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Old 10-04-2014, 03:58 PM   #1227
dejanrecek
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Device: kindle paperweight
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
There is a really big, gapping, lack of detail there - -
Since the Jail break and the USBnetworking do not have anything to do with typing in a serial number.

? ? ? ? ?

So fess-up -- Just what were you doing (or trying to do) ?
Where, when, what, why, and how?

Was the serial number actually changed?
I.E: What shows in your settings menu?

The tool to unpackage and re-package any of the updates is the KindleTool.
I came across a Kindle PaperWhite v1 on a beach, tried to find the owner locally and via Amazon, without luck. So I thought I might as well use it. Of course Amazon does not let me register so I thought I could change the serial and avoid the blacklist.

I installed the jailbreak and usbnetwork without problem. In Mac Terminal via ssh root@192.168.15.244 and idme -d --serial B023170123760047 I managed a serial change. As you might think no luck with Amazon since the number is a typo... But PW is still working.

Then I foolishly wanted to make a quick cleanup and performed a factory reset.

PW still works i.e. I can still sideload books and read them. However I do not have USB root access nor can I apply any other hacks...

I can live with that however would be nice to have it back.

Hope this sheds some light to my wrongdoings.

Regards, D

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