PW3 Anyone have kernel images?

Eveonix · 06-22-2019, 12:11 AM

Hi everyone!

I've managed to brick my paperwhite 3 2015 Wi-Fi, and didn't even know that I could backup the kernel images before I started.

ixtab.tk appears to be down, so does anyone have a working mirror or the files that I could get a copy of?

Thanks in advance!

NiLuJe · 06-22-2019, 01:29 AM

Official updates should include everything you need, unless you've been very naughty and broke diags.

Eveonix · 06-22-2019, 03:34 AM

As far as I know I didn't break diags so does that mean I can just use KindleTool to extract everything from the official image?

mergen3107 · 06-22-2019, 04:14 AM

Pretty much, yes. Diags usually contains device-sensitive content as serial etc. So other’s diags recovery image wouldn’t help you so much (depending on your recovery needs)

NiLuJe · 06-23-2019, 12:48 PM

@Eveonix: Yup. Depending on how broken it is, it's either as simple as force-feeding it an official update, or installing it manually via diags.

@mergen3107: Nope, diags certainly doesn't contain anything of the sort. It's just a minimal, well, diagnostics oriented set of rootfs + kernel.

Anything user-specific, private or otherwise, is hosted on varlocal.

mergen3107 · 07-05-2019, 05:03 PM

Ah, ok! Thanks!

06-22-2019, 12:11 AM	#1
Eveonix Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	Anyone have kernel images? Hi everyone! I've managed to brick my paperwhite 3 2015 Wi-Fi, and didn't even know that I could backup the kernel images before I started. ixtab.tk appears to be down, so does anyone have a working mirror or the files that I could get a copy of? Thanks in advance!

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06-22-2019, 01:29 AM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Official updates should include everything you need, unless you've been very naughty and broke diags.

06-22-2019, 03:34 AM	#3
Eveonix Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 3	As far as I know I didn't break diags so does that mean I can just use KindleTool to extract everything from the official image?

06-22-2019, 04:14 AM	#4
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	Pretty much, yes. Diags usually contains device-sensitive content as serial etc. So other’s diags recovery image wouldn’t help you so much (depending on your recovery needs)

06-23-2019, 12:48 PM	#5
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@Eveonix: Yup. Depending on how broken it is, it's either as simple as force-feeding it an official update, or installing it manually via diags. @mergen3107: Nope, diags certainly doesn't contain anything of the sort. It's just a minimal, well, diagnostics oriented set of rootfs + kernel. Anything user-specific, private or otherwise, is hosted on varlocal.

07-05-2019, 05:03 PM	#6
mergen3107 Wizard Posts: 1,060 Karma: 3000026 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cape Canaveral Device: Kindle Scribe	Ah, ok! Thanks!