[BACKUP][RECOVERY] Kindle Fire HD and 2 First Aide Software - Noob (Simple) Version

prokennexusa · Feb 21, 2013

Kindle Fire HD and 2 First Aide - Software Version 4.1.46-Beta 02/21/2013 at 02:01am

CheriePie said:
Note that at this step in the process, on the Environment Variables page, there are actually 2 sections, each containing a Path variable. The top set of values apply only to the Logged-in User while the bottom set is the System variables (apply to all users system wide).

I assume that you want the user to add the path variable to the System PATH variable and not the user one, right? If so, you should clarify this in the instructions. Or does it not matter?

---------- Post added at 07:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:22 PM ----------

I thought I'd reply here rather than continuing my reply in the other thread since I'm now planning to use this software to accomplish the Google Apps setup.

I had asked a few questions in the last post in that thread which you haven't answered yet so since I've got time now, I proceeded to try to figure some of this out on my own.

For starters, I simply renamed the platform-tools directory of my installed Android SDK to platform-tools-temp which I believe should effectively disable it sufficiently for purposes of this app.

In addition, I hadn't installed in the root but instead in a directory beneath my Util directory (which I set up or the sole purpose of running utilities such as these). Assuming I make the necessary adjustments to the Path statement variable, and also to the hard-coded C:\KFFirstAide in the RunMe.bat, will this utility run correctly from within C:\Util\KFFirstAide on my system so I don't have to keep this software in the root of my hard drive? (I saw one person in this thread who had a problem with the software installed on his D:\ drive which is why I'm asking.)

To start, I have removed Gmail_4.0.5.apk, GoogleCalendar.apk, GoogleCalendarSyncAdapter.apk, GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk, OneTimeInitializer.apk, and SetupWizard.apk. I then "Cleared Data" on the following services: Account and Sync Settings, Google Account Manager, Google Play Services, Google Play Store, and Google Services Framework. (I didn't see an entry for Google Login Service but maybe that shows up as Google Account Manager in the list since I did see and clear data on that one.

I just now pulled down the latest version of the software and will start the config process for that on my system after I finish dinner. But before I start, I thought I'd inquire about the directory change I made, and if you anticipate any problems because of it, if I make the required changes to the path variable and the text in the RunMe.bat file.

CheriePie,

Sorry for the delay this has been a juggling match lately.

OK, regarding the Path statement, yes it would be preferred to add the statement to the system wide variable although if you are the only user, it really does not matter. I think the one we recommend is the one that says "Environment Variable", although I can not remember, it has been a while now since we have been on Windows.

Today we may have time to go through our other threads, sorry for the delay.

Yes, you are correct CheriePie renaming platform-tools to platform-tools-temp effectively disables the SDK. You may want to completely remove the SDK since it robs you over 600MB of precious hard drive space. Most people do not need the SDK and our software includes the entire platform-tools utilities. Plus we keep all the daemons updated daily, so in the end having the SDK becomes a completely redundant product.

By the end of today, the new version will allow for the software to be installed on any drive or any directory or any subdirectory. The current version requires you to install it specifically in C:\KFFirstAide ONLY. The reason, we hard code many of the items in the BAT file calling to C:\KFFirstAide - by the end of the day, this will be changed. So download the update tomorrow AM and you may install the software in any location as long as your PATH statement includes the new location of KFFirstAide, does this make sense?

You will run into problems until we make the C:\KFFirstAide dynamic, hopefully you figured this out.

This is Software Version 4.1.46-Beta The RunMe is Dated 02/21/2013 at 02:01am:

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide Universal Version 4.1.46-Beta: KFFirstAide.zip

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide 32-bit Version 4.1.46-Beta: KFFirstAide32.zip

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide 64-bit Version 4.1.46-Beta: KFFirstAide64.zip

Please unzip the above packages to C:\KFFirstAide make sure the RunMe.bat is Dated 02/21/2013 at 02:01am. Before running the software, make sure you do not have another folder inside C:\KFFirstAide named KFFirstAide32, KFFirstAide64 or KFFirstAide. After you Unzip the software you should only have one folder named C:\KFFirstAide, this is critical to proper operation.

Make sure you have a Environment Variable in the Microsoft Windows PATH Statement of C:\KFFirstAide otherwise you will see many 'unable to find ???package???.apk' messages.

Finally, make sure you are running the latests version of Java SE Development Kit 7u13

prokennexusa · Feb 21, 2013

Kindle Fire HD and 2 First Aide - Software Version 4.1.46-Beta 02/21/2013 at 02:01am

TB5 said:
With this tool covering so much ground, and getting updated so often, are there ay plans on including a readme, or help option? (ie Entering, "?27" could print a description of the xLoud and ClearAudio upgrades.) Obviously, this isn't of vital importance, but considering that this thread will hit 100 pages soon, it could be rather helpful.

TB5,

That is a GREAT idea, we will add this to the software over the next week. So what we will do is:

When you select Option xx it will first display a full description of what is going to be installed and ask you if you would like to proceed., if you answer Yes, the software will proceed with the described package, if you say No, it will return to the main menu.

We will try to add this feature today since we agree, it is important.

You will run into problems until we make the C:\KFFirstAide dynamic, hopefully you figured this out.

This is Software Version 4.1.46-Beta The RunMe is Dated 02/21/2013 at 02:01am:

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide Universal Version 4.1.46-Beta: KFFirstAide.zip

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide 32-bit Version 4.1.46-Beta: KFFirstAide32.zip

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide 64-bit Version 4.1.46-Beta: KFFirstAide64.zip

Please unzip the above packages to C:\KFFirstAide make sure the RunMe.bat is Dated 02/21/2013 at 02:01am. Before running the software, make sure you do not have another folder inside C:\KFFirstAide named KFFirstAide32, KFFirstAide64 or KFFirstAide. After you Unzip the software you should only have one folder named C:\KFFirstAide, this is critical to proper operation.

Make sure you have a Environment Variable in the Microsoft Windows PATH Statement of C:\KFFirstAide otherwise you will see many 'unable to find ???package???.apk' messages.

Finally, make sure you are running the latests version of Java SE Development Kit 7u13

Random Username · Feb 21, 2013

Holo Launcher doesn't work, please help

This is what it puts out after the first reboot:

dekor8tor · Feb 21, 2013

prokennexusa said:
dekor8tor,

There has to be a problem with your Kindle, we are finally having a large number of people successfully Rooting the Kindle so we know this method works. Heck, this is a know method used be several other tools, it is 99% effective in Rooting the Kindle, having said this we know the method works.

Let's start looking at the Kindle itself. When you run Option 21 does the Kindle ask to be restored? If no, then you have a driver problem. Please grab the Kindle, check More + Security do you see ADB Enable ON? If yes, go to More + Device, do you see Allow installation of programs ON? If yes, plug the Kindle into USB and open the Windows Device Manager, do you see:

Kindle > Android ADB Interface
Portable Devices > Kindle

If yes, the drop to Windows command and run the following command:

Code:

adb kill-server adb start-server adb devices

Please post the EXACT output when you enter these commands. Then open a Windows Command Prompt and navigate to C:\KFFirstAide and enter:

Code:

adb shell su -c "cd /data/local/tmp/; rm *" adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/.

Please post the EXACT output.

This is Software Version 4.1.45-Beta The RunMe is Dated 02/20/2013 at 21:50:

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide Universal Version 4.1.45-Beta: KFFirstAide.zip

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide 32-bit Version 4.1.45-Beta: KFFirstAide32.zip

Microsoft Windows Kindle Fire First Aide 64-bit Version 4.1.45-Beta: KFFirstAide64.zip

Please unzip the above packages to C:\KFFirstAide make sure the RunMe.bat is Dated 02/20/2013 at 21:50. Before running the software, make sure you do not have another folder inside C:\KFFirstAide named KFFirstAide32, KFFirstAide64 or KFFirstAide. After you Unzip the software you should only have one folder named C:\KFFirstAide, this is critical to proper operation.

Make sure you have a Environment Variable in the Microsoft Windows PATH Statement of C:\KFFirstAide otherwise you will see many 'unable to find ???package???.apk' messages.

Finally, make sure you are running the latests version of Java SE Development Kit 7u13

hi chris this is what i got hope it helps

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Richard>cd
C:\Users\Richard

C:\Users\Richard>cd C:\

C:\>cd C:\KFFirstAide

C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell su -c "cd /data/local/tmp/; rm *"
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

C:\KFFirstAide>adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/.
error: device not found

C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell su -c "cd /data/local/tmp/; rm *"
/system/bin/sh: su: not found

C:\KFFirstAide>adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/.
failed to copy 'busybox' to '/data/local/tmp/./busybox': Permission denied

C:\KFFirstAide>

LOLephant In The Room · Feb 21, 2013

I have followed the process step-by-step and successfully installed the First Aide program. It seems to be running smoothly, at least until I try to use it. I attempted to use an option requiring ADB, but every time I go to use it it starts up normally like so:

* daemon not running. starting it no on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

At this point the screen remains the same, nothing happens, no process whatsoever seems to go on. I have left the computer and Kindle for an extended period of time and when I came back no progress seemed to have been made. I tried this several times and went back through the steps for installation and made sure I had done nothing wrong. I can't find an error or why nothing happens when I choose an option (device not being recognized by ADB possibly?).

I'm sure it's a simple error, as I am no expert when it comes to this, but if anyone had an idea for a solution to my problem that would be great!

jigga123 · Feb 21, 2013

XBMC

I rooted and installed XBMC as per your other post (thanks for that by the way!). When first started XBMC I saw the Frodo page and it said starting for the first time... and then I got a "XBMC has stopped" message. Now every time I try to go to XBMC I just get the pop up "XBMC has stopped" message and that's all. I can go back to the Kindle home page though and everything else is working ok.

Infobits · Feb 22, 2013

Infobits said:
Chris, I checked the KindleBackUp directory on the PC after the restore step 25 failed to transfer the image files and it looks like they were not unzipped! I don't know why. I did edit the RunMe.bat file to update and add the gunzip.exe -d statements before I tried the restore but for some reason it did not unzip them. Yes, I had my Windows 7 environment PATH statement updated to point to the C:\KFFirstAide directory. Odd that the script did not execute properly to unzip the image files. Anyway I see that you have updated the latest RunMe.bat file to include the "-d" parameter to the gunzip.exe utility and also added a pause decision step for the user before proceeding to wipe data and cache. Good show!

The contents of the C:\KFFirstAide\KindleBackup directory showed all my image files still unzipped as follows:

02/20/2013 11:19 AM 4,363,942 boot.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 132,532 bootloader.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 62 crypto.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 19,340,227 dfs.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 4,348,968 dkernel.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 284,993 efs.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 105 idme.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 44 misc.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 5,588,493 recovery.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:20 AM 571,288,789 system.img.gz
02/20/2013 11:19 AM 23,374 xloader.img.gz

I had the latest Java JDK 7.0.15 installed (that's all the Oracle Java download site offers now from your link to Java JRE). fyi.
I let your toolkit install the MS VC++ runtime libs.
I ran the step 25 and that was it.

At this point after the tool wiped my data and cache clean, I was able to just use the tablet with whatever image was left on there. It showed all my original Amazon store apps icons. Some were still installed and some required me to reinstall from the Amazon store. The Amazon store simply reinstalled the apps when I clicked on them without complaining a nag message saying that I had already installed it. So apparently the wipe of data and cache did reset my device to like new. The funny thing is, I still have superUser app and SU root priviedges installed! yea!
It also left in place the Google Play market store app and Google Gmail app! So at least I have those activated and usable now too.
All of my previous Google Play installed apps however were deleted and I had to reinstall them. I have my Kindle HD 8.9 32GB tablet working pretty good now and I am leaving it as it is. I am not going to try to do another restore of my previous rooted image at this time since I am happy and satisfied with the way it is running right now. I have all my Amazon Prime functions back as well as the Google Play store to download non-Amazon apps. yippee! That's good enough for me. (I don't have all the other Google apps like Currents, Earth, Maps, etc. though). I am hesitant to try and rerun your toolkit to attempt to reinstall all the Google app functionality in fear that it is going to corrupt my Amazon Prime functions apps and functions again. If I re-try to reinstall the full suite of Google Apps functions will it move and disable my Amazon apps and functions? Previous posting from you said that the Amazon Apps will have been moved to a "Home" folder and I would have to click on it to restore the Amazon functions. I am not sure about it, so hesitant to corrupt my working environment again.

Anyway, hope this info helps you diagnose and improve the toolkit further.

Also, as I mentioned in previous posts, the ADB drivers installation file that you have in the toolkit fails to install on my Windows 8 Pro (64bit) computers. I tried to install them also in compatibility modes (as Windows 7, Windows XP (SP3) ) and it fails to install on Windows 8 64 bit each time. When I switched to a Windows 7 (32-bit) computer, the provided ADB drivers installed with no problem. So you may want to investigate that and find out what driver is good for Windows 8 (64-bit).

Chris, looks like I spoke too soon. I noticed that the top menu bar was disappearing on me and I could not access settings any longer. If I reboot the tablet, the top menu bar is there initially. But when any notification status message came in and flashed on the top menu bar, it would scroll up and never return. Bummer!

So, I decided to restore again using my original full backed up images.
I did that and all went well up to the last part where it is "erasing " where it just hangs and sits there forever. Is that erasing cache and data step supposed to take a long time? I waited for like 1/2 hour and decided to just Ctrl-Break out of it at which point it says rebooting but at that point the tablet never reboots! I manually rebooted it. I think you need to work on that part!
Anyway I got back to my previous rooted state. Also please note, that I had rooted using another tool Bin4ry, not your tooklkit rooting steps with that restored image before.
Okay all was seemingly back to normal but now the Google Play Store and Gmail were no longer there. I wanted them,
So I tried to run your Install Google Play Store step 18 again and it failed every step copying and moving things due mostly to "read only priviledges errors". I don't know if that is because I have to use your rooting method or if there is just a flaw in the routine. But I let it all finish and at the end it said it did copy over the Google Play Store app and the phonesky app. That's all it succeeded to copy over it seems.
Then I rebooted and the Play Store app icon was there but it would not execute. Corrupt install again.

So next I decided to perform step 7 for a total return to stock HD 8.9 v8.1.4 firmware install. Again it downloaded the stock images and wrote them successfully to the tablet but then again just hung there waiting on the "erasing" message to complete. Again I waited about 45 minutes to let it finish and reboot but it never did. So again I Ctrl-Break out of the routine and it then says rebooting, finished successfully. But the tablet still in fastboot mode never reboots. I again had to manually hold the power button in to power it off and reboot.

But more problems! After I reboot it, it is running way slow as heck!!! It takes forever to execute and display everything. So another corrupt install update with the tool. arghhh!

So again I figured maybe you have some bad stock HD 8.1.4 images downloaded? So I again go back to run a full system restore using my original backed up images. Again it hangs foreever at the "erasing..." message. Am I supposed to wait a long long time for this erase wipe step and let it return on its own? I don't know what is going wrong but even my own original full backup restore is running a bit slow now.
Can you explain if that erase command "fastboot -i 0x1949 -w" is supposed to return when its done or does it just go into la la land? The next command after that is to reboot, "fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot" but it does not ever seem to reach that point unless I force a Ctrl-Break.

Since I break out of the erase data and cache step by not waitng for it to finish on its own, might that be the cause why my tablet is corrupted and running real slow now? I figure an erase should not take so long to complete. Please let me know ASAP so I don't pull my hair out trying to reinstall so many times.

Update: I went into the settings->devices menu on the tablet and did a reset and wipe from within the tablet itself. This totally cleared out the system and the tablet is running like New without lag again. So I suggest checking out why the fastboot -w command does not work correctly when issued from the script.

CheriePie · Feb 22, 2013

prokennexusa said:
CheriePie,

Sorry for the delay this has been a juggling match lately.

OK, regarding the Path statement, yes it would be preferred to add the statement to the system wide variable although if you are the only user, it really does not matter. I think the one we recommend is the one that says "Environment Variable", although I can not remember, it has been a while now since we have been on Windows.

I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and the way it looks is that there's a button for Environment Variables. After you click that you're brought to a page with 2 sections. The top section is labeled "User variables for Cherie" (my username) and the bottom section is labeled "System Variables". The Path variable resides in both. But so long as it doesn't matter which one it goes in--I didn't figure it would unless the user is using multiple user accounts--then it shouldn't affect your instructions too much.

I can attach screen shots later if you're interested, let me know.

prokennexusa said:
Yes, you are correct [URL="http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=4262964"]CheriePie renaming platform-tools to platform-tools-temp effectively disables the SDK. You may want to completely remove the SDK since it robs you over 600MB of precious hard drive space. Most people do not need the SDK and our software includes the entire platform-tools utilities. Plus we keep all the daemons updated daily, so in the end having the SDK becomes a completely redundant product.

I still use the SDK for my mobile phone so yeah I still need it. But I don't have the entire package installed, only the platform tools for using adb commands.

prokennexusa said:
By the end of today, the new version will allow for the software to be installed on any drive or any directory or any subdirectory. The current version requires you to install it specifically in C:\KFFirstAide ONLY. The reason, we hard code many of the items in the BAT file calling to C:\KFFirstAide - by the end of the day, this will be changed. So download the update tomorrow AM and you may install the software in any location as long as your PATH statement includes the new location of KFFirstAide, does this make sense?

You will run into problems until we make the C:\KFFirstAide dynamic, hopefully you figured this out.

I got it! And yeah, I did get it to run properly from the directory I put it in by doing a global search and replace on the RunMe.bat to change all instances of C:\KFFirstAide to C:\Util\KFFirstAide and all worked well... well, with the exception of the Google Apps still not installing, but that's an entirely different error. Read on...

I did manage to figure all this out myself and posted another message in this thread on page 79. Unfortunately, the process of installing the Google Apps still didn't work though. The full details including a screen cap can be found in this message: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38270321&postcount=788

The problem seems to revolve around the /data/local/tmp directory it's trying to use. tmp is actually a symlink back to the /data directory so it's unable to install busybox there. But because of this, I'm also concerned the script may have deleted some files from my Kindle's /data directory. Not stuff in the directories since the -r (recursive) option wasn't specified, but if there were any files in the root of /data, then the adb shell su -c "cd /data/local/tmp/; rm *" command in the script would have deleted them!

I have been considering just taking the lines from the "OPTION23" section of RunMe.bat (the part for the Google Apps install0 and run each line individually to see if I can get past the errors. I deleted the /data/local/tmp symlink and created a real directory in its place. Perhaps this will fix the problem. However note that it's your script that is creating that symlink in the first place. (Line 3274 of RunMe.bat in the version I ran at the time, looks like it's later in the file now.)

Krsmqn · Feb 22, 2013

You want to choose the "PATH" located in the bottom box. The top isn't the right one. Lemme find a picture.

Krsmqn · Feb 22, 2013

For some reason this xda app won't let me add a picture to the above post.

Anyways, please disregard the color blue in the picture. The box on the bottom (system variables) is how the environment variables should look.

CheriePie · Feb 22, 2013

Okay, latest build, installed as C:\KFFirstAide in root of my drive, Path variable updated.

I can verify connectivity with adb devices command, and the first couple of commands to push busybox over and set it's owner and permissisions work just fine. However, once ADB starts trying to copy files to the /system/app directory I'm getting permission denied errors.

Code:

C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell su -c "/data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system"

C:\KFFirstAide>adb push ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk /system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdap
ter.apk
failed to copy 'ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk' to '/system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter
.apk': Permission denied

C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell su -c "rm /data/local.prop > nul"
sh: cannot create nul: Read-only file system

I'm not sure what the local.prop has to do with but I'm going to try to copy over these files manually, outside of adb, and then try to pick up from there. Will update again later when I've had a chance to revisit this again. For now, I have to run out to troupe practice.

Infobits · Feb 22, 2013

CheriePie said:
I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit and the way it looks is that there's a button for Environment Variables. After you click that you're brought to a page with 2 sections. The top section is labeled "User variables for Cherie" (my username) and the bottom section is labeled "System Variables". The Path variable resides in both. But so long as it doesn't matter which one it goes in--I didn't figure it would unless the user is using multiple user accounts--then it shouldn't affect your instructions too much.

I can attach screen shots later if you're interested, let me know.

I still use the SDK for my mobile phone so yeah I still need it. But I don't have the entire package installed, only the platform tools for using adb commands.

I got it! And yeah, I did get it to run properly from the directory I put it in by doing a global search and replace on the RunMe.bat to change all instances of C:\KFFirstAide to C:\Util\KFFirstAide and all worked well... well, with the exception of the Google Apps still not installing, but that's an entirely different error. Read on...

I did manage to figure all this out myself and posted another message in this thread on page 79. Unfortunately, the process of installing the Google Apps still didn't work though. The full details including a screen cap can be found in this message: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38270321&postcount=788

The problem seems to revolve around the /data/local/tmp directory it's trying to use. tmp is actually a symlink back to the /data directory so it's unable to install busybox there. But because of this, I'm also concerned the script may have deleted some files from my Kindle's /data directory. Not stuff in the directories since the -r (recursive) option wasn't specified, but if there were any files in the root of /data, then the adb shell su -c "cd /data/local/tmp/; rm *" command in the script would have deleted them!

I have been considering just taking the lines from the "OPTION23" section of RunMe.bat (the part for the Google Apps install0 and run each line individually to see if I can get past the errors. I deleted the /data/local/tmp symlink and created a real directory in its place. Perhaps this will fix the problem. However note that it's your script that is creating that symlink in the first place. (Line 3274 of RunMe.bat in the version I ran at the time, looks like it's later in the file now.)

Yeah, Iam beginning to realize that this toolkit routines was not thoroughly put together. In the Root Method_1 routine I just tried to run again, it threw out error msgs trying to manipulate that /data/local/tmp directory saying:

********************************************
*Here We Go, We Are Now Prepping The Kindle*
********************************************

The system cannot find the path specified.
The system cannot find the path specified.

**********************************
*We Are Now Rebooting The Kindle.*
**********************************

The system cannot find the path specified.
Press any key to continue . . .

I looked up the lines in the RunMe.bat script and see that it is trying to execute an old version of adb.exe stored in the Qemc directory.
Chris why don't you just execute the adb in the C:\KFFirstAide directory? Instead it looks like you just slapped in old code to execute another older adb.exe in the C:\KFFirstAide\Qemu directory. Is there something special or different in that older version of adb.exe? I doubt it for executing a make softlink command "ln -s ". Can I remove the reference to Qemu\adb and just use adb?

Krsmqn · Feb 22, 2013

It's put together quite well, I think. Maybe you haven't factored in variable change. Chris has continuously manipulated the code to fit the needs of the users. I was one of the first to use this utility and I can tell you that (at that point) the code was perfect. Despite a few voided links and some errors on my behalf, the KFFA utility is the reason why I have very few issues with anything I do with this device.

Truly a case of what my signature says: "if it ain't broke, fix it". Only problem is that it has opened Pandora's box.

Cheers Chris! You do good things.

CheriePie · Feb 22, 2013

C:\KFFirstAide>adb shell su -c "/data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system"

C:\KFFirstAide>adb push ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk /system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk
failed to copy 'ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk' to '/system/app/ChromeBookmarksSyncAdapter.apk': Permission denied

No output returned from the first command to remount system as rw so at first glance, I would assume it was successful. Though perhaps that's not the case because the adb remount command returned an Operation not permitted error, and since the second command fails to copy the .apk to the /system/app directory, it would lead me to believe that the /system partition isn't really writable at all.

So referring back to my previously reported errors, yes there's still the issue of /data/local/tmp being a symlink to /data instead of an actual directory but all the other problems I was experiencing would seem to stem from the fact that the /system partition isn't getting remounted as writable.

Infobits · Feb 22, 2013

Krsmqn said:
It's put together quite well, I think. Maybe you haven't factored in variable change. Chris has continuously manipulated the code to fit the needs of the users. I was one of the first to use this utility and I can tell you that (at that point) the code was perfect. Despite a few voided links and some errors on my behalf, the KFFA utility is the reason why I have very few issues with anything I do with this device.

Truly a case of what my signature says: "if it ain't broke, fix it". Only problem is that it has opened Pandora's box.

Cheers Chris! You do good things.

I am afraid to say that I have just taken the time tonight (or this morning) to analyse the script routines and I can tell you that this script is full of errors and a lot of redundant commands. I just walked through the "Root Method1" and the "Install Google Play Store" routines and see why it is constantly giving denied permissions errors. It makes assumptions that there is no busybox installed and is continuously and needlessly installing and removing it at many steps along the way. As well as there are some serious errors on manipulating the /data/local/tmp directory and turning it into a soft-link to /data directory and deleting stuff.
There are points along the updating path sequence where it looks like it can totally erase the /data directory contents too.
some of the commands that fail need to be executed as super user (root) with the su -c parameters to work properly... but they are not in the script.
Also I mentioned in previous post about the execution of an older adb.exe program in the "\KFFirstAide\Qemc" directory. Totally wrong and uneeded.
It is an older adb.exe than the one in the C:\KFFirstAide\adb.exe. And on my Windows 7 PC when I manually executed these exact sequence of commands it gives errors galore... fail, fail, fail. And each adb.exe version detects that another version of adb.exe daemon is running and kills it. Chris, you are probably fully aware of all this mess and working on it to improve the script but man, you really should not release this stuff in the state it is in. I weeded out the main important commands and executed them by hand on my terminal to successfully install the Google Play Store apps without the corruption that the script creates. The script constantly has permission denied errors thus leaving out file transfers and moves thus why so many folks are getting bad installs. You need to clean it up for sure. Just my own experience with the toolkit so far.
I am a Senior Software Developer/Engineer myself BTW, so I am not just guessing here... I am seeing the messy routines. Great start and toolkit that is helpful... but it definitely needs a lot more cleaning up.

Slimepuppy · Feb 22, 2013

KFHD 8.9, fresh install of 8.1.4, successful Option 14: disable OTA Updates with KFFirstAide 64 downloaded 2/22/13 @ 0130 CST

Chris - it looks like you broke Option 18 - Install Google Play Store

It doesn't look like busybox made it to /data/local/tmp and it went downhill from there.

You know there's a copy of Busybox on the device at /system/xbin?

Andy

CheriePie · Feb 22, 2013

Error in RunMe.bat, line 4118

adb push Clibspeexwrapper.so /system/lib/libspeexwrapper.so

should be

adb push libspeexwrapper.so /system/lib/libspeexwrapper.so

Infobits, I'm doing exactly as you're doing now, trying to execute the lines that I need manually. Still having a bit of a struggle mounting my /system partition as writable so instead I'm just pushing the files over to my sdcard for now and will copy them into /system/app directly from the device.

procter · Feb 22, 2013

Long story short, I was trying to redo persano's tweak script on my perfectly fine and rooted Kindle fire HD 7 and forgot to copy back the install-recovery.sh file before restarting the device. Now it goes into a dark screen after the kindle fire logo at each reboot. It's showing up as "Kindle" with a yellow exclamation in my win 7 device manager via USB but it's not using the installed drivers. Tried adb command and it gave me "device not found". I can press and hold power button to power up /down the device too. Does this sound like a damaged bootloader? Would it hurt to try this first aid tool to access fastboot while I am waiting for my factory cable? First bricked device for me

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prokennexusa · Feb 22, 2013

Kindle Fire HD and 2 First Aide - Critical Release ! 02/22/2013 02:23am Rev 4.1.50

To All-

We are sorry we have not been able to respond to any of the posts today, we will focus on the posts tomorrow. We found a serious error deep in the code, please update the software immediately! This version is very close to Production, we will have a couple more Beta releases then we will be going to Stable Releases. This version is VERY stable. Today we had a total of 20 users using the software intensively from 8am to 5pm today. We took these steps to eliminate future issues. Today we spent all day debugging the code.

Lately we have been seeing a extremely large number of people experiencing install failures. This is NOT due to the software of it's code. The reason for the failure is due to a Superuser Permission problem. When you run each option you must watch the Kindle closely during the first set of commands, this is CRITICAL! You will see a Superuser Request on the Kindle directly, you MUST click on Allow or Grant otherwise the entire install will fail. Usually once you have granted the first request the rest of the commands will execute as expected.

So, if you have an install failing like Google Apps (Which has successfully worked over the last 60 days), this is due to not responding to the Superuser Popup or Request on the Kindle. We have been looking at options to fully automate these processes without having to deal with the Superuser security window. After several hours OS testing there is no way around this issue, you must pay close attention to the Kindle otherwise all the operations will fail. There is a slight chance some people may have inadvertently click on Disallow or Deny - this will cause every install to fail until we reset the Superuser account. The way to determine if you have the proper permissions to run our software on your Kindle is to run the following command:

Code:

adb wait-for-device
adb shell su -c "ls /system/app"

If the command fails, you have a Superuser permission issue.

Pay attention to the Kindle, you will see a Superuser request, click on ALLOW! Once you allow the ADB Shell access future requests should run fine and our software will no longer fail. You will see a small popup stating "ADB Shell has been granted superuser permissions for interactive shell". Also, open SuperSU or Superuser, look at the Logs after the above command you should see ADB Shell was granted Superuser Permissions. If you look under the SuperSU or Superuser Apps Tab, you should see "ADB Shell #" - if you do not see either entry then Superuser is denying the ADB Request and will need to be reset. Post a response, advising us what version of Superuser you are using, we will respond with a fix.

Here we go Kindle Fire First Aide Rev 4.1.50-Beta 02/22/2013 at 02:23am:

New Features In 4.1.50-Beta:
1. New Detailed Description on every option - pick one of the options, you will see a detailed description and be given the option to exit
2. Backup and Restore are now seamless - the functions have all been tested
3. Apex Launcher Install
4. Holo Launcher Install
5. Boat Browser Adobe Flash Player with Instagram Install
6. Interactive Restore
7. Interactive Enable OTA
8. Google Apps now Include AVX (Android Voice Xtreme) TTS Speech Engine (One of The VERY Best)

Kindle Fire First Aide Microsoft Windows Universal: KFFirstAide.zip

Kindle Fire First Aide Microsoft Windows 32-Bit Version: KFFirstAide32.zip

Kindle Fire First Aide Microsoft Windows 64-bit Version: KFFirstAide64.zip

Be sure to unzip the contents to C:\KFFirstAide - check to be sure you do not have a second folder named KFFirstAide inside of C:\KFFirstAide. Also, check the date and time of the RunMe.bat make sure it is 02/22/2013 at 02:23am.

Also make sure you are not running the Amazon SDK, either disable it or remove it! Finally, make sure you are using the latest version of Java SE: Java SE Development Kit 7u13

field3d · Feb 22, 2013

Kindle Fire HD 8.1.4 Rooted problems

deleted other problem is the cause

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