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kindleheadache · 08-02-2016, 11:01 AM

Well here is a little progress update. I decided to run k3flasher off a thumbdrive within Kubrick and see what happened if I flashed 3.0.2 kernel and main partition. It flashed and took just short of 3 hours. I am able to navigate the menus with no freezing but once I start reading the Kindle User Guide it will freeze after several pages and am I still able to reboot after every freeze. Can a memtest be ran to check the eMMC or DDR? I am thinking that something on the board has a failure and I am probably better off just buying a replacement motherboard and moving on but I don't want to miss something that could maybe get it working again.

A big Thanks to those that made Kubrick and k3flasher and those on the board for getting me this far though.

Update: After the last reboot I am able to go through menus and am 50% done flipping through the User Guide with no freezes. I think it may be back in working order. Now to just manually update with the files from Amazon and see what happens.

Update: Nope still freezing. Went to unlock to continue with Guide and had to reboot it. I think this reboot being needed was caused by the battery being low or near dead. I think the battery may not be reporting the correct charge state. Now that it has charged for sometime and I got a green light I have been able to continue through the User Guide.

8/3 Update: I now have a fully functional Kindle Keyboard again. It has 3.4.2 on it and has not froze in the last day. Thanks again for the tools and help from the board.

08-02-2016, 11:01 AM	#986
kindleheadache Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2016 Device: none	Well here is a little progress update. I decided to run k3flasher off a thumbdrive within Kubrick and see what happened if I flashed 3.0.2 kernel and main partition. It flashed and took just short of 3 hours. I am able to navigate the menus with no freezing but once I start reading the Kindle User Guide it will freeze after several pages and am I still able to reboot after every freeze. Can a memtest be ran to check the eMMC or DDR? I am thinking that something on the board has a failure and I am probably better off just buying a replacement motherboard and moving on but I don't want to miss something that could maybe get it working again. A big Thanks to those that made Kubrick and k3flasher and those on the board for getting me this far though. Update: After the last reboot I am able to go through menus and am 50% done flipping through the User Guide with no freezes. I think it may be back in working order. Now to just manually update with the files from Amazon and see what happens. Update: Nope still freezing. Went to unlock to continue with Guide and had to reboot it. I think this reboot being needed was caused by the battery being low or near dead. I think the battery may not be reporting the correct charge state. Now that it has charged for sometime and I got a green light I have been able to continue through the User Guide. 8/3 Update: I now have a fully functional Kindle Keyboard again. It has 3.4.2 on it and has not froze in the last day. Thanks again for the tools and help from the board. Last edited by kindleheadache; 08-03-2016 at 09:12 AM.