Someone has flashed the K7/KP2/3/KV to Android! - Page 2

Rizla · 12-16-2015, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by knc1

Willingness is not relevant, only the license terms.

As I read it, Open Source terms are irrelevant if the author refuses to respect them. Are you going to sue, or get a flight to China to correct his attitude?

thatworkshop · 12-16-2015, 05:27 PM

I'd say very politely ask for the source, if it's legit Android! It's very unlikely for me to want Android on my Kindle, I'd rather have it on my Kobo, but still it's a worthy cause.

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Originally Posted by knc1

So twobob and I set up a site for the purpose of collaborating with a Chinese manufacturer.
We would run the site and be technical advisors (for free) until the first completed project was marketed, and then turn operations over to the (then trained) Chinese manufacturer.

Well, this is exactly how China became today's China! Shooper Powa! hehehe

Some of them unfortunately, lack work ethics and honesty.

bt4wang · 12-17-2015, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by boom1212

Yes.I have noticed it ,just the boot process i have posted(the first picture),
it has another kernel prefer to boot first,which is named "uboot-test",and this kernel makes kindle to be recognized as "Android Bootloader Interface",and this kernel is 148.5KB ,the same as the file i post above named "loader.bin".
While the original kernel is named "Linux-3.0.35-lab126",it's about 2.3MB.
So,i guess that, the modified u-boot has two kernel totally, "uboot-test" boots first, and "Linux-3.0.35-lab126" boots later.
If we just only flash the "loader.bin" to bootloader, it will make Kindle to be brick! Notice it!
And the question is:
1.where should the "loader.bin" be flashed?
2.and the man how to make the "uboot-test" kernel boots earlier than the original one("Linux-3.0.35-lab126") ?
3.how can i extract the "modified u-boot" from my device directly?

Code:

Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0 
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 80800000 ...
   Image Name:   uboot-test
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    152020 Bytes = 148.5 kB
   Load Address: 88400000
   Entry Point:  88400000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

I don‘t think you should modify the original uboot to make android boot. I think the so-called 'uboot-test' is only a tiny custom kernel to start an android-like fastboot, and then boot a modified kindle kernel for android OS during each boot procedure.

So I believe what you should do is use the open-sourced fastboot tool for kindle to flash loader.bin to main-kernel (fastboot flash kernel loader.bin) and reboot kindle. After this kindle's original uboot will boot the 'uboot-test', so the android-like fastboot will be started. Then you can use fastdownload.exe in that zip achive to flash android's kernel/recovery/system automaticly.

If this method failed, you can still use fastboot tool to flash you kindle back to stock OS.

zxczxc · 12-18-2015, 12:30 AM

this is very cool, i had no idea
i looked on taobao (chinese amazon/ebay) and yeah there it is

pw3 link https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm...7-367aeb944b9f

the guy got the voyage buttons working which is cool
i read that he plans on letting it dual boot which would be cool too

zxczxc · 02-23-2016, 08:44 PM

guys, if i buy one of these, is it at all possible to lift the stuff the guy did and share it/look at it?
or, without the sources it is useless?

= i'm thinking of sending a kindle to him and getting this done, it would be nice if i could get the files/system and put it on another kindle, instead of sending both to him...

- i understand that without the sources it will be really difficult to see 'how it works'.
but for many users, simply 'having it working' is enough.

KindleAndroidMan · 03-01-2016, 02:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zxczxc

guys, if i buy one of these, is it at all possible o lift the stuff the guy did and share it/look at it?
or, without the sources it is useless?
= i'm thinking of sending a kindle to him and getting this done, it would be nice if i could get the files/system and put it on another kindle, instead of sending both to him...

- i understand that without the sources it will be really difficult to see 'how it works'.
but for many users, simply 'having it working' is enough.

Hey guys, I have just flashed the loader.bin into bootloader. BUT, unfortunately, my K7/KT2 get BRICKED.

Luckily, I have two KT2s. So, if someone has the Kindle with android, i'd like to ask some questions.

1.if your Kindle is jailbeaked, you can use the kTerm and type"idme -s". If it shows "bootmode diags", the uboot-test can be flashed into diags-kernel.
2.My broken kindle is now in download mode, which can be flashed by freescale's MFGTool2. Who can get the images out from the device?

I'm afraid of making the only kindle bricked. Anybody else can try?

Oh, @zxczxc , looks like you are a Chinese? If U have Wechat, QQ or eMail, email me at "KindleAndroidMan@yopmail.com", we can talk about it together.
Please reply soon.

zxczxc · 04-10-2016, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by KindleAndroidMan

Hey guys, I have just flashed the loader.bin into bootloader. BUT, unfortunately, my K7/KT2 get BRICKED.

Luckily, I have two KT2s. So, if someone has the Kindle with android, i'd like to ask some questions.

1.if your Kindle is jailbeaked, you can use the kTerm and type"idme -s". If it shows "bootmode diags", the uboot-test can be flashed into diags-kernel.
2.My broken kindle is now in download mode, which can be flashed by freescale's MFGTool2. Who can get the images out from the device?

I'm afraid of making the only kindle bricked. Anybody else can try?

Oh, @zxczxc , looks like you are a Chinese? If U have Wechat, QQ or eMail, email me at "KindleAndroidMan@yopmail.com", we can talk about it together.
Please reply soon.

hi

sorry for the slow reply, i didn't check here. i'm not a chinese (person) - but maybe i'm in china... who's asking

we can talk sure but i don't have an android kindle, and not very knowledgeable about hacking kindle/android...
so, i don't think i can help!
i would like to buy one of the kindles from the seller on taobao but, with new kindles (kindle oasis?) coming out next week possibly, i'm going to wait and see!

Yourcat · 04-12-2016, 02:34 PM

Interesting idea to flash Android. With Linux/Ubuntu one has better control and it's better suited for devices with little RAM.

geekmaster · 04-12-2016, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Yourcat

Interesting idea to flash Android. With Linux/Ubuntu one has better control and it's better suited for devices with little RAM.

Better control than WHAT? The eink kindles already run Linux, and the busybox they use is better suited to low-RAM devices than a host of independent tools that may come in a large-RAM android device.

Yourcat · 04-16-2016, 02:55 AM

The original busybox is lame so I added a better one. Anyhow I don't have an installer to replace the existing symlinks and to create the new ones - so nothing to post here atm.
Within Android one is in a sandbox, so I really wonder why why one would want to install it on the Kindle hardware.

zxczxc · 06-13-2016, 01:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yourcat

The original busybox is lame so I added a better one. Anyhow I don't have an installer to replace the existing symlinks and to create the new ones - so nothing to post here atm.
Within Android one is in a sandbox, so I really wonder why why one would want to install it on the Kindle hardware.

just a little fun, from the videos i have seen the speed is ok - i mean, people are not expecting to play android games using this!
but better web browsers, educational flash card apps, news apps, things like that.

knc1 · 06-13-2016, 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by zxczxc

- - - -
better web browsers, educational flash card apps, news apps, things like that.

We already have all of those things posted here for the Kindle, without the installation of Android.

encol · 06-13-2016, 04:37 AM

I think it would be great to install Android on kindle: the play store has thousands of fantastic apps that we could use and, also, it would be so cool!

knc1 · 06-13-2016, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by encol

I think it would be great to install Android on kindle: the play store has thousands of fantastic apps that we could use and, also, it would be so cool!

Buy a color Kindle, they are already Android.

encol · 06-13-2016, 08:41 AM

Yes, but does it has e-ink?
Anyway, this is a "kindle hacking" forum, we should investigate for things like this

02-23-2016, 08:44 PM	#20
zxczxc Addict Posts: 229 Karma: 136002 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: PW	guys, if i buy one of these, is it at all possible to lift the stuff the guy did and share it/look at it? or, without the sources it is useless? = i'm thinking of sending a kindle to him and getting this done, it would be nice if i could get the files/system and put it on another kindle, instead of sending both to him... - i understand that without the sources it will be really difficult to see 'how it works'. but for many users, simply 'having it working' is enough. Last edited by zxczxc; 02-23-2016 at 08:58 PM.

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12-18-2015, 12:30 AM	#19
zxczxc Addict Posts: 229 Karma: 136002 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: PW	this is very cool, i had no idea i looked on taobao (chinese amazon/ebay) and yeah there it is pw3 link https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm...7-367aeb944b9f the guy got the voyage buttons working which is cool i read that he plans on letting it dual boot which would be cool too

04-12-2016, 02:34 PM	#23
Yourcat Groupie Posts: 175 Karma: 54048 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: PW3 5.6.5-usbnet	Interesting idea to flash Android. With Linux/Ubuntu one has better control and it's better suited for devices with little RAM.

04-16-2016, 02:55 AM	#25
Yourcat Groupie Posts: 175 Karma: 54048 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: PW3 5.6.5-usbnet	The original busybox is lame so I added a better one. Anyhow I don't have an installer to replace the existing symlinks and to create the new ones - so nothing to post here atm. Within Android one is in a sandbox, so I really wonder why why one would want to install it on the Kindle hardware.

06-13-2016, 04:37 AM	#28
encol Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 765432 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Italy Device: Kindle PW3 5.8.5.0.1	I think it would be great to install Android on kindle: the play store has thousands of fantastic apps that we could use and, also, it would be so cool!

06-13-2016, 08:41 AM	#30
encol Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 765432 Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Italy Device: Kindle PW3 5.8.5.0.1	Yes, but does it has e-ink? Anyway, this is a "kindle hacking" forum, we should investigate for things like this