(KT5) 😭 Kindle is bricked after manual install of apk/python3.11

codersquare · Yesterday, 07:37 AM

Hi i was installing python3.11 from that one forum post from here (forgot which one) and afterwards i found out that i had unzipped the install dir in the /mnt/us/documents folder (that meant sh_integration found the building sh files and added them to the homepage..)
So after i installed python, i mounted the alpine.ext3 file and then copied over the files needed for apk to work (like the sbin and lib files. I copied the apk from alpine-kindle over because the kpm package manager from kindleforge gave a bad version of apk which gave library errors) and this apk version worked and i tested it out by installing zsh.

But, after that when i deleted the python unzipped dir from my documents folder, sh_integration removed it from the home page as well, but since there were so many sh files removed the homepage glitched out and showed only the "Run Hotfix" applet (that too was misaligned) and so i decided to restart to fix it and.... It got stuck on the "boy with kindle under tree" screen (without even showing the boot progress bar) with the error on the bottom saying "U E failed to start sshd" (i have usbnetlite on there too btw)

Help will be appreciated as it took a long time to setup my kindle the way i wanted lmao.

JSWolf · Yesterday, 09:12 AM

Just a quick note. There is no KT5. The only KT is the Kindle Touch. What you have is called a K5 (Kindle 5th Gen).

shamanNS · Yesterday, 11:31 AM

@JSWolf
False. The context in which "K5" is used here in MobileRead developers community is equal to "all Kindles using v5 firmware branch" (and very rarely K5 is in same sense as KT, = Kindle Touch = the first ever touchscreen Kindle and the first device using v5.x firmware branch). And all basic Kindle models (aka Kindle Basic) with touchscreen that were released after Paperwhite are referred to KT2, KT3... 2 variants of non-touchscreen Kindle both use alias "K4" (and "K4B").

Also the model on that picture isn't what Amazon calls Kindle 5th gen, it's 7+ gen basic.

So, stop butting into conversations and topics your objectively ignorant about.

j.p.s · Yesterday, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Just a quick note. There is no KT5. The only KT is the Kindle Touch. What you have is called a K5 (Kindle 5th Gen).

Yes, there is. From:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Serial_Numbers

Code:

G002AQ  Kindle Basic 4 (2022)   KT5     [Support added in KindleTool 1.7.0]
G002AP,G092AP   Kindle Basic 4 (2022)   KT5     [Support added in KindleTool 1.7.0]

Yesterday, 07:37 AM	#1
codersquare Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle 11th Gen (KT5)	(KT5) 😭 Kindle is bricked after manual install of apk/python3.11 Hi i was installing python3.11 from that one forum post from here (forgot which one) and afterwards i found out that i had unzipped the install dir in the /mnt/us/documents folder (that meant sh_integration found the building sh files and added them to the homepage..) So after i installed python, i mounted the alpine.ext3 file and then copied over the files needed for apk to work (like the sbin and lib files. I copied the apk from alpine-kindle over because the kpm package manager from kindleforge gave a bad version of apk which gave library errors) and this apk version worked and i tested it out by installing zsh. But, after that when i deleted the python unzipped dir from my documents folder, sh_integration removed it from the home page as well, but since there were so many sh files removed the homepage glitched out and showed only the "Run Hotfix" applet (that too was misaligned) and so i decided to restart to fix it and.... It got stuck on the "boy with kindle under tree" screen (without even showing the boot progress bar) with the error on the bottom saying "U E failed to start sshd" (i have usbnetlite on there too btw) Help will be appreciated as it took a long time to setup my kindle the way i wanted lmao. Attached Thumbnails

Yesterday, 11:31 AM	#3
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,139 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	@JSWolf False. The context in which "K5" is used here in MobileRead developers community is equal to "all Kindles using v5 firmware branch" (and very rarely K5 is in same sense as KT, = Kindle Touch = the first ever touchscreen Kindle and the first device using v5.x firmware branch). And all basic Kindle models (aka Kindle Basic) with touchscreen that were released after Paperwhite are referred to KT2, KT3... 2 variants of non-touchscreen Kindle both use alias "K4" (and "K4B"). Also the model on that picture isn't what Amazon calls Kindle 5th gen, it's 7+ gen basic. So, stop butting into conversations and topics your objectively ignorant about. Last edited by shamanNS; Yesterday at 11:45 AM.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Kindle KT5 fails to install hotfix after reset.	leadus	Kindle Developer's Corner	2	01-12-2025 10:16 AM
On a Linux base with python3 I can't install/setup calibre-6.23.0 ...	Albretch Mueller	Workshop	3	07-20-2023 01:19 AM
Python3: Install 3rd party modules	yparitcher	Kindle Developer's Corner	0	12-15-2021 11:33 PM
Cannot install Calibre Server in Ubuntu 20.04 - script keeps grabbing python3.8	Scatershot	Server	3	06-07-2020 02:08 AM
Aura How to install python3 in Kobo Aura?	guchai25	Kobo Reader	0	11-12-2019 10:41 AM

Yesterday, 09:12 AM	#2
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,845 Karma: 150249631 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Just a quick note. There is no KT5. The only KT is the Kindle Touch. What you have is called a K5 (Kindle 5th Gen).

Advert