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Originally Posted by kimkindle
Hi geekmaster,
you wrote:
Well 'from there' is the problem - my intention is still to save up the system, before I apply any 'extras' 
That's fine, and it works the way you mentioned (Vol- + POWER), but, how does that help me? I think I'm not fully aware of what 'USB Downloader Mode' means?
Tried it with my XP and device manager came up, asking to install new hardware and unfortunately also asked for some driver it couldn't find...
ANY hint on that one?
Greetings
Kim
P.S.: About that '~exec' command - according to my readings it should act like a 'sudo' without the need for authentification, could you confirm on that? |
USB HID (Recovery/Downloader) mode for the Kindle 3 uses different software tools (AdvancedToolKit) than the Kindle 4 or Touch (MfgTool or sb_loader). I plan to support the Kindle 3 when I have time.
I think that ~exec is disabled in the Kindle 3, which is WHY a jailbreak is needed to run linux commands. All the jailbreak does is install a custom UPDATE key, so that other apps signed with that key can be installed using the Kindle Update process.
To run linux commands on your Kindle without a jailbreak, you must exploit a security loophole somewhere in the Kindle, just like the jailbreak does. The "data.tar.gz" exploit does not work on a Kindle 3. You can study the different Kindle 3 jailbreak source code (yifanlu's or NiLuJe's) if you want to learn how they work and what Kindle 3 bugs they exploit.