Hi knc1-
I wonder if you could use the rescue kernel made by Yifan Lu for the DXG in your K2. He explains all the mods made to the kernel for easy unbricking here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=127969
Edit: Do you still have 2 minute connections? I think stopping the powerd and netwatchd services in /etc/init.d might be the way.