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Originally Posted by coplate
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I just know that on one of my kindles, if I do not do this, then the factory 'usbnet' interferes with the mobileread usbnet package.
as for 'DONT_CHECK_BATTERY', yes, that is an empty file with no extansion, on the usb drive as seen from the computer.
without it, the kindle will wait for the battery to fall to a certain level, for shipping related legal reasons we believe, and i dont have time for that :-)
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1) That Kindle is still running the "factory" firmware build.
Install a customer firmware build (which does not have any usbnet support) and you will not have that problem.
2) You are using the "DONT_CHECK_BATTERY" flag file
only when using shipping mode.
The way I read your post, it seemed that they where two, unrelated, actions.
3) For shipping in the USA, Lithium - anything must not have more than a certain amount of energy stored.
Otherwise the device must be handled as hazardous material.
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Triva:
The aircraft that was brought down by several additional factors:
a) No fire suppression in the cargo hold they where shipped in.
b) They where packed tightly with oxygen bottles.
c) Aircraft tires piled on top of that combination. *
Now if there had been something to throw a bit of water on the Lithium - something like an automatic sprinkler system.
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They probably could have burned the fuselage in half before plane nose dived into a Florida swamp.
(*) rubber + aluminum (aircraft) + oxygen == solid rocket fuel
(**) Once the plane was buried below water in the swamp - the water + Lithium plus the other shit packed with it continued to burn.
Which is how they found where the aircraft went down so quickly -
a huge smoke cloud rising from the swamp water.
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So anyway, legislators ignored all of the facts and panicked into a "do something" rush.
They really didn't need to ban fully charged Lithium batteries -
Just some good regulations about having fire suppression systems in the cargo holds of passenger airplanes.
If an engine had caught fire - minor problem.
If grandma's laptop in the cargo hold catches fire - kiss your ass good bye.