5.6.5 jailbreak easy method, with links - Page 3

mendesitba · 02-17-2016, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by batpuppy

If you want to create a file starting with a . in windows, what you do is open notepad and create the file and save it as ".keepme" . Note you do have to put the quotes around it.

Thank you, it worked!!! I edited my post above with a new video. Would you say that I created the file correctly? I have the option to create it as a .txt file, but I choosed the other, "all files". Moreover, do you think I created the folder in the right place?

batpuppy · 02-17-2016, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mendesitba

Thank you, it worked!!! I edited my post above with a new video. Would you say that I created the file correctly? I have the option to create it as a .txt file, but I choosed the other, "all files". Moreover, do you think I created the folder in the right place?

I not been following what ever you are trying to do but in windows you can set it so that you see all file extensions in windows 7 -- you uncheck "hide extensions for known file types" and then you can make sure you didn't accidentally stick a .txt or some other extension on it. Windows loves to do stuff like that.

knc1 · 02-17-2016, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mendesitba

Thank you, it worked!!! I edited my post above with a new video. Would you say that I created the file correctly? I have the option to create it as a .txt file, but I choosed the other, "all files". Moreover, do you think I created the folder in the right place?

That is the place.

I am betting that a non-empty directory to be removed before processing an OTA update file is not something that was planned for in the programming.
The Kindle runs Linux - and a file that begins with a '.' has a special meaning.

eschwartz · 02-17-2016, 10:04 PM

I am pretty sure that entirely separate from Windows' default pathological hatred of file extensions, is some sort of silly rule that you cannot create dotfiles through the standard UI -- because Microsoft cannot imagine why anyone would want to use such a silly name, so it MUST be a mistake, right?

Easy way to create one anyway is to use the command prompt.

knc1 · 02-18-2016, 08:09 AM

As one poster pointed out above -
you do have to quote the name to avoid having an extension added.

I didn't even consider WinUsers -
the single file in the directory does not have to be a dot file, or any particular name. Just not an empty directory.
(The name suggested was a reminder to the human user, not the system.)

Ahvanar · 02-18-2016, 05:36 PM

Hey guys, i have a question.

i just did the JB on my PW3, everything seemed to work perfectly fine. now i'm trying to do the 5.7.2 update but when i copy the .bin from amazon over my root diretory, upon unplugging my device my PW give me an error saying that there was an unsuported update on my device. when i plug it back in the .bin is simply deleted from the root.

is this working as intended or am i doing something wrong?

knc1 · 02-18-2016, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ahvanar

Hey guys, i have a question.

i just did the JB on my PW3, everything seemed to work perfectly fine. now i'm trying to do the 5.7.2 update but when i copy the .bin from amazon over my root diretory, upon unplugging my device my PW give me an error saying that there was an unsuported update on my device. when i plug it back in the .bin is simply deleted from the root.

is this working as intended or am i doing something wrong?

Both.

update_*.bin packages, both ours and Amazon's, are "model locked".

You have an update for the wrong model that your trying to run.

Use the first 4 (or 6 ) characters of your serial number and this chart:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Serial_Numbers
To learn what its nickname is here -
Post that information and we can tell you what Amazon Marketing calls it.

PS: 5.7.2.1 is current firmware.

Ahvanar · 02-18-2016, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

Both.

update_*.bin packages, both ours and Amazon's, are "model locked".

You have an update for the wrong model that your trying to run.

Use the first 4 (or 6 ) characters of your serial number and this chart:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Serial_Numbers
To learn what its nickname is here -
Post that information and we can tell you what Amazon Marketing calls it.

PS: 5.7.2.1 is current firmware.

Thank you for your reply Knc1, i had downloaded the wrong one and instead of double checking myself i assumed i had failed at something with the JB...

lmir · 02-21-2016, 11:06 PM

This jailbreak only work for PaperWrite models? I can apply in my Kindle 7th Gen or KT2 firmware 5.6.0.1 ?

Thanks ...

eschwartz · 02-21-2016, 11:37 PM

Read the FAQ in the sticky.

Specifically the part about "For the KT2..."

mendesitba · 03-06-2016, 08:10 PM

Hello all!

I would like to give you some feedback about the method to prevent Kindle from upgrading.

I used the following method in a Kindle with 5.6.5 firmware and without jailbreak.

Quote:

UPDATE~.BIN
This file name is one used by the OTA update process, the update_*whatever*.bin is renamed to this name to be processed.

Create a folder by this name - all uppercase, with the ~ and the uppercase extension.
Enter the folder and create a file by the name:
.keepme
Yes, the first character is a period.

Uncertain if any versions of the firmware can detect and circumvent this one.

I would like to report that this method did not work on my Kindle.

I have used it, but even then I kept the airplane mode on most of time. I only turn airplane mode off when I need to download some daily news I receive on my Kindle. But one day I forgot to turn it on again, and when I opened my Kindle, it has upgraded to the new firmware

(((((

knc1 · 03-06-2016, 09:15 PM

Update blocking for firmware 5.6.5 methods at bottom of post:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...96&postcount=2
updated.

sam555 · 03-09-2016, 12:58 AM

Can this be done if I've got a Kindle paperwhite 5.7? If not, on 5.7, can I downgrade and if so, how?

knc1 · 03-09-2016, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sam555

Can this be done if I've got a Kindle paperwhite 5.7? If not, on 5.7, can I downgrade and if so, how?

Which "Paperwhite" ?
Just give us the first 6 characters of your serial number please.

No.
Yes.
Requires a serial port connection and use of the "Recovery Menu".

Q-the-STORM · 03-09-2016, 11:51 PM

I think I got the first paperwhite, does it work with that one?
Serial starts with B01D 15

I'm still on v5.3.5, it's jailbreaked, I'm looking for the easiest way to get to v5.6.5 + jailbreak...

I hope I will not lose my reading progress and notes on my books...
EDIT: though I might, I just saw that I enabled Parental Controls... probably more than a year ago.. no idea what password I set... so I might have to reset anyways :/

02-21-2016, 11:06 PM	#39
lmir Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2015 Device: KT2 5.6.0.1 :(	This jailbreak only work for PaperWrite models? I can apply in my Kindle 7th Gen or KT2 firmware 5.6.0.1 ? Thanks ... Last edited by lmir; 02-21-2016 at 11:14 PM. Reason: mistake

03-09-2016, 11:51 PM	#45
Q-the-STORM Member Posts: 13 Karma: 27666 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I think I got the first paperwhite, does it work with that one? Serial starts with B01D 15 I'm still on v5.3.5, it's jailbreaked, I'm looking for the easiest way to get to v5.6.5 + jailbreak... I hope I will not lose my reading progress and notes on my books... EDIT: though I might, I just saw that I enabled Parental Controls... probably more than a year ago.. no idea what password I set... so I might have to reset anyways :/ Last edited by Q-the-STORM; 03-10-2016 at 12:10 AM.

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I am pretty sure that entirely separate from Windows' default pathological hatred of file extensions, is some sort of silly rule that you cannot create dotfiles through the standard UI -- because Microsoft cannot imagine why anyone would want to use such a silly name, so it MUST be a mistake, right? Easy way to create one anyway is to use the command prompt.

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knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	As one poster pointed out above - you do have to quote the name to avoid having an extension added. I didn't even consider WinUsers - the single file in the directory does not have to be a dot file, or any particular name. Just not an empty directory. (The name suggested was a reminder to the human user, not the system.)

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Ahvanar Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: pw3	Hey guys, i have a question. i just did the JB on my PW3, everything seemed to work perfectly fine. now i'm trying to do the 5.7.2 update but when i copy the .bin from amazon over my root diretory, upon unplugging my device my PW give me an error saying that there was an unsuported update on my device. when i plug it back in the .bin is simply deleted from the root. is this working as intended or am i doing something wrong?

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Read the FAQ in the sticky. Specifically the part about "For the KT2..."

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