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Old 05-16-2014, 11:03 AM   #1
KingD
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Device: Kindle Paperwhite
Help debrick Kindle Paperwhite

My Kindle PW stops working several days ago. The device was jailbroken long before. Nothing particular is done recently and I'm using the native reader on that day. I pressed power button to start reading, but the device did not respond immediately. I tried several times before giving up. Minutes later it suddenly shows the content of the book that I last read. It does not respond to anything since then, however, including long pressing the power button.

I first thought it was due to low battery. So I charged it overnight. No luck. Then I took apart the device and gave the battery an full charge. Now it could be recognized on Windows as a USB HID device. I checked several forum posts. It seems that my device is in USB download mode.

I tried with the "simple debricking methods". I used Mfgtool from a Windows 7 guest VM (Mfgtool does not work on my 64bit PC as it always crashes on selecting USB ports). Mfgtool reports success on switching to fastboot, but when I use the fastboot tool, it stuck on "waiting for device". The driver generated by inf-wizard is already installed.

Any clue for this? or maybe it's an hardware issue? The device is already out of warranty. Thanks in advance.
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