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1. Pretty sure I get what’s going on, but to be on the safe side I feel the need to ask; this won’t in anyway affect the functionality of the Kindle 3 will it?

   June 01, 2011 at 06:18 PM

2. Oh and by the way, this is AWESOME! Thanks for putting in the hard work on this!!

   June 01, 2011 at 06:18 PM

3. Will be useful, like all of your scripts :) You could name it the K3+ Updater

   June 02, 2011 at 12:01 AM

4. It doesn’t make any modifications to the kindle 3.

   June 02, 2011 at 04:32 AM

5. I tried this with my Kindle 2 International but it fails with error 0003. Any mojo that needs to be run to make this work for Kindle 2i’s? Thanks

   June 03, 2011 at 07:08 PM

6. 1) are you jailbroken? 2) do you get an “output” folder on the kindle? If so, send me the log file found inside.

   June 04, 2011 at 12:13 AM

7. I did this, and it all seemed to work fine, but it broke all my active content. I did it mostly so I could get mibbit to work on my kindle 2. I restored to factory defaults, and tried to download archived items again. It claimed to be downloading them, but they simply don’t appear. Is there any fix for this? I rather like Triple Town.

   June 17, 2011 at 02:31 AM

8. That is a known bug. The only known fix is to swap serial numbers with a kindle 3.

   June 17, 2011 at 04:23 AM

9. Regarding the “error 0003” mentioned above (post #5). I had the same problem. After looking at the log file requested by Yifan Lu I’ve realized that the script crashed because there wasn’t enough space on the hard drive. Here’s the make-backup.log:

   ota_install: I def:make-backup::checking for enough free space to continue ota_install: E def:make-backup::not enough free space to create a backup package. You need at least 900MB to continue. system: I 1-make-backup.ffs:def:drawing: eips 19 38 “You need 450MB of free space.”

   So, I temporarily moved to my computer all of my documents, and the script now works. Note: I initially had like 1.2GB of free space. So I did not expect this to be an issue.

   June 23, 2011 at 08:02 PM

10. This isn’t working for me on my Kindle DX Graphite. The “Update Software” option just remains greyed out even though I have the correct file in the root level of my Kindle DX. Any ideas?

    June 26, 2011 at 12:25 AM

11. Try copying all the bin files to your kindle. It will recognize one at least.

    June 26, 2011 at 04:13 AM

12. Hello Mr. Yifan Lu, I own a U.S Kindle 3 wifi+3G (v3.1) and a U.S. Kindle DX Graphite (v2.5.8). I went through all the steps and your updater worked flawlessly!!! Thank you very, very much.

    Observations:

    1. No problems, no errors, no hiccups in the procedure. Even hacks from Kindle 3, which presently do not exist for Kindle DX, transfered well and are working (“keybru” & “physkeyb”, which add support for special national characters). Over that, on freshly updated Kindle DX, I installed the Kindle DX version of “launcher” and “FBkindle” (FBreader port for Kindle). All works great (with one small reserve described in line 6.).
    2. Reading Kindle books is much better due to better rendering of fonts (especially visible on italics) and due to more flexible settings (line spacing).
    3. Reading PDF books is SO, SO much better due to flexible settings(adjustable darkness)and due to the possibility to move around the text, to use built-in dictionary, and to add higlights/notes. The font rendering seems improved as well.
    4. Kindle DX, in general, feels slower and laggier than Kindle 3. If it’s due to the update I can’t tell, since I updated it the same day I got it from Amazon. But sometimes, when turned off, it takes a second or two for it to go to sleep. When turned back on, it may take up to 15 seconds to wake up. Launching FBkindle can take that long as well. Opening books, going to the Home screen and browsing through menus is laggier than on Kindle 3. And all that with only a few books on the flash drive.
    5. Web browser is SO much better, it renders the webpages truethfully and the size and resolution of the display make up for a passable browsing and reading experience. But naturally, it does not come any close to web brosing on a smartphone or a tablet and thus constitutes only an emergency solution (i.e. in a foreign country thanks to its free 3G connectivity worldwide).
    6. The only weird behavior I noticed is with the web browser. When browsing, lines of what appears like command line instructions/logging messages flash over the content of the screen, revealing what’s going on “under the hood”. This sometimes goes on for a while even when switching to a Home screen or to a book. In an extreme case, the Kindle needs to be restarted for it to go away. Factory reset does not remove this. I don’t know whether this is related, but when browsing, strange folders appear in the root of the Kindle USB drive. Any ideas?

    I posted some pictures here: http://comptran.wz.cz/kindle.htm. The last three pics document the phenomenon described in line 6.

    Lastly, little off topic note: If you compare the two Kindles side by side, the eInk display on Kindle DX Graphite is visibly crispier. The white is whiter, black is blacker, i.e. overall better contrast and reading experience. The slightly finer resolution of Kindle 3 display poses no real advantage and is perceivable only when closely inspecting the individual characters.

    Once again, thank you for the great work!!! You prevented my disappointment with Kindle DX, which otherwise would have been inevitable.

    August 11, 2011 at 06:49 PM

13. The text is from a hack you installed.

    August 12, 2011 at 03:58 AM

14. Not sure, i seem to remeber this behavior even with a clean install. None of it on K3 either. Which hack do you think that would be? It does not bother me that much though.

    August 12, 2011 at 09:26 AM

15. I don’t know. It seems to say it’s downloading something. Do you have a hack that downloads stuff?

    August 12, 2011 at 05:38 PM

16. Hello, Thanks you in making the update. I have just update my Kindle DX US to 3.2.1 Everything is OK, but music player have the noise. What could i do?

    August 20, 2011 at 02:34 AM

17. Hi, Thanks for your hard work! But I’m afraid I’m having trouble at part2. I DID jailbreak my k3w with ‘0.6N jailbreak’, yet it keeps showing U007 error when I try to update with the ‘k3w 3.1 create updater’. Would you help me with this?

    September 10, 2011 at 09:21 AM

18. Since I’ve updated my k2 to 3.2.1, I was nieve enough to think I could easily update it to 3.3, which isn’t the case.

    Any helpful advice on how I could get it updated to 3.3? Or do I need access to another k3 to start the process again?

    Thanks, Dan.

    October 18, 2011 at 11:01 AM

19. BTW- this rocks, thank you for your obsession with tinkering :)

    October 18, 2011 at 11:02 AM

20. You need to do the whole thing again. No point though as 3.3 didn’t bring much new features.

    October 18, 2011 at 11:41 AM

21. Hello, very nice work, thanks :-) Please, how can I use K3 hacks, when there are no packages for kDXG? Thank you again.

    October 30, 2011 at 09:26 PM

22. It seems create_update_3.1.bin does not work on 3.3 firmware. Would you please create update bin file for 3.3 firmware? Thanks a lot

    November 05, 2011 at 10:05 AM

23. How can I jailbreak my kindle DXG? I upgraded it to firmware 3.1 following your instruction. Btw, thanks for the great work :).

    November 05, 2011 at 03:10 PM

24. Thanks! I encountered some issue with my dxg upgrade, however it is very likely to be the problem of my dxg.

    I followed your instructions and upgraded my dxg to 3.2.1. Then I used the jailbreak file for DXG to jailbreak it and installed fonthack. Everything seamed OK until I opened the browser, the screen became fuzzy. The text is almost unreadable. I had to press the menu key to return to the home screen, waited for a few minutes before pressing the menu and back keys to refresh screen, to get the screen return normal. I first thought it was the problem of the upgrade, but the problem persisted after I restored to 2.5.8.

    November 10, 2011 at 05:35 AM

25. It is not quite clear to me how to restore the original firmware. Should I just copy update_restore-os.bin to my device and “update” it? Thanks!

    November 16, 2011 at 07:22 AM

26. Hi, Thanks for this, I have updated my DX graphite, and it works pretty good. Especially improved is the browser! FYI there are a few problems:

    • Audio books now play with distinct background noise, such that this feature becomes almost unusable (I know this is a known bug)
    • Large PDFs that contain a lot of scanned content, which used to open within seconds on the old DX software, now don’t. Takes forever and the only way I can move on is by restarting.

    Because of this second fault, I would like to reinstall Duokan, which was what I used for PDFs before (and which also has better music player)- it stopped working after the upgrade - but have been unable to install that, or Duokan lite - any ideas? I got the feeling it was because I need to uninstall jailbreak - is this possible without uninstalling 3.2.1?

    Thanks again, theWoosh

    November 16, 2011 at 09:23 AM

27. Hi, theWoosh, There is a post in Chinese about this: http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=864068&extra=page%3D1

    You don’t need to uninstall 3.2.1 to install duokan. Just use the latest duokan release for DXG (release on May 20). Copy DK_system, DK_documents,DK_pictures and emergency.sh into your kindle root directory, and restart your kindle. You may need to restart your DXG several times until the Duokan startup screen shows up. The file emergency.sh can be downloaded here: http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/attachment.php?aid=982889

    November 18, 2011 at 12:37 AM

28. Hello, apparently nobody was hit by unability to install k3 hacks on kDXG, or it is too “dummy” question for gurus :-) My (it seems that working) solution was to take an older update, one in version for k3g and one for KDXG and compare them. The result was difference just in one byte (part of SN. check). By editing this byte in .bin file (fonts, screensaver, usbnet, language pack, launchpad, TTS) I’ve enabled installing k3g package on updated KDXG - so now I have DXG speaking czech including TTS :-) Only problem I have with updated firmware is PDF viewer crashing on large PDFs (40MB+), unfortunately these technical books were exactly the reason, why I bought DXG.

    November 21, 2011 at 02:05 PM

29. “It seems create_update_3.1.bin does not work on 3.3 firmware. Would you please create update bin file for 3.3 firmware? Thanks a lot Comment by leetand — November 5, 2011 @ 5:05 am”

    I can also confirm that the create_update_3.1.bin does not work on 3.3 firmware (running on my Kindle 3 wifi). When I copy over the file along with the rootfs.img, the update menu option is not available. When I reconnect the USB, the create_update file has been removed from the device.

    Any solutions for this?

    Thanks!

    Ravi

    December 01, 2011 at 04:26 AM

30. I can also confirm that the create_update_3.1.bin does not work on 3.3 firmware (running on my Kindle 3 3G wifi). Please help

    December 02, 2011 at 08:13 PM

31. I running, on my Kindle 3 3G wifi, create_update_3.1.bin and it doesn’t work on 3.3 firmware ). Please help

    December 02, 2011 at 08:13 PM

32. I’m having the same problem the create_update_3.1.bin, it does not work on 3.3 firmware, as reported by Ravi the update menu option appears unavailable and then upon reconnecting kindle 3 to the usb, I can see that the updater file has been removed. I was so excited about getting that DX of mine updated. I do hope you come up with an updater that works for the 3.3 software. I appreciate your effort and making this information available. Thanks!

    December 05, 2011 at 06:12 PM

33. Just got my DX, my kindle keyboard was version 3.3. There is not way for me to create tts-files.tar, can someone be kind enough to send me the file to me?

    Thanks in advance

    January 27, 2012 at 03:05 PM

34. I forgot the other file. I need both “update_dx-os.bin” or “update_dxg-os.bin” (???) and “tts-files.tar”

    Thanks again

    January 27, 2012 at 03:15 PM

35. Actually I do not need the 2 files above, I need the .bin file.

    January 27, 2012 at 11:08 PM

36. One questions, since screen resolution of K3 and Kindle DXG are different (800x600 vs. 1200x824). Will if affect the quality of display. Does the 3.2 firmware support the resolution of DXG (apparently it does, how?) just feel weird. Anyway, it is great work that you are doing. Thank you.

    February 02, 2012 at 01:04 AM

37. oops, the resolutions are 600x800 and 824x1200….it just amazes me that everything works.

    February 02, 2012 at 01:12 AM

38. Hi, phew,

    do you think you can help me getting my DXG updated?

    My K3 came with ver 3.3, I can not get the 3.2 firmware to my K3, so I can not update my DXG.

    Thanks

    February 02, 2012 at 01:38 AM

39. ummmm how can i contact you?

    February 03, 2012 at 02:53 AM

40. My email address is Husky.Ground@GMail.Com

    February 03, 2012 at 10:52 PM

41. Hi! I need to update my DXG but I have the same problem of a 3.3 version. Please any help will be invaluable.

    Thanks very much.

    February 04, 2012 at 03:06 PM

42. I know where you can find the rom , but I won’t post it here since it’s not legal per se. But really, I believe there’s nothing wrong. You spend hundreds of $$$ on the most expensive device but amazon give you up.

    February 04, 2012 at 07:55 PM

43. Thanks Phew, anyway I can contact you? Thanks jlgomezle@GMail.Com

    February 05, 2012 at 03:00 AM

44. Dear all, Have the same Problem as others. My Kindle Wi-Fi has version 3.3, and so the program is not working – unfortunately :-(

    I was soooooooooooooo happy when I saw the blog and that some kind people did work to get an improvement that Amazon is not willing to do for the Kindle DX customers - THANSK to them (also if unfortuatnely I have the wrong version).

    Does any workaround exist for people who have a Kindle Wi-Fi 3.3? Or a place to get the needed files?

    Any input is welcome - Thanks in advance :-)

    a.w.rom@email.de

    Kind regards Ariane

    February 09, 2012 at 11:09 PM

45. There’s no LEGAL way but that doesn’t stop some people in the comments.

    February 09, 2012 at 11:22 PM

46. Hi Phew, I am also interested in that knowledge about 3.3 on DX. My email is flash.rom@yandex.ru. Thanks in advance!

    March 01, 2012 at 10:28 AM

47. Hello. Can anybody describe how to restore DXG back to 2.5.8 for dummies?

    March 18, 2012 at 04:45 PM

48. hi, i installed a dxg 3.2.1 and its working for me, albeit with frustrating bugs like:

    After using for an hour or so and  highlighting in pdf it may hang.It seems that on using pdf and highlighting makes the system unstable.
    once it hangs on a pdf, we cant open any other document, only restart helps.If we try opening a pdf again while its on  a hang, it will show a message "pdf contains features not  supported by your kindle" occasionally it forgets bookmarks and notes in pdf docs.
    audio is noisy
    

    April 12, 2012 at 06:51 AM

49. Hi all,

    Sadly, I just have a DXG. Can anyone be kind to send me the files exploit from the K3? gregochan@gmail.com

    Thank you very much

    April 22, 2012 at 06:41 AM

50. Hi, I’ve just got my Kindle dxg, but my kindle keyboard 3g was 3.3 too. Can anybody please help? ng.thanhphuoc@gmail.com

    Thanks

    May 04, 2012 at 09:53 PM

51. I have successful upgrade to 3.3 for dxg. I used the patch file of deagol (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127969&page=32) first to create update files for my dxg and k3g then follow instructions in the readme.txt file. Work great!

    May 05, 2012 at 04:45 AM

52. Hi Phuoc, Do you think you could assist me with this update process? I have A Kindle DX Graphite US 3G with v2.5.8 firmware… Now what do I do? Cheers, Misi

    kovacsmisi (at the rate of) gmail (dot) com

    May 24, 2012 at 02:04 PM

53. Can someone pls send me the k3 files, or some availability information thereof? thanks a bunch kovacsmisi@gmail.com

    May 24, 2012 at 07:40 PM

54. found the torrent! update successful! thanks a bunch Yifan! :) Cheers, M.

    May 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM

55. Like qwas I’m trying to restore a Kindle DX from 3.2.1 back to 2.5.8. I put the “update_restore-os.bin” in the root and went to Menu/Settings/Update but then it ended up with a loop and updating over and over. I ended up in Recovery Mode and can now connect the Kindle to the PC. The Kindle directory is blank. Do I need the rootfs.img on the Kindle as well as the update_restore-os.bin?

    June 01, 2012 at 03:37 AM

56. Thank you so much for this! Upgraded without a glitch. One bug, though- my kindle now doesn’t recharge anymore when it’s screensaver comes up. Bit of a bummer, that one. Any ideas how I can fix this?

    June 28, 2012 at 11:13 AM

57. […] urządzenie z wersja 3.x mogą użyć świetnego narzędzia, stworzonego przez Yifan Lu -> wiecej. Nie będę się rozpisywał, bo materiał jest ogólnie dostępny i dokładnie omówiony. […]

    September 11, 2012 at 02:50 PM

58. Hi Yifan, Thanks for your efforts! I know you are busy, but could you give me a few instructions about how to update my dx from 3.2.1 to 3.4. And I’m sorry to bother you one more things that is about “Open it in a hex editor and change byte at offset 0x0C to 0x02 for K2, 0x03 for K2i, 0x04 for DX, 0x05 for DXi or 0x09 for DXG.” But I cannot find offset 0x0C in Winhex. Thank you very much!

    November 01, 2012 at 02:04 AM

59. […] A (hacked) Kindle […]

    March 17, 2013 at 08:31 PM

60. How can I get this to work now that kindle 3’s are all 3.4? I am longing to use my DX to highlight and note take on PDFs, it’s next to useless to me otherwise, but are all “3” kindles now 3.4? So this can’t work? I’d be grateful if someone has an idea to carry this out now.

    June 12, 2013 at 12:40 PM

61. Hi, Does anyone have a backup of kindle dxg 2.5.8 firmware? My computer’s hard drive broke down and I need to downgrade my device’s firmware due to issues with the 3G network. Thanks

    July 15, 2013 at 04:39 AM

62. Great web site you’ve got here.. It’s difficult to find high quality writing like yours these days. I seriously appreciate individuals like you! Take care!!

    August 14, 2013 at 08:49 PM

63. I know it’s been forever, but I just got a KDX G for cheap and wanted to add functionality, so I followed your instructions. I did encounter an issue. Upon updating the firmware, the device was de-registered and now I’m getting the message “Your Kindle is unavailable to connect at this time…”

    I’ve seen posts of people being able to browse the internet and sync their books after the upgrade to 3.2.1, but I haven’t been able to find a guide for fixing the connection issue. I do have 3G, but I’m unable to register my device. Any help would be appreciated.

    January 05, 2017 at 04:43 PM

64. No, really. Can anybody please tell us how to use the Restore file? Pretty Please? This has been asked several times and nobody has responded.

    January 05, 2017 at 08:15 PM

65. @stephen, it’s in the README file. You have to put the Kindle in recovery mode, and then use the .bin created during the backup process.

    January 06, 2017 at 04:32 AM

66. So, I need Kindle 3 to do this? If I’m only having DXG, am I out?

    anyone to the rescue?

    March 18, 2017 at 02:30 AM

67. Good day. I have a Kindle DX (white) with DEMO firmware. Does anybody have a instrument for transforming to a normal device?

    February 04, 2019 at 11:35 AM