Thread: Possible way to get into dowwload mode for Paperwhite
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Old 11-08-2012, 02:26 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by geekmaster View Post
Although temporarily disabling the eMMC (by shorting a non-fatal pin) during bootup may cause it to fall to USB Downloader mode. Similar to the "pin-shorting" debricking method used on WRT54G routers to get OpenWRT on them back in the day...

All we need is a "sacrificial PW" and a daring soul to experiment on it...
It may also be possible to force it to attempt a network boot.
In the process loading a kernel and/or root file system image of our own choice.
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