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WaseemAlkurdi · 08-18-2019, 05:35 AM

@knc1

I think I'm gonna need a serial cable to see where the boot process stops.
And since I'm getting a serial cable, I'm also buying a Kindle that needs a serial cable to jailbreak (considering a Paperwhite 2 or 3) as well as another Kindle Touch with a working battery to put in this one*. Hopefully, I'd have three working Kindles.

Could it be that the system has failed fsck, and freezes as a result of that?
This is because the Kindle "fake 0MB disk device" appears when the battery is "critically low" (the critical battery display) but not when the device is powered on (and perhaps attempting to mount the filesystem).
Another supporting point is that the Kindle freezes instead of turning off with the display on (like with the previous battery if I remember that one correctly).
BUT that doesn't explain why it successfully booted once in a while with the old battery.

* Why do I like the Kindle Touch even though it's outdated? It's touch, it's cheaper because of lower demand, it has internal speakers (even though they are crappy), a 3.5mm headphone jack, a hidden microphone, the magic button for USB downloader mode (more hackable as a result), and no light (= no eye fatigue - I don't buy the no-eye-fatigue-with-frontlight stuff, light is light no matter from where it comes). You can't get that package elsewhere, can you?

08-18-2019, 05:35 AM	#25
WaseemAlkurdi Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 20 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kindle Touch (K5) Wi-Fi x 2, Kindle (7th Gen, KT2), Paperwhite 3rd Gen	@knc1 I think I'm gonna need a serial cable to see where the boot process stops. And since I'm getting a serial cable, I'm also buying a Kindle that needs a serial cable to jailbreak (considering a Paperwhite 2 or 3) as well as another Kindle Touch with a working battery to put in this one. Hopefully, I'd have three working Kindles. Could it be that the system has failed fsck, and freezes as a result of that? This is because the Kindle "fake 0MB disk device" appears when the battery is "critically low" (the critical battery display) but not* when the device is powered on (and perhaps attempting to mount the filesystem). Another supporting point is that the Kindle freezes instead of turning off with the display on (like with the previous battery if I remember that one correctly). BUT that doesn't explain why it successfully booted once in a while with the old battery. * Why do I like the Kindle Touch even though it's outdated? It's touch, it's cheaper because of lower demand, it has internal speakers (even though they are crappy), a 3.5mm headphone jack, a hidden microphone, the magic button for USB downloader mode (more hackable as a result), and no light (= no eye fatigue - I don't buy the no-eye-fatigue-with-frontlight stuff, light is light no matter from where it comes). You can't get that package elsewhere, can you? Last edited by WaseemAlkurdi; 08-18-2019 at 05:39 AM.