Thread: How to find out if my Kindle 3 is really dead dead ?
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Old 07-01-2012, 11:36 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by WoenK View Post
I suspect that something crashed the bootloader.
Is there any way to rewrite the thing completely ?
Yep :-) Plus, you can do this by using USB access only. See the thread that geekmaster referenced.

But in order to analyze what is going on, I would rather like to hear more about this part:
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only brings a short message, but seems to be the standard one when its bricked
What brings a message? The Kindle? What message?

Did you try to reboot while holding the <Enter> (arrow) button pressed? Does the recovery menu pop up? (If so, bootloader and kernel+initramfs are fine and the root filesystem is likely the culprit.)

Otherwise, in the referenced thread I documented how I flashed a kernel. Likewise, I did also flash the root filesystem. And I don't see any difficulties for flashing the boot loader.
Last edited by hawhill; 07-01-2012 at 03:24 PM. Reason: Mistake: should be <Enter>, not <Home>
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