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Old 07-23-2016, 04:46 PM   #16
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Evil world, I wonder how one can get this one wrong. I hope that https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToMD5SUM is 100% correct. At least it should be a starting point to for md5 so people may check what they downloaded before install.
long and wordy for a non-technical person, but I don't see any glaring errors in that one.

Now all you have to do is abstract it as much as possible without losing technical accuracy so our non-technical users can make use of it.

Place in its own thread here, and I'll link to it when it is ready.

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Some points to keep in mind while working on your project:

*) We are nearing 10,000 downgrades and only 3 corrupt file reports.

*) The factory initial firmware image is checksum'd overall and its component parts each checksum'd and signed.
The updater used to install it (there are two in the firmware) checks those checksums and signatures before using the file.
The error message-number may be a bit funky as illustrated in this thread, but the Kindle will not use a corrupt file.
(error 006 is more common from a corrupt update_*.bin file)

*) try to keep it shorter than the install directions if you can please.
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Old 07-23-2016, 05:04 PM   #17
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o_O Linking to external content saves the time to write the same boring stuff again. Especially if this is an optional step. I don't have time for that kind of work. As the jb thread is not a wiki page where everyone can contribute you may add the link or skip it. Anyhow one may wonder why you offer md5 files if they are not needed.
PS: Downloads != Downgrades -- Maybe just 5% do actually copy the image to their Kindle.
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Old 07-23-2016, 06:54 PM   #18
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o_O Linking to external content saves the time to write the same boring stuff again. Especially if this is an optional step. I don't have time for that kind of work. As the jb thread is not a wiki page where everyone can contribute you may add the link or skip it. Anyhow one may wonder why you offer md5 files if they are not needed.
PS: Downloads != Downgrades -- Maybe just 5% do actually copy the image to their Kindle.
Since you clearly do not have the time for it, why don't you just drop it and we can continue to handle the rare occasion in a one-on-one exchange.

If it isn't important enough to you, whose idea it is, don't expect anyone else to be too excited about it either.
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Just a quick clarification: the fact that a specific error code *might* match with a U00N one is purely coincidental.

The U00N errors are from the OTA updater, and we're using the factory updater here, which throws 00N errors (+/- one zero, can't remember the exact padding used).

004 indeed happens to be a checksum mismatch error .
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@knc1: Please continue offering md5 files for users who know how to use them. Don't read the following lines

As you don't like the Ubuntu documentation which is trusted by many users I'm sure that you will never include md5 directions in the jb thread. You would spend ages complaining that a bit is missing here, unclear there, not properly formatted, yet another OS is missing, too hard to read, or too long to include it.
The md5 check is indeed not so important that it makes sense to write and modify directions for the next years just to find out that the Kindles got replaced by something else while you still don't approve and include the directions.
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The old "win a discussion by changing the topic" ploy.

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@knc1: Maybe this thread could have been avoided if the md5 check had been mentioned in the jb thread. A link like http://www.droidviews.com/check-md5s...mac-and-linux/ to a generic description could be fine.
You asked for a link to be included, so provide something suitable for this audience to be linked to.
Its your idea, you support it with your own efforts and use our wiki if you need the help of others.
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Please continue offering md5 files for users who know how to use them. No ploy.

I asked for a link to be included which you as it turned out do not want to. A simple 'Never' instead of 'Pick a different one' would have been a clear answer and saved some time for us, wouldn't it?
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Please continue offering md5 files for users who know how to use them. No ploy.

I asked for a link to be included which you as it turned out do not want to. A simple 'Never' instead of 'Pick a different one' would have been a clear answer and saved some time for us, wouldn't it?
You wanted a link, then it is up to you to find the best link. And like they said only 3 people had problems. All 3 had special offers kindles.
So the jailbreak is fine. And they added a note about the special offers.
The link was your baby, not theirs.
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As long as the md5 description is not a baby but a moving target no one can deliver it.
PS: The Ubuntu link may be already the best one.
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I have exactly the same device and ends up the exact same error everytime. I have downloaded the bin file 3 times and everytime ends up with the error 4, failed to install error.. please help...
By the way, I am running FW 7.8.1
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I have exactly the same device and ends up the exact same error everytime. I have downloaded the bin file 3 times and everytime ends up with the error 4, failed to install error.. please help...
By the way, I am running FW 7.8.1
Thanx great people.
What Operating system and browser?
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Windows 7; Firefox... Thanx for showing up so fast..much obliged.. I do have linux duel booted... Should i reset my device and perform the operation...
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By the way, I am running FW 7.8.1
7.8.1?
must be 5.8.1
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I have exactly the same device and ends up the exact same error everytime. I have downloaded the bin file 3 times and everytime ends up with the error 4, failed to install error.. please help...
By the way, I am running FW 7.8.1
Thanx great people.
What file? (link please)
What server? (link please)
Does the md5 validation pass when you test it?
What set of directions? (link please)
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Sorry for posting like an idiot and wasting your precious time... let me start it all over again...
(1) I am following the official thread of mobileread.com... this is the link... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=275877
(2) My firmware is 5.8.2...
(3) Used the first two mirrors to download PW2 bins... for eg, http://eu-asia.mrdcorn.net/factory_PW2_5.4.3.2_initial
(4) Sorry for not verifying the md5 test. I tried searching for the windows software for md5 validation but didnt find any. I guess since i made two attempts to download the bins from two different servers using IDM, that could relieve the odds in my favor.
I guess from my stunted brain that it must have to do something with FW 5.8.2...

PS: I think its much simpler to verify the md5 from Linux. Could you suggest me the terminal command?
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