I received a new Kindle Fire for Christmas(2015) and it is wonderful. However, I want to be able to test the apps I'm building on it. So far it has been a nightmare to root the device. I even tried RootKing, which didn't work at all. The main issue is finding XP drivers for the usb. I plug it in and I have some access to various directories, but not enough to get fastboot on there to finish the root process. Yes I did turn on debugging. Have tried four different programs, but nothing has worked. Currently running 5.1.1 on the Kindle. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Tried:
root_fire.zip
Amazon-Fire-5th-Gen-Install-Play-Store.zip
AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool.zip
GadgetClass_Simple_Super_Tool-Fire-5th-Gen
And When I try to install drivers from other sources, it keeps telling me it can't find what it needs to install.
Thanks!
gilead7 said:
I received a new Kindle Fire for Christmas(2015) and it is wonderful. However, I want to be able to test the apps I'm building on it. So far it has been a nightmare to root the device. I even tried RootKing, which didn't work at all. The main issue is finding XP drivers for the usb. I plug it in and I have some access to various directories, but not enough to get fastboot on there to finish the root process. Yes I did turn on debugging. Have tried four different programs, but nothing has worked. Currently running 5.1.1 on the Kindle. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Tried:
root_fire.zip
Amazon-Fire-5th-Gen-Install-Play-Store.zip
AmazonFire5thGenSuperTool.zip
GadgetClass_Simple_Super_Tool-Fire-5th-Gen
And When I try to install drivers from other sources, it keeps telling me it can't find what it needs to install.
Thanks!
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Sounds like the forum is wrong, go here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire
SOLVED! I am ROOTED! It Didn't Brick!
bibikalka said:
Sounds like the forum is wrong, go here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/amazon-fire
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I managed to cobble together the drivers I needed. Apparently XP needs
Universal ADB drivers AND MTA drivers in order to work. Once those are installed, it works wonderfully! Any way I can upload the file for others? Or do I need to place it on a server and link?
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So I'm trying to get back to HTC to test a few things.
My keyboard is not working well at all with Froyo for some reason and I'd like to make sure it's Froyos problem (anybody else got this problem?)
I've found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=559622
I run the wizard and it can't find my phone, though it's connected to the usb and all.
Is that how it should be done?
There is a thread somewhere by btdag called ruu and usb errors solved. That should sort you out.
Sent from my HTC Hero using XDA App
Looks like this thread covers exactly what I'm looking for (including the keyboard issue):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750318
Basically:
For anyone having issues with Error 155(CID-checks fail, perhaps?) or 171(USB fail) while trying to restore a rooted HTC Hero to stock with an official RUU-exe, this is what worked for me where nothing else did:
- Create Goldcard
- Extract ROM.ZIP from the Official RUU exe you want to use. I downloaded it from their main site
- Rename to HEROIMG.zip
- Boot to flashboot mode (Volume down + Power on)
- Flash.
- Reboot and enjoy your new stock HTC Hero.
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Haven't tried yet but should do the trick.
Haven't found the "ruu and usb errors solved" thread though.
Thanks!
[Guide] Drivers & RRU Errors Solved
... If you need it...
This is frustrating.
Got stuck in the very first step of both guides.
The one saying to make a gold card, I can't even run adb on windows. It says command not found on cdm.
So I'm going to the more reliable guide with the screenshots.
Right on the first step when you need to uninstall drivers, I select and click "uninstall" and nothing happens.
Gotta love windows.
Anyone who succeded doing this and how?
m4co said:
This is frustrating.
Got stuck in the very first step of both guides.
The one saying to make a gold card, I can't even run adb on windows. It says command not found on cdm.
So I'm going to the more reliable guide with the screenshots.
Right on the first step when you need to uninstall drivers, I select and click "uninstall" and nothing happens.
Gotta love windows.
Anyone who succeded doing this and how?
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Were you in the correct folder when you tried to use adb? You need to install adb from the sdk, and run it from that folder, else windows can't know what program you are trying to use, unless you add it to $PATH.
I use adb all the time, and have tried millions of driver versions without issue.
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Were you in the correct folder when you tried to use adb? You need to install adb from the sdk, and run it from that folder, else windows can't know what program you are trying to use, unless you add it to $PATH.
I use adb all the time, and have tried millions of driver versions without issue.
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Thanks for the reply.
I didn't use ADB; no idea how to use that.
I managed to get it working after some struggle and what worked was:
- Install HTC Sync. That will install the correct drivers
- Install HTC RUU from the official site
It was many trial and error times but in the end it worked.
Thanks again!
i have same problem. i want back my official soft with now root, but when i tried it with HTC RUU i get error (something about please check the phone has correctly connected on computer) so i don't know where's the problem. And one question more: when i plug my phone with usb cable to computer then which mode should i use? (charge only,disk drive...)
sc0rpp said:
i have same problem. i want back my official soft with now root, but when i tried it with HTC RUU i get error (something about please check the phone has correctly connected on computer) so i don't know where's the problem. And one question more: when i plug my phone with usb cable to computer then which mode should i use? (charge only,disk drive...)
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Try Installing HTC Sync first.
You using Windows 7 right? I think it's a Windows problem that install wrong drivers. HTC Sync will fix that.
Then you can try again.
The usb you just plug and you're done, no need to set a mode. You should get a (sound) notification that it's plugged.
My major issue with this is the need for a win machine. Everything would be much better if I could just do it in linux.
My phone was sent to repair now You also got trouble with the Hero keyboard?
nope, but the gps is dead. I try to repair it by warranty. But at the moment i have froyo rom with root and as you all knows ROOT=NO WARRANTY :S
Hey guys. I'm trying to root my m8 by using the toolkit. Well, I try to get the Token ID but adb fails since it can't find any devices. I've uninstalled the drivers, re installed, tried different sources, everything and I just can't get it to be recognized by ADB.
Anybody have any ideas? I'm running Win8x64
Regards
Smith
I'm having the same problem
smithisize said:
Hey guys. I'm trying to root my m8 by using the toolkit. Well, I try to get the Token ID but adb fails since it can't find any devices. I've uninstalled the drivers, re installed, tried different sources, everything and I just can't get it to be recognized by ADB.
Anybody have any ideas? I'm running Win8x64
Regards
Smith
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Make sure your SDK is up to date, and that you are opening the command prompt from the proper location. Also make sure that USB debugging is enabled in developer options on the device.
I've had the same issue. I did all of the above and even tried on a Mac and adb still hasn't recognized my phone. Im on win 7x64. Still researching for an answer.
I'm not sure if this will hold true for everyone, but what worked for me was to updat the adp.exe and dlls. Then after I did that, ran the get token script from the toolbox, open the phone to the home screen, and accept the connection request from the computer.
I ended up having to just start the process over again on a different computer, but it worked, so I'm happy lol.
Regards
Smith
You can also try disabling USB Debugging and re-enabling it while the USB is connected. Works for me so far
Works fine until i put it in download mode.
Any thoughts?
Need to remove the Casual drivers when done with it and download the samsung drivers for our phone from samsungs site. Happen to us all.
Took me a few install and Uninstalls of samsung drivers till my PC was able to see my phone in download mode. Make sure you reboot after install. It was a pain in the butt.
wolfeyes30 said:
Need to remove the Casual drivers when done with it and download the samsung drivers for our phone from samsungs site. Happen to us all.
Took me a few install and Uninstalls of samsung drivers till my PC was able to see my phone in download mode. Make sure you reboot after install. It was a pain in the butt.
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Where do i find the casual drivers at, to remove?
Casual isnt even seeing my phone anymore. Very annoying.
I had to odin back, using another laptop - need to casual again, but cant even do that. I looked in "uninstall programs" in windows but dont see anything other than Samsung's install.
Let me know what to look for, would be a huge help. Thanks!
DatacomGuy said:
Where do i find the casual drivers at, to remove?
Casual isnt even seeing my phone anymore. Very annoying.
I had to odin back, using another laptop - need to casual again, but cant even do that. I looked in "uninstall programs" in windows but dont see anything other than Samsung's install.
Let me know what to look for, would be a huge help. Thanks!
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You could try running System Restore on your laptop and restore things to a point right before you ran casual. I have done that and it restored the Samsung drivers and allowed the phone and computer to communicate again so I could use Odin.
Ugh. Okay. I hope that works. System Restore never seems to work when i need it.
Thank you sir..
Device Manager in windows. Look under usb controllers I believe.
wolfeyes30 said:
Device Manager in windows. Look under usb controllers I believe.
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Edit: Here's a link for a Youtube video that walks you through how to fix this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzghcV8HVVk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I found it on DroidStyle's Guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
If your computer doesn't resinstall the drivers for you after you follow the Youtube instructions, then you could try reinstalling them by grabbing them from Samsungs's website here: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I605MSAVZW.
I've spent all day and night trying various attempts to root my son's Nabi.
I usually use Mac so am also hogging my other son's PC to attempt to get it to work.
I think I've got a couple of issues but not sure if it's me or the PC -
1 - The PDAnet program won't connect properly it tells me HTC Sync error -1 or -2
So I tried an older version of Nabilab which did connect to the tablet and provided the serial number through both ADB and Fastboot.
2 - I managed to boot in to TWRP but then when trying to recover it won't show me any files to install
I'm at a complete loss now as to how to root it. I'm just fed up of having to delete games for him to make room for new ones, despite having 32GB of space on his SD card.
Please help, I'm pulling whats left of my hair out!
you still having issues? one thing to try when installing PDANet is to select the samsung drivers instead of the HTC, these worked fine for me, NabiLab2 and NABILABGUI also have some PC drivers which work with both x32 and x64 PC's, I'm not sure on the MAC side of things. Nabilab is probably the easiest way of just rooting also. theres a couple of videos on you tube which may also help search for nabilab and root nabi 2
earwig999 said:
2 - I managed to boot in to TWRP but then when trying to recover it won't show me any files to install
Please help, I'm pulling whats left of my hair out!
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What are you trying to recover or install? Once you find the right TWRP for your OS version should be as easy as installing SuperSU. https://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip
There is also this information that might be helpful http://forum.xda-developers.com/nabi-2/general/nabi-information-t3229119
Hi guys,
I have been searching for hours but I can't seem to find how to fix my problem.
I have a new Z5 Compact that I was trying to flash with the stock firmware but I somehow managed to brick it. I don't think I had the drivers installed properly when I tried to flash with flashtool but since flashtool didn't even detect my phone or appear to begin flashing it I don't know how I bricked it. Anyway after trying for hours to fix it on my own I can't seem to find the information that I need. I have installed the drivers properly as far as I can tell by allowing unsigned drivers on windows 10 but whenever I boot to flash mode the phone isn't detected. Nothing even comes up in Device Manager so there are no options to update drivers or anything. I just hold the volume down button, plug in the usb, the LED briefly flashes red before holding on green and then nothing happens. Neither Flashtool or PC Companion detect the phone and I have tried this on 2 different laptops running Windows 7 and Windows 10. If anyone has any instructions on how to get this to work on Ubuntu I'm willing to try that too as I also have Ubuntu installed but I am really at a loss for what else I can try.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
tokococo said:
Hi guys,
I have been searching for hours but I can't seem to find how to fix my problem.
I have a new Z5 Compact that I was trying to flash with the stock firmware but I somehow managed to brick it. I don't think I had the drivers installed properly when I tried to flash with flashtool but since flashtool didn't even detect my phone or appear to begin flashing it I don't know how I bricked it. Anyway after trying for hours to fix it on my own I can't seem to find the information that I need. I have installed the drivers properly as far as I can tell by allowing unsigned drivers on windows 10 but whenever I boot to flash mode the phone isn't detected. Nothing even comes up in Device Manager so there are no options to update drivers or anything. I just hold the volume down button, plug in the usb, the LED briefly flashes red before holding on green and then nothing happens. Neither Flashtool or PC Companion detect the phone and I have tried this on 2 different laptops running Windows 7 and Windows 10. If anyone has any instructions on how to get this to work on Ubuntu I'm willing to try that too as I also have Ubuntu installed but I am really at a loss for what else I can try.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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sounds dumb but have you tried a different port and different cable? i ran into the same problem and found out one of the ports on my laptop doesnt work for data. flashtool is a major pain, it took me three pcs to find one that it worked with and then it took a good 5 tries and reboots to have a successful flash. flashing twrp and then xpower would be easier imo.
civicsr2cool said:
sounds dumb but have you tried a different port and different cable? i ran into the same problem and found out one of the ports on my laptop doesnt work for data. flashtool is a major pain, it took me three pcs to find one that it worked with and then it took a good 5 tries and reboots to have a successful flash. flashing twrp and then xpower would be easier imo.
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Yeah, I have tried 7 ports and 3 cables across two different pcs. There's a desktop I can try on but I'll wait until tomorrow. It's really frustrating. I just wanted to root so that I could batch install my apps from Titanium but now I have got a brick. In the time that I have spent trying to fix it I could have selected and installed all the apps individually.
tokococo said:
Yeah, I have tried 7 ports and 3 cables across two different pcs. There's a desktop I can try on but I'll wait until tomorrow. It's really frustrating. I just wanted to root so that I could batch install my apps from Titanium but now I have got a brick. In the time that I have spent trying to fix it I could have selected and installed all the apps individually.
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keep trying, it'll work after you figure out whats wrong with your install, flashtool is real finnicky. If your already soft bricked and only want root id suggest fastboot twrp 3.0.2 then flash xpower 3.0 and be done with it. the only real reason to use flashtool is to flash a new image onto the phone because you cant take an ota.
civicsr2cool said:
keep trying, it'll work after you figure out whats wrong with your install, flashtool is real finnicky. If your already soft bricked and only want root id suggest fastboot twrp 3.0.2 then flash xpower 3.0 and be done with it. the only real reason to use flashtool is to flash a new image onto the phone because you cant take an ota.
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Thanks for your help. So I can do that without unlocking the boot loader?
tokococo said:
Thanks for your help. So I can do that without unlocking the boot loader?
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bootloader has to be unlocked before doing any of this.
civicsr2cool said:
bootloader has to be unlocked before doing any of this.
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Oh, you mean to do that once I have fixed my current issue.
Hmm, I seem to be having a smiliar issue, except instead of flashmode, mine isn't detected in fastboot mode, tried a crap load of drivers and usb ports etc..
EDIT: Got it fixed after following this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/general/unlock-bootloader-z5-compact-t3236237
RaunoT said:
Hmm, I seem to be having a smiliar issue, except instead of flashmode, mine isn't detected in fastboot mode, tried a crap load of drivers and usb ports etc..
EDIT: Got it fixed after following this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/general/unlock-bootloader-z5-compact-t3236237
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I tried following that guide but when I try to install the driver it just says "The INF file you selected does not support this method if installation". You didn't happen to have that problem and find a workaround did you?
Just an update on what I have tried if anyone has any suggestions...
I tried inserting a SIM in case that would make any difference. I have also tried it on a desktop pc as well as the two laptops now which is windows 7, 8.1 and 10. The Windows 8.1 attempt was a clean install and I used the advanced boot method to enable the installation of unsigned drivers. I had high hopes for that but it didn't work. What I find curious is there is no activity when I plug the phone in, in flash mode. If I plug it in, in fastboot mode it searches for drivers and the device appears in device manager but with flash mode I get nothing. I'm beginning to think that perhaps the device itself has a faulty flash mode.
tokococo said:
I tried following that guide but when I try to install the driver it just says "The INF file you selected does not support this method if installation". You didn't happen to have that problem and find a workaround did you?
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Sadly no :/
I managed to flash a Z5 Compact with the same model number without any issues on the same computer that won't detect my handset so I'm pretty sure that it's an issue specific to this handset. Thanks everyone for their suggestions.