Firmware Update 3.0.3 Early Preview is here - Page 2

desertblues · 10-18-2010, 05:25 PM

Thanks

tomsem · 10-18-2010, 05:53 PM

3.0.3 has (so far) bricked my Kindle. Startup progress stopped at about 15% and was still there 2 hours later when I came back from lunch/shopping. Have tried hard reset, no change.

The only hack I had going was the thing to add Justification option (if that even qualifies as a hack).

Very frustrating.

flandroid · 10-18-2010, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

3.0.3 has (so far) bricked my Kindle.

Yikes, I had a scare where my progress bar stopped for a few minutes, but thankfully it eventually completed.

Everything working fine here, screensavers intact.

NiLuJe · 10-18-2010, 05:59 PM

@tomsem: I assume that's the point at which the 'real' update script is called... Hurray for this crazy update process... -_-". (You're talking about the usual boot progress bar (ie boy & tree), not the Update progress bar?)

Have you tried a hard reset to factory defaults? (ie. hold [HOME] during boot 'till the 'type reset' screen appears). If the update process crashed right at the beginning, your Kindle *should* still be in a non-compromised 3.0.2 state. But I can't say that for sure, so you may end up with a bit of a mess... :/.

And if you had the justification setting switched in the userstore, and not the system partition, that shouldn't have anything to do with the update process

.

@flandroid: The last notch in the step 1 of 2? That's the kernel flash. Yep, it's potentially a bit scary, sitting there nearly at the end for >45s...

.

WS64 · 10-18-2010, 06:04 PM

3.03 update worked fine for me, all hacks still there, dual screen for Duokan stills shows up (have not booted into Duokan yet though).
I did this update because I hoped they did something on the WLAN section, I still can't get connected to my WLAN.
3.03 did not change anything for me. So far I can't see any differences at all. Except the version number...

flandroid · 10-18-2010, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@flandroid: The last notch in the step 1 of 2? That's the kernel flash. Yep, it's potentially a bit scary, sitting there nearly at the end for >45s...

.

Yes, exactly there. I also didn't like the bit where it lights the green charging light, despite not being plugged in, and I'm just looking at it going '...er?'

NiLuJe · 10-18-2010, 06:19 PM

@flandroid: That may just have been the usual boot process

. It flashes to green a bit at some point.

tomsem · 10-18-2010, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@tomsem: I assume that's the point at which the 'real' update script is called... Hurray for this crazy update process... -_-". (You're talking about the usual boot progress bar (ie boy & tree), not the Update progress bar?)

Have you tried a hard reset to factory defaults? (ie. hold [HOME] during boot 'till the 'type reset' screen appears). If the update process crashed right at the beginning, your Kindle *should* still be in a non-compromised 3.0.2 state. But I can't say that for sure, so you may end up with a bit of a mess... :/.

And if you had the justification setting switched in the userstore, and not the system partition, that shouldn't have anything to do with the update process

.
.

Yes, 15% progress on boy & tree screen. I never actually had the chance to restart from the Settings screen as directed. It was locked up as soon as I ejected it from the computer, showing the page I'd been reading when I plugged it in to the USB. I gave it a good minute or two to clear its head before attempting a hard reset, to no avail.

It finally appeared there was no alternative to factory reset, so I did that. And now I will be spending the next few hours getting everything back to where it was before (most of it was non-Amazon content).

daffy4u · 10-18-2010, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomsem

It finally appeared there was no alternative to factory reset, so I did that. And now I will be spending the next few hours getting everything back to where it was before (most of it was non-Amazon content).

One thing I started doing when I was having trouble with the hackless version of the font hack was to copy the documents folder of my Kindle to the desktop of my computer. When I had problems, I had to keep factory re-setting my Kindle which wiped out all the content and de-registered me. After I had my light bulb moment, I was cable to copy the documents folder back to my Kindle without losing my place in book or my bookmarks (I keep the wireless off unless I'm downloading or syncing).

I don't keep a large number of books on my Kindle so I'm not sure how indexing would be effected with this tip. Even if indexing starts over, it's better than having to reload content from scratch.

NiLuJe · 10-18-2010, 07:58 PM

@tomsem: Huh. I assume/hope that the explanation is as simple as the update file getting seriously corrupted during the USB transfer or the original download, so much that it seriously upsets the framework (because there *is* a safety in place to verify the integrity of an update file, but it causes the update process to fail, not crash the system

)...

lgx · 10-19-2010, 12:15 AM

What can we do if Amazon delete /etc/uks/*hack*.pem in their update script?

Tvangeste · 10-19-2010, 02:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Quick question: Does the screengrab feature (SHIFT+ALT+G) look like it takes way much more time than on a K2, and actually freezes the Kindle for a few seconds to anyone, or is that just me?

Works great here (takes no time), on K3, 3.0.3, with jailbreak and ssh server running.

desertblues · 10-19-2010, 03:29 AM

After backing up the contents of my Kindle in two separate places:

Update 3.0.3 went smoothly; took about 10 minutes:
- after selecting 'update your Kindle' : 3 seconds to ' software updated'.
- restarted with green light
- rebooted
- showed: Kindle software updating, then ' software updated'
- restarted ' please wait a moment while your Kindle starts up' , with green light
- rebooted and started refilling collections

Effects on my Kindle so far:
- faster pageturning, more intense (?)black flash than before
- browser: much faster.
- bookmarks work better: don't have to log in to my gmail every time I open it, nor on my Mobile Read account. Dropbox synchronizes well, but doesn't open a book to read (as before) for ' opening multiple windows is not supported'.
- I am impressed by the speed of the searchfunction, which in my case was always the weak point. But now it really is fast, outside or inside a book, searching in google etc.

Sofar, all the updates speeded my Kindle up. I was satisfied with the 3.0.2. and hesitated for a second wether to update to 3.0.3., but for me it's worth the effort.

edit; don't use facebook/twitter on my browser, so can't report anything on that.

webbernet · 10-19-2010, 04:35 AM

darn it... just found out about the Duokan hack... and now that I have 3.0.3 the Duokan install script stops with an error...

4stupid · 10-19-2010, 05:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WS64

3.03 update worked fine for me, all hacks still there, dual screen for Duokan stills shows up (have not booted into Duokan yet though).
I did this update because I hoped they did something on the WLAN section, I still can't get connected to my WLAN.
3.03 did not change anything for me. So far I can't see any differences at all. Except the version number...

Are you in China, one of my colleague told me that he cannot connect to his home wifi but successful connect though office one (not through China ISP)...

The wifi will be ON only when you connected to Amazon site (??? which one I don't know) ...

10-18-2010, 05:59 PM	#19
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	@tomsem: I assume that's the point at which the 'real' update script is called... Hurray for this crazy update process... -_-". (You're talking about the usual boot progress bar (ie boy & tree), not the Update progress bar?) Have you tried a hard reset to factory defaults? (ie. hold [HOME] during boot 'till the 'type reset' screen appears). If the update process crashed right at the beginning, your Kindle should still be in a non-compromised 3.0.2 state. But I can't say that for sure, so you may end up with a bit of a mess... :/. And if you had the justification setting switched in the userstore, and not the system partition, that shouldn't have anything to do with the update process . @flandroid: The last notch in the step 1 of 2? That's the kernel flash. Yep, it's potentially a bit scary, sitting there nearly at the end for >45s... . Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-18-2010 at 06:01 PM.

10-19-2010, 03:29 AM	#28
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	After backing up the contents of my Kindle in two separate places: Update 3.0.3 went smoothly; took about 10 minutes: - after selecting 'update your Kindle' : 3 seconds to ' software updated'. - restarted with green light - rebooted - showed: Kindle software updating, then ' software updated' - restarted ' please wait a moment while your Kindle starts up' , with green light - rebooted and started refilling collections Effects on my Kindle so far: - faster pageturning, more intense (?)black flash than before - browser: much faster. - bookmarks work better: don't have to log in to my gmail every time I open it, nor on my Mobile Read account. Dropbox synchronizes well, but doesn't open a book to read (as before) for ' opening multiple windows is not supported'. - I am impressed by the speed of the searchfunction, which in my case was always the weak point. But now it really is fast, outside or inside a book, searching in google etc. Sofar, all the updates speeded my Kindle up. I was satisfied with the 3.0.2. and hesitated for a second wether to update to 3.0.3., but for me it's worth the effort. edit; don't use facebook/twitter on my browser, so can't report anything on that. Last edited by desertblues; 10-19-2010 at 04:20 AM.

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10-18-2010, 05:25 PM	#16
desertblues Home for the moment Posts: 5,127 Karma: 27718936 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: travelling Device: various	Thanks

10-18-2010, 05:53 PM	#17
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,906 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	3.0.3 has (so far) bricked my Kindle. Startup progress stopped at about 15% and was still there 2 hours later when I came back from lunch/shopping. Have tried hard reset, no change. The only hack I had going was the thing to add Justification option (if that even qualifies as a hack). Very frustrating.

10-18-2010, 06:04 PM	#20
WS64 ♫ Posts: 661 Karma: 506380 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura / PB Lux 2 / Bookeen Frontlight / Kobo Mini / Nook Color	3.03 update worked fine for me, all hacks still there, dual screen for Duokan stills shows up (have not booted into Duokan yet though). I did this update because I hoped they did something on the WLAN section, I still can't get connected to my WLAN. 3.03 did not change anything for me. So far I can't see any differences at all. Except the version number...

10-18-2010, 06:19 PM	#22
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	@flandroid: That may just have been the usual boot process . It flashes to green a bit at some point.

10-18-2010, 07:58 PM	#25
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	@tomsem: Huh. I assume/hope that the explanation is as simple as the update file getting seriously corrupted during the USB transfer or the original download, so much that it seriously upsets the framework (because there is a safety in place to verify the integrity of an update file, but it causes the update process to fail, not crash the system )...

10-19-2010, 12:15 AM	#26
lgx Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3 (B008)	What can we do if Amazon delete /etc/uks/hack.pem in their update script?

10-19-2010, 04:35 AM	#29
webbernet Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	darn it... just found out about the Duokan hack... and now that I have 3.0.3 the Duokan install script stops with an error...

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