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geekmaster · 11-03-2012, 09:51 AM

Because the kindle debricking repair images contain a COPY of a guid file that came from the original source kindle, it is no longer "globally unique" as its name implies. I do not know the consequences of having many debricked kindles with the same "Globally Unique IDentifier", but one problem seems to be that a K5 3G that was debricked with firmware from a wifi-only K5 no longer has 3G acess in reported cases.

Perhaps deleting the guid file before registering with amazon may fix this problem, assuming that a missing guid file gets regenerated. This will require further investigation...

If anybody can provide additional useful information about this, please do so here. Thanks.

11-03-2012, 09:51 AM	#830
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773668 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	Because the kindle debricking repair images contain a COPY of a guid file that came from the original source kindle, it is no longer "globally unique" as its name implies. I do not know the consequences of having many debricked kindles with the same "Globally Unique IDentifier", but one problem seems to be that a K5 3G that was debricked with firmware from a wifi-only K5 no longer has 3G acess in reported cases. Perhaps deleting the guid file before registering with amazon may fix this problem, assuming that a missing guid file gets regenerated. This will require further investigation... If anybody can provide additional useful information about this, please do so here. Thanks. Last edited by geekmaster; 11-03-2012 at 09:57 AM.