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Old 02-05-2016, 07:09 AM   #5
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Originally Posted by irreld View Post
So, if I get it correct. This is a bin that does 'true factory reset'.
Then why can it apply to devices regardless of system version? At least Amazon can ban such thing like what they did in 5.6.5.

So are you sure to use the method now in 5.7.2 , not keeping it till 5.8 or 5.9?
I have an idea for that. Like iOS devices or Android devices , maybe a custom firmware of repacked system is possible through mrinstaller, as long as jailbreak is available.
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Yes - it was the first thing ever programmed for the 'main' OS of the kindle.
It does not touch /var/local that we know about yet.

We don't know.
But if it does indeed install on a device where 'main' is present, we will be trying to learn what the differences are.

It shouldn't matter the installed version -
The update_initial.bin would only have to match the hardware model.

And these packages are from Amazon - they are signed by Amazon - so the MR 'jail break' certificate is not required.

Since Amazon evidently did not realize (or didn't care) they where shipping these on new Kindles, there might be all kinds of things to be learned from them.

But these first package tests need to be done by someone with a serial port connection installed so we can capture the progress messages - else we don't learn anything.
And the testing person has to be running Linux, because we have learned that Hyperterminal/Windows drops the USB connection during the Kindle re-boot (MiniCom/Linux does not), and we want everything from the first character of the first message.

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