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Originally Posted by Mazarin07
what does jailbreak mean?
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In the context of amazon kindles, jailbreak means exploit a vulnerabilty to get root access and install a developer key to allow signed community applications to run. Over the years a hotfix has been developed to allow recoverying the jailbreak in cases of a reset or firmware update, bothe of which cause the jailbreak. Over time installing the hotfix has become considered as part of the jailbreak process.