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dingo35 · 09-14-2013, 07:05 AM

Hi all,

I recently bought Kindle Touch and I am trying to jailbreak it. My device is running firmware 5.3.7, and I understand I should follow the Kubrick live-cd procedure.

My problem is that my device has no Home button anymore. I am aware of the fact that the "old" Kindle Touch has speaker-looking stripes in the middle part under the screen, which hides a touch-like home-button, but my Kindle is absolutely flat without any obstruction and/or speaker stripes, so it has no Home button. Only home button is on the touch screen, after pressing the upper part of the screen to have the menu bar appear.

Does this mean that the last jailbreaking-entry of Amazon, that is through the usb-downloader mode, now closed, or are there any options out there that I am not aware of?

I was surprised I didn't find any other questions on this subject, is this because my Kindle Touch is so new (or do I have another Kindle? It has paper-white touch-screen without any buttons; I guessed by the firmware version I have Kindle generation 5, and with touch-screen that is called KT or Kindle Touch??).

09-14-2013, 07:05 AM	#1
dingo35 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 12060 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: none	What device do I have? -> no usb downloader mode possible? Hi all, I recently bought Kindle Touch and I am trying to jailbreak it. My device is running firmware 5.3.7, and I understand I should follow the Kubrick live-cd procedure. My problem is that my device has no Home button anymore. I am aware of the fact that the "old" Kindle Touch has speaker-looking stripes in the middle part under the screen, which hides a touch-like home-button, but my Kindle is absolutely flat without any obstruction and/or speaker stripes, so it has no Home button. Only home button is on the touch screen, after pressing the upper part of the screen to have the menu bar appear. Does this mean that the last jailbreaking-entry of Amazon, that is through the usb-downloader mode, now closed, or are there any options out there that I am not aware of? I was surprised I didn't find any other questions on this subject, is this because my Kindle Touch is so new (or do I have another Kindle? It has paper-white touch-screen without any buttons; I guessed by the firmware version I have Kindle generation 5, and with touch-screen that is called KT or Kindle Touch??). Last edited by twobob; 09-19-2013 at 08:53 AM.