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Originally Posted by FF2
If my k3 is jailbroken and I've got the screensaver hack and I add this hack, I can turn wifi back on and autoupdate will be disabled. Amazon will not be able to SHOVE 3.1 down my K3's throat.
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Installing dsmid's Updates Provider hack and configuring it for hacks only will disable the ability for the Kindle to use any Amazon updates. This includes manual updates you do yourself via USB and automatic ones which are delivered over Whispernet. The Kindle will keep getting updates such as 3.1 pushed to it though and Amazon may notice something weird happening when they see your Kindle constantly downloading the update.
As pointed out by ths, it is possible to get into a 3.1 Kindle if you've got some of NiJuLe's hacks installed but it will require some more work. Its currently untested and does carry some risks as we've no guarantee that Amazon won't do something strange in an OTA update which will fail if a hack is found. Something to keep an eye on anyway.
If you have a 3.1 Kindle without any hacks then you're currently stuck and will have to wait for future developments.
The current state of the Kindle 3 and the options for hacks is as follows:
The safe option with most flexibility for hacks currently is to avoid the 3.1 update by turning off wireless.
The slightly more risky but should still be safe option since you do need to install a hack is to stay on 3.0.2 or 3.0.3 by using dsmid's hack to disable Amazon updates which allows wireless to be turned on.
The untested option is to install one of NiJuLe's hacks that has this emergency option, update to 3.1 and then add a currently unwritten script to break back into the Kindle.
The best option which doesn't exist at the moment is to find a new jailbreak method and a new way of installing/uninstalling hacks on an untouched 3.1 Kindle.
The "only if you know what you're doing" option is to install the USB network hack and update to 3.1 then jailbreak it via the command line. This option is confirmed to work but not advised unless you really do know precisely what you're doing.