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Froz · 03-02-2025, 01:15 PM

Went through all the Winterbreak steps here: https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/kindle-models but one thing I noticed is that during the jailbreak process that the kindle went from FW 5.16.4 to FW 5.17.1.0.3 (4351900007). My Guess is that as soon as I connected it to WIFI from a very long airplane only mode it grabbed the latest update and the jailbreak had some issues.

Even though it didn't seem like it worked (had a bomb appear and saw a note about unable to mount FS and restarted), I was able to proceed and launch KUAL and use the OTArenamer script during the jailbreak workflow but after the last reboot launch KUAL again (just getting application error).

I tried sticking the Update_KUALBooklet_ALLDEVICES_KS2_install.bin on the root and within the mrpackages and doing the update but searching for ;log mrpi does nothing but actually search now and keep getting app error.

I also tired re-running the "Run Hotfix" booklet but still getting app error.

It's annoying I can't what state my kindle is currently in to figure out where to go next. On my home screen I have KUAL, KPPMainApp V2... (I never manually ran that), and Run Hotfix. FW now says 5.17.1.0.3 (4351900007) - 70971.

So do I start over from scratch or any tips?

p.s. One of the other things that sucks is I of course lost all of my books that were loaded via calibre once I took this thing out of airplane mode to do the jailbreak. meh.... Should have expected but Perhaps the next person will know better.

Thanks in advance!

03-02-2025, 01:15 PM	#1
Froz Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kindle PW5	Help with a Failed Jailbreak Went through all the Winterbreak steps here: https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/kindle-models but one thing I noticed is that during the jailbreak process that the kindle went from FW 5.16.4 to FW 5.17.1.0.3 (4351900007). My Guess is that as soon as I connected it to WIFI from a very long airplane only mode it grabbed the latest update and the jailbreak had some issues. Even though it didn't seem like it worked (had a bomb appear and saw a note about unable to mount FS and restarted), I was able to proceed and launch KUAL and use the OTArenamer script during the jailbreak workflow but after the last reboot launch KUAL again (just getting application error). I tried sticking the Update_KUALBooklet_ALLDEVICES_KS2_install.bin on the root and within the mrpackages and doing the update but searching for ;log mrpi does nothing but actually search now and keep getting app error. I also tired re-running the "Run Hotfix" booklet but still getting app error. It's annoying I can't what state my kindle is currently in to figure out where to go next. On my home screen I have KUAL, KPPMainApp V2... (I never manually ran that), and Run Hotfix. FW now says 5.17.1.0.3 (4351900007) - 70971. So do I start over from scratch or any tips? p.s. One of the other things that sucks is I of course lost all of my books that were loaded via calibre once I took this thing out of airplane mode to do the jailbreak. meh.... Should have expected but Perhaps the next person will know better. Thanks in advance!