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Originally Posted by Yorker
I'm still wondering whether i should take the chance or not, it would save me the time waiting for parts...
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On the one hand, fixed Kindle ...
But on the other hand, fried Kindle. Your call.
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That's the thing, where am i supposed to get the resistors and diode, whichever way i take i need parts, i got nothing at the moment as i don't do this often.
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Local mobile phone and general electronics repair stores have a good supply of these parts.
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I just googled regulator vs resistor that's how much i know about this stuff lol , i guess a resistor does makes more send at the point but the price for a regulator is a very small margin and it's 1 part instead of 2 resistors right?
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It's about whatever you find easier to get. If you (locally shopping around) find somebody who has a regulator in stock, then by all means get one.
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Regarding the serial cable:
1. those are expensive
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What? They are around $2 - $4 in price.
From eBay:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TXD-1-8v-PL...e/142006114032
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2. i honestly like to improve my skills and this job fits perfectly for this as there is low risk to mess something up
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Ah, that's a good point.
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Why would anyone need 2 ground connections?
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I can't think of any other explanation given the point where the cable seems to run to, a point in which a screw is there on my own Kindle.
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I can relate to this but opening every time can also be bad and annoying i guess it really does depend on how often it happens to justify.
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If I were to use the Kindle primarily as a small ARM board, then I'd leave them sticking out of the bezel or charging port. A compromise.
But since I'm getting the Kindle as a purposely distraction-free study aid for my failing eyesight, and to hack around when I have free time, I decided that leaving the cable in there would turn of that "urge to hack"
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I've seen some people erase all and then could not recover from it , i thought i'd ask
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Can you point me to such an instance? It's pretty much impossible to do.
I initially thought that said people have been wiping
/dev/mmcblk0 completely, perhaps by a wrong
dd command where
of=/dev/mmcblk0.
But if you (1) do a complete image of the eMMC, using this
dd command:
Code:
# dd if=/dev/mmcblk0 of=/path/to/image.bin bs=4096
then a second image with @knc1's image backup script, and
(2)
stick to the Kindle's partitions when flashing!!
then you're safe. Nothing can then go wrong.
After second thoughts however, look at this tutorial:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=271750
It starts out with a blank eMMC and from there, writes the bootloader and all.
So really, it's virtually impossible to brick a Kindle by wiping it when you have serial port access.