Full System Backup

Cyrill · 09-10-2022, 07:36 PM

Hey Dear mobileread memers!
I've been reading here the whole night, decided to make an account and join the community!

I'm looking forward to run my own software on my freshly jailbroken kindle. I'll install python, so I can do whatever I want.

Is it possible to do a full system backup, in case anything goes wrong?
My first idea was to simply copy the root partition over scp to a disk on my computer. Would this work?

j.p.s · 09-10-2022, 09:40 PM

Have a look at this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=289690

Cyrill · 09-11-2022, 07:35 AM

Indeed, that's what I found too. However, it states that this only works on touch screen devices.

My system is a kindle 4, jailbroken, usbnetwork and python3 installed. I don't have touch unfortunately.

NiLuJe · 09-11-2022, 01:39 PM

That shouldn't necessarily be a problem

.

(Plus, it's a K4, so, Kubrick exists).

katadelos · 09-11-2022, 09:13 PM

I vaguely remember using something like this to back up partitions over USBNet by piping them over using netcat:

Code:

# On host PC
`nc -l 19000 | dd bs=4M of=/tmp/kindle.img`
# On Kindle
`dd bs=4M if=/dev/mmcblk0p1 | nc 192.168.15.201 19000`

Cyrill · 09-12-2022, 05:51 AM

You guys are amazing! Thanks for the quick answers.

NiLuJe · 09-12-2022, 06:19 PM

Something to that effect might even be detailed in the MR wiki (possibly on the old and humongous Kindle_Touch_Hacking page), now that I think about it

.

09-10-2022, 07:36 PM	#1
Cyrill Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Switzerland Device: Kindle K4 (black)	Full System Backup Hey Dear mobileread memers! I've been reading here the whole night, decided to make an account and join the community! I'm looking forward to run my own software on my freshly jailbroken kindle. I'll install python, so I can do whatever I want. Is it possible to do a full system backup, in case anything goes wrong? My first idea was to simply copy the root partition over scp to a disk on my computer. Would this work?

09-11-2022, 09:13 PM	#5
katadelos rm -rf / Posts: 219 Karma: 3333683 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: United Kingdom Device: K5, KT, KT2, KT3, KT4, KV, PW2, PW3, PW4, PW5	I vaguely remember using something like this to back up partitions over USBNet by piping them over using netcat: Code: # On host PC `nc -l 19000 \| dd bs=4M of=/tmp/kindle.img` # On Kindle `dd bs=4M if=/dev/mmcblk0p1 \| nc 192.168.15.201 19000`

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09-10-2022, 09:40 PM	#2
j.p.s Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,732 Karma: 103020299 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: pb360	Have a look at this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=289690

09-11-2022, 07:35 AM	#3
Cyrill Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Switzerland Device: Kindle K4 (black)	Indeed, that's what I found too. However, it states that this only works on touch screen devices. My system is a kindle 4, jailbroken, usbnetwork and python3 installed. I don't have touch unfortunately.

09-11-2022, 01:39 PM	#4
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	That shouldn't necessarily be a problem . (Plus, it's a K4, so, Kubrick exists).

09-12-2022, 05:51 AM	#6
Cyrill Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2022 Location: Switzerland Device: Kindle K4 (black)	You guys are amazing! Thanks for the quick answers.

09-12-2022, 06:19 PM	#7
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Something to that effect might even be detailed in the MR wiki (possibly on the old and humongous Kindle_Touch_Hacking page), now that I think about it .