So the other day Amazon released an update to the Kindle fire, and what a surprise it breaks root..... shocker. There is a very simple way to regain root an re-install the TWRP recovery that I found on XDA.
DISCLAIMER..... This assumes you have ADB and fastboot working and installed. If you do not know what ADB and fastboot are, then stop reading now.
fbmode.zip - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1414832
twrp2 - http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/79
su - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8699733/kindlefire/su
fastboot + adb for your OS of choice.
unzip fbmode.zip
adb push fbmode /data/local/fbmode
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/fbmode
adb shell /data/local/fbmode
adb reboot
Your kindle will "get stuck" on the kindle fire screen, but really it's just in fastboot mode.
fastboot -i 0x1949 boot twrp-blaze-2.0.0RC0.img
Your device will now boot into twrp recovery, and flash the firefirefire bootlaoder. When done it will prompt you to reboot. Upon reboot you will get stuck on the "yellow triangle" screen of firefire fire.
fastboot oem idme bootmode 5002
fastboot reboot
Once in recovery
adb shell mount system
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
Lets disable the root check before rebooting
adb shell mv /system/bin/check_rooted /system/bin/check_rooted.bak
adb shell idme bootmode 4000
adb reboot
If you need to install (or reinstall) Superuser head here, or pick it up in the Play Store (formerly known as the Android Marketplace). This method worked for me, your mileage may vary.
All credit goes to pokey9000 for the exploit, and jcase for the guide.
via [XDA-Deveopers]
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