Ok, got a bricked Kindle from my girl and have been twiddling quite some time with it now.
Bought me a USB-serial cable from FTDI, soldered the contacts on it and still nothing comes out. Checked the cables, checked for any short circuit, parameters in Hyperterm are ok, driver for it is the most recent.
The USB port seems to function (orange light goes on when plagged in), but the Kindle is not recognized (only brings a short message, but seems to be the standard one when its bricked). Doing a reset while plugged in turns off the orange LED, computer recognizes a change on the USB port, green LED flashes for a second.
Doing a a reset without the USB cable makes it also flash for a second, as well as when inserting the battery.
Battery seems to get charged properly also ,left it lying around for a month, checked the voltage, recharged it for a day and seemed to be full.
I suspect that something crashed the bootloader.
Is there any way to rewrite the thing completely ?
Bought me a USB-serial cable from FTDI, soldered the contacts on it and still nothing comes out. Checked the cables, checked for any short circuit, parameters in Hyperterm are ok, driver for it is the most recent.
The USB port seems to function (orange light goes on when plagged in), but the Kindle is not recognized (only brings a short message, but seems to be the standard one when its bricked). Doing a reset while plugged in turns off the orange LED, computer recognizes a change on the USB port, green LED flashes for a second.
Doing a a reset without the USB cable makes it also flash for a second, as well as when inserting the battery.
Battery seems to get charged properly also ,left it lying around for a month, checked the voltage, recharged it for a day and seemed to be full.
I suspect that something crashed the bootloader.
Is there any way to rewrite the thing completely ?