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Originally Posted by aero31aero
Probably a very stupid question, but once you have 5.16.2 jailbroken, do most tinkerers then attempt to jailbreak 5.16.3 or would they jump to, say, 5.16.10?
I have friends who bought new Kindles and I couldn't warn them of these jailbreak things before (I said buy a Kobo but here we are) and now I'm researching on their behalf how to get them on KOReader haha.
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It's always better to stay on a lower firmware if one hopes to jailbreak his Kindle at some point in time. Amazon patches exploits as they finds them, so it gets progressively more difficult (and less likely) to have a jailbreak come out which works on later versions.
Also, as a general rule, hacks like this tend to work only on a lower firmware than the latest one; the reason for this is that many hackers choose to give a heads up to the vendor before releasing the exploit, giving them a chance to patch it before the exploit becomes public. I'm not familiar enough with the release timeline of previous Kindle jailbreaks to tell whether it's historically been the case for the Kindle, but it's often like this on other platforms.
If your friends are interested in jailbreaking their device, they should stay on whatever firmware they are on now, by keeping the device in airplane mode; with some luck, it will be supported by any new jailbreak method coming out.