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Showing results 1 to 25 of 38 - Search took 0.00 seconds. Search: Posts Made By: the-equinoxe
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 12-12-2011, 08:10 AM
Replies: 246
Views: 153,543
Posted By the-equinoxe
@yifanlu congratulations! wow!! They made it...

@yifanlu
congratulations!
wow!! They made it possible to execute HTML & Java in a ID3 tag of an MP3?
How is that kind of insecurity even possible?
Anyways, great jailbreak, hats off for this very...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 07-15-2011, 03:12 AM
Replies: 61
Views: 28,477
Posted By the-equinoxe
@yifanlu As one of the people requested the K3...

@yifanlu
As one of the people requested the K3 Kernel:
Thanks!!
This is awesome!
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-16-2011, 02:29 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,674
Posted By the-equinoxe
@crich70 it is not that you depend on amazon's...

@crich70 it is not that you depend on amazon's website, it is that the device uses amazon as proxy, and doesn't allow any traffic besides amazon's site when the device isn't registered.
With some...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-16-2011, 03:39 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 4,674
Posted By the-equinoxe
No registration with amazon is needed for the...

No registration with amazon is needed for the device to function properly.
You need to change a few files (AFTER BACKUP, otherwise you won't be able to update in the future):
It is quite...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-16-2011, 03:14 AM
Replies: 37
Views: 44,077
Posted By the-equinoxe
@yifanlu You should try the "Bus Pirate" From...

@yifanlu
You should try the "Bus Pirate" From Dangerous Prototypes.
It is a great hack tool to use to probe most protocols.
It is also quite cheap (30 USD incl. shipment)....
Forum: Amazon Kindle 06-07-2011, 03:34 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,510
Posted By the-equinoxe
"Amazon updates incorrect Bible FREE." I lolled...

"Amazon updates incorrect Bible FREE."
I lolled because the title seemed to imply that amazon would have corrected all the mistakes in the bible..
(too much work, even for amazon..;) )
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 06-07-2011, 03:28 AM
Replies: 174
Views: 111,834
Posted By the-equinoxe
Even if you change your mac-secret etc it won't...

Even if you change your mac-secret etc it won't work..
(tried cloning two devices, so cloned ALL the values!)
Only thing I didn't try is to copy the display Eeprom.

FYI: Other stuff to know:
...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 05-14-2011, 05:24 PM
Replies: 680
Views: 341,715
Posted By the-equinoxe
Hope you meant: "I am NOT responsible for what...

Hope you meant:
"I am NOT responsible for what happens."

BTW, yifanlu, would it also be illegal to create and distribute some sort of a diff patch (like current official updates)? (this is...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-18-2011, 06:10 AM
Replies: 78
Views: 16,134
Posted By the-equinoxe
$25 "discount" to get the annoyance of adds? NO...

$25 "discount" to get the annoyance of adds?
NO way!
If it was (considerably) cheaper I would consider.. (it wouldn't be worth more than $49-$89)
Although I almost dare to bet that swapping out...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-10-2011, 07:01 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,705
Posted By the-equinoxe
Great :) You are welcome!

Great :)

You are welcome!
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-10-2011, 01:00 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,705
Posted By the-equinoxe
when using telnet you are "root" so the...

when using telnet you are "root"
so the username who's pasword you are changing is the pwd from the user "root".
You can simply check this by giving the command "whoami"

Regards,

EqX
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-10-2011, 11:59 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,705
Posted By the-equinoxe
If you have telnet you can telnet to the device...

If you have telnet you can telnet to the device via usb.
There you can set your new PWD by entering "passwd" on the commandline..
Use the new pwd to login via sFTP ;)
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-10-2011, 11:17 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,705
Posted By the-equinoxe
I am doing this o mac: connect via your sFTP...

I am doing this o mac:
connect via your sFTP client to the kindle
You will end up in an empty dir (I believe it is something like /tmp/root/)
from there you go "down" to the root dir (/../).
From...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-10-2011, 10:19 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,705
Posted By the-equinoxe
If you have telnet or ssh access you can also use...

If you have telnet or ssh access you can also use any sFTP program to browse your kindle (don't forget to make the K3 filesystem writable with the command "mntroot rw")
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-10-2011, 09:57 AM
Replies: 680
Views: 341,715
Posted By the-equinoxe
From what I understand: You need a K3 to rip the...

From what I understand: You need a K3 to rip the rootFS from.
On that K3 you need approx 0.6 GB for the FS itself and than the rest for the encrypting routine to make a Kindle readable update...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-03-2011, 05:23 PM
Replies: 321
Views: 227,806
Posted By the-equinoxe
yifanlu First: congrats on having 3.1 running...

yifanlu
First: congrats on having 3.1 running an a K2, that is great!

Regarding the restore/recovery.
Both my K3's are working (@ this moment) but because I like to mess with them I can imagine...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-01-2011, 05:32 PM
Replies: 321
Views: 227,806
Posted By the-equinoxe
yifanlu Wow, could you explain to us mere...

yifanlu
Wow, could you explain to us mere mortals in a more detailed (howto) way how you achieved this?some steps I could retrace, but with most I have no idea where to start.

Thanks for your...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-01-2011, 03:33 AM
Replies: 321
Views: 227,806
Posted By the-equinoxe
Hi yifanlu, This is an interesting problem. ...

Hi yifanlu,

This is an interesting problem.
Am I correct when I think:
>uboot ->initramfs =>rootfs ?
and the nand-password and signature keys are hardcoded into the initramfs?
If so, how can I...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 03-04-2011, 06:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 9,310
Posted By the-equinoxe
BTW is it possible to undo/reverse a bsdiff...

BTW is it possible to undo/reverse a bsdiff patch?
That way one should be able to roll-back selective 3.1 files to a previous version using the information in the patch files from the update(s)...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 03-04-2011, 06:04 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 9,310
Posted By the-equinoxe
I am pretty sure 3.0.2 was running on my system,...

I am pretty sure 3.0.2 was running on my system, cause I was unable to upgrade it to 3.0.3.
I do have the original upgrades here, I will check if I can find those files when I extract those bins......
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 03-03-2011, 05:27 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 9,310
Posted By the-equinoxe
I've got a dump of my 3.0.2 K3 Wifi (I dumped it...

I've got a dump of my 3.0.2 K3 Wifi (I dumped it before updating ;) )


I'll sort them out, upload those (except etc/shadow :p ) and PM you with a link.


Sorted, Uploaded, & you've got a PM
...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-25-2011, 06:45 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,843
Posted By the-equinoxe
If you want to use a program: search for "batch...

If you want to use a program: search for "batch rename", lots of freeware available for many operating systems..
In linux from the terminal, just use: rename -v ’s/\.htm$/\.html/’ *.htm which...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 02-25-2011, 06:35 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 2,617
Posted By the-equinoxe
Can you give an example of an book which is...

Can you give an example of an book which is corrupted and has this effect?
Would be useful to have some examples so this problem ca be fixed.
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-23-2011, 04:55 PM
Replies: 321
Views: 227,806
Posted By the-equinoxe
Pref was untouched ;)

Pref was untouched ;)
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-20-2011, 08:10 PM
Replies: 3,894
Views: 2,963,102
Posted By the-equinoxe
since the whole file probably is copyrighted I...

since the whole file probably is copyrighted I will just post the important differences of the old and new otaup
usr/sbin/otaup

line 32 in the new file is:

KEYYFILES="/etc/uks/pubprodkey01.pem...
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