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SenorClean · 06-10-2019, 05:54 PM

It sounds like this is more of a mess than it was with the PW3..

This is the kindle that bricked when taken to PNG - something came over the cellular network and is preventing it from booting. It hadn't been flashed with anything wild - so I had hoped a factory reset would fix it. The PW3 I had which suffered the same fate is working fine after a 'fresh' flash.

DO_FACTORY_RESTORE doesn't seem to be doing anything - does this still work in the androidized models? Or is mine just crashing too early in the boot sequence?

Is there any other way I can factory reset? Nuke a particular partition from fastboot maybe?

There is also that mystery image from the PW3 thread - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=10 - part of me wants to try flashing that, but I don't want to make things worse than they already are.

06-10-2019, 05:54 PM	#5
SenorClean Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle 3, PW3, PW4(Bricked)	It sounds like this is more of a mess than it was with the PW3.. This is the kindle that bricked when taken to PNG - something came over the cellular network and is preventing it from booting. It hadn't been flashed with anything wild - so I had hoped a factory reset would fix it. The PW3 I had which suffered the same fate is working fine after a 'fresh' flash. DO_FACTORY_RESTORE doesn't seem to be doing anything - does this still work in the androidized models? Or is mine just crashing too early in the boot sequence? Is there any other way I can factory reset? Nuke a particular partition from fastboot maybe? There is also that mystery image from the PW3 thread - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=10 - part of me wants to try flashing that, but I don't want to make things worse than they already are.