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NiMa · 02-11-2021, 11:52 PM

Sorry to bring this thread up being so late...
But thanks to everyone who made that possible! I received a bargain PW2 today and it was absolutely effortless to jailbreak the device. I studied a bit about the code and it's very interesting.

Also, a remark; thinking I screwed up my KUAL install because it wasn't showing up (in fact I only had to put it in the Documents folder!), I factory-reset the device a few times after the jailbreak and tried to re-run it. Interestingly enough, it said that it failed but I found out how to install KUAL properly and it worked fine. Also installed kterm and KOReader, both work fine, no problems.
Did I mis-read something, but don't Kindles undo the jailbreak when a "factory" reset is done? Because mine appparently did not...

EDIT: after investigating, it turns out that the Kindle would be one of the first-gen PW3s if I look up the serial number... It seems that it has been marketed as the PW2 with a 300 ppi screen version. Is it still a PW2?

02-11-2021, 11:52 PM	#1249
NiMa Fanatic Posts: 507 Karma: 2390534 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Somewhere in the Universe Device: Kobo Libra, Glo HD, Touch C/B, Mini, Glo, Aura SE, Clara HD, KT	Sorry to bring this thread up being so late... But thanks to everyone who made that possible! I received a bargain PW2 today and it was absolutely effortless to jailbreak the device. I studied a bit about the code and it's very interesting. Also, a remark; thinking I screwed up my KUAL install because it wasn't showing up (in fact I only had to put it in the Documents folder!), I factory-reset the device a few times after the jailbreak and tried to re-run it. Interestingly enough, it said that it failed but I found out how to install KUAL properly and it worked fine. Also installed kterm and KOReader, both work fine, no problems. Did I mis-read something, but don't Kindles undo the jailbreak when a "factory" reset is done? Because mine appparently did not... EDIT: after investigating, it turns out that the Kindle would be one of the first-gen PW3s if I look up the serial number... It seems that it has been marketed as the PW2 with a 300 ppi screen version. Is it still a PW2? Last edited by NiMa; 02-12-2021 at 09:26 AM.