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

[Arrest]

@akikara: You should probably read the file conveniently named README_FIRST.txt - it's located next to the bin file in the zip archive of usbnetwork. Please don't do anything until you've read it.

You should carefully read at least this excerpt:

Spoiler:

* Now, to actually connect to the device, we'll need to bring the shiny usb network interface the kernel prepared for us. I'm assuming it's the only USB network interface in the system, so, usb0 on Linux. I'm also assuming the default usbnet config, ie. KINDLE_IP=192.168.15.244
Note to OS X users: You'll probably have to configure the network interface manually via OS X's GUI.

Also, if your distribution is using a recent udev version, it might be using the new predictable network interface names (cf. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Soft...InterfaceNames), so be wary of that. You can get a hint of the correct name by piping the dmesg output to grep usb0: for example, on my box, the current USB slot causes it to be named a very poetic enp0s26f7u5 (systemd-udevd[26718]: renamed network interface usb0 to enp0s26f7u5).

I'm using 192.168.15.201 here, because the default settings match the ones used in diags, and some diags scripts expect the host to be on this specific address.
If you use a custom KINDLE_IP, and/or don't care about diags, you're free to use any (free) address in the correct subnet .

# ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201

In a similar vein, if you plan to use more than one Kindle concurrently, you'll have to tweak the MAC addresses of the USB network interface. For more detaisl about this kind of setup, you might want to check these two posts out:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=2122 & https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...3&postcount=29

* Depending on how your system set USB permissions up, you may still need to be root to connect to the device over USB. I'm assuming you have a proper udev setup, so, I'll switch to a user shell now.

$ ssh root@192.168.15.244

or

$ telnet 192.168.15.244

Note that, when WiFi mode is enabled, telnetd won't be started, and the SSH daemon *WILL* require a proper password! When WiFi mode is disabled, telnet will log you right in without password, and SSH will log you in with anything as the password (even a blank one, so you can just type return).

* Like I said at the beginning, if you don't understand half of what you're doing here, go away before you brick your Kindle. It's for your own good.

* When you're done, exit your shell on the Kindle, and bring the network interface down before ejecting/unplugging your Kindle.

# ifconfig usb0 down

If you've already changed the usbnet configuration, bring usbnetwork down, copy config.default over config in kindle/usbnet/etc directory (using mass storage), bring usbnetwork up again, set ifconfig usb0 inet 192.168.15.201 and try to SSH into Kindle to 192.168.15.244. If your computer is (unlikely, but still a possibility) connected to a network that already claims the 192.168.15.0/24 network, disconnect the computer (the easiest way to make it forget settings), reboot and try again.

Do you use any virtual machines? What do you actually run on your computer?

[readreadread]

Originally Posted by readreadread

Since I have the new PW2 JB with the new Duokan and Kual I want to prevent Amazon to upgrade my firmware, have I to install the loophole hack to prevent this even on this version ?

Thanks!!

up!

Anyone can help?
I would like to know if it is necessary to prevent Amazon to silently upgrade and remove the Jailbreak installing the loophole hack even on the new Jailbreak I installed on the latest PW2 firmware.

Thanks.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by readreadread

up!

Anyone can help?
I would like to know if it is necessary to prevent Amazon to silently upgrade and remove the Jailbreak installing the loophole hack even on the new Jailbreak I installed on the latest PW2 firmware.

Thanks.

You can prevent updates in two ways.

• Using the BackDoorLock hack. I'm not sure if it works on the PW2.
• By creating a folder (not a file) in the Kindle Drive, called "update.bin.tmp.partial" which will prevent the update from downloading. details here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...63#post2592263

[DavidJD]

Hi,

Followed the directions at the beginning of this thread, but Update Your Kindle obstinately stays grayed out, even after a restart.

Here's the requested info:
Model: PW2 Wifi
Country bought in/shipped to: USA
First four chars of serial: B0D4
Firmware (just in case): 5.4.2

Thanks!

[NiLuJe]

@DavidJD: You're missing something . Make sure you properly extracted the *contents* of the zip file.

[feixiang121976]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Hello again

Like the title says, here's a FW 5.0.x - 5.4.2 JailBreak!

The payload is based on yifanlu's jailbreak, with a few tweaks to make it more Touch/PaperWhite centric,
and a fantastic new delivery method discovered by yossarian17. So, as always, thanks to everyone involved in Touch & PaperWhite hacking, particularly yifanlu, ixtab, geekmaster, eureka & yossarian17 .

In addition, this is also the home of the K5 (Touch/PaperWhite) port of the USBNetwork hack .


Latest Updates (12/06/2013):

JailBreak v1.8.N (New delivery method, PW2 support!), USBNetwork v0.15.N (proper PW2 support).

INSTALL:

Jailbreak:

Spoiler:

Download the attached kindle-jailbreak-1.8.N.zip file, and unpack it. In here, you'll find a few files.
Unzip the contents of the kindle-5.4-jailbreak.zip archive to the root directory of your Kindle.

Now, eject your Kindle, and go to [HOME] -> [MENU] > Settings -> [MENU] > Update Your Kindle. The updater won't actually ever run, this is normal. After a few seconds, the words **** JAILBREAK **** will appear at the bottom of your screen to confirm that the device is jailbroken .

And that's it, your Kindle is now ready to install custom hacks!

NOTE TO PW2 OWNERS:

If the Update Your Kindle link stays grayed out, and you can't find your specific model in the current list of Kindle models, please reply to this thread with: the exact model of your device (WiFi/3G), the country it was bought in/shipped to, and finally, and most importantly, the first four characters of its serial number (Settings -> Device Info).

ChangeLog:

Spoiler:

• Jailbreak:
  • v1.2.N:
    • Works on firmware <= 5.1.2 .
  • v1.3.N:
    • Minor tweaks for robustness.
  • v1.4.N:
    • Proper PaperWhite support.
  • v1.5.N:
    • A few minor model detection fixes.
  • v1.6.N:
    • Proper support for the UK 3G PW.
  • v1.7.N:
    • Implement a 'bridge' to carry the JailBreak over the 5.3.0 update (following a suggestion from eureka, thanks!). (See the Bridge section)
  • v1.8.N:
    • New delivery mechanism w/ PW2 support, thanks to yossarian17 .
• Doc: $Id: MR_THREAD 10222 2013-12-10 21:35:45Z NiLuJe $

the Update Your Kindle link stays grayed out, I use the kindle paperwhite 2, kindle 5.3.9, (2137120010), China, What should I do, thx.

[aarora610]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@aarora610: Turn off wifi, clear the device root, restart the device, and try again.

Thanks. For "clear device root," are you saying to delete the jailbreak files I downloaded from here?

[NiLuJe]

@feixiang121976: Nope. The PW2 ships with FW 5.4.0 at worst, so you're confused .

@aarora610: I mean clear it from whatever shouldn't be in there. So, yes, whatever you yourself might have put there, and particularly any other stray .bin files...

[akikara]

Originally Posted by Arrest

@akikara: You should probably read the file conveniently named README_FIRST.txt - it's located next to the bin file in the zip archive of usbnetwork. Please don't do anything until you've read it.

You should carefully read at least this excerpt:

Spoiler:

* Now, to actually connect to the device, we'll need to bring the shiny usb network interface the kernel prepared for us. I'm assuming it's the only USB network interface in the system, so, usb0 on Linux. I'm also assuming the default usbnet config, ie. KINDLE_IP=192.168.15.244
Note to OS X users: You'll probably have to configure the network interface manually via OS X's GUI.

Also, if your distribution is using a recent udev version, it might be using the new predictable network interface names (cf. http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Soft...InterfaceNames), so be wary of that. You can get a hint of the correct name by piping the dmesg output to grep usb0: for example, on my box, the current USB slot causes it to be named a very poetic enp0s26f7u5 (systemd-udevd[26718]: renamed network interface usb0 to enp0s26f7u5).

I'm using 192.168.15.201 here, because the default settings match the ones used in diags, and some diags scripts expect the host to be on this specific address.
If you use a custom KINDLE_IP, and/or don't care about diags, you're free to use any (free) address in the correct subnet .

# ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201

In a similar vein, if you plan to use more than one Kindle concurrently, you'll have to tweak the MAC addresses of the USB network interface. For more detaisl about this kind of setup, you might want to check these two posts out:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=2122 & https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...3&postcount=29

* Depending on how your system set USB permissions up, you may still need to be root to connect to the device over USB. I'm assuming you have a proper udev setup, so, I'll switch to a user shell now.

$ ssh root@192.168.15.244

or

$ telnet 192.168.15.244

Note that, when WiFi mode is enabled, telnetd won't be started, and the SSH daemon *WILL* require a proper password! When WiFi mode is disabled, telnet will log you right in without password, and SSH will log you in with anything as the password (even a blank one, so you can just type return).

* Like I said at the beginning, if you don't understand half of what you're doing here, go away before you brick your Kindle. It's for your own good.

* When you're done, exit your shell on the Kindle, and bring the network interface down before ejecting/unplugging your Kindle.

# ifconfig usb0 down

If you've already changed the usbnet configuration, bring usbnetwork down, copy config.default over config in kindle/usbnet/etc directory (using mass storage), bring usbnetwork up again, set ifconfig usb0 inet 192.168.15.201 and try to SSH into Kindle to 192.168.15.244. If your computer is (unlikely, but still a possibility) connected to a network that already claims the 192.168.15.0/24 network, disconnect the computer (the easiest way to make it forget settings), reboot and try again.

Do you use any virtual machines? What do you actually run on your computer?

Linux da6930p 3.11.0-15-generic #23-Ubuntu SMP Mon Dec 9 18:17:04 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Ubuntu 13.10 on HP 6930p not a Virtual Machine.

again i could not connect. something is wrong but i could not find.

thanks for your time and help.

[akikara]

all i was not doing was the "ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201" after that command all worked. thnks for all!
sorry for bothering with my sick questions also : )

[silverdreams]

There is nothing in this jailbreak and no available hacks to add a graphical reading progress bar to the PW or PW2, right?

[readreadread]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

You can prevent updates in two ways.

• Using the BackDoorLock hack. I'm not sure if it works on the PW2.
• By creating a folder (not a file) in the Kindle Drive, called "update.bin.tmp.partial" which will prevent the update from downloading. details here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...63#post2592263

thank you very much!

[ewandeep]

I'll try to install kindle-jailbreak1.8.n.zip on my paperwhite 2:

Model: PW2 Wifi
Country bought in/shipped to: Italy
First four chars of serial: B0D4
Firmware (just in case): 5.4.2

When I update the firmware, it give error 07
Any help?

[NiLuJe]

@ewandeep: Same answer as the previous cases, clear the USB root, make sure there's no stray .bin file, restart your device, and then try again, after making sure you properly extracted the *contents* of the zip file.

[cuckooland]

Hi, the update link is gray out,

Purchased this WIFI version PW2 from Japan
serial no: 905A

thanks!