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

Hmmm. First cable didn't have a pin out on the PCB for pin 4, second cable was doable, if I could solder in between five legs barely mms apart, I could do it. Gone are the days of a steady hand and good eyesight.
I'm going to see if I can get someone here to bring my cable over with them, the next time they go to the UK. I'll just have to be patient until then!
Relying on normal mail (skorpn, dx, ebay) will take forever, with no guarantee it will ever arrive (local post company workers...), using a courier is going to end up costing close to 1/2 the price of the kindle.
Thanks again, and hopefully I'll be able to put your instructions to use soon.

Hi Chris,
I have been working so unable to fiddle with my Kindle
Ok, Installed rev66.
I have cleared the cache and user files, this stopped the flashing.
Tried the fix permissions
When i load Chrome i get a message box "Critical functionality required to run Chrome is missing. Either your Chrome installation is incomplete or not compatible with this version of Android.
Then Chrome has stopped arrears once I ok.

I have downloaded stock rooted 7.2.3 roms and dont mind wiping my data.
How can i completely start from fresh, something from previous rooting, Gapps installation etc must be corrupt and causing this problem.
Many thanks
Ian

prokennexusa said:

procter,

I have an idea and a solution. I have been thinking about your issue and came up with something I just tried on our own Table trying to replicate your issue, after quite a bit of finagling I finally replicated the problem.

Here is how I fixed the issue, please do everything, otherwise it will not work properly:

Step 0: Download Kindle Fire First Aide Update, extract and upgrade per these instructions: How To Upgrade

Step 1: Ran an Option 23 install, this upgraded my Google Apps (We have new Apps as of Rev 65)

Step 2: Move dchp_apk.apk to /system/app

Step 3: Run Option 19, Enable OTA - be sure to Enable ALL the items

Step 4: Login to your Amazon Account, Under Your Kindle Account, click Manage Your Devices.

Step 5: Next to your device, under Special Offers, click Edit next to Subscribed.

Step 6: You'll see a window that displays the price to subscribe. Click Subscribe now with 1-Click to proceed.

Step 7: Logout of Amazon.

Step 8: reboot the Kindle and wait 48 hours, the Tab should return

Version 4.1.66-Beta at 22:02 Change Log:

1. Added New Code To Check For Temp If Missing Create One
2. Added Fix Permissions to Option 27, 28 and 29
3. Missing Temp Directory Causes Fix Permissions to Fail - Fixed Issue
4. Removed and replaced files that broke the Kindle
5. Added Fix Broken installation option
6. Streamlined Qemu Root

*****Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta RunMe 02/25/13 at 00:30 for Microsoft Windows*****

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for RunMe.bat Package: RunMe.zip (Dropbox)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for RunMe.bat Package:RunMe.zip (Box)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for Windows Universal Package: KFFirstAide.zip (Dropbox)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for Windows Universal Package: KFFirstAide.zip (Box)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for Windows 32-bit Version: KFFirstAide32.zip (Dropbox)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for Windows 32-bit Version: KFFirstAide32.zip (Box)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for Windows 64-bit Version: KFFirstAide64.zip (Dropbox)

Kindle Fire First Aide Revision 4.1.66-Beta for Windows 64-bit Version: KFFirstAide64.zip (Box)

7-Zip for Windows 32-bit: Download

7-Zip for Windows 64-bit: Download

Oracle Java SE Update: Java SE Development Kit 7u15

Oracle Java SE 7u15 32-bit : jdk-7u15-windows-i586.exe

Oracle Java SE 7u15 64-bit : jdk-7u15-windows-x64.exe

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Thanks for your effort, Chirs.

Just want to update on this issue, I think you don't need to do all these upgrade google apps, re-enable OTA. You just need to wait after you get the app back in place. I found my lockscreen ads and the offer tab both came back last night w/o any further work.

I decided to post this in case others are having the same issue, especially if we figure it out.
This is an abbreviated version of a PM I sent to Chris and his reply...

Hi

Kindle Fire HD 8.9 after failed root
The screen had a rolling 'flicker'... about 1/3 of the screen, single line of dots rolling... now nothing.
I believe I tried the root for the earlier Kindle before I realized they were different.

Reply from Chris:

Sorry for the delay. Use our latest version and select Option 21 to complete the Root process sounds like your Kindle is 1/2 Rooted, the issue you describe is usually from a Broken Root package. Run Option 21 twice, let me know if that solves your issue. Be sure to post positive feedback in our thread! By the way, if this does not fix your Kindle we can still solve the problem just reply with the details of where you stand with the Kindle and exactly what is going on, the more detailed your response the easier it will be to fix the problem.

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Hi,

All I am getting is the following:

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

It doesn't proceed any further o matter how long I let it run.
I went into Task Manager after a couple hours and ended the task 'adb.exe'
After that I get the following:


******************************************************
*We Are Now Beginning The Root Process, Please Wait. *
*During The Upgrade The Kindle Will Look Unusual, Do *
*Not Worry Or Interrupt The Install Process Once The *
*Install Starts. Make Sure The Kindle Is Plugged Into*
* USB, Are You Ready? *
******************************************************

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
error: device not found

*******************************************************
*We Are Now Rebooting The Kindle. Please Do Not Forget*
* To Press Any Key So I Can Continue! *
*******************************************************

error: device not found
Press any key to continue . . .

*************************************************
* Phase One *
* This Is The First Attempt To Exploit The *
* Kindle, If This Fails, Which We Are Sure It *
* Will Fail, We Have A Second Exploit To Run On *
* The Kindle! *
*************************************************

error: device not found
error: device not found

************************************************************
* We Are Rebooting The Kindle. The Kindle May Look Unusual *
* After The Reboot, This Is Normal. Please Do Not Forget *
* To Press Any Key So We Can Continue! *
************************************************************

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *


I have the latest Java installed and I really feel I have followed all the directions.
I no longer have the 'rolling dots' on the screen, it seems dead yet it should be charged.

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NEW AS OF Tuesday 2/26

Further down the road yet no results yet.
I have tried the Rev66 and the device is still not seen by Windows or adb.
I also have added the path to the environmental variables, everything you suggested.
After executing the First Aide > Option 21

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

It will sit for as long as I let it.

Problems restoring from KindleBackup

Hello Chris!

Today I got my factory cable from SkOrPn and felt a little more courageous trying out your software.
First thing: I made a backup using Option 13 (full backup ro KindleBackup) which created 11 files in c:\KFFirstAide\KindleBackup

26.02.2013 12:18 <DIR> .
26.02.2013 12:18 <DIR> ..
26.02.2013 12:18 8.388.608 boot.img
26.02.2013 12:17 262.144 bootloader.img
26.02.2013 12:17 16.384 crypto.img
26.02.2013 12:18 201.326.592 dfs.img
26.02.2013 12:17 10.485.760 dkernel.img
26.02.2013 12:18 16.777.216 efs.img
26.02.2013 12:17 65.536 idme.img
26.02.2013 12:17 2.048 misc.img
26.02.2013 12:18 8.388.608 recovery.img
26.02.2013 12:25 929.038.336 system.img
26.02.2013 12:17 131.072 xloader.img
11 Datei(en), 1.174.882.304 Bytes

Afterwards I tried a lot of options (installing apps over ADB and changing default store etc.) and was all in all very satisfied.

In the end I used option 8 (clear Davlik Cache and the User Data) - which was stupid because I lost my apps too, not only data - BUT no problem, I have backups ... (or so I thought). Sidenote: The Clear User Data and Cache option seems to hang - it never terminated within approx 1h (over lunchtime).

So I tried option 25 to restore which behaved very strangely:
1. It asked if there were yellow triangles in the device manager -> answering "no" prompted the installation of aternative ADB Drivers
-> answering "yes" brought up the "Go get yourself some cups of coffee" (or something like that) message
-> afterwards it said path not found and that it could not find any image files (not found for all 11 - but they are there, with correct file-type no less)

2. Next step was letting it install the alternative drivers (when saying "no there are no yellow triangles") - I allowed them to be installed again
-> Now ADB stopped working alltogether and I can't seem to find my device anymore with "adb devices" command.

3. Installing the (preferred) Amazon ADB & Fastboot drivers (option 12) fails with:
-> Der Befehl "C:\KFFirstAide\Kindle" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder konnte nicht gefunden werden.
-> (Translation: The command "C:\KFFirstAide\Kindle" is either spelled incorrectly or could not be found.)

I'm trying to get ADB running again (I rooted my device by hand before and I had enough troubles *g* so I guess I'll get it up and running again).

Still: Being able to restore my device would be cool.

I'll post more output / screenshots, once I get it working again.

I'd be grateful for any suggestions concerning the matter.

Thanks in advance
Alexander

EDIT 2: Telling the System that it needs to unzip the files (although it does not need to) makes the process WORK - it then finds the files correctly and does something with them. I hope the process works

EDIT 1: Uninstalled old drivers / manually installed new drivers

Here are the logs (stuff that does not work):

ad 1:
************************************************
*Thank You For Selecting Option 25. This Option*
* Will Restore The Kindle From The Option 13 *
* Backup. This Option Is Considered A Complete *
* Kindle Fire Restore. This Will Restore All *
* Eleven Kindle Fire Partitions That Includes *
* Xloader Partition, Bootloader Partition, *
* Idme Partition, Crypto Partition, Misc *
* Partition, Dkernel Partition, Dfs Partition, *
* Efs Partition, Recovery Partition, Boot *
* Partition And System Partition. This Option *
* Will Give You Full Control Of The Recovery *
* Allowing You To Perform A Full Or Partial *
* Restore On The Kindle Fire. *
************************************************

Are You Sure You Would Like To Restore The Kindle Fire From An Option 25 Backup?[y/n]?y

****************************************************
*Do You Need Us To Reboot The Kindle Into Fastboot?*
****************************************************

Would You Like Us To Reboot The Kindle Fire Into Fastboot?[y/n]?y

******************************************
*Please Power On The Kindle Fire HD Or 2.*
*Then Plug The Mini USB In To The Kindle *
* And The Other End To The Computer *
******************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

Are You Ready? The Kindle Must Be On![y/n]?y

*************************************************
*The Kindle HD Will Now Reboot In Fastboot Mode!*
*This Process Will Fail If You Do Not Have Root *
* Installed On The Kindle. *
*************************************************

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

***********************************************
*We have Enabled Fastboot on the Kindle Fire, *
*Please Verify The Kindle Is In Fastboot Mode *
*In Some Rare Cases The Kindle Fire Bootloader*
* Is Damaged And Requires A Factory USB Cable *
* To Boot (Kindle Fire HD 7 and 2 Only) *
***********************************************

Is The Kindle In Fastboot Mode (y/n) ?y

***********************************************************
*Please Make Sure ADB Is Enabled On The Kindle By Going To*
* The Kindle Menu More - Security - Enable ADB (Turn On) *
*And You Have The Kindle Plugged In To USB Using A Normal *
* USB Cable To The Computer, NOT The Factory USB Cable *
***********************************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

******************************************************
* This Operation Requires The Microsoft Visual C++ *
* Run-Time Components To Be Installed On You PC *
******************************************************

Do You Have Any Yellow Triangles In The Windows Device Manager (y/n) ?y

*****************************************************
*Get A Cup Of Coffee, This May Take A While.........*
*****************************************************


Do You Need Us To G-Unzip The Images (y/n) ?n

Das System kann den angegebenen Pfad nicht finden.
Would You Like To Restore The Xloader Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'xloader.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Bootloader Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'bootloader.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Idme Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'idme.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Crypto Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'crypto.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Misc Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'misc.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Dkernel Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'dkernel.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Efs Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'efs.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The Recovery Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'recovery.img': No error

Would You Like To Restore The System Partition (y/n) ?y
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
error: cannot load 'system.img': No error

*****************************************************************
* OK, We Are Done Restoring The Kindle, Now We Will Do A Little *
* House Cleaning By Wiping The Davlik Cache And User Data *
* Please Let Us Know When You Are Ready! *
*****************************************************************

Would You Like To Wipe The User Data And Cache (y/n) ?n

**************************************
* Success!!! The Kindle Fire HD or 2 *
* Has Benn Restored Using The *
* KindleBackup Folder Images *
**************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

******************************************************************
* Please Unplug the Kindle Fire From USB and Reboot The Kindle *
* By Holding The Power Button Down For 20 Seconds Then Release *
* For 5 Seconds And Depress The Power Button Again For 2 Seconds *
*Do Not Forget To Disable OTA Before Connecting To It To Wireless*
******************************************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

**********************************
*PLEASE PLUG IN FACTORY USB CABLE*
*TO THE KINDLE, THEN PLUG IN TO A*
*USB SLOT ON YOUR COMPUTER. BOOT*
* THE KINDLE INTO FASTBOOT MODE *
* PLEASE USE THIS KINDLE FIRE *
*!!UTILITY WITH EXTREME CAUTION!!*
**********************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

ad 2:
************************************************
*Thank You For Selecting Option 25. This Option*
* Will Restore The Kindle From The Option 13 *
* Backup. This Option Is Considered A Complete *
* Kindle Fire Restore. This Will Restore All *
* Eleven Kindle Fire Partitions That Includes *
* Xloader Partition, Bootloader Partition, *
* Idme Partition, Crypto Partition, Misc *
* Partition, Dkernel Partition, Dfs Partition, *
* Efs Partition, Recovery Partition, Boot *
* Partition And System Partition. This Option *
* Will Give You Full Control Of The Recovery *
* Allowing You To Perform A Full Or Partial *
* Restore On The Kindle Fire. *
************************************************

Are You Sure You Would Like To Restore The Kindle Fire From An Option 25 Backup?[y/n]?y
************************************************
* Do You Have A Kindle Fire HD or 2 Plugged *
* In To USB? *
* This Process Will Completely Wipe The Kindle *
* And Restore It From Your KindleBackup Folder *
* Please Check The Folder Make Sure All Images *
* Are Extracted Using 7-Zip (If They Have A GZ *
* Extension). The Extension On These Files Must*
*Be IMG Not GZ. Please Let Me Know When You Are*
* Ready To Begin The Restore. *
************************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .
****************************************************
*Do You Need Us To Reboot The Kindle Into Fastboot?*
****************************************************

Would You Like Us To Reboot The Kindle Fire Into Fastboot?[y/n]?y

*************************************************
*The Kindle HD Will Now Reboot In Fastboot Mode!*
*This Process Will Fail If You Do Not Have Root *
* Installed On The Kindle. *
*************************************************

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

***********************************************
*We have Enabled Fastboot on the Kindle Fire, *
*Please Verify The Kindle Is In Fastboot Mode *
*In Some Rare Cases The Kindle Fire Bootloader*
* Is Damaged And Requires A Factory USB Cable *
* To Boot (Kindle Fire HD 7 and 2 Only) *
***********************************************

Is The Kindle In Fastboot Mode (y/n) ?y

***********************************************************
*Please Make Sure ADB Is Enabled On The Kindle By Going To*
* The Kindle Menu More - Security - Enable ADB (Turn On) *
*And You Have The Kindle Plugged In To USB Using A Normal *
* USB Cable To The Computer, NOT The Factory USB Cable *
***********************************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

***********************************************************
*Please Make Sure ADB Is Enabled On The Kindle By Going To*
* The Kindle Menu More - Security - Enable ADB (Turn On) *
*And You Have The Kindle Plugged In To USB Using A Normal *
* USB Cable To The Computer, NOT The Factory USB Cable *
***********************************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

******************************************************
* This Operation Requires The Microsoft Visual C++ *
* Run-Time Components To Be Installed On You PC *
******************************************************

Do You Have Any Yellow Triangles In The Windows Device Manager (y/n) ?n
******************************************************
*Thank You For Selecting Option 24. This Option Will *
* Install The Alternate ADB Driver From Amazon *
******************************************************


***********************************************************
* Please Make Sure The Kindle Is Disconnected From USB *
* Prior To Installing This Package. *
***********************************************************



Are You Sure You Would Like To Install Alternate ADB Driver From Amazon?[y/n]?n

*******************************************************
* Thank You For Selecting Option 24 *
* The Operation To Install The Alternate ADB Driver *
* On The Computer Was Cancelled By The User! *
*******************************************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

**********************************
*PLEASE PLUG IN FACTORY USB CABLE*
*TO THE KINDLE, THEN PLUG IN TO A*
*USB SLOT ON YOUR COMPUTER. BOOT*
* THE KINDLE INTO FASTBOOT MODE *
* PLEASE USE THIS KINDLE FIRE *
*!!UTILITY WITH EXTREME CAUTION!!*
**********************************

Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

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LoudlyWhispering said:

Hmmm. First cable didn't have a pin out on the PCB for pin 4, second cable was doable, if I could solder in between five legs barely mms apart, I could do it. Gone are the days of a steady hand and good eyesight.
I'm going to see if I can get someone here to bring my cable over with them, the next time they go to the UK. I'll just have to be patient until then!
Relying on normal mail (skorpn, dx, ebay) will take forever, with no guarantee it will ever arrive (local post company workers...), using a courier is going to end up costing close to 1/2 the price of the kindle.
Thanks again, and hopefully I'll be able to put your instructions to use soon.

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@LoudlyWhispering. Both Skorpn and Prokennexusa could mail you a cable at an excellent price and fast!
I bricked my KFTT on a Wednesday, posted and on Thursday, discovered that both / either could supply me with cable. Personal messaged them and figured out who could help, and then received an excellent Slorpn cable that worked great in my hand on Saturday. I was using my KFTT two hours later that same Saturday night!!!. . . not much forever involved in that! Probably easier than building one. . I'd recommend it!
It worked for me!

...Good Luck!

Fix for some problems:

Hello Chris!

I've had a look at the RunMe.bat and found the problems - could have thought of that earlier ...
Notes: I downloaded the package from the front-page (first post) and the RunMe.bat should be latest version: 25. ‎Februar ‎2013, ‏‎15:34:40 (GMT +1)

Option 26:

5310: cd Backup
5311: fastboot flash -i 0x1949 recovery stock-recovery.img
...

-> For some reason this does not work (although C:\KFFirstAide is in the path)
fastboot flash -i 0x1949 recovery Backup\stock-recovery.img

Works called manually from within C:\KFFirstAide directory (same for the other files).

Option 25 also has a problem (as I've mentioned above)
-> this is most likely due to the correct directory too

Also Option 25:

4994: set /p unr=Do You Have Any Yellow Triangles In The Windows Device Manager (y/n) ?
4995: IF %unr% == n GOTO OPTION24

-> Here should be y instead of n

Option 3:
I've noticed the program cannot execure wget (seems to be missing from the toolset).

Best regards,
Alexander

Gildoniel said:

Hello Chris!

I've had a look at the RunMe.bat and found the problems - could have thought of that earlier ...
Notes: I downloaded the package from the front-page (first post) and the RunMe.bat should be latest version: 25. ‎Februar ‎2013, ‏‎15:34:40 (GMT +1)

Option 26:

5310: cd Backup
5311: fastboot flash -i 0x1949 recovery stock-recovery.img
...

-> For some reason this does not work (although C:\KFFirstAide is in the path)
fastboot flash -i 0x1949 recovery Backup\stock-recovery.img

Works called manually from within C:\KFFirstAide directory (same for the other files).

Option 25 also has a problem (as I've mentioned above)
-> this is most likely due to the correct directory too

Also Option 25:

4994: set /p unr=Do You Have Any Yellow Triangles In The Windows Device Manager (y/n) ?
4995: IF %unr% == n GOTO OPTION24

-> Here should be y instead of n

Option 3:
I've noticed the program cannot execure wget (seems to be missing from the toolset).

Best regards,
Alexander

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Yes, I had noticed these bugs too and I had edited my own RunMe.bat before running it. There are other bugs that I've seen too.
Chris, another typo bug I found and fixed is in OPTION18 to install Google Play Store. It is at the end when you are restoring the image and rebooting. In the RunMe.bat v4.1.66 (as well as earlier versions) it is at or around line 3250. Since you have moved busybox into the /system/xbin directory now, and removed the /data/local/tmp/busybox, The line that says this:

adb shell su -c "/data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,ro /system"

should be changed to say this:

adb shell su -c "busybox mount -o remount,ro /system"


Here is the cut and paste of the block of code from OPTION18 that has that buggy line:
ECHO ****************************************************
ECHO *We Are Now Rebooting The Kindle And Restoring The *
ECHO * Appearance. *
ECHO ****************************************************
echo.
adb shell su -c "busybox mount -o remount,rw /system"
adb shell su -c "mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system"
adb shell "rm -r /data/local/tmp"
adb shell su -c "rm /data/local.prop > nul"
adb shell "rm /data/local.prop > nul"
adb shell su -c "rm /data/local.prop"
adb shell "rm /data/local.prop"
adb shell su -c "mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp"
adb shell "mkdir /data/local/tmp"
adb shell su -c "/data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,ro /system" <--- This line has to be fixed!!!
adb shell su -c "mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system"
echo.
adb reboot
adb kill-server
adb wait-for-device

Also for those change directory commands like "cd Backup" and "cd KindleBackup" and "cd Disabled" statements on the very earlier RunMe.bat scripts, I fully qualified the path names and that fixed the errors. Like this: "cd \KFFirstAide\Backup" and "cd \KFFirstAide\KindleBackup" and "\KFFirstAide\Disabled".

In your latest RunMe.bat I do see that you had fully qualified paths on some of these statements but you also left the Drive letter in there like this: "C:\KFFirstAide\KindleBackup" and you should remove that drive letter "C:" prefix to make it generic to run on any drive letter.

As a senior software engineer (also working since 1980 to present) I know how easily these things can be overlooked and missed when you are rushing to push out a perfect package to satisfy your user or customer base. But you've got to slow down and comb through the logic and code more carefully. I am sure in time you will have enough input to perfect all the steps.

Google Earth not working too well on Kindle HD 8.9

I can't seem to get the Google Earth app to run properly after it is installed. It just lags and the graphics are all blotchy. Even after an update from the Google Play store, still runs extremely slow and then freezes. Occasionally it just totally ends and exits the app all by itself (without crashing the system).

Anyone else noticing this on their installs? I've not seen any others complaining or reporting on Google Earth, so wondering if it is specific to my tablet.

Also, anyone have any ideas how to fix the Amazon "Shop" tab on the launcher menu not working anymore after the toolkit Google apps updates? I'd like to get that tab working again.

Just tested G-Earth; the Cerne Abbas giant looked as happy to see me as usual. Anyone else?

Sent by my KFTT, despite everything.

There's still a lot of typos, mistakes in the RunMe.bat file which will cause issues with the root operation in specific. But OP said he doesn't want anyone to change his script so if you want to PM me I can help out on the correction. I see exactly what went wrong.

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markbc01 said:

@LoudlyWhispering. Both Skorpn and Prokennexusa could mail you a cable at an excellent price and fast!
I bricked my KFTT on a Wednesday, posted and on Thursday, discovered that both / either could supply me with cable. Personal messaged them and figured out who could help, and then received an excellent Slorpn cable that worked great in my hand on Saturday. I was using my KFTT two hours later that same Saturday night!!!. . . not much forever involved in that! Probably easier than building one. . I'd recommend it!
It worked for me!

...Good Luck!

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Thanks, but I live in Central Asia, and post, if it arrives, takes weeks, and FedEx etc would add about $90 to the price! I'm hoping to find someone going to Britain amongst my friends here, and ask them to grab my cable from our British home. Thanks for taking the time to post though.

Found fix for slow google earth app!

BELASCO said:

Just tested G-Earth; the Cerne Abbas giant looked as happy to see me as usual. Anyone else?

Sent by my KFTT, despite everything.

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I found the solution to the slow running google earth app. The latest version does not work on kindle hd!
Only the previous versions will run fast. See the solution article here:

http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2012/12/kindle-tips-avoid-google-earth-v702x.html

I uninstalled the latest version and downloaded the older version from the article and it now is running fast and fine.
UPDATE: Here is the link to download the working version of Google earth app:
http://d3.apknew.com/download.php?i=xfAYvc&d=2012-11&n=Google-Earth.apk&f=d3

I manually installed an older version in a serependitious mistake. Let's hear it for random luck.

Sent by my KFTT, despite everything.

---------- Post added at 12:37 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:19 AM ----------

It's suspiciously quiet in this particular forum tonight. Perhaps if I posted some poetry?

There once was a Kindle called Fire
On Amazon I was a buyer.
The moments did tick
Til it crashed like a brick.
I only wish I could've thrown higher.

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Too quiet.

At the moment I'm feeling quite sick
My Kindle responds like a brick.
I tried all the tweaks
Worked on it for weeks.
I should have stayed home and played with my Nexus 7.

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BELASCO said:

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It is strangely quiet... though I am liking your poetry

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Everyone's sneaking over to the Kinology forum.

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Haha indeed though its at least worth installing TWRP! Makes restoring and backing up a lovely process!

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