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knc1 · 05-04-2017, 06:29 PM

The following, very specific, sequence will remove all changes from the user areas and from the 'main' OS (it will not touch 'diags' OS - but only RP ever adds anything there).

Press the "Reset (to factory defaults)" menu selection.
Install an Amazon update (format) file. These are complete images and they will over-write any changes made to the 'main' OS that the reset didn't get.

The opposite order will not do the job of getting rid of our viral jailbreak.

Yes, that is posted about a zillion times in this forum, ever since 5.1.2 on the KT, IIRC.

Note:
Compare that ordered list of two steps with the jailbreak instructions.
Yes, they are the same.
No, it isn't an accident that they are the same.

05-04-2017, 06:29 PM	#29
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	The following, very specific, sequence will remove all changes from the user areas and from the 'main' OS (it will not touch 'diags' OS - but only RP ever adds anything there). Press the "Reset (to factory defaults)" menu selection. Install an Amazon update (format) file. These are complete images and they will over-write any changes made to the 'main' OS that the reset didn't get. The opposite order will not do the job of getting rid of our viral jailbreak. Yes, that is posted about a zillion times in this forum, ever since 5.1.2 on the KT, IIRC. Note: Compare that ordered list of two steps with the jailbreak instructions. Yes, they are the same. No, it isn't an accident that they are the same.