12-30-2011, 09:11 AM | #1 |
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My new Kindle Touch cannot get jailbroken!
Hi all,
I bought my first Kindle Touch yesterday. Immediately as I got it, I wanted to jailbroke it as Yifan Lu wrote. However, when I was jailbreaking, it will display the screen saver several seconds after I press the jailbreak button. I found that the version of my KT is 5.0.1, and I guess this is the question. What's your opinions and how to settle it? |
12-30-2011, 09:19 AM | #2 |
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How do you know it didn't work if you never tried to install a package?
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12-30-2011, 09:26 AM | #3 |
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My devices also had 5.0.1 out of the box - and I was able to Jailbreak them without hassle.
So why do you think it did not work? |
12-30-2011, 03:16 PM | #5 | |
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12-30-2011, 03:24 PM | #6 |
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The Kindle displaying the screen saver shortly after the jailbreak is not a bug, but a feature -- i.e. a part of how the jailbreak works.
At least, install usbnetwork and try to connect to your device before you claim that the jailbreak doesn't work. Look at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Touch_Hacking for explanations. (@all: yeah, blatant marketing of the Wiki page, I know. I still think it's useful ;-) ) |
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You may still want to try out the GUI launcher (https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...g#GUI_Launcher). Other than that, I guess you'll have to dig deeper to see what you can actually use the jailbreak for. The jailbreak is currently primarily useful for developers, not for users (yet). |
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12-31-2011, 07:44 AM | #11 |
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@boskyout: downloading and reading the GPL source code from amazon is a good place to start. It is written in C.
You can also study the scripts in the /etc/ folders in your kindle. There is also some javascript code, and HTML5, and various configuration files inside your kindle that are worthy of study, depending on what interests you and what kind of projects you want to work on. Another thing to examine is the source code and scripting distributed with most kindle hacks. And there are some kindlets available as well, written in Java. Another rich source of valuable information is the IRC channel archive: http://kindle-synchrone.dotcloud.com And of course, there's the wiki page: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Touch_Hacking It looks like you have a lot of reading ahead of you. Last edited by geekmaster; 12-31-2011 at 07:55 AM. |
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