Kindle DX ( DXG ) in 2025

[priccis]

Originally Posted by Dmitry-V

Hello! I have a kindle Paperwhite 2, firmware 5.4.3.2. Nothing is working right now, a message appears ""The permission to open this item have expired" and, it seems, it can be cured by changing the date to an earlier one. ...

I believe you can set time using `;st` in the search bar

;st - alias of ;setTime (format: yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM – e.g.: ;st 2012-07-22 17:59)

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[Dmitry-V]

Originally Posted by priccis

I believe you can set time using `;st` in the search bar

;st - alias of ;setTime (format: yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM – e.g.: ;st 2012-07-22 17:59)

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Thank you, my friend! It seems to have helped!

[priccis]

Just a bit of an update, mainly for self reference.

My DX's battery ran completely out and the date reverted back to the 70's (cheched it with ;date). And I got the certificate expiration message.
For some reason ;st didn't work and I had to use setdate_kindle_k2_dx.zip to bring it back to this decade.

[Quoth]

No, ;st doesn't work. You do have use a cell signal, or jail break and then a number of ways exist.

The 3G is gone here, but the 2G/GSM/EDGE still works for the Kindle DXG.

EDIT.
maybe ;st worked on earlier FW. Amazon don't want you to manually set the date.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by priccis

Just a bit of an update, mainly for self reference.

My DX's battery ran completely out and the date reverted back to the 70's (cheched it with ;date). And I got the certificate expiration message.
For some reason ;st didn't work and I had to use setdate_kindle_k2_dx.zip to bring it back to this decade.

Here is how to change the battery.

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Amazon+...lacement/73101

The next step is to find a battery.

[vendo232]

here is a sript for Kindle DX ( and other non WIFI Kindles I think ) that executes setdate on boot and sets date to Jan 1 2025 ( date which works woth KUAL 2.7.35 and MKK from 2014 )

use usbNetwork and Telnet to 192.168.2.2

mntroot rw; 

cat > /mnt/us/extensions/set_date/set_date.sh << 'EOF'
#!/bin/sh
# Set date to January 1, 2025 12:00:00
date -s "010112002025"
EOF

chmod +x /mnt/us/extensions/set_date/set_date.sh; 
mkdir -p /mnt/us/launchpad; 
cat > /mnt/us/launchpad/set_date.ini << 'EOF'
[Actions]
B = !sh /mnt/us/extensions/set_date/set_date.sh
EOF

mntroot ro; 
reboot

[Quoth]

My DXG is still working on EDGE yesterday, though 3G is gone. Fetched ebook from Amazon.

I got other JB stuff to work, but not USBNetwork.

[vendo232]

Originally Posted by Quoth

My DXG is still working on EDGE yesterday, though 3G is gone. Fetched ebook from Amazon.

I got other JB stuff to work, but not USBNetwork.

cool in which country you are, can you specify what operator it is?

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by vendo232

cool in which country you are, can you specify what operator it is?

I don't know who Amazon contracted to. Amazing they haven't cancelled.

The electricity Smart meters don't have 4 G, nor the alarms. So which ever Irish operators have the 2G/GSM/EDGE, they can't be turning it off. Though 3G was faster, it was less reliable. It used 5 MHz channels. The GSM (and EDGE) 2G uses 0.2 MHz channels and has no cell breathing. The 3G was poor because it was based on USA CDMA 2G, which was the most common in USA and seriously inferior to GSM, though it used 1 MHz channels.

Three was maybe once the only operator without GSM, but they were unfortunately allowed to buy O2. Three outsource everything. They are a marketing company owned in Hong Kong.

Anyway, it's pointless. The DXG should never have been made or sold. I feel Amazon scammed me. It was only a screen upgrade of the DX. So though released the same time as the Gen 3 Keyboard, it's grossly inferior. The K1, K2 & DX family all obsolete SW at launch. Fortunately the Gen3 etc had later back port of AZW3.

The DXG is junk compared to slightly younger K3.

[AnotherPBooker]

Thank you for this guide and especially for details on dates and the working version of KUAL!

[elpax]

This script "Automatic script setting date on boot" doesn't have "on boot" part. It just adds "Shift + b" hotkey to Launchpad that you can press and it will set the date. Am I missing something ?

[matopeto]

Originally Posted by elpax

This script "Automatic script setting date on boot" doesn't have "on boot" part. It just adds "Shift + b" hotkey to Launchpad that you can press and it will set the date. Am I missing something ?

You're right, I noticed the same thing and it bothered me — Launchpad isn't a boot mechanism, it's just a keyboard shortcut. So I put together a proper init.d script that actually runs on every boot.

Disclaimers

• Tested on Kindle DXG with USBNetwork jailbreak. Works for me.
• Not tested on other Kindle models (K3, K4, etc.). The general approach should be similar but paths and details may differ.
• Basic Linux shell knowledge required. You should be comfortable with SSH, navigating the filesystem, reading/writing files via the command line, understanding what chmod, ln -s, cat > file << EOF heredocs, and read-only filesystems mean. If any of these terms are unfamiliar, learn them first or find someone who can guide you —
  fixing a broken Kindle remotely without these basics is very hard.
• Know what you're doing. Even though the formatting may look correct right now, the forum can mangle it later — editing this post or quoting it can break code blocks, line breaks, or special characters (heredoc EOFs and escapes are especially fragile). Don't blindly copy-paste; a malformed command can brick your Kindle. Always read each command,
  understand what it does, and verify it pasted correctly before pressing Enter.
• Use at your own risk — I take no responsibility for any damage to your device or data loss.
• Always end with mntroot ro after writing to the root partition.

Prerequisites

• Kindle DXG with USBNetwork jailbreak active
• Kindle connected over USB in usbnet mode (SSH reachable at 192.168.2.2)
• Root password is empty (just press Enter)

Step 1 — SSH into the Kindle
The usual command + credentials are:

ssh root@192.168.2.2

Password: empty (just press Enter).

These can vary depending on your USBNetwork setup — the IP, username, or password may differ on your machine. If the defaults don't work, check your usbnetwork config.

Step 2 — Make the root partition writable

mntroot rw

Step 3 — Create the init script
Paste the entire block including the trailing EOF:

cat > /etc/init.d/setdate << 'EOF'                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
#!/bin/sh                                                 
# Workaround: MKK expired in 2024, which broke KUAL too (KUAL relies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
# on MKK). Rolling the system clock back to 2014 (when MKK was still                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
# valid) bypasses the expiration check and lets KUAL load again.
# The DXG hardware clock can drift or reset to 1970 after enough time                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
# without power (long shutdowns, soft resets), so this script re-sets
# the date to 2014 on every boot as insurance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
case "$1" in
  start)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
    /bin/date -s 010112002014                             
    hwclock -w
    ;;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
  stop|restart|reload|force-reload) exit 0 ;;
  *) echo "Usage: $0 start" >&2; exit 1 ;;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
esac                                                      
exit 0
EOF

010112002014 is the BusyBox date format: MM DD hh mm YYYY = January 1, 2014, 12:00.

Step 4 — Make the script executable

chmod +x /etc/init.d/setdate

Step 5 — Create the rc5.d symlink

ln -sf ../init.d/setdate /etc/rc5.d/S99setdate

Step 6 — Verify it's all in place

ls -la /etc/rc5.d/S99setdate /etc/init.d/setdate

The output should look roughly like this:

-rwxr-xr-x    1 root     root          690 Jan  1 12:15 /etc/init.d/setdate
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           17 Jan  1 12:15 /etc/rc5.d/S99setdate -> ../init.d/setdate

The exact size and date will vary, but the x in -rwxr-xr-x (executable) and the symlink target -> ../init.d/setdate should match.

Step 7 — Put the root partition back to read-only

mntroot ro

Step 8 — Reboot

reboot

Or use Menu → Settings → Restart.

Step 9 — Verify after reboot
SSH back in and:

date

It should show 2014. If yes, you're done — it'll happen automatically on every boot from now on.

Uninstall (if you ever want to remove it)
After you connect to the Kindle via SSH, run:

mntroot rw                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
rm /etc/rc5.d/S99setdate
rm /etc/init.d/setdate                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
mntroot ro