[Q] Not Able to Connect Wifi to Kindle Fire 7" HD (ON button greyed out)

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taylerzy

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My Kindle Fire 7" HD was giving me problems a few days ago, so I used a factory cable to run KFHD_SRT_v1.2.3 (Option 2) to restore my system. It restored my Kindle with no errors, but while registering, there was no options for selecting a Wifi connection. I tried manually entering the Wifi information with no success. I skipped the Kindle registration since I couldn't connect to Wifi, and found that the ON button under the Wireless Internet options is now greyed out. "Need help connecting to Wi-Fi?" is shown underneath the On/Off buttons, but it does nothing when I click on it.

How should I attempt to connect my Kindle to wireless?
 
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If rooted try running
Code: 
adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"
, see if your WiFi and Bluetooth mac adresses list still on that command. I like to make sure its not a bad boot block before running a few other checks.

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk
 
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taylerzy

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stunts513 said:
If rooted try running
Code: 
adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"
, see if your WiFi and Bluetooth mac adresses list still on that command. I like to make sure its not a bad boot block before running a few other checks.

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk
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My Kindle is rooted, but the device doesn't seem to be detected by adb. When running the command, I get
C:\Users\<User Name>\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

In Windows 7, I went to the Device Manager and found Kindle Fire -> Android ADB Interface. No yellow triangles indicating a problem with the drivers. Then I went to "C\Users\<User Name>\.android\adb_usb.ini" and found that 0x1949 is listed. Then I checked Kindle Settings -> Security and found that Enable ADB is On.

What am I missing here? :confused:
 
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taylerzy said:
My Kindle is rooted, but the device doesn't seem to be detected by adb. When running the command, I get
C:\Users\<User Name>\Downloads\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

In Windows 7, I went to the Device Manager and found Kindle Fire -> Android ADB Interface. No yellow triangles indicating a problem with the drivers. Then I went to "C\Users\<User Name>\.android\adb_usb.ini" and found that 0x1949 is listed. Then I checked Kindle Settings -> Security and found that Enable ADB is On.

What am I missing here? :confused:
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try uninstalling the adb interface in the device manager then refreshing the device manager to notice the device again, and install it with my drivers. If you are using the stock amazon drivers they tend to not always work, not sure if this is the case this time but its always a good idea to use googles(which is essentially what mine are, i just modifed the inf file to include the kindles vid and pid).
 
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stunts513 said:
try uninstalling the adb interface in the device manager then refreshing the device manager to notice the device again, and install it with my drivers. If you are using the stock amazon drivers they tend to not always work, not sure if this is the case this time but its always a good idea to use googles(which is essentially what mine are, i just modifed the inf file to include the kindles vid and pid).
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The device is now detected: adb devices shows List of devices attached "D025A0A0242714AL device".

adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"

Reading idme data ...
version: 1.2
boardid: 8030800000000000
serial: D025A0A0242714AL
mac: E0CB1D4A4F48
sec: 9NDPKB437GXFH0ZP0F4F
bt: E0CB1D4AF7FC
pid: (zeros)
pid2: (zeros)
bootmode: 1
postmode: *
mfg:
 
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taylerzy

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taylerzy said:
The device is now detected: adb devices shows List of devices attached "D025A0A0242714AL device".

adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"

Reading idme data ...
version: 1.2
boardid: 8030800000000000
serial: D025A0A0242714AL
mac: E0CB1D4A4F48
sec: 9NDPKB437GXFH0ZP0F4F
bt: E0CB1D4AF7FC
pid: (zeros)
pid2: (zeros)
bootmode: 1
postmode: *
mfg:
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Click to collapse

Fixed! I tried many different things, but what finally fixed it was very simple.
I downloaded an updated version of SRT that has an option for restoring factory recovery:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
KFHD_SRT_v1.3.5- 7.3.0
After using option 3 with admin privileges, my Kindle automatically detected nearby WiFi connections.
 
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Good, I was going to confirm at least four boot0 block is OK, but you figured the rest out so co grants and sorry for the slow reply, I'm taking it a bit easy this weekend because I have been spending too much time trying to work on a project that's a bit above me and my brain needs a bit of a break.

Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk
 
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jchanto

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same issue


same solution (restoring original recovery got my wifi working again)

IDK why custom recovery is not compatible with WIFI
 
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    taylerzy
    taylerzy said:
    The device is now detected: adb devices shows List of devices attached "D025A0A0242714AL device".

    adb shell "su -c 'idme print'"

    Reading idme data ...
    version: 1.2
    boardid: 8030800000000000
    serial: D025A0A0242714AL
    mac: E0CB1D4A4F48
    sec: 9NDPKB437GXFH0ZP0F4F
    bt: E0CB1D4AF7FC
    pid: (zeros)
    pid2: (zeros)
    bootmode: 1
    postmode: *
    mfg:
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Fixed! I tried many different things, but what finally fixed it was very simple.
    I downloaded an updated version of SRT that has an option for restoring factory recovery:
    http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
    KFHD_SRT_v1.3.5- 7.3.0
    After using option 3 with admin privileges, my Kindle automatically detected nearby WiFi connections.
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    stunts513
    Good, I was going to confirm at least four boot0 block is OK, but you figured the rest out so co grants and sorry for the slow reply, I'm taking it a bit easy this weekend because I have been spending too much time trying to work on a project that's a bit above me and my brain needs a bit of a break.

    Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD using Tapatalk
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    same issue


    same solution (restoring original recovery got my wifi working again)

    IDK why custom recovery is not compatible with WIFI
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