Got hit by update, pre-installed hacks usable?

sneakyspider · 12-27-2014, 03:03 PM

I thought I had adaquately guarded against it, but I just got hit by the dreaded 5.6 update. I had already jail broken the PW2, and applied a few hacks prior to it hitting. My question is, are any already installed modifications, like KUAL for example, usable after the 5.6 update is applied? If not, is there any way for the non-expert Kindle user, to downgrade a PW2 from this firmware? I can follow directions if they are detailed enough, but they have to cover every step.

GoSharks · 12-27-2014, 04:33 PM

If your JB version is the latest (1.14N I think) you should be able to reinstall your hacks. The difference is that you need to install the packages using the MRInstaller extension of KUAL instead of placing the .bin files in the root directory. Kual should still work without reinstalling (MKK, which is needed to run KUAL is now included in the JB)
There is currently no way to downgrade to an earlier FW....strongly recommend you install BackDoorLock to prevent these OTA sneak updates.

NiLuJe · 12-27-2014, 04:33 PM

No, and no, but you should be able to recover the jailbreak itself, and then reinstall your stuff, cf. the latest part of the 5.6.x notice in the K5 JailBreak thread.

EDIT: Basically, what @GoSharks said

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GoSharks · 12-27-2014, 04:35 PM

@NiLuJe-
Still got that old, defective keyboard I see......

12-27-2014, 03:03 PM	#1
sneakyspider Ereader Addicts Anonymous Posts: 329 Karma: 1071692 Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: USA, FL. Device: (2)KO2, PW7thGen., KT2, iPadMini1	Got hit by update, pre-installed hacks usable? I thought I had adaquately guarded against it, but I just got hit by the dreaded 5.6 update. I had already jail broken the PW2, and applied a few hacks prior to it hitting. My question is, are any already installed modifications, like KUAL for example, usable after the 5.6 update is applied? If not, is there any way for the non-expert Kindle user, to downgrade a PW2 from this firmware? I can follow directions if they are detailed enough, but they have to cover every step.

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12-27-2014, 04:33 PM	#2
GoSharks SQUIRREL!! Posts: 1,636 Karma: 8400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California Device: K-Fire, PW2, PW3	If your JB version is the latest (1.14N I think) you should be able to reinstall your hacks. The difference is that you need to install the packages using the MRInstaller extension of KUAL instead of placing the .bin files in the root directory. Kual should still work without reinstalling (MKK, which is needed to run KUAL is now included in the JB) There is currently no way to downgrade to an earlier FW....strongly recommend you install BackDoorLock to prevent these OTA sneak updates.

12-27-2014, 04:33 PM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,478 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	No, and no, but you should be able to recover the jailbreak itself, and then reinstall your stuff, cf. the latest part of the 5.6.x notice in the K5 JailBreak thread. EDIT: Basically, what @GoSharks said .

12-27-2014, 04:35 PM	#4
GoSharks SQUIRREL!! Posts: 1,636 Karma: 8400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California Device: K-Fire, PW2, PW3	@NiLuJe- Still got that old, defective keyboard I see......

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