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twowheels · 06-21-2012, 12:12 PM

Thanks for the offer, though I wouldn't have time for any such procedure for the next week -- will be away from computers for a while, making this a bad time for my Kindle to act up!

Yes on all counts, except for the RS-232 port, which -- no, wait, I do have one on a computer at work. :-) Been using Linux for 18 years, has been the primary OS on my personal computers most of that time. Haven't installed the usbnetwork hack.

So... if I return from vacation and decide to do this, I have some questions:

Would I need to build/buy a serial cable? What's your warning about factory reset about? (do you think that the system partition might also be corrupted, causing the reset to brick it?)

I might just decide to limp along until the front-lit Kindles are released (I know, big assumption), see if I like those, then jump to either the touch or the new lit version.

06-21-2012, 12:12 PM	#5
twowheels Wizard Posts: 1,854 Karma: 13432974 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kobo Clara HD, iPad Pro 10", iPhone 15 Pro, Boox Note Max	Thanks for the offer, though I wouldn't have time for any such procedure for the next week -- will be away from computers for a while, making this a bad time for my Kindle to act up! Yes on all counts, except for the RS-232 port, which -- no, wait, I do have one on a computer at work. :-) Been using Linux for 18 years, has been the primary OS on my personal computers most of that time. Haven't installed the usbnetwork hack. So... if I return from vacation and decide to do this, I have some questions: Would I need to build/buy a serial cable? What's your warning about factory reset about? (do you think that the system partition might also be corrupted, causing the reset to brick it?) I might just decide to limp along until the front-lit Kindles are released (I know, big assumption), see if I like those, then jump to either the touch or the new lit version.