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Old 10-28-2012, 09:16 AM   #263
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Originally Posted by michel24 View Post
Hi there,

I would need some little help for my bricked k4nt.

I'm following the "Guide to debricking Kindle Touch V4.pdf" and just at the beginning I have the same problem as Deathknight in this thread:
I plug it and restart it with magic touch and power button stuff, but it doesn't appear as an HID in device manger. In MfgTool it is actually recognized as a "Kindle Internal Storage USB Device" and not as an "HID-Compliant Device". So MfgTool does nothing and I can't go further.
(If I press start in MfgTool, "Monitoring..." -> "MX50 Kindle", and "Kindle Internal Storage USB Device" -> "Unrecognized device")

I tried on 2 xp machines, one under osx + virtual box, and one which is a regular pc.

I followed the answer of cscat and geekmaster about reading the threads, but can't found answers. I also followed geekmaster's link to download hid driver, but found nothing too.

It's either a very simple problem and I'm totally missing something, or I'm very stupid, or it's a particular problem.
Whatever from the 3, I'm now stuck...

thanks!
Charge the kindle on a wall charger for 20 hours immediately before debricking. A bricked kindle will drain the battery quickly.

There are conflicting instructions posted in this forum about entering USB Downloader mode, but the following instructions ALWAYS work for me (and others):

Plug in the USB cable to the host PC, so that the bricked kindle LED lights. Hold the power button until the LED goes off. While holding the power button, also press the magic key (K3=Vol-, K4=5-way Down, K5=Home), then release the power button, then release the magic key. After this procedure, your kindle MUST be in USB Downloader mode unless it has a hardware problem.

EDIT: What does "Whatever from the 3" mean?
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