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Originally Posted by suddgummi
Hi,
I recently aquired a PW2 where the device hangs on the boot-up screen. Having read a bit here about serial console and the possibility to unbrick it I thought that I'd have a go. Unfortunately there seem to have been someone else trying the same thing as both RX and TX pads are ripped off the PCB in the P800 serial debug square.
My question is thus; do anyone know if the test pads on the back is connected to the serial interface or is it just as good to leave the PW2 to the recycling centre?
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We have had other people here that needed the same sort of fix-up job on the pads.
There hasn't been any really-good method posted (yet).
It is hard enough to make the connections when the pad(s) are still there.
That sounds like the device is trying to recover a corrupted file system.
On the flash device used in the Kindles, that can take a long time.
So -
hook to wall charger -
re-boot -
wait -
And I do mean wait, like in days -
I have had some (earlier) models that took a week to ten days to recover.
PS: Ignore the little led light -
It is under firmware control and your firmware is not fully functional while recovering the file systems.