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Old 08-28-2013, 10:13 AM   #2
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Originally Posted by Gingah View Post
Hi there,

To preface this, I should say that my purpose is mainly getting my Kindle Paperwhite to use a collection manager such as Calibre, as I very much depend on my articles and books to be well organized. I also want to find a way to take notes/assembly quotes that I can send to Evernote. Additionally, some anti-theft service would be very handy.

I'm new to jailbreaking, I've only done something similar to an old xbox once, but I think I understand the concept and the consequences fairly well. However, before I go through with it I have a few questions I'd hoped to get answered by someone competent in this forum. They are:

- Is the reversal process, either the "Rescue Pack" or some other reset, easy? That is, can I completely reset the Kindle even if it has become severely malconfigured (a failsafe backup of the device before jailbreaking)?
- Can I install Prey, or a equivalent service, to the Kindle?
- Can I prevent the Kindle from automatically updating?
- Can I install Evernote or some program that allows me to send notes by email?

Any suggestions, thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.
That is a very large laundry list of unrelated things.
Which is difficult to answer in a single thread.

0000: Very Difficult
The KUBRICK application can not restore a Kindle Paperwhite.
You can get a Kpw into a state that requires you to use a connection to the serial port inside of the device and a LOT of skill. Sometimes, YMMV.

FIRST: What is commonly called a "jailbreak" (also written: "Device Jailbreak") at **THIS** forum is just the addition of a public certificate for checking the signature on install packages.

SECOND: The 'Device Jailbreak' for the Kindle Paperwhite also does additional things, than simply install an additional certificate file.

THIRD: There are a number of ways to find existing information on this forum for yourself:
*) You can use the topic filters to select only topics with a specific prefix ;
*) You can use the "Master Index" linked to from the sticky area at the top of the forum index page ;
*) When logged in, leave the 'search box' empty and click "search" - that will take you to an advanced search form.

1) "Prey" - have not seen any posts about that here - go for it, let us know of any problems you have.

2) "Prevent Kindle from calling home and/or updating" - Lots of information here on that subject - use this to practice the "find it yourself" features mentioned above.

3) "Evernote" - I don't recall seeing that specific one here, probably another one for you to port, like #1 above.
There is information on other ways to use 'off device' storage described here.
And, of course, that is one of the 'standard' services that came with your Paperwhite - use of the Amazon 'cloud'.

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