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Well it might be in the thread's 1919 posts somewhere, but that's contrary to the instructions in step zero of the first post.
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Well that's the real problem with post #1: It simply tries to cover
any and every case. The result is then becoming more and more confusing.
IMO every up-to-date and
out-of-the-box (i.e. factory new; not refurbished) Kindle now regularly selling (i.e., 7th generation and up, beginning with PW3) does not need to be registered with Amazon first, as the menu entry UYK is present already after the first boot and skipping WiFi setup, thus leaving the device in airplane mode. If it comes with one of the jb'able firmwares (below 5.8.8; and the one very special 5.8.9.0.1), you may well start directly with step 4 and all is fine. Of course there are also neither parental settings then, nor "special offers" to deal with (as the divice - as told - never was registered with Amazon). Jailbreaking such virgin Kindles is comparatively easy and real fun.
A side remark/educated guess: I speculated about the "why" of this special 5.8.9.0.1 firmware version that can be found on many brand new Kindles, and which accepts the special "FB02" archive type for a first full downgrade to the initial factory build. I believe to have found out what's the possible background. It seems not to be a bug (or otherwise was happening to Amazon in error), but a feature.
Keep in mind that the voice files for audiobooks and the screen reader are now available in
English only. Maybe, Amazon is working also on other languages to be released by default with the new KOA2 und up (probably beginning next year), and then these additional languages are also to be backported to older devices too (generation 7 and 8). Therefore, the manufacturer currently produces special "OEM" Kindles that allow the "FB02" downgrade procedure (the fabulous fw 5.8.9.0.1
). At least this is possible once, before the first user firmware update. Then these "raw" OEM Kindles are delivered to local Amazon branches which do the last step when pre-registering/personalizing online ordered Kindles: They then additionally install the relevant local lanuage file before sending the device to the customer. (Because of the limited memory - given the standard 4 GB Kindles - it's not possible to have more than two different languages the same time on a device as they require roundabout 150 MB each.)
Just my 0,02 $ ...
