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Originally Posted by roger64
Sorry
About this factory reset. If I do it, I will download again from Amazon. What if Amazon gives me 5.7.2.? I am confused about this.  |
1. It probably will take Amazon a few days still - to roll out the 5.7.2 update, "over the air".
This comes from how they handled past releases, but then - dont come complaining, if this time around they decided to go live with the rollout in the next 5 minutes.
So while this might be currently the most convenient way to (not) address the issue, its not the safest..
2. If you are hosting the Jailbreak yourself (on a computer in your network using the "DNS for a" method), you can disconnect the router the computer and the Kindle will be on - from the internet, during the entire jailbreak process.
When you do a factory reset - the Kindle will ask for the language you want to use (if you want to be safe, choose english), an network to connect to, and then immediately drop you into a "register this Kindle" interface - which you cant exit at first glance. But if you reboot the Kindle at this point (long press the power button), when the Kindle boots up again - it will boot through to the main menu. From there you can access the built in browser and do the jailbreak --
while not being connected to the internet entirely.
But this depends on you - physically - disconnecting the router from your modem. Or if you are on a modem/router combo that can set the DNS, disconnecting the modem/router combo from the "cable in the wall" (or removing the SIM card if you are using a 3G or 4G modem).
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Originally Posted by roger64
Do we need to press the button 7 seconds or really 40 seconds?
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Factory Reset is a menu option in the Kindles settings. Maybe start RTFM, before trying to do anything jailbreak related on your Kindle...
Long pressing the power button only power cycles (reboots) the device.
Whenever you need to do that - you press it usually "as long as it takes".
You'll see what the device is doing while you are at it.