A little progress....
I hooked up the kindle to my Raspberry Pi just to see if it I get anything different. The serial output is exactly the same. However it is recognising a USB device when I plug it in and the console shows me this:
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pi@raspberrypi:~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 15a2:0052 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. i.MX50 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05ac:0256 Apple, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMC9514 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
pi@raspberrypi:~ $
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The Kindle is on this line:
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Bus 001 Device 007: ID 15a2:0052 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. i.MX50 SystemOnChip in RecoveryMode
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So maybe there is a chance to fastboot it or something, I will go back over the threads I have read and see if I can find anything worth trying.
I also found
a post from another site with this info:
A new USB device named NS Blank CODEX should appear on your host computer
the EY21 has no keys to press, a USB console will be launched for 10s