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Originally Posted by ixtab
I think I just found an alternative way of jailbreaking the device. I actually stumbled upon this while looking for a way to de-brick a KT which is not showing any UI, but is at least capable of booting up to the point of announcing itself as a USB device.
So here's how it goes: [...]
As said, this may not only be useful for jailbreaking, but also for de-bricking devices which don't properly get the UI running anymore. As long as USB drive access works, this method should also work. For a bricked device, the reboot is achieved by long-pressing (30 secs?) the power button.
Let me know if this is reproducible.
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It works for me and I've got a SSH connection via WiFi to my "bricked" Kindle Touch. Thank you very much!
That's what I've had:
- KT hangs at screen with tree before appearance of progress bar.
- before "bricking" I've successfully installed Yifan Lu's simple_usbnet_1.1
- after "bricking" KT could be seen as USB disk and also as client at my WiFi AP
What I've did
- copied data.tar.gz to Kindle USB disk
- created file RUNME.sh at the root of Kindle USB disk
Code:
iptables -A INPUT -i wlan0 -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT
- safely removed Kindle USB disk, then physically removed USB cord from my computer
- held KT power button for 20 seconds, then released it
- waited until KT rebooted
- DIDN'T connected KT to computer via USB (looks like when I've connected "bricked" KT to USB, it is detached from WiFi AP)
And voila: I can connect to KT via WiFi IP. What a relief!