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The 5.0.3 update patches this jailbreak method. However, if you already jailbreaked before updating, the key that it installed is still intact and allows you to install custom packages, so jailbreak before updating if you can. Regardless, ixtab's method still works.
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01-16-2012, 09:26 PM | #78 | |
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@yifanlu: thanks for the PM.
I'm currently thinking about what the best way to package a "one-click jailbreak" for 5.0.3 is. Will let you know about the outcome here. |
01-16-2012, 09:36 PM | #80 |
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It doesn't have to be pretty. Just tell the user to copy the data.tar.gz file and reboot. And in my opinion, the pc side should not contain any executables/scripts since users may not want to run some random exe even if it's to properly copy the tar.gz
Oh, and in case you haven't figured it out already, the payload still works. Aka, installing the custom key without replacing any files. Last edited by yifanlu; 01-16-2012 at 09:39 PM. |
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01-16-2012, 10:59 PM | #81 |
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vaniaspeedy thanks for the link. took about ten seconds to hack the kindle v.5.0
have you tried pathartl's method with Kindle Touch Software Update V5.0.3? or maybe i'll just wait for ixtab's one-click jailbreak for 5.0.3. @ixtab are you going to do something similar to this? (http://pathartl.me/5387/remove-ads-on-kindle-touch) thanks. Last edited by demonseye316; 01-16-2012 at 11:10 PM. |
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I hope not.
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01-16-2012, 11:31 PM | #83 |
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People can do whatever they want as long as they do no harm to others. Helping others by publishing "How To" links and such begins to cross the line between "user" and "pusher". IMHO. TOS Last edited by geekmaster; 01-16-2012 at 11:35 PM. |
01-17-2012, 12:13 AM | #84 |
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Jailbreak for Kindle Touch (including 5.0.3)
Here it is.
This jailbreak should work with all versions of the Kindle Touch currently available. (5.0.0 - 5.0.3). Instructions are contained in the archive. Please report back any issues here. |
01-17-2012, 12:21 AM | #85 |
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@demonseye316: no.
@yifanlu: Took longer than I expected because I was intermittently bitten by a misunderstanding and tried to find solutions for a nonexistent problem. Just to clarify on this: merely putting an update*.bin, then restarting was also not working with the MP3 jailbreak, or was it? - via Settings->Update, the update works, because pubdevkey01.pem is considered. - just putting it there and restarting does not work, because pubdevkey01.pem does not seem to be considered. Constantly getting Update error 3 here. At least this is the current state of affairs on my device. I may also have screwed up something somewhere... (I thought that update*.bin had previously worked here as well with just restarting). Can anyone clarify on this (i.e. how their device behaves for these two cases, with the mp3 jailbreak first, and then with the tar one)? |
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@yifanlu: Thanks for the reply.
The problem is that I only have a KT, no other device, so I can't really be of much use for other platforms because I can't test anything. But of course, you're welcome to port the method to whichever other platform it can be used on. It's not like it's "mine" ;-) |
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I just bought a kindle 4, so I should be able to do tests in a week or so. I know you don't own the tar bug, but you did discover it. I remember finding the data.tar.gz extraction thing and saying in the IRC "wouldn't it be nice if we could extract the tar with absolute paths. Unfortunately tar has that fixed years ago".
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Just thinking aloud:
We might actually be lucky enough for this method not to be fixed by Amazon. The mp3 bug was a serious security vulnerability which could affect inadvertent users. This one is also a vulnerability, but it's much less dangerous IMO, because it's much harder to trick an unsuspecting user into it. As I said before, it would be nice if Amazon realized the potential of allowing users to tamper with their devices (at own risk). We already have very useful stuff around like the launcher, or the (upcoming) localization. If all else fails, there's still usbhid mode. I'm loosely following the thread, but admit I'm too shy currently to try it out for fear of bricking the device without being able to get it back into a working state. (i.e. if things are safe to be done via USB, and recoverable by that, I'm fine to give it a go. I'm not fine with opening the device and soldering etc...) That said, if it's possible to read/write files (or even entire partitions) via usbhid mode, then that'd probably be the way to look for a jailbreak method which is almost impossible to "close" -- or am I missing something here? |
01-17-2012, 07:14 AM | #90 | |
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But it's possible that Amazon enabled High Assurance Boot feature which is requiring that program image must be signed with some RSA key. The only way to check it is to try to load any "program image". |
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