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Ive rooted a few phones and tablets before and have never bricked a device (got close) until now. This kindle fire i believe is truly hard bricked. What happened was, I rooted it with the kindle fire utility, and when it rebooted it was stuck on the kindle fire logo screen. I let it run flat over night, and the next day it was still stuck. So i downloaded kindle unbrick utility to attempt to fix this and then it was in a bootloop and it is now in a hard brick state. power button is non responsive, unless charging, it will turn green then immediately to orange and stay that way. I like to think that nothing is unrecoverable, and im very determined to get this thing back up and running, even if it means taking the case off and flashing it with probes lol.. Ive been working on it for about a week now and I seem to have made things worse. So I'm hoping there's a genius out there that can help me bring life back into this thing.
Oh no. :banghead:
You don't have a new Kindle Fire 2 or Kindle Fire HD, do you?
soupmagnet said:
Oh no. :banghead:
You don't have a new Kindle Fire 2 or Kindle Fire HD, do you?
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Yes unfortunately its a Fire 2
I really hate to be the one to tell you, but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928866
Should just contact Amazon and claim it "died". Might be your best hope.
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soupmagnet said:
I really hate to be the one to tell you, but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928866
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Thanks for the info, honesty didnt think about it=/ mistake learned
alkemist80 said:
Should just contact Amazon and claim it "died". Might be your best hope.
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Im going to let it run flat again, if that doesn't work then I will, Thanks for the reply.
rgates said:
Thanks for the info, honesty didnt think about it=/ mistake learned
Im going to let it run flat again, if that doesn't work then I will, Thanks for the reply.
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I can assure you that it is not going to start working by leaving it running.
Kindle fire hd bricked
onemeila said:
I can assure you that it is not going to start working by leaving it running.
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My kindle fire hd this brick. I do not think this has no solution. Friend, how did you brick yours? only to rooting? modificastes or some other file system /?? I achieved rooting mine perfectly but I brick by modifying the build.prop! someone to help us: S
If you have a factory cable(this is not the one that came with device, Google kindle fire factory cable), you should be able to boot into fastboot. Then it is possible to restore the system partition with a backup of a system.img. Check out the - Backup and Restore System Software in the general section. Not sure if a backup from a different kindle will work but it might be worth a shot. I have posted a a link for system.img backup here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944718. This was from a KFHD. I hope it helps some people get their devices working.
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Stick them to Amazon too replace/repair..
Just pretend you have no idea how this happened / it just died on its own, just sell your act properly..
This is exactly why Amazon has locked this device down( not good enough though). Too many people messing with files they don't understand and making Amazon pay for their irresponsibility. If you are not willing to eat the cost of a device then don't mess with it.
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onemeila said:
This is exactly why Amazon has locked this device down( not good enough though). Too many people messing with files they don't understand and making Amazon pay for their irresponsibility. If you are not willing to eat the cost of a device then don't mess with it.
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HTC fixed that problem by allowing anyone to root their device, with no hassels. Amazon is not loosing any money from the occasional bricked device.
I have a KF2 that boots into TWRP, but cannot do anything else. There is no os in the system, and the internal sd card cannot be seen either by TWRP or on my computer. The mounting shows a drive letter, drive F, but nothing can be dragged/dropped to it, as it tells me to insert an SD card into drive F. If I try to boot normally, I get the orange Kindle Fire logo, and it just sits like that. Everything I try to do results in a "device not found" message. Any help here, please guys?
The links to salvation are in my signature. Be more careful next time.
Hard Bricked Kindle Fire HD7
Got my Kindle fire hd 7 hard bricked it does not responds to charging neither the power button works nor the pc detects the kindle fire hd7
I am really disturb, is there any genius who can provide me solutions?
Plz help me this is my [email protected]
Stupid STupid STUpid
soupmagnet said:
I really hate to be the one to tell you, but...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928866
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Assuming I was stupid enough to not realize my Fire HD was a 2nd generation unit... and I tried to install TWRP... and it is no longer recognized with a Fastboot cable... and will not turn on...
Has anyone figured out a way to un-brick this or should I use it as an accent when I build my chimney?
So I followed the NOOB tutorial to root my 2nd Gen Kindle Fire, and for the most part, everything has been great.
Well, except...
Not only cannot I not load the Amazon Kindle app from any of my Loaders (it'll open and say Kindle, but that's it), but when I go back to the native Kindle Home screen, I can't even get the books to load...which is the only reason I even bought my Kindle.
I tried to look up different threads to find answers, but I didn't find anything solid.
I appreciate any help
I had similar issues on my 8.9. Try a factory reset if you haven't yet.
gunnyman said:
I had similar issues on my 8.9. Try a factory reset if you haven't yet.
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Trying now. Thanks a lot!
tipperbeanfad said:
Trying now. Thanks a lot!
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It looks like it worked! Books won't download on the native Kindle launcher, but it does on the Android now. I'm content. Thanks a lot!
Leaving up in case someone else runs into this problem...
I have been been doing research on this and I am a little lost.
I got root on the unit and google play usign the KFF. I then noticed the potential to completely convert to a regular android tablet but both of them said I need the tweek recover which I got form here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463
But then I noticed a thread about bricking the device and everybody saying that should have done research I am completely not sure how to handle this. I am in the middle of trying out the utlitity from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928866
Please advise.
albert001 said:
I have been been doing research on this and I am a little lost.
I got root on the unit and google play usign the KFF. I then noticed the potential to completely convert to a regular android tablet but both of them said I need the tweek recover which I got form here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106463
But then I noticed a thread about bricking the device and everybody saying that should have done research I am completely not sure how to handle this. I am in the middle of trying out the utlitity from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1928866
Please advise.
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The title says "Bricked Kindle Fire HD...", but you have failed to explain exactly how your Kindle Fire HD is bricked.
Does your device power on? Are you getting anything on the display?
help for bricked device
1- make sure you own a factory cable
2- setup window or Linux with latest java sdk and ADB
READ ALL ALL related posts and download files needed. Must important,, only try one method of De-bricking.
Good luck.
The Kindle Fire will power on and show the logo.....fizz out and show a white fuzzy line down the screen
And I did buy a factory cable in anticipation of this. I tried the recovery method as stated above. Didnt work. The boot cycle kept restarting by itsself
albert001 said:
The Kindle Fire will power on and show the logo.....fizz out and show a white fuzzy line down the screen
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There's a first.
Sounds like you need to start over from scratch.
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Also perhaps if anybody can tell me if I can or cant convert the kindle fire hd to just an android tablet? The main reason why I was messing with it.
Krsmqn said:
There's a first.
Sounds like you need to start over from scratch.
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Question is how do I start over from scratch other than what I tried in my original post?
albert001 said:
Question is how do I start over from scratch other than what I tried in my original post?
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First off, the Kindle Fire HD 7" is not ready for the full android treatment... so perhaps you should put that aside for now (like the rest of us).
Go here to get the help you need. Post your problem and be patient because it is a pretty active thread and the original poster has his hands full.
Good luck!
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You know......I am such an idiot. Even though I was careful to read the warnings I missed the part of it being for Kindle Fire 2 not Kindle Fire HD. Either way.....ended up exchanging the device and starting over. Already got root on the device. Disabled OTA amazon updates, Disabled Ad services from Amazon, and just finished installing Play store. Root i accomplished through the win64 file i downloaded as a manual root function. The rest I used the KFFAide program. My next question is if that same program is reliable enough to install the 2nd bootloader? And is it even worth it installing a different ROM? Please advise.
Krsmqn said:
First off, the Kindle Fire HD 7" is not ready for the full android treatment... so perhaps you should put that aside for now (like the rest of us).
Go here to get the help you need. Post your problem and be patient because it is a pretty active thread and the original poster has his hands full.
Good luck!
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Appreciate the response. What kind of time frame are we looking at with hopefully getting the full android treatment?
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Appreciate the response. What kind of time frame are we looking at with hopefully getting the full android treatment?
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It's hard to say. Could be a month, could be 6 months. It depends on the amount of free time the wonderful developers working on it devote to building a kernel. As far as I am concerned, they can take as long as they like. After all, they provide for free.
The second bootloader and twrp is a good idea if you want a recovery. It is recommended by this user.
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Any other suggestions for the KFHD?
Hello together,
I´m new here and I hope its the right place here to write my mistake.
My little Son had played on my PC and my Kindle was docket with usb on it.
Now he had some important Files deleted and the Kindle didnt start anymore.
Only Kindle Fire lights up and nothig more.
The battery is full.
I hope anyone can help me, it would be very greatful.
Thank you very much
Wolverine1988 said:
Hello together,
I´m new here and I hope its the right place here to write my mistake.
My little Son had played on my PC and my Kindle was docket with usb on it.
Now he had some important Files deleted and the Kindle didnt start anymore.
Only Kindle Fire lights up and nothig more.
The battery is full.
I hope anyone can help me, it would be very greatful.
Thank you very much
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Buy a factory cable (not the same one that came with the device, not a regular USB cable), then follow the thread in my signature, #6.
Wolverine1988 said:
Hello together,
I´m new here and I hope its the right place here to write my mistake.
My little Son had played on my PC and my Kindle was docket with usb on it.
Now he had some important Files deleted and the Kindle didnt start anymore.
Only Kindle Fire lights up and nothig more.
The battery is full.
I hope anyone can help me, it would be very greatful.
Thank you very much
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Yes, you are in the right spot if your device is a Kindle Fire HD 7". I would try to use adb (if you know what it is) to enter fastboot mode. Once there, you can flash recovery and then you can fully restore your kindle! (Besides the data he deleted, if he deleted any.) I hope I was able to help
Thank you for your help, I have found this theater here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
It looks like it would be easy but the Program cant find my Kindle (waiting for device)
Who can I buy The Factory Cable ? I come from Germany and i have looked by Ebay but nobody sell it here.
Thank you very much for your help !
Wolverine1988 said:
Thank you for your help, I have found this theater here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
It looks like it would be easy but the Program cant find my Kindle (waiting for device)
Who can I buy The Factory Cable ? I come from Germany and i have looked by Ebay but nobody sell it here.
Thank you very much for your help !
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Don't use that, since you have a second gen device and that tool is only for first-gen. Use the KFHD-SRT tool instead in the android development section of the kfhd 7.
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Yes flashing some things made for the first kf on the second gen may brick it.
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I have encountered a problem with my Kindle Fire HD 7", and have exhausted every avenue I have tried to follow, and still can't find a working solution for my problem, short of contacting Amazon themselves. Please not I'm a Programmer for my local council, so I'm well educated in the tech field.
The problem that I have is, I was trying to install Cyanogen Mod onto my Kindle and all was going well, I was installing TWRP and suddenly my computer Blue Screened, and now has rendered my Kindle completely useless, ****...its being used as a paper weight as I type. Nothing I try is getting anywhere with regards to my Kindle. I have tried every possible solution possible and nothing has worked so far. I have tried shorting out the USB, running specific CLI Diagnostics (which made the screen flash white and that was all) but most of the time I'm finding avenues that I have already tried and haven't worked.
So I ask, is there anyone who knows what has caused the Kindle to enter this completely unresponsive state. I mean the conclusion that I have come to is that this has to be something to do with the order of my boot partitions, as they appear, from what I have read to be jumbled up and not in order, which is the method that the Kindle uses to Boot, reads each partition in order and then boots up.
So please if anyone has any advice or solution for my trouble, or is this just going to be a case of the Kindle becoming a full time paper weight? And please don't waste my time with smug comments!
Thank you
I'm a bit confused, were you flashing cm with adb sideload or something? Because I don't see how a blue screen would mess up your device while its flashing a ROM unless you were flashing your boot loader from your PC at the time, so any more details you can share would help, but if it's not even turning on its usually hard bricked and you will most likely have to see if amazon will send you a free replacement.
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stunts513 said:
I'm a bit confused, were you flashing cm with adb sideload or something? Because I don't see how a blue screen would mess up your device while its flashing a ROM unless you were flashing your boot loader from your PC at the time, so any more details you can share would help, but if it's not even turning on its usually hard bricked and you will most likely have to see if amazon will send you a free replacement.
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This is exactly what I was doing when the Computer crashed, I was flashing the 2nd Bootloader onto the Kindle and TWRP when the Computer crashed, and the .bat file was half way through the process at this time, which is what has led me to believe that the boot partitions are in the wrong order, hence why the kindle has been hard-bricked.
Is there anything I can do or has this just become a object that I can kick down my road?
Yea I would see if amazon will send you a replacement under warranty. Next time you try it I suggest using the fire flash app so you don't have to worry about bluescreens.
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stunts513 said:
Yea I would see if amazon will send you a replacement under warranty. Next time you try it I suggest using the fire flash app so you don't have to worry about bluescreens.
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That's exactly what I decided to do in the end, literally has no other option and can't find anything that can even give me a glimmer of hope. Just hope that at some point, someone will be able to resolve this problem, as I'm forever seeing this happening to people, especially when they flash the wrong boot loader onto their Kindle.
Thanks anyway for the help