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

[flashmozzg]

Originally Posted by flashmozzg

It doesn't work for me. then i launch fastboot it says: waiting for device.

Oh, thats good! I had issue then my kindle didn't detect new books, and after hard reset wifi stopped working so i figured out that this would be the only solution. I'm now trying to connect to kindle via ssh, but it doesn't work for some reason(host not exist), so i'll try NUZX again.
Cant connect. I've got linux usb ethernet/rndis gadget and new local connection, but can't connect to 192.168.15.244 (

[flashmozzg]

Well.... I ended up with "Boy ander the tree" picture. (had no problem exiting diags, but now my kindle is really breaked lol)

[knc1]

Follow the noobie's guide listed in the top post of this thread.

[flashmozzg]

Originally Posted by knc1

Follow the noobie's guide listed in the top post of this thread.

Well, okay XD Already used one, maybe 2nd time i'll be luckier.

[geekmaster]

The pastebin now contains URLs for 5.1.2 forensic images: main kernel, main partition, and main partition with some good stuff pre-installed.

[flashmozzg]

Thanks! Restored to 5.0.0! Everything working. Now just install all that patches and jailbreaks again... And copy over 6000 books....

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by flashmozzg

Thanks! Restored to 5.0.0! Everything working. Now just install all that patches and jailbreaks again... And copy over 6000 books....

I added your success report to the list.

[aditya3098]

Add mine as well. Just finished a non-flash-rootfs debrick using ssh-diags. Add it to the list as well.

P.S It was the kernel

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by aditya3098

Add mine as well. Just finished a non-flash-rootfs debrick using ssh-diags. Add it to the list as well.

P.S It was the kernel

Added. There are multiple posts that I did NOT add, where people did a "debrick" to revert to old firmware. I did add cases where somebody really DID brick their kindle while TRYING to revert it (with wrong images, or dead battery, or other user error).

Some of the developers have had to debrick their kindles multiple times, as a "normal" step of the development process.

[kubi]

Hello. Thanks a lot to Geekmaster, Thomass, Knc1 and other who helped to find the way and also to Silver18 for the easy to follow manual for "noobs". I read a lot of posts but without this manual i couldnt make it because i don't undersant english and this stuff much. I tried to install Duokan to my kindle touch and probably used wrong data.tar.gz file (i could not find any package with all needed files, every time there is st missing even in package from home website of duocan, so i combined it by miself and got to constant reseting state. And finally with your help i manage to make it working again. Thanks a lot....

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by kubi

Hello. Thanks a lot to Geekmaster, Thomass, Knc1 and other who helped to find the way and also to Silver18 for the easy to follow manual for "noobs". I read a lot of posts but without this manual i couldnt make it because i don't undersant english and this stuff much. I tried to install Duokan to my kindle touch and probably used wrong data.tar.gz file (i could not find any package with all needed files, every time there is st missing even in package from home website of duocan, so i combined it by miself and got to constant reseting state. And finally with your help i manage to make it working again. Thanks a lot....

I added your success report to "the list".

[geekmaster]

This thread has a new title, now that the K3 has a simple USB debricking guide for "noobs", and there have been numerous "K3 USB Debricking" success reports.

Now if we can just figure out the "magic key" for the DX and DXG (and what software tools to use for debricking them)...

[qlob]

In the first post, should my second debrick be labeled as K3?

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by qlob

In the first post, should my second debrick be labelled as K3?

Because K3 success reports are new and relatively rare compared to K4/K5 reports, I am adding a K3 label to make them easier to find in the success report list.

Both of your debricking reports were posted to a thread about K3 debricking tools, but neither of them actually stated the model of your kindle so I had to rely on the thread title to determine that.

I added "K3" to your second report. Thanks.

[hawhill]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

Now if we can just figure out the "magic key" for the DX and DXG (and what software tools to use for debricking them)...

The Freescale i.MX31 architecture should be usable with ATK, too. Also, ATK provides RAM kernels mx31_mmc.bin as well as mx31_sd.bin (I suspect the latter might be the right one, but it's left to someone with such a device to try out and read data). I guess they use the mDDR RAM interface, too.