08-08-2024, 06:35 AM | #1 |
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Amazon Kindle 10th generation bricked after downgrade
I used this guide to downgradr my amazon kindle 10th generation to version 5.12.5: https://kindlemodding.gitbook.io/kin...indle-firmware
The downgrade was succesful but now my kindle shows a white screen. It shows the screensaver when I press the power button and also the reboot menu when long pressing the power button. I tried rebooting, but it didn't help. I also tried long pressing the power button to force a reboot, but it didn't help either. Is there any way to save my kindle or do I have to throw it away? |
08-08-2024, 09:41 AM | #2 |
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If that Kindle still gets seen as a removable drive when you connect it to a computer using USB cable you should use your computer to create a file with filename "DO_FACTORY_RESTORE" (so file shouldn't have any extensions, if you're creating the file on Windows using Explorer it will add ".txt" extension so you'll need to use rename to remove the extension) > eject Kindle from you computer > unplug USB cable > press and hold power button on Kindle for 20-30 seconds / until it force reboots.
That should trigger a factory reset and after that hopefully your firmware downgraded Kindle should be functional again. After that make sure to reinstall jailbreak hotfix and restart / reboot your Kidle 2-3 times. Here you go, to make sure you don't mess-up creating that extensionless file I've done it for you, just unzip / unpack that zip file into the "root" ( = top level) level of Kindle drive: unzip_me.zip Last edited by shamanNS; 08-08-2024 at 09:46 AM. |
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