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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi
Local mobile phone and general electronics repair stores have a good supply of these parts.
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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It's actually a lot more expensive in my country compared to online at least 5-10X depending on the part. it doesn't mean much could still be 5$ instead of 0.25 but still i would rather spend 2$ to get a few pieces of that instead of paying for their overpriced parts
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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi
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Wow that is cheap, i got the idea from some guide, maybe this
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...90&postcount=1
"I used the FTDI TTL-232RG-VREG1V8-WE (from Farnell for 23€ + shipping)"
And i remember another thread stating those are expensive maybe in the WIKI
But i would need to strip the jumpers and solder the cables to the board right?
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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi
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. |
Thanks for the details it did help me understand the process better and also added some reassurance now i feel more confident doing the process
The thread i was talking about was this:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...unbrick+kindle
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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi
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 think this thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267541
Shows what is the 4th conenction
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Originally Posted by WaseemAlkurdi
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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BTW you could do a wireless solution like this:
https://darron.typepad.com/not-nearl...dx-part-1.html