12-18-2014, 07:06 PM | #16 |
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The Amazon store has nothing to do with the jailbreak, and anything that would break it (i.e. a firmware update) will happen on WiFi, not on the Kindle Store.
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If very important - Then check the Amazon customer support site to see what the current firmware version is for your device. Compare that with what your device reports as installed in the settings page. If the same, there isn't any OTA update lurking to jump into your machine. Plus - Install both of our update blockers - - There have been some reports that suggest at least one of them has been rendered useless by Lab126 but the final word on that is not yet in. |
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12-18-2014, 07:10 PM | #18 |
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And it is likely nevertheless that the JB will remain preserved, so no harm done anyway (hopefully).
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12-18-2014, 07:52 PM | #20 |
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It has continued to be preserved for quite some time now, and Amazon has not chosen to wipe that partition to date, even after they nuked a lot of other stuff.
So as long as the bridge has an emergency.sh escape hatch, we are covered. |
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In the USA, they would be breaking the law if they did "wipe" it. That is the end-user's property.
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/bin/ /dev/ /etc/ /lib/ /opt/ /proc/ /sbin/ /sys/ /tmp/ /usr/ /var/ The courts don't seem to care. So far, Amazon has wiped a lot of stuff from those directories, oh, probably many times per day... |
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If Amazon where to 'wipe' (not selectively delete selected sub-part and/or contents) /var/local/* - - Then the 'wipe' I was referring to would be illegal because parts of the /var/local/* sub-tree's contents belong to the end-user. But if the word 'wipe' is meant to mean they selectively delete parts of the system which they supply, then it is no different than any other part of the system they supply. I.E: The reason they keep their hands off of /mnt/usr/* (or its underlying storage). - - - - - Amazon is breaking (one interpretation) of the GPLv2 code in their initramfs system - (Which I went to lengths to document here at one time.) But that one is a hard one to drag through the courts without a very technically knowledgeable court. The biggest opportunity for legal action will be when (if) we can catch them using GPLv3 code. |
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12-19-2014, 12:39 AM | #25 |
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Ah, I see what else is in there.
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12-19-2014, 05:50 AM | #26 |
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hmm so I am on 5.6.1 due to the silent upgrade with the new jail break
but the current version from amazon is 5.6.1.0.2. hmm I guess I'll wait till someone tries it. I rather lose my pleasure in books on amazon rather than losing the jail break (KO Reader) |
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You will probably have to re-install everything else - AND use the KUAL MrPi (Mobileread Package Installer) to do it. Last edited by knc1; 12-19-2014 at 06:51 AM. |
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