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Originally Posted by NiLuJe
@tomsem: Huh. I assume/hope that the explanation is as simple as the update file getting seriously corrupted during the USB transfer or the original download, so much that it seriously upsets the framework (because there *is* a safety in place to verify the integrity of an update file, but it causes the update process to fail, not crash the system  )... |
Yes, that was Amazon CS's theory. But if true, it was not due to impatience on my part. When the Kindle exited USB mode, it was already locked up, before anything could be done with the update file (corrupted or not). Because it was locked up, I could not restart normally, and because it would no longer boot up, there was no way to remove the update file short of a system reset. I never saw the usual update messages, so it is not clear it was even attempting to apply the update.