I got a paperwhite2 for a few bucks, which could turn on but is stuck on a language selection screen. Doing a long press seems to reboot the device, and I can see the boy under the tree screen, and then I return to the language selection screen. Pressing on the screen doesn't register any sort of response, and I suspect it's a hardware problem...
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I've charged this for ten days, but I don't see any change.
When I connect it to my Ubuntu computer, lsusb finds the connection:
$lsusb
$dmesg
$sudo ls -l /dev/disk/by-id
address is confirmed but attempting to mount it gets me the error:
fdisk -l doesn't tell me anything:
Is there anything I can try that wouldn't require me to take it apart at this point?
I've charged this for ten days, but I don't see any change.
When I connect it to my Ubuntu computer, lsusb finds the connection:
$lsusb
Code:
Bus 003 Device 012: ID 1949:0004 Lab126, Inc. Amazon Kindle 3/4/PaperwhiteCode:
[204862.475368] usb 3-2: new high-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[204862.498386] usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=1949, idProduct=0004
[204862.498393] usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[204862.498397] usb 3-2: Product: Amazon Kindle
[204862.498400] usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Amazon
[204862.498403] usb 3-2: SerialNumber: [XXXXXX]
[204863.734945] usb-storage 3-2:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[204863.735055] scsi6 : usb-storage 3-2:1.0
[204863.735155] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[204864.734012] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access Kindle Internal Storage 0100 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
[204864.734387] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
[204864.742921] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable diskCode:
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jun 2 14:22 usb-Kindle_Internal_Storage_XXXXX-0:0 -> ../../sdbCode:
no medium found on /dev/sdbCode:
no medium found on /dev/sdb