Alternate "Simple" debricking methods for K5-Touch, K4-Mini, & K3-Keyboard

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by knc1

Then we had best just wait for Deep to tell us what changes from factory where done to that image.
I will check the image and see if I can tell if it was copied while files where open (that testing is not a "sure thing" - would be better if Deep told us).

fsck can often (but not always) repair that kind of damage in a backup image file. I have gotten multiple corrupted backup copies before I started booting to the OTHER partition to make a backup. Since then they have always been good copies.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

fsck can often (but not always) repair that kind of damage in a backup image file. I have gotten multiple corrupted backup copies before I started booting to the OTHER partition to make a backup. Since then they have always been good copies.

Depending on some details of "how" the image was mounted, if it was copied while running, then /sys and /proc will be populated. They might not be populated if this system image had those directories over-mounted with a tmpfs directory while running.
So even this is not a certain indicator but that is the first thing I will look for.

(Plus running an fsck on anything a person intends to share is a nice thing to do in a civilized world anyway.)

[geekmaster]

After repairing an image with fsck, you need to delete the new lost+found directory just like amazon does... I did that I the images I provided.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by knc1

Then we had best just wait for Deep to tell us what changes from factory where done to that image.
I will check the image and see if I can tell if it was copied while files where open (that testing is not a "sure thing" - would be better if Deep told us).

Filesystem image is clean and appears not to have been mounted while being copied.
@Deep: Can you confirm?
Edit: Already confirmed in the announcment post (my bad):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...9&postcount=52

[geekmaster]

main_kernel-5.1.0.img.gz added to "forensic downloads" pastebin in first post.

This should make it easier to debrick directly to 5.1.0 firmware. Use both the 5.1.0 mmcblk0p1 and 5.1.0 main kernel.

[mony]

lastly after weeks in reading threads to understand some i can get to fastboot mode and see my kindle in device manger kindle fastboot then i opened cmd and typed cd\ and in the next step i tried to write cd fastboot to get c:\fastboot) and i cant saying system can't find patch specified although i put all files in drive c
what can i do to get in c:\fastboot) to be abl to write comands ??

[knc1]

Originally Posted by mony

lastly after weeks in reading threads to understand some i can get to fastboot mode and see my kindle in device manger kindle fastboot then i opened cmd and typed cd\ and in the next step i tried to write cd fastboot to get c:\fastboot) and i cant saying system can't find patch specified although i put all files in drive c
what can i do to get in c:\fastboot) to be abl to write comands ??

This is a Kindle Touch?
Try this guide: http://drpbox.knetconnect.com/k5/Gui...e_Touch_v2.pdf

[silver18]

Originally Posted by mony

lastly after weeks in reading threads to understand some i can get to fastboot mode and see my kindle in device manger kindle fastboot then i opened cmd and typed cd\ and in the next step i tried to write cd fastboot to get c:\fastboot) and i cant saying system can't find patch specified although i put all files in drive c
what can i do to get in c:\fastboot) to be abl to write comands ??

At step 1 of "FLASH NEW DIAGS WITH SSH AND KERNEL", you have to CREATE the fastboot folder in C before unzipping the Fastboot_win_public.zip.

I'll update the guide...I didn't think about this, I thought C:\fastboot was enough...

[mony]

Originally Posted by knc1

This is a Kindle Touch?
Try this guide: http://drpbox.knetconnect.com/k5/Gui...e_Touch_v2.pdf

at the guide above when i open putty and change ip adress at this step:
now open putty.exe and type 192.168.15.244 and port 22 and ssh connectionthen click open and press yes at security alert

i cant fined yes or security alert and putty saying connection failed or refused

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by mony

at the guide above when i open putty and change ip adress at this step:
now open putty.exe and type 192.168.15.244 and port 22 and ssh connectionthen click open and press yes at security alert

i cant fined yes or security alert and putty saying connection failed or refused

Did you manually set the host PC RNDIS interface address to 192.168.15.201?

Did you start USBnetwork in diags (menu N U Z X), then wait 20 seconds before connecting with PuTTY?

[mony]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Did you manually set the host PC RNDIS interface address to 192.168.15.201?

Did you start USBnetwork in diags (menu N U Z X), then wait 20 seconds before connecting with PuTTY?

yes i did and saying connection refused
and what or where is yes at security alert

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by mony

yes i did and saying connection refused
and what or where is yes at security alert

Did you try to connect as SSH (not telnet)? If you did, and if the kindle was running SSH, then PuTTY should have asked (one time) if you want to allow using a new SSL key in a "security alert" popup dialog box.

"Connection refused" indicates that SSH is (probably) not running in the kindle. If you installed the diags partition (and matching kernel) with SSH, the N U Z X menu selection SHOULD start SSH.

FYI: The "forensics" pastebin in the "simple debricking" sticky first post now contains a 5.1.0 main kernel, so you can now flash that with fastboot, then flash the 5.1.0 main partition from diags SSH. You can still flash 5.0.0 main kernel and partition if you want to use an older firmware version.

[silver18]

I need to update the guide to add those new images (and to fix the small error Geekmaster noted!)

As regards Mony, if you started SSH in diag mode and if you have set IP, then I don't know what to do..
Do you wait 20-30 sec before starting Putty?

[geekmaster]

It would help for us to SEE what you are seeing. A screenshot of your Putty settings would help. Also, open a command console and show the output from this command "ipconfig /all".

If you have any firewall or security suite installed, please temporarily disable that and try again.

Also, when you flashed the diags_ssh partition, did you flash a matching diags kernel? I suspect that you did, or the diags menu may not work at all...

Basically, what we need from you is MORE INFORMATION, or we could keep going back and forth asking questions for days. We cannot accurately diagnose your problem when we have to make guesses because we do not have enough information about your particular settings.

[mony]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Did you try to connect as SSH (not telnet)? If you did, and if the kindle was running SSH, then PuTTY should have asked (one time) if you want to allow using a new SSL key in a "security alert" popup dialog box.

"Connection refused" indicates that SSH is (probably) not running in the kindle. If you installed the diags partition (and matching kernel) with SSH, the N U Z X menu selection SHOULD start SSH.

FYI: The "forensics" pastebin in the "simple debricking" sticky first post now contains a 5.1.0 main kernel, so you can now flash that with fastboot, then flash the 5.1.0 main partition from diags SSH. You can still flash 5.0.0 main kernel and partition if you want to use an older firmware version.

i had succeded in putting kindle in fast boot mode and i got c:\fastboot) after sliver18 said to me make fastboot folder in drive c then i tried to write comand fastboot flash diags mmcblk0p2_ssh.img and pressed enter nothing occured and saying can't load mmcblk0p2_ssh.img
i tried several times
then i thinked that i can copy them manually in kindle drive through kindlediags usb device mode and i did and did N U Z x and nothing done and connection refused i had changed ip adress and did steps in silver18 guide
how can i overcome that please in steps iam doctor and not professional in technology and software