[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by jogawa

I have just done this [several times], and can report complete success. :-)

You do have to follow ixtab's instructions in the README.txt in the Parent Directory for the full set. Just make sure you have PuTTY.

Yes, just follow the instructions in the readme I linked to.

And the partitions are in the parent folder to the readme, obviously: http://ixtab.tk/kindle-touch-images/PW2/

I've had to do it several times because I can't seem to find an OTA-blocking method that works. I've tried putting stuff in the hosts file, and the backdoor block. Grrr. Amazon. :-) :-(

Another way that was suggested (maybe you'll have more luck with this?): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...63#post2592263

Basically, create a folder called "update.bin.tmp.partial" in the root of the Kindle Drive.
Gory details:

Spoiler:

This is the name of the file the update usually gets saved to, but you are reserving it as the name of a folder. And it won't get deleted to make room for the update (I imagine Amazon has something to do this if the download fails, assuming it got corrupted, or maybe they default to overwriting it) because the unix command for deleting directories is different from the one for files.