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Originally Posted by geekmaster
Default root passwords only have 3 hex digits (8 characters total). Because they are DES hashes, you can type extra characters if you want to and they just get ignored.
If you use the passwd command to change the password, then it gets stored as a salted MD5 hash, which uses all the characters you types (even if you changed it back to a fiona password).
Did you also try the mario password? Some computers need that instead...
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Yes, I tried mario, but without success. :-(
I've seen the de-bricking video several times, but could someone please tell me more about the process? After entering password, what is exactly exported, and at the next stage, how it is used to de-brick the device? I couldn't understand the way the guy "dd"s the file on the file system device.
Even a good link to read is appreciated. :-)
Also, I don't know much about the root file system hierarchy of a Kindle 3 device. How's the file system organised? And is there a readonly file system or all of the filesystem is writeable? I think it's great to have the output of these commands:
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mount
cat /etc/fstab
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uboot doesn't seem to be able to write to flash memory (and I'm somewhat puzzled that I don't see indications for reading flash memory either). So using the serial console, the option is probably to load (loadb/loady) a kernel with included initramfs (containing enough software to provide a basic rescue system) via the serial line and start it. Note that you would need to hand-tailor such a kernel (plus initramfs payload) yourself.
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Seems similar to this:
http://yifan.lu/2011/04/02/recoverin...rupt-kindle-2/
but it's for kindle 2.
Another question: when I attach kindle via usb, I see an unformatted device with about 3GB storage, is it the root file system? the link above says that pressing "1" recreates partitions, but as you know, this is not visible in the recovery menu, so is it ok?
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Another option is the Advanced Toolkit and the USB loader mode -- however, this way hasn't been gone before, either. And it's not quite clear what this mode is able to do, but in theory it could provide a backup/restore path like the one for the K4/K5.
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Are you talking about this:
http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/..._TOOL_STD_1_67
Which port I should use and to which port I should connect? Normal serial and USB?