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Old 10-20-2024, 02:40 AM   #992
SnackS
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Device: Kindle 11th gen (2024) RS23CV
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Originally Posted by shamanNS View Post
Nothing will happen after battery gets drained. Once you connect it to a charger if will just resume that never ending bootloop. Connect it to a computer via USB cable and check if between 2 restarts Kindle manages to export its storage. If it doesn't it's done for, nothing for you to do other than contact Amazon support and see if you can get a replacement unit.

That "killed by a reboot" happened already to bunch of people.
It happened to me 2 times, both times were PW5s ( = Kindle Paperwhite 11th Gen).
Thanks! I'm in the process of returning it.

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Originally Posted by BionicGecko View Post
Also, as stated in the very title of the thread, this only works on firmware versions 5.16.2.1.1 and lower. Your new Kindle presumably shipped with version 5.17.0, which is not compatible with this jailbreak method. There is currently no working jailbreak for the newly released devices.
Pretty sure the one I got was on 5.16.20. If everything goes ok I will be getting another one.
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