Thread: Kindle Factory Image Generic Jailbreak
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Old 07-04-2016, 01:53 PM   #1
Branch Delay
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Kindle Factory Image Generic Jailbreak
This post now by eschwartz.

This is a factory image specific tool to install the jailbreak/developer key into /etc/uks. In theory, this should be generic to all current Kindle factory images.

If you don't have a factory image running on your Kindle, or you don't even know what that means, this will not work!

Instructions:
  1. Copy main-htmlviewer.tar.gz to the root of the Kindle userstore (i.e. /mnt/us/ on the device, but your computer will probably mount it as Drive E: on Windows or /media/Kindle on Linux)
  2. In the search bar, type ;installHtml and press return.
  3. If the screen flashes and the device reboots, the developer key file is now stored in /etc/uks.
    You should also see a new book on your Kindle, with the title "You are Jailbroken".
  4. Now go grab NiLuJe's update jailbreak package to install the persistent bridge etc. which will protect your jailbreak and unlock other important baseline functionality.

Thanks to ixtab for the tar issue. See: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1902438
Also knc1 for the downgrade and those that came before: NiLuJe, ixtab, yifanlu, geekmaster, everyone I missed.




Original post:
Spoiler:

This is a factory image specific tool to install the jailbreak/developer key into /etc/uks. In theory, this should be generic to all current Kindle factory images.

I have only tested this once on a KV. This should remove the requirement to upgrade to 5.6.5 and use my previous jailbreak for the KV/PW3/KT2. i.e., downgrade to the factory image, run this, install NiLuJe update package, then update to the latest kindle firmware and reboot. The goal is a slightly easier experience for everyone.

I'd appreciate it if someone with a PW3 would test this instead of updating to 5.6.5 for the webkit jailbreak. Bad things might happen, so beware until any success reports come in.

Note that this isn't needed for older devices such as the PW2. I believe those can be jailbroken using older techniques on the factory firmwares.

Seems that the ixtab busybox tar flaw is still present on 5.8 firmware baselines as Amazon hasn't updated busybox since around 2010. I'm not entirely sure why this works, I'll look at the source later.

Version History:
1.0 - Initial Release
1.1 - Typos.
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Last edited by Branch Delay; 08-13-2016 at 01:44 PM. Reason: I no longer maintain this. Not my software.
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