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Originally Posted by rrrvxi

Hi, thanks for the reply, I just finished reading a lot of threads including the one you provide, I learned a lot, thanks!

However, there still some things I don't understand (sorry I'm just the "normal noob" user). So far what I conclude I should do is this:


1. Buy the USB adapter (it seems the model is MicroFTX, any alternative on eBay???)

You can buy that from their eBay (or eBay-like) site.
If your question really is: "Can I find cheapr?"
Then the answer is: "Maybe, but not well documented."

Originally Posted by rrrvxi

2. Solder the following:

a. From kindle MOBO (Ground) to the Adapter (Ground)
b From kindle MOBO (RX) to the Adapter (TX)
c. From kindle MOBO (TX) to the Adapter (RX)

d. From kindle MOBO (???) to the Adapter (Voltage ???)


At this last point I'm stuck. I know that the voltage should be 1.8v right?, but cannot find where should I take it from the PW2 MOBO.

The (at least one of) point to pick up the 1v8 interface reference on a PW2 MOBO is shown in this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...25&postcount=3

Originally Posted by rrrvxi

Also, I noticed that if I buy that adapter I should ask to be configured to configuration # 3 (J1-closed; J2-Open; J3-closed; J4-Open), right?

Another doubt I have is what type of wire should I use for solder the MOBO point to the adapter.

You had better look at those connection points - they are tiny!

30gauge with kepton insulation (sold as "wire-wrap" wire) is a good match.

Originally Posted by rrrvxi

Let's suppose that I already did the properly soldering. Then I should connect from the micro USB of the adapter to any USB port of my linux laptop right?

So what I understood and suppose from the last message, is that when I connect I will see some kind of window pop up that will ask for configuration, I suppose that at this point I'll have to make this configuration:

No pop-up window.
In a terminal window, do:

dmesg

The discovery messages for the serial device will be among the very recent messages and will give what device the kernel assigned to the serial port.

Originally Posted by rrrvxi

"When you plug into the Linux PC, it will id the new serial cable -
Configure minicom to use that device @ 115000, 8 bits, no flow control, no parity, 2 stop bits."


Ok, from here (if I get to this point) I don't know how to proceed, what commands I have to do? and more importantly, how can I jailbreak the device? I mean, how to upload the jailbreak files to the device? I've been told that:

"Once you have a console shell over the serial interface, simply unpack the usual jailbreak the usual way. But instead of using Update Your Kindle, you are running the jb.sh from the serial shell."

But I cannot figure it out how to do this. Do I have to transfer the files through USB to the kindle BEFORE doing any attempt to jailbreak? and what command I have to use to run the jb.sh from the serial shell ???

Get past the actual connection set-up so that you have communications over the serial port, and then we can continue with directions, depending on what messages you see.

Originally Posted by rrrvxi

Thanks for replying. When I figure this out I'll be doing a step by step with video and pictures to anyone is like me today, giving the proper acknowledgments to anyone who helps. Thank you!