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Originally Posted by melovesflying
Hi. So I'm getting the latest Paperwhite soon (w/ special offers) and some kind folks told me about the Kindle Collections plugin. My primary concern is having the series names and numbers displayed in each book and I know that it can be done using the plugboards without jailbreaking. However, I've heard the plugin is highly recommended here so I'm thinking of trying it out.
I've read that for it to work, I have to jailbreak it (and I'm a bit scared to do it as I've never jailbroken any device). I don't have the PW yet but I've a couple of questions that I hope you can help me out so that I can do it immediately once I get my device.
1. I get quite confused with the instructions on how to jailbreak here so I found this tutorial. Does the instructions posted there still work for the latest PW? |
Always follow the latest directions posted inthe Developer's Corner. See the sticky thread with @Branch Delay's jailbreak.
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2. Should I do the jailbreaking with the device fresh out of the box?
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YES!!!
And for the love of jailbreaking, keep the WiFi off!
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3. After jailbreaking, is it possible to update the device over the air? And do I need to repeat jailbreaking everytime I update the device's firmware or will the jailbreak support future firmwares?
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Once sucessfully jailbroken, you can leave the WiFi on to receive OTA updates, and the jailbreak will automatically bridge itself across any firmware update.
That being said, not everyone likes unknown updates with potentially annoying changes. Hence the existence of the BackDoorLock hack.
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4. Is there a way to backup the contents and all data in the PW in Calibre, similar to the backup function of KoboUtilities?
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While it is true you only need to backup the userstore (specifically the "documents" folder), you can also backup or modify the file /var/local/cc.db
It is the Content Catalog, stored safely in the system partition, and contains all kinds of interesting things that you probably don't need to mess around with. The Kindle is not as dependent on a central database as the Kobo is.
