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Originally Posted by ixtab
The launcher and usbnetwork are totally unrelated. You can install and use usbnetwork on a jailbroken 5.3.2 without any problem - I've done it.
You can boot into an (SSH-enabled) diags using either "idme -d --bootmode diags" from main, or via mfgtool/imx_usb_loader, or via fastboot, or via ENABLE_DIAGS if you installed the rescue pack (you need to extract and repackage it for the touch first, but that's about it).
You can downgrade using the normal procedure to flash main partition/kernel. I've done it.
Bottom line: you have tons of options, all of which are working pretty much exactly as on 5.1.2. |
Thank you for thinking this through with me. I also successfully installed usbnetwork on an already jailbroken KT 5.3.2 and from then on the downgrade was plain sailing - using just your debricking tutorials and files.
Btw you have an error in the command line for the "non zipped" 5.1.2 kernel.img you might want to fix that (filename _ instead of - (unzipped) as well as .img missing)
Those were my steps downgrading a KT 5.3.2 (jailbroken before the upgrade) back to 5.1.2.
- copy ixtabs 5.0.0 diags kernel and 5.0.1 image, as well as his 5.1.2 main kernel and 5.1.2 combined main and jb+kjb+ssh image on the KT
- Install latest version of usbnetwork on your KT.
- ;un (in the Kindle search bar, followed by Enter) to activate it. (it just activates - no visual feedback)
- connect to a XP win32 installation. Point the "asking for drivers" dialog to the WindowsXP-NDIS-Driver folder that can be found in ixtabs WinXP Package (download from here
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=423 )
- change the IP and the Gateway in the tcp/ip protocol under the newly installed networkcard to IP: 192.168.15.200 Gateway: 192.168.15.1
- (ping the Kindle on 192.168.15.244 to see if it responds)
- ssh into the Kindle (using putty (google) f.e) IP: 192.168.15.244 once you are in the device, username: root, pwd: mario
In there I got an error message concerning reboot count - you may savely ignore that one.
From that point on, just work alongside the two tutorials ixtab has written (read BOTH readmes on
http://ixtab.tk/kindle-touch-images.php ).
First dd the 5.0.x files, then reeboot your kindle into the diags menu.
(I had to reboot into diags via idme -d --bootmode diags (then type reboot) at this point, the ENABLE_DIAGS strangely had not the desired effect, after restarting the KT manually.
Once in the diags menu, simply follow the steps in the main readme (Tutorial).
(After sshing into the Kindle via the diags menu, the above mentioned reboot count messages were gone.)
And thank you once again - I think I will stick to 5.1.2 for a while now. I didn't like too much what the new FW had to offer. Ran into problems with custom font sizes (even with resizing the ttf files manualy), dont like the new font of the process indicator, liked the process indicator mod... Also the talked about speed increase is negligible.