Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x - Page 135

ahecht · 10-15-2011, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Short answer: everything's fine on 3.3.
Hint: The first post has been updated accordingly.

If I already have the 3.1 jailbreak and hacks installed, can I just install 3.3 on top of that (using the manual Amazon file), or do I need to reinstall the >= 3.2.1 jailbreak once the update is complete?

Hollow Man · 10-15-2011, 10:39 AM

UPDATE: I did a manual restart of my Kindle and then it accepted the latest jailbreak. Putting my screensavers back now, and don't expect any issues. Then I'll try the new Amazon 3.3 update. Again, thanks to all for their hard work!

Problem as previously stated listed below, in case it helps someone:

---

NiLuJe,

I have a Kindle 3G at 3.1, running jailbreak .5N and screensaver hack .19N. I tried to upgrade to .9N (update_jailbreak_0.9.N_k3g_install) and got error U007, so I uninstalled the screensaver hack, then the jailbreak (with the .5N uninstall file), then removed the two folders it left behind on the Kindle. Both were successful.

I then tried to install update_jailbreak_0.9.N_k3g_install again and still get U007. I know I'm back to vanilla because I have the old Kindle screensavers again. Any ideas?

Thanks so much guys for all your hard work,

-HM

NiLuJe · 10-15-2011, 12:24 PM

@Millbrook/ahecht/Hollow Man:

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING UPDATES:
Here are general update instructions for these hacks:

First of all, in most cases, there's no need to touch the jailbreak again. You already installed it the first time you installed hacks. Just forget about it now .
Next, no need to run the update_*_uninstall.bin updates, ever. (except in some specific cases, like if you're updating the jailbreak on a 3.x device, or from another font/ss hack [in which case you should use the original uninstaller for your hacks, and not the ones found here]).
Then, you can apply the latest update_*_install.bin updates, one by one. You can safely chain both hacks installs.
After that, to make sure everything's in order, do a full Restart of your Kindle ([HOME] -> [MENU] > Settings -> [MENU] > Restart), and you'll be good to go . Note that in some cases, especially for minor updates, this restart is not strictly necessary, but better be safe than sorry .

Short answer: If you have a recent enough jailbreak (ie. one that supports FW 3.1, meaning >= 0.5.N in my case), everything's fine, don't do anything special.

In case you *have* to update your jailbreak (ie. pre 3.1 jb), you'll have to *uninstall* it first (and restart your Kindle *before* installing the latest one, if you were running <= 0.5.N or yifanlu's).

Hollow Man · 10-15-2011, 12:40 PM

I had read all that earlier, thus, had left the jailbreak alone for quite some time. But I figured it couldn't kill me to be at the latest jailbreak version for the FW 3.3 update. I could be fairly sure people were happily running .9.N jailbreak and FW 3.3 successfully, but it wasn't obvious that anyone was currently running the older .5.N with FW 3.3 (even though granted, I wasn't running a pre-FW 3.1 jailbreak).

I always try to go with what the masses have. More people to turn to in case there's a problem

-HM

NiLuJe · 10-15-2011, 12:44 PM

@Hollow Man: Technically, .5.N should have been sufficient, but, yeah, I get your drift

.

(And, incidentally, the latest version does have a few notable bugfixes, namely the fact that it'll actually disable itself after an uninstall, without having to do a full restart, which, like you experienced, could be quite confusing when updating the jailbreak).

Hollow Man · 10-15-2011, 12:52 PM

I was surprised that trying to update to .9.N from .5.N caused an error, because surely I've rebooted the darn thing more than a few times since that .5.N install. Undoubtedly a reboot, then upgrading to .9.N, would've worked and saved me the time it took to uninstall everything, but that thought didn't occur to me until after I did the uninstall.

Come to think of it, I'm surprised the uninstall worked without a reboot.

Ah well, I'm updated now, and will leave it alone (until, undoubtedly, the next FW update Amazon pushes out, heh).

-HM

NiLuJe · 10-15-2011, 02:44 PM

@Hollow Man: The issue lies in the fact that the (slightly buggy) 0.5.N uninstaller didn't clear some 'temporary' stuff, and thus needed an extra reboot to get the Kindle back in a clean state, allowing it to successfully install some stuff

. (That, among other things, is fixed since 0.6.N)

Shack70 · 10-15-2011, 03:35 PM

How do I find out what version of the Jailbreak I am running? I am running Firmware 3.1 and I installed the Jailbreak/Screen Save Hack back in February of 2011. Is there are reason for me to even upgrade the jailbreak and firmware? Thanks in advance!

Hollow Man · 10-15-2011, 03:44 PM

NiLuJe puts a text file in the Kindle's jailbreak folder which says what version it is. My guess is you have .5.N if you installed it in February and you have FW 3.1. So no, unless I'm misunderstanding NiLuJe, because you've already got a jailbroken FW 3.1, you don't have to upgrade the jailbreak to put on FW 3.3.

-HM

Shack70 · 10-15-2011, 04:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hollow Man

NiLuJe puts a text file in the Kindle's jailbreak folder which says what version it is. My guess is you have .5.N if you installed it in February and you have FW 3.1. So no, unless I'm misunderstanding NiLuJe, because you've already got a jailbroken FW 3.1, you don't have to upgrade the jailbreak to put on FW 3.3.

-HM

Yes thats basically what I am asking. So there is no real need to upgrade the jailbreak unless I just want the newest version and from what I reading on the Amazon site the 3.3 firmware just keeps my older 3G kindle in line with the newer version called "Kindle Keyboard". I'm going to update to 3.3 and leave the jailbreak alone at .5n unless there is any other good reason to change it.

Hollow Man · 10-15-2011, 04:49 PM

As he said above, there are some bug fixes, but apparently nothing absolutely necessary in .9.N.

-HM

Spagnum · 10-15-2011, 07:04 PM

Hi guys!
Thanks for great tread, good job!

Now please forgive me my noobieness, but I'm a new Kindle owner.
Yesterday I updated my newly bought Kindle Wifi from 3.2.1 to 3.3, it have never been jailbroken - so am I right to just go ahead and do the jailbreak with the 0.9 .bin file?(update_jailbreak_0.9.N_k3w-3.2.1_install.bin)

NiLuJe · 10-15-2011, 08:08 PM

@Shack70:

Like Hollow Man said, if you have an info.txt file in a linkjail directory on the root of your Kindle, you're good to go. If you don't, you'll have to update your jailbreak first.

@Spagnum:

Yes

.

aliar · 10-17-2011, 04:07 AM

Jailbreak_0.9.N can NOT jb 3.3, pls help me. Thanks.

Should I use the ones suffixed by -3.2.1? My kindle is 3g version.

nielsgans · 10-17-2011, 09:39 AM

I want to update my fonts hack(the original one is 3.9.N), should I uninstall it? but I can not find kindle-fonts-3.9.N-k3.zip on this thread, who can help me? thanks~~~

10-15-2011, 10:39 AM	#2012
Hollow Man Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Oasis, Keyboard; iPhone 13 Pro, Air	UPDATE: I did a manual restart of my Kindle and then it accepted the latest jailbreak. Putting my screensavers back now, and don't expect any issues. Then I'll try the new Amazon 3.3 update. Again, thanks to all for their hard work! Problem as previously stated listed below, in case it helps someone: --- NiLuJe, I have a Kindle 3G at 3.1, running jailbreak .5N and screensaver hack .19N. I tried to upgrade to .9N (update_jailbreak_0.9.N_k3g_install) and got error U007, so I uninstalled the screensaver hack, then the jailbreak (with the .5N uninstall file), then removed the two folders it left behind on the Kindle. Both were successful. I then tried to install update_jailbreak_0.9.N_k3g_install again and still get U007. I know I'm back to vanilla because I have the old Kindle screensavers again. Any ideas? Thanks so much guys for all your hard work, -HM Last edited by Hollow Man; 10-15-2011 at 11:00 AM.

10-15-2011, 02:44 PM	#2017
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@Hollow Man: The issue lies in the fact that the (slightly buggy) 0.5.N uninstaller didn't clear some 'temporary' stuff, and thus needed an extra reboot to get the Kindle back in a clean state, allowing it to successfully install some stuff . (That, among other things, is fixed since 0.6.N) Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-15-2011 at 08:18 PM.

10-17-2011, 04:07 AM	#2024
aliar Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: SONY PRS 505, Kindle DXG, Kindle 3 3G, iPad 1	Jailbreak_0.9.N can NOT jb 3.3, pls help me. Thanks. Should I use the ones suffixed by -3.2.1? My kindle is 3g version. Last edited by aliar; 10-17-2011 at 08:37 AM.

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10-15-2011, 12:40 PM	#2014
Hollow Man Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Oasis, Keyboard; iPhone 13 Pro, Air	I had read all that earlier, thus, had left the jailbreak alone for quite some time. But I figured it couldn't kill me to be at the latest jailbreak version for the FW 3.3 update. I could be fairly sure people were happily running .9.N jailbreak and FW 3.3 successfully, but it wasn't obvious that anyone was currently running the older .5.N with FW 3.3 (even though granted, I wasn't running a pre-FW 3.1 jailbreak). I always try to go with what the masses have. More people to turn to in case there's a problem -HM

10-15-2011, 12:44 PM	#2015
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@Hollow Man: Technically, .5.N should have been sufficient, but, yeah, I get your drift . (And, incidentally, the latest version does have a few notable bugfixes, namely the fact that it'll actually disable itself after an uninstall, without having to do a full restart, which, like you experienced, could be quite confusing when updating the jailbreak).

10-15-2011, 12:52 PM	#2016
Hollow Man Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Oasis, Keyboard; iPhone 13 Pro, Air	I was surprised that trying to update to .9.N from .5.N caused an error, because surely I've rebooted the darn thing more than a few times since that .5.N install. Undoubtedly a reboot, then upgrading to .9.N, would've worked and saved me the time it took to uninstall everything, but that thought didn't occur to me until after I did the uninstall. Come to think of it, I'm surprised the uninstall worked without a reboot. Ah well, I'm updated now, and will leave it alone (until, undoubtedly, the next FW update Amazon pushes out, heh). -HM

10-15-2011, 03:35 PM	#2018
Shack70 Guru Posts: 777 Karma: 1043626 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: York, Pa Device: Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation	How do I find out what version of the Jailbreak I am running? I am running Firmware 3.1 and I installed the Jailbreak/Screen Save Hack back in February of 2011. Is there are reason for me to even upgrade the jailbreak and firmware? Thanks in advance!

10-15-2011, 03:44 PM	#2019
Hollow Man Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Oasis, Keyboard; iPhone 13 Pro, Air	NiLuJe puts a text file in the Kindle's jailbreak folder which says what version it is. My guess is you have .5.N if you installed it in February and you have FW 3.1. So no, unless I'm misunderstanding NiLuJe, because you've already got a jailbroken FW 3.1, you don't have to upgrade the jailbreak to put on FW 3.3. -HM

10-15-2011, 04:49 PM	#2021
Hollow Man Evangelist Posts: 408 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Connecticut Device: Kindle Colorsoft, Oasis, Keyboard; iPhone 13 Pro, Air	As he said above, there are some bug fixes, but apparently nothing absolutely necessary in .9.N. -HM

10-15-2011, 07:04 PM	#2022
Spagnum As - himself Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kindle	Hi guys! Thanks for great tread, good job! Now please forgive me my noobieness, but I'm a new Kindle owner. Yesterday I updated my newly bought Kindle Wifi from 3.2.1 to 3.3, it have never been jailbroken - so am I right to just go ahead and do the jailbreak with the 0.9 .bin file?(update_jailbreak_0.9.N_k3w-3.2.1_install.bin)

10-15-2011, 08:08 PM	#2023
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@Shack70: Like Hollow Man said, if you have an info.txt file in a linkjail directory on the root of your Kindle, you're good to go. If you don't, you'll have to update your jailbreak first. @Spagnum: Yes .

10-17-2011, 09:39 AM	#2025
nielsgans Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	I want to update my fonts hack(the original one is 3.9.N), should I uninstall it? but I can not find kindle-fonts-3.9.N-k3.zip on this thread, who can help me? thanks~~~

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