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Originally Posted by geekmaster
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0003:1949:DEAD.0006: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [USB Charger ] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input0
That is the "dead battery" fake 0MB usb device, used to keep the host from powering down USB while charging the kindle. It indicates that your kindle battery is very discharged. Charge it for a couple of days on a wall charger (very slow trickle charge in that mode), then try slipping that file onto it.
Is it possible your kindle battery was discharged before firmware updates compelted? Not good if so, you MIGHT need to go the serial port route in that case. But charge it first and try again.
There is a GOOD REASON why charging the battery is listed as the third step in the "step by step" in the first post in this thread. |
On second thought, I had this on a PW3 that had a dead battery that could not be charged (as documented in my "Kindle Battery Surgery" thread) -- a TOTALLY DEAD battery. A discharged (not dead) battery generally has the same USB identification as a normal USB drive, except only 0MB storage capacity.
However, others have reported the same USB device code (1949 : DEAD) for kindles after they ERASED their flash (a serial port command).
Here is a thread that begins a successful recovery of a "1949 : DEAD" device:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=269099
It is quite possible that your firmware was corrupt on download. Could you please verify the MD5 of the downgrade firmware image that you used? We have had others here with similar (though less serious) problems from firmware with an incorrect MD5.