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Old 07-06-2016, 07:24 AM   #97
Sepelion
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Device: Kobo Forma, Sage
Hi,

I edited my previous post to make note that I unbricked.

- Connected via USB to a windows machine, thankfully the kindle popped up
- in root directory made a new txt doc DO_FACTORY_RESTORE and removed the .txt extension so that's all there is for the file name
- in explorer, right click eject the kindle (safely remove)
- all of this was while the kindle was still looping in "upgrading your kindle mode"
- held down power button until the screen went blank and the backlight went on and off a bit, probably 10-15 sec
- rebooted to a stock setup screen with just "set up your kindle" and "kindle paperwhite user's guide", so it's back to stock firmware and working.
- Device info reports: 5.6.1.1

*phew*

Also, since that 5.6.1.1 is reported in device info, would that be the same as the one that was supposed to be loaded anyways in step 4? That file is also called 5.6.1.1 for the PW3 initial firmware. I thought maybe about going to step 5 from here, but I'm a bit sketchy.

Last edited by Sepelion; 07-07-2016 at 03:16 AM.
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