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bobtista · 01-01-2020, 09:06 PM

Thank you Junket. I got the books back by removing two files: /var/local/cc.db and dcm.db and restarting. I Installed Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix via UYK, and I was able to get everything working as needed. My main goal was to get a wireless presenter to turn pages for my mother, and it works perfectly now via the KindleLazy extension

My complete path to here:
-Started with PW3 running fw 5.12.3
-Followed all of the steps in this guide
NOTES:
I didn't need the V wire, just the tx, rx, and gnd wires
Using OSX I didn't use putty for the session. Instead...
To find the usb/serial device on OSX, I ran "ls /dev/cu.usbserial-*"
To open the session, I ran "screen /dev/cu.usbserial-MYDEVICE 115200 –L"
The commands were a bit different than in the thread, like the "D" "L" "Q" commands didn't work, but I typed something like "exit login" and that worked instead.
Also in vim, after editing the file, it's important to do ":wq" because when I just did ":w" it didn't exit, so I was still messing up the open file, and I had to do ":q" then make it quit without saving the new changes by using override "quit!"
I followed the steps in the article for installing KUAL, helper, and mrinstaller (skipped the screensaver). This was a mistake because I hadn't seen the sticky on this thread yet. KUAL wasn't showing up, so I googled it. The next thing I found was the page on KUAL where the spoiler said I needed to install Update_KUALBooklet_v*_install.bin with search ";log mrpi" This didn't work.
Next, I installed update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_v2.7.22_install.bin via UYK
At this point, KUAL appeared to be working.
Next, I installed JailBreak-1.16.N-FW-5.x-hotfix via UYK
Finally, I installed kterm 2.5, cleared out those db files, and restarted.

I wish I had found the sticky first. The thread I found on jailbreaking via a google search initially just said "If you have any fw higher than 5.something you'll need to do a serial jailbreak, follow these steps." It was a bit of a wonky road, but I'm incredibly grateful to have gotten through it. I hope this helps others!

01-01-2020, 09:06 PM	#165
bobtista Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Paperwhite PW3	Thank you Junket. I got the books back by removing two files: /var/local/cc.db and dcm.db and restarting. I Installed Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix via UYK, and I was able to get everything working as needed. My main goal was to get a wireless presenter to turn pages for my mother, and it works perfectly now via the KindleLazy extension My complete path to here: -Started with PW3 running fw 5.12.3 -Followed all of the steps in this guide NOTES: I didn't need the V wire, just the tx, rx, and gnd wires Using OSX I didn't use putty for the session. Instead... To find the usb/serial device on OSX, I ran "ls /dev/cu.usbserial-" To open the session, I ran "screen /dev/cu.usbserial-MYDEVICE 115200 –L" The commands were a bit different than in the thread, like the "D" "L" "Q" commands didn't work, but I typed something like "exit login" and that worked instead. Also in vim, after editing the file, it's important to do ":wq" because when I just did ":w" it didn't exit, so I was still messing up the open file, and I had to do ":q" then make it quit without saving the new changes by using override "quit!" I followed the steps in the article for installing KUAL, helper, and mrinstaller (skipped the screensaver). This was a mistake because I hadn't seen the sticky on this thread yet. KUAL wasn't showing up, so I googled it. The next thing I found was the page on KUAL where the spoiler said I needed to install Update_KUALBooklet_v_install.bin with search ";log mrpi" This didn't work. Next, I installed update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_v2.7.22_install.bin via UYK At this point, KUAL appeared to be working. Next, I installed JailBreak-1.16.N-FW-5.x-hotfix via UYK Finally, I installed kterm 2.5, cleared out those db files, and restarted. I wish I had found the sticky first. The thread I found on jailbreaking via a google search initially just said "If you have any fw higher than 5.something you'll need to do a serial jailbreak, follow these steps." It was a bit of a wonky road, but I'm incredibly grateful to have gotten through it. I hope this helps others!