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HansDampf · 09-11-2021, 04:18 AM

Another update from the future:

Also had unrepairable problems with my Kindle 4 (NT). So I needed to "debrick" it with kubrick. Getting the needed files was really cumbersome: Slow 50kb/s downloads, the other mirrors down, ...

In the end I had a working USB Bootstick. Sadly this boot image also shows it age: Snarky comments about apple and they used EFI Bootloader, no USB Keyboard drivers, problems with loading the partitions on newer PCs, ...

In the end I was able to boot the stick on a modern non-apple PC, but neither did the autostart script work, nor could I use any keyboard (No PS/2 keyboard lying around). I took a look at the autostart script and I guess most stuff could be updated and used on a newer Linux Kernel which would not have all these problems. But I guess with the author of this software gone, and probably less and less Kindle 3/4/5 users, this would be wasted time.

Anyway: I was able to use kubrick on a 10 year old laptop (no usb keyboard issues, since I could use the internal one) which I use for car decoding. On this device autostart also did start automaticlly. Everthing worked fine and the best part: My Kindle works again!

Thanks for the work which got put into this kind of software. Really nice to be able to repair an old device like a Kindle 4. And good luck for everyone, who tries to use this in the future in even newer devices...

09-11-2021, 04:18 AM	#1203
HansDampf Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Device: Kindle 4	Another update from the future: Also had unrepairable problems with my Kindle 4 (NT). So I needed to "debrick" it with kubrick. Getting the needed files was really cumbersome: Slow 50kb/s downloads, the other mirrors down, ... In the end I had a working USB Bootstick. Sadly this boot image also shows it age: Snarky comments about apple and they used EFI Bootloader, no USB Keyboard drivers, problems with loading the partitions on newer PCs, ... In the end I was able to boot the stick on a modern non-apple PC, but neither did the autostart script work, nor could I use any keyboard (No PS/2 keyboard lying around). I took a look at the autostart script and I guess most stuff could be updated and used on a newer Linux Kernel which would not have all these problems. But I guess with the author of this software gone, and probably less and less Kindle 3/4/5 users, this would be wasted time. Anyway: I was able to use kubrick on a 10 year old laptop (no usb keyboard issues, since I could use the internal one) which I use for car decoding. On this device autostart also did start automaticlly. Everthing worked fine and the best part: My Kindle works again! Thanks for the work which got put into this kind of software. Really nice to be able to repair an old device like a Kindle 4. And good luck for everyone, who tries to use this in the future in even newer devices...