Tools Software Jailbreak for PW2, PW3, PW3W, KT2, KV, KOA and KT3

[app]

Originally Posted by knc1

Maintainer notified.

Is this a White or a Black PW-3 ?

It is a white KindlePW-3

[knc1]

Originally Posted by app

It is a white KindlePW-3

Now known as a: PW-3W (or PW3W)

[iscrewedup]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

What instruction steps can you add for these guys:
Study says 64% of men don’t even read the manual before calling tech support

Well, it wasn't my case. The battery was full at the moment of the install. Still I'm charging it up to see if I can get some time of MTP for copying the factory file.
The problem is that the charging indicator doesn't even light up. I'm still trying to recover it vía software update.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by bArDBQ

How would I do that using Ubuntu?

dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=1

This will clobber the MBR/partition table, and cause enough damage that the Kindle will have to reformat it.
You will probably have to run that command with sudo.

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You could also use fdisk to delete the partition, or similarly the abundance of disk utilities out there. GNOME comes with `gnome-disks`, for example.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

0003:1949:DEAD.0006: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Device [USB Charger ] on usb-0000:00:1d.0-2/input0

That is the "dead battery" fake 0MB usb device, used to keep the host from powering down USB while charging the kindle. It indicates that your kindle battery is very discharged. Charge it for a couple of days on a wall charger (very slow trickle charge in that mode), then try slipping that file onto it.

Is it possible your kindle battery was discharged before firmware updates compelted? Not good if so, you MIGHT need to go the serial port route in that case. But charge it first and try again.

There is a GOOD REASON why charging the battery is listed as the third step in the "step by step" in the first post in this thread.

On second thought, I had this on a PW3 that had a dead battery that could not be charged (as documented in my "Kindle Battery Surgery" thread) -- a TOTALLY DEAD battery. A discharged (not dead) battery generally has the same USB identification as a normal USB drive, except only 0MB storage capacity.

However, others have reported the same USB device code (1949 : DEAD) for kindles after they ERASED their flash (a serial port command). Here is a thread that begins a successful recovery of a "1949 : DEAD" device:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=269099

It is quite possible that your firmware was corrupt on download. Could you please verify the MD5 of the downgrade firmware image that you used? We have had others here with similar (though less serious) problems from firmware with an incorrect MD5.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

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It is quite possible that your firmware was corrupt on download. Could you please verify the MD5 of the downgrade firmware image that you used? We have had others here with similar (though less serious) problems from firmware with an incorrect MD5.

I have noticed a few of those reports also.

@all:
We are planing a simple 'package' for each download what will help reduce the occurrence of bad files being used.

We can't make a use test the download, but we can make it easier if they chose to test it.

All part of the move to a different (commercial) distribution system, someday, RSN.

[knc1]

End of day #10 report updated early.

Tried to cut down on the tl;dr related trouble reports.
It isn't exactly "Cliff's Notes" (yet) but perhaps more people will reach the detailed steps this way.

[oguinjr]

I do not see any factory default files for K5 that end in .bin. How did I get myself into this mess of hyper specific kindle hacking bullshit? I was linked here by a news story that made it sound easy.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by oguinjr

I do not see any factory default files for K5 that end in .bin. How did I get myself into this mess of hyper specific kindle hacking bullshit? I was linked here by a news story that made it sound easy.

Let me link you to the correct jailbreak.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186645
That is the jailbreak you need.

They have to be different because each kindle has a different firmware.

They were referring to easy as per the instructions.
Enjoy and if you have any questions about the instructions ask in that thread.

[SamB]

Originally Posted by knc1

Another early 'start of day: # ...' report update made.
<SNIP>

And a question for our members and viewers:
"Don't any of you live in Phoenix?"
The data center in Phoenix is reported as "in service" but it isn't being hit anymore that the Paris data center is."

So keep on clicking Alice and my signature, whoever you are, wherever you are.

I live in Phoenix and I clicked on Alice.

[notsoinsane]

I have successfully jailbroken and updated my KOA back to 5.8.1.0.1. Does anything actually work with the KOA yet? In particular I'd love to use the screensaver hack.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by notsoinsane

I have successfully jailbroken and updated my KOA back to 5.8.1.0.1. Does anything actually work with the KOA yet? In particular I'd love to use the screensaver hack.

They should.

If from NiLuJe's snapshots thread.
Forum index, prefix filter: Tools, click: "Show Threads"

Most of those things have options and controls in the form of KUAL menu entries, and KUAL will not run on the KOA.
But they also have a manual version of those options and controls in their configuration files - see directions packed with each.

You will need the most recent 'hotfix' package -
If not sure, get it and install it (again), it will not hurt anything even if already installed.

You will need the most recent build of MrPI -
Install it (it is one of the "un-zip into correct place" packages).
Directions included in package.

On the KOA you run MrPI with a main page, search bar command:
;log mrpi

Other than the above change in how to activate the package installer, all of its directions remain the same.

Report problems in the related thread (last entry of its description line in the 'snapshot' entry is a link to the related thread).

[knc1]

Originally Posted by SamB

I live in Phoenix and I clicked on Alice.

Thanks.
I will see if she showed up there, or came from somewhere else.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by oguinjr

I do not see any factory default files for K5 that end in .bin. How did I get myself into this mess of hyper specific kindle hacking bullshit? I was linked here by a news story that made it sound easy.

Top post edited for people in situations such as yourself.

[geekmaster]

Instead of linking all the jailbreak threads in the first post, perhaps just link the jailbreak index sticky?