5th Gen PW running 5.6.1.1 jailbreak?

[amazonsartemis]

I'm new here but I really appreciate the help and advice from the more technically proficient than me here. In the process of clearing off an old kindle paperwhite (serial number Serial Number B024 xxxx) I stupidly re-registered it and it updated the firmware to 5.6.1.1 which is, apparently, the most recent update available for this kindle (according to the Amazon page). I was hoping to jailbreak it to put software that allows me to read .pdfs more easily.

I see posts about how to jailbreak that cover firmware up to 5.4.4.2 and one coming sometime in the future for 5.6.5 but it looks like 5.6.1 is in a gap. If updating to 5.6.5 is impossible for my PW1 and the firmware is already updated past 5.4.4.2 am I screwed? Will it be impossible to jailbreak it without opening the back and soldering? Is this hopeless?

Thanks in advance for any help.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by amazonsartemis

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If updating to 5.6.5 is impossible for my PW1 and the firmware is already updated past 5.4.4.2 am I screwed? Will it be impossible to jailbreak it without opening the back and soldering? Is this hopeless?

Thanks in advance for any help.

If being required to use the serial port jailbreak is out of the question, then yes, your screwed.

But note:
opening the back and soldering are two different requirements.

You do have to open the back -
You do not have to do any soldering -
We have threads here about that (and links to them in the sticky "JB for Dummies" thread).

[amazonsartemis]

Originally Posted by knc1

You do have to open the back -
You do not have to do any soldering -

I missed that, thanks. I'll go back and reread the serial jailbreak thread again.

Thanks!

[knc1]

Originally Posted by amazonsartemis

I missed that, thanks. I'll go back and reread the serial jailbreak thread again.

Thanks!

Read the one in the 'sticky' section - there are more than one here.