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I have received a Kindle Fire HDX 7 which is working- after a fashion. I can install and use various apps, although some system apps, such as ES File Explorer will not open. However when I switch on, the Kindle logo is all white and when I hold the power button and Volume Up button to try and enter recovery, nothing happens the Kindle logo remains on the screen. If I try to factory reset, nothing happens. When I go into fastboot, using my Android Studio SDK folder from my windows 10 laptop, either I get nothing or I get “Waiting for Device” and have to switch off the Kindle and reboot. When I go to Settings – About Phone, it tells me I have a Nexus HDX7, Build number Thor Nexus ROM v2.0.5 @ggow running Android version 4.2.2. I have downloaded the stock firmware for the Kindle (13.4.5.5_user_455004220.bin) but am completely unable to install it and restore the Kindle. Can anyone please help? Many thanks.
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I have looked over all the other threads and nothing has worked. I will start by telling you what *I* did to my Kindle Fire like an ass. I decided I wanted to root my Kindle Fire, and thought how hard could it be? Well I did it, and was very proud of myself. I used twrp. Then, I decided last night to put the old Kindle Fire stuff back on. I used twrp again.
Now my computer won't recognize my Kindle. I have tried everything...uninstalling drivers for usb, restarting the computer. Everything. A couple of times it did find it, but now it won't.
My Kindle Fire starts, shows Logo, then goes to the screen that you swipe to use your Kindle. When that opens, it immediately says android.process.acore has stopped unexpectantly. I click that to close it, and immediately after that it says somthing about the calender stopping and has to force close. Then it starts all over with the Kindle Fire Logo. Now it seems to be just going through it all by itself, logo, start screen, logo, start screen without me touching it.
I cannot get into twrp, because I suppose I wiped it clean putting the old system back on.
I am a ding dong, I am fully aware...but it seems I always have to try something myself and then I almost....ALMOST always get stuck. Please help me. Please.
I have restored my KF a number of times via TWRP from a basic backup and TWRP didn not get re-written although the Bootloader got screwed. So perhaps FireFireFire needs to be reinstalled from the Kindle Fire Utility. See if the KFU can install the drivers so you can have access to adb. Here is a link to the utility:
http://db.tt/v2AwiXjg
I would try to use the KF Utility to reinstall FireFireFire and get access to that Bootloader so you can use the power button to select the restore option. If you can reach restore mode, restore your original backup to see if your problem happens again.
Also before doing this, see if you can pull your backup off the KF using adb in case you have to go through the entire KF utility and have to reinstall TWRP. Afterwards, use adb to push it to the TWRP folder
I have not used this before but here is a link to an unbrick utility for KFs:
http://db.tt/lse1DRiV
Best of luck.
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I have root my Kindle HDX 7" and install Safestrap. Then, I wiped all data (including opera system) in stock ROM. Now, I get my Kindle HDX with bootloader, stock recovery but no opera system. When I press the power button, the Kindle show only the grey "Kindle Fire" on black background. I don't know if I can recover my Kindle. Please help!
I follow some instruction on internet and after the wipe step on safestrap, my kindle is completely dead now. it wouldnt turn on anymore, keeping showing the kindle fire logo. I think It's been erased !
Are there anyway i could revive my kindle or is it ready to be thrown away ?
Please help. Thanx !
i have a similar problem, after a wipe data factor reset from safestrap and then flashing the thor gapps rom and making sure the rom slot was active(not the stock rom slot) but the rom slot that i flashed the thor gapps rom on and ,,,i rebooted the device as usual but it only booted to the grey kindle fire splash screen so i held the power button until it booted again but only going to the grey kindle fire splash screen again,,,so i tried to boot it to safestrap recovery using the volume buttons but it would only boot to kindle fire factory recovery,so i rebooted the kindle from there and back to the grey kindle fire splash screen it went, so i rebooted in to kindle recovery because safestrap was not coming up and it would only go to kindle recovery,so i hit the return the kindle to factory settings and when it was done it went back to grey kindle screen and thats all it will do,,,,when i plug it up to windows i get mtp in device manager,but the driver has an error saying device can not start error 10
and when i plug it up in ubuntu 12.04 and run lsusb in the terminal it comes up with an id and says Google Inc. but i can't get adb to recognize the kindle,,, i even checked adb with another android device to make sure it is all setup right and it worked,,,, i have read a few times in the forums here that you have recovered this device from many types of bricks and feel that if the grey kindle fire logo/splash screen is coming up that there is hope to get adb working,,,
any help is greatly appreciated and thanks in advance !!!!
oh and it's the kindle fire hdx 7 in tab
Hello,
I own a Fire HDX Saturn 8.9 with FireOS 5.1.1 that was rooted. Unfortunately I installed Greenify and after a reboot it seemed that it blocked the launcher I installed (Nova). I got to the point where the login page should appear but there was only the FireOS background (no login page) blinking randomly without being able to make a touch input, only the hardware button work (like shutdown).
I then thought ok, I will make a factory reset with ADB and start all over. I ran "adb reboot recovery" and got to the HDX recovery screen and made a factory reset. Afterwards I rebooted but the problem still remained with the "login page" (blinking screen). Unfortunately my root and ADB got lost with this procedure and now I don't know how to get further.
How do I get to the factory recovery screen to try a factory reset again? I tried all types of boot ups (power + vol up or down; power + vol up and down) but none of them worked. As far as I have read a Fastboot cable with the Fire HDX will not help out, too.
I only have access to the file system (Android File Manager) but nothing more, at least what I know. Is there a way to upload a .bin Firmware-File and let the HDX execute it during boot-up? Or how can I make a factory reset? Is there a special code I do not know?
Now the HDX stucks at the "login page" with the blinking screen as described above. I assume it is a problem with the launcher because when I press the power button it asks if I want to shutdown and it is possible to shutdown the device. So the software itself seems to be working.
epionier said:
Hello,
I own a Fire HDX Saturn 8.9 with FireOS 5.1.1 that was rooted. Unfortunately I installed Greenify and after a reboot it seemed that it blocked the launcher I installed (Nova). I got to the point where the login page should appear but there was only the FireOS background (no login page) blinking randomly without being able to make a touch input, only the hardware button work (like shutdown).
I then thought ok, I will make a factory reset with ADB and start all over. I ran "adb reboot recovery" and got to the HDX recovery screen and made a factory reset. Afterwards I rebooted but the problem still remained with the "login page" (blinking screen). Unfortunately my root and ADB got lost with this procedure and now I don't know how to get further.
How do I get to the factory recovery screen to try a factory reset again? I tried all types of boot ups (power + vol up or down; power + vol up and down) but none of them worked. As far as I have read a Fastboot cable with the Fire HDX will not help out, too.
I only have access to the file system (Android File Manager) but nothing more, at least what I know. Is there a way to upload a .bin Firmware-File and let the HDX execute it during boot-up? Or how can I make a factory reset? Is there a special code I do not know?
Now the HDX stucks at the "login page" with the blinking screen as described above. I assume it is a problem with the launcher because when I press the power button it asks if I want to shutdown and it is possible to shutdown the device. So the software itself seems to be working.
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Unfortunately, You are in FireOS/HDX hell. Borked FireOS w/no adb access. Not much you can do. Even if you were able to access stock recovery a "factory reset" only erases the cache and data partitions. That's not where the problem resides. There is no mechanism on HDX devices to reset or reload FireOS. A huge oversight by Amazon that was addressed in 5th gen devices. But that doesn't help here ...
A bit more history. For several years this condition shelved/landfilled many a 3rd gen HDX. Eventually 'bulk mode' was discovered that permitted reloading the bootloader and/or rewriting the system partition in preparation for installation of a custom ROM. While it may be possible to place your device in 'bulk' mode there is no path forward from there. No one has extracted a replacement/vulnerable bootloader for Saturn not to mention the other items that would be needed for recovery. 4th gen devices are fairly rare with virtually no XDA support and development.
You can try to swipe down from the blank blinking screen with the goal of accessing settings. That might provide a path to re-enabling ADB. Beyond that you probably own an expensive paperweight.
Ok, thank you for your statement. Unfortunately I expected such an answer...
I was attempting to replace my custom rom, which was Lineage OS, with the kindle fire stock OS. I was using TWRP for this. I flashed the zip file to my kindle. I then wiped everything and rebooted. This is when I was greeted with a black screen.
I think this is where I messed up. I should have flashed two zip files, but I only did one (there's a 4.5.5.5 software update and a 3.2.5 software update. I only did the 3.2.5).
The kindle still connects to my desktop, but it shows up as an unknown device, so Windows won't let me update the driver and use adb or fastboot commands (or at least I haven't figured out a way that I can). Pressing and holding the power button or any combination of buttons doesn't display anything or disconnect the kindle from my desktop, so I dont think I can turn it off or reboot it either.
I'm not sure if I would even be able to fix this, based on what I've just said. Any help would be appreciated.
Failstorm9000 said:
I was attempting to replace my custom rom, which was Lineage OS, with the kindle fire stock OS. I was using TWRP for this. I flashed the zip file to my kindle. I then wiped everything and rebooted. This is when I was greeted with a black screen.
I think this is where I messed up. I should have flashed two zip files, but I only did one (there's a 4.5.5.5 software update and a 3.2.5 software update. I only did the 3.2.5).
The kindle still connects to my desktop, but it shows up as an unknown device, so Windows won't let me update the driver and use adb or fastboot commands (or at least I haven't figured out a way that I can). Pressing and holding the power button or any combination of buttons doesn't display anything or disconnect the kindle from my desktop, so I dont think I can turn it off or reboot it either.
I'm not sure if I would even be able to fix this, based on what I've just said. Any help would be appreciated.
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You soft bricked your device with an invalid bootloader downgrade. Recovery is possible but quite challenging. Best option is to try the 1-click bootloader unlock tool. Good luck.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/multi-platform-1-click-bootloader-t3241014