installing recovery and custom roms

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hello,
this is a quick guide i made to help make it easier to install recovery tools and custom roms
I found that all the other guides were half correct and found myself referencing many different guides to figure it out
so after spending 5 hours doing my first kindle fire
about 1 hour on my second kindle fire
and about 5 mins on my third kindle fire
I think this guide should help some people out

thanks in advance to everyone and please leave constructive criticism or comments!!



//after rooting
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make sure you have in >C:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
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-log
-last log
-update.zip
-updaterecovery.img //if you are using Clockwork Mod
or
-twrp.img //if you are using TWRP recovery
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//cmd.exe

>cd C:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
>adb devices

//make sure device shows up

>adb shell
>cd cache
>mkdir recovery
>exit

>adb push log /cache/recovery/
>adb push last_log /cache/recovery/
>adb push update.zip /sdcard/
>adb push updaterecovery.img /sdcard/


>adb shell
>dd if=/sdcard/updaterecovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery
>idme bootmode 0x5001
>reboot

//on kindle go through CM recovery and install update.zip

>adb reboot


>adb shell
>mount sdcard
>exit

>adb push stockrecovery.img /sbin/

>adb shell
>dd if=/sbin/stockrecovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery
>idme bootmode 0x5001
>exit

>adb reboot


follow this lower section if you are using TWRP 2.0
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//if you are using twrp you need to change
//"updaterecovery.img" >to> "twrp.img" ---see below
// "dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery
//
>adb push twrp.img /sdcard/
// if you are using twrp.img and are stuck in bootloop
//you need to do the following commands after twrp 2.0 installs and reboots
>adb shell
>idme bootmode 4000
>reboot
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//all done

Why not just use KFU? It does great with all this being scripted, etc.

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Originally Posted by DeerSteak

Why not just use KFU? It does great with all this being scripted, etc.

Where might that be??

Sent from my ICS Captivate

O_o

The sticky at the top of the Kindle Fire forum?

Kindle Fire Utility...its in the very first post in this forum, stickied at the top.

It took me 5 minutes to root mine and that was before kfu was released. Biggest problem I had was when it was in fastboot mode, windows dropped the drivers. Only took a second to see the issue and correct it and finish it out. I did keep mine stock but rooted and no recovery till 6.2.1 came out. Then I installed twrp and installed pre-rooted 6.2.1. Now I'm running cm7 until ics is worked out.

Good option

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Another good option over the KFU. If you want to play around yourself so you can learn more about adb and cmd prompts this is a good way to do things. This is way simpler than some of the old instructions, but more hands on than the KFU.

installing twrp thru this method won't work, twrp installs fff at the same time so

Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

Originally Posted by smirkis

installing twrp thru this method won't work, twrp installs fff at the same time so

Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium

then how do i have twrp and fff on my kindle fire? O_o