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glise · 01-06-2020, 03:03 AM

I apologize for resurrecting a thread from seven years ago, I know it's not good forum etiquette. I'm only going to post this solution once, and I feel most connected to this post after scouring it several times today. In the name of all those who want to scream "Hhhhhhhhelp!" because they've been debugging an issue for their wife for the last ten hours, I'm just going to bring this thread back from the dead anyways. Phew, here we go.

I want to acknowledge the work of everyone who contributed to the files I'm using; and for the countless brave souls who left a trail of breadcrumbs across various online forums (mostly this one). I couldn't possibly acknowledge everyone, but if you find this: THANK YOU. (especially you NiLuJe!)

I have a Kindle 2nd Generation (B003), and am using Windows 10.

Symptom: Cannot register with amazon.com.
Cause: Kindle thinks it is 1970, voiding its security certificate.
Solution: Root (jailbreak) kindle, manually set the date to today.

You can check if you have the same problem by checking your firmware (FW) version, it should be 2.5.8 (Menu>Settings> it's along the bottom), and by checking the time (search (del) "@time"), it should say sometime 1970.

The general work flow is this:
Root the device
Install the usbNetwork hack
Configure all the settings!
SSH into the device and change the date

ROOTING
Go here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88004
Rooting is fairly straightforward: You download the appropriate files, move them to the Kindle via usb, and update your Kindle. Any questions can hopefully be resolved through a quick Google search.

USBNETWORK HACK
Go here (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88004
Installing the usbNetwork hack is the same process. Don't mess with anything in here unless you know what you're doing (I learned this the hard way: I do not know what I'm doing, it's a miracle that I got through this given my... poor history with using linux)
The usbNetwork hack does something very important, it allows you to switch the way your computer treats and communicates with the Kindle. Normally your computer treats the Kindle as a usb mass storage device, this lets you drag and drop files into the Kindle. When usbNetwork is active however, it will behave as a network device.

CONFIGURE ALL THE SETTINGS!
Okay, now for the hackerman stuff.
Before you turn usbnetwork on, you need to plug it into the computer so you can edit the config file. The config file is in usbNet>etc and you can edit it with notepad. The only thing you need to change is the IP addresses, they MUST be:

HOST_IP=192.168.15.201
KINDLE_IP=192.168.15.244

Save, close, eject, unplug. On to the Kindle...
Now you need to enter several commands on the Kindle to turn on usbNetwork. You'll enter the commands in the search box, which you can bring up with the "del" key on the K2 (Kindle 2nd Generation), and then press the enter/return key.
;debugon
`help
`usbnetwork
;debugoff
When you type `help you should get a little dialog box that pops up, you can ignore all of this. This is just to make sure that everything is working right, if `help doesn't bring anything up than it's not working. Either you didn't root your device correctly, you haven't entered debug mode, or somehow you're not entering commands correctly. This tripped me up for a while.
For some firmware versions (FW 3.x plus I think) you use ~ instead of ` so that's something you should try if `help doesn't bring up a little box.

With that, plug your Kindle back into your computer. If usbNetwork is on, you shouldn't get a "USB Drive Mode" screen when you plug it in. Your computer will give you a little notification saying that it's installing a driver or something. After that, open device manager, you should see USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget under Network adapters. If you don't, then you may need to follow one of these tutorials. I didn't have this problem, so I can't help you any.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3815254
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ighlight=RNDIS

Once it's showing up in device manager then it's on to the next step!
Go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Change adapter settings. For me, "Ethernet 2" is my device. I right click on that, properties, TCP/IPv4, properties, set the IP address to 192.168.15.201. Subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0, leave gateway blank. (reference: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=176344&page=4)
All the settings should be set now!

SSH INTO THE DEVICE AND CHANGE THE DATE
I'm assuming that you have OpenSSH client installed on your computer, I think it's default now. But if you're getting an error trying to work through this next section you should look into that.
First, open cmd and ping 192.168.15.201 and 192.168.15.201 and make sure they are responding. (Type "ping 192.168.15.201" and press enter). If either of them time out or give an error, then I don't know what's up- make sure you followed the above directions!
Then type "ssh 192.168.15.201", you should get ssh: connect to host 192.168.15.201 port 22: Connection refused
That doesn't do anything, but if you get that then you should still be on the same page as me.
Now for the good stuff: type "ssh 192.168.15.244". It should ask you something something (I forgot) to which you respond yes by pressing enter, then it might ask you a password. For me the password was blank, I just pressed enter again. If that doesn't work, then use this website to find your password: https://www.sven.de/kindle/
Finally you should be able to just type "date MMDDHHMMYYYY" (month month date date hour hour minute minute year year year year) and press enter, changing the time to whatever you entered. For example, right now it's January 5th, 2020 at 11:49 pm so I would type "date 010523492020".

That's it! Close command prompt, unplug your kindle, type the familiar
;debugon
`usbnetwork
;debugoff
to turn off usbnetwork. You can now confirm that the time and date is what you set it to. Now you should be able to register with amazon.com, or at least have the correct time and date.

I know this isn't super relevant to the thread, and this thread is super duper old. But if I clicked on this result so many times over the last day, anyone else who is trying to solve the same problem will too- and you will find this post and be saved! Or hopefully at least have a little more help in the right direction.

01-06-2020, 03:03 AM	#6
glise Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2020 Device: Kindle 2nd Generation	I apologize for resurrecting a thread from seven years ago, I know it's not good forum etiquette. I'm only going to post this solution once, and I feel most connected to this post after scouring it several times today. In the name of all those who want to scream "Hhhhhhhhelp!" because they've been debugging an issue for their wife for the last ten hours, I'm just going to bring this thread back from the dead anyways. Phew, here we go. I want to acknowledge the work of everyone who contributed to the files I'm using; and for the countless brave souls who left a trail of breadcrumbs across various online forums (mostly this one). I couldn't possibly acknowledge everyone, but if you find this: THANK YOU. (especially you NiLuJe!) I have a Kindle 2nd Generation (B003), and am using Windows 10. Symptom: Cannot register with amazon.com. Cause: Kindle thinks it is 1970, voiding its security certificate. Solution: Root (jailbreak) kindle, manually set the date to today. You can check if you have the same problem by checking your firmware (FW) version, it should be 2.5.8 (Menu>Settings> it's along the bottom), and by checking the time (search (del) "@time"), it should say sometime 1970. The general work flow is this: Root the device Install the usbNetwork hack Configure all the settings! SSH into the device and change the date ROOTING Go here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88004 Rooting is fairly straightforward: You download the appropriate files, move them to the Kindle via usb, and update your Kindle. Any questions can hopefully be resolved through a quick Google search. USBNETWORK HACK Go here (again): https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88004 Installing the usbNetwork hack is the same process. Don't mess with anything in here unless you know what you're doing (I learned this the hard way: I do not know what I'm doing, it's a miracle that I got through this given my... poor history with using linux) The usbNetwork hack does something very important, it allows you to switch the way your computer treats and communicates with the Kindle. Normally your computer treats the Kindle as a usb mass storage device, this lets you drag and drop files into the Kindle. When usbNetwork is active however, it will behave as a network device. CONFIGURE ALL THE SETTINGS! Okay, now for the hackerman stuff. Before you turn usbnetwork on, you need to plug it into the computer so you can edit the config file. The config file is in usbNet>etc and you can edit it with notepad. The only thing you need to change is the IP addresses, they MUST be: HOST_IP=192.168.15.201 KINDLE_IP=192.168.15.244 Save, close, eject, unplug. On to the Kindle... Now you need to enter several commands on the Kindle to turn on usbNetwork. You'll enter the commands in the search box, which you can bring up with the "del" key on the K2 (Kindle 2nd Generation), and then press the enter/return key. ;debugon `help `usbnetwork ;debugoff When you type `help you should get a little dialog box that pops up, you can ignore all of this. This is just to make sure that everything is working right, if `help doesn't bring anything up than it's not working. Either you didn't root your device correctly, you haven't entered debug mode, or somehow you're not entering commands correctly. This tripped me up for a while. For some firmware versions (FW 3.x plus I think) you use ~ instead of ` so that's something you should try if `help doesn't bring up a little box. With that, plug your Kindle back into your computer. If usbNetwork is on, you shouldn't get a "USB Drive Mode" screen when you plug it in. Your computer will give you a little notification saying that it's installing a driver or something. After that, open device manager, you should see USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget under Network adapters. If you don't, then you may need to follow one of these tutorials. I didn't have this problem, so I can't help you any. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3815254 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ighlight=RNDIS Once it's showing up in device manager then it's on to the next step! Go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Change adapter settings. For me, "Ethernet 2" is my device. I right click on that, properties, TCP/IPv4, properties, set the IP address to 192.168.15.201. Subnet mask should be 255.255.255.0, leave gateway blank. (reference: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=176344&page=4) All the settings should be set now! SSH INTO THE DEVICE AND CHANGE THE DATE I'm assuming that you have OpenSSH client installed on your computer, I think it's default now. But if you're getting an error trying to work through this next section you should look into that. First, open cmd and ping 192.168.15.201 and 192.168.15.201 and make sure they are responding. (Type "ping 192.168.15.201" and press enter). If either of them time out or give an error, then I don't know what's up- make sure you followed the above directions! Then type "ssh 192.168.15.201", you should get ssh: connect to host 192.168.15.201 port 22: Connection refused That doesn't do anything, but if you get that then you should still be on the same page as me. Now for the good stuff: type "ssh 192.168.15.244". It should ask you something something (I forgot) to which you respond yes by pressing enter, then it might ask you a password. For me the password was blank, I just pressed enter again. If that doesn't work, then use this website to find your password: https://www.sven.de/kindle/ Finally you should be able to just type "date MMDDHHMMYYYY" (month month date date hour hour minute minute year year year year) and press enter, changing the time to whatever you entered. For example, right now it's January 5th, 2020 at 11:49 pm so I would type "date 010523492020". That's it! Close command prompt, unplug your kindle, type the familiar ;debugon `usbnetwork ;debugoff to turn off usbnetwork. You can now confirm that the time and date is what you set it to. Now you should be able to register with amazon.com, or at least have the correct time and date. I know this isn't super relevant to the thread, and this thread is super duper old. But if I clicked on this result so many times over the last day, anyone else who is trying to solve the same problem will too- and you will find this post and be saved! Or hopefully at least have a little more help in the right direction.