Tutorial LanguageBreak - Software Jailbreak for (probably) any Kindle <=

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by trincheta

I am surprised that I seem to be the only one stumping on this :-(

Here is the full log: https://pastebin.com/uWmkz5Q4

Actually, you're not. If you look at the thread, there's a bunch of people who are having exactly the same problem.
My log, btw, looks exactly the same as yours

[Marek]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

Actually, you're not. If you look at the thread, there's a bunch of people who are having exactly the same problem.
My log, btw, looks exactly the same as yours

If you are on anything above 5.16.2.1.1 you won't be able to use anything at this moment since the kindles have switched to armhf and all the jailbreak binaries will need to be recompiled

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by Marek

If you are on anything above 5.16.2.1.1 you won't be able to use anything at this moment since the kindles have switched to armhf and all the jailbreak binaries will need to be recompiled

Uhm... Not sure I get this... JB on my kindle looks to have been installed successfully, why they should be recompiled?
Oh, never mind, I'm sure I wouldn't understand an explanation, but you might tell me this: shall we go through the jb process again after they will be recompiled?

Apart from that, I kept doing some tests, and so I tried Jose's suggestion, I put Coplate's KUAL and Niluje's hotfix in the mrpackages directory and started mrpi.

So I can confirm that the "Failed to remount ro" is not a showstopper, apparently: I received it both for the hotfix and for KUAL, but the hotfix script showed an "Install successful" before the bomb picture...
While KUAL script still failed immediately, as it did before.

PS: I am not above 5.16.2.1.1 ... In fact, I am below (5.16.2.1). However, KUAL installation doesn't work either

[trincheta]

Originally Posted by Marek

If you are on anything above 5.16.2.1.1 you won't be able to use anything at this moment since the kindles have switched to armhf and all the jailbreak binaries will need to be recompiled

I have exactly 5.16.2.1.1, perhaps in Paperwhite they Switch to armhf in this version? Some answers in Stack Overflow say that the eval problem might be sh missing, but then, the calling script shouldn't work as well, right?

Anyways, as you're the expert... we should wait for recompiled binaries, right?

[trincheta]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

Uhm... Not sure I get this... JB on my kindle looks to have been installed successfully, why they should be recompiled?
Oh, never mind, I'm sure I wouldn't understand an explanation, but you might tell me this: shall we go through the jb process again after they will be recompiled?

Apart from that, I kept doing some tests, and so I tried Jose's suggestion, I put Coplate's KUAL and Niluje's hotfix in the mrpackages directory and started mrpi.

So I can confirm that the "Failed to remount ro" is not a showstopper, apparently: I received it both for the hotfix and for KUAL, but the hotfix script showed an "Install successful" before the bomb picture...
While KUAL script still failed immediately, as it did before.

PS: I am not above 5.16.2.1.1 ... In fact, I am below (5.16.2.1). However, KUAL installation doesn't work either

I don't get it, did you manage to install anything? What succeeded and what failed?

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by trincheta

I don't get it, did you manage to install anything? What succeeded and what failed?

Jose on a previous message claimed that he was able to install KUAL by putting the KUAL booklet (the .bin file) and Niluje's hotfix in the mrpackage folder.

This didn't make much sense to me: why install Niluje's hotfix if an hotfix had already been installed right after the jb? And what has the jb to share with KUAL?

I tried it anyway, put both the packages in mrpi folder, and MRPI as usual started to process the packages one after the other. First it processed the hotfix and... it worked. It gave the checkmark and the "Success" message, but it also said "Failed to mount rootfs in RO".
It then processed KUAL and.. the usual error: the immediate "Failed (127)" when running install.sh and then the warning "Failed to mount ...."

So apparently Niluje's hotfix was installed successfully. I have no way to verify though, as it does not produce any visible effect. While KUAL booklet didn't, and I can prove it because there is no booklet showing in the library

[trincheta]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

Jose on a previous message claimed that he was able to install KUAL by putting the KUAL booklet (the .bin file) and Niluje's hotfix in the mrpackage folder.

Thanks for the clarification! Looks like we are in the same spot. Now that you mentioned, I did install Niluje's hot fix and it did work, but there is no way with KUAL

[Yellow22]

@trincheta, @Ruskie_it
I have accidently gotten a solution.
Copy both Update_KUALBooklet_d0eb25b_install.bin and
Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_d0eb25b_install.bin to folder "mrpackages", and run ;log mrpi. Then KUAL should be successfully installed.

The version of MR installer should be r19293, and Kual should be coplate.

Good luck.

[silverhikari]

Hello,

i have installed OTArenamebin on my PW4 and wish to check find renaming function is working before enabling WiFi.

from reading some posts i should checkout the /usr/bin folder on the kindle but i can not seem to find that folder on the kindle root directory(location of documents and jailbreak) am i looking the wrong location or do i need to do something else besides plugging in the device to see the folder?

[BUMBY]

Thanks for everything ,
I installed KUAL and everything is fine, but when I want to transfer a book I need to exit KUAL to transfer books. Is there a way to transfer books without going back to the stupid main Kindle interface?

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by Yellow22

@trincheta, @Ruskie_it
I have accidently gotten a solution.
Copy both Update_KUALBooklet_d0eb25b_install.bin and
Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_d0eb25b_install.bin to folder "mrpackages", and run ;log mrpi. Then KUAL should be successfully installed.

The version of MR installer should be r19293, and Kual should be coplate.

Good luck.

Couldn't see why it should be different, since the packages do not interact but are simply ran one after another, but I gave it a try nonetheless...
And they both fail, one after another.
Then UI reboot and I am left with a KPPMainAppV2_1993_031-juno_whatever crash log in the list.

No luck.
But if it didn't work for me, it shouldn't work for you either: most likely the solution lies in something else that you tried before that... What else did you try before this attempt?

[Yellow22]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

Couldn't see why it should be different, since the packages do not interact but are simply ran one after another, but I gave it a try nonetheless...
And they both fail, one after another.
Then UI reboot and I am left with a KPPMainAppV2_1993_031-juno_whatever crash log in the list.

No luck.
But if it didn't work for me, it shouldn't work for you either: most likely the solution lies in something else that you tried before that... What else did you try before this attempt?

You can install Niluje's hotfix first, and then try my method.

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by Yellow22

You can install Niluje's hotfix first, and then try my method.

I'll try.... Tomorrow.
What did you see anyway? When installing KUAL did the packages fail or you got a success?

[Yellow22]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

I'll try.... Tomorrow.
What did you see anyway? When installing KUAL did the packages fail or you got a success?

Kual appeares in library and many kual extensions can be successfully installed, such as Koreader and renameotabin.

[JuniorCfm]

Originally Posted by Jose

In version 5.16.2.1.1 I was only able to install kual by copying both files (kual and hotfix NiLuje's) to the mrpackages folder and using ;log mrpi. More recent versions (5.16.3 / 5.16.3.1 / 5.16.4) make it impossible to install kual, at least I couldn't on my PW5.

One question, how did you manage to downgrade the firmware, after these tests?