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Old 07-20-2017, 11:11 PM   #1
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Device: prs-505, Kindle Keyboard 3g, PW3
How to downgrade JAILBROKEN 5.8.9.2 to factory initial.

Hi, I had upgraded to 5.8.9.2, and I wanted to downgrade back to 5.7.4 to test some more things. I did not want to flash over serial, so I found a change introduced in 5.8.9.2 that works.

Again, this only works if you are already jailbroken, and can SSH to your device, but it's any easy downgrade path, you are going to want to be in airplane mode because of step 4 and the note I put between 7 and 8.

1. enable usbnet
1. ssh to device
2. mntroot rw
3. touch /PRE_GM_DEBUGGING_FEATURES_ENABLED__REMOVE_AT_GMC
4. disable usbnet
5. plug in device and copy initial factory firmware from SW jailbreak thread.
6. eject
7. settings->update kindle

Now I am back on 5.7.4, but I have not reset my kindle, and I still have that
/PRE_GM_DEBUGGING_FEATURES_ENABLED__REMOVE_AT_GMC, also, now there is a new entry on my home screen called "Kindle Feedback" with a chat icon on it, I don't think it's a good Idea to click that.

I might be able to skip # 8-10, but no instructions talked about doing a reset on the factory firmware, and I didn't think it was a good idea.

8. update to 5.8.1
9. System menu reset
10. downgrade back to 5.7.4

Now I have done steps 1-4 of the main jailbreak thread, I can start over with actually jailbreaking again.

Main jailbreak thread for reference:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=275877
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