Many thanks to "ilovejedd" for the factory update to 5.10.1.3, which has finally given me shell access into my Kindle4 PaperWhite (S/N G000 PP07 **** ****) after I carelessly allowed it to update OTA to 5.10.1.3 at the end of December.
what worked for me is the following :
update_pw4_5.10.1.3_factory.bin, use "update your kindle" option
kindle-jailbreak-1.15.N-r15581.tar.xz, follow instructions and use ";installHtml" in search bar.
JailBreak-1.15.N-FW-5.x-hotfix, copy "...bin" and use "update your kindle" option
kual-mrinstaller-1.7.N-r15920.tar.xz, just extract and copy "extensions" and "mrpackages" folders(with contents) to top level folder on kindle over usb.
KUALBooklet-coplate-e9f54e6-20190412.zip, copy "....install.bin" file to "mrpackages" folder and type ";log mrpi" in search bar
kindle-usbnet-0.22.N-r15920.tar.xz,
Copy "Update_usbnet_0.22.N_install_pw2_kt2_kv_pw3_koa_k t3_koa2_pw4.bin" to "mrpackages" and install from KUAL menu. you should now have a menu in KUAL to control USBNetworking.
after installation and initial activation of USBNetworking the Kindle may throw an error about being "unable to start sshd". A reboot of the kindle seems to fix this.
I am using Putty on Windows 7 to connect to the kindle and the info. in the following post told me everything I needed to know, thanks to "Awak" for his post.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...stcount=55here
All credits go to ilovejedd, Awak, NiLuJe, knc1 and all the other excellent contributors to this site.