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Originally Posted by geekmaster
It would be easier to flash with fastboot than writing a custom MfgTool profile.
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If I was able to choose, I'd choose fastboot for sure. I've worked with it before - I have the win version; I installed the driver and I made the Kindle boot into fastboot-mode via MfgBoot before.
Problem is: I can't choose; fastboot doesn't work anymore. After choose the fastboot via MfgTool, the kindle doesn't switch into fastboot mode, but sets itself to mass storage (If I'm lucky)(for some time).
I'd love to re-flash a working fastboot, then flash the diags kernel and diags image, boot into diags and then dd the main partition from there, but getting fastboot to work is the first step so I'm kind of stuck with MfgBoot for that.. (or serial, though I haven't got a converter for RS232@1.7V yet)
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Originally Posted by geekmaster
If you *really* want to learn to use MfgTool to do new stuff,
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It's not a case of "really wanting to" but "seeing no other option"
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Originally Posted by geekmaster
you should connect to the kindle serial port so you can see the status messages that result from commands sent to it by MfgTool.
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As soon as I'm brave enough to open the Kindle and solder to the serial port (very very carefully), I'll watch anything it sends.
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Originally Posted by geekmaster
If you need any kernel or partition images not posted in the "simple debricking" first post, you can request them here or in that thread.
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I have access to a working Kindle, so I can also copy from there. I could also supply the first 32M of mmcblk0 (containing kernels and - probably - a working fastboot) or other files - although I'm not sure where personal information is stored - I'd like to backen that out, first.
To be honest: I've read through the "simple debricking", the "fastboot manifesto", the "fastboot for win32" and "select boot" (this one)-threads several times. I know you're the expert in Kindles, here (and as soon as I get the Karma system figured out, there'll be as much of it going your way as I can send). I kind of hoped that you'd have used a custom mfgboot-profile before (apart form the "switch bootmode"-ones) and could point me in the right direction for trying out writing my own.
As soon as I know a correct "flash"-command, I guess, I can get back on track with fastboot, diags, ssh etc. I kinda like how one can get Kindles working again by working upwards from fastboot. But without fastboot, I'm way down at the "can never be destroyed" USB-HID mode and need to work upward to fastboot. I'm just lost in the mass of cmd-commands for fastboot and none of them seem to work with the kindle.
I'll be more than happy to keep you posted. Building profiles to rescue-flash fastboot or the kernels (not sure whether mfgboot has a similar problem regarding "large" partitions) could keep people from messing with the more dangerous fastboot-commands ("hmm.. eraseall sounds nice"). But without any idea on the magic words for "flash file to kindle" in the xml-file, I'm stuck.
Regards,
TCC