Tools Introducing WinterBreak - Better Late Than Never

[x8a9]

Originally Posted by x8a9

reporting in for stats, any help

Kindle PW3 v5.16.2.1.1
not previously jailbroken

successful winterbreak

unsuccessful hotfix, tried 1.9 and 1.10. the "run hotfix" book never shows up.

I got it all working. I needed to follow the instructions on "Installing KUAL/MRPI" first then the "run hotfix" showed up in the section Setting Up A Hotfix

[snake218]

hi, is there a hotfix 1.2.0 ? main page shows a warning about it
https://kindlemodding.org/

[leadus]

Originally Posted by snake218

hi, is there a hotfix 1.2.0 ? main page shows a warning about it
https://kindlemodding.org/

Just use 1.10.0: "https://github.com/KindleModding/Hotfix/releases/tag/v1.10.0"

[cerem0ny]

Hello there, and thanks!

Just tried installing the hotfix on my KINDLE SCRIBE (2024) with no dice. It tells me I'm trying to install an invalid update file on my kindle once I copy the universal hotfix file over.

Has anybody managed to get the hotfix installed on a 2024 release Kindle Scribe?

Cheers

[DNSB]

For what it's worth, I installed WinterBreak on my daughter-in-law's old PW4 (fw: 5.17.0.3) since she purchased a Kobo Libra Colour. The older granddaughter loves seeing her books in colour). After getting the KLC setup and happy, she donated the PW4 to me. After installing the jailbreak, hotfix, KUAL/MRPI and KOReader, it seems to be working fairly happily.

She did look at the Kindle Colorsoft and a couple of other colour ereaders but since the Colorsoft is currently not even listed by Amazon Canada and Amazon US shows it as out of stock when checking from Canada, picking up the KLC at a local Chapters bookstore was the faster and easier option since Chapters had the same sale price as Kobo's online store.

Edit: Since the first PW4 handled the jailbreak well, I decided to jailbreak my PW4 since I had the first one to use if mine bricked.

My use for the PW4 is for testing ebooks when I am working on formatting ebooks for a few people so not a critical item for me and feeling in an experimental mode, I jailbroke it while it was on firmware 5.17.1. This went okay so I then downloaded and manually installed the 5.17.1.0.3 update. After that update went happily, I then reinstalled the hot fix and KUAL. A few restarts later, my PW4 was happily on 5.17.1.0.3 and KUAL launching KOReader & RenameOTABinaries seems happy enough.

[PigDan]

Originally Posted by PigDan

Hey there. Thanks for the useful resources and tools here, it's much appreciated. Unfortunately I'm registering here and posting this to report a problem. I've tried to follow the instructions very closely and take my time -- notably, the WinterBreak hotfix is installed already.
My details: I'm using a KOA3 on the latest firmware -- unfortunately I'm stuck and I can't "Open KUAL" as the guide states (meaning I got so far as the "Disabling OTA Updates" page on the [IKindleModding.org site[/I]). I've tried to review the thread's posts so far but I think I'm not seeing any Oasis users here yet or anything specifically referencing this error beyond a few similar statements.



I'm the second one here to quote this toggleable KFT option post now specifically and I couldn't find any reference of that for Kindle jailbreaking in my searches -- only here so far. I don't know what this does either.

The only thing I think I would've done wrong is realize once I installed "Update_KUALBooklet_*_install.bin" (KUAL and MRPI together) and the lack of an KUAL boot option leaving me unable to proceed with the guide (is it another bootable book like the WinterBreak hotfix?), I tried to install "Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_v2.7.35_install.bin " via the ;log mrpi option as the next step, which installed (I believe) and showed the lockscreen again. It didn't do anything to fix the lack of a KUAL setting available, so I learned this must might only have to be installed via being in the root of the storage and via the Update Your Kindle option, as mentioned under Troubleshooting in the guide. I got a pop-up notif that it was an Invalid Package or something along those lines, similarly to what I believe was mentioned earlier in this thread. I cannot use the uninstall variant of the KUALBooklet file via the mrpi screen either, as it gives me an error.
I hope this isn't a user error or it's just a bug since everything is so new.

Not that my post got any replies yet, unfortunately (the error was confusing and I never figured out what went wrong exactly), but if anyone is encountering the same issue: somehow, it fixed itself. Maybe updating WinterBreak via the hotfixes released after I sent my post helped?

I installed the current WinterBreak hotfix, redownloaded the KUAL files again just in case, and tried to uninstall KUAL Coplate and reinstall it, that was finally showing the KUAL document (although I was also getting an error log document I don't understand!), then installed KUAL hotfix properly. During the mrpi command installer screen, it would say successful install but once again quickly show an application error which I'm not sure is normal or not -- but THIS time, bizarrely, everything is working now and I don't know what changed in the factors. Quite frustrating! Even more so when other KOA3 users were fine here!
I'm hoping the error log document won't keep appearing, if it does I'll have to consult the dev.

I would love to see some guides/additional resources shared about what to actually do once jailbroken for the newcomers to the scene.. kindlemodding.org seems pretty geared towards the technical and longtime-modders side of things and kindlemodding.gitbook.io has a bit more on post-jailbreak content. And then this hacks page that linked in the guide . I'll have to go over and carefully read this thread a few times just to understand what version of KOReader to install! More info would be much appreciated and very helpful!

[fjf]

Yes, Scribe 2022 with the last firmware (5.17.2) and jailbroken with just one error:

https://i.imgur.com/FLLmykR.jpg

This seems to have no impact on the jailbreak; everything seems to be working. KOreader HF version (https://build.koreader.rocks/download/nightly/) installed and running.

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

Hello there, and thanks!

Just tried installing the hotfix on my KINDLE SCRIBE (2024) with no dice. It tells me I'm trying to install an invalid update file on my kindle once I copy the universal hotfix file over.

Has anybody managed to get the hotfix installed on a 2024 release Kindle Scribe?

Cheers

[omporo]

Working on a Kindle Paperwite 7th Gen with 5.16.2.1.1 version.

Thanks a lot for the effort!

[cerem0ny]

Originally Posted by fjf

Yes, Scribe 2022 with the last firmware (5.17.2) and jailbroken with just one error:

https://i.imgur.com/FLLmykR.jpg

This seems to have no impact on the jailbreak; everything seems to be working. KOreader HF version (https://build.koreader.rocks/download/nightly/) installed and running.

I can’t install the hot fix on the new scribe. The 2024 scribe. Tried different versions of the hot fix, tried reinstalling everything on a fresh factory reset, no dice!

[PigDan]

I tried to post an update (my issue fixed itself apparently) but it went into the void and might not be posted here. I'm unfamiliar with the automatic processes here and not entirely sure if it was because I attached a link here as a new member. Anyways, what I was trying to post was: I was a KOA3 user that wasn't having the whole guide work, but now I successfully completed all the steps of the guide. I tried again on the newest WinterBreak Hotfix version and redownloaded the KUAL (Coplate) files and it worked now (installed KUAL hotfix properly too, just in case) -- albeit with a log document that keeps popping up, and hopefully will stop reappearing (I'm not sure what the conditions are for it to appear yet). I'm subbed to Github project updates so hopefully that's the best way to stay up-to-date on the new developments of this project? I haven't seen any new dev posts but I want to say again.. thanks! It can be confusing as a newcomer but learning all this has been fun.

[Erix]

Works as intended (inc. KOReader) on a Kindle Paperwhite 11th Gen with 5.17.1.0.3 version.

Thank you.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by zakalwe

However, it is displayed this way in the device information.
Ultimately, it's irrelevant if I made a mistake with the device name, that won't be the reason why it doesn't work.

To get help, it is possible that the correct Kindle may need to be known. What you have is a PW3.

[elermo]

initially i successfully installed the jailbreak with koreader and disabled ota updates.

then i wanted to add some more packages like the screensaver, font package etc. after i tried to install them with kual, no app would start anymore, also not koreader. i could still get into kual though.

so i factory reseted the kindle and tried to do the jailbreaking process again. i could do the winterbreak patch but after that, i wasnt able to install the hotfix anymore, regardless if i put it in the root directory and tried to install it via software update (it would just tell me that my software is up to date) or through mrpi with ;log mrpi (i get a blank screen and a log document afterwards). my guess is that since i disabled the ota update im not able anymore to install the hotfix. but i have no idea how to enable ota updates again.

i tried the suggestion one commenter mentioned here with modifying the winterbreak jb.sh by adding some lines of code from the renameotabin\bin\restore.sh. no luck unfortunately.

does anybody know how i can reenable the ota updates again?

i attached my log file

[PiperKev]

I hope I didn't screw up. I successfully completed the jailbreak on my KOA3, including disabling OTA. Since it was running fine, I deleted the hotfix "book" from my library since I didn't think I needed it after successfully installing it. Is it okay that I did that, or did I screw up? If so, should I go through the WinterBreak steps again?

UPDATE: I asked this on another thread, and Overtone1971 answered me:

"Just reinstall the hotfix , and the booklet should appear again . If you installed ranameOTABin then remember to restore ota binaries first so that you are able to install hotfix update.bin . Don't delete the booklet as it is used to restore JB after an OTA update."

That worked, and I didn't have to reinstall anything else.

[tarungupta2001]

Hello Guys,
I successfully installed winterbreak jb on my Kindle Paperwhite 11th gen.Now the problem is that everytime i open kindle store, winterbreak jailbrak opens, so that i am unable to use the kindle store.
Is there any solution for this.
Thanks.