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Old 05-14-2019, 10:05 AM   #514
ilovejedd
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Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9
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Originally Posted by Xanotos View Post
Well, only thing running on my PW is the screensaver hack.
Heheheh I’m pretty nervous about updating the PW, I really don’t want to lose the screensaver hack. It’s the only reason I did all of this.
I had a hackable PW3, but I updated OTA and lost the my chance to hack it.
That's why I recommended sticking to customer/OTA 5.10.1.3 (not to be confused with 5.10.3 which is not jailbreakable). If you install customer fw5.10.1.3, you always have the option to install factory fw5.10.1.3 and jailbreak. Make sure you have the latest hotfix installed when you install firmware. That's what makes the jailbreak persistent.

Note, there's an option to block updates on the either KUAL+ or Helper add-on. I highly recommend enabling it from there.

The option does two things:
  1. create /mnt/us/update.bin.tmp.partial directory
  2. create /var/local/system/SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK file

Consider #2 an extra level of protection. In my case, SKIP_UPDATE_CHECK also greatly helped improve battery life (my PW4 was draining at 1-2% per hour on idle with wifi on).
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