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monguin · 05-15-2021, 06:00 PM

I'm new to jailbreaking and I'm looking for some guidance. I have a PW3 (I guess it's a PW3G), purchased used with 5.9.5.1, and updated to 5.9.6.1 as part of the jailbreak process. The device was previously registered, and after resetting it, I reconnected it to that same dummy Amazon account. Because the device prompted me to register without an option to skip, I just registered; I realized later that I might have tried copying update files to the device without registering - so not sure if I screwed up there.

All steps in the guide seemed to work as expected, until I got to step 8. I copied the mrpackages and extensions folders to the kindle root, and copied the KUALBooklet file to the mrpackages folder. Later I tried also copying the KUALBooklet_hotfix and KUAL.cfg files, since it wasn't clear if those were necessary. After ejecting the device and running ";log mrpi", I saw no effect. I'm not sure what I was supposed to see. After finding this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=297669, I tried running ";711" and I did see the 711 Page, including two fields that might be relevant: "1.3 Registration: Yes(1)" and "1.4 Certificate: Yes(1)".

Later, I also copied the contents of the KindleLazy repository (https://github.com/llakssz/KindleLazy) to the extensions/KindleLazy directory.

I'll note that I updated some of the formatting at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/5_x_Jailbreak to make it easier to follow, I hope that's alright.

I'd like to say thank you to everyone involved for helping me even get this far, although the process is a little daunting for a newcomer. At this point, I'm hesitant to try anything outside the guide without some advice. I apologize in advance for leaving out any useful information, please let me know what I can share to get some help, or if there is a better thread I should move this to.

Thanks!

05-15-2021, 06:00 PM	#205
monguin Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2021 Device: kindle pw3	I'm new to jailbreaking and I'm looking for some guidance. I have a PW3 (I guess it's a PW3G), purchased used with 5.9.5.1, and updated to 5.9.6.1 as part of the jailbreak process. The device was previously registered, and after resetting it, I reconnected it to that same dummy Amazon account. Because the device prompted me to register without an option to skip, I just registered; I realized later that I might have tried copying update files to the device without registering - so not sure if I screwed up there. All steps in the guide seemed to work as expected, until I got to step 8. I copied the mrpackages and extensions folders to the kindle root, and copied the KUALBooklet file to the mrpackages folder. Later I tried also copying the KUALBooklet_hotfix and KUAL.cfg files, since it wasn't clear if those were necessary. After ejecting the device and running ";log mrpi", I saw no effect. I'm not sure what I was supposed to see. After finding this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=297669, I tried running ";711" and I did see the 711 Page, including two fields that might be relevant: "1.3 Registration: Yes(1)" and "1.4 Certificate: Yes(1)". Later, I also copied the contents of the KindleLazy repository (https://github.com/llakssz/KindleLazy) to the extensions/KindleLazy directory. I'll note that I updated some of the formatting at https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/5_x_Jailbreak to make it easier to follow, I hope that's alright. I'd like to say thank you to everyone involved for helping me even get this far, although the process is a little daunting for a newcomer. At this point, I'm hesitant to try anything outside the guide without some advice. I apologize in advance for leaving out any useful information, please let me know what I can share to get some help, or if there is a better thread I should move this to. Thanks!