Thread: 5.3 Update for Paperwhite -- will it interfere with the jailbreak?
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Old 11-08-2012, 05:07 AM   #36
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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
On a somewhat related note, one convoluted way to update to 5.3.0 for devs would be to boot to diags, flash the rootfs & kernel from the unpacked update, and manually reapply the jailbreak/usbnet on main. The entry point is plugged, but AFAICT, if we manage to put the stuff back in, most of the simple things should still work. If you mess up, you potentially only get one shot, though, ;D.
5.3.0 still runs /var/local/system/fixup and/or /var/local/system/onetimefixup (if they were found). And /var/local isn't overwrited by update.
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