[Q] Kindle 2013 3rd Gen. KFSOWI bricked

eraworm1

New member
Mar 19, 2014
3
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Hello,
I think I just bricked my Kindle Fire HD 2013 KFSOWI running 11.3.2.1.

Here's what I did
- solder a fastboot cable
- download the root utility from this page:

https://
drive.
google.
com
/#folders/0B-dSyq3U-jVDNFZhSW1jd2RuQ0k

(kyleberry.graphics)

- put kindle into fastboot mode

the kindle showed :

Code:
Start downloading
writing boot...done
Code:
======================================================================
======================================================================
Welcome to Kindle Root Utility by the KFSOWI Modding Team
Special Thanks to:
Moronig
jcase
fi01
======================================================================
======================================================================
WARNING THIS WORKS ONLY WITH KINDLE HD 7" 2013 ON 11.3.2.1
             DOES NOT WORK ON 11.3.1.0
======================================================================
======================================================================

You MUST have your kindle powered OFF and connected to a
     FASTBOOT cable


Downgrading Boot Image...
< waiting for device >
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
  update <filename>                        reflash device from update.zip
  flashall                                 flash boot + recovery + system
  flash <partition> [ <filename> ]         write a file to a flash partition
  erase <partition>                        erase a flash partition
  format <partition>                       format a flash partition
  getvar <variable>                        display a bootloader variable
  boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]              download and boot kernel
  flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]    create bootimage and flash it
  devices                                  list all connected devices
  continue                                 continue with autoboot
  reboot                                   reboot device normally
  reboot-bootloader                        reboot device into bootloader
  help                                     show this help message

options:
  -w                                       erase userdata and cache (and format
                                           if supported by partition type)
  -u                                       do not first erase partition before
                                           formatting
  -s <specific device>                     specify device serial number
                                           or path to device port
  -l                                       with "devices", lists device paths
  -p <product>                             specify product name
  -c <cmdline>                             override kernel commandline
  -i <vendor id>                           specify a custom USB vendor id
  -b <base_addr>                           specify a custom kernel base address.
 default: 0x10000000
  -n <page size>                           specify the nand page size. default:
2048
  -S <size>[K|M|G]                         automatically sparse files greater th
an
                                           size.  0 to disable






target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes
sending 'boot' (5844 KB)...
OKAY [  0.324s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [  0.424s]
finished. total time: 0.750s
resuming boot...
OKAY [  0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Rooting Device...
AND NOTHING MORE HAPPENED.

I tried to boot up the kindle but it just showed the grey kindle logo (not the orange animated).

Can someone please help me? I searched aroud so many posts without finding a solution. :(

btw: Drivers installed correctly (eclipse, sdk & kindle drivers)
 
Last edited:

stunts513

Senior Member
Feb 8, 2013
2,238
635
0
New Braunfels, TX
Hello,
I think I just bricked my Kindle Fire HD 2013 KFSOWI running 11.3.2.1.

Here's what I did
- solder a fastboot cable
- download the root utility from this page:

https://
drive.
google.
com
/#folders/0B-dSyq3U-jVDNFZhSW1jd2RuQ0k

(kyleberry.graphics)

- put kindle into fastboot mode

the kindle showed :

Code:
Start downloading
writing boot...done
Code:
======================================================================
======================================================================
Welcome to Kindle Root Utility by the KFSOWI Modding Team
Special Thanks to:
Moronig
jcase
fi01
======================================================================
======================================================================
WARNING THIS WORKS ONLY WITH KINDLE HD 7" 2013 ON 11.3.2.1
             DOES NOT WORK ON 11.3.1.0
======================================================================
======================================================================

You MUST have your kindle powered OFF and connected to a
     FASTBOOT cable


Downgrading Boot Image...
< waiting for device >
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
  update <filename>                        reflash device from update.zip
  flashall                                 flash boot + recovery + system
  flash <partition> [ <filename> ]         write a file to a flash partition
  erase <partition>                        erase a flash partition
  format <partition>                       format a flash partition
  getvar <variable>                        display a bootloader variable
  boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]              download and boot kernel
  flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]    create bootimage and flash it
  devices                                  list all connected devices
  continue                                 continue with autoboot
  reboot                                   reboot device normally
  reboot-bootloader                        reboot device into bootloader
  help                                     show this help message

options:
  -w                                       erase userdata and cache (and format
                                           if supported by partition type)
  -u                                       do not first erase partition before
                                           formatting
  -s <specific device>                     specify device serial number
                                           or path to device port
  -l                                       with "devices", lists device paths
  -p <product>                             specify product name
  -c <cmdline>                             override kernel commandline
  -i <vendor id>                           specify a custom USB vendor id
  -b <base_addr>                           specify a custom kernel base address.
 default: 0x10000000
  -n <page size>                           specify the nand page size. default:
2048
  -S <size>[K|M|G]                         automatically sparse files greater th
an
                                           size.  0 to disable






target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes
sending 'boot' (5844 KB)...
OKAY [  0.324s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [  0.424s]
finished. total time: 0.750s
resuming boot...
OKAY [  0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Rooting Device...
AND NOTHING MORE HAPPENED.

I tried to boot up the kindle but it just showed the grey kindle logo (not the orange animated).

Can someone please help me? I searched aroud so many posts without finding a solution. :(

btw: Drivers installed correctly (eclipse, sdk & kindle drivers)
Good timing, a restore utility was just released, haven't checked out the script for it yet, but should work, just put it into fastboot and run the utility. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2685090
 

@pops

Member
Feb 14, 2016
35
11
0
Castries
bitly.com
Link needed

Hello,
I think I just bricked my Kindle Fire HD 2013 KFSOWI running 11.3.2.1.

Here's what I did
- solder a fastboot cable
- download the root utility from this page:

https://
drive.
google.
com
/#folders/0B-dSyq3U-jVDNFZhSW1jd2RuQ0k

(kyleberry.graphics)

- put kindle into fastboot mode

the kindle showed :

Code:
Start downloading
writing boot...done
Code:
======================================================================
======================================================================
Welcome to Kindle Root Utility by the KFSOWI Modding Team
Special Thanks to:
Moronig
jcase
fi01
======================================================================
======================================================================
WARNING THIS WORKS ONLY WITH KINDLE HD 7" 2013 ON 11.3.2.1
             DOES NOT WORK ON 11.3.1.0
======================================================================
======================================================================

You MUST have your kindle powered OFF and connected to a
     FASTBOOT cable


Downgrading Boot Image...
< waiting for device >
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
  update <filename>                        reflash device from update.zip
  flashall                                 flash boot + recovery + system
  flash <partition> [ <filename> ]         write a file to a flash partition
  erase <partition>                        erase a flash partition
  format <partition>                       format a flash partition
  getvar <variable>                        display a bootloader variable
  boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]              download and boot kernel
  flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ]    create bootimage and flash it
  devices                                  list all connected devices
  continue                                 continue with autoboot
  reboot                                   reboot device normally
  reboot-bootloader                        reboot device into bootloader
  help                                     show this help message

options:
  -w                                       erase userdata and cache (and format
                                           if supported by partition type)
  -u                                       do not first erase partition before
                                           formatting
  -s <specific device>                     specify device serial number
                                           or path to device port
  -l                                       with "devices", lists device paths
  -p <product>                             specify product name
  -c <cmdline>                             override kernel commandline
  -i <vendor id>                           specify a custom USB vendor id
  -b <base_addr>                           specify a custom kernel base address.
 default: 0x10000000
  -n <page size>                           specify the nand page size. default:
2048
  -S <size>[K|M|G]                         automatically sparse files greater th
an
                                           size.  0 to disable






target reported max download size of 1005584384 bytes
sending 'boot' (5844 KB)...
OKAY [  0.324s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [  0.424s]
finished. total time: 0.750s
resuming boot...
OKAY [  0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.011s
Rooting Device...
AND NOTHING MORE HAPPENED.

I tried to boot up the kindle but it just showed the grey kindle logo (not the orange animated).

Can someone please help me? I searched aroud so many posts without finding a solution. :(

btw: Drivers installed correctly (eclipse, sdk & kindle drivers)
Please help the link doesn't work... Thanks
 
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