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geekmaster · 08-19-2012, 11:15 AM

I just charged my "new-in-box" K3-wifi last night, and the screen changed from the factory/shipping screen to the welcome screen. Now to make some "forensic images" from it.

Amazon reps said during a telephone conversation that it "should be fine" to distribute kindle firmware images for "repair purposes", but they did not follow that up with written permission as I had requested. As long as we use these forensic images to do more good than harm we should be fine. As an extra precaution, we do not link directly to firmware images from MobileRead posts. Instead, we only link to an external text file that contains a list of URLs.

As you can see in the "simple debricking" first post, we have helped a lot of people who may otherwise have returned their kindles to amazon, and amazon is aware of that, which is why we can continue to help people debrick their kindles here.

We should soon have "factory fresh" firmware for the K3.

08-19-2012, 11:15 AM	#2
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	I just charged my "new-in-box" K3-wifi last night, and the screen changed from the factory/shipping screen to the welcome screen. Now to make some "forensic images" from it. Amazon reps said during a telephone conversation that it "should be fine" to distribute kindle firmware images for "repair purposes", but they did not follow that up with written permission as I had requested. As long as we use these forensic images to do more good than harm we should be fine. As an extra precaution, we do not link directly to firmware images from MobileRead posts. Instead, we only link to an external text file that contains a list of URLs. As you can see in the "simple debricking" first post, we have helped a lot of people who may otherwise have returned their kindles to amazon, and amazon is aware of that, which is why we can continue to help people debrick their kindles here. We should soon have "factory fresh" firmware for the K3. Last edited by geekmaster; 08-19-2012 at 11:18 AM.