Original "Simple" debricking methods for K5-Touch, K4-Mini, & K3-Keyboard

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by silver18

New version of the guide (V3!!): it should be idiot-proof (not to be offensive!).

Download link: click to download

Direct link: click to view

Sorry about this long list of version, I'm trying to keep on all misunderstanding!

I added:
- new link to 5.1.0 kernel
- lots of new steps

To be completely idiot-proof, it would have to be the size of a telephone directory, and people already do not read much smaller instruction manuals, and even then somebody will skip a step or type something wrong and blame the problem with YOUR documentation.

If you add too many details and too many steps, you will increase the complexity and the chances of error. But it IS a COMPLETE beginner's guide, so I guess it will have to grow to the size of a telephone directory that nobody will read, to assure that it covers all odd and unlikely corner cases, and so that we can answer all requests for assistance with RTFM answers.

[silver18]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

To be completely idiot-proof, it would have to be the size of a telephone directory, and people already do not read much smaller instruction manuals, and even then somebody will skip a step or type something wrong and blame the problem with YOUR documentation.

If you add too many details and too many steps, you will increase the complexity and the chances of error. But it IS a COMPLETE beginner's guide, so I guess it will have to grow to the size of a telephone directory that nobody will read, to assure that it covers all odd and unlikely corner cases, and so that we can answer all requests for assistance with RTFM answers.

LOL, I'm doing my best to collect every error made by users and add something in the guide so...YES, it'll became a telephone directory (unless I get tired...)!
RTFM ==>

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by silver18

LOL, I'm doing my best to collect every error made by users and add something in the guide so...YES, it'll became a telephone directory (unless I get tired...)!
RTFM ==>

Perhaps it needs a flowchart with things like "If you see XYZ, please go to step 12,236 on page 937", so that people do not have to read the parts of the manual not relevant to their specific problem set.

[mony]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

You can ignore a "file not found" error when deleting a file that is already deleted.

In the newest post, you are in /root, which is okay because you fully specified the path to the files. But are we SURE that the image file is at that location and is spelled the same?

What is the output from "ls -al /mnt/us/mmc*"?

i did this order ( ls -al /mnt/us/mmc* ) at putty

and this screen appeared

[silver18]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Perhaps it needs a flowchart with things like "If you see XYZ, please go to step 12,236 on page 937".

What about endless loops?
Clicky

[mony]

when i do this command dd if=/mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.img of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 bs=4K in putty window nothing happen ?

[mony]

lastly after one month i did it thanks alot thanks very much to geek master and thanks to sliver 18 and his guide really it is wounderful and easy
thanks mobileread team i like mobileread fourms

[knc1]

Originally Posted by silver18

What about endless loops?
Clicky

And how about Step: 0 - Kickstart head.
My boy dog does that each time after waking from a nap.
Perhaps it isn't such a bad idea for people to do the same.

[silver18]

Originally Posted by mony

when i do this command dd if=/mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.img of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 bs=4K in putty window nothing happen ?

If you get an error, then something is wrong.

IF YOU DON'T GET ANYTHING, THEN WAIT AS STATED IN STEP 7

[silver18]

Originally Posted by mony

lastly after one month i did it thanks alot thanks very much to geek master and thanks to sliver 18 and his guide really it is wounderful and easy
thanks mobileread team i like mobileread fourms

Finally we've done!!

PS I used to play MTG...slivers always attracted me!

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by silver18

What about endless loops?
Clicky

Okay, it looks like you need a "rock climbing" section then. (Check out the video in the "spoxbrane" post in the "eink algorithment art scripts" thread.)

[mony]

question ? the problem was due to update to 5.1 and installed autorotate
is any update will made this problem or auto rotate was erased by debriking and problem will not happen

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by mony

lastly after one month i did it thanks alot thanks very much to geek master and thanks to sliver 18 and his guide really it is wounderful and easy
thanks mobileread team i like mobileread fourms

I added your report to the list in the first post.

[rynax]

hi,

I tried to follow debricking process.
However after I flashed the diags img and/or kernel files via fastboot, set the bootmode and reboot the device, my Kindle Touch just won't boot into diags mode at all.
It flashed the screen white twice then black and back to the tree screen.

I read that I'll need to use compatible kernel and diags image files, so I tried to use
kernel 5.00 with mmcblk0p2_ssh.img 5.01 (from http://gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/kindle/touch/forensic/) doesn't work;

also tried to follow the noob friendly "Guide to debrick the Kindle Touch v3" pdf, downloaded the 5.00 kernel and mmcblk0p2_ssh.img from the links inside the document, doesn't work;

tried to use the main_kernel-5.1.0.img and mmcblk0p2_ssh 5.10 from http://gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/kindle/touch/forensic/ still no luck.

Anyone can tell me what's wrong in my steps/files?

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by rynax

hi,

I tried to follow debricking process.
However after I flashed the diags img and/or kernel files via fastboot, set the bootmode and reboot the device, my Kindle Touch just won't boot into diags mode at all.
It flashed the screen white twice then black and back to the tree screen.

I read that I'll need to use compatible kernel and diags image files, so I tried to use
kernel 5.00 with mmcblk0p2_ssh.img 5.01 (from http://gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/kindle/touch/forensic/) doesn't work;

also tried to follow the noob friendly "Guide to debrick the Kindle Touch v3" pdf, downloaded the 5.00 kernel and mmcblk0p2_ssh.img from the links inside the document, doesn't work;

tried to use the main_kernel-5.1.0.img and mmcblk0p2_ssh 5.10 from http://gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/kindle/touch/forensic/ still no luck.

Anyone can tell me what's wrong in my steps/files?

You need to match versions for diags partition with diags kernel, and main with main kernel. You were not clear on which kernels you used (main or diags).

Also, you cannot flash a main partition with fastboot. It will report success even though it fails because the image is too big for fastboot protocol.