Restore KindleDX USB networking

[PiAir]

Originally Posted by sirbruce

How are you "using" the 0.05 bin?

I downloaded the .tar.gz file, unpacked it using 7-zip, attached the Kindle DX via USB, copied the update_usbnetwork.bin to the root folder of the Kindle.

Resetting is a bit difficult if the Kindle hasn't been registered, I can't use the option that is apparently available in Menu > Settings
The ALT + SHIFT + R option doesn't work either on my DX, it just brings up the search box.

Sooo, I just hold the slider for 15 seconds so the DX reboots.
It then says it is going to perform an update and not to switch of the device.

After a couple of seconds I get a message that the update failed and I get an error code and the advise to press the R 4 button.

After completing the reboot the .bin file has been deleted.

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I also tried it with an edited usbnetwork like suggested in the other reply and used kindle_update_tool.py to rebuild the .bin
No luck either with that, exact same results.

[PiAir]

Originally Posted by ebs

Do you get this error when you perform firmware update? That's very unlkely, as I don't return any errors even if something has failed.
Could you post usbnetwork_install.log which is created during firmware update step?

I couldn't find any install.log but I took pictures:

This is what I see after the reset:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piair/3660962546/
and then I get this message:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piair/3660155751/

[sirbruce]

Originally Posted by PiAir

I downloaded the .tar.gz file, unpacked it using 7-zip, attached the Kindle DX via USB, copied the update_usbnetwork.bin to the root folder of the Kindle.

Resetting is a bit difficult if the Kindle hasn't been registered, I can't use the option that is apparently available in Menu > Settings

First, I would try redownloading and recopying the file to make sure your version isn't corrupt.

Second, it's possible that the sleep update doesn't work the same as the Update Your Firmware, but I doubt it. EVEN THOUGH YOUR KINDLE IS NOT REGISTERED, you can still update from the Settings screen. After you copy the .bin file, go to Menu, settings, and then hit Menu AGAIN and you should have the option available.

[Sonist]

Originally Posted by ebs

I never tried to this kind of stuff - my main goal was to get a convenient access to the Kindle so I can explore it.....

So, do you see any non-Amazon way of getting real PDF support ?

[ebs]

Originally Posted by PiAir

I couldn't find any install.log but I took pictures:

This is what I see after the reset:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piair/3660962546/
and then I get this message:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piair/3660155751/

The most likely problem is corrupted bin file - my install script always returns success regardless of the actual result.
If you don't see usbnetwork_install.log in the root of user partition, then no update was even attempted.
As sirbruce said, try performing update from "Settings" menu - this is how I do it.
Here are MD5 hashes for the correct files:

25491031ec1dc3ee87c598a2a2ae7140  update_usbnetwork-k2.bin
f21f74b1b4b38da4eba2365dbf143c41  update_usbnetwork.bin

[PiAir]

Originally Posted by sirbruce

First, I would try redownloading and recopying the file to make sure your version isn't corrupt.

Second, it's possible that the sleep update doesn't work the same as the Update Your Firmware, but I doubt it. EVEN THOUGH YOUR KINDLE IS NOT REGISTERED, you can still update from the Settings screen. After you copy the .bin file, go to Menu, settings, and then hit Menu AGAIN and you should have the option available.

Thank you so much for that tip!
Not only is it much faster than using the power switch it also is an indication of corrupts .bin files.
When I re-downloaded it and copied the unmodified one on, it recognised it and enabled the "Update Your Kindle" option. And then it worked without errors/problems.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piair/3662091622/

When I tried it with the bin that I had been using, it didn't show that option.

I can now connect to the Kindle using telnet (since I don't know what good I can do there, I'll probably better stay away from that though)
Just forgot what a PIA setting up network sharing in XP is, so no test yet as far as going online with it.

Still, thanks for the help with this first part!

[PiAir]

I apologize for asking all these n00b questions here, but I'm very new to Linux and the Mac and even though that would probably make it wiser not to mess with my Kindle in this way, I just can't/couldn't resist.

Here is what I've got:
* I installed the .bin to restore usbNetwork on my DX
* I enable usbNetwork using `usbNetwork and `usbQa
* I connected the Kindle to my DX, set the IP for the new interface to 192.168.2.1 (I left the default settings in usbNetwork), all the other boxes are empty
* I enabled internet sharing for the new interface through the Airport connection of the Macbook
* I opened up a terminal window and used 'ssh root@192.168.2.2' with password 'fiona' to connect to my DX from the Macbook.
* from this SSH session I can ping the Macbook from the Kindle DX using 'ping 192.168.2.1' but if I try to reach any of the other IP's on my local network (which is in the 192.168.1 range) or any IP outside my local network I get a 'Network is unreachable' error.
Of course that also means that the browser on the DX is unable to reach any

Any suggestions on where to look for why that happens, or is there something obvious that I should do to make that routing work?

Thanks!

[ebs]

You need to add default gateway (my script even have it already, but commented out).

[PiAir]

Ah, yes, that helped.

And after putting "nameserver DNS_IP" combinations in /etc/resolv.conf it also resolved domain names.

Other thing I did was set USE_WAN in "/opt/amazon/ebook/config/framework.mario.conf" to false.

Because my Kindle DX wasn't registered yet, it didn't have /var/local/java/prefs/reginfo yet
From this site I inderstood that the structure is like this:

<text>
        <user_device_name>Kindle Name</user_device_name>
        <name>username@mail.com</name>
        <alias>Kindle mail without the @kindle.com part</alias>
</text>

user_device_name = the name of the Kindle as shown by Amazon
name = my Amazon username
alias = the kindle mail address without the @kindle.com part

After creating that file the Kindle DX shows the Kindle name and the Settings and Device Information page shows the info.

Still, it looks as if the info in reginfo as shown here isn't complete. When trying to buy a book it still says that it isn't registered yet.
Even though the info matches the info for the Kindle as shown on http://www.amazon.com/manageyourkindle

Could someone with a properly registered Kindle have a look at the /var/local/java/prefs/reginfo to see if there is any info missing here?

One thing that I find strange is that I haven't added my password anywhere nor am I asked for my password when the Kindle tries to buy/register/deregister.

[PiAir]

Just in case it helps: I've capture a log using Wireshark while I used the Menu > "Sync & Check for Items".

Apparently there is some problem with the certificate that the Kindle receives from Amazon?

No. Time Source Destination Protocol Info
12 8.985401 192.168.2.2 207.171.166.113 TLSv1 Alert (Level: Fatal, Description: Certificate Unknown)

Could it be that the Kindle receives this certificate from Amazon when it registers? And if so, is there another way to get this on the Kindle?

[ebs]

Originally Posted by PiAir

Could someone with a properly registered Kindle have a look at the /var/local/java/prefs/reginfo to see if there is any info missing here?

My reginfo has a slightly different structure, but nothing else of importance:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
    <user_device_name>My Kindle</user_device_name>
    <global_device_name>NOT_USED</global_device_name>
    <given_name>My_First_Name</given_name>
    <name>My_Full_Name</name>
    <alias>Nick</alias>
</response>

[PiAir]

Thanks for checking and posting. It indeed doesn't make any difference.
It still throws the certificate error that I posted in the log.

[Puppetmaster]

I got the script to work, and I am able to SSH to my Kindle DX. I can telnet, FTP, SSH and a lot of other things. But somewhere inside the Kindle my request for port 80 is getting stopped.

I tried to register my kindle but it just tells me that it can't connect. My wireshark does get anything...

I live in europe and I would like to se how the newspapers look.

[ebs]

If you are seriously playing with internal Kindle software (e.g. mucking with java stuff), I recommend making usbnetworking "auto-startable". Otherwise, if you corrupt something in framework, you'd need serial console for recovery.
Add this simple script to /etc/init.d:

[root@kindle init.d]# cat /etc/init.d/usbnet
#!/bin/sh

_FUNCTIONS=/etc/rc.d/functions
[ -f ${_FUNCTIONS} ] && . ${_FUNCTIONS}

US_ENABLE=/mnt/us/usbnet/AUTO

case "$1" in

        start)
                if [ -f ${US_ENABLE} ]; then
                        /mnt/us/usbnet/usbnetwork
                else
                        msg "not usbnet" I
                fi
        ;;

        stop)
                ;;
        *)
                msg "Usage: $0 {start|stop}" W >&2
                exit 1
                ;;
esac

exit 0

And then make it start-up script:

[root@kindle rcS.d]# ls -al /etc/rcS.d/*usbnet
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           16 Jan  2  1970 /etc/rcS.d/S72usbnet -> ../init.d/usbnet

After that, you'll be able to enable usbnetworking automatically by creating file "AUTO" in "usbnet" directory on user partition

[whitepaper]

Great, ebs!

do you have any progress in the web browsing over USB?

Alex.