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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Karma to you!
Got the Jail Broken document (yay!) and installed the hotfix.
Guess newer firmware's the only option, huh? Looks like it won't let me install 5.8.7.0.1 or older firmware. Says unsupported and the Kindle immediately deleted update files. The md5 hash for the firmware files check okay (and they were downloaded from Amazon S3). Tried copying 5.8.9.2 and that was accepted (bin file got renamed to update-uuid.bin.
Are there major problems if I just stick with the factory 5.8.9.0.1 firmware? All I really need are KUAL, MrPI, Python and LibrarianSync.
Thanks again!  |
We have had some discussions about whether these initial versions were meant to be used for long times, or meant to update over wifi quickly.
I found on my new manga model that I could go through this process to install my jailbreak, and then return it to the "consumer" version of 5.8.9.0.1:
1. Unbox kindle
2. Go through setup screen and skip wifi registration
3. Install 5.8.9.0.1 factory
4. Install Jailbreak with ';installHtml'
5. Create file 'DONT_CHECK_BATTERY' file on root of kindle
6. run search bar command ';shpm' to reset the device back to shipping mode, but keep the jailbreak.
This cleans up all the extra factory files that are installed with the factory image, but left the jailbreak in place on my device.
From there I was able to :
1. Go through setup past language screen and pause on the wifi setup screen
a) Plug in kindle
2. add update.bin.tmp.partial
b) unplug kindle
3. finish Register with wifi
4. Install Hotfix nomax with 'update your kindle.
5. Continue with the rest of what I wanted.
On a related/unrelated note. I know the KT3 people have success doing a factory install after doing a reset, I wonder if this SHPM would be useful. If anyone who has serial port access and doesn't mind losing their jailbreak wants to try.
I believe there is some relation to "reset your device" and "shipping mode", but those are the steps I took, and I am not sure if they are identical.