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ixtab · 08-11-2013, 12:41 PM

Sorry, but the only option for the average end user is: return it to Amazon.

In their infinite wisdom, they decided not to provide any way to debrick Paperwhites.

EDIT:
Oh well, if you still have access to the USB storage for a long enough time while it starts up, you could try to put a firmware update on it, then reboot. But that's not guaranteed to work. (You probably won't have enough time to copy the entire file to it in the first place. And even if that works, a firmware re-install is not guaranteed to solve the problem).

08-11-2013, 12:41 PM	#2
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	Sorry, but the only option for the average end user is: return it to Amazon. In their infinite wisdom, they decided not to provide any way to debrick Paperwhites. EDIT: Oh well, if you still have access to the USB storage for a long enough time while it starts up, you could try to put a firmware update on it, then reboot. But that's not guaranteed to work. (You probably won't have enough time to copy the entire file to it in the first place. And even if that works, a firmware re-install is not guaranteed to solve the problem). Last edited by ixtab; 08-11-2013 at 12:44 PM.