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Originally Posted by Infinite3
And how hard is that? And, what are the chances of me breaking it doing this?
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That depends upon your skill level and the particular model of Kindle you are working with. Go to your device settings or amazon.com and look at the first four digits of your serial number, that will define your kindle model. Once you know the exact model look for the thread on jailbreaking that model in this forum.
The general procedure is to obtain the appropriate hardware to attach to the particular serial connectors on your particular kindle main board. The contacts are quite small on some models and it requires a fine touch to hook things up properly. You then attach this serial connector to your computer and access it with a terminal emulator program set with the proper speed, parity, etc. At that point you restart your kindle and interrupt the normal boot procedure to access the kindle via the terminal emulator and follow the jailbreak instructions.
Some of the cases are easy to open, some are easy to break. It is easy to damage the main board if you are not handy, in which case you have trashed your kindle.
If you have doubts about your ability to handle the job yourself, you might be able to find someone willing to do so for you for a price. I am not one of them, you might note I have a K3 which requires no hardware mod.
Dave