Thread: Can I rescue a bricked Kindle Paperwhite 3 without serial port?
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Old 12-28-2016, 08:34 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by Mr.Samuel View Post
So, the only way to rescue the Kindle is the serial port.
Can I use the USB-TTL adapter which voltage is greater than 1.8V to debrick the Kindle?
The hardware reference manual says: "No"
I do not recommend it, figuring that the hardware engineers that wrote the manual know their subject.

You will find posts here where people have used higher interface voltage devices.
But why risk a hundred dollar device with a make-shift connection?

Go to this page:
http://jim.sh/ftx/#click-where-to-buy
Note that you can now get the recommended adapter from Amazon.com
Also I have posts here about putting that adapter INSIDE of a PW-3.

You don't have to buy 5 of them (that is my browser trying to be helpful), see:
https://www.amazon.com/MicroFTX-Serial-Adapter-FTDI-FT230X/dp/B01GW2EGEK/ref=pd_sbs_147_1
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