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Originally Posted by mobpsychedelic
Ok so let me get this straight.
After I set up my Amazon account and possibly get the Special Offers removed, will I have to re-run the hotfix?
Then after that I can stay on 5.6.5 OR go to a higher firmware, in which case (latter) I have no guarantee that say a new FW version on April deletes the jailbreak or bricks the device?
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Any change to the device's registration wipes the MKK keys.
IF you update the firmware AFTER a change in registration - the 'bridge' code will run and fix both the jailbreak and the MKK keys.
IF you DO NOT update the firmware AFTER a change in registration - you get to fix the damaged MKK keys yourself.
The easiest way in this case - re-run the 'hotfix'.
Ah, when in doubt, run the 'hotfix' - it will do no harm.
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Not quite -
Your jailbreak and MKK keys should be safe from any update - as best as we can predict the future.
Series 5 devices don't "brick" (famous last words) -
The updates are complete system images (other than /var/local and /mnt/us).
The only unknown is if Amazon can 'PUSH' an OTA update to your device without your approval when using the 'ghost' file.
The worst that can happen is your Kindle will auto-update without you knowing about it.