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DX(G) Does anyone have a Kindle dxg firmware 2.5.8 restore file to downgrade from 3.2.1?

September 8, 2015, 7:18 am
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I updated my Kindle time ago and all the backups were gone... I need to restore my kindle firmware in order install some hacks that are not working ok on 3.3

If anyone can upload or send me in any way the update_restore_os.bin file of the kindle DX Graphite model will be really appreciated.

Thanks!
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liberator vs kpdfviewer

September 8, 2015, 10:17 am
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can someone please give me an overview of the current differences between the two?

It seems liberator hasn't been updated for a while. I need this for mostly 2-column pdfs, and would like the one with lower battery consumption and more stable.

thanks
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Voyage frontlight and ~ds

September 10, 2015, 1:03 pm
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I've always jailbroken my kindles and used the personal screensavers, fonts, KUAL (and am so appreciative of the hard work that goes into those!) so have been hesitant to get a Voyage, but I thought I had it figured out. With Calibre and css for embedding fonts, margins and justification, font ramp and ~ds, I decided I could be happy with a Voyage without personal screensavers. The one thing I didn't count on was that the PW2 I was using reacts differently to ~ds. It shuts off the frontlight, leaving the reading page showing on the screen and goes to sleep. The Voyage, of course, leaves the light on forever. :| What I'm wondering is if anyone has a suggestion for making the light turn off after a timeout with the screensaver disabled. I'm assuming not since they seem to be linked on the Voyage, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. I fall asleep reading and hate waking up two hours later to find the light still on. I also hate waking up and having to look at the Amazon screensavers, not to mention using that on/off button on the back under the Origami front cover, but that's another problem. And no, I'm not brave enough to try the JB with serial port. At least not yet. I'm old and timid. Thanks for any feedback!
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k3 3g version3.4.2 can not install lanuchpad.

September 10, 2015, 6:10 pm
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my kindle3 is 3g+wifi.I have jailbreak and use kual to install launchpad.bin，but it cannot work，who can help me ，thanks very much.
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PW2 Repair Needed

September 10, 2015, 10:18 pm
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Need a solution for this Kindle.The problem is that the Kindle self-ejects from my computer after it has been plugged in for a few seconds, so I can't type DO_FACTORY_RESTORE into its root directory. Do you perhaps know how to keep it from ejecting?

Thank you,

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Kindleberry ?

September 11, 2015, 2:20 pm
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Hi all,

I found some info on the web a few months ago, about using a kindle as a raspberry pi screen,

and wanted to know if anyone has any experience with this ?

I have a kindle dx graphite, however have mostly found tutorials for other kindle models (kindle3, 4, paperwhite, ...), would this also work on the DX(G)?

Another question, is what can you do with a kindleberry? what kind of programs could you run?
(what interests me, is the possibility to use mouse/keyboard, so are there text editors on rapberry pi's ? (I've nevre used one...))

(Another question, would this also work with other e-readers, like onyx M96 (It seems to work on other andoid tablets, does anyone know if usb tethering is enabled on the M96?), or Sony DPT-S1?)

Thanks in advance !!!

PS: Something like this looks quite cool !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh-DIcZ6BA4

(but I haven't found a tutorial for the dx, would it be the same steps as for the kinlde 3?)


PPS: has anyone tried this ?: http://www.adafruit.com/product/1303
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PW2 Revert 5.6.5 to 5.4.0 via serial

September 15, 2015, 4:16 pm
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I have a Kindle PW2 that lost its jailbreak during a OTA upgrade to 5.6.5 - despite trying to save via the hotfix (I didn't realize someone took device out of airplane). I have a 1.8v serial adapter from some electronics kit and was planning on running the serial port jailbreak and getting back to 5.4.0 (the last firmware that worked correctly with Collection Manager). I have downgraded a couple of other PW2s from 5.4.2 to 5.4.0 and found that to be very straightforward via ssh.

My question: Instead of
1) soldering up the serial TTL cable
2) getting root pw via python
3) booting into diag via bootm 0xE41000
4) running jb script
5) installing rescue pack
6) dd-ing the main partition and kernel

Can I:
1) Solder serial
2) dd the main partition and kernel via
zcat /mnt/us/mmcblk0p1.bin.gz| dd of=/dev/mmcblk0p1 bs=4096
dd if=/mnt/us/main_kernel.img of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4096 seek=65
3) reboot into 5.4.0 then jailbreak using standard tool

Trying to make this as simple as possible - any suggestions appreciated.

Cheers!
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K3 Help debugging two kindle 3's with frozen screens, but otherwise functional.

September 17, 2015, 4:10 am
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Hi. First, thanks for all the work you do here, I've been able to make the most out of my kindle because of your hacks. Unfortunately now the screen on my k3 has stopped working.

A while ago I got another k3 from a family member in the same condition as mine is now. Both are responsive as diagnosed by the led and turning on the voice guide, and USB access. Also, mine is rooted and has the USBnetwork hack installed (and other hacks too). Apart from the screen they both seem perfectly fine. Also, the screens look fine too! Could they might still be broken even though I can't see it, in which case I'm out of luck...

When I first got the old one, and mine was still fine, I disassembled them and swapped the screens to check if buying a new screen would help (I had already cracked mine's original screen and successfully replaced it). But neither the old one with mine's then fine screen, nor mine with the old one's frozen one worked. This was weird. I expected the old one to work with a functional screen, but it didn't, so I didn't buy another screen for it, since I was still using mine. (Maybe the two screens were not compatible or something, which would mean that I got lucky when replacing the original cracked screen).

Now that one has frozen. I've rebooted it many times with no luck. I think I got into diags mode by holding the HOME button when powering up, and then out of it with x (googled for screenshot of diags mode), with no change in the screen. I didn't want to use the ENABLE_DIAGS method because I might get stuck with no usb mode, and besides, I can run the diags via ssh anyway, right?

Tried clearing the screen with `eips -c`, but no luck. Tried running /opt/eink/scripts/diag and I get:
Quote:
eips: pixel_in_range> (612, 580) pixel not in range (0..600, 0..800)
eips: pixel_in_range> (624, 580) pixel not in range (0..600, 0..800)
eips: pixel_in_range> (636, 580) pixel not in range (0..600, 0..800)
eips: pixel_in_range> (648, 580) pixel not in range (0..600, 0..800)
eips: pixel_in_range> (660, 580) pixel not in range (0..600, 0..800)
eips: pixel_in_range> (672, 580) pixel not in range (0..600, 0..800)
I haven't done a factory reset on mine because I would loose all the hacks, right?, and I don't know if it would help since it didn't help the other one.

Any ideas on what might be wrong? Are the screens physically dead even though I can't see damage? Anything else I can run to diagnose the problem?

Thank you very much, sorry for the long post.
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K5 Fixing a defunct PW1

September 18, 2015, 12:04 pm
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Good news! I scored a free Kindle PaperWhite!

Bad news! It's free because it's broken.

I believe this is a PW1; the pictures of the inside certainly match. It's third hand from somebody who got it from somebody. The screen's frozen at the book reader page (showing Atlas Shrugged...).

When connected to power, the orange light comes on, but nothing otherwise happens. If I hold the power button down for 30 seconds the light goes off, to come back on again when I release the power; and sometimes (but not always) the computer I plug it into show USB error messages indicating that it's on the bus but is not accepting an address.

My assumption, therefore, is that it's getting partway through kernel boot and then panicking.

The next step is to hook up the serial port and see what it says. However, given the unutterable tinyness of the serial pads, and my not-very-good soldering skills (do I *really* need to solder to the *bottom* of that surface mount resistor? http://www.mobileread.com/forums/att...8&d=1352503423) I thought I'd better check first:

* Has anyone figured out a way to get the PW1 into USB Recovery or Fastboot mode without needing serial port access?

The light going off after holding the power button down suggests it's waiting for someone to press the magic key. Which, of course, the PW1 doesn't have. Are there a couple of pads to short, or something?

(Also, if anyone can suggest anything else to do before I wreck the thing, I'd be very grateful --- it's probably suffered hardware failure and is beyond hope anyway, but it'd be interesting to try.)

(Also, is that an unpopulated micro-SD card reader on the edge of the motherboard? Hmm...)
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DX(G) how to unbrick my Kindle？

September 20, 2015, 10:19 pm
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Hi all,
my kindle dx maybe bricked.
the original version 2.1.1(actually 2.1.1 + ufhack0.1 ), ufhack can be used to translate english into chinese
i use a friend of mine's restore.(he also give rootfs.img to me,but i dont know how to use it.）restore2.5.8-os
then my kindle dx stop at the screen"your kindle is starting up this can take a minute"
then, i use amazon's update_kindle_3.2.1 .it's still stop at the screen....
then, i use my friend's restore....
then, repeat the above action....

now ,my dx is still stop at that screen about three days...
I can enter 'Recovery Mode' by holding 'Home'
This then gives me a screen displaying the following:

"Your Device Is in Reovery Mode.To exit this mode, press the (R 4) key.
If you need to update your Kindle through Recovery Mode, please call Customer Service for rurther assisstance at 1-866-321-8851 or 1-206-266-0927. For UK customers, please call +44(0)800 496-2499."

In this mode I can access the document via USB and transfer files.

I'm worried about it
could someone Show me a way to sovle this problem ? thanks!
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Bare metal images via mfgtool/imx_usb_loader

September 22, 2015, 2:17 pm
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I see from this thread:

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2185626

...that some people were working on running writing custom images which get deployed via mfgtool of imx_usb_loader, for experimenting with various aspects of the system.

Did anyone ever get one of these doing anything at all interesting, and if so, is the source available? For example: drawing something on to the screen, although I'd be happy enough just making the LED blink.

I know I can also go and start dissecting u-boot, but it would save time if someone had already done one.
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Tools 5.6.5 Jailbreak

September 25, 2015, 3:41 pm
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Have a working 5.6.5 jailbreak. Currently waiting on Amazon to triage and hopefully issue a patch in the next couple of weeks. I will not distribute it until then unless Amazon indicates they don't care or are taking an abnormally long time to fix it. I would hope to have it released before the end of October.

Only tested on a PW2/PW3 at the moment. There is a small chance it will work on any device with a 5.6.5 port, but I can't promise anything. There's also a chance it won't work on some devices entirely. Who knows. :)

NiLuJe can verify next time he's online.

For now I'd recommend sticking in airplane mode if you're looking to jailbreak. If we still have any active developers, searching for a new anti-update mechanism that doesn't require root would be handy. I'm a bit tired of the Kindle at this point and just want to use it for reading. ;)

Special thanks to NiLuJe for letting me pester him with far too many questions. :thumbsup:
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K3 [IDEA] In Progress: Kindlet IDE

September 25, 2015, 7:31 pm
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Introducing Kindle IDE,

I am developing (attempting to) write an on-device IDE, you'll be able to write Kindlet's on your Kindle away from your computer.

Any advice?
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K2 usbnetworking and terminal questions

September 27, 2015, 8:10 am
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Hi -

Does anybody offer support on ancient technology any more?

I am now the proud owner of three formerly owned Kindle 2nd gen Internationals (serial codes B003xxxxxxxxxxxx). I’m interested in running them as little Linux boxes, so I’ve been reading as much as I can about it. I was able to jailbreak (update_jailbreak_0.4_k2i_uninstall.bin), install the screen saver hack (Update_ss_0.47.N_k2i_uninstall.bin), and get usbnetwork (Update_usbnetwork_0.57.N_k2i_uninstall.bin) working (using ;debugon `usbnetwork I could telnet or ssh in) with my macbook running Yosemite. I apologize if I’m giving too much detail here, but I figured better too much than too little. I wasn’t able to get a terminal of any kind running on it, because I wasn’t sure which way to go with that. I tried MyTS, but I couldn’t get it to launch. So that’s question 1 - how do I do that?

Question 2 is weirder, at least to me. I decided to configure the second Kindle like the first one, and no matter what I did, I could not get it to mount in network mode. I did the installs, no luck. I uninstalled the usbnetwork patch and reinstalled it, no luck (it didn’t even delete the subnetwork directory on the kindle). I did a factory reset and started over again, and no change. I copied over the usbnetwork directory from the Kindle where it worked, and still nothing (I didn’t really expect much from that, because I still can’t look at anything above the mount point).

What am I missing, and any ideas of how to proceed?
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K5 menu mods?

September 28, 2015, 11:39 pm
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is there a way to add airplane mode to the drop-down menu on the pw1 (B01B version) like in the kindle 3? because i need to keep mine in offline mode or the batt is dead in a day... and it would be so much easier if i could have it im the drop-down menu

firmware 5.6.1.1
it did an auto update recently i have yet to re jb
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Duokan 2013/2014/2015 on Kindle 3, firmware 3.4.2

September 29, 2015, 1:33 pm
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I really like Duokan for reading pdf files and I had it installed on Kindle Keyboard 3 with firmware 3.4. Apparently, firmware has been updated automatically from 3.4 to 3.4.2 and Duokan has been disabled since then. When I try to install Duokan (2015 or 2014, it doesn't make a difference), option "Update Your Kindle" is greyed out. Is there any way to install Duokan or to downgrade kindle and if so, how to disable device from upgrading automatically.

Thanks a lot!
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Restoring deleted books

September 30, 2015, 11:58 am
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I would like to share with you a little experience that I had today with my kindle.
I don't know if someone has already done this (I searched on the forum but I didn't find nothing): today I accidentally deleted a book from my kindle; connecting the kindle to the computer I found the .fuse_hiddenXXXXXXXXXX file (the X's represents some numbers) in the documents directory and I renamed it with the book title (but it will work just with any name you give it) and with the original extension of the book (.azw3); the ebook reappeared on the kindle and it worked without any problem. I thought it could be useful to share this hack on this forum: maybe it will help someone.
Do you think this could be a good method to restore deleted file on a Kindle? Has someone already done this?
I would like to know what exactly is the .fuse_hidenXXXXXX file. I know that it is created when you delete an item but some process still need it, but is it created every time you delete something or just sometime? Is it a temporary file?
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Hardware Can I replace a pw2 screen with pw1 screen?

October 6, 2015, 12:45 am
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What do I have?
I have a "Paperwhite2" and "Paperwhite1"
1. the pw2 has a yellowish screen and a dot like a scratch in it that becomes brighter when using built-in lights. (dp75sdi)
2. pw1 with a bright screen or a good screen (ey21)
What do I want ?
1. I want to take the screen from pw1 and put it to my pw2
2. Can I do this. or can this be done successfully?
***Thanks***
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Cloning Kindle - docs, collection, reading progress, recents

October 6, 2015, 8:42 am
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Hello,

I've just bought a new kindle PW3 and am wondering how to get ALL my data from PW2 to this one.
On Kindle I have a lot stuff, most of it are articles from around the web (DOCS) sent using Send to Kindle, some ebooks in mobi format and something from Amazon.
I tried both these options:
- copy just the documents folder
- copy documents, system and all other folders
from old to new one.

Seems like it's working, just have a few issues:
1) collections and according docs are gone (had to be synced from cloud and only contained books from amazon and converted by amazon using my kindle email
2) read progress is not shown in the main page - progress bar is just empty. After opening the book, the progress is shown right and after returning to the main screen, the bar is refreshed for the opened book and shows progress perfectly
3) sorting by recent is gone completely. The books are unsorted.

Especially issue 2 and 3 combined means I'm complete mess in articles - cannot see which ones I read and which ones i didn't. And there are tens or maybe hundreds of those.

I guess there is some internal database which cannot be copied, which stores these settings. Is there someone who can help how to get this right?

Thank you!
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Remove FreeTime app after downgrade to 5.4.0

October 6, 2015, 4:34 pm
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Just did a serial port downgrade from 5.6.5 to 5.4.0 using ixtabs images (Done this x 3 kindles now - I'm learning to solder better). How do I get rid of the freetime app that didn't exist before 5.4.2. I can get to console via ssh if I need to.

Thanks for your help. You guys (knc1, eschwartz, ixtab, nijluje, and more) and the mobileread community have been awesome. Its amazing what a pain Amazon has made it to just to sort collections like I used to on my Kindle 3. Kindles have gotten better screens and lighting and worse end-user functionality with every release.

Cheers!
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