Kindle Touch/PW1/PW2 5.0.x - 5.4.4.2 JailBreak. Plus FW 5.x USBNetwork.

[ben_r_]

Worked perfectly on my Paperwhite 1 running 5.3.9! Thanks!

[blamwham]

Thank you NiLuJe

From the wiki page:
"Kindle Paperwhite: This Paperwhite Jailbreak already includes everything that you need. Note that you will have to re-install the rescue pack if you update your firmware to 5.3.3 or higher. "

I do not understand what "already includes everything that you need" means. Are all the files I need to do a complete back-up already in the kindle-jailbreak-1.8.N.zip file? I read the contents of the file but I am still cloudy-brained.

If my Kindle came with firmware 5.4.2. do I still need to (re-)install the the rescue pack? I found k5_rescue_pack_20131220.zip. Is this the file I need to install?

[NiLuJe]

@blamwham: Good catch. That applied to the previous PW JB, which contained the Kindlet JB & the rescue pack. This only does one thing: JB the device.

[blamwham]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@blamwham: Good catch. That applied to the previous PW JB, which contained the Kindlet JB & the rescue pack. This only does one thing: JB the device.

Cool. Thanks.

[jagoda]

hello guys .
i cant find any posts about the sitation with 5.4.2.1 ...
can i jailbreak it with your jailbreak and my FW?
greets

[NiLuJe]

@jagoda: AFAIK, yes.

[MNaseer]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Hello again

Like the title says, here's a FW 5.0.x - 5.4.2 JailBreak!

The payload is based on yifanlu's jailbreak, with a few tweaks to make it more Touch/PaperWhite centric,
and a fantastic new delivery method discovered by yossarian17. So, as always, thanks to everyone involved in Touch & PaperWhite hacking, particularly yifanlu, ixtab, geekmaster, eureka & yossarian17 .

In addition, this is also the home of the K5 (Touch/PaperWhite) port of the USBNetwork hack .


Latest Updates (12/06/2013):

JailBreak v1.8.N (New delivery method, PW2 support!), USBNetwork v0.15.N (proper PW2 support).

INSTALL:

Jailbreak:

Spoiler:

Download the attached kindle-jailbreak-1.8.N.zip file, and unpack it. In here, you'll find a few files.
Unzip the contents of the kindle-5.4-jailbreak.zip archive to the root directory of your Kindle.

Now, eject your Kindle, and go to [HOME] -> [MENU] > Settings -> [MENU] > Update Your Kindle. The updater won't actually ever run, this is normal. After a few seconds, the words **** JAILBREAK **** will appear at the bottom of your screen to confirm that the device is jailbroken .

And that's it, your Kindle is now ready to install custom hacks!

NOTE TO PW2 OWNERS:

If the Update Your Kindle link stays grayed out, and you can't find your specific model in the current list of Kindle models, please reply to this thread with: the exact model of your device (WiFi/3G), the country it was bought in/shipped to, and finally, and most importantly, the first four characters of its serial number (Settings -> Device Info).

ChangeLog:

Spoiler:

• Jailbreak:
  • v1.2.N:
    • Works on firmware <= 5.1.2 .
  • v1.3.N:
    • Minor tweaks for robustness.
  • v1.4.N:
    • Proper PaperWhite support.
  • v1.5.N:
    • A few minor model detection fixes.
  • v1.6.N:
    • Proper support for the UK 3G PW.
  • v1.7.N:
    • Implement a 'bridge' to carry the JailBreak over the 5.3.0 update (following a suggestion from eureka, thanks!). (See the Bridge section)
  • v1.8.N:
    • New delivery mechanism w/ PW2 support, thanks to yossarian17 .
• Doc: $Id: MR_THREAD 10222 2013-12-10 21:35:45Z NiLuJe $

Device Info
Wi-fi MAC address: F0:4F:7C0:525
Serial Number: B024 1502 2473 0L6W
Network Capability: Wi-Fi
Firmware Version: Kindle 5.3.9 (2173120010)
Space Awailable: 594 MB free

From Maldives

[NiLuJe]

@MNaseer: That's a PW1, so, nope, no issues either . Same checklist as the last few answers.

[BrentB]

I am at 5.4.2 now and have applied the Jailbreak. If I update to 5.4.2.1 will I need to Jailbreak again afterwards?

Anyone know if 5.4.2.1 has "fixed" the cloud collection issue?

[GoSharks]

@BrentB-
-It has been reported by several people that the Jailbreak survives the update to 5.4.2.1
-From what people are writing, it does not appear that the cloud collection 'issue' was improved.

[Bookbear]

I had applied the jailbreak and the screensaver hack to my wife's new Kindle Paperwhite 2 for her just after Christmas. Everything worked fine until she ordered a book yesterday and apparently got as a bonus firmware v.5.4.2.1 Now, her screensavers have reverted to the original ones, so at least in this case, the hack did not survive the update. Any ideas?

[NiLuJe]

@Bookbear: Expected behaviour of 5.3 & 5.4 updates. Reinstall your hacks .

[Green Wenonah]

Hi All,
I had previously installed the jailbreak on my PW2 5.4.2 and it was working fine with KUAL, etc... I got silent updated to 5.4.2.1 the other day which pulled me back into the Amazon fold.
Today, I tried to re-jailbreak the device; it seemed to work (***jailbreak*** at the bottom of the screen) but KUAL says the jailbreak kindlet isn't installed. I restarted device and tried again, no-joy.

Any suggestions?

"If I could explain it in layman's terms, I wouldn't be worth the Nobel Prize."
Richard Feynmann

[GoSharks]

@Green Wenonah
The Kindlet Jailbreak is different than the Jailbreak..reinstall the Kindlet Jailbreak which I think you'll find as one of the KUAL prerequisites.

[Green Wenonah]

Originally Posted by GoSharks

@Green Wenonah
The Kindlet Jailbreak is different than the Jailbreak..reinstall the Kindlet Jailbreak which I think you'll find as one of the KUAL prerequisites.

So I just discovered. Installed Kindlet via Update and suddenly KUAL works. Guess I have to go through some of the steps again to recover full functionality... This time I'm going to disable silent updates.

Thanks for the quick reply.