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 I don't know what version I have installed but the OTA blocker shows up in the Helper+ menu on KUAL hence, I referred to it as KUAL Helper+. Can't rightly remember if the OTA blocker was in KUAL+ or Helper add-on. I always install both (well, actually all the KUAL add-ons from Snapshots). Last edited by ilovejedd; 03-07-2021 at 10:46 PM.  | 
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			@ilovejedd what's that "Force Grayed UYK"?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			It's a throwback to ye' olden time without MRPI, when we could install stuff through UYK, except that the actual UYK button required an USBMS session to be enabled, which meant that sending updates over SSH required extra shenanigans, hence the button. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Got it, thanks.  
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
	 
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			5.13.5 was just released, Has anyone tried jailbreaking that using this method yet?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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 5.13.4 added code to defeat this method. It is extremely unlikely that 5.13.5 would revert that.  | 
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			can i manually downgrade my Kindle to 5.13.3 and then do jail break?
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			Yes. I’ve seen it. But the experts in these forums I’ve seen multiple times recently say that the recent firmwares prevent downgrading. So far the research I’ve done suggests only opening up the kindle and taking a hardware approach works. Which is beyond my skill set.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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 I also came across comments that suggest that (i think it was) 5.12.(something) lent itself to downgrading but never saw any details on how to do that. addendum: OK. i found hius07 linking to a downgrade posting from 2016. But there wasn't a clear confirmation that the technique from the OP still worked on more recent firmware. If this still works, it is still beyond me. As was said, "not for the faint of heart." Last edited by Sol Arkite; 04-24-2021 at 02:15 AM.  | 
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			Supposedly the first post in the thread 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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			No. I’ve been hunting all over for it thinking it might answer some questions for me. All I remember is someone claiming that somewhere in 5.12.# that downgrading was enabled. Similar to how jailbreaking flips a switch. I was waiting for details to emerge, yet Nothing ever did. I was especially eager as at that time the new jailbreak wasn’t out yet and I thought someone had found the holy grail.
		 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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