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[Q] G-Apps on a new JB ROM

First of all, I'd like to thank you all that make this community so valuable to us. I read the forum since I got my KF, around 6 months ago, and all the tutorials are very well detailed.
Today I tried to install a new ROM on my Kindle for the first time. It all went well, and I successfully installed the stock Jelly Bean from Hashcode. But the problem now is: I don't know how to install the GApps on it.
I'm trying to use the ADB and Kindle Fire Utility but it doesn't find the device.
Anyone of you guys could give me a hand with that problem?
Thanks

Are you using twrp? You flash gapps onto it the same way you flash a Rom. Boot into twrp, go to install, locate the directory where you have the gapps.zip file stored and click on it, flash it. Then wipe cache/ and dalvik cache and reboot.
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jlshady00 said:
Are you using twrp? You flash gapps onto it the same way you flash a Rom. Boot into twrp, go to install, locate the directory where you have the gapps.zip file stored and click on it, flash it. Then wipe cache/ and dalvik cache and reboot.
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I think the problem is with the adp drivers...I can not find my device so I can restart it with TWRP.

Ok but if you have fire fire fire and twrp installed already you should be able to bout into twrp by pushing the power button repeatedly during startup until it shows you voting into recovery mode.
Make sure you have the correct drivers installed,I believe the kf should show up as composite adb interface device on your pc with the right drivers. Someone else might be able to help you more but really the easiest way to flash gapps is to do it through twrp the exact same way you flash the new Rom minus the system wipe and factory reset.
Your device is a first gen kindle I assume?
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jlshady00 said:
Ok but if you have fire fire fire and twrp installed already you should be able to bout into twrp by pushing the power button repeatedly during startup until it shows you voting into recovery mode.
Make sure you have the correct drivers installed,I believe the kf should show up as composite adb interface device on your pc with the right drivers. Someone else might be able to help you more but really the easiest way to flash gapps is to do it through twrp the exact same way you flash the new Rom minus the system wipe and factory reset.
Your device is a first gen kindle I assume?
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Yes, it is a first gen Kindle.
I'm trying to boot to TWRP pressing the power button during startup but either I'm doing it wrong or something went bad after I installed the ROM.
I also tried to install the ADB driver in another computer but after I connect the kindle the PC recognizes it only as "Amazon Kindle Fire", and not the ADB interface.
I don't know what to do. But thanks for your help!

Try using the pc that is recognizing it as a kindle fire, uninstall the kindle fire drivers through device manager and then install the Google adb drivers, then hook the kindle back up to it via usb and see if it shows up correctly then?
Is your boot screen showing kindle fire in blue and white or the stock orange or something else?
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jlshady00 said:
Try using the pc that is recognizing it as a kindle fire, uninstall the kindle fire drivers through device manager and then install the Google adb drivers, then hook the kindle back up to it via usb and see if it shows up correctly then?
Is your boot screen showing kindle fire in blue and white or the stock orange or something else?
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jlshady00, I finally managed to install it! Thank you very much for the help!

No problem hope I made it a little easier on you, click thanks on my post if I did and you don't mind. Enjoy the new Rom!
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jlshady00 said:
No problem hope I made it a little easier on you, click thanks on my post if I did and you don't mind. Enjoy the new Rom!
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The ROM is indeed much better than the stock one on the KF.

HELP! Cyanogenmod Broke My Kindle Fire!

Hello all,
Right now I am getting very pissed at my kindle. I rooted it with KFU and installed TWRP and then flashed it to twa_priv's CM10.1/SGT7 ROM. After flashing it and gApps it got stuck on the cyanogen boot screen/animation. I tried to reboot it but it doesn't even show the option to go into TWRP anymore. It shows the orange Kindle Fire logo then goes straight to cyanogen and the logo just keeps spinning. I am getting ADB status when I connect it to KFU but I can not do anything with it or put it into Fastboot. Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point!

Seriously no help?

stergmtl said:
Seriously no help?
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Patience grasshopper
stergmtl said:
Right now I am getting very pissed at my kindle. I rooted it with KFU and installed TWRP and then flashed it to twa_priv's CM10.1/SGT7 ROM. After flashing it and gApps it got stuck on the cyanogen boot screen/animation. I tried to reboot it but it doesn't even show the option to go into TWRP anymore. It shows the orange Kindle Fire logo then goes straight to cyanogen and the logo just keeps spinning. I am getting ADB status when I connect it to KFU but I can not do anything with it or put it into Fastboot. Any help would be greatly appreciated at this point!
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You shouldn't be mad at the Kindle, it didn't do anything wrong.
On the other hand, you probably failed to wipe system and factory reset before flashing the ROM (installation instructions are in twa_priv's SGT7 thread btw). Unfortunately, short of opening the case and list of other things that are outside the scope of this conversation, you're going to need a factory cable to get into fastboot.
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soupmagnet said:
Patience grasshopper
You shouldn't be mad at the Kindle, it didn't do anything wrong.
On the other hand, you probably failed to wipe system and factory reset before flashing the ROM (installation instructions are in twa_priv's SGT7 thread btw). Unfortunately, short of opening the case and list of other things that are outside the scope of this conversation, you're going to need a factory cable to get into fastboot.
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I have the wall charger if that's what you mean by factory cable. Any more instructions you can give me so I can get back into TWRP?

If you're getting adb and the Kfu works why cant you just change to fadtboot from there?or re install root from here, adb should be able to give command line to access twrp
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Vintage144 said:
If you're getting adb and the Kfu works why cant you just change to fadtboot from there?or re install root from here, adb should be able to give command line to access twrp
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Because you need the shell to do so.
stergmtl said:
I have the wall charger if that's what you mean by factory cable. Any more instructions you can give me so I can get back into TWRP?
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No, the factory cable is different. Look in the KF General forum for more information.
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soupmagnet said:
Because you need the shell to do so.
No, the factory cable is different. Look in the KF General forum for more information.
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Would you recommend buying one on ebay from china?

stergmtl said:
Would you recommend buying one on ebay from china?
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Personally I would say go with Skorpn's. They are made in small batches with great quality, fairly inexpensive, fast shipping, and everyone who gets theirs from him seem quite pleased with it overall. He's got a pretty good reputation on XDA so you should probably look into it, if not for that reason alone.
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[Q] Help Kindle Bricked and nothing works

Ok So I bricked my KF when i was using KFU and i dont know what happend. I now can turn it on but it wont connect with fastboot or adb. adb doesnt recognize it and fastboot keeps saying: <waiting for device> can any one please help me?

Did you try the unbrick utility in the development thread? Have you tried Soup Kit? Fire Kit?
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Yes and No
I have tried the fire utility i think and im no genius at installing linux but i havent been able to get it to even connect to fastboot

KFailure said:
I have tried the fire utility i think and im no genius at installing linux but i havent been able to get it to even connect to fastboot
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What does the screen on the device show.
Are you sure your computer drivers are good?
You need to try soup kit or fire kit
Yo need to make sure the drivers are properly working
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KFailure said:
I have tried the fire utility i think and im no genius at installing linux but i havent been able to get it to even connect to fastboot
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What Linux distro/version are you using? Are you using a LiveUSB, LiveCD, VM, or full install?

soupmagnet said:
What Linux distro/version are you using? Are you using a LiveUSB, LiveCD, VM, or full install?
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i dont have linux and how do i check my drivers?

[Q] Bricked kindle fire wont register at all on my system

I never managed to finish a root using kindle utility I am unsure but believe it was my battery being low but it never would load back onto the program after the utility rebooted it. windows said it was unable to tell what kind of usb device the kindle was. I just need to know how to get the thing to be recognized on my computer. if i can get that far i can use an unbrick utility i found to fix it. Atm it doesnt load at all passed the orange and white kindle logo and im trying to charge my kindle but it is certainly acting odd, no way of telling if its charging or what. But i just need some general instructions or references to other links. maybe i mis installed the abd not sure. If anyone can get me going in the right direction I would be greatly thankful.

is it just one the orange and white logo? or does it like animate with a flash going from right to left? If it just sits there then you are probably in fastboot mode and can flash twrp through fastboot
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tobiascuypers said:
is it just one the orange and white logo? or does it like animate with a flash going from right to left? If it just sits there then you are probably in fastboot mode and can flash twrp through fastboot
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can you direct me to how to do so.

first, do you have fastboot working correctly on your PC?
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tobiascuypers said:
first, do you have fastboot working correctly on your PC?
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currently no. i get a usb error when i plug it in

Then do you have KFU downloaded?
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tobiascuypers said:
Then do you have KFU downloaded?
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Is abd the same as KFU? and if not where do i get it and if it is the same do i install the IDE or something else (i installed abd wrong the first time and removed it and havnt figured out the right way to do so)

KFU (kindle fire utility) is not the same as ADB. KFU is just a one-click tool used to root, and put a custom recovery on your kindle fire. So, do you have Kindle Fire Utility downloaded?
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tobiascuypers said:
KFU (kindle fire utility) is not the same as ADB. KFU is just a one-click tool used to root, and put a custom recovery on your kindle fire. So, do you have Kindle Fire Utility downloaded?
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OOOOHH I have that but it always says that my device is offline

OK well what I would like you to do is, unplug your device, go to the folder where kfu is and find /tools and right click to try to open command prompt at that location. Then plug your device in and type fastboot devices.
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tobiascuypers said:
OK well what I would like you to do is, unplug your device, go to the folder where kfu is and find /tools and right click to try to open command prompt at that location. Then plug your device in and type fastboot devices.
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it paused for a moment then created a newline waiting for commands

Can you unplug your device and then the command, then plug it in immediately after you hit enter
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tobiascuypers said:
Can you unplug your device and then the command, then plug it in immediately after you hit enter
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same result still getting a usb error on plugin

Try 'fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product'

soupmagnet said:
Try 'fastboot -i 0x1949 getvar product'
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stays on waiting on device never loads

Does your kindle fire logo stay brightly lit or does it go dim at any point?

soupmagnet said:
Does your kindle fire logo stay brightly lit or does it go dim at any point?
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stays bright

Then, you need to work on fixing your drivers, or try Linux.

soupmagnet said:
Then, you need to work on fixing your drivers, or try Linux.
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will a live usb work for linux? and if so which distro mint? ubuntu?

darkfire112886 said:
will a live usb work for linux? and if so which distro mint? ubuntu?
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A live usb will work and either distro will be fine. You have to either run the commands as the root user, or set up your udev rules, or use the SoupKit for it to work properly.

Kindle fire stuck in stock boot screen.

I have followed this but when it says boot status, mine keeps saying unknown.
I will give feed back on any suggestions.
thanks

PkerFrailey said:
I have followed this but when it says boot status, mine keeps saying unknown.
I will give feed back on any suggestions.
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So what have you done? It doesn't list options to switch into recovery mode when you reboot?
What commands from the thread you have have you tried?
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jma9454 said:
So what have you done? It doesn't list options to switch into recovery mode when you reboot?
What commands from the thread you have have you tried?
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When I launch KFU it say ADB is online, but doesn't recognize the boot status when I plug in the kindle.

From your kindle though, can you switch to recovery mode? I had that happen a few times. I don't remember the fix, except to completely uninstall all kindle fire drivers and reinstall them. When you boot your kindle, does your computer show it as an unrecognized device?
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jma9454 said:
From your kindle though, can you switch to recovery mode? I had that happen a few times. I don't remember the fix, except to completely uninstall all kindle fire drivers and reinstall them. When you boot your kindle, does your computer show it as an unrecognized device?
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No, my computer doesn't recognize the kindle. and the kindle just flashes on the "Kindle Fire" boot screen logo.

OK, I would definitely go with a reinstall of the drivers then.
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jma9454 said:
OK, I would definitely go with a reinstall of the drivers then.
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where can I find the drivers?

Go to the start menu, right click on Computer, select Manage, and it should take you to the device manager. With your kindle plugged in, right click on whatever device it says your kindle is, and select uninstall drivers.
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jma9454 said:
Go to the start menu, right click on Computer, select Manage, and it should take you to the device manager. With your kindle plugged in, right click on whatever device it says your kindle is, and select uninstall drivers.
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It doesn't show my kindle, I tested to see if it was the cable, but it shows my lg g2 when I plug that in but not the kindle.

So have the device manager open before you plug in the kindle. Then plug the kindle in. Something should change, and your kindle should show up as a kindle, an android adb device, an unrecognized device, or something else.
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jma9454 said:
So have the device manager open before you plug in the kindle. Then plug the kindle in. Something should change, and your kindle should show up as a kindle, an android adb device, an unrecognized device, or something else.
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yeah, nothing changed. Didn't show up at all.

PkerFrailey said:
yeah, nothing changed. Didn't show up at all.
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Ok, You could also launch USBDeview to remove all drivers that look like they are for your kindle. In your case, you may end up deleting a couple of drivers for your G2, so you might want to be careful.
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So here's a link for the files you need to run USBDeview. Don't worry, you don't need to install it or anything, and this comes from an application similar to the KFU, but meant for Nexus devices called the Nexus Root Toolkit from the Nexus 7 thread.
Also, sorry for the delay, I just had a lovely 2 hour nap.
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jma9454 said:
Ok, You could also launch USBDeview to remove all drivers that look like they are for your kindle. In your case, you may end up deleting a couple of drivers for your G2, so you might want to be careful.
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So here's a link for the files you need to run USBDeview. Don't worry, you don't need to install it or anything, and this comes from an application similar to the KFU, but meant for Nexus devices called the Nexus Root Toolkit from the Nexus 7 thread.
Also, sorry for the delay, I just had a lovely 2 hour nap.
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says it's malicious, chrome won't let me download it. Sure it's safe?

I'm positive. If you don't want to download mine, just head over to the nexus 7 forum and download the toolkit. I isolated just the files you need so you didn't have to download everything, but if you feel that's safer, then go ahead and do that instead.
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jma9454 said:
Ok, You could also launch USBDeview to remove all drivers that look like they are for your kindle. In your case, you may end up deleting a couple of drivers for your G2, so you might want to be careful.
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So here's a link for the files you need to run USBDeview. Don't worry, you don't need to install it or anything, and this comes from an application similar to the KFU, but meant for Nexus devices called the Nexus Root Toolkit from the Nexus 7 thread.
Also, sorry for the delay, I just had a lovely 2 hour nap.
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Downloaded it and ran it, and there where no drivers for the kindle.

You have downloaded the KFU, right? Did you run the driver installer?
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jma9454 said:
You have downloaded the KFU, right? Did you run the driver installer?
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When ever I try to install it, it fails when it tries to install the Google inc. (WinUSB) stuff.
It gives a red "x" and just closes.

PkerFrailey said:
When ever I try to install it, it fails when it tries to install the Google inc. (WinUSB) stuff.
It gives a red "x" and just closes.
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Try installing it with administrator privileges. If that still fails, let me know.
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jma9454 said:
Try installing it with administrator privileges. If that still fails, let me know.
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Still failed.

OK, and nothing at all happens when you plug your kindle in?
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