Fastboot Manifesto

[hostar]

I made makefile for fastboot for Linux and Windows.
Instructions to run is in README file.

[murz_07]

Originally Posted by hostar

I made makefile for fastboot for Linux and Windows.
Instructions to run is in README file.

But I'm not comfortable with Unix
So can you pleasу tell me when I open Cygwin terminal, what exactly should I type there?

[murz_07]

Anybody?

[hostar]

Better ignore this post and read further.

Spoiler:

I have got MinGW, not Cygwin, but it is similar tools.
First extract AdbWinApi.dll to your fastboot folder.

1) If you have Total Commander
- run Total Commander
- go to your fastboot folder
- down on Total Commander is mysterious line (like TextBox).
- click to that line and type "cmd" here (without quotes) and press Enter
- command line, which path start in your fastboot folder should appear
- type into that command line: "make fastboot_win" (again without quotes)
- fastboot should compile
- it is possible, that this will not work and error or plenty or errors appear
- if this happens, go to part 2

2) Alternative
- go to folder with your cygwin and then to subfolder "bin"
- there should be something like "gcc.exe", if there is not exactly this file,
but something similar, like "gcc-1.2.0.exe", remember it
- now go to your fastboot folder
- download "cmd.bat" from this post and paste it to your fastboot folder
- doubleclick to "cmd.bat"
- command line should appear
- now is needed to build string for compile
- it will look like something like this:

X:\path\to\cygwin\bin\gcc.exe -o fastboot.exe fastboot.c engine.c protocol.c usb_windows.c util_windows.c AdbWinApi.dll

- replace "X:\path\to\cygwin\" with your real path to cygwin
- if your "gcc.exe" has another name, replace it too
- compilation should be without any warning

[murz_07]

But there is no gcc.exe in my bin folder.
The most similar is cyggcc_s-1.dll

I think it has something to do with packages I choosed to install while installing Cygwin. I left all of them "default".
So now I'm downloading all packages with anything containing "gcc" inside.

[hostar]

If you are downloading something, I recommend you to download MinGW

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ming...8.exe/download

[giorgio130]

@murz_07 Wouldn't it be simpler to use a Ubuntu live cd?

[murz_07]

Originally Posted by hostar

If you are downloading something, I recommend you to download MinGW

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ming...8.exe/download

Ok, I downloaded and installed it. Did everithing by "alternative" method but it said "libgmp-10 not found" about 5 times. What is the problem?
Where fastboot folder should be? I unpacked Yifanlu fastboot to C:\fastboot.

C:\MinGW\bin\gcc.exe -o fastboot.exe fastboot.c engine.c protocol.c usb_windows.c util_windows.c AdbWinApi.dll

[knc1]

Originally Posted by giorgio130

@murz_07 Wouldn't it be simpler to use a Ubuntu live cd?

Or any of the many others: http://livecdlist.com

But where is the challenge in doing something the simple and obvious way?

[murz_07]

Originally Posted by giorgio130

@murz_07 Wouldn't it be simpler to use a Ubuntu live cd?

And how can I compile it in Ubuntu?

[hostar]

Originally Posted by murz_07

And how can I compile it in Ubuntu?

How is described in README, just run terminal, cd to folder with fastboot
and type "make fastboot_linux"

Also I realized, that README rewrites original README when extracted.

Originally Posted by giorgio130

Wouldn't it be simpler to use a Ubuntu live cd?

Good point

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EDIT: attachment contains linux fastboot binary

For Windows EXE click here.

[murz_07]

My attenmpt to compile fastboot in Ubuntu was successful. So following questions will be:
How can I boot in fastboot mode in Ubuntu?
Is there some tool like MgfTool?

[murz_07]

Ok, thats what I did:
1. Booted Kindle in fastboot mode using MgfTool then unplugged it
2. Restarted computer, booted to Ubuntu
3. Plugged Kindle in and compiled fastboot
4. ./fastboot flash system mmcblk0p1.img
After all of this I saw <waiting for device>

And when I ran fastboot.exe you uploaded I saw only black screen flashed.

Can you please tell me what is wrong?
It can be discharged, can it cause this?

[murz_07]

Ok, I finally could run fastboot in Windows, thanks to hostar.
But ill it does is writing <waiting for device>
I tryed to reboot it in fastboot mode again, nothing changed.

[giorgio130]

if you want to retry under ubuntu, the correct command is "sudo ./fastboot flash system mmcblk0p1.img"