Thread: K5 FW 5.x ScreenSavers Hack
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Old 05-24-2018, 01:00 PM   #2695
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Originally Posted by fourwinds View Post
Hello,

I think I am just out of luck but wanted to double check as I do find all of this a bit confusing and want to make sure I didn't miss anything.

I have a PW3 and I jailbroke it in 2016. The kindle updated while on wifi and I lost the screen saver hack a while ago and now am trying to fix it.

firmware is 5.9.5.1 which according to https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/5_x_Jailbreak leads me to believe I am out of luck.

Trying to open KAUL gives me "application error: the selected application oculd not be started. Please try again" - I even tried reinstalling it and restarting the kindle and neither worked.

Tried just resinstalling it kindle-python-0.14.N-pw2_kt2_kv_pw3_koa_kt3.zip again but when I unpack it in the root it won't allow me to update the device (after ejecting and disconnecting). When I connected to the computer again the file disappears. Pretty sure I need to have it uploaded through KAUL due to firmware version but I can't seem to get it working again.

I also tried to update the jailbreak using https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1597 but when I upload it to the root directory, eject, disconnect cable and try to install it says that it is an invalid update and to contact amazon (I am on airplane mode).

Is there anything else I can try or because I did not update the jailbreak before it updated, I am out of luck?

Thanks!
If you haven't done (factory) reset of you PW3 after it updated to firmware 5.9.x you should be able to restore full jailbreak and "jailbreak bridge" functionality by installing the "hotfix" bin. And then using MrPi you should install "booklet" version of KUAL since fw 5.9.x killed support for "kindlets"/"active content" (old KUAL in form of .azw2 file is a kindlet). That is why you can not start KUAL. The jailbreak itself could be still fully functional.

So try those things. Take a look at this:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...68&postcount=4

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...57#post3633257
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