Tools Snapshots of NiLuJe's hacks

[Gaalxy]

Only Update_jailbreak_0.13.N_dx_install.bin can be recognized. Any *k3* JB cannot.

Originally Posted by knc1

U007 ?? "Unrecognized file format"
Did you un-archive it?

Are you using the correct jailbreak?
If you have a choice, you must use the one that matches your firmware (K3), not the one that matches your hardware.

[Gaalxy]

You're right. I'm absolutely headless. I found the method in Thread: "Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x"

"[Post 3214]
Author: NiLuJe
Date: 12-11-2013 09:09 AM

The 3.x on DX thing has always been a weird thing to setup, do a search in this post, you'll probably have much more detailed answers that what I can barely remember, which is that you need to overwrite the linkfonts folder by the one from a k3 package.
"

Of coz I don't want to mix JBs. I tried to update 3.2.1 clean and install JB 0.13.N. It failed with U007.

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Legacy snapshots package cannot be installed through UYK, no matter the JB (spoiler: it's the same key anyway).

Only through MRPI. That's a design decision, to ease packaging, because the "one package per device" rule was driving me nuts, and wastes a ton of space/time/bandwidth.

On the upside, that means you don't have to package them for a weird possibly-not-quite-right model to target Frankensteined DXs.


Also: No, wrong.



Don't do that. There's an install script, it does fairly key install stuff. If there was only a folder to put somewhere, it'd have been packaged that way in the first place (see: KUAL extensions).


Also, you can't mix JBs, that's why the install fails, it's a safety feature to avoid shooting yourself in the foot.
All of this is explained in detail in the JB thread.


Please stop running around doing random stuff like a headless chicken, because you're bound to do something terribly wrong at some point...

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Gaalxy

You're right. I'm absolutely headless. I found the method in Thread: "Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x"

"[Post 3214]
Author: NiLuJe
Date: 12-11-2013 09:09 AM

The 3.x on DX thing has always been a weird thing to setup, do a search in this post, you'll probably have much more detailed answers that what I can barely remember, which is that you need to overwrite the linkfonts folder by the one from a k3 package.
"

Of coz I don't want to mix JBs. I tried to update 3.2.1 clean and install JB 0.13.N. It failed with U007.

Details please.
Which of the install files in the archive did you try to install.
If not from the archive posted at the first post of this thread, then where from (link please)?


Then list the steps you took as best as you can remember them.

[Gaalxy]

1. Update Kindle DX from 2.5.8 to 3.2.1
1.1 Ran the update_dx-2.5.8-prepare_kindle.bin from https://yifan.lu/p/kindleupdater/ to backup
1.2 I don't have a Kindle 3, so found the precompiled 3.2.1 package http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/6432..._and_Kindle_DX
1.3 Update to 3.2.1

2. Jailbreak
2.1 Download kindle-jailbreak-0.13.N.zip from https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=88004
2.2 Unpack and extract Update_jailbreak_0.13.N_dx_install.bin, put it to Kindle DX / folder
2.3 Eject and unplug USB
2.4 Update
2.5 Failed with U007

Also tried kindle-jailbreak-0.13.N-r15585.tar from http://cloud.ak-team.com/. The same.

Originally Posted by knc1

Details please.
Which of the install files in the archive did you try to install.
If not from the archive posted at the first post of this thread, then where from (link please)?


Then list the steps you took as best as you can remember them.

[NiLuJe]

That's normal. A JB install on an already-JB device *will* fail w/ U007.

From what I recall, one iteration of a JB is bundled in the Frankenstein'ing process, though, so you may be able to install *some* legacy packages, as long as they're packaged properly for that, and that specific JB knows how to handle them. No snapshots, though.

TL;DR: Unless you can get KUAL to run (which is non-trivial on Frankenstein'ed devices), you can't use snapshots on a Frankenstein'ed device, as they require MRPI, which requires KUAL on FW 2.x/3.x/4.x.

[NiLuJe]

As for the "install the variant that goes through UYK; then dump the folder manually from the other" quote, that was 5 years ago, and even then, that applied only if the version matches exactly, which is definitely not the case between a release & a snapshot .

It *may* work, but it may also go horribly wrong, depending on the hacks, and the exact version delta, hence the CliffNote's version being: don't.

[Gaalxy]

Thanks for your reply. What's your suggestion for today?
Btw, so many acronyms I need to research

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

As for the "install the variant that goes through UYK; then dump the folder manually from the other" quote, that was 5 years ago, and even then, that applied only if the version matches exactly, which is definitely not the case between a release & a snapshot .

It *may* work, but it may also go horribly wrong, depending on the hacks, and the exact version delta, hence the CliffNote's version being: don't.

[NiLuJe]

Don't update a DX to 3.x in the first place?

[Gaalxy]

After some more digging, the problem is the image I got from thepiratebay. It's already Jailbreaked....

Sorry for your time.

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Don't update a DX to 3.x in the first place?

[Rickkins]

Using instructions I found here,
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=312489

I got to this part, and downloaded your
K5 Factory JailBreak

The read me says:
Copy main-htmlviewer.tar.gz to the Kindle root directory. (i.e., /mnt/us)

I cannot find this folder on my kindle.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Rickkins

Using instructions I found here,
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=312489

I got to this part, and downloaded your
K5 Factory JailBreak

The read me says:
Copy main-htmlviewer.tar.gz to the Kindle root directory. (i.e., /mnt/us)

I cannot find this folder on my kindle.

That is not what the directions you linked to say. They say:

Copy main-htmlviewer.tar.gz to the root of the Kindle userstore (i.e. /mnt/us/ on the device, but your computer will probably mount it as Drive E: on Windows or /media/Kindle on Linux)

Which, if you read all of it, contains the answer to your question.

[Rickkins]

Originally Posted by knc1

That is not what the directions you linked to say. They say:



Which, if you read all of it, contains the answer to your question.

Thanks for the reply.

As to what directions say, I did a simple copy/paste job, changing nothing.(which would be counter productive)

Nevertheless, I see what you're saying, and I will copy straight into the main Kindle directory in windows("K") in my case....

Thanks mate.

[Rickkins]

I am jailbroken...

Woohoo......!!!!

[Rickkins]

And of course now I'm stuck.

[Rickkins]

I'm hopelessly lost. Been trying various things, and not getting the hoped for results.

Got the jail break done. That part worked.

Trying to get Kual installed, following the instructions found here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=203326

While I got a kual listing, I get the blank page, so I redid it, using the KUALBooklet-coplate-78183a5-20181209.zip as found here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=304

Sadly, I still get the blank page when launching kual.

I'm at a loss, and my brain hurts.

Note: If I should be asking the questions in a different thread, just point me in the right direction.

Thanks.