Kindle Touch/PW1/PW2 5.0.x - 5.4.4.2 JailBreak. Plus FW 5.x USBNetwork.

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@NiLuJe

Do you thinm there is anything that can be done about making KUAL wotk for me?

Will.

[NiLuJe]

@williamrochira: Besides hacking around like was done for the 3.x-on-DXg thing, I'm hoping a FW update will fix it once Amazon realize that they released devices their own FW aren't even aware exist ;p.

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Ah okay, thanks NiLuJe. I'll wait for Amazon to give us a firmware update then.

Will.

[j0ke42]

If you *do* find your model in that list, see the next answer .

Yes I found the model in the list:
Kindle PW2 WiFi
bought from USA, shipped to the Netherlands
first 4 characters of serial number: 9017
The firmware version is 5.4.3.2

First, read the instructions again, and make sure you followed them exactly. A common oversight is to upload the zip file itself, instead of what's *in* the zip file after it's been unpacked.

Making sure I did it correctly: I Copied the zip file to the root of my Kindle and unpacked it there. I did not remove the zip, or upload any other files than the zip, should I have done that?

If you think you did that right, don't worry, there's a known (upstream) issue that might cause the OTA updater to crash and fail to pick up new update files. If you still have the jailbreak files on the root of your device, remove them, and make sure you don't have any other .bin files laying around in there. Restart your device, and try the installation procedure again.

I did, but still no luck...

[knc1]

If the most recent '9017' - then you have to use the packages from NiLuJe's snapshots.

Have **one** and **only** one *.bin file on the root of your kindle at a time.
No *.zip file, nor anything else from the package's archive contents.

[j0ke42]

thanks for your reply!
and sorry for me being an idiot, but: what snapshots?
where do I find those??

[j0ke42]

oh wait you mean something from here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225030

and then probably this one: K5 JailBreak (5.0.x - 5.4.4.2)

hope it is not unstable...

By snapshot, I mean that these contain stuff straight from my development tree, so you can, and should, consider these unstable.

And it looks like I can't unpack a .tar.xz on a Mac without some extra software...

[eschwartz]

You have found it.

[j0ke42]

okay, found some software to open the .tar.xz on my Mac (the Unarchiver), so I am gonna try with this one

and.... yes no longer grayed out!

and... yes, there's the jailbreak text!

Thanks!!

Now let's see if I can get the screensaver to show me a book cover instead of the standard screensavers




edit: installed the Screensavers hack but it won't show the book covers yet
But I'll take that problem to the right place in this forum...

and another edit: it works now, happy happy joy joy

[BoozinKindler]

Hey Guys,

I just bought Kindle PW2 Wi-Fi in the U.S. and tried to jailbreak it using the bin file from kindle-jailbreak-1.10.N.zip, no luck.
Getting error 007.

Firmware Version: Kindle 5.4.3.2 (2317380003)
Serial number starts with 90D4

Could be the same issue as j0ke42 mentioned here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=979
I tried one of the snapshots from this page https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=225030 already.
No luck too.

Please help!

[NiLuJe]

@BoozinKindler: Nope, that's just a run-of-the-mill PEBCAK (aka. "You're Doing It Wrong!"™).

Clear the usb root of any and all .bin files, restart your device, and try again, correctly (namely, make sure you're *extracting* the contents of the kindle-5.4-jailbreak.zip archive, and *only* that, and that you're not using the usb root as a working directory for unpacking the full package).

[BoozinKindler]

@NiLuJe, my bad, sorry!
I was under impression I need to put Update_jailbreak_bridge_1.10.N_install.bin into the root directory...
Got it working now! Thank you!

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Hi again NiLuJe. I was wondering what would be involved in getting KUAL to play nicely with my 4gb '9060' PW2. I know you said we should wait for a firmware update from Amazon, but in the mean time, is there somewhere you could guide me to try and get it to work myself?

Will.

[NiLuJe]

@williamrochira: Not really, the last time something remotely like that has been done was on FW 3.x, and it involved hard java bytecode tweaking, which is NOT a recommended way to delve into Kindle hacking, especially on a device like the PW2 with flakey recovery capabilities at best (unless you have serial access).

I linked to the 3.x stuff a couple of pages ago, and dsmid has posted a few relevant stuff since, too.

(Plus, I'm not a Java guy anyway ).

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@NiLuJe

Okay then, I guess it's just a waiting game...

I can't cd into most of the /opt/ subdirectories. Do you know why? It's really frustrating because I just discovered that there's a package manager for the Kindle (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=118472) but I can't install it!

I don't understand! I've mounted read/write, I've tried resetting the thing, but no luck. Any thoughts?

Will.