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Originally Posted by milo1984
Dear forum,
I have a KT3 and used the excellent tools and guidance on this forum to jailbreak and install KUAL back at Xmas time. All worked well and I have been using it without issue since, but with WIFI disabled so no FW updates could occur (and I had no plans to ever update again).
However, the other day I turned on the WIFI to buy a book, forgetting about the auto-update, and Amazon pushed over the latest FW update. I only realised this was happening at some point during/after the install process, when my Kindle tried to restart but kept looping back (progress bar would reset), and eventually went to the "Your Kindle needs repairing" "Repair Code 2" screen.
I have been doing as much investigating as I can on possible solutions (e.g. Kubrick - seems great but only for older models), but I'm unclear if this is the end of the road for my Kindle or not. Can anyone offer any advice or at least "closure" so I can stop wasting more time and decide if I want to buy a new Kindle (unlikely).
Thank you
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Hmm...
You must have skipped Step #7.
If you did not skip that step, it would help to know.
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You are not the first to report a similar circumstance -
OTA update of a jail broken device will not boot properly.
Although impossible to tell from here, there is a good chance that the "jail break survival code" has not (yet) run after the update.
So realizing there is a good chance you will lose the jail break and not be able to restore it - - -
During the re-boot process, the system should, **very briefly** export user storage over USB cable (so brief that you will need to have the cable connected before and during the re-boot).
Your goal is to put a file at the top of the (briefly) visible USB storage.
The name of the file is:
DO_FACTORY_RESTORE
All caps, no extension of any kind, no contents required.
The USB storage will probably be available too briefly for a person to type the name, you will have to get your PC to do it for you.
So, what PC / PC OS do you have that you can connect the Kindle to?
If Windows - do you have PowerShell installed?
# 14 700 - Who? Me? Windows? Get real.