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Originally Posted by MadMAXXX
Hi,
to extract the *.bin i used the kindletool 1.6.4 but the support for the PW3 were added in 1.6.5. Could that be the problem i cant unpack the fwo_rootfs.img?
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Use the KindleTool found here (It is the most recent):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225030
You will need a non-Microsoft archiver to unpack it, something like a very recent 7Zip, WinZip, or RAR.
How to get older versions of the update packages from the Amazon server is a FGA, see:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=1301
Keep in mind that Amazon does not post an update package of the initial version a model ships with - your only choice is something newer (with a few exceptions - none of which will help you with this problem).
Note also that it is extremely rare for an Amazon update package to include the 'diags' system, they only update the 'main' system.
(Mostly because 'diags' is written to the flash chip before the chip is put on the board, and then never changed.)
So you will need to get a copy of that.
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but you can do nothing until you get the tools to work.
So -
Get the update package from Amazon that you want to use (record the link) -
Get the KindleTool package you are going to use (record the link) -
Try following the directions -
Post what happens -
if things fail
include the names and links in your post.
That way a person has a chance of duplicating your problem - which is a requirement to any sane answer.
if things seem to work, then we can deal with how to find and transfer the image files.
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EDIT:
Hmm...
The German PW-3, 5.6.5 now posted is 26Mbyte smaller than the English(us) PW-3, 5.6.5 that was posted last September.
I haven't tried unpacking and comparing both of them (yet) -
But I know the Linux-32bit build of KindlTool,
does unpack the (us) one.
Will have to wait for MadMAXXX to report on the Windows build of KindleTool.
EDIT 2:
The English(us) version of the PW-3 is one of those we (NiLuJe and I) recovered the original factory, 5.6.1.1 firmware package (and it does not have diags in it).
Ah, Crap! See my following post.