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autogris · 01-16-2025, 12:30 PM

Hi, I'd jailbroke PW 11th (G002DK) succesfully with LanguageBreak on a 5.16.2.1.1 firmware. Everything went smoothly, I'd installed KUAL, MPRI, until I've decided to install USBNetwork and mess with some minor configurations on root filesystem. After rebooting Kindle stops at the last 3% or something of loading bar on boot, then enter a bootloop until finally showing the "Your Kindle Needs Repairing". I can access the mount partition with usb cable during the loading period. Let me explain what exactly I did before rebooting and causing this error:

1. Installed USBNetwork and connected with ssh as root
2. Edited the following files:
* /var/local/java/prefs/geninfo with the following content https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...35&postcount=5
* /usr/share/webkit-1.0/pillow/javascripts/search_bar.js (changed const STORE_ID = 'app://com.lab126.store'; replacing store with browser)
* /var/local/system/locale (changed two instances of en_US.utf8 to en_GB.utf8)
3. Exited ssh session, went to settings menu, device, restart
4. Noticing the bootloop, I've panicked and instead of putting LanguageBreak hotfix binary to try to restore something broken, I've I placed the vanilla 5.16.2.1.1 firmware binary instead. System was "upgraded", there was a little message under the tree *** 5.16.2.x

***, probably from the JB firmware. The bootloop persisted identically, still.
5. Still not thinking clearly I've made a second mistake, I've dropped the jailbreak exploit (dictionary with that shell gawk script and .pem files) into the mount root, without going through the entering demo mode and all the process required in the instructions. Under the tree image shows now *** JAILBREAK ***
6. I've thought, well, maybe changing the locale required me to put the hotfix with the corresponding en_GB. Dropped the LanguageBreak hotfix*en_GB into the mount root. Error message telling it could not be updated. Bootloop again.
6. The error is the same in every single attempt I've described (reboot loop at the last few % of the progress bar)

Can you help me unbricking this? Thanks!

01-16-2025, 12:30 PM	#1
autogris Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2025 Device: paperwhite 11th	:help: Paperwhite 11th: Fix a series of mistakes Hi, I'd jailbroke PW 11th (G002DK) succesfully with LanguageBreak on a 5.16.2.1.1 firmware. Everything went smoothly, I'd installed KUAL, MPRI, until I've decided to install USBNetwork and mess with some minor configurations on root filesystem. After rebooting Kindle stops at the last 3% or something of loading bar on boot, then enter a bootloop until finally showing the "Your Kindle Needs Repairing". I can access the mount partition with usb cable during the loading period. Let me explain what exactly I did before rebooting and causing this error: 1. Installed USBNetwork and connected with ssh as root 2. Edited the following files: * /var/local/java/prefs/geninfo with the following content https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...35&postcount=5 * /usr/share/webkit-1.0/pillow/javascripts/search_bar.js (changed const STORE_ID = 'app://com.lab126.store'; replacing store with browser) * /var/local/system/locale (changed two instances of en_US.utf8 to en_GB.utf8) 3. Exited ssh session, went to settings menu, device, restart 4. Noticing the bootloop, I've panicked and instead of putting LanguageBreak hotfix binary to try to restore something broken, I've I placed the vanilla 5.16.2.1.1 firmware binary instead. System was "upgraded", there was a little message under the tree * 5.16.2.x , probably from the JB firmware. The bootloop persisted identically, still. 5. Still not thinking clearly I've made a second mistake, I've dropped the jailbreak exploit (dictionary with that shell gawk script and .pem files) into the mount root, without going through the entering demo mode and all the process required in the instructions. Under the tree image shows now JAILBREAK * 6. I've thought, well, maybe changing the locale required me to put the hotfix with the corresponding en_GB. Dropped the LanguageBreak hotfix*en_GB into the mount root. Error message telling it could not be updated. Bootloop again. 6. The error is the same in every single attempt I've described (reboot loop at the last few % of the progress bar) Can you help me unbricking this? Thanks!