Kubrick: Live CD to debrick Kindle 3, 4, and Touch - Page 20

DanBen · 04-05-2013, 03:02 AM

Hi!
As you folks can see i'm new here and need a bit of help with 'debricking' a kindle 4.
I intend on trying the Live USB stick method, i downloaded the file and read the readme.txt file. One thing i'm not sure of is which iso image i should chose to copy to the efi/boot folder: I'm not sure what's the difference between the Live DVD to the Live CD/DVD (thar relate to the K4 of course) - which one should i download?
Thanks in advance!
Daniel

dsmid · 04-05-2013, 08:17 AM

I suppose the only difference is that the DVD contains K3 images as well.
Just use kubrick-k4-k5.zip.

squatlor · 04-05-2013, 10:32 AM

I have a KT, made the kubrick CD, shutdown, reboot, I get the option to go into options (bios, where I can confirm CD is first in boot order) and recovery (starts up samsung recovery)

this disappears after a few seconds and I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor, I cannot type.

my device is tsstcorp cddvdw sn-208ab, it is not so old or new

twobob · 04-05-2013, 10:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squatlor

I have a KT, made the kubrick CD, shutdown, reboot, I get the option to go into options (bios, where I can confirm CD is first in boot order) and recovery (starts up samsung recovery)

this disappears after a few seconds and I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor, I cannot type.

my device is tsstcorp cddvdw sn-208ab, it is not so old or new

I was just chatting with squatlor on the chat seems like another corner case CD device.

I dug this up if it helps.

Spoiler:

Code:

GENCDROM\
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FB01____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FC01____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FU02____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA01____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA02____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA03____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA04____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________SC00____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TC00____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TE00____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TM00____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO02____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO03____
IDE\CDROMTSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO04____
IDE\RAW
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FC01____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FU02____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA01____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA02____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA03____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA04____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________SC00____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TC00____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TE00____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TM00____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO02____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO03____
IDE\TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO04____
SCSI\CDROM
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_FB01
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_FC01
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_FU02
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA01
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA02
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA03
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA04
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_SC00
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TC00
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TE00
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TM00
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TO02
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TO03
SCSI\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TO04
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORP
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_FC01
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_FU02
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_LA01
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_LA02
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_LA03
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_SC00
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_TC00
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_TM00
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_TO02
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_TO03
SCSI\CDROMTSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_TO04
SCSI\RAW
SCSI\TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_F
SCSI\TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_L
SCSI\TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_S
SCSI\TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_T
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FC01____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________FU02____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA01____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA02____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA03____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________LA04____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________SC00____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TC00____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TE00____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TM00____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO02____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO03____\
TSSTCORP_CDDVDW_SN-208AB________________TO04____\
TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_F\
TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_L\
TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_S\
TSSTCORPCDDVDW_SN-208AB_T\
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_FB01
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_FC01
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_FU02
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA01
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA02
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA03
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_LA04
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_SC00
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TC00
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TE00
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TM00
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TO02
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TO03
USBSTOR\CDROM&VEN_TSSTCORP&PROD_CDDVDW_SN-208AB&REV_TO04
USBSTOR\RAW

cheers

ixtab · 04-06-2013, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by squatlor

I have a KT, made the kubrick CD, shutdown, reboot, I get the option to go into options (bios, where I can confirm CD is first in boot order) and recovery (starts up samsung recovery)

this disappears after a few seconds and I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor, I cannot type.

my device is tsstcorp cddvdw sn-208ab, it is not so old or new

If you don't even see the Kubrick splash screen (cf. the first picture of the first post), then your device doesn't even try to - or cannot - boot from the CD. That's a different problem than the one previously discussed (where the CD boots but can't be mounted by the OS because of missing drivers), and there's nothing I can do about it. Make sure that the CD was burned properly - if it was, then my only guess is that it must be some kind of BIOS or hardware problem.

knc1 · 04-06-2013, 08:37 AM

View the files on your CD - -
If you see only one - - it was burned as a data disk, rather than as a bootable disk.

ixtab · 04-06-2013, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

View the files on your CD - -
If you see only one - - it was burned as a data disk, rather than as a bootable disk.

very good point.

twobob · 04-06-2013, 09:23 AM

Just so you know... I talked squatlor through doing the entire process manually, he is not in a "holding pattern" on this one.

aditya3098 · 04-06-2013, 10:07 AM

Sorry if I did not read that thread fully, but how the HELL did you compress that live usb image???

ixtab · 04-06-2013, 10:13 AM

Using "zip -9".

The point is that there is almost nothing on the image except for a partition table and a few MB of files - plus almost a GB of zeroes. And these can be compressed to 20 bytes or so.

So, no magic here unfortunately - the only important thing was to zero out everything before formatting and putting files

Insider tip: That's also how I optimized the main partition images. Simply mounting it, "dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/zeroes; rm /mnt/zeroes" will also allow to pack filesystem images efficiently. That reduced the compressed size about 20-50 MB for each image... And of course, using lzma instead of gzip makes a huge difference too.

fanxf · 04-07-2013, 10:19 PM

Excellent jobs!
It makes the debrick work efficently.
I burned your boot.iso into CD, and reboot my pc from CD.
After flash the kernel and partition successfuly,my KT device reboot,but always take 4~8 hours(mabye the whole night

) to get into the diags mode.

Is any other problem that my KT has?

knc1 · 04-08-2013, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanxf

Excellent jobs!
It makes the debrick work efficently.
I burned your boot.iso into CD, and reboot my pc from CD.
After flash the kernel and partition successfuly,my KT device reboot,but always take 4~8 hours(mabye the whole night

) to get into the diags mode.

Is any other problem that my KT has?

The only thing that I can think of that would take that long is a complete file system check with many errors.

Look in the log files for information on what it is doing ;
and/or
Install KUAL and the Dmesg -> Document button which may show information about the problem in the kernel message buffer.

Note: KUBRICK does not alter two of the file systems on the user's Kindle (by design).

fanxf · 04-08-2013, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

The only thing that I can think of that would take that long is a complete file system check with many errors.

Look in the log files for information on what it is doing ;
and/or
Install KUAL and the Dmesg -> Document button which may show information about the problem in the kernel message buffer.

Note: KUBRICK does not alter two of the file systems on the user's Kindle (by design).

Sorry, can you explain "Install KUAL and the Dmesg -> Document button "with more detail?

And can I format the kindle disk in "usb model"?

Now it has almost ten hours after I flash the kernel img. It still show me the person under tree pic.

knc1 · 04-08-2013, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanxf

Sorry, can you explain "Install KUAL and the Dmesg -> Document button "with more detail?

And can I format the kindle disk in "usb model"?

Now it has almost ten hours after I flash the kernel img. It still show me the person under tree pic.

1) https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=203326

2) No and I would not assume a solution until we know the problem (kernel logs would help, see 1 above).

3) Keep it connected to external power, it may be in a low-battery state (ignore the charge indicator color - just plug the little sucker in - wall charger would be best).

euphwes · 04-08-2013, 03:42 PM

ixtab,

I'm having the same issues with the missing Java files that the other guy was having. I burned a bootable DVD from the boot.iso in kubrick-k3-k4-k5.zip (version 3.3 from the first page of this thread). You'll be interested to know that after the Java file error, I can CD to /media/cdrom/, but LS tells me that directory is empty. No kubrick subdirectory, and no other subdirectories at all. If I browse the bootable CD in Windows, there is clearly a kubrick folder, which contains (among other files) java.sfs.

I tried using that diagnostic boot.iso you posted a few days ago at http://ixtab.tk/boot.iso, which succeeded. It told me everything was fine. I can cd to /media/cdrom/kubrick, and an ls shows me that java.sfs is present.

Hopefully this helps you! I'm not sure what you did differently between the two isos.

I'm going to try to use one of the CD isos, but convert it to a DVD image and burn that instead. Unfortunately, I only have blank DVDs at home, no CDs!

04-06-2013, 10:13 AM	#295
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736092 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	Using "zip -9". The point is that there is almost nothing on the image except for a partition table and a few MB of files - plus almost a GB of zeroes. And these can be compressed to 20 bytes or so. So, no magic here unfortunately - the only important thing was to zero out everything before formatting and putting files Insider tip: That's also how I optimized the main partition images. Simply mounting it, "dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/zeroes; rm /mnt/zeroes" will also allow to pack filesystem images efficiently. That reduced the compressed size about 20-50 MB for each image... And of course, using lzma instead of gzip makes a huge difference too. Last edited by ixtab; 04-06-2013 at 10:18 AM.

04-07-2013, 10:19 PM	#296
fanxf Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: KT	always take 4~8 hours to get into the diags mode Excellent jobs! It makes the debrick work efficently. I burned your boot.iso into CD, and reboot my pc from CD. After flash the kernel and partition successfuly,my KT device reboot,but always take 4~8 hours(mabye the whole night) to get into the diags mode. Is any other problem that my KT has?

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DanBen Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: none	Hi! As you folks can see i'm new here and need a bit of help with 'debricking' a kindle 4. I intend on trying the Live USB stick method, i downloaded the file and read the readme.txt file. One thing i'm not sure of is which iso image i should chose to copy to the efi/boot folder: I'm not sure what's the difference between the Live DVD to the Live CD/DVD (thar relate to the K4 of course) - which one should i download? Thanks in advance! Daniel

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dsmid Linux devotee Posts: 598 Karma: 2069047 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3, Kindle 4B, Kindle PW2	I suppose the only difference is that the DVD contains K3 images as well. Just use kubrick-k4-k5.zip.

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squatlor Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: kindle 4	I have a KT, made the kubrick CD, shutdown, reboot, I get the option to go into options (bios, where I can confirm CD is first in boot order) and recovery (starts up samsung recovery) this disappears after a few seconds and I get a blank screen with a blinking cursor, I cannot type. my device is tsstcorp cddvdw sn-208ab, it is not so old or new

04-06-2013, 08:37 AM	#291
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	View the files on your CD - - If you see only one - - it was burned as a data disk, rather than as a bootable disk.

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04-06-2013, 10:07 AM	#294
aditya3098 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 1588610 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe	Sorry if I did not read that thread fully, but how the HELL did you compress that live usb image???

04-08-2013, 03:42 PM	#300
euphwes Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 22222 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: Kindle Touch	ixtab, I'm having the same issues with the missing Java files that the other guy was having. I burned a bootable DVD from the boot.iso in kubrick-k3-k4-k5.zip (version 3.3 from the first page of this thread). You'll be interested to know that after the Java file error, I can CD to /media/cdrom/, but LS tells me that directory is empty. No kubrick subdirectory, and no other subdirectories at all. If I browse the bootable CD in Windows, there is clearly a kubrick folder, which contains (among other files) java.sfs. I tried using that diagnostic boot.iso you posted a few days ago at http://ixtab.tk/boot.iso, which succeeded. It told me everything was fine. I can cd to /media/cdrom/kubrick, and an ls shows me that java.sfs is present. Hopefully this helps you! I'm not sure what you did differently between the two isos. I'm going to try to use one of the CD isos, but convert it to a DVD image and burn that instead. Unfortunately, I only have blank DVDs at home, no CDs!

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