Thread: KT3 Help required unlocking Demo White Kindle Basic 2 (2016) 8th Gen KT3
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Old 03-16-2022, 06:44 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Mr Macphisto View Post
Hi all,

I am a first-time poster and could sorely use your expertise.

I legitimately purchased a demo Kindle White Kindle Basic 2 (2016) 8th Gen KT3 (Model SY69JL), first 6 of serial number are G000KA. It was a UK purchase and I am UK based. Please note this is a demo kindle and I am trying to upload stock firmware to make it useable. I am not trying to do anything more.

I have been doing my best to follow the various forum posts and have managed to install a serial port and communicate to my computer. I have managed to obtain the serial number from the cmd line however as it is a demo kindle I do not know what firmware it is running.

I have been following the instructions here

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=392

I have managed to reach step 12 using a serial port however I cannot seem to load the firmware file onto the kindle as it is a demo unit and therefore not recognised by my PC and therefore unable to continue.

I have spent hours combing through various stickies etc to try and do it myself however I have yet to figure out how I can get my PC to recognise the unit for me to upload the update.bin.

I'm only very slightly technical so any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated. I am using Win 10 PC.

Many thanks
That method is.. not great. Get back into recovery-util then select this option:
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E. Export FAT partition
When the Kindle appears on your PC, create an empty file in the top level directory called "DO_FACTORY_RESTORE". Once you've done that, reboot the device by holding down the power button. This should take the device out of Demo Mode.
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