Restore KindleDX USB networking

[NiLuJe]

Then you probably shouldn't even be trying to use it at all. It's not a walk in the park. If you don't know what you're doing, you can easily brick your device.

[meem]

Well, I have some experience in Linux (Slackware, Debian, Fedora and CentOS ..etc)

I used your Jailbraik: kindle-2.5-jailbreak-0.1.N.zip
Then I installed usbNetwork hack from: kindle-2.5-usbnetwork-0.11.N.zip

I tried these blog posts also:
http://blog.fsck.com/2009/03/tethering-your-kindle.html
http://jyavariousideas.blogspot.com/...tethering.html
http://jyavariousideas.blogspot.com/...ng-part-2.html

But always I got time out when I ping to 192.168.2.2

Pinging 192.168.2.2 with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Can you explain what I must do and I didn't ?

[NiLuJe]

That's a Windows ping output. No idea how Windows handles ethernet over USB, sorry.

[meem]

So, I need Mac to do that ?
I have Mac-mini but I don't work on it now, and most computers near me are PCs, therefore I need the way for PC not only Mac.

Thank you.

[NiLuJe]

No, it should work on Windows too. I just don't know how .

[meem]

I think there is something wrong in "kindle-2.5-usbnetwork-0.11.N" edition, or maybe not compatible with ver 2.5.4. I'll try other edition.
Or maybe Amazon disabled this feature on this version.

[NiLuJe]

Working fine on a k2i 2.5.6.

[meem]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Working fine on a k2i 2.5.6.

Don't forget to add: "with Mac" :)

[NiLuJe]

Linux, actually.

But the kernel module hasn't been touched by the 2.5.4 update, and we know it worked on Windows before, so there's no reason it shouldn't work on Windows now.

[meem]

It worked now!

1- I typed ;debugOn then `usbNetwork in search box of my Kindle DX.
2- I plugged USB cable with my device, then new hardware has been found ..
3- it will become a new network adapter called: Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget, and here is the Windows XP driver for it: linux.inf.
4- I set IP address for it: 192.168.2.1
5- connected to Kindle by the following command: putty 192.168.2.2
6- Login with root user without a password.
(you can use normal telnet command)
7- I used this command: /mnt/us/usbnet/bin/usbnet-enable to set the DNS settings as in this tutorial:
http://jyavariousideas.blogspot.com/...ng-part-2.html

You can see the screenshot:

[ukhant]

Originally Posted by meem

It worked now!

1- I typed ;debugOn then `usbNetwork in search box of my Kindle DX.
2- I plugged USB cable with my device, then new hardware has been found ..
3- it will become a new network adapter called: Linux USB Ethernet/RNDIS Gadget, and here is the Windows XP driver for it: linux.inf.
4- I set IP address for it: 192.168.2.1
5- connected to Kindle by the following command: putty 192.168.2.2
6- Login with root user without a password.
(you can use normal telnet command)
7- I used this command: /mnt/us/usbnet/bin/usbnet-enable to set the DNS settings as in this tutorial:
http://jyavariousideas.blogspot.com/...ng-part-2.html

You can see the screenshot:

Meem, Can you please add the steps you followed before 1,2,3 ( which file you used with attachments) etc, i know they exist, but would be immensley useful if you post them in a single post. I am pretty much following what you did, have a KDX US. The jailbreak installs fine, thats the only step i do before your step 1. When i plug it into PC after step 1, the PC just sees kindle as a storage device as opposed to a NIC/new hardware, using windows XP. Need to do this to sort out my kindle time after firmware upgrade. also were you upgrading KDX US ?

[meem]

You can update your Kindle manually and offline through the official update page:
http://amazon.com/gp/help/customer/d...324680&#manual

Here is the software update v2.5.4 for Kindle DX US:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_Firmwar...e_dx_2.5.4.bin


The steps what I did to make usbNetwok working:

1- I installed: kindle-2.5-jailbreak-0.1.N.zip

2- Then I installed: kindle-2.5-usbnetwork-0.11.N.zip

3- I copied whole "usbnet" folder from previous archive to my Kindle root directory.

By the way .. I just have a Telnet and SSH connection, but wireless feature has not disabled, and I didn't got the intenet connection in Kindle from my computer networking !
Is there a solution for that ?

[NiLuJe]

(BTW, No need to do 3.) [ie. manually copy the usbnet dir] anymore, the update install will do it itself (like previous usbnet hacks)).

[meem]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

(BTW, No need to do 3.) [ie. manually copy the usbnet dir] anymore, the update install will do it itself (like previous usbnet hacks)).

Well, maybe. but not with my too many attempts.
Why I go to copy a folder when it existed ?!

[NiLuJe]

Keyword being *anymore*. I 'fixed' it 2 or 3 days ago.