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

awidawad · Nov 14, 2012

Doosh said:
Under wipe menu, did System, Factory Reset, Dalvik, and Cache.

Installed new ROM.

No change. Still in boot screen forever.

EDIT:

Removing checkbox from rm-rf in settings. Re-wiping as before then going to reboot before install new rom...

EDIT...er.

Worked! Needed to remove the check from rm -rf to get a good format.

Thanks for your help. It's people like you, man.

Cheers.

Glad to hear you got it working

geoldr · Nov 17, 2012

Trying to root a first gen Kindle Fire on Windows 8 64 bit. It's not working. What can I do? The tool just crashes.

When running "install_drivers" it says Windows cant find /drivers/dpinst64.exe. Make sure you typed name correctly, and then try again. Same error for the other batch file, just cannot find 'wget'

fabrizio77 · Nov 17, 2012

I have problems with Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.6 (5/09/12) on Win XP SP2 Italian version

First problem: When I try to install driver: The current language is not supported by the Device Driver Installation Wizard.

Second problem: I resolve the first problem , but Kindle Fire Utility press 5 , install FireFireFire ok , then fastboot waiting for device......

Device have "KINDLE FIRE LOGO" for ever , windows ADB driver not found.......Under device manager I see "Unknow device" it's not possible to get the right driver ADB working. Installation ok.....but device unknow under device manager........

Solution?

urquidezj · Nov 18, 2012

this went so ridiculously smooth on win 7 that its making me double think if everything went right, lol oh how i miss the long nights trying to root my g1 then my mytouch lol adb, adb devices, NO! drivers NO lol
download, connect sit back and enjoy the ride.

pnut22r · Nov 18, 2012

Kind Fire running 6.3.1
Windows 7 Pro 32-bit

No matter what i do, i cannot get adb to see the device. I can see the android adb interface, but not the composite interface. any help, tips or tricks. Anything?

imitenotbecrazy · Nov 19, 2012

Just picked up a SUPER cheap fire from work running 6.31. I tried using this utility and it seemed to be working fine. It installed the SU.apk and said it stalled twrp but when I sideloaded an app to reboot to recovery I had no root privileges. Strangely the run.bat also did not give me any "menu" for selecting the options I wanted to have it run. I just used the screenshot from the first page to install SU and twrp (which obviously didn't work).

After that I tried the utility again and now nothing is recognizing the fire. The utility is saying ADB online but cannot perform any functions or find the device. I factory'd it to see if that wonky SU was an issue and fastboot commands do not seem to recognize it. I've looked at 3 or 4 different guides but nothing is seeming to recognize the tablet. What am I missing here?

skrewie · Nov 19, 2012

imitenotbecrazy said:
Just picked up a SUPER cheap fire from work running 6.31. I tried using this utility and it seemed to be working fine. It installed the SU.apk and said it stalled twrp but when I sideloaded an app to reboot to recovery I had no root privileges. Strangely the run.bat also did not give me any "menu" for selecting the options I wanted to have it run. I just used the screenshot from the first page to install SU and twrp (which obviously didn't work).

After that I tried the utility again and now nothing is recognizing the fire. The utility is saying ADB online but cannot perform any functions or find the device. I factory'd it to see if that wonky SU was an issue and fastboot commands do not seem to recognize it. I've looked at 3 or 4 different guides but nothing is seeming to recognize the tablet. What am I missing here?

Hey i had the same problem., try another computer. I did and my laptop picked adb like a charm......

jji7skyline · Nov 20, 2012

So is there a working, up-to-date version for Mac?

fleury14 · Nov 20, 2012

Hopefully someone can help me with this.
Windows XP 32 bit.
When I try installing the drivers I get
ERROR:
GOOGLE, Inc. (win USB) Install failed (unsigned)
Anyone know a fix? Thanks

EDIT : XP drivers
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1728738&highlight=+xp+driver+

awidawad · Nov 21, 2012

geoldr said:
Trying to root a first gen Kindle Fire on Windows 8 64 bit. It's not working. What can I do? The tool just crashes.

When running "install_drivers" it says Windows cant find /drivers/dpinst64.exe. Make sure you typed name correctly, and then try again. Same error for the other batch file, just cannot find 'wget'

Weird... I'm also running Windows 8 64-bit and this tool works flawlessly... You do know Win8 is basically the same as Win7, just with some fancy UI. Have you tried to manually install the drivers?

Torpedro1978 · Nov 22, 2012

fail opening shift

First i want to thank you for this great tool!
I finally instlled root and Google Play - very important in Austria, since amazon apps are not available here

I have systemversion 10.2.1, could this be the issue?

I get the error when i try to install TWRP or CWM:

Code:

"fail opening shift: No such file or directory"

I tried via interactive shlell and the same. It looks like the files are nor recognized as executables?

Code:

G:\SW\Android\KFU\>tools\adb shell
shell@android:/ $ cd /data
cd /data
shell@android:/data $ cd local
cd local
shell@android:/data/local $ ls -la
ls -la
-rwxr-xr-x shell    shell      510876 2012-01-15 17:20 fbmode
-rwxr-xr-x shell    shell      510876 2012-01-15 17:20 rcmode
drwxrwx--x shell    shell             2012-11-21 21:08 tmp
shell@android:/data/local $ rcmode
rcmode
/system/bin/sh: rcmode: not found
127|shell@android:/data/local $ ./rcmode
./rcmode
fail opening shift: No such file or directory
255|shell@android:/data/local $ /data/local/rcmode
/data/local/rcmode
fail opening shift: No such file or directory
255|shell@android:/data/local $

MD5s:
fbmode 4dea4dcdd90e3e21045f34fe914b8b68
rcmode a73ea8f8b8b18c23fafc2396f6d3fde5

Tinkerer76 · Nov 23, 2012

When I try to run kfu for the first time it repeatedly times out trying to connect to kennocha. My firewalls are all down.

eezdva · Nov 23, 2012

MarcoWPY said:
I cannot install the driver using the install_driver.bat.
it keeps popping up this.
"The current Language is not supported by the Device Driver Installation Wizard."
I am using Windows 7.
Can anyone help?

Hey did you find a solution for this already?? I am trying to find it out myself but no clue what to do. I'm on an english windows 8 .

awidawad · Nov 24, 2012

To all the people having problems: Please note that this tool hasn't been updated since early summer... If you are not on the original Kindle Fire, this tool will not work. If you are on a software version greater than 6.3, this tool will most likely not work. If it is still not working, post EXACTLY what system you're running (I.e. Windows 7 sp1 64-bit) and what you're trying to do and any errors you get in the process, as it will be much easier to help you.

michaeljc70 · Nov 25, 2012

I thought everything was good. I have TWRP. However, when I try to install a ROM, it never get past "verifying partition sizes". I also get system is read-only when I try to do certain things from the utility.

Any ideas? I am using the latest version of the utility. Kindle is on 6.3.1 before I started fooling around.

I wiped cache, dalvik, system partition, and factory reset already.

Any ROM I install gets stuck on the boot screen.

I am able to restore the backup I luckily took of the Kindle before I started playing around.

michaeljc70 · Nov 26, 2012

awidawad said:
To all the people having problems: Please note that this tool hasn't been updated since early summer... If you are not on the original Kindle Fire, this tool will not work. If you are on a software version greater than 6.3, this tool will most likely not work. If it is still not working, post EXACTLY what system you're running (I.e. Windows 7 sp1 64-bit) and what you're trying to do and any errors you get in the process, as it will be much easier to help you.

What message hid can you use then? Downgrade Kindle version or? ??

awidawad · Nov 26, 2012

michaeljc70 said:
What message hid can you use then? Downgrade Kindle version or? ??

What do you mean by message hid? Also, this tool was only tested on 6.3.x and below, so if you're on something greater than 6.3.x, then try other root methods for your firmware. Also, there are two variants of the standard Kindle Fire now, so if you recently bought a new one, I doubt it will work due to the new bootloader (1st Generations had an unlocked bootloader, 2nd Gen models have a pretty locked up bootloader)

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michaeljc70 said:
I thought everything was good. I have TWRP. However, when I try to install a ROM, it never get past "verifying partition sizes". I also get system is read-only when I try to do certain things from the utility.

Any ideas? I am using the latest version of the utility. Kindle is on 6.3.1 before I started fooling around.

I wiped cache, dalvik, system partition, and factory reset already.

Any ROM I install gets stuck on the boot screen.

I am able to restore the backup I luckily took of the Kindle before I started playing around.

Sorry didn't read this post first. I may be able to solve your problem... Do you still have root+TWRP and FFF installed?

pnut22r · Nov 26, 2012

Just to be absolutely clear.

I rooted my device using this method about a week ago. To COMPLETELY UNROOT (restoring everything, including boot, recovery, etc) I can download the update.zip from this utility, and flash in TWRP? This should be all i need, correct?

I know this has been talked about over, and over, and over again. I just dont want any surprises.

Thanks ahead of time.

EDIT: I know i need to factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Do I/Can I wipe system as well? Will this wipe the Storage of the device.ie remove all my music?

awidawad · Nov 26, 2012

pnut22r said:
Just to be absolutely clear.

I rooted my device using this method about a week ago. To COMPLETELY UNROOT (restoring everything, including boot, recovery, etc) I can download the update.zip from this utility, and flash in TWRP? This should be all i need, correct?

I know this has been talked about over, and over, and over again. I just dont want any surprises.

Thanks ahead of time.

EDIT: I know i need to factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Do I/Can I wipe system as well? Will this wipe the Storage of the device.ie remove all my music?

To unroot your kindle and save your music, all you have to do is get the latest firmware update from amazon, rename it to update.zip(KFU does this for you) and place in the root of your sdcard. Wipe everything except System(it will be wiped upon update through TWRP) and External Storage(your SDCard) Then you will be fully unrooted and on stock

pnut22r · Nov 26, 2012

awidawad said:
To unroot your kindle and save your music, all you have to do is get the latest firmware update from amazon, rename it to update.zip(KFU does this for you) and place in the root of your sdcard. Wipe everything except System(it will be wiped upon update through TWRP) and External Storage(your SDCard) Then you will be fully unrooted and on stock

Great, Thanks.

So from what you are saying, it will not wipe the SD card. Also, it will wipe system during the process. (i ask because i have CM10 installed, and i want to go back to Amazon stock)

How much battery should i have before starting the process?

Anything else i should know about?

Btw, I did use KFU to download the update.zip. It also unzipped it and put it in a different folder. Obviously, i will use the .zip

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