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Old 05-18-2026, 08:34 PM   #1
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Help jailbreaking Kindle DX on 2.5.8 (555370010)

I have spent the afternoon trying to jailbreak my Kindle DX.

Suspecting the problem was with the date, I create a .bin file that has set it to Jan 1, 2025.

However when I try to update using Update_jailbreak_0.13.N_dx_install.bin
I get update filed and there is no "You are Jailbroken book" and ";log" does nothing.

I tried repacking it to add logging to see where it is failing, but from here I'm lost. It seems the jailbreak file I have doesn't match the firmware on my Kindle DX (serial starts with B004)

I would love some help with this. I feel like I'm close, but also I'm stumped.
=== Jailbreak Debug Log ===
Starting at: Wed Jan 1 12:28:07 UTC 2025
Mounting /var...
Extracted update-adds.tar.gz
perform_patches started
Checking prettyversion.txt MD5...
prettyversion.txt current MD5: 809efb3bd7195d78dc5aa44ec4723c5b
prettyversion.txt expected MD5: 6d966b7eea464a05e4b2a9af2b456ffc
FAILED: bspatch on prettyversion.txt failed
perform_patches returned: 1
FAILED: perform_patches failed
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Old 05-19-2026, 05:32 AM   #2
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I have spent the afternoon trying to jailbreak my Kindle DX.

Suspecting the problem was with the date, I create a .bin file that has set it to Jan 1, 2025.

However when I try to update using Update_jailbreak_0.13.N_dx_install.bin
I get update filed and there is no "You are Jailbroken book" and ";log" does nothing.

I tried repacking it to add logging to see where it is failing, but from here I'm lost. It seems the jailbreak file I have doesn't match the firmware on my Kindle DX (serial starts with B004)

I would love some help with this. I feel like I'm close, but also I'm stumped.
=== Jailbreak Debug Log ===
Starting at: Wed Jan 1 12:28:07 UTC 2025
Mounting /var...
Extracted update-adds.tar.gz
perform_patches started
Checking prettyversion.txt MD5...
prettyversion.txt current MD5: 809efb3bd7195d78dc5aa44ec4723c5b
prettyversion.txt expected MD5: 6d966b7eea464a05e4b2a9af2b456ffc
FAILED: bspatch on prettyversion.txt failed
perform_patches returned: 1
FAILED: perform_patches failed
Go here and follow the directions.

https://kindlemodding.org/kindle-models.html
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Old 05-19-2026, 01:42 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, for the original Kindle DX the guide at kindlemodding.org does not work. I have used it for several newer Kindles, but not for the original Kindle DX (ID 0004)

I did however eventually find this thread and it got me to a working KUAL and KOREADER

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ight=Kindle+DX

Case closed. :-)
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