The purpose of this thread is to notify developers with a bricked kindle touch that there is a new way to unbrick their touch using only the USB Drive. No need to open the kindle and attach a serial adapter.
UPDATE: ixtab has published a USB Drive Unbricking guide using the "tar" method mentioned later in this thread. ixtab's method will be used for the Backup/Restore/Recovery tool mentioned later in this thread (until the "reserve" method is needed to replace it). The ixtab method is what inspired me to look deeper and find an alternative means that can survive disabling of this method, and can be a quick replacement for it when needed. This is all a very good thing. No more serial port recovery in many cases. Read more about it here:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...ing#Unbricking
And this example shows how eureka used this to gain wifi SSH access to his bricked kindle touch:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=50
A new method has been found to restore various models of bricked Kindles ("Repair Needed" or stuck at startup screen with no progress bar) back to operating condition enough so that the damage can be repaired, or even restored completely from a saved backup copy. This is intended for developers who damaged their startup scripts and know what to repair.
Details of this method held in reserve until needed.
If your Kindle needs emergency recovery without a serial cable, PM me to discuss the details.
