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knc1 · 04-25-2017, 07:02 PM

It is not junk yet - install a connection to the serial port, you can install the jailbreak from there.
There are threads here on the subject.

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How are you going to use the Kindle as a display if the screen is broke?
Please give more detail than just: "broke".

If you mean the display screen still works, but the touch sensor does not . . .
It is not a 'touchscreen' - it is an IR scanner.
The KT, KT2 and KT3 are all IR scanners.

I don't see how you can break a scanner.

04-25-2017, 07:02 PM	#2
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	It is not junk yet - install a connection to the serial port, you can install the jailbreak from there. There are threads here on the subject. = = = = How are you going to use the Kindle as a display if the screen is broke? Please give more detail than just: "broke". If you mean the display screen still works, but the touch sensor does not . . . It is not a 'touchscreen' - it is an IR scanner. The KT, KT2 and KT3 are all IR scanners. I don't see how you can break a scanner. Last edited by knc1; 04-25-2017 at 07:07 PM.