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Originally Posted by knc1
No, you can't.
The device is either still jail broken or it is not, if not, using the serial port is the only way to jailbreak 5.8.10
What you now need to do is install the package attached to:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...69&postcount=5
Put it in the top of visible USB storage, disconnect the USB cord, use UYK (Update Your Kindle) menu entry to install it.
(and if that doesn't work, try the package attached to the post above that one)
You will then have to re-install anything that no longer seems to work (which is normal after an Amazon update).
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The only thing about step #7 is the addition of the FOLDER NAME given in that step, into the top level of visible USB storage.
It would be nice to know for certain if it had been there and what firmware version you had been running.
It would have told us if there was a specific firmware version that could defeat that method of OTA protection.
(In the distant past, there had been at least a few versions that could defeat it, but nothing in the recent firmware versions could.)
But all of that will have to remain a mystery in this case. |
Understood. I think I'll hold fire for now as the reason I "jailbroke" the device in the first place was to allow me to organise by subfolders, which I still couldn't do easily.
Thanks again for your help, and sorry I couldn't provide more info.