Jailbreak Kindle Touch FW 5.3.7

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by jwilker

hhmm so followed the steps, only trying to re-jailbreak having gotten bumped to 5.3.7 the other day. Follow the kubrick wizard to the end and get "FAILED"

Any thoughts. Side note now I'm stuck in the Kindle boot screen, won't load past that.

Hmmm... That's unexpected, and the first such report. Can you do the entire procedure again, post here (or better: in the Kubrick thread) exactly which options you chose, and a photo of the screen with the failure?

[jwilker]

(I'll post in the other thread too, but as an update)
Yeah quite weird. I finally gave in and wiped the main partition, let my kindle update all the way back 5.3.7, tried again, got through the steps
Selected K touch
told it to not wipe main partition, and just to jailbreak
Didn't add the other two options.
FAIL again.

Oddly (to me at least) it also when it fails traps me in diag mode as far as I can tell. had to repeat, re-wipe main partition and let it update back up to 5.3.7

very weird. I'll post in the Kubrick thread too so it's there.

Thanks!

[mobilis]

Originally Posted by jwilker

hhmm so followed the steps, only trying to re-jailbreak having gotten bumped to 5.3.7 the other day. Follow the kubrick wizard to the end and get "FAILED"

Any thoughts. Side note now I'm stuck in the Kindle boot screen, won't load past that.

It just did this to me, too, after I used the Kubrick with the jailbreak-only option. I'm now trapped staring at the boy sitting under the tree. Nothing I press will change it- even holding down the power button for a long time.

The Kindle will connect via USB mode, and the update_kindlet-jailbreak-20121029_install.bin installer file is gone (it also had an installation success screen pop up) so apparently it at least attempted to install the Kindlet jailbreak...

If I flash the main partition, will it completely destroy my collections and files? If I can't fix this, I'm going to have to... :S I loooove that Collection Manager and I'm not wanting to give it up... I at least back up the books etc. via rsync, but will my collections from the Manager be completely gone if I flash it?

[mobilis]

OOokay, I reconnected the Kindle to my comp and on the basis of this tip, I deleted a file called
USBnet.xml
that I found in the main root of the drive.

Then I disconnected and pressed down the power button for a long time to get the Kindle to reboot (it took a while/a few tries for this to work!) Now it works fine and the Collection Manager is working, too.

jwilker, hook your Kindle up to a computer and if there are any .XML files in the main root of the drive, MOVE them onto the computer (you know, just in case- safer than deleting!) then try powering down and rebooting the Kindle. It might work, and it would be safer/easier than redoing the whole thing.

[itakatz]

Hi,

I've followed the instructions on this thread, updated my kindle touch to FW 5.3.7, reinstalled the jailbreak. I am trying to ssh to my device, but I just get 'access denied'. I tried:

• The password I had before the FW update, with 'root' user
• A blank password with 'root' user
• The 'mario' password with 'framework' user

but all failed. I tried ssh both over wifi and over usb.
Any ideas? Thanks.

[brianinmaine]

Similar by searching the forum:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=216838

Did you read the usbnet readme file? It discusses telnetting in without a password as long as wifi is not turned on.

[itakatz]

Did you read the usbnet readme file? It discusses telnetting in without a password as long as wifi is not turned on.

Thanks, that solved it.

[disu93]

Originally Posted by ixtab

1. If you are still on an earlier Firmware version, install the jailbreak bridge from NiLuJe's Kindle Touch jailbreak. It's the file named update_jailbreak_bridge_*_install.bin inside the jailbreak zip that you'll want to install.

Thanks this worked for me! I was on 5.3.8 and my tweaks and jailbreak got removed so I re-installed 5.3.5, re-installed jailbreak, installed 'update_jailbreak_bridge', then updated to 5.3.8 and re-installed my tweaks.

Now I have a jailbroken kindle paperwhite with 5.3.8.

[SampleAndy]

Is there someplace where a comparison between different FW versions is listed? I took a quick look in the wiki, but didn't see anything.

I'm currently running 5.1.2 (from Kubrick) and was wondering what I would gain by upgrading to some other version.

Thanks!

[ams]

Originally Posted by SampleAndy

I'm currently running 5.1.2 (from Kubrick) and was wondering what I would gain by upgrading to some other version.

Given that the full-blown JB Patch with all the patches only runs with 5.1.2 it would be "downgrading" rather than upgrading. Whatever Amazon has offered with the other updates doesn't even come close to 5.1.2 with JBPatch.

5.3.2.1
What you would lose:
JBPatch customize reader font sizes patch
JBPatch progress bar patch (switch between default, graphical progress bar like K3, chapter progress bar and default display+page number with an added % button next to the Aa button during reading). This is really, really nice, especially the chapter progress bar with novels that have long chapters
JBPatch TTS in languages other than English
JBPatch enable inverted portrait orientation
JBPatch modified collection count behaviour (option to show number of all items in collection for nested collections, not just the "sub-collections")
What you would gain:
Cover view (but JBPatch with 5.1.2 already has it. And unlike 5.3.2.1, 5.1.2 cover view doesn't behave strangely when using the back button with nested collections)
Reflow with pdf
Time to read (Personally, I very much prefer the graphical display available with 5.1.2 JBPatched)
Whispersync to synchronize ebook with audible book

5.3.7
Haven't tried myself because you lose the complete JBPatch (and for me the hyphenation and dictionary patches are essential, without these I would sell my Kindle Touch).

What's interesting with 5.3.7 is that you supposedly see the fully formatted definition of a word in the pop-up window when you look it up in the dictionary (rather than the 4 lines with formatting removed in previous firmwares).

[SampleAndy]

Originally Posted by ams

Given that the full-blown JB Patch with all the patches only runs with 5.1.2 it would be "downgrading" rather than upgrading. Whatever Amazon has offered with the other updates doesn't even come close to 5.1.2 with JBPatch.

(sigh)

My only excuse is that I've been busy rebuilding my PW after an unblocked update and reinstalling stuff on a new Touch. I've been more interested in prerequisites than reading all the details.

Here's a link to ixtab's feelings on the versions supported.

Thanks for doing the work for me.

[ciarpame]

Originally Posted by ams

5.3.7
Haven't tried myself because you lose the complete JBPatch (and for me the hyphenation and dictionary patches are essential, without these I would sell my Kindle Touch).

Sadly I was automatically upgraded to 5.3.7 because I did not install the jailbreak bridge.
I can live without some jbpatch features but not without the hypenation feature.

How do I downgrade to 5.3.2.1? Should I use kubrick, accept 5.1.2 installation and then manually install Update_kindle_5.3.2.1.bin from Amazon?

Will I lose files on my kindle during this process? Thank you

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by ciarpame

Sadly I was automatically upgraded to 5.3.7 because I did not install the jailbreak bridge.
I can live without some jbpatch features but not without the hypenation feature.

How do I downgrade to 5.3.2.1? Should I use kubrick, accept 5.1.2 installation and then manually install Update_kindle_5.3.2.1.bin from Amazon?

Yes, exactly. You'll also want to install the backdoor lock to prevent amazon from upgrading your FW again.

Will I lose files on my kindle during this process? Thank you

No, you won't lose any files or documents. But you'll have to reinstall the hacks (like JBPatch and its prerequisites).

HTH

[ciarpame]

Originally Posted by ixtab

No, you won't lose any files or documents. But you'll have to reinstall the hacks (like JBPatch and its prerequisites).

Thank you for your very fast reply! Should I delete some JBpatch or Jailbreak leftover from the previous installation before the new installation?

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by ciarpame

Thank you for your very fast reply! Should I delete some JBpatch or Jailbreak leftover from the previous installation before the new installation?

You can of course, but there's no need to