PW4 FW 5.10.2-5.13.3 Software Jailbreak for PW4

[ViTALiTY34]

Originally Posted by bigwalleye

so i did the jailbreak a couple weeks ago and everything went fine. i guess i misunderstood because i thought it would block updates, so i left it on WiFi and now it has updated to 5.13.4

is there a way to go back? what do i need to install again? or could i just factory reset it to get rid of all the jb stuff and just be on 5.13.4? i'd prefer to stay jb but in all honestly while the screensaver tweak is neat, its not essential for me.

thanks in advance for any tips.

Did you block the updates on KUAL helper?

[bigwalleye]

Originally Posted by ViTALiTY34

Did you block the updates on KUAL helper?

i guess not. thought i was all squared away. now i can even open KUAL. kindle still works tho, thought id ask what to do before i risk messing it up more.

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by bigwalleye

i guess not. thought i was all squared away. now i can even open KUAL. kindle still works tho, thought id ask what to do before i risk messing it up more.

When you did the jailbreak did you do step 8 in the first post in this thread?

A firmware update wipes out the jailbreak, but step 8 is supposed to allow you to recover. I do not know the steps to do that.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by bigwalleye

i guess not. thought i was all squared away. now i can even open KUAL. kindle still works tho, thought id ask what to do before i risk messing it up more.

Assuming hotfix was installed previously, you should be fine.

KUAL and most othet add-ons need to be reinstalled every time you update. Just restart the device twice and reinstall KUAL.

Alternately, you can still do the diags downgrade again.

[bigwalleye]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Assuming hotfix was installed previously, you should be fine.

KUAL and most othet add-ons need to be reinstalled every time you update. Just restart the device twice and reinstall KUAL.

Alternately, you can still do the diags downgrade again.

Ok I did install hotfox previously . so either I can reinstall kual and stay on 5.13.4, or do all the steps over again and downgrade? Thanks. I'll probably try in a few days once I'm finished with the book I'm reading in case something goes awry.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by bigwalleye

Ok I did install hotfox previously . so either I can reinstall kual and stay on 5.13.4, or do all the steps over again and downgrade? Thanks. I'll probably try in a few days once I'm finished with the book I'm reading in case something goes awry.

Yep, most likely. At least I've tested that to work on already JB+hotfix PW4 prior to 5.13.4 update. Of course, if you've factory reset at any point after JB, then it's game over.

You only need to downgrade if you want to stay on older firmware. You lose the new series grouping feature but it's easier to block OTA updates on 5.11.x and older (install KUAL Helper+ add-on and enable Block OTA updates menu option). Preventing updates is also safer for JB as we don't know if/when a new firmware completely defeats JB+hotfix.

Again, you'd need to reinstall pretty much everything that was installed via MRPI: KUAL, Python, Screensaver, etc.

[jabingb]

I realize this is for the PW4 but I've got a PW3 running 5.13.3 and I want to jb so I can implement a remote page turner. Would someone please point me in the proper direction? Thx

[KrautHolg]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Check MRPI's log.

Thank you very much. Here is the log:

**** **** **** ****

[2021-01-22 @ 21:25:14 +0114] :: [MRPI r15753] - Beginning the processing of package 'Update_KOLBooklet_9471676_install.bin' (KOLBooklet 9471676 I) . . .

Extracting update package 'Update_KOLBooklet_9471676_install.bin' to '/var/tmp/mrpi/staging'.
Bundle SP01 (Signing Envelope)
Cert number 0
Cert file pubdevkey01.pem (Developer)
Bundle FD04 (Versionless [vls])
Bundle Type OTA V2
Minimum OTA 1679530004
Target OTA 18446744073709551615
Devices 73
Device Kindle 5 Touch WiFi (0x11)
Device Kindle 5 Touch WiFi+3G (0x0F)
Device Kindle 5 Touch WiFi+3G Europe (0x10)
Device Kindle PaperWhite WiFi (0x24)
Device Kindle PaperWhite WiFi+3G (0x1B)
Device Kindle PaperWhite WiFi+3G Canada (0x1C)
Device Kindle PaperWhite WiFi+3G Europe (0x1D)
Device Kindle PaperWhite WiFi+3G Japan (0x1F)
Device Kindle PaperWhite WiFi+3G Brazil (0x20)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi (0xD4)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi Japan (0x5A)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G (0xD5)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G Canada (0xD6)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G Europe (0xD7)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G Russia (0xD8)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G Japan (0xF2)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi (4GB) International (0x17)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G (4GB) Europe (0x60)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G (4GB) (0x62)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G (4GB) Canada (0x5F)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 2 (2013) WiFi+3G (4GB) Brazil (0x61)
Device Kindle Basic (2014) (0xC6)
Device Kindle Basic (2014) Australia (0xDD)
Device Kindle Voyage WiFi (0x13)
Device Kindle Voyage WiFi+3G (0x54)
Device Kindle Voyage WiFi+3G Europe (0x53)
Device Kindle Voyage WiFi+3G Japan (0x2A)
Device Kindle Voyage WiFi+3G Mexico (0x52)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2015) WiFi (0G1 -> 0x201)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2015) WiFi+3G Japan (0G7 -> 0x207)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2015) WiFi+3G Canada (0G6 -> 0x206)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2015) WiFi+3G (0G2 -> 0x202)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2015) WiFi+3G Europe (0G5 -> 0x205)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2015) WiFi+3G Mexico (0G4 -> 0x204)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2016) WiFi (32GB) Japan (0LK -> 0x293)
Device White Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2016) WiFi (0KB -> 0x26B)
Device White Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2016) WiFi+3G Japan (0KC -> 0x26C)
Device White Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2016) WiFi (32GB) Japan (0LL -> 0x294)
Device White Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2016) WiFi+3G International (0KE -> 0x26E)
Device White Kindle PaperWhite 3 (2016) WiFi+3G International (Bis) (0KF -> 0x26F)
Device Kindle Oasis WiFi (0GC -> 0x20C)
Device Kindle Oasis WiFi+3G (0GD -> 0x20D)
Device Kindle Oasis WiFi+3G Europe (0GU -> 0x21C)
Device Kindle Oasis WiFi+3G International (0GR -> 0x219)
Device Kindle Oasis WiFi+3G China (0GT -> 0x21B)
Device Kindle Basic 2 (2016) (0K9 -> 0x269)
Device White Kindle Basic 2 (2016) (0KA -> 0x26A)
Device Kindle Oasis 2 (2017) WiFi (8GB) (0P8 -> 0x2E8)
Device Kindle Oasis 2 (2017) WiFi+3G (32GB) (0S1 -> 0x341)
Device Kindle Oasis 2 (2017) WiFi (32GB) (0SA -> 0x34A)
Device Kindle Oasis 2 (2017) WiFi+3G (32GB) Europe (0S2 -> 0x342)
Device Kindle Oasis 2 (2017) (Unknown Variant 0P1) (0P1 -> 0x2E1)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) WiFi (8GB) (0PP -> 0x2F7)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) WiFi (32GB) (0T6 -> 0x366)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) WiFi+4G (32GB) (0T1 -> 0x361)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) WiFi+4G (32GB) Europe (0T2 -> 0x362)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) WiFi (8GB) India (102 -> 0x402)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) (Unknown Variant 0T3) (0T3 -> 0x363)
Device Unknown (16T -> 0x4DB)
Device Unknown (16Q -> 0x4D8)
Device Unknown (16U -> 0x4DC)
Device Unknown (16V -> 0x4DD)
Device Kindle PaperWhite 4 (2018) (Unknown Variant 103) (103 -> 0x403)
Device Unknown (16R -> 0x4D9)
Device Unknown (10L -> 0x414)
Device Unknown (0WH -> 0x3D1)
Device Unknown (0VB -> 0x3AB)
Device Unknown (0WF -> 0x3CF)
Device Unknown (11L -> 0x434)
Device Unknown (0WQ -> 0x3D8)
Device Unknown (0WN -> 0x3D6)
Device Unknown (0WM -> 0x3D5)
Device Unknown (0WL -> 0x3D4)
Critical 0
Padding Byte 0 (0x00)
MD5 Hash 0af41ae50a03d7d1961c1057ad77715e
Metadata 7
Metastring PackageName=KOLBooklet
Metastring PackageVersion=9471676
Metastring PackageAuthor=ixtab, NiLuJe, twobob, stepk, coplate
Metastring PackageMaintainer=coplate, NiLuJe
Metastring PackagedWith=KindleTool v1.6.5.229-g1d61fcf built by niluje@tyrande on Gentoo
Metastring PackagedBy=yechiel@paritcher
Metastring PackagedOn=2020-12-20 @ 19:09:26 UTC
x install.sh
x KOLBooklet.jar
x appreg.install.sql
x libotautils5
x whispertouch.install.sql
x install.sh.sig
x KOLBooklet.jar.sig
x appreg.install.sql.sig
x libotautils5.sig
x whispertouch.install.sql.sig
x update-filelist.dat.sig
x update-filelist.dat
--
Running 'install.sh' for 'KOLBooklet 9471676 I' (Update_KOLBooklet_9471676_install.bin) @ Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:25:15 +0114

system: I ota_script:install::installing booklet
system: I ota_script:install::registering booklet
[FBInk] Detected a Kindle PaperWhite 3 (0G1 -> 0x201)
[FBInk] Clock tick frequency appears to be 100 Hz
[FBInk] Screen density set to 300 dpi
[FBInk] Variable fb info: 1072x1448, 8bpp @ rotation: 3 (Counter Clockwise, 270°)
[FBInk] Fontsize set to 24x24 (IBM base glyph size: 8x8)
[FBInk] Line length: 44 cols, Page size: 60 rows
[FBInk] Vertical fit isn't perfect, shifting rows down by 4 pixels
[FBInk] Fixed fb info: ID is "mxc_epdc_fb", length of fb mem: 6782976 bytes & line length: 1088 bytes
[FBInk] Pen colors set to #000000 for the foreground and #FFFFFF for the background
./install.sh: eval: line 1: 3: not found

Hu oh... Got return code 127 . . . :(

Where do I go from here?

And while we are at it: Everything else seems to be working fine and as expected. I updated KOReader to the latest version (Version v2019.04 --> v2020.12) without problems. PW3 running 5.8.10.1 5.9.6.1 (Argh, it is running something else than what I wrote on the label in the back)

Cheers!

Holg

[NiLuJe]

@KrautHolg: Possibly because you have very old copies of... everything installed.

(I mean, that MRPI version is *ancient* already; but the actual issue probably stems from an old, old copy of the ScreenSavers or Fonts hack).

[Conrad2005]

I recently bought a Paperwhite (10th generation) Waterproof s/n G000 PP13 **** **** (it came with firmware 5.12.4). I followed steps 1 to 6 sucessfully (installed FW 5.10.1.3 Factory) but when I copied main-htmlviewer.tar.gz file to the top level of the visible USB storage and typed installHtml in the search bar nothing changed (no rebooting nor jailbreak). I am on Windows 7 64 and extracted the files using 7-zip.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by Conrad2005

I followed steps 1 to 6 sucessfully (installed FW 5.10.1.3 Factory) but when I copied main-htmlviewer.tar.gz file to the top level of the visible USB storage and typed installHtml in the search bar nothing changed (no rebooting nor jailbreak).

You're missing the semi-colon in front. That's important.

;installHtml

[Conrad2005]

[QUOTE=ilovejedd;4085568]You're missing the semi-colon in front. That's important.

Thank you very much ilovejedd!!!!
I put the semi-colon in front of it and it worked like a charm.

[LordDupre]

Hi guys,

After reading this thread in December, I ordered an Amazon Kindle Paperwhite (2018) 32GB WiFi IPX 8 - Black from Eglobalcentral (excellent prices but the customer service sucks).

My model PQ94WIF, serial G000T6 came with FW 5.12.4. I followed step by step the instructions by ilovejedd and now I'm the happy owner of a JB Kindle with FW 5.10.1.3.

In Step 10, I put all the Update_*_install_pw2_kt2_kv_pw3_koa_kt3_koa2_pw4_k t4.bin from Python 2.7 & Python 3.9, ScreenSavers Hack, Fonts Hack, USBNetwork Hack into the /mrpackages folder. Also, I unpacked with 7-Zip the GNU Awk Installer, Helper, KUAL+, BatteryStatus files into /extensions folder.

Before entering ;log mrpi in the searchbar, I put the latest version of KOReader in the root folder (dict and tessdata files in the respective folders).

Like NiLuJe indicated, everything was installed in the correct order!

Thanks, NiLuje and all the guys that made it possible, in special to ilovejedd for the detailed guide, thank you. Can I say that I love ilovejedd?

[sjaakske]

Thank you ilovejedd <3

[drocket]

Thank you to all who have made this possible, I really appreciate your efforts which help combat the unethical actions of Amazon. I have just jailbroken my kindle (running fw 5.10.1.3-pw4) and would like to make sure that:

1. Pressing "prevent OTA updates" in kual Helper prevents updates under all circumstances including if I restart the kindle or connect to any wifi, and that it will continue to do so in the future if i stay on my current fw.

2. Registering my jailbroken kindle will not compromise the jailbreak or the prevention of the OTA updates- will amazon know that my kindle is jailbroken-will there be consequences for this?



If possible I would also like to know if there is a better way; to create new folders and manipulate and move files into them, than using KOreader (bascially I am looking for KOreaders file managing interface without launching KOreader).

Thank you