Kubrick: Live CD to debrick Kindle 3, 4, and Touch - Page 83

BookemDanno · 04-06-2025, 09:36 AM

Does Kubrick work to debrick a KPW3?

My device is stuck on the Amazon Tree boot screen with both soft and hard resetting just going back to it.

I have Windows and Ubuntu running in VWFusion on a Silicon Mac host so I'm not stuck for platform to get into the device. I just want to make sure I am following a tried and tested proper step by step guide.

I've downloaded 'update_kindle_all_new_paperwhite_5.16.2.1.1' from Amazon as the most recent firmware but am yet to do anything with it yet.

Appreciate any helpful pointers.

mergen3107 · 04-06-2025, 10:56 AM

No, Kubrick is for older Kindles, not Paperwhite 3 for sure

Frogm4n · 04-06-2025, 02:06 PM

It's specified on the first post in the thread:

Quote:

Installs a pristine 3.4 (K3), 4.1.1 (K4), or 5.1.2 (KT) firmware; other devices (K1, K2, KDX, Paperwhite) are not supported!

Malkiah · 07-07-2025, 07:36 PM

I have the Kindle Keyboard D00901. I have tried to run Kubrick from the usb several times, but the part where it says that it will take several hours to flash takes literal seconds, and then when I go to reboot after it says it's done, nothing happens. I am thinking I might have a dying battery, but I want to know if the device is toast before I cough up twenty bucks for a battery. I have gotten it to reboot a few times, but after the last time(which was before I got Kubrick working) it just froze on the main screen after I turned it on, when I pushed the menu button. I have even tried pulling the battery, discharging the device, then putting the battery back in and plugging it into a pc. That worked once, but it didn't keep. Hope someone smart is still watching this thread.

04-06-2025, 09:36 AM	#1231
BookemDanno Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	KPW3 Does Kubrick work to debrick a KPW3? My device is stuck on the Amazon Tree boot screen with both soft and hard resetting just going back to it. I have Windows and Ubuntu running in VWFusion on a Silicon Mac host so I'm not stuck for platform to get into the device. I just want to make sure I am following a tried and tested proper step by step guide. I've downloaded 'update_kindle_all_new_paperwhite_5.16.2.1.1' from Amazon as the most recent firmware but am yet to do anything with it yet. Appreciate any helpful pointers.

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04-06-2025, 10:56 AM	#1232
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,506 Karma: 5000046 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	No, Kubrick is for older Kindles, not Paperwhite 3 for sure

07-07-2025, 07:36 PM	#1234
Malkiah Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2025 Device: Kindle Keyboard Gen 3	I have the Kindle Keyboard D00901. I have tried to run Kubrick from the usb several times, but the part where it says that it will take several hours to flash takes literal seconds, and then when I go to reboot after it says it's done, nothing happens. I am thinking I might have a dying battery, but I want to know if the device is toast before I cough up twenty bucks for a battery. I have gotten it to reboot a few times, but after the last time(which was before I got Kubrick working) it just froze on the main screen after I turned it on, when I pushed the menu button. I have even tried pulling the battery, discharging the device, then putting the battery back in and plugging it into a pc. That worked once, but it didn't keep. Hope someone smart is still watching this thread.