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

[NiLuJe]

@guerrilla: Given you're doing an install from scratch, never . The JB install itself took care of the bridge.

Last I heard, the latest version of BDL *should* be safe on FW 5.6.1 .

[workingmemory]

I've been reading most of this thread, and many others, this morn, and still am having issues downgrading my FW to 5.4. My Paperwhite is brand new, 5.6.1.0.2.

I have never performed a jailbreak on any device, so I realize I am a bit behind the curve; however, I usually can figure things out like this. I've followed NiLuJe's advice on how to downgrade, but I'm starting to think that my FW is perhaps too new? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Could someone also weigh in on the correct order of events? I've tried all kinds of combinations.

Some general inquiries:
- am I to apply the downgrade on it's own prior to installing the KUAL or MKK, etc? I've tried doing it on its own and after the others are installed.
- I've waited 20 minutes after transferring the files to my kindle before hard-rebooting the device, several times.

[NiLuJe]

@workingmemory: Your suspicions are correct: if you're starting from FW 5.6.x, you're screwed, unless you're willing to open it up to get serial access.

[workingmemory]

Fack. Thanks for the response, this site is quite impressive.
Do you think that in the somewhat near future I can expect to see a jailbreak for 5.6.x?

My main contention with the device is that reading PDFs is nightmarish. I use it primarily for textbooks and research articles that typically have three columns. I would like to hope/think that Amazon would update a better way to navigate PDFs on the Paperwhite.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by workingmemory

I've been reading most of this thread, and many others, this morn, and still am having issues downgrading my FW to 5.4. My Paperwhite is brand new, 5.6.1.0.2.
- - - - -

You can't downgrade from 5.6.x

Your choices are:

Send it back;
JB over the serial port;
Live with being locked out.

[workingmemory]

Originally Posted by knc1

You can't downgrade from 5.6.x
Your choices are:

Send it back;
JB over the serial port;
Live with being locked out.

I'm surmising that eventually there will be a jailbreak for the new models? Or is it unlikely?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by workingmemory

I'm surmising that eventually there will be a jailbreak for the new models? Or is it unlikely?

Highly unlikely.
Send it back, consider buying a used one that is not running 5.6.x

[workingmemory]

Originally Posted by knc1

Highly unlikely.
Send it back, consider buying a used one that is not running 5.6.x

Much appreciated, both of you. Thanks!

[tarnedoo]

hi , can anyone guide me about the process ahead of opening the kindle and connecting the serial to usb port. I have searched but couldnt get it from the forum, tried on IRC as well but no response from anyone, would be really greatful. Thanks

[knc1]

Originally Posted by tarnedoo

hi , can anyone guide me about the process ahead of opening the kindle and connecting the serial to usb port. I have searched but couldnt get it from the forum, tried on IRC as well but no response from anyone, would be really greatful. Thanks

Sticky :: Where do I start? :: Utilities and Resources -> FGA
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=237083

In this case, try the master prefix index under either hardware :: serial port or your device :: serial port
Similar for finding teardown information.

[magic_man185]

Hi,

I have a kindle paperwhite 2, serial starts with 90D4. I have had it less than a year, and I last did a jailbreak on it with kindle jailbreak 1.10.N (according to the file I still have from when I did the jailbreak.) My kindle somehow automatically installed an update, and it is now running 5.6.1.0.2. I didn't read the hundreds of pages here, but on the last page someone said it wasn't possible to jailbreak the 5.6.1.0.2 without opening up the kindle. Is this the case even if my kindle was previously jailbroken? I don't do much with the jailbreak, just a screensaver hack, but I really liked it and was hoping to do more later. Am I out of luck? I found an FGA at https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=237083 that says you are out of luck unless you were previously jailbroken. I was previously jailbroken, but if that only matters if you installed some special jailbreak app or something, I didn't do any of that. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

[GoSharks]

@magic_man185:
Read the first post in this thread (especially the section- EVEN MORE IMPORTANT notice regarding FW >= 5.6.0:) and follow the link for what to do if previous JB and got OTA firmware update. Also pay attention to the comments about the new way to install packages (MRInstaller extention for KUAL). Good luck!
Welcome to the forum!

[Ruskie_it]

Well then, the answer is right into the posts that you just skipped...

[magic_man185]

Originally Posted by GoSharks

@magic_man185:
Read the first post in this thread (especially the section- EVEN MORE IMPORTANT notice regarding FW >= 5.6.0:) and follow the link for what to do if previous JB and got OTA firmware update. Also pay attention to the comments about the new way to install packages (MRInstaller extention for KUAL). Good luck!
Welcome to the forum!

Thank you!! I thought I had read the first page, but apparently I was really tired last night when I did, because I totally missed that part. Anyway, according to the post about the hotfix, if that runs and updates successfully, I should be in business, and have an up-to-date jailbreak, and it did run successfully. I am still looking into the new installation method, because installing the screensaver hack the old way isn't working.

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by magic_man185

I am still looking into the new installation method, because installing the screensaver hack the old way isn't working.

Yep. You now have to use MR Plugin Installer.