Kindle Touch won't wake up from restart - Page 2

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 02:05 PM

I went to this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=180789 as I am definitely a n00b when it comes to de-bricking, but the download link won't work. Not sure how I can get this infernal device up and running again.

geekmaster · 10-10-2012, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sparrowlight

I went to this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=180789 as I am definitely a n00b when it comes to de-bricking, but the download link won't work. Not sure how I can get this infernal device up and running again.

The gitbrew site is still down. Use the "debricking repair" links in the pastebin, which you can get at the "simple debricking method" sticky thread in the dev corner, here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=170929

The noobs guide is just a simplified version of the thread I linked, and does not provide all the mirror links.

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 02:36 PM

Thanks, geekmaster. I'll admit to being fairly intimidated by this but I will give it a go.

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 02:51 PM

Seems like all the debricking methods require access to the Kindle file system on a computer -- what if you can't even get the device to show up on a computer at all? Are there any methods for recovery?

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 02:58 PM

I'm also on a Mac and most of the threads I'm seeing are using Windows.

pidgeon92 · 10-10-2012, 04:03 PM

I suspect you'll get it started again. Are you plugging it into a wall outlet? That would be preferable. Once you get it restarted, do the Factory Reset again, and just add one book. Let it get through its indexing processes, then read that one book. If the Kindle behaves itself, you've got a corrupt file that you've been loading. If it acts up again, you've got a different problem.

I can help you with Mac specific questions. It's just a matter of getting the Kindle to respond again first.

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by pidgeon92

I suspect you'll get it started again. Are you plugging it into a wall outlet? That would be preferable. Once you get it restarted, do the Factory Reset again, and just add one book. Let it get through its indexing processes, then read that one book. If the Kindle behaves itself, you've got a corrupt file that you've been loading. If it acts up again, you've got a different problem.

I can help you with Mac specific questions. It's just a matter of getting the Kindle to respond again first.

I appreciate your offer to help ... I'm at work and plugged into my computer, but I'll try the wall charging and re-starting again. It's just not looking too likely that it WILL restart fully again. It keeps flashing, then going back to the tree screen (which I now loathe with a passion).

geekmaster · 10-10-2012, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by sparrowlight

I appreciate your offer to help ... I'm at work and plugged into my computer, but I'll try the wall charging and re-starting again. It's just not looking too likely that it WILL restart fully again. It keeps flashing, then going back to the tree screen (which I now loathe with a passion).

Plugged into the computer does necessarily charge it. Especially if it is trying to go into USB Drive mode. If it shows up as a USB drive in your host computer, you need to eject it to charge it, but it may be too discharged to detect that you ejected it.

It is software in the kindle computer that controls battery charging, and that does not necessarily work right if your kindle is too discharged to start that software and get the charging controller chip into the correct mode. And do not trust the charging LED either -- it is software-controlled.

It really helps to use a wall charger, even if just a low-power one from a cell phone.

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 05:55 PM

I did not know all that -- thanks! In a wall charger now.

geekmaster · 10-10-2012, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by sparrowlight

I did not know all that -- thanks! In a wall charger now.

It may take 20 hours to charge even with a wall charger, if it is stuck on the "slow charge curve" default. So charge it for a day before trying it again...

We have been through this discussion many times in the Dev Corner debricking threads, so there is plenty of history behind it.

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 06:22 PM

I understand and I value your wisdom. I am keen on just getting this one fixed and not doing a replacement again.

sparrowlight · 10-10-2012, 08:26 PM

Currently plugged in ... Keeps rebooting of its own accord about every two minutes, flashing and then going back to the start screen again.

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10-10-2012, 02:05 PM	#16
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	I went to this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=180789 as I am definitely a n00b when it comes to de-bricking, but the download link won't work. Not sure how I can get this infernal device up and running again.

10-10-2012, 02:36 PM	#18
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	Thanks, geekmaster. I'll admit to being fairly intimidated by this but I will give it a go.

10-10-2012, 02:51 PM	#19
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	Seems like all the debricking methods require access to the Kindle file system on a computer -- what if you can't even get the device to show up on a computer at all? Are there any methods for recovery?

10-10-2012, 02:58 PM	#20
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	I'm also on a Mac and most of the threads I'm seeing are using Windows.

10-10-2012, 04:03 PM	#21
pidgeon92 Wizard Posts: 3,144 Karma: 8426142 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago, IL Device: Kindle PW2, Kindle Voyage, Kindle DXG, Boox M90, Kobo Aura HD	I suspect you'll get it started again. Are you plugging it into a wall outlet? That would be preferable. Once you get it restarted, do the Factory Reset again, and just add one book. Let it get through its indexing processes, then read that one book. If the Kindle behaves itself, you've got a corrupt file that you've been loading. If it acts up again, you've got a different problem. I can help you with Mac specific questions. It's just a matter of getting the Kindle to respond again first.

10-10-2012, 05:55 PM	#24
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	I did not know all that -- thanks! In a wall charger now.

10-10-2012, 06:22 PM	#26
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	I understand and I value your wisdom. I am keen on just getting this one fixed and not doing a replacement again.

10-10-2012, 08:26 PM	#27
sparrowlight Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 6058 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Touch as backup	Currently plugged in ... Keeps rebooting of its own accord about every two minutes, flashing and then going back to the start screen again.

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