How Completly Reset Kindle Touch ?

rospo84 · 04-22-2014, 05:58 PM

Hi, i'd like to restore my Kindle Touch. I want it's look like the firt time i unpacked it. I make too many experiment and now it's a total mess. I want to restart from a factory model. How can i do that ? How can i erease all extension, patch and hack ?
Sorry for my poor english.

NiLuJe · 04-22-2014, 06:30 PM

Kubrick (cf. corresponding sticky).

rospo84 · 04-25-2014, 05:57 AM

Tnx a lot

thomass · 04-25-2014, 07:07 AM

A dirty way: menu>settings>menu>reset.

Glorfindel · 04-25-2014, 08:01 AM

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Originally Posted by thomass

A dirty way: menu>settings>menu>reset.

Reset to factory defaults you mean

thomass · 04-25-2014, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glorfindel

Reset to factory defaults you mean

It depends on your device. For example on Kindle Touch : "Reset Device"

Glorfindel · 04-25-2014, 01:49 PM

oh, really? on mine "reset" just restarts it

Glorfindel · 04-25-2014, 01:50 PM

I don't have a Touch though

thomass · 04-25-2014, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Glorfindel

oh, really? on mine "reset" just restarts it

Do you mean you have a menu item as "reset" that restarts the Kindle?

eschwartz · 04-25-2014, 02:01 PM

But Kindle Factory Reset won't fix problems; it just clears the userstore -- "/mnt/us/" on the Kindle or Kindle Drive ("E:\" on Windows, ususally,and "/media/Kindle/" on linux) on your computer -- and resets the registration. (It also deletes the MR certificates.)
Hacks will usually add all kinds of shortcuts to /usr/bin/ (pointing at the binaries in the userstore), for example, as well as potentially adding all kinds of junk. You can also use the kterm extension to pretty much do anything to the hidden system partition.

Kubrick will repair the changes that hacks made on the Kindle system by overwriting the main partition with a fresh copy of the default data. This is a must-have if anything important got deleted, or if you specifically wish for a factory-fresh filesystem.
I guess you can also apply a firmware update, but not all of them have a full system image (only the later Touch/PW ones, IIRC).

eschwartz · 04-25-2014, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Glorfindel

oh, really? on mine "reset" just restarts it

The Kindle Touch has two (relevant) options:

Restart
Reset Device

No "Reset" in sight. (That would be an awful, horribly counterintuitive terminology for rebooting.

)

I really hope it is obvious what each one does.

04-22-2014, 05:58 PM	#1
rospo84 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 11574 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	[SOLVED] How Completly Reset Kindle Touch ? Hi, i'd like to restore my Kindle Touch. I want it's look like the firt time i unpacked it. I make too many experiment and now it's a total mess. I want to restart from a factory model. How can i do that ? How can i erease all extension, patch and hack ? Sorry for my poor english. Last edited by rospo84; 04-25-2014 at 05:56 AM.

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04-22-2014, 06:30 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Kubrick (cf. corresponding sticky).

04-25-2014, 05:57 AM	#3
rospo84 Member Posts: 11 Karma: 11574 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	Tnx a lot

04-25-2014, 07:07 AM	#4
thomass Wizard Posts: 1,669 Karma: 2300001 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Türkiye Device: Kindle 5.3.7	A dirty way: menu>settings>menu>reset.

04-25-2014, 01:49 PM	#7
Glorfindel Force-Aware Elf Posts: 4,762 Karma: 11557898 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Valinor Device: Kindle 4 w/SO	oh, really? on mine "reset" just restarts it

04-25-2014, 01:50 PM	#8
Glorfindel Force-Aware Elf Posts: 4,762 Karma: 11557898 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: Valinor Device: Kindle 4 w/SO	I don't have a Touch though

04-25-2014, 02:01 PM	#10
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	But Kindle Factory Reset won't fix problems; it just clears the userstore -- "/mnt/us/" on the Kindle or Kindle Drive ("E:\" on Windows, ususally,and "/media/Kindle/" on linux) on your computer -- and resets the registration. (It also deletes the MR certificates.) Hacks will usually add all kinds of shortcuts to /usr/bin/ (pointing at the binaries in the userstore), for example, as well as potentially adding all kinds of junk. You can also use the kterm extension to pretty much do anything to the hidden system partition. Kubrick will repair the changes that hacks made on the Kindle system by overwriting the main partition with a fresh copy of the default data. This is a must-have if anything important got deleted, or if you specifically wish for a factory-fresh filesystem. I guess you can also apply a firmware update, but not all of them have a full system image (only the later Touch/PW ones, IIRC).

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