06-23-2013, 07:01 PM | #61 |
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I'm back!
So, err, yeah, those updated packages will really happen sometime soon ^^. With a bit of luck, I'll manage to break things in new and interesting ways (after all, I did manage to run a rm -rf Kindle from the wrong directory only yesterday, so, yeah, NOT RUSTY! ) Don't expect much activity from me for a while though, I have something like 4 months of posts to go through... -_-". And to answer the repack question, provided you don't need to change the content of the package, the easiest way is probably simply to do a double convert (.bin => tgz, then .tgz => .bin), no need to even extract it (which helps avoiding directory structure issues, depending on how you repack it, and potentially double/wrong sig/dat files, if you happen to be running an old kindletool version). Basically: Code:
kindletool convert update_blah.bin kindletool create ota2 -d kindle5 update_blah.tar.gz update_blah_repack.bin Last edited by NiLuJe; 06-23-2013 at 07:08 PM. |
06-24-2013, 01:12 PM | #62 |
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First post updated with new binaries (Lin/Win/Cygwin). Nothing fancy, just making sure everything still builds correctly on all platforms .
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The 5.3.7 Kindle Touch update uncovered some oversights in the RecoveryV2 update format handling. Some changes to fix those oversights have been pushed to git .
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08-10-2013, 06:18 PM | #64 |
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Released v1.5.9.
* With, err, I dunno, changes and stuff? (mostly the aforementioned RecoveryV2 tweaks) Also, the return of the OS X binary! Yay! (So, yeah, mostly tagged a release because I had my hands on a MacBook for the evening ) Last edited by NiLuJe; 08-10-2013 at 06:23 PM. |
09-09-2013, 02:05 AM | #65 |
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How to convert hacks
So I'm looking for a way to get the FreeDownload hack (Download any filetype in browser) to work on the silver Kindle 4. The hack currently only has Kindle 3/DX/2 versions. The hack only displays a progress bar while using curl to download a file, so the lack of keyboard shouldn't be a problem. Any idea on how to do this?
I've currently been able to extract the Kindle 3 Wifi version of the hack into a directory, but am unable to create a Kindle 4 version (./kindletool -d k4 create /path/to/directory/) from either the .tar.gz file or the directory. (Invalid update type.) Last edited by Degru; 09-09-2013 at 02:09 AM. Reason: Added more info |
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@Degru: Don't confuse porting a hack to a different FW/model and simply repacking a package.
While the latter is easy enough to do, you'll most likely have to tweak the code/scripts of the hack itself for it to work properly on another model/fw . Cf. the top of this page for the quickest repack method, which most likely won't suffice/will potentially wreak havoc on your device in the case of the specific hack you're working with (I'm not sure the browser behaves the exact same way/is even the same codebase as what runs on FW 3.x). Once you have tweaked the code to play nice with a K4, you can do what you were trying to, but with the proper syntax ;p Code:
kindletool create ota2 -d kindle4 Relative_Path Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-09-2013 at 09:55 AM. |
09-10-2013, 12:23 PM | #67 |
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Refreshed binaries (bump to ~ 1.5.9.20), which is probably when 1.5.9 should have been tagged in the first place ;P.
* Mostly update the syntax/input validation for the recoveryv2 changes, so it doesn't segfault anymore when you use it wrong [That was a 1.5.9 regression]. |
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OR Does the browser log parsing fit with the logs your device generates? PS: Have you considered the "fake register" modification? OR Purchase a "Broken for Parts" K4 and just exchange the identification data (or motherboard - takes skill, the K4 is glued) with yours. |
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How would I go about doing this? The utility in the jailbreak thingy requires an actual keyboard to enter a new ID. Also, wouldn't this re-enable special offers? That's one of the things I actually like about this Kindle...
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09-20-2013, 03:21 PM | #71 |
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That's not information we really want to get into sharing...
and totally OT for this thread. Let's just "leave that there" shall we Last edited by twobob; 09-20-2013 at 03:25 PM. |
09-20-2013, 04:05 PM | #72 |
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I may be completely dumb on this one, but what does the registration even have to do with the browser/FreeDownload anyway? :?
EDIT: Oh, yeah, right, profile/device of Degru. So, nothing. ^^ |
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If github wasn't verklemmt, KindleTool would now at least to a certain extent know about the WiFi variant of the PW2.
For the rest, keep the details coming in this thread! Thanks . Keep in mind that this is all theoretical until, er, well, until something interesting happens ^^. Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-01-2013 at 02:48 PM. Reason: Shameful correction of my failed venture into german! :D |
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Argh... If you use foreign words, use them correctly, you goddamn frog-eater*! It's "verklemmt"!
(*) Je rigole, bien sûr. Et d'après tout ce que j'ai appri, tu ne manges pas les grenouilles de toute façon... |
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And I just came out of a linguistics class, so it's even more shameful! .
(But interesting, that's pretty much me trying make the word look more like what you would expect in French for that kind of sound ) Thanks for correcting me . Yeah, the frog (legs) thing still sticks, but I think it's more of a regional dish now, though I couldn't even tell you from which, never having tried it myself . Now, snails, which sounds even crazier as a foodstuff, on the other hand, that I could answer (Bourgogne, what some might know as Burgundy, for its wine). Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-01-2013 at 03:02 PM. |
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