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Originally Posted by Faceless178
Firmware 5.18.1 breaks Winterbreak, I would personally NOT update.
However, if its an unregistered device then the problem that you face is that the moment you register it will download an OTA (presumably 5.18.1+) and thus not allow for Winterbreak. The solution that I've seen (though haven't tried myself) is to fill the Kindle's storage space up over USB, so there's only about 20mb left. Then you register and because there isn't enough space to store the OTA, it won't download. Then you can jailbreak and prevent OTAs and you might be fine. You don't need any real data, just a bunch of dummy files will do. You can delete them after you've disabled OTAs.
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The filling up space trick may be device specific. It does not work on the ColorSoft for sure. I mentioned it earlier in the thread, so not repeating everything I tried — but in short, the Kindle will force an update immediately upon registering. Doesn’t matter if you fill up the drive or not, or restrict WiFi etc. There is absolutely no way around it. If you prevent the download + install any which way, it won’t proceed and ask you to keep retrying. You cannot reach the Home Screen to turn on airplane mode without going through the first update. Others in the different threads have mentioned the same, so I’m not alone in that determination. I know some folks said they turned on airplane mode without installing the update, so I guess it might be dependent on the model or existing firmware. Perhaps the fill-up trick works on their model. But like I said, at least for the ColorSoft you have to do the first update. Luckily, for now it’s enforcing 5.18.0.1.0, so you can still JB after the forced update. But presumably in the future it’ll start enforcing 5.18.1, and that’s when the JB will be locked out.