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dzchimp · 01-05-2012, 04:19 AM

I'm new to Kindles, though relatively experienced in Android hacking/dev. My qns:

Device: Kindle 4 Ad supported, Non touch

If I ssh/sftp and corrupt some important files, and prevent it from booting up, how can I restore the firmware? Is there a flashable update file available for my device, and how can I flash it? If not, then can I do a dd command to backup and restore a whole file system image?

How does the Kindle boot process happen? What init scripts are used, and where? How can I setup init via a bash script so that root file systems are mounted in normal boot mode? I had a look at /etc/init.d, but couldnt follow the bootup process

I saw a package of source code for the Kindle on amazon. Is it a whole source (is the Kindle firmware open source), or is it only a kernel? Again same qn as in Q1. How can I flash the compiled binaries?

How can I compile binaries for Kindle? Is there a precompiled toolchain available (If someone could upload one, it would be really helpful). If not, can I use the config.gz for my .config.

01-05-2012, 04:19 AM	#3
dzchimp Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle 4 NT	Updating Kindle software in case of data corruption I'm new to Kindles, though relatively experienced in Android hacking/dev. My qns: Device: Kindle 4 Ad supported, Non touch If I ssh/sftp and corrupt some important files, and prevent it from booting up, how can I restore the firmware? Is there a flashable update file available for my device, and how can I flash it? If not, then can I do a dd command to backup and restore a whole file system image? How does the Kindle boot process happen? What init scripts are used, and where? How can I setup init via a bash script so that root file systems are mounted in normal boot mode? I had a look at /etc/init.d, but couldnt follow the bootup process I saw a package of source code for the Kindle on amazon. Is it a whole source (is the Kindle firmware open source), or is it only a kernel? Again same qn as in Q1. How can I flash the compiled binaries? How can I compile binaries for Kindle? Is there a precompiled toolchain available (If someone could upload one, it would be really helpful). If not, can I use the config.gz for my .config.