Tools AdBreak - experimental JB for ad-supported devices (5.18.1-5.18.5)

[shamanNS]

@vamarci Why would you do it like that when you can simply:

1) Make sure you have the hotfix (use v2.2.1 because the lastest [v2. 2.3] and previous to lastest version have bug with scriptlets and scanning newly added books) installed BEFORE you update the firmware.

2) install new firmware ( if you used "renameotabin" to block firmware OTA download undo that change.)

3) after firmware install finished do 2 more restarts, then reinstall the hotfix again, then do 2 more restarts just in case.
4) reinstall KUAL. Reapply "renameotabin" to stop future firmware updates.

In short: once you've jailbreaked in 98% of firmware updates you don't need to re-do the jailbreak steps, if you made sure to keep the hotfix up-to-date before doing firmware updates you just reinstall hotfix, KUAL and whatever else you were using and that's it.

That's said "yellow band" is 99% certain a hardware issues not a software / firmware issue.

[vamarci]

Originally Posted by shamanNS

@vamarci Why would you do it like that when you can simply:

1) Make sure you have the hotfix (use v2.2.1 because the lastest [v2. 2.3] and previous to lastest version have bug with scriptlets and scanning newly added books) installed BEFORE you update the firmware.

2) install new firmware ( if you used "renameotabin" to block firmware OTA download undo that change.)

3) after firmware install finished do 2 more restarts, then reinstall the hotfix again, then do 2 more restarts just in case.
4) reinstall KUAL. Reapply "renameotabin" to stop future firmware updates.

In short: once you've jailbreaked in 98% of firmware updates you don't need to re-do the jailbreak steps, if you made sure to keep the hotfix up-to-date before doing firmware updates you just reinstall hotfix, KUAL and whatever else you were using and that's it.

That's said "yellow band" is 99% certain a hardware issues not a software / firmware issue.

Thanks for your response and advice! I have a couple of questions to clarify:
- How can I know which version of the hotfix I have currently installed?
- Where can I find the previous versions of the hotfix? on the kindlemodding.org I can't see version numbers mentioned for the hotfix
- If I already have the hotfix installed, does it cause a problem to install it again? Or I can just run it like I did when I was jailbreaking?
- What you have described about firmware updates also holds for the versions which you cannot jailbreak with the Winterbreak? So once it's jailbroken with Winterbreak, I can go over the version numbers that don't work with Winterbreak pre-jailbreak?

(sry for the many question, wanna makes sure I don't brick the kindle)

[gt346]

Originally Posted by hhhhhhhhh

Nevermind, apparently the OTA downloads are restricted Exploit either needs improving to not rely on an offset table or multiple people would need to collect OTA download URLs for 5.18.5.0.1.

FWIW, the 5.18.5.0.1 updates are available on Amazon's website now:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...MQC26VQQMM8XSW

[hhhhhhhhh]

Originally Posted by gt346

FWIW, the 5.18.5.0.1 updates are available on Amazon's website now:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...MQC26VQQMM8XSW

Can't edit the original post but an updated version with these offsets is available on the KMC Github. Wiki is in the process of being updated.

[shamanNS]

@vamarci Hotfix releases:

https://github.com/KindleModding/Hotfix/releases

KindleModding tutorial link just links to the latest release on Github.