05-07-2012, 03:43 AM | #496 |
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Thank you NiLuJe! I've proceeded accordingly (instructions for usbnetwork via launchpad: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=159502)
(kindlevncviewer worked as well, by the way) |
05-15-2012, 05:19 PM | #497 |
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Hey guys,
i would like to install either the 3.2.1 or 3.3 on my dx but doesn't have a Kindle 3. Is there someone who could help me out? Thanks a lot! |
07-15-2012, 07:52 PM | #498 |
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Hi, Am on KDXG 3.2.1 (got one off ebay). I am not able to purchase games from amazon.
I think DX with 2.5.8 compat check is failing. Is there a way around this? Spoof the version or something like that? |
07-21-2012, 10:23 AM | #499 | |
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put the original system back and do factory reset then install KDXG 3.2.1 again |
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07-21-2012, 11:15 AM | #500 |
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Hi Yifanlu,
thank you very much for the asesome install package. I could manage to install V3.3 (from my updated Kindle K3W V3.3) to my DXG by simply repacking (and signing) your update_k3w-3.1-create_updater.bin with 3.3 key. Also nearly all the other hacks I'd tried are working after the same repack procedure. (f.ex.: usbnet, german language pack v0.91, launchpad, fbreader, etc.) If you also want to try it, do it with the kindle_update_tool.py - and updated V3.3 sign key included (but still at your own risk :-): 1. step: unpack .bin to .tgz with e option, then 2. step: repack .tgz to .bin with c option and --dxg suboption Only TTS I could up to now not make working, don't know if this is a side effect, because I've not resetted my DXG before upgrading. Greeting DrNWM |
07-27-2012, 04:31 PM | #501 |
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Thanks to Yifanlu for the great install package, and to the whole community for supporting the efforts of all Kindle DXers to get the most out of their reading devices!
I would also like to "downgrade" back to 2.5.8, at least temporarily. Unfortunately, I somehow have lost the backup file, update_restore-k2-os.bin. Is there anyone in the forum that would be willing to share their copy of this file with me? I am using a Kindle DXG, and I assume that the file should also come from a graphite Kindle to be sure it will "take" correctly. Thanks! |
08-03-2012, 01:11 AM | #502 | |
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And just to double-check: to make your 3.3 script create the correct bin-file do I need to use the rootfs.img which was created by the back up script while DX was on 2.5.8 or do I need to generate a new one on my DX (which is now on 3.2.1) if I want to migrate from 3.2.1 to 3.3? |
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08-10-2012, 08:49 AM | #503 | ||
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I've only made very minor modifications to the source provided by yifanlu to get it working with a k3 already running 3.3. Quote:
The package generated on the k3 is always a full recover package for the k2. You can use it for up and downgrades. (Also be handy if you bricked the kindle. Should be usable to revover it as long as the recovery menu still works. But never needed that...) That's also the reason it factory resets the kindle. The complete OS partition will be overwritten. It will keep books, through. They are on another partition. Last edited by deagol; 08-10-2012 at 08:51 AM. |
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08-16-2012, 06:03 PM | #504 |
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Hello
Anyone tried this hack on DX International (White One) ? |
09-09-2012, 10:46 AM | #505 |
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update kernel on DXG with yifanlu's recovery kernel
I'm running updated DXG with yifanlu's recovery kernel and now I would like to recompile it with kexec support.
I guess I can create custom package based on prepare image from this update, but I wouldn't want to loose recovery features or brick Kindle on first try. @yifanlu can you point me in right direction or provide recovery image for DXG with kexec if you have toolchain setup for kernel recompile handy? |
09-09-2012, 11:04 AM | #506 |
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@dpavlin: Yifan's writeups on this are here (building) and there (patching the update/recovery).
Seaniko7 also did some stuff with Kindle kernels, here for example. And here's a small patch for the 3.3 kernel to at least *build* on a recent system. If you intend to flash *everything* (kernel + modules + support files), I think any (working ) toolchain will do, but if you want to mix & match, you'll have to use something mostly matching Amazon's TC (twobob might steer you in the right direction here, he's done it ). Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-09-2012 at 11:08 AM. |
09-09-2012, 12:36 PM | #507 |
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2006q3 2007q3 CS TC I used from the Kek archives.
(Think that should be IS solid all that way up to 2007q3) Included a kexec for your delectation. readelf: Spoiler:
kexec --help on the kindle Spoiler:
As usual these are just the raw files. No effort has been made to enable these to be actually "installed" or "used" - they are provided AS-IS. (hint... these just pretty much run anywho) @dpavlin The buildroot thread contains a list of tips for such an undertaking. HTH. Last edited by twobob; 09-09-2012 at 02:09 PM. Reason: it's 2007q3 |
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Alternately: Source: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/kernel/kexec/
Configure: ./configure --prefix=/mnt/us --exec-prefix=/mnt/us --target=arm --host=i686-pc-linux --build=i686-pc-linux --without-xen flags for the 3: export ARCH_FLAGS="-march=armv6j -mtune=arm1136jf-s -mfpu=vfp" export CFLAGS="-fno-stack-protector -O2 -ffast-math ${ARCH_FLAGS} -pipe -fomit-$ export CXXFLAGS="-fno-stack-protector" CPPFLAGS="-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE" export HOST=i686-pc-linux export BUILD=arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi Might want this patch too... (in some form...) Spoiler:
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09-11-2012, 05:10 PM | #509 |
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Is there any hope that the new K3 3.4 software can be used on the DXG? I know the update just came out today, but I thought I'd ask anyway.
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