Hi,
First, thank you all for the information posted here. Because of that I could jailbreak my new Kindle PaperWhite3 without a problem.
I just received PW3 White color with Firmware 5.8.11 and SN: G090 KB...) and
I downgraded with success to firmware 5.8.9.0.1 (update_pw3_factory_5.8.9.0.1).
If you want to do the jailbreak you do it on your own: it worked for me, might not work for you. A lottery, I guess.
It was easy and my steps were:
- started my new Kindle PW3
- turned on Wi-FI and then logged into my Kindle (Amazon) account. It identified this Kindle as my second (I have another KT4)
- immediately after (1 ... 2 minutes, no more) I turned OFF the WiFi via the Airplane option.
- I did a reset the device from the Option in Settings - it rebooted
- After restart I did not turned on the WiFi, I choose the option on the bottom to continue setup later.
- I connected Kindle to PC and created in the root of the USB storage (alongside the Documents folder) a folder named
update.bin.tmp.partial to make sure no update will happen (read a lot here, on the site about not being able to downgrade if going to a firmare >= 5.8; even 5.8.11 jailbreaking is not officially supported, it's the reason I write here).
- I charged the Kindle PW3 until the Power LED was green, fully charged.
- I copied the following file
update_pw3_factory_5.8.9.0.1.bin in the root folder of Kindle:
https://nofile.io/f/ADNqZUHA7J2/upda..._5.8.9.0.1.bin
- I've disconnected Kindle for mPC (always with Safely Remove Hardware and Eject icon from SYsTray - Windows 10 x64)
- I clicked the Update your Kindle option from Settings the device rebooted and after some time got this on the screen:
- I had to wait about 14 minutes, after that wait-time the device rebooted into the normal home screen; it flickered a few times in the process.
- Now, with the factory image of 5.8.9.0.1 installed I have those details:
- turned to the wiki page from here as reference and source of links with the links for software to actually do the jailbreak:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/5_x_Jailbreak
and followed the next steps:
- used the file attached in this post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=275887
and followed the instructions in the first post. After the reboot I had a new document on Home Screen saying that the device is jailbroken.
- after that I used this file:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/at...9&d=1533526589
from the post here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1597
Here I am at this moment. I will have to install whatever is needed to have back my CoolReader. I use this wonderful app on my Kindle Touch and this is the reason why I have jailbreaked my new Kindle PW3.
And then get back to 5.8.11 firmware found here:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredow...ite_5.8.11.bin
I hope it helps someone
LE: used the advice from here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...25&postcount=5
on how to install Kual, Kual-Helper and MRinstaller that I've downloaded from here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=225030
LLE:
Installed CoolReader from here:
http://forum.vlasovsoft.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=631
with instructions from here:
http://wiki.vlasovsoft.net/doku.php?id=en:installation