Kindle Fire HD 8.9" Slow boot and possible Brick

[nsf5555]

I've had my Kindle Fire HD 2nd Gen for a long time, really since it first came out. I've never had any issues with it until now. I try to boot up my kindle and it takes way longer to get passed the boot screen then it usually does. If I do get passed the boot screen, the lock screen takes forever to unlock, and if that actually works, I can't access apps, Music, or really anything on my kindle besides settings. I can't turn the wifi on my kindle, and I can't reset it to factory defaults.

 

[Thepooch]

I've had my Kindle Fire HD 2nd Gen for a long time, really since it first came out. I've never had any issues with it until now. I try to boot up my kindle and it takes way longer to get passed the boot screen then it usually does. If I do get passed the boot screen, the lock screen takes forever to unlock, and if that actually works, I can't access apps, Music, or really anything on my kindle besides settings. I can't turn the wifi on my kindle, and I can't reset it to factory defaults.

You need to use fastboot to wipe user/data then because what it needs is a factory reset, since you can`t do that use fastboot to wipe instead. I had this happen on a newer device multiple taps instead of just one got me through to factory reset it it was aggravating but it worked start there first. If not matter what you do there`s no success get it into fastboot

fastboot -i 0x1949 erase user/data

then

fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache

then

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot

Note: this will wipe your kindle don`t anticipated any of your personal data being left on the device.

 

[nsf5555]

You need to use fastboot to wipe user/data then because what it needs is a factory reset, since you can`t do that use fastboot to wipe instead. I had this happen on a newer device multiple taps instead of just one got me through to factory reset it it was aggravating but it worked start there first. If not matter what you do there`s no success get it into fastboot

fastboot -i 0x1949 erase user/data

then

fastboot -i 0x1949 erase cache

then

fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot

Note: this will wipe your kindle don`t anticipated any of your personal data being left on the device.

My computer doesn't recognize the device.

 

[Thepooch]

Purely driver related if your using windows 8 you need to disable driver signature verification in order to properly install adb and fastboot driver for your kindle. Shift + restart select advanced startup f7 disables SIG. Verify. Then install driver, also make sure adb is enabled under dev options.

 

[nsf5555]

Purely driver related if your using windows 8 you need to disable driver signature verification in order to properly install adb and fastboot driver for your kindle. Shift + restart select advanced startup f7 disables SIG. Verify. Then install driver, also make sure adb is enabled under dev options.

What if I'm using Windows 7?

 

[Thepooch]

What if I'm using Windows 7?

Driver should install fine then. You should be able to find it in the Kindle forum. Try multiple taps on settings to get into factory reset or use volume up or down in combination with power button and try to access stock recovery to reset it there. I find it strange that you can't access settings. My mom had ticked something in accessibility settings that caused the same bug but with persistence I was able to get through. There is a possibility your stuck in demo mode as well.

 

[nsf5555]

Driver should install fine then. You should be able to find it in the Kindle forum. Try multiple taps on settings to get into factory reset or use volume up or down in combination with power button and try to access stock recovery to reset it there. I find it strange that you can't access settings. My mom had ticked something in accessibility settings that caused the same bug but with persistence I was able to get through. There is a possibility your stuck in demo mode as well.

Volume Button and Power Button combination?