This is my mother's Kindle. I believe it's a 3rd-gen; it has no cameras and a 7" screen. She's elderly so I doubt she's done any playing with the firmware.
It boots to a screen that says "Enter Boot Password". She'd contacted Amazon, who tried "a few things", and then told her she'd need to buy a new one. I'd prefer to fix hers instead.
I tried booting to the recovery mode (power-volume down) several times. Lots of messages about "Failed to mount /cache (invalid argument)", and then "Reset to Factory Defaults" spends some time churning before returning me to the boot password prompt.
I downloaded a "Kindle Unbrick Utility". In the batch files it called, Adb reported "device not found". Found instructions for a tweak to an .inf file to get Windows to recognize the device and now get "device offline" instead, which isn't much better. New install of Android Studio reports that the device is unauthorized; since I can't get in, I can't authorize things nor turn on Developer mode.
I've read enough to know that a Fastboot cable is another thing that may help but what I don't know is if it's worth pursuing, or is this Kindle suitable for parts only? Is there another route I should be following on trying to get it working again?
It boots to a screen that says "Enter Boot Password". She'd contacted Amazon, who tried "a few things", and then told her she'd need to buy a new one. I'd prefer to fix hers instead.
I tried booting to the recovery mode (power-volume down) several times. Lots of messages about "Failed to mount /cache (invalid argument)", and then "Reset to Factory Defaults" spends some time churning before returning me to the boot password prompt.
I downloaded a "Kindle Unbrick Utility". In the batch files it called, Adb reported "device not found". Found instructions for a tweak to an .inf file to get Windows to recognize the device and now get "device offline" instead, which isn't much better. New install of Android Studio reports that the device is unauthorized; since I can't get in, I can't authorize things nor turn on Developer mode.
I've read enough to know that a Fastboot cable is another thing that may help but what I don't know is if it's worth pursuing, or is this Kindle suitable for parts only? Is there another route I should be following on trying to get it working again?
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