My kindle is acting up.....

[qlob]

I think the MMC is disconnected.....

[knc1]

Originally Posted by qlob

I think the MMC is disconnected.....

That would not prevent the RAM kernel from loading into RAM and running.

Ah, but a broken connection the eDDR chip would.

I am working on some hardware diagnostics that could be loaded with the iROM loader - but I am months and months away from finishing that project.

I would just wait until Hawhill can make a comment on this situation before doing anything else (like trying to re-flow the solder joints).

[qlob]

Ah... Well.... Off to bed it is....

[geekmaster]

Coincidentally, I just noticed that this made Hackaday today:
http://hackaday.com/2012/08/27/bga-s...and-stopwatch/

Of course, if it is eDDR instead of a watchdog timer software issue, the pins may be exposed for reflow using a fine-tipped soldering iron (wipe a bead of solder across a row of pins, then remove solder bridges with fluxed solder braid).

[qlob]

I have given up on it after lots of trying. D:

I started thinking that since knc1 said that USB Downloader was the selected bootup process if the other firmware didn't work or was broken, that it had to be the rootfs. After toggling the powerswitch ~250+ times, I got the kindle to come up in serial mode long enough for me to find out that the userstore was corrupted......

So, that led me to think that /mnt/us got corrupted by a hack somehow (I have no idea which one), and then confused the bootloader, which caused it to boot into USB Download mode.... After 3 days of trying to get the kindle back into usb_serial mode, I gave up and called Amazon..

As I was talking to the CS rep, I voiced aloud that 3.4 (or an OTA update to prepare for it) might have broken the Kindle. After some time, I was told that I was getting a new K3 free of charge, with 2-Day shipping, as long as I sent the broken K3 back to them. I was also told that they were going to make sure someone double checked the K3 they are shipping me for any problems, and that they would put 3.4 on it for me.

I don't think that they will be able to get anything out of that broken Kindle though.....

My new K3 is supposed to arrive Wednesday or Thursday. I will use K3flasher to dump the new kindle as soon as I get it, if it comes with 3.4.

@GM: How does one replace /etc/shadow with the DES mario hash? can I just mount the 3.0.2 image and steal it from there? (provided there are no other changes between the two files)...

[knc1]

Good move.
I also have to send my K3 back, it self-destructed its re-charging circuits.

If you can gain r/w access to /etc/shadow -
Just replace the "root: ..." line (usually the first one).

The /etc/shadow file is a standards compliant file that hasn't changed in many years.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by qlob

@GM: How does one replace /etc/shadow with the DES mario hash? can I just mount the 3.0.2 image and steal it from there? (provided there are no other changes between the two files)...

Just copy/paste the root: line in a shadow file known to have a mario password, into the shadow file in your "loop,rw"-mounted new image file, replacing the old "serial-specific" root: hash.

[qlob]

Thanks all! It is set to arrive tomorrow afternoon.

[twobob]

Yeah beam me up Amazon



Nice work horse!

[qlob]

D: it arrived, but was running 3.2.1.....

Time to upgrade and reinstall everything from myts to python.(this time i am adding bash to the list.)

[knc1]

Originally Posted by qlob

D: it arrived, but was running 3.2.1.....

Time to upgrade and reinstall everything from myts to python.(this time i am adding bash to the list.)

Hint:
Use K3Flasher and the script that comes with it to make a backup dump of the files before you start.

[twobob]

good advice

[knc1]

Originally Posted by twobob

good advice

Even better - -
The Kindles are shipped with the battery charged to 70% capacity - let the Kindle fully re-charge before doing anything else.

[qlob]

Okay, will do.