unbrick K4 with frozen screen

[loltun]

I went back to my xp machine and tried again but still the same problem.

Here is my Kindle-Fastboot.inf that I made with inf-wizard.exe

; Kindle-Fastboot.inf
; Copyright (c) 2010 libusb-win32 (GNU LGPL)
[Strings]
DeviceName = "Kindle-Fastboot"
VendorName = "Freescale Semiconductor, Inc."
SourceName = "Kindle-Fastboot Install Disk"
DeviceID = "VID_15A2&PID_0052"
DeviceGUID = "{D187FA7D-9CF8-42AA-A56C-6232DEE1206E}"

[Version]
Signature = "$Windows NT$"
Class = "libusb-win32 devices"
ClassGuid = {EB781AAF-9C70-4523-A5DF-642A87ECA567}
Provider = "libusb-win32"
CatalogFile = Kindle-Fastboot.cat
DriverVer = 01/17/2012, 1.2.6.0

[ClassInstall32]
Addreg = libusb_class_install_add_reg

[libusb_class_install_add_reg]
HKR,,,0,"libusb-win32 devices"
HKR,,Icon,,-20

[Manufacturer]
%VendorName% = Devices, NT, NTAMD64, NTIA64

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; libusb-win32 files
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[SourceDisksNames]
1 = %SourceName%

[SourceDisksFiles.x86]
libusb0.sys = 1,x86
libusb0_x86.dll = 1,x86

[SourceDisksFiles.amd64]
libusb0.sys = 1,amd64
libusb0.dll = 1,amd64
libusb0_x86.dll = 1,x86

[SourceDisksFiles.ia64]
libusb0.sys = 1,ia64
libusb0.dll = 1,ia64
libusb0_x86.dll = 1,x86

[DestinationDirs]
libusb_files_sys = 10,system32\drivers
libusb_files_dll = 10,system32
libusb_files_dll_wow64 = 10,syswow64
libusb_files_dll_x86 = 10,system32

[libusb_files_sys]
libusb0.sys

[libusb_files_dll]
libusb0.dll

[libusb_files_dll_x86]
libusb0.dll, libusb0_x86.dll

[libusb_files_dll_wow64]
libusb0.dll, libusb0_x86.dll

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; libusb-win32 device driver
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NT]
CopyFiles = libusb_files_sys, libusb_files_dll_x86

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTAMD64]
CopyFiles = libusb_files_sys, libusb_files_dll, libusb_files_dll_wow64

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTIA64]
CopyFiles = libusb_files_sys, libusb_files_dll, libusb_files_dll_wow64

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NT.HW]
DelReg = libusb_del_reg_hw
AddReg = libusb_add_reg_hw

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTAMD64.HW]
DelReg = libusb_del_reg_hw
AddReg = libusb_add_reg_hw

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTIA64.HW]
DelReg = libusb_del_reg_hw
AddReg = libusb_add_reg_hw

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NT.Services]
AddService = libusb0, 0x00000002, libusb_add_service

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTAMD64.Services]
AddService = libusb0, 0x00000002, libusb_add_service

[LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTIA64.Services]
AddService = libusb0, 0x00000002, libusb_add_service

; Older versions of this .inf file installed filter drivers. They are not
; needed any more and must be removed
[libusb_del_reg_hw]
HKR,,LowerFilters
HKR,,UpperFilters

; libusb-win32 device properties
[libusb_add_reg_hw]
HKR,,SurpriseRemovalOK,0x00010001,1

; (Optional) the usb configuration value to select when this device
; is started. If this key does not exist the first config is selected.
;HKR,,InitialConfigValue,0x00010001,<your config value>

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; libusb-win32 service
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

[libusb_add_service]
DisplayName = "libusb-win32 - Kernel Driver 01/17/2012 1.2.6.0"
ServiceType = 1
StartType = 3
ErrorControl = 0
ServiceBinary = %12%\libusb0.sys

;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
; libusb-win32 devices
;--------------------------------------------------------------------------

; Hardware IDs in a 'Devices' section can be installed by libusb-win32
; using usb_install_driver_np(), usb_install_driver_np_rundll(), or the
; inf-wizard utility.
;
[Devices]
%DeviceName% = LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV, USB\%DeviceID%

[Devices.NT]
%DeviceName% = LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NT, USB\%DeviceID%

[Devices.NTAMD64]
%DeviceName% = LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTAMD64, USB\%DeviceID%

[Devices.NTIA64]
%DeviceName% = LIBUSB_WIN32_DEV.NTIA64, USB\%DeviceID%

Do you see anything wrong with it?

[loltun]

bump

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by loltun

bump

... I'm not trying to discourage you - but if somebody knew how to solve your exact problem, you would probably have gotten the exact answer to your problem by now.

You're obviously having a non-standard problem. Some people will try to look into it. But getting nervous and bumping the thread will not help to solve it any faster. Please do not *bump* threads before they are at least a few days old. Keep in mind that this is a forum "staffed" by volunteers, not a 24/7 online helpdesk.

[loltun]

sorry. I didn't mean any harm

[loltun]

I'm trying again in ubuntu but I don't even know if it is connected and in the proper mode.
In windows I can look at the device manager to tell.
Someone please tell me how to check in ubuntu.

[knc1]

The most general way - -

Use the kernel message buffer display and clear command:
sudo dmesg -c

Change something in the hardware set-up (as plug in a usb device).

Use the kernel message buffer display command:

core2quad ~ $ dmesg
[ 8946.736034] usb 2-1: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci_hcd
[ 8947.127009] usbcore: registered new interface driver uas
[ 8947.128905] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
[ 8947.129068] scsi6 : usb-storage 2-1:1.0
[ 8947.129148] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 8947.129150] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 8948.129247] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Kindle   Internal Storage 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[ 8948.132576] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0
[ 8948.136710] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] 2797568 512-byte logical blocks: (1.43 GB/1.33 GiB)
[ 8948.242018] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Write Protect is off
[ 8948.242021] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Mode Sense: 0f 00 00 00
[ 8948.351699] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
[ 8948.574350]  sde: sde1
[ 8948.860206] sd 6:0:0:0: [sde] Attached SCSI removable disk

Which is the kernel reporting that a Kindle in "Storage device mode" has just been added to the system.

See the next to last line above?
That means the Kindle storage device is now known as /dev/sde1 (in this specific example - names are dynamic - yours might be different).

[loltun]

Thank you for taking the time to explain that.

I will try it out.

If I have successfully connected the kindle in diags mode vs fastboot mode I am hoping that the kernel message buffer display command will give different results for each mode.

[knc1]

Different USB device ID for the Kindle in different modes. So yes, you can tell.

Once you see that the kernel found the device - try:
lsusb

or
lsusb -vv

or
man lsusb
for details.

[loltun]

I tried what you said and it looks like the kindle is not being recognized in any mode in ubuntu.
I didn't see any instructions for installing a linux driver in the sticky.
Am I supposed to install any driver?
I guess I'll try charging it some more.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by loltun

I tried what you said and it looks like the kindle is not being recognized in any mode in ubuntu.
I didn't see any instructions for installing a linux driver in the sticky.
Am I supposed to install any driver?
I guess I'll try charging it some more.

No (additional) drivers required.
The kernel loads the drivers required for those that ship with any of the distribution kernel builds.

[ixtab]

@loltun: run Linux directly on the computer, not in a VM - it's as simple as booting from a Live CD. With the VM, you're only introducing yet another layer of potential trouble.

[twobob]

^-- This. Virtual Machines invariably mess with the USB implementation.

I an confirm slackware does not "play very nice" with the kindles.
That would be as far as I can help without more details...

[ixtab]

ok, then use Ubuntu

It does play nice

[knc1]

Feeling ambitious?
Port Ubuntu Mobile to the Kindles (@ixtab: no Java)
http://developer.ubuntu.com/get-started/gomobile/

@twobob : Meant to mention that it had been announced yesterday but I guess we all forgot.

[ixtab]

I'm personally not ambitious at all in that regard - which is also why I never joined in on Android ports or Duokan. I generally like the default FW, except for a few details - and I'm having fun (at least, mostly) with exactly what I do.

PS: Not sure how I should understand that "no Java" thing - positive connotation or negative?