KUAL installation not possibel on 5.9.2.0.1 ?

[niem]

Hi to all

I have jailbroken my kindle voyage (initial FW 5.8.5 -> downgraded along the post from knc1 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=275877), installed KUAL but not succeded in starting it.
I fiddled around with the current hotfixes and so on - with no success.
When I activated the WiFi, the KV updated OTA and got stuck (update bar stuck at the position under the tree) . I could only reactivate it by resetting the device.

The current state is:
- I hope the jailbrak survieved the update process, but I'm not shure about that - the dummy install is not functioning
- now the kindle runs FW 5.9.2.0.1 - and I cannot downgrad to a former FW
- and I cannot install KUAL: "KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2" in the documents folder does not appear in my book list...

has anybody an idea, how to solve my problem

thank's a lot

[Cinisajoy]

I am not sure but I think that is the wrong KUAL file.

[shamanNS]

@niem: You must use "booklet" version of KUAL (Update_KUALBooklet_v2.7_install.bin) since with firmware 5.9.2 killed support for "active content" aka "kindlets" (KUAl.azw2 = kindlet).

To install that bin file you'll probably have to use a version of MRPi that gets triggered via searching for ";log". The way newer generation of Kindle devices was doing from the day one.

For more info take a look at spoiler for step #8 in jailbreak thread

The part that goes like "KOA and KT3 owners". The same applies to KV, PW3 and other devices that have been updated to firmware 5.9.x.

So if you already have latest snapshots version of MRPi you "just" have to copy that "Update_KUALBooklet_v2.7_install.bin" to "mrpackages" folder and run MRpi by "searching" for " ;log mrpi".

It's little backwards: in the past you used to run MRPi from KUAL and now you're running MRPi to initiate installation of KUAL-booklet version After doing it you have KUAL "book" (I guess? I've never used booklet version of KUAL... my PW3 is safely "paused" on firmware 5.8.11) and use it as always to configure other hacks.

[niem]

all is working perfect!
so easy - if one knows what the needed steps are
shamanNS

niem
PS: have I to mark the thread as closed

[shamanNS]

Now make sure to (re)install hotfix :
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...68&postcount=4

The same way you installed KUAL bin. (copy to "mrpackages", install via MRPi).

Do an extra reboot then check if the jailbreak is functional.

[niem]

@shamanNS

I did that before already.
but, because you recommended, I did it once again.

how can I check the jailbreak functionality

[shamanNS]

Install a (.bin packaged) hack from MobileRead? that still works on firmware 5.9.2...

You mentioned resetting your Kindle after it stuck installing OTA update. You didn't say if you installed hotfix after all that. If you didn't you should do it. Or you'll be coming back here on MobileRead after next firmware update to ask "what happened to my jailbreak, it's gone, why why".

None of the steps in jailbreak procedure are optional.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by niem

@shamanNS

I did that before already.
but, because you recommended, I did it once again.

how can I check the jailbreak functionality

Run the test package attached to the first post of the main jail break thread perhaps?
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=275877

[niem]

off course I can.
result: everything is fine - I have got the kindle as I intended.

thanks once again for the great help - great forum, awesome people

[penguintri]

Hi, I've just update my jailbroken PW2 to 5.9.2.0.1 and I understand I now need to use the booklet version of KUAL to manage packages. Unfortunately I can't get the ;log mrpi command for MRPi to work to install the booklet KUAL. When I search for the command nothing seems to happen. I have tried reinstalling MRPi from the snapshots thread and that doesn't seem to help. I guess I'm missing something really obvious but have no idea what!

I've tried reinstalling the hotfix but that didn't help.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Edit : It's working now. Seems after installing the hotfix I was just clicking on the ;log mrpi in the past searches instead of retyping and clicking the arrow which has made it work!

[Vidyvideni]

I have tried everything mentioned above.

1.I install Update_jailbreak_hotfix_1.14_nomax_install.bin hotfix
2. get the KUAL-v2.7.2-gea85a19-20171125.tar.xz, and put Update_KUALBooklet_v2.7.2_install.bin into mrpackage directory, I removed KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2 from documents directory

3. execute ;log mrpi in search bar

4. reboot my kindle, open KUAL , a blank screen shows up,, can't go back to homescreen , I have to reboot again, I try to open epub book , it shows `The seleccted application could
not be started`


my kindle is kt3 , jailbreaked before, it automatically updated to 5.9.2.0.1.

[thecopperbaron]

I'm also curious as to how you solved this problem. My KOA was updated yesterday to 5.9.2.0.1. The jailbreak survived, and I was able to run MrPI via `;log mrpi` to reinstall KUAL 2.7, python, USBnetworking, and linkss, without any reported errors for the installation.

The screensaver hack works as-expected, as does USBNetworking. The KUAL booklet, however, doesn't function properly. As reported above, when I select the KUAL booklet, it opens to a blank page. The status toolbar displays as usual (where the battery status and time are displayed), and the device is responsive to orientation changes (flipping the screen as the device is flipped), but there is no way to exit the blank page without forcing a reboot.

I've installed the nomax jailbreak hotfix, and reinstalled the snapshot versions of KUAL, the helper mods, to no avail. The KUAL booklet continues to act in the above manner.

[knc1]

It seems pretty certain from the recent posts that 5.9.x broke KUAL.

One of our people looked into it for the KOA2 and found that Amazon/Lab126 has started to obfuscate the Java interface that the KUAL booklet needs to use.
That change may have spread to the other models that run 5.9.<something>.

There is a prototype of a proposed replacement for KUAL, but the author has not (yet) packaged it for people to try out.
It is in a private github repository, so it seems clear that the author does not feel that it is ready even for public testing.

Translation:
don't despair
don't remove your jail break with the 'Reset' button
the problem is being working on (not by me, but by someone).

[dhdurgee]

Originally Posted by knc1

It seems pretty certain from the recent posts that 5.9.x broke KUAL.

One of our people looked into it for the kOA2 and found that Amazon/Lab126 has started to obfuscate the Java interface that the KUAL booklet needs to use.

There is a prototype of a proposed replacement for KUAL, but the author has not (yet) packaged it for people to try out.
It is in a private github repository, so it seems clear that the author does not feel that it is ready even for public testing.

Translation:
don't despair
don't remove your jail break with the 'Reset' button
the problem is being working on (not by me, but by someone).

Is there any new feature in 5.9.x that would attract a user to upgrade to it from 5.8.11 which still works with KUAL? If not, it sounds like the best advice is to avoid updating at least until a solution is found.

If you have already been upgraded but are jailbroken and KUAL is important it should be possible to downgrade to 5.8.11 or another working firmware. I don't know if we have procedures documented for this, or if it is possible without serial port access.

Dave

[thecopperbaron]

Originally Posted by knc1

It seems pretty certain from the recent posts that 5.9.x broke KUAL.

One of our people looked into it for the KOA2 and found that Amazon/Lab126 has started to obfuscate the Java interface that the KUAL booklet needs to use.
That change may have spread to the other models that run 5.9.<something>.

There is a prototype of a proposed replacement for KUAL, but the author has not (yet) packaged it for people to try out.
It is in a private github repository, so it seems clear that the author does not feel that it is ready even for public testing.

Translation:
don't despair
don't remove your jail break with the 'Reset' button
the problem is being working on (not by me, but by someone).

Thanks for the update! I'll sit tight then for my KOA.

As a related note, my wife's KV updated to 5.9.2.0.1, but on that device KUAL continues to work following a reinstall of the booklet package.