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Thanks4Kubrick · 05-28-2014, 11:36 PM

Ixtab. Thank you for the fix. Your Kubrick OS worked (eventually). It took a few tries. The menu on the Kindle isn't extremely responsive and I overshot and put it in some other diagnostic mode. I restarted the entire process and your OS fixed my Kindle.

I saw the last screen requesting a donation to laosliteracyproject. I'll go there after this and look at it.

Situation:
Kindle 4.1.1 non-touch was stuck in a diagnostic mode. It wouldn't leave it. Sometimes it would let me poke around in diag mode other times it would freeze. The Kubrick fixed this.

Reason:
I watched a YT video were it said to copy the file called "DONT_HALT_ON_REPAIR" and rename it something to the effect of "ENABLE_DIAG". That caused my problem. After using Kubrick, I was able to dock it to Windows and see the files again, where I couldn't when it was bricked. I removed the ENABLE_DIAG. Everything is fine again.

So you wanted to know if it works. Well I thought it didn't at first but then it did.

Problems I had with Kubrick at the begining:
- at my win 7 work PC, I used LiLI to make a bootable USB of Kubrick. Kubrick froze on boot saying something about checking for CD and not finding or something.
- same thing at home on my Linux Mint 16 laptop
- did not bother on my win7 home pc. instead, I used Infrarecorder (sourceforge.net) to burn the .iso image to a CD.

- Kubrick CD into my Linux Mint 16 laptop worked.

Thanks again,
Bill
(Thanks4Kubrick account created just to thank you)

05-28-2014, 11:36 PM	#678
Thanks4Kubrick Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kindle 4 non-touch	Ixtab. Thank you for the fix. Your Kubrick OS worked (eventually). It took a few tries. The menu on the Kindle isn't extremely responsive and I overshot and put it in some other diagnostic mode. I restarted the entire process and your OS fixed my Kindle. I saw the last screen requesting a donation to laosliteracyproject. I'll go there after this and look at it. Situation: Kindle 4.1.1 non-touch was stuck in a diagnostic mode. It wouldn't leave it. Sometimes it would let me poke around in diag mode other times it would freeze. The Kubrick fixed this. Reason: I watched a YT video were it said to copy the file called "DONT_HALT_ON_REPAIR" and rename it something to the effect of "ENABLE_DIAG". That caused my problem. After using Kubrick, I was able to dock it to Windows and see the files again, where I couldn't when it was bricked. I removed the ENABLE_DIAG. Everything is fine again. So you wanted to know if it works. Well I thought it didn't at first but then it did. Problems I had with Kubrick at the begining: - at my win 7 work PC, I used LiLI to make a bootable USB of Kubrick. Kubrick froze on boot saying something about checking for CD and not finding or something. - same thing at home on my Linux Mint 16 laptop - did not bother on my win7 home pc. instead, I used Infrarecorder (sourceforge.net) to burn the .iso image to a CD. - Kubrick CD into my Linux Mint 16 laptop worked. Thanks again, Bill (Thanks4Kubrick account created just to thank you)