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bulltricks · 05-17-2023, 10:15 PM

Does anyone have insight into the mechanism is that the Amazon in-house team uses to "refurbish" devices?

Why?

Amazon's mediatek/USB-C devices don't exhibit the typical Mediatek bootloader during power-on.

If, hypothetically, the factory reset mechanism is "broken" before the device exposes the gadget file-system, is the device considered bricked and written off?

Or is there an non-obvious mechanism which allows authorized access?

thanks in advance, and speculation is welcomed.

05-17-2023, 10:15 PM	#1
bulltricks Enthusiast Posts: 29 Karma: 100000 Join Date: May 2023 Device: Kindle family	Amazon refurb process and factory reset? Does anyone have insight into the mechanism is that the Amazon in-house team uses to "refurbish" devices? Why? Amazon's mediatek/USB-C devices don't exhibit the typical Mediatek bootloader during power-on. If, hypothetically, the factory reset mechanism is "broken" before the device exposes the gadget file-system, is the device considered bricked and written off? Or is there an non-obvious mechanism which allows authorized access? thanks in advance, and speculation is welcomed.