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Originally Posted by knc1
First, do as Cinisajoy wrote - hook it to a wall charger now.
The Kindles only have a few hours of battery run-time, so don't take a chance of the battery being over-discharged.
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You are faced with several choices -
Sell it as needing repair -
Sell your Windows installation - 
Run a Linux LiveCD on your computer if you can, if you don't have Linux already installed.
First, try putting the DO_FACTORY_RESTORE flagname file at the top of visible USB storage during the few seconds the Kindle has USB storage exported during its boot sequence.
All uppercase, no extension, no contents.
Ref: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=223067
Note 1: Windows may not respond quickly enough for you to do that.
Note 2: The Kindle has a boot retry counter, probably set to 4 tries.
You exceed that number of retries - you no longer have any choices.
If the above does not work, or you can't get the empty filename written in time, then follow the directions, use the serial port to exit diags.
Lots written here about using the serial port.
Avoid off-site Kindle directions, they are usually out of date. |
Thanks for the quick reply, because Windows doesn't have the drivers for the kindle, it doesn't detect USB storage so would Linux be any different?
Nick