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pjayala · 06-03-2023, 03:21 PM

Hello everyone,

I wanted to share an update on my progress with recovering my Kindle Paperwhite 4. Since most of the code and utilities seem to be developed for Linux, I decided to try installing VirtualBox on my PC and a pre-installed Debian with minimal configuration.

As I'm a bit rusty with Linux, I turned to ChatGPT for assistance with basic configurations, such as installing the base package for compiling and cloning code from GitHub. I'm following this guide for reference: [Link to the guide: https://gist.github.com/ramast/58633...ecc96965d48ed]

I successfully downloaded and compiled the fastboot for Linux (the code is from 2012), or at least I believe so. Now, I'm attempting to connect the USB serial to Debian and communicate with the PW4. I managed to achieve this using Minicom, and now I have the same results as on Windows but with the compiled fastboot.

I put the Paperwhite into fastboot mode, which, like Windows, displays "Enter fastboot, press Ctrl+C to exit." I execute the fastboot command with "./fastboot -s /dev/ttyUSB0", but I receive the message "waiting for device."

Once again, I'm stuck at this point

and unsure how to proceed.

Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

06-03-2023, 03:21 PM	#2
pjayala Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: kindle 4	Progress Update: Attempting Kindle Paperwhite 4 Recovery on Linux Hello everyone, I wanted to share an update on my progress with recovering my Kindle Paperwhite 4. Since most of the code and utilities seem to be developed for Linux, I decided to try installing VirtualBox on my PC and a pre-installed Debian with minimal configuration. As I'm a bit rusty with Linux, I turned to ChatGPT for assistance with basic configurations, such as installing the base package for compiling and cloning code from GitHub. I'm following this guide for reference: [Link to the guide: https://gist.github.com/ramast/58633...ecc96965d48ed] I successfully downloaded and compiled the fastboot for Linux (the code is from 2012), or at least I believe so. Now, I'm attempting to connect the USB serial to Debian and communicate with the PW4. I managed to achieve this using Minicom, and now I have the same results as on Windows but with the compiled fastboot. I put the Paperwhite into fastboot mode, which, like Windows, displays "Enter fastboot, press Ctrl+C to exit." I execute the fastboot command with "./fastboot -s /dev/ttyUSB0", but I receive the message "waiting for device." Once again, I'm stuck at this point and unsure how to proceed. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.