I have a Kindle 4 Touch. It is the model with wifi + 3g. 3g was working on it earlier but since I'm a tinkerer I used Kubrick on it. After using Kubrick 3g is unable to connect.
It is a known problem, this issue has been discussed before on this thread...
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=195975
From reading that thread we're led to believe that modifying two files would lead the 3g to connect again. Both the files reside in
/etc/kdb.src/yoshi/system/daemon/cmd/interfaces/interface2
ixtab suggested using vi to edit the files, twobob suggested using nano and being that nano is not included on the Kindle by default he made some other suggestions. At this point ixtab put forth two commands using the powerful command sed that would modify the files in question "on the go" instead of using vi or nano.
The commands in question that he suggested were
The problem with the above commands is that on my Kindle the directory cmd doesn't exist. All the directories up to daemon are there but the only two directories under that are otaup & usbnetd. No cmd. I'm also unable to locate the directory interfaces or interface2.
Well at this point, I'm a bit out of my water and instead of cluttering the other thread about using Kubrick I thought I'd create another separate thread about getting 3g functionality back on my device.
On the other thread about this issue is also a link to Kindle firmware images. Apparently on the 5.0.0 image 3g is fine but on ixtab's 5.1.2+extras image 3g is broken. I've thought about flashing the 5.0.0 image to the Kindle Touch wifi + 3g in the hopes of getting it back in fully functional condition... but I'm new to the Kindle scene and am not aware of how to flash a firmware image to the Kindle outside of Kubrick.
Any and all thoughts are welcome.
It is a known problem, this issue has been discussed before on this thread...
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=195975
From reading that thread we're led to believe that modifying two files would lead the 3g to connect again. Both the files reside in
/etc/kdb.src/yoshi/system/daemon/cmd/interfaces/interface2
ixtab suggested using vi to edit the files, twobob suggested using nano and being that nano is not included on the Kindle by default he made some other suggestions. At this point ixtab put forth two commands using the powerful command sed that would modify the files in question "on the go" instead of using vi or nano.
The commands in question that he suggested were
Code:
sed -i -e 's/^0$/1/' /etc/kdb.src/yoshi/system/daemon/cmd/interfaces/interface2/hw_present
sed -i -e 's/^1$/0/' /etc/kdb.src/yoshi/system/daemon/cmd/interfaces/interface2/force_downWell at this point, I'm a bit out of my water and instead of cluttering the other thread about using Kubrick I thought I'd create another separate thread about getting 3g functionality back on my device.
On the other thread about this issue is also a link to Kindle firmware images. Apparently on the 5.0.0 image 3g is fine but on ixtab's 5.1.2+extras image 3g is broken. I've thought about flashing the 5.0.0 image to the Kindle Touch wifi + 3g in the hopes of getting it back in fully functional condition... but I'm new to the Kindle scene and am not aware of how to flash a firmware image to the Kindle outside of Kubrick.
Any and all thoughts are welcome.