Thread: Quick Kindle 3 root shell via USB
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Old 09-21-2010, 03:15 AM   #94
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Device: PRS-500-505-700, Kindle3, KT, KPW, KPW2, KV, KOA
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Originally Posted by JohnsonZA View Post
I can confirm that the VNC server works on the standard port 5900. I started it up from an ssh shell as follows: /usr/sbin/ufbvncd -d

The -d switch puts in daemon or background mode. I haven't tried with the ENABLE_VNC file in /mnt/us/

Keyboard input doesn't seem to work. You can just see a mirror of what is happening on the Kindle's screen.

Thanks to ecostin and NiLuJe for all their efforts.
For me the keyboard works, does exactly what the K3 one does. Try some other VPN clients. The keys mapping is weird.
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