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Old 01-17-2017, 12:36 PM   #1386
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Originally Posted by s1s2s3s4s5 View Post
Thank you very much for your answer!

My device is Kindle Oasis WiFi, without special offers, model number starts with G0B0GC.
My PC is Macbook Air Mid2012, OS X El Capitan, version 10.11.6. I've downloaded the file using Safari (Version 9.1.3 (11601.7.8)) downloader.
Regarding what I did - I downloaded the file, copied the file in the topmost, visible level of USB storage (alongside of /documents). Safely removed Kindle from the PC. In the search bar, typed ;installHtml and pressed return.
Kindle rebooted but no message appeared.

Should I try once again from the Step 1?
Should I try Step 5 using Parallels Desktop (from Windows)?
That combination is one that tries to be 'user helpful' with a 'safe down load' option -
That is, it opens and 'fixes' the content paths so your system will not be harmed.
The only thing is, the content paths **MUST** be full paths for the archive to do its job.

Your choices:
Disable the 'safe down loads' option -
or
Open a terminal window on the Mac -
Change to whatever directory you prefer to keep your downloads in -
Use wget to do the downloading (IIRC, wget is pre-installed).
full directions - remember the man(ual) command is your friend (in that terminal or in a web search engine).

If installed, that would be
Code:
wget https://www.mobileread.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=150210&d=1468542166
If wget is not pre-installed on your Mac, try curl instead.
(man curl, man wget to read their directions)

Make sure that however you move that archive to the Kindle for Step #5, do not let anything be overly helpful and overly protective - use whatever will move the file without opening it and making it "safe".

= = = = =

Since you did Step #7 - your Kindle is now running customer firmware.
You can only JB the initial factory firmware - the one they use during production.
So back up to Step #1 and start over.

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