Hello Everyone,
I am trying to downgrade my Kindle KT2 and have been following these instructions:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=272132
as well as these instructions about setting up USB networking: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kin...USB_Networking
My Kindle is now recognized by (my friend's) Windows PC as a network device. Now the next step is to access the Kindle via the PC using a program like PuTTY. This is where I have run into another snag, probably due to my inexperience using programs like PuTTY.
The instructions are:
"Then go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings. Find the Local Area Connection # with small text "Unidentified Network, RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget" below, Right click on it and click properties, choose the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties, click "Use the following IP address" and enter IP address 192.168.15.201, and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask, click OK twice. (take a look at the discussion page if you have problems finding the RNDIS connection)
Open your remote terminal application, and connect as root to the address 192.168.15.244, leaving the password empty (or use mario if all else fails)."
I did the "change adapter settings" bit and entered the IP address 192.168.15.201, and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask.
Then I opened PuTTY and tried typing in 192.168.15.201. That gave me just a small blank black screen. Then I tried typing 192.168.15.244 (according to the instructions at the other thread : "6. Once USB networking is enabled you should be able to ssh into the Kindle - in PuTTY connect to 192.168.15.244 ip address, leaving the port to default (22); enter root as the username and mario as the password - you should see the root prompt". Same small blank black screen.
In either case there was no prompt for username and password, and I don't know how to "connect as root." I simply typed each of the two ip addresses into PuTTY, with no success either time.
I have never used PuTTY before and am a novice in this whole area. Does anyone know what I need to do to access the Kindle via PuTTY now? This would enable me to proceed with the next steps (from 7. onward) of the downgrading instructions (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=272132)
Thank you in advance!
I am trying to downgrade my Kindle KT2 and have been following these instructions:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=272132
as well as these instructions about setting up USB networking: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kin...USB_Networking
My Kindle is now recognized by (my friend's) Windows PC as a network device. Now the next step is to access the Kindle via the PC using a program like PuTTY. This is where I have run into another snag, probably due to my inexperience using programs like PuTTY.
The instructions are:
"Then go to Control Panel > Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center > Change adapter settings. Find the Local Area Connection # with small text "Unidentified Network, RNDIS/Ethernet Gadget" below, Right click on it and click properties, choose the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and click Properties, click "Use the following IP address" and enter IP address 192.168.15.201, and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask, click OK twice. (take a look at the discussion page if you have problems finding the RNDIS connection)
Open your remote terminal application, and connect as root to the address 192.168.15.244, leaving the password empty (or use mario if all else fails)."
I did the "change adapter settings" bit and entered the IP address 192.168.15.201, and 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask.
Then I opened PuTTY and tried typing in 192.168.15.201. That gave me just a small blank black screen. Then I tried typing 192.168.15.244 (according to the instructions at the other thread : "6. Once USB networking is enabled you should be able to ssh into the Kindle - in PuTTY connect to 192.168.15.244 ip address, leaving the port to default (22); enter root as the username and mario as the password - you should see the root prompt". Same small blank black screen.
In either case there was no prompt for username and password, and I don't know how to "connect as root." I simply typed each of the two ip addresses into PuTTY, with no success either time.
I have never used PuTTY before and am a novice in this whole area. Does anyone know what I need to do to access the Kindle via PuTTY now? This would enable me to proceed with the next steps (from 7. onward) of the downgrading instructions (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=272132)
Thank you in advance!