Services has Stopped" error messages. So far so good.
24-March-2016:
additional information: Installed TWRP 2.8.7.0 instead of 2.7.7.0 before installing CM 12.1 and GApps 5.1
No issues with TWRP 2.8.7.0.
One comment about this procedure. I was confused by the instruction lines that read:
*Now select "Install" on the main menu (It might say "Zip Install" based on your version of TWRP)
*Now select your rom (if its not in the scroll menu, check the right side of the screen!
Didn't know which rom since all previous instructions were clear on this point.
(this 61 y/o former embedded systems engineer wasn't stumped for long though)
Please add an instruction to ensure CM12.1 and Gapps 5.1 are on the Kindle before booting into TWRP.
I realized my error after starting the backup. Had to boot into Amazon one last time and move the roms.
Then I booted into TWRP, backed up the Kindle, wiped and installed CM12.1 and Gapps 5.1.
Other that that one point the upgrade went very smooth. Am impressed with the new OS.
Thank You!
wptyree said:
23-March-2016:
Read through the instructions and decided to use CM 12.1 after getting frustrated with Amazon and repeated "Google Play Services has Stopped" error messages. So far so good.
24-March-2016:
additional information: Installed TWRP 2.8.7.0 instead of 2.7.7.0 before installing CM 12.1 and GApps 5.1
No issues with TWRP 2.8.7.0.
One comment about this procedure. I was confused by the instruction lines that read:
*Now select "Install" on the main menu (It might say "Zip Install" based on your version of TWRP)
*Now select your rom (if its not in the scroll menu, check the right side of the screen!
Didn't know which rom since all previous instructions were clear on this point.
(this 61 y/o former embedded systems engineer wasn't stumped for long though)
Please add an instruction to ensure CM12.1 and Gapps 5.1 are on the Kindle before booting into TWRP.
I realized my error after starting the backup. Had to boot into Amazon one last time and move the roms.
Then I booted into TWRP, backed up the Kindle, wiped and installed CM12.1 and Gapps 5.1.
Other that that one point the upgrade went very smooth. Am impressed with the new OS.
Thank You!
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no problem, and thanks for the info, will be sure to add these to the post! :highfive:
Great POST!!!
Successfully updated my Kindle 8.9 with CM12.1.
Thanks.
fireflash11.apx problem
I was able to complete the install previously, but in playing around had to reload my kindle back to the orig. In trying to do the install again when I get to the part where I click the "Not Flashed" it goes into the explorer, but will not show any files at all, only directories. Am I missing something here?
Hello Friends!
Can you flash the Gapps package only without flashing a custon ROM as they usually goo togather.? I have successfuly installed TWRP 7.0.0 and have a rooted KFHD8.9 (v 8.5.1) which is based on android 4.0.3 i understand. Thnaks in advance to anybody who helps me out.