Fastboot Kindle Fire 2 EDIT 2:

Thanks for all the help. I think I found it!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047

EDIT 1:

Putting this edit on top of the post so that people read it first.

I got the device recognized as a Kindle, and am now able to flash system images onto it.
Anyone know where I can get a Kindle Fire 2 system image?



EDIT 0:

The screen suddenly lit up and I have an icon that says "Fastboot kindle fire".

I have a new device now:


  TATE-PVT-08


However, fastboot devices still gives me a blank line, and I still get the "waiting for device" message.

Also, my device did not "install correctly." I tried to install it looking for driver software online, but that didn't work.

And I am running fastboot with elevated privileges.



ORIGINAL POST:

I succeeded in bricking my Kindle Fire 2 last month while trying to install an Android operating system (yes, I know, I should have been more careful).

Today the fastboot cable arrived and I connected the Kindle Fire 2 to my computer. The screen is still black, but when you press the power button, a picture of a low battery with a charging sign pops up momentarily.

I tried to flash my device with fastboot (in the android tools), but I get the text:


  &lt; waiting for device >


When I run fastboot devices, I get a blank line (no devices).

I'm running Windows 7, and when I looked at the device management, I couldn't find my Kindle or anything like it (might just be me, though). I unplugged the Kindle momentarily and saw no change in the device list (which usually refreshes when a device is added or removed).

Any ideas on what's going wrong and what I can do to get my device recognized by fastboot?
For posterity here's what I did (from memory, no guarantee the exact wording of the menu options will be the same):

Make sure you have Android SDK installed and Kindle Drivers installed.


Open up devmgmt.msc (device management window)
Go to device TATE-PVT-08. Right-click. Click "Update Driver".
Click "Browse my computer for driver software"
Click "Let me pick from a list of drivers on my computer"
Choose Kindle Fire 2 in the list that pops up.
Install ADB Composite Driver.
Open up CMD with administrator privileges.
Go to sdk\tools in your Android SDK.
Download http://fs1.d-h.st/download/00021/Pv3/KF2_SRT_10.2.3.zip (Kindle Fire 2 images).
Unzip the file.
Follow the rest of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035047.