K4 This device is not authorised as a test kindle

[Darthagnon]

I have a few old Kindles, one of which is my main: a Kindle 4. I like the buttons and have even replaced the motherboard.

It is not registered to any Amazon account, as I use KOReader and have multiple Kindles (other's registered to Amazon).

Usually in aeroplane mode, one day I connected it to Wifi. After a few minutes, I got "This device is not authorised as a test Kindle by the developer of this item. Please contact the developer." And then my jailbreak was disabled. I did not attempt registering the Kindle (nor do I plan to, it's old), which some have suggested may cause this error.

It's on the latest firmware for K4, jailbroken and I've used RenameOTAbin and ShutTheBackDoor (BinaryRenamer I tested as non-functional on this K4). So it's not getting any OTA updates. What gives? How can I prevent it losing its jailbreak when connected to WiFi?

There's a couple other people over the years who have had the same issue as me:

• https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=270856
  https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=352957

I used the same solution they did and reinstalled the jailbreak, but this is quite annoying, as it means I can't wirelessly transfer books. Is it because the K4 jailbreak uses revoked dev certs or something? Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening?

[Darthagnon]

This post was the first thing on Google when I searched for this exact issue again with another Kindle 4 - connect it to Wifi and almost immediately it disables the jailbreak and a book called "Test Kindle Installation Result" from Amazon appears in the library.

It's a pity the Kindle 4 models cannot be used with Wifi because of this. Don't suppose anyone knows of a way to avoid this? I have disabled logging with BinaryRenamer and blocked updates with ShutTheBackDoor. It still happened.

[dryes]

You have to downgrade with Kubrick to firmware 4.1.1. The required firmware is included in the Kubrick iso.

Had it on 4.1.3 and got "This device is not authorised as a test kindle". Aftre downgrading it worked but I had to reinstall some packages so KUAL would start again.

The downgrade didn't delete any data but it stopped KUAL and I think also some kindlets from working, so I had to reinstall some stuff.

I had already installed Back Door Lock previously, and maybe reinstalled that. Didn't try without it activated so I don't know if it's needed.

[qadzek]

Originally Posted by Darthagnon

It's a pity the Kindle 4 models cannot be used with Wifi because of this. Don't suppose anyone knows of a way to avoid this?

Your first post contains the solution.

I did not attempt registering the Kindle (nor do I plan to, it's old), which some have suggested may cause this error.

At least for me, registering my K4 seems to have fixed this issue: Menu button > Settings > Registration.
The latest firmware (4.1.4) seems required too.

There might be a solution that doesn't require registering, but I haven't tried it yet: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...29#post4545829