Hard Bricked Kindle Fire HD 8.9 jem BC09

[siriu5]

Hello,

I've hardbricked a Kindle Fire HD 8.9 jem BC09 which was running 8.5.1 before it became a paperweight.

I successfully rooted the device with Bin4rys method, at which point I followed cyanogenmod's directions on installing the bootloader(otter2 CM install instructions on their website)

I verified the MD5 checksum for the bootloader before proceeding.

Here's the results of my mishap:

Volume in drive C is Windows7_OS

Volume Serial Number is 3A6D-6FAB

Directory of C:\Users\User\Downloads

10/10/2015 03:17 PM <DIR> .
10/10/2015 03:17 PM <DIR> ..
10/10/2015 02:29 PM <DIR> Old DLs
10/10/2015 03:17 PM 8,349,292 otter2-freedom-boot-10.4.6.img
10/10/2015 03:17 PM 8,349,292 otter2-twrp-2.6.3.1-recovery.img
10/10/2015 03:13 PM 232,908 otter2-u-boot-prod-10.2.4.bin
04/29/2007 06:12 AM 591,872 WinMD5.exe
10/10/2015 03:15 PM 268,376 winmd5free.zip
5 File(s) 17,791,740 bytes
3 Dir(s) 370,367,225,856 bytes free

C:\Users\User\Downloads>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash bootloader otter2-u-
boot-prod-10.2.4.bin
< waiting for any device >
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
sending 'bootloader' (227 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.020s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 0.040s]
finished. total time: 0.060s

C:\Users\User\Downloads>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash recovery otter2-twrp
-2.6.3.1-recovery.img
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
sending 'recovery' (8153 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.437s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.562s]
finished. total time: 1.014s

C:\Users\User\Downloads>fastboot -i 0x1949 flash boot otter2-freedom-
boot-10.4.6.img
target reported max download size of 1006632960 bytes
sending 'boot' (8153 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.452s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.562s]
finished. total time: 1.014s

C:\Users\User\Downloads>fastboot -i 0x1949 oem recovery
...
OKAY [ 0.000s]
finished. total time: 0.000s

C:\Users\User\Downloads>fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product
< waiting for any device >

At the point where I attempted to reboot into recovery, the device became completely bricked. No response to power on, etc.

As I've been browsing for the past hour it seems to me that this device is virtually unbrickable aside from sending it to Amazon. I have contacted "Chris" at [email protected] and am awaiting his response. In the meantime, if anyone else has any ideas of how to proceed please let me know!

Regards,
siriu5

 

[shanthipatel]

You can check following options:

1. Send back to Amazon (If it's under warranty).

2. Replace the mother board (You can get at $50 online).

3. Follow this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581124 . (only if you are good at SMD soldering).

 

[PsychoI3oy]

You reported this as a bug on the cyanogenmod wiki ( https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/WIKI-194 ) and though the text mentions 'jem' several times, you linked to the otter2 install page.

https://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_jem has files for the jem (as kfhd8) in 'step 2'...

I don't know how to fix the device but perhaps knowing that the files flashed were for the "Kindle Fire 2nd gen (otter2)" instead of the "Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (jem)" will help someone else in the debugging process.

 

[siriu5]

You reported this as a bug on the cyanogenmod wiki ( ) and though the text mentions 'jem' several times, you linked to the otter2 install page.

x has files for the jem (as kfhd8) in 'step 2'...

I don't know how to fix the device but perhaps knowing that the files flashed were for the "Kindle Fire 2nd gen (otter2)" instead of the "Kindle Fire HD 8.9 (jem)" will help someone else in the debugging process.

Yeah, I just caught this. Definitely my own mistake. My problem was I google searched "cyanogenmod install kindel hd fire gen 2" and tried the first link that showed up. Dope.

Anyone want a bricked KFHD2? I'll send if you pay for shipping. Cheers!