10-10-2012, 10:34 AM | #1 |
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Kindle Paperwhite "Repair Needed"
Hi all,
I've got my Paperwhite with Special Offers today. I was stupidly trying to disable ads on it by create .assets file within /system folder. When I restarted the Kindle, it booted up with "Repair Needed" screen. I think I need to remove /system/.assets file and then do "echo 0 > /var/local/upstart/lab126_gui. My question is: 1) Is it possible to mount the Kindle as USB storage before "Repair Needed" message is displayed? 2) Can I modify the content of lab126_gui in USB storage mode? Thanks. |
10-10-2012, 10:39 AM | #2 |
Lovecraft Fan
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LOL thats what ya get for trying to steal.
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10-10-2012, 10:39 AM | #3 |
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I'm a newb here (more or less) so I'm not positive, but I think you'll get more help with hack stuff over here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=150 |
10-10-2012, 10:57 AM | #4 | |
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Just a $ 20 fee
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The labor hours you are now investing are probably worth far more than $ 20 and may not work in the end anyway. |
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10-10-2012, 11:11 AM | #5 |
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Lesson learned .
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10-10-2012, 11:13 AM | #6 |
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It's also because I was thinking it's cool to hack my Kindle and disable ads .
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10-11-2012, 11:04 PM | #7 |
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Yeah, but, it's not really fair towards Amazon who are only able to provide the device to you for the low price because of these offers. Just saying...
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10-11-2012, 11:17 PM | #8 |
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And all you needed to do was click the unsubscribe button and pay $20.
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10-11-2012, 11:24 PM | #9 | |
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10-12-2012, 01:03 PM | #10 |
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You can boot to diags with MfgTool, and you can export the USB drive from a diags menu item.
You can reset the boot counter with the 5.1.2 jaibreak and a runme.sh designed to do that for you. You can write it yourself, or find one already published in the Dev Corner forum (somewhere). |
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