Worth the trouble to restore?

plaidcat · 03-24-2011, 12:43 PM

Hey there,

I've had my Kindle 3 for two months, and I currently have the jailbreak, the screensaver hack, and some, er, "questionably sourced" files on it.

Well, of course, the screen malfunctioned. Its all wonky and largely unusable. Amazon kindly sent me a new one, hooray.

My question is; should I take the time to strip my old device (I can hobble through the menu/restart process on it, especially with a new one to remind me of the menu option order) of the warranty-voiding jailbreak before I send it back? I have read anecdotes about folks having no trouble with this, even if the Kindle is locked in an incriminating screensaver image.

Thanks for any advice!

FF2 · 03-24-2011, 01:31 PM

If you can do it - take the 5-10 minutes and try.

bZkindle · 03-24-2011, 08:33 PM

I'm one of those that sent a jailbroken kindle back to amazon with my own screensavers plus Duokan and many 'questionable' files on it...never heard a word about it.
If they are going to refurb it, they'll have to wipe it anyway so...

plaidcat · 03-25-2011, 10:59 AM

All right, I hobbled through restoring it to factory defaults... all it took was a couple of trials and errors of menu guessing! The hard drive is virgin as new snow. Off to returns it goes.

Thanks

03-24-2011, 12:43 PM	#1
plaidcat Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Worth the trouble to restore? Hey there, I've had my Kindle 3 for two months, and I currently have the jailbreak, the screensaver hack, and some, er, "questionably sourced" files on it. Well, of course, the screen malfunctioned. Its all wonky and largely unusable. Amazon kindly sent me a new one, hooray. My question is; should I take the time to strip my old device (I can hobble through the menu/restart process on it, especially with a new one to remind me of the menu option order) of the warranty-voiding jailbreak before I send it back? I have read anecdotes about folks having no trouble with this, even if the Kindle is locked in an incriminating screensaver image. Thanks for any advice!

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FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	If you can do it - take the 5-10 minutes and try.

03-24-2011, 08:33 PM	#3
bZkindle Fanatic Posts: 510 Karma: 1025024 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada City, Soviet Canuckistan Device: k2, k3G, kindle DXG, Sony T-1, iPad, iPhone, stone tablet	I'm one of those that sent a jailbroken kindle back to amazon with my own screensavers plus Duokan and many 'questionable' files on it...never heard a word about it. If they are going to refurb it, they'll have to wipe it anyway so...

03-25-2011, 10:59 AM	#4
plaidcat Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 3	All right, I hobbled through restoring it to factory defaults... all it took was a couple of trials and errors of menu guessing! The hard drive is virgin as new snow. Off to returns it goes. Thanks

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