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Old 03-02-2012, 09:51 PM   #1
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Arrow Original "Simple" debricking methods for K5-Touch, K4-Mini, & K3-Keyboard

UPDATE: This method has been expanded to use a simpler inclusive semi-automated framework featuring a bootable CD, in a new sticky thread. Please try ixtab's KUBRICK tools first:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=206064


NOTE: Before debricking, CHARGE THE BATTERY ON A WALL CHARGER FOR 20 HOURS! Seriously. We have been plagued with too many recent reports of "bricked" kindles that only had a battery so discharged that it could only be charged slowly (20 hour charge curve). After charging, either the kindle works as-is, or at least debricking will function correctly.

UPDATE: We now have Kubrick, a LiveCD to debrick Kindle 3, Kindle 4 and Kindle Touch. It means you do not need to install Linux to use the Linux debricking tools. More news (and download link) for this awesome debricking tool here:

UPDATE: Good news for Paperwhite owners! A PW has been debricked from the dreaded "Your Kindle Needs Repair" screen! Nice job kaznelson!

UPDATE: Awesome news! Thanks to eureka, we now have a custom u-boot that can be loaded and run from MfgTool or the command-line usb downloader tool, which contains fastboot protocol. This will be a HUGE help when debricking kindles that have a completely erased mmc! Check it out:
UPDATE: You can install diags+ssh without needing fastboot, using a K5 update package from ixtab:
UPDATE: There is a cross-platform replacement for MfgTool (imx_usb_loader command-line tool). You can get it from the "references and Links" section below.

UPDATE: To clarify our goals, we have renamed "forensic images" to "debricking repair images". Please edit your old posts to change "forensic" to "debricking repair". Thank you.

NOTE: When flashing "debricking repair images", be sure to use matching partition and kernel versions to prevent problems. Read this for kernel version compatibility details:

Successful Debricking Begins Here

Definitions: Kindle model name K5 is also known as Touch, KT, or KTouch. Model name K4 is also known as K4NT, K4 Non-Touch, K4S (silver) or K4B (black). Model K3 is also know as K3G, Kindle 3G, or Kindle Keyboard. The words debrick and debricking can also be called unbrick, unbricking, recover, recovery, repair, repairing, restore, restoring, restoration, or brick fix.

I have posted this information in various forms to multiple threads, but it keeps getting missed by those who need it, so it is being place in its own thread, in hopes that it will be noticed by those who need it.

SUMMARY: You should be able to recover from most K4/K5 bricking situations by using MfgTool to get to fastboot mode, then using fastboot to flash mmcblk0p2_ssh.img to the diags partition, then booting diags and exporting the USB drive to copy mmcblk0p1 on it, then starting an SSH shell and using dd to copy the /mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.img to /dev/mmcblk0p1, then finally by running the factory_restore script. The K3 uses different tools to achieve the same results by also flashing a known-good firmware image (see K3 USB debricking links below for details).

DETAILS:
You can now download an mmcblk0p2_ssh.img.gz file from the "debricking repair images" link below. It adds the missing USBnet dropbear SSH files to an otherwise unchanged diags partition. This lets you SSH in from the Diagnostics menu and fix or restore your bricked main system partition from the linux command line. A similar method can be used with a K4, which already has SSH built into the diags partition, so NO need to reflash mmcblk0p2 on a K4.

The following instructions are for a linux host PC. For windows, you need to adapt them.

Follow the instructions in the "Select Boot" thread to get your bricked kindle into fastboot mode.

In fastboot mode, do:
gunzip mmcblk0p2.img.gz
sudo ./fastboot flash diags mmcblk0p2.img

Then reboot to diags mode. Select menu items N) U) Z) X). Wait 20 seconds for dropbear to startup. Do:
sudo ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201
ssh root@192.168.15.244

The password is mario.

If you want to replace mmcblk0p1 with a backup copy, you can do that with:
dd if=/mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.img of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 bs=4K

Or, if you want to mount the main system drive and repair individual files on it, then do:
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/mmc

With the main system partition mounted, you can then repair or replace damaged or missing files in /mnt/mmc/ (which is the mounted writeable main system partition).

If your kindle still will not boot to the main system framework, then your /var/local partition may be damaged or full. To reset it do this:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0p3 bs=4K count=1K

That last step above successfully recovered multiple "difficult" kindles recently, when they still would not boot to the main system partition after doing the previous steps. Resetting /var/local will erase your collections database, so you may want to backup files in /var/local before resetting it.

This is documented in the "Select Boot" and "Fastboot Manifesto" threads (see links provided below).

Good luck!


References and Links

K5 diags+ssh (no fastboot needed!):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2202022

imx_usb_loader cross-platform replacement for MfgTool: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2185626

Another version of imx_usb_loader, with whiptail and zenity based interface, and all required .bins:
https://github.com/aditya3098/imx_usb_loader

USB debricking for noobs (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186076

USB debricking for noobs (K4/K5): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=180789

ixtab's debricking tools collection for Windows:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2148818

Kubrick: Live CD to debrick Kindle 3, Kindle 4 and Kindle Touch:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=206064

Select Boot for K4 and Touch: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=169645

Russian translation of my work: http://beznervov.com/computers/hard/...olnyj-navorot/

Fastboot Manifesto: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=170241

Fastboot for Windows: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2001683

Fastboot for Mac: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2029696

Kindle4NTHacking wiki: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle4NTHacking

Kindle Touch Hacking wiki: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Touch_Hacking

Kindle 3 Hacking: http://www.cowlark.com/kindle/combined.html

Debricking my K4, What we Learned: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1953663

K3flasher (K3 USB debricking): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=184310

K3 (serial port) "Unbricking": https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=134637

Kindle "Debricking Repair" Images (be sure to use matching partition and kernel versions):

Download URLs are here: http://pastebin.com/Wdw4L7yT

Download Mirror (complete): http://snipurl.com/debrick

Download Mirror #2: http://kindle-asimov.rhcloud.com/


Successful Debricking Reports

geekmaster (serial port): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1893448

rastik (serial port): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1908487

geekmaster (USB): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1959995

blackjack13: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1914987

PoetCop: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1972739

cscat: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1973193

Emrexem: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1975892

ernalve: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1976684

geekmaster (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1977994

thomass: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1978488

cscat (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1979349

itsmee: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1979376

hostar: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1980920

dasmoover: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1981772

cscat (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1989107

aditya3098: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1989110

captainjack: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1989347

john_pb: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1990205

muydificil: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1991180

zcat: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1992660

john_pb (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1993882

lightstrike: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1993990

Deathknight: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1996204

murz_07: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1996402

curb: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1997750

PoetCop (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2002101

mars77: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2016752

qsoo: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2018097

wsxhwyy: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2020557

SharkNX: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2022667

mcp1999: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2025137

drogon: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2032578

kn007: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2033355

qtybest: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2036942

sohmc: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2037627

turambar: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2043135

diba (twice): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2046336

tamerlaha: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2047250

non_fox: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2050368

vlamark: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2051250

gamerh2o: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2051332

mcp1999 (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2057639

sole: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2063941

aditya3098 (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2078800

leihongwang (thanks hostar): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2080628

VoxT3R: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2080682

sib.husky: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2093591

ppoo: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2096408

deep (twice): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2096989

silver18: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2097011

t-ror: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2100303

6a6af: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2104427

kerotan: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2105324

mony: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2108391

sigster: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2116528

Aleyst: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2124876

kirokko: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2125630

eleventeen: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2126373

vitalidon: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2131767

ultankc: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2134747

jber: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2140280

zklcy: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2141381

qlob (K3 USB debrick!): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2142233

ixtab: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2142775

evergamer: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2147236

XXPetrosXX: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2149467

qlob (K3, again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2151430

Pyrocitus: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2154076

haydnfan (using 64-bit win7): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2159957

hawhill (K3, ATK/k3flasher): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2162728

flashmozzg: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2163257

SYRIUSDARK (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2163306

aditya3098 (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2163894

kubi: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2164414

Melib (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2164847

bhaak: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2168009

flashmozzg (more): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2168246

Stea1th: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2168828

nineathena: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2169474

_Abahd_: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2174309

Krzysiek_14: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2175556

workingkindle: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2176230

thsheng: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2187991

giorgio130: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2188016

buddha2012 (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2191503

Horus01: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2192804

zer0: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2193150

chris_c: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2200197

(-_-): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2202206

stangri (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2210572

stangri (DX, serial port): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2210861

dmhs2004: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2212587

aditya3098: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2216180

aleritty (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2216527

Tcdasa (remove hacks): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2219842

Prash (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2223699

mike12489: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2232458

babywin (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2232882

geekmaster (k5): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2234363

geekmaster (K4): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2236014

equinox1 (DX 3.2.1): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2236072

packerzrock (K4): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2237301

victor_2203: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2241173

Bradyle: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2242142

Zlatomip: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2248267

Max4711: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2249156

lrizzo (K3, batteries): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2248059

uriziel01 (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2250888

dpavlin (DX): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2252167

thomass: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2256042

cloudycliff (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2265377

kasumi: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2265566

Mike76: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2273151

adi123 (K5, erased mmc): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2274140

Begemot (DX): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2274210

kaznelson (PW, data.stgz): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2276382

kiri87 (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2279196

mand: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2280958

twobob (multiple): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2281171

Mike76: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2284554

askak: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2294215

Maslan (K3) : www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2302556

Kaverin: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2310197

Manfor: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2312006

yangabanga (PW): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2314903

cameleon2605: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2327438

Zolyx (K3): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2332486

PrinceNothing: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2336829

Gaz81 (K4B): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2367764

WhiteDwarf72: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2373371

dsmid (K4B): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2374268

tommytomtom: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2379136

wolftail: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2379869

Bulleta: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2384759

CaseyCZ: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2391084

(...probably a bunch of reports posted while I was not prowling these forums ...)

wakawakawaka (DX): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2404328

mcquackers (DXG): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2405857

tng5737: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2417330

term1nat0r: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2423476

(...and others in PMs, IRC, and countless "lurkers"... )


Past and Future History
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This was copied from another thread in another forum, but I think it really belongs here. So here it is.
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geekmaster pretty much invented this method, so he knows it inside and out
Actually, I gave credit to yifanlu for the original push in the right direction (as can be seen in gray at the bottom of first "simple debricking" post). After all, it was his "slip of the finger" that discovered the "magic key" for USB Downloader mode on the K4, and how to boot a custom u-boot from USB using that special mode. Together, we worked out how to use it to get my SEVERELY bricked K4 (with internal serial port pads ripped loose from the circuit board) working again during an IRC session spread out over a week. If not for my bricked K4 with a dead serial port, this method may not have become available to all those who used it successfully, and a lot of dead kindles would still be sitting in drawers and closets around the world. So my bricked and damaged K4 should also share credit for this "simple debricking" method.

Of course, it took a HUGE effort on the part of myself and others to gather all the tools together and grow it, organize it, simplify it, and document it for use by beginners. As measured by download counts of tools and debricking repair images, the "success reports" list is only about ONE PERCENT of all those who appear to have used this method.

The "simple debricking" method is also being used almost as a "routine step" in the development process by some developers now, and it is also being used to "downgrade" to previous firmware versions, and to install firmware that already has jailbreak and popular hacks pre-installed.

And this "simple debricking" method will get even simpler and more powerful when yifanlu completes his "one-click" project that will integrate these protocols, tools and steps into a single easy-to-use program that can be used for much more than "simple debricking".

And now hawhill has extended this "simple debricking" method to work on the K3 too, using the ATK (Advanced ToolKit) to replace "MfgTool" and "fastboot", and he is also working on a simple easy-to-use custom program to replace ATK. EDIT: Done! Check out hawhill's k3flasher tool.

We can look forward to more powerful and simpler tools and methods in the future. Thanks guys!


P.S. We need to thank yifanlu for getting us started on the right path.

Last edited by geekmaster; 06-14-2013 at 10:32 AM. Reason: more success reports!
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Of course I am good -- my role models while I was growing up were Jesus Christ (for compassion and kindness) and Spock from Startrek (for hard science and the analytical approach). I selected other role models as well, but those two stand well above all the rest.

And thank you for the positive feedback. It is good to know that my posts are appreciated enough to make it worth the effort for me to continue to contribute my valuable and limited time to these forums.

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Amazing work! I wish I'd waited for this, I'll bet it would have fixed mine up in its earlier, non-black-screen-of-death state immediately!
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Amazing work! I wish I'd waited for this, I'll bet it would have fixed mine up in its earlier, non-black-screen-of-death state immediately!
You should be able to recover from that "black death" by using MfgTool to get to fastboot mode, then using fastboot to flash mmcblk0p2_ssh.img to the diags partition, then booting diags and exporting the USB drive to copy mmcblk0p1 on it, then starting an SSH shell and using dd to copy the /mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.img to /dev/mmcblk0p1, then finally by running the factory_restore script.

I pretty much described the entire recovery process for even a severely bricked kindle in that one sentence. It takes a little linux knowledge to fill in the missing details.
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Thanks for this.
Finally we have a well described way to fix Touch.

(BTW: links to the corresponding threads are missing here )
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Thanks for this.
Finally we have a well described way to fix Touch.

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It takes a lot of study and experimentation with feedback from many people, to simplify a previously very complex procedure that requires significant technical expertise, to the point where it fits into a single page of text and can be followed by people with limited technical abilities, the result of which can be seen in the first post in this thread.

And now, that first post (above) even contains those mysterious "missing links".

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And now, that first post (above) even contains those mysterious "missing links".
It seems to me that you get me wrong.If this is not the case please ignore this. My only concern is to have " everything" in one single post to reference it later.

Thanks again for your efforts on this so far. ( I'm the first person who unbricked his Touch with your new tool and really thankful for that)
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@geekmaster: Nice. I think a short note on unmounting should be added. Otherwise, some repair tries might fail - depending on how the device is being restarted. Another thing would be a short information that in the case of dd'ing a backup image no mounting is needed (and might even be harmful).
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It seems to me that you get me wrong.If this is not the case please ignore this. My only concern is to have " everything" in one single post to reference it later.

Thanks again for your efforts on this so far. ( I'm the first person who unbricked his Touch with your new tool and really thankful for that)
That was meant to be a humorous (funny / comedy) comment. Humor often does not translate well to other cultures. What was meant is that I think your idea was a good one, and I added the links that you suggested to the first post. Sorry to cause confusion. And thank you for the suggestions.

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@geekmaster: Nice. I think a short note on unmounting should be added. Otherwise, some repair tries might fail - depending on how the device is being restarted. Another thing would be a short information that in the case of dd'ing a backup image no mounting is needed (and might even be harmful).
Agreed. I am trying to keep the amount of typing to an absolute minimum here, for people intimidated by the shell scripts and the linux command line. I recommend a proper shutdown rather than a hard reset whenever possible, so the system has an opportunity to unmount the disks cleanly.

I do not know if it would be better to tell people to always unmount the disk, or just unmount it before doing a hard reset. The problem is that if you document all the corner cases, it begins to look like the posts that this simplified version was meant to replace.

EDIT: Rather than specifically saying to unmount it, I changed the order of restoring, and mount and repair, to eliminate that confusion.

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You should be able to recover from that "black death" by using MfgTool to get to fastboot mode, then using fastboot to flash mmcblk0p2_ssh.img to the diags partition, then booting diags and exporting the USB drive to copy mmcblk0p1 on it, then starting an SSH shell and using dd to copy the /mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.img to /dev/mmcblk0p1, then finally by running the factory_restore script.
Great stuff, even more concise! Now I know that my priority should definitely be getting the fastboot tool talking to my Kindle in fastboot mode. (currently can't do it because of that problem with it dropping out when unplugged)
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Great stuff, even more concise! Now I know that my priority should definitely be getting the fastboot tool talking to my Kindle in fastboot mode. (currently can't do it because of that problem with it dropping out when unplugged)
UPDATE: There is now a fastboot tool for windows, so you can set fastboot mode from MfgTool and then run fastboot from windows, with no risk of fastboot mode dropping out. You can download it here:

I am glad you like it. I added a "generic" verision of it as a "summary" to the top of the first post in this thread.

Regarding dropping out when unplugged, mine does that too. So it would seem that it should not be unplugged then. dasmoover had that problem when moving his kindle between his windows and his linux computers. I do not remember how that was solved, but the complete IRC conversation was placed into a post if you wish to read it to see how he solved that problem. I will go look for it now...

EDIT: Found it. Post #87. Some of my threads are getting rather large. Read this:


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That's good reading! But it looks like the solution the two of you came up with was to boot into fastboot from diags mode, and diags mode isn't working for me. So I think I will try getting linux running in a virtual machine to run the fastboot tool, unless someone can get the PC fastboot tool working.

I wonder if things would change if I could charge it all the way. It only seems to want to charge when it's in "plug-me-in" mode - no matter what state it's in with a black screen, and whether wall-charger or computer charging, it always seems close to running out of batteries. Of course this would be easier to investigate if I had a way of querying the battery state - very hard to infer from the limited information given by its behaviour.
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That's good reading! But it looks like the solution the two of you came up with was to boot into fastboot from diags mode, and diags mode isn't working for me. So I think I will try getting linux running in a virtual machine to run the fastboot tool, unless someone can get the PC fastboot tool working.

I wonder if things would change if I could charge it all the way. It only seems to want to charge when it's in "plug-me-in" mode - no matter what state it's in with a black screen, and whether wall-charger or computer charging, it always seems close to running out of batteries. Of course this would be easier to investigate if I had a way of querying the battery state - very hard to infer from the limited information given by its behaviour.
The few compile command lines I have seen scattered around the site showed the reference of MaxOSx USB libraries.
Not gonna work on Linux like that, would need the corresponding Linux USB libraries instead.

In advance of the question: No, I don't know which libraries. I have not (yet) tried to build it myself.
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