Kindle 3.2.1 Jailbreak (temporary) - Page 8

maylin · 07-09-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by chas0039

He acknowledged the typo here in question 33. K3G is for the 3G version, US and Canada

Thank you for pointing it out!
I tried about 7 times and each ended up with update failed -u0007. I will keep trying more.

chas0039 · 07-09-2011, 10:37 PM

Mine worked first time. Try turning off WiFi and renaming the document file to bak temporarily while you move the file.

maylin · 07-09-2011, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chas0039

Mine worked first time. Try turning off WiFi and renaming the document file to bak temporarily while you move the file.

Thanks for the reply!
I did turn off wifi (most of the time ) and I did rename document file to document.bak (not every time, though).

I read about rename system folder but I still can't see it even after I change the folder option from Windows Explorer.

I tried at least 15 times and failed to update the jailbreak with big "!".

My kindle is US 3g/wifi without special offer. It arrived yesterday with 3.2.1 on it.

maylin

chas0039 · 07-10-2011, 09:19 AM

Well, yifanlu promised a less forceful update later so it looks like that will be your only option.

maylin · 07-10-2011, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chas0039

Well, yifanlu promised a less forceful update later so it looks like that will be your only option.

Thank you! That will be something that I look forward to.

maylin

erb · 07-15-2011, 10:32 AM

Another person having issues with the 3.2.1 Jailbreak on my non-ad-supported Kindle 3 with 3G. I turned off wireless, removed all the content, and even tried resetting to factory defaults. No luck, yet.

I have been trying to use the Terminal script as well, but my Kindle keeps changing names (it doesn't seem to be at regular intervals). It started as Kindle, then became Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and now Kindle 3. So that means the script is often pointing to a non-existent device and I have to start over. Can anyone tell me why this is happening?

Also, being new to Kindle, I am curious about estimates/guesses for when 3.3 might be released? (I'm wondering how long I'm going to have to wait for the easy-to-install Jailbreak; I've tried to find a timeline of past Kindle software releases but haven't been able to find one.)

yifanlu · 07-15-2011, 12:00 PM

My uneducated guess is that there will not be a 3.3, but 4.0 as the new kindle comes out.

erb · 07-15-2011, 02:43 PM

Bummer; back to trying the temporary method again (and again, and again, LOL).

Has anyone had success after a ridiculous number of tries? Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that if it hasn't worked by the ~5th time, it isn't happening, but I hope that's just the frustration talking.

yifanlu · 07-15-2011, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by erb

Bummer; back to trying the temporary method again (and again, and again, LOL).

Has anyone had success after a ridiculous number of tries? Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that if it hasn't worked by the ~5th time, it isn't happening, but I hope that's just the frustration talking.

The thing is that if it doesn't work after a large amount of tries, there's one of two problems.

1) the kindle is already jailbroken somehow (previous user, another family member, forgot you jailbreaked before, etc)
2) something is making the kindle boot up slow. Do a factory reset and temporary remove all books and deregister.

pbcal · 07-16-2011, 11:49 PM

Most 3G users are having problem with the jailbreak. Any 3G user got lucky?

john_may · 07-17-2011, 03:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbcal

Most 3G users are having problem with the jailbreak. Any 3G user got lucky?

I bought a non ad-supported 3G (European). It wasn't easy at all, it took like 8-10 tries, but finally it worked. I made a reset to factory defaults, turned off wireless etc. But it wasn't enough.

Then, I tried to make it even faster, so I clicked the necessary [Menu]+2[down]+[click]+[Menu]+2[down]+[click] even before the display showed the file tree on my kindle, i.e. I could start updating before the system could fully boot, and finally it worked to me.

So, don't give up if you try five times with no success, maybe the 10th will work. And it didn't do any harm to my device.

erb · 07-17-2011, 01:14 PM

Well, this is embarrassing.

Fed up that I couldn't get the Jailbreak to install, I tried installing the screen saver hack. And it installed!

I believe what happened is the jailbreak worked the first time, but when I attempted to install the screen saver hack, I did that wrong (maybe I dropped the uninstaller instead of the installer? I can't even guess).

When the hack didn't install, I assumed I didn't install the jailbreak correctly. So I kept trying to install it.

I wrote a reply to you, Yifanlu, where I explained my new device couldn't possibly be already jailbroken since I've been the only owner of it, but the thought just kept nagging at me; thanks for the help! And the jailbreak!

Sorry that this is of no help to those still trying, but I did successfully jailbreak my Kindle 3 with 3G running 3.2.1 (non-ad-supported version).

bibiboo · 07-18-2011, 10:56 AM

i have installed this jailbreak on my Kindle 3rd 3G US. It works for the first time i try

dimcher · 07-21-2011, 07:26 AM

I tried it with Kindle 3G SO and it did work from the first time! But after that I made a reset to factory defaults - and now I can't install jailbreak

I tried it a lot of times with turning wireless on and off... But is it possible that after this reset to factory defaults jailbreak is still there?

chas0039 · 07-21-2011, 08:33 AM

You could always do the uninstall first.

07-15-2011, 10:32 AM	#111
erb Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Still attempting to Jailbreak Another person having issues with the 3.2.1 Jailbreak on my non-ad-supported Kindle 3 with 3G. I turned off wireless, removed all the content, and even tried resetting to factory defaults. No luck, yet. I have been trying to use the Terminal script as well, but my Kindle keeps changing names (it doesn't seem to be at regular intervals). It started as Kindle, then became Kindle 1, Kindle 2, and now Kindle 3. So that means the script is often pointing to a non-existent device and I have to start over. Can anyone tell me why this is happening? Also, being new to Kindle, I am curious about estimates/guesses for when 3.3 might be released? (I'm wondering how long I'm going to have to wait for the easy-to-install Jailbreak; I've tried to find a timeline of past Kindle software releases but haven't been able to find one.)

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07-09-2011, 10:37 PM	#107
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	Mine worked first time. Try turning off WiFi and renaming the document file to bak temporarily while you move the file.

07-10-2011, 09:19 AM	#109
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	Well, yifanlu promised a less forceful update later so it looks like that will be your only option.

07-15-2011, 12:00 PM	#112
yifanlu Kindle Dissector Posts: 662 Karma: 475607 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	My uneducated guess is that there will not be a 3.3, but 4.0 as the new kindle comes out.

07-15-2011, 02:43 PM	#113
erb Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Bummer; back to trying the temporary method again (and again, and again, LOL). Has anyone had success after a ridiculous number of tries? Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that if it hasn't worked by the ~5th time, it isn't happening, but I hope that's just the frustration talking.

07-16-2011, 11:49 PM	#115
pbcal Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Most 3G users are having problem with the jailbreak. Any 3G user got lucky?

07-17-2011, 01:14 PM	#117
erb Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3	Well, this is embarrassing. Fed up that I couldn't get the Jailbreak to install, I tried installing the screen saver hack. And it installed! I believe what happened is the jailbreak worked the first time, but when I attempted to install the screen saver hack, I did that wrong (maybe I dropped the uninstaller instead of the installer? I can't even guess). When the hack didn't install, I assumed I didn't install the jailbreak correctly. So I kept trying to install it. I wrote a reply to you, Yifanlu, where I explained my new device couldn't possibly be already jailbroken since I've been the only owner of it, but the thought just kept nagging at me; thanks for the help! And the jailbreak! Sorry that this is of no help to those still trying, but I did successfully jailbreak my Kindle 3 with 3G running 3.2.1 (non-ad-supported version).

07-18-2011, 10:56 AM	#118
bibiboo Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3G	i have installed this jailbreak on my Kindle 3rd 3G US. It works for the first time i try

07-21-2011, 07:26 AM	#119
dimcher Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle 3G SO	I tried it with Kindle 3G SO and it did work from the first time! But after that I made a reset to factory defaults - and now I can't install jailbreak I tried it a lot of times with turning wireless on and off... But is it possible that after this reset to factory defaults jailbreak is still there?

07-21-2011, 08:33 AM	#120
chas0039 Sceptic Posts: 573 Karma: 73436 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: The Lake Device: rooted Nooks, retired. JetBook Lite, Kindle 3, 4, Kobo Nia, Libra H2O.	You could always do the uninstall first.

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