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

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by cstout

I got tired of waiting for the auto-update so I manually (and successfully) updated to 5.8.9.2. Like it was stated, the packages I had tested with had to be re-installed. I re-installed the booklet then re-installed python and linkss and was pleasantly surprised to see that the settings for linkss were retained after re-installation. What a battle to get book covers on the screen saver. ;-) worth it. Thank you all for your patience and help. I so greatly appreciate it and I'm thankful for all the contributors making this possible.

Thank you for all the detailed posts, it made it much easier to help you.

[baalajimaestro]

Originally Posted by cstout

I got tired of waiting for the auto-update so I manually (and successfully) updated to 5.8.9.2. Like it was stated, the packages I had tested with had to be re-installed. I re-installed the booklet then re-installed python and linkss and was pleasantly surprised to see that the settings for linkss were retained after re-installation. What a battle to get book covers on the screen saver. ;-) worth it. Thank you all for your patience and help. I so greatly appreciate it and I'm thankful for all the contributors making this possible.

You could have issued a ;chkup command from the search bar. This must be done only if youre damn sure that your jb survives that update. ;chkup installs the latest update on your kindle.
Beware! Once you issue this command you can never take it off from the todo .
If utdoesnt then you have to transfer itmanually ,but before that just make sure that jb survives that update.

B.Baalaji

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by baalajimaestro

You could have issued a ;chkup command from the search bar. This must be done only if youre damn sure that your jb survives that update. ;chkup installs the latest update on your kindle.
Beware! Once you issue this command you can never take it off from the todo .
If utdoesnt then you have to transfer itmanually ,but before that just make sure that jb survives that update.

B.Baalaji

@knc1, Can we keep Mario or Luigi? I am not sure which brother he is. He seems to know his stuff.

[baalajimaestro]

Just in case anybody needs this:

Kindle PW2 5.6.5 Firmware Link

Wasn't there in the first so i thought i would add it!

B.Baalaji

[knc1]

Originally Posted by baalajimaestro

Just in case anybody needs this:

Kindle PW2 5.6.5 Firmware Link

Wasn't there in the first so i thought i would add it!

B.Baalaji

There was a good reason for why the list starts with 5.7.x
What it is escapes me at the moment but there really was a reason.
It was not an arbitrary choice.

Edit:
Now I recall, the PW-2 devices sold in China will brick if you try to install any 5.6.x series firmware using the factory production line test firmware builds.
Same with the PW-3, which is why we pulled the 5.6.x series for that device also.

[Ruskie_it]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

@knc1, Can we keep Mario or Luigi? I am not sure which brother he is. He seems to know his stuff.

Lol, does he?
Anyway, I am the italian here. I want to be Mario!
(Btw, look at his hat)

[Antinoos]

Even though my motto is "Newer isn't always better!", there are good reasons not to use deliberately very outdated firmware versions for Kindles. Newer ones have some new features which surely do make sense - despite of lots of bugfixes...

A good tradeoff in my opinion is to use fw 5.8.7.0.1: This is the last one that gives you the chance to downgrade to the initial factory fw, but OTOH it already contains the new Amber font, and it is relatively bug-free.

[encol]

Originally Posted by Ruskie_it

Anyway, I am the italian here.

And with me we are two

[baalajimaestro]

Originally Posted by Antinoos

Even though my motto is "Newer isn't always better!", there are good reasons not to use deliberately very outdated firmware versions for Kindles. Newer ones have some new features which surely do make sense - despite of lots of bugfixes...

A good tradeoff in my opinion is to use fw 5.8.7.0.1: This is the last one that gives you the chance to downgrade to the initial factory fw, but OTOH it already contains the new Amber font, and it is relatively bug-free.

Would recommend not downgrade on that grounds. You may end up with a bricked kindle like me!

B.Baalaji

[baalajimaestro]

Originally Posted by knc1

There was a good reason for why the list starts with 5.7.x
What it is escapes me at the moment but there really was a reason.
It was not an arbitrary choice.

Edit:
Now I recall, the PW-2 devices sold in China will brick if you try to install any 5.6.x series firmware using the factory production line test firmware builds.
Same with the PW-3, which is why we pulled the 5.6.x series for that device also.

Kindletool shows up as a proper bin file but i dont know there is some prblem with this!

B.Baalaji

[knc1]

Originally Posted by baalajimaestro

Kindletool shows up as a proper bin file but i dont know there is some prblem with this!

B.Baalaji

What does that have to do with the price of tea in China or the topic of this thread?

Please stop hijacking this thread.

[issybird]

Please don't cross post. Limit comments and inquiries to the most relevant thread.

[Antinoos]

Originally Posted by baalajimaestro

Would recommend not downgrade on that grounds. You may end up with a bricked kindle like me!

Well, maybe we now talk massively at cross-purposes?!

The one and only topic in this thread is software jailbreaking touch kindles. This is only possible if the given device isn't already on a fw version 5.8.8 and up. E.g. I've bought my KT3 running on 5.8.0 (the consumer version of course, not the special factory build). As I've heard, they're "out of the box" now on 5.8.2 or so generally if bought in electronic marts. If bought via Amazon or more specifically in the case of "refurbished" devices at a discount price, they're often on 5.8.7.0.1 - and this is still fine, because below 5.8.8.

Then you downgrade to the special initial factory testing fw: in the case of KT3 to "5.8.0 initial" (this has a lower build version than the production fw!) and can do the jailbreak via ;installHtml command and install the hotfix. After that you may upgrade to any newer official fw, even to the very latest 5.8.9.2. This is up to your decision. In principle you might also stay on the very early factory test version if you don't neeed any new features, but like still to have the very special internal semicolon-commands present only in these test builds.

But you could also upgrade to 5.8.7.0.1 (irrespective of the primarily installed version, which, BTW, completely has gone via the mentioned first downgrade to the test build) to be able to still again make the downgrade. Or you say: "No, I'd like to have the very, very latest firmware running!" and upgrade to 5.8.9.2 - the jailbreak will survive. And this will also be true for all and any version between the initial version number to the latest. If, in the case of a KT3, one says "I'd like to run fw 5.8.5 and no version later" productively after jailbreaking, he's free to do so.

[knc1]

One more nit to mention -
The jailbreak survives if you have to switch the Kindle to "Demo Mode" to downgrade it and then switch it back to "User Mode" to upgrade it.
Been there, done that (and was the second to write it up).

But I don't think anyone has tried that route with 5.8.8 or 5.8.9 (yet).
If someone wants to possible waste a Kindle, tell us what happens (in your own thread).
At least mention the color of the smoke.

[baalajimaestro]

Oops! Cross posted by mistake. Would ensure this doesnt happen again!

B.Baalaji