[HARD BRICKED?] Turns on, shows Kindle logo, then flashes blue screen.

[vinokirk]

Hi all, completely stock HDX, it's my uncles.
The unit turns on, shows the Kindle logo, then flashes a blue screen, then reboots and loops.
Any ideas? Is it hard bricked?

 

[vinokirk]

Could it be a duff battery?

 

[DB126]

Hi all, completely stock HDX, it's my uncles.
The unit turns on, shows the Kindle logo, then flashes a blue screen, then reboots and loops.
Any ideas? Is it hard bricked?

Could it be a duff battery?

ROM (FireOS) is not booting due to a corrupt image in the system partition or a hardware fault. Regardless, there is no mechanism to recover from this type of error on a locked/stock device short of board replacement (not for the faint of heart).

Battery is probably fine as boot failure/loop is repetitive and the device doesn't power down after a few cycles.

 

[_Alex_]

This happened to me too with an Apollo 3rd gen w/64 GB RAM, BL unlocked, w/ TWRP on Oct 2016 CM11.

So pissed because in the middle of normal operation, the screen faded, rebooted and repeatedly showed the blue screen. Tried to reboot a couple of times but kept boot looping w/ blue screen.

Had a recovery in TWRP, so I tried restoring, but partially through while attempting to write to the system partition, the screen went all garbled and the device never booted again.

Luckily, I had a warranty and they cashed me out. Still trying to find a decent replacement...