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05-14-2010, 04:51 PM | #1 |
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I have the US 2.5 bin but can't make it work! Please help
A friend just got the 2.5 update. I pulled off the bin from her US Kindle 2. I put it on my kindle and clicked the update under settings, but the update failed. Does anyone know how I can make it work?
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05-14-2010, 04:56 PM | #2 | |
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Post it somewhere and let me test the file. |
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05-14-2010, 05:41 PM | #3 | |
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05-14-2010, 07:17 PM | #4 |
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I've tried three times with no success.
Here is the file: http://www.4shared.com/file/UwMI_SKl...472900057.html |
05-14-2010, 07:42 PM | #5 |
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Didn't work for me.
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05-14-2010, 07:47 PM | #6 |
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I tried it on my K2 with 2.3.3 and while it brought up the "update" dialog in settings and restarted/updated, when it came back up, it still said 2.3.3.
Looks like a no-go. |
05-14-2010, 07:49 PM | #7 |
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05-14-2010, 07:49 PM | #8 |
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I didn't touch the kindle after I got the upgrade file other than to get the bin file to share. But what Amazon have done is somehow grab a book you have bought from them and incorporate that into the bin file so you cant share it.
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05-14-2010, 07:54 PM | #9 |
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I began the update process (version 2.33, Kindle 2 (U.S.) on my wife's reader but it failed after a few moments. When I checked the root directory afterward the file was gone.
I'm just going to wait until Amazon sends it over the wireless or provides the official download. |
05-14-2010, 08:08 PM | #10 |
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Same for me. Went through the process but I'm still at 2.3.3. And the bin file was removed from the Kindle.
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05-14-2010, 08:32 PM | #11 |
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I can confirm after an analisis of the .bin file that Amazon it's doing something to the update file before erase it, it embeds book files on the "sectors" of the update file.
I can see the following books on this .bin file: The Blue Air Compressor - Stephen King I, Robot - Doctorow, Cory Night Shift - I Know What You Need - Stephen King Got Fangs - Katie Maxwell Gossip Girl Book 1 - Cecily Von Ziegesar The Shadow Rising - Robert Jordan This is something that i have not seen on any other update file, just the k2i update files.. strange (all the bin files recovered for k2i has this kind of protection) BTW.. leodavilgen your friend has a nice taste on books, tell him to make me a friend on goodreads !! (http://www.goodreads.com/bzImage). Last edited by bzImage; 05-14-2010 at 09:04 PM. |
05-15-2010, 03:02 PM | #12 |
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Anybody think of creating fake books with these titles and authors and trying the update again?
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05-15-2010, 03:46 PM | #13 |
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Actually the key might be if someone has a kindle and its empty and then try to get the update. Someone needs to try that out to obtain the bin file. As right now it is adding information from your collection into the bin file somehow.
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05-15-2010, 07:37 PM | #14 |
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If a person has the hacks on and gets the download they will have a clean bin file. That is the one you need to get hold of.
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05-15-2010, 08:02 PM | #15 |
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**This Kindle software update will self destruct in 10...9...8...7...6...**
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