[Root][TWRP][FFF][CWM]Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.6 (5/09/12) [First Gen Only]

a1exus · Jan 18, 2012

I'm on 6.2 on my AKF, do I need to update my AKF to latest and greatest before I can use this? I want to be able to load different ROM (non-amazon)

Aronoskarss · Jan 18, 2012

No, if you have 6.2.1 on the kindle you can just run this, did it few hours ago, this is very easy, just install the drivers and run KFU. awesome utility, i had no problems and have been flashing roms since, got cm7 on there now, and am off to try ICS

a1exus · Jan 18, 2012

Aronoskarss said:
No, if you have 6.2.1 on the kindle you can just run this, did it few hours ago, this is very easy, just install the drivers and run KFU. awesome utility, i had no problems and have been flashing roms since, got cm7 on there now, and am off to try ICS

I don't have Windows

sucks that this utility only for Windows

I just downloaded 6.2.1, but should I go to 6.2.2 instead?

b63 · Jan 18, 2012

a1exus said:
I don't have Windows sucks that this utility only for Windows
I just downloaded 6.2.1, but should I go to 6.2.2 instead?

version for mac/linux:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21369040&postcount=653

a1exus · Jan 18, 2012

b63 said:
version for mac/linux:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21369040&postcount=653

really? awesome! can someone confirm that it's working?

b63 · Jan 18, 2012

a1exus said:
really? awesome! can someone confirm that it's working?

it's in this thread some sites back - there are a lot of guys using it
start reading at the point of the post i linked you in my last post

good luck !

viczena · Jan 19, 2012

current language problem

Hi, I tried to install the utility, but it comes back with the following errror message:
"The current language is not supported by the Device Driver Installation Wiszard. Contact vendor.."

I use a german Win 7.

Is there a workaround?

Thanks

b63 · Jan 19, 2012

viczena said:
Hi, I tried to install the utility, but it comes back with the following errror message:
"The current language is not supported by the Device Driver Installation Wiszard. Contact vendor.."

I use a german Win 7.

Is there a workaround?

Thanks

you can try to use alternate driver:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20855280&postcount=54
run install.bat then update driver
that's only a loose description that you see how it is done:

if you' asked for a driver:
-choose browse my computer for driver software
-Then select have disk
-Then select browse
-direct to where you downloaded the usb driver
-Select ok and ok

if you'r not asked and want to update the driver:
-Go to device manager
-right click on the exclamation mark kindle
-Choose update driver software
-choose browse my computer for driver software
-choose let me pick from a list of devices on my computer
-Then select have disk
-Then select browse
-direct to where you downloaded the usb driver
-Select ok and ok

charmainelooi · Jan 19, 2012

Thanks to Jcase- It's rooted now using Burrito2 method . I then tried to run KFU 0.92 to install the extras ( Google apps etc) but it did not work. Google plus and Talk FC'ed on me. I lost whatsapp as well. What's the proper way to get back Google Market? Thanks

It's ok now :

I need to run this before running KFU 0.92 utility

adb shell ./data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin
adb root

Is whatsapp working for everyone ?

viczena · Jan 19, 2012

KFU with 6.2.2

I found the solution. First of all i changed the country value in the file /drivers/dpinst.xml from 0x0409 to 0x0407. This is the country code for germany.

After that the KFU installed on my german windows system.

As i already had a 6.2.2 update with burrito2 root, i also had to change the file run.bat.

Search with the editor for the line:

"tools\adb root
echo."

before that insert the lines:

"tools\adb shell /data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin
echo."

That did the trick. TWRP installed flawlessly...

Gam3r 4 Life · Jan 19, 2012

DeerSteak said:
If you update to 6.2.2 and use BurritoRoot2 you'll find that KFU doesn't work. I got around it by doing this prior to running it (and if KFU does something that reboots the Kindle, you'll need to do it again prior to doing anything else in KFU)

adb shell ./data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin
adb root

Once you do that, KFU does all the other stuff correctly, including reinstall all the apps with Market/Facebook/etc. and installing TWRP. Once KFU has been updated to use BurritoRoot2 it won't be a big deal. Hope this helps anyone who's trying to get back to where they were after the OTA update.

Hey just want to thank you for the post. I got my fire yesterday, rooted, installed twrp, and used app quarantine to quarantine the ota update apk hoping to prevent an OTA. And everything was working great. Until tonight I was messing around with my fire and it turned off, rebooted, then went to installing a package all on its own.

At first I was confused but I figured somehow the update went through. And sure enough after it restarted I was at 6.2.2, lost root, and twrp. So Ive been scrambling ever since trying to get it back to what it was. I was able to use burritoroot2 to get rooted again. And Ive spent hours reading and trying to install twrp again and finally found your post. So I guess now its just wait until KFU gets updated to be able to install twrp after 6.2.2?

So my question is, after Im able to get twrp back is there any sure fire way to block the OTA? Because I want to keep it at rooted stock. I saw this thread here, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451747 but it doesnt prevent ota. So other than a custom rom is there a way to prevent amazon from sabotaging my device? Thanks

b63 · Jan 19, 2012

maybe try this:http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1451328

Thomas1218 · Jan 20, 2012

Like an idiot I updated to 6.2.2 last night but then decided I wanted to root today. Is this going to be updated to use Burritoroot2 or should I just root it by hand(preferably not)

b63 · Jan 20, 2012

you have to root by hand at the time but after that you can use it with a little patch:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21575038&postcount=622
or if you want to edit run.bat:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21575038&postcount=730

Thomas1218 · Jan 20, 2012

I got it rooted by hand but IDK what to do to install twrp by cmd. Does the image have to be in the KindleADB folder with the other stuff(su, superuser.apk)
EDIT: Decided screw doing it by hand and did the method the couple guys above me did for recovery and it worked great. Thanks guys

djkeller3 · Jan 20, 2012

I really hope that at some point, there is a more standardized, predictable and SUCCESSFUL way to flash a recovery system onto our Kindle Fires. I'm not a techie per se' (I do this just as a hobby), so I rely heavily on following directions. It doesn't have to be as easy as having ROM Manager and selecting the Flash CWR option, but it would be nice to be able to follow a set of instructions that include downloading the needed files, and using ADB to enter some commands and end up with a recovery system on my Fire. A nearly complete build of CM9 is out now and it sure would be nice to be able to flash it!

Edit: Used the KFU many times but cannot get a complete install of TWR.

foliage green · Jan 20, 2012

hi all i was hoping someone on here can help me out. rooting of my kindle fire went well but afterwards when trying to use KFU to flash twrp, it gave me an error message of "cygwin1.dll is missing" i did a search and couldn't come up with anything. what am i missing? im using KFU 0.9.2 thanks in advance.

b63 · Jan 20, 2012

foliage green said:
hi all i was hoping someone on here can help me out. rooting of my kindle fire went well but afterwards when trying to use KFU to flash twrp, it gave me an error message of "cygwin1.dll is missing" i did a search and couldn't come up with anything. what am i missing? im using KFU 0.9.2 thanks in advance.

place kfu in something like c:\kfu - it does'nt like blanks in the pathname

and if you have 6.2.2:
root with burritoroot2 and run

adb shell ./data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin
adb root

everytime before using kfu

foliage green · Jan 20, 2012

b63 said:
place kfu in something like c:\kfu - it does'nt like blanks in the pathname

and if you have 6.2.2:
root with burritoroot2 and run

adb shell ./data/local/BurritoRoot2.bin
adb root

everytime before using kfu

Thanks. I'll give that a try. Is the Cygwin1.dll supposed to be in the zip file? I noticed that the utility calls on fastboot but that wasn't in the bundle so I'm wondering if the file I dl'd was just missing some stuff for some reason.

eratosthene · Jan 20, 2012

a1exus said:
really? awesome! can someone confirm that it's working?

I believe it should be working, I wrote it and I used it a couple days ago when I was doing the 6.2.2 update.

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