08-22-2015, 04:51 PM | #46 |
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finally unbricked my Kindle :)
I found out, a friend of mine owned a DXG too and was willing to lend it to me (on the condition that I buy him a new one, if I broke that one too ). I rooted it, got a copy of / and flashed it on mine. Et voila: My Kindle is running again
@knc1 and the others here: Thank you very much for your support! One last question: I'd like to provide a full set of backup files (or at least a rootfs.img) of the DXG (009) for others. How do I do that? Which stuff would make sense? And most importanly: How do I ensure that there is no private information in there? I don't want to get banned by Amazon For the curious, these are the full steps it took me to restore my Kindle DX Graphite: Spoiler:
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08-22-2015, 05:53 PM | #47 |
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If step 5 of the "restore broke kindle" part was all you had to copy - then that does not contain anything personal.
That rootfs.img file is what you want to make available. To keep within the Mobileread posting guidelines, you can't post it here (it contains Amazon proprietary property). But you can post directions here of where to find it. Which means you have to find some public (or private) server that will allow you to park the file there. I do have a private server you could push it to (after you run gzip over it) - PM me for details if you can't find somewhere else to put it on the Internet. |
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08-23-2015, 06:53 AM | #48 |
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Yes, the first partition was enough. I've sent you the link to my server. Anything else apart from the rootfs.img that would be useful?
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I will make a copy to my own private server, just to reduce the chance of this recovery image becoming lost again. The owner and device specific information is outside of the partitioned area, so (using your device name exampes): Code:
dd if=/dev/sbf of=my_private.bin bs=4096 count=16 Much of the current settings temporary data is in /var/local. The complete partition can also be backed up: Code:
dd if=/dev/sbf3 of=current_settings.bin bs=4096 Notes: As you can see from the sizes, /dev/sbf4 is the USBstorage area - what you see when connected by USB cable. And /dev/sbf2 is the 'diags' OS file system - We don't have a copy of that any longer either. |
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09-19-2015, 08:59 PM | #50 |
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Congratulations on you!
can u help me? I have the same problem.But I don't know how to solve it. My system upgrade 2.1.1 to2.5.8 ,then my kindle dx stop at the screen"your kindle is starting up this can take a minute" i can enter the recovery mode ,update the others "restore" but it doesnt help i also tried to use a usb-ttl ,but i dont have dxbackup (diags ,kenerl) what can i do?help me please ,thanks |
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Recovering a file system on a eMMC with bad blocks can take a very long time. |
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can u help me? My system upgrade 2.1.1 (actually 2.1.1+ufhack0.1)to2.5.8 ,then my kindle dx stop at the screen"your kindle is starting up this can take a minute" i can enter the recovery mode ,update the others "restore" but it doesnt help i also tried to use a usb-ttl ,but i dont have dxbackup (diags ,kenerl) i even dont know how to access system files..TOT i use mfgTool (KindleSelectBoot) ,it said “No USB detected“ help me please ,im looking forward for your help |
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Let me try it first.thank you! |
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09-19-2015, 09:28 PM | #54 | |
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my update use a "restore" not the amazon's 2.5.8 update files.... could this be okay? leave it connected to a wall charger for a week ? |
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There is no way to know from here what all you did. Nothing at all what you where trying to 'fix' when you decided to do the 'restore'. Nor where you got the 2.5.8 version image from (since it contains copyrighted material, you didn't get it here). And just to add more unknowns, I do not recognize the "+hack" thing you mentioned. I am afraid all anyone can tell you is: You broke it, you get to keep all of the pieces. |
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09-19-2015, 10:41 PM | #56 | |
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the original version 2.1.1, i use a friend of mine's restore.(he also give rootfs.img to me,but i dont know how to use it.)then my kindle dx stop at the screen"your kindle is starting up this can take a minute" then, i use amazon's update_kindle_3.2.1 .it's still stop at the screen.... then, i use my friend's restore.... now ,my dx is still stop at that screen about two days... ”you get to keep all of the pieces” you mean i should refresh all the diags? I'm worried about it could you Show me a way to sovle this problem ? thank you! |
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I don't know where to find this, so I will post it here...
I have a DXG that was on 2.5.8 initially. I have updated to 3.1 and in that process I saved the "output" folder content on a couple of safe locations. It contains "rootfs.img" (409624 kB) and "update_restore-os.bin" (285429 kB). After that I have updated to 3.3. Now all is working. Startup is sluggish, but I am fine with that. My issues is that I have a nagging feeling that the actual display resolution might be lowered from 2.5.8. I have a pdf file with graphics and the small text it looks "broken", but I don't have a picture of hot it looked before. USB Network doesn't seem to wok on my DXG. How can I go "back" to 2.5.8 to actually visually check this issue? |
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Did you edit the fb.modes file? From what, to what? |
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12-19-2015, 08:09 AM | #59 |
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Sorry about necro, I tried creating a new thread and nobody answered to it. I figured that maybe somebody still follows this thread, so I sneaked in...
No, I didn't edit them previously (3.3 update is the one from Amazon, with the ID bit changed for DXG value) and now cannot read fb.modes because... USB network doesn't load on my 3.3. Tried with NiLuJe's kindle-usbnetwork-0.57.N-r12672. Not sure if it is still "jailbroken". Last edited by SoNic67; 12-19-2015 at 08:14 AM. |
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Hmm...
Wrong forum: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...59&postcount=1 How are you going to 'go back' to an earlier version without command line access? Isn't that a problem to be solved first? Just re-apply the most recent jail break. Then if USB network doesn't load, report it in the proper thread. Authors are usually subscribed to the threads they support. And you can find the tread about updating the cross-bred DX(G) and K3 firmware here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=263894 Last edited by knc1; 12-19-2015 at 09:44 AM. |
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