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shamanNS · 01-08-2024, 04:38 PM

That delete / clear "removable storage" contents on deregister is the default behavior that can be (or at least it used to be able do that as recent as firmware 5.13.6 on PW3, that was the only time and the last time I needed to test that feature) disabled on Kindle with a jailbreak (and terminal emulator or SSH access) by creating an empty file with filename "DONT_DELETE_CONTENT_ON_DEREGISTRATION" at "/var/local/system/" location, so the full absolute path for the file is:

Code:

/var/local/system/DONT_DELETE_CONTENT_ON_DEREGISTRATION

IIRC deregister clears everything from "/mnt/us" (= what you see as a removable drive when connecting via USB cable), not just books inside "documents" ( = /mnt/us/documents).

01-08-2024, 04:38 PM	#2
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,125 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	That delete / clear "removable storage" contents on deregister is the default behavior that can be (or at least it used to be able do that as recent as firmware 5.13.6 on PW3, that was the only time and the last time I needed to test that feature) disabled on Kindle with a jailbreak (and terminal emulator or SSH access) by creating an empty file with filename "DONT_DELETE_CONTENT_ON_DEREGISTRATION" at "/var/local/system/" location, so the full absolute path for the file is: Code: /var/local/system/DONT_DELETE_CONTENT_ON_DEREGISTRATION IIRC deregister clears everything from "/mnt/us" (= what you see as a removable drive when connecting via USB cable), not just books inside "documents" ( = /mnt/us/documents). Last edited by shamanNS; 01-08-2024 at 04:43 PM.