Don't know if it should be here, in Calibre Server or in General Kindle.
I want to move books and notes between a Calibre content server and Kindle PW3 ("WiFi only" version, firmware 5.7.2.1) while staying on a teensy little local subnet (aka "a laptop and a Cisco wireless access point") and totally out of wide-area networking (aka "The Internet").
Problem is, as folks mentioned about making a fridge noticeboard:
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Originally Posted by https://hackaday.com/2015/07/29/old-kindle-upcycled-to-emailable-fridge-messageboard/#comment-2663956
Also, the Kindle phones home to Amazon with WiFi enabled and uses that to check for a net connection. If you are only using an isolated LAN, you have to spoof the query to Amazon or the browser will be disabled.
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I
do have an isolated LAN and see the truth of that statement from first-hand experience:
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Originally Posted by "Connection Failed
Your Kindle connected to the Wi-Fi network but could not reach the Internet. Contact your Internet Service Provider for further assistance."
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Not strictly "browser disabled", wireless simply doesn't start up, but the gist is true.
So, how do I go about aforementioned spoofing?
Note that:
1. I can't use the method mentioned in a thread next door,
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=361615 :
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Originally Posted by shamanNS
Create empty (txt) file with filename "WIFI_NO_NET_PROBE" (so, without any extension) in root level of Kindle drive ( = "/mnt/us/WIFI_NO_NET_PROBE") and then reboot your Kindle.
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because the Kindle is not jailbroken.
2. I can't jailbreak the Kindle because,
3. (it seems) the microUSB port is broken on the data side. When talking to a computer, the device doesn't mount, nor get recognised:
Code:
[2535.966290] usb 3-2: new full-speed USB device number 14 using xhci_hcd
[2535.966726] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address.
[2536.174742] usb 3-2: Device not responding to setup address.
[2536.382280] usb 3-2: device not accepting address 14, error -71
[2536.382643] usb usb3-port2: unable to enumerate USB device
and gets stuck in USB drive mode until hard reboot. Otherwise, it charges normally.
4. While trying to fix [3], I did a factory reset. No positive results and even the single dictionary I got to select on first getting the machine is no longer offered
Just to say: "no, I
really can't jailbreak it, it
definitely seems to be a hardware fault".
5. I'm not strictly opposed to jailbreaking, as such, but I don't think that it can be done without microsoldering the port back properly (and in that case I could just go back to Airplane mode and sideloading fanfics, as I've done for ages before).
6. I
am opposed to the device phoning home and getting updates - ever since I've upgraded an Android 4 phone to Android 5 (which turned out to become triple treacle-slow, when even normal Android speeds were offensive to a Nokia), I distrust manufacturers' assertions of "it'll work as well as before and even better". Working with friends' unfortunate attempts at moving from Win8 to Win10 on 1.5 x its advertised minimum requirements didn't change my mind.
7. I might be able to make a more powerful server, if needed - can't imagine why I
would need anything larger, but I couldn't imagine basic WiFi capabilities being unavailable, either - but I can definitely freely make any sort of webserver within Intel core i5 CPU and 8 gig memory capabilities of a laptop (at least there, I am root!).
Question is, does anybody but Amazon and higher powers know what that webserver should tell the Kindle to make it believe the Internet is out there?