Thread: Kindle Paperwhite Jailbreak (5.2.0 - 5.3.1, 5.3.4, 5.3.5)
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Old 09-21-2013, 02:18 PM   #587
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Originally Posted by ixtab View Post
@nasser: Yes, but the jailbreaks get more and more difficult, because Amazon obviously considers them a threat to their brave new world and "secures" their devices better, i.e., closes the jailbreak vectors.

This jailbreak here already was a PITA and took weeks to find, and in fact ATM, we don't have any more aces up our sleeves. As far as I'm aware, nobody has yet found a way to jailbreak 5.3.8 (yes, we more or less regularly do look into it). So the PW1 can only be reliably jailbroken because it can be downgraded.

Now, if the PW2 does not want to install the PW1 updates (and I assume that this will be the case) ->
Seems a pity..
What % of Kindle buyers go to the trouble of jailbreaking it..? I don't think the figure could be more than 10%.. So Amazon has a captive, audience here who dutifully use their Kindles the "way" they were meant to be.. which actually isn't a bad idea really..

I bought my kindle hoping i would get more reading done.. but soon found the temptation of adding extra functionalities too strong to resist.. but it's a bit nerve wracking.. a couple of times i thought i'd bricked it.. but was able to rescue myself with all of you ppl's help..

There are a few companies who turn a benign eye towards their products being hacked.. like Casio's Pocketviewer (i've still got my pv-s460..) and D-Link's NAS boxes.. read recently that some android mobile manufacturers actively support rooting of their devices..

Hope Amazon will see the light..
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