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aph · 03-14-2018, 04:29 AM

Confirming that for PaperWhite 3, firmware 5.9.4, the serial jailbraking works more-less as described on the mentioned thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267541

For serial connection, I used these:
https://www.ebay.es/itm/FT232RL-FTDI...kAAOSwLF1X~KFv
and
https://www.ebay.es/itm/Logic-Level-...YAAOSwv0tVV0~4

For some reason the FTDI chip did not work over a long usb cable, but did work when directly plugged into the PC. All the drivers worked automatically (win 8).
Putty connected as described.

bootm 0xE41000 booted into diagnostics
however, there were different menus. what worked to go into login menu was typing "exit login"
login root and password generated by python and serial number were good.

This part worked, but I needed to change mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p2, and I think I typed mntroot rw before. Not sure.

Code:

mkdir /tmp/main
mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /tmp/main
vi /tmp/main/etc/passwd

I've copied the jailbreak and ran jb.sh. It said '*** jailbreak *** ' on the screen.

Now, I'm having problems running KUAL. Please, help. I've tried copying the azw2 file to documents. Not shown in my library. I've tried with ;log mrpi, I think correctly, but nothing happens.

03-14-2018, 04:29 AM	#5
aph Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: kindle pw3	Confirming that for PaperWhite 3, firmware 5.9.4, the serial jailbraking works more-less as described on the mentioned thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267541 For serial connection, I used these: https://www.ebay.es/itm/FT232RL-FTDI...kAAOSwLF1X~KFv and https://www.ebay.es/itm/Logic-Level-...YAAOSwv0tVV0~4 For some reason the FTDI chip did not work over a long usb cable, but did work when directly plugged into the PC. All the drivers worked automatically (win 8). Putty connected as described. bootm 0xE41000 booted into diagnostics however, there were different menus. what worked to go into login menu was typing "exit login" login root and password generated by python and serial number were good. This part worked, but I needed to change mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p2, and I think I typed mntroot rw before. Not sure. Code: mkdir /tmp/main mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /tmp/main vi /tmp/main/etc/passwd I've copied the jailbreak and ran jb.sh. It said '* jailbreak * ' on the screen. Now, I'm having problems running KUAL. Please, help. I've tried copying the azw2 file to documents. Not shown in my library. I've tried with ;log mrpi, I think correctly, but nothing happens.