Why jailbreak the Kindle?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by tomsem

Not on older Kindles.

The "You" owns the latest Kindle Basic. (Which can not be jailbroken at this time because of its firmware version.)

[haertig]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

To remove ads you call Amazon and pay $20 (If in the US). I don't know the cost to remove ads in other countries. But you have to be registered.

I don't see ads on my Kindle, I didn't jailbreak it, and I didn't pay Amazon to remove them.

All's I did was put the Kindle in airplane mode and leave it there (I sideload every book from Calibre). Apparently the Kindle downloads a group of ads from the internet every now and then. But if you're in airplane mode it can't do that. So it seems to give up and say "Fine, I'll just go without ads then!" once it runs out of ads in its queue.

Problem solved. And a few other potential problems as well (like automatic upgrades). You do lose out on syncing and X-Ray and maybe a few other things. But these are all things that I personally could not care less about. People that use these features can't stay in airplane mode all the time, and they will thus be stuck with the ads unless they pay up to Amazon.

[nnnmmm]

Originally Posted by haertig

And a few other potential problems as well (like automatic upgrades). You do lose out on syncing and X-Ray and maybe a few other things. But these are all things that I personally could not care less about

Where can I find a manual how to stop updates?
it need some file to replace?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by nnnmmm

Where can I find a manual how to stop updates?
it need some file to replace?

The best way to stop updates is to keep WiFi off.

[Mnementh]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

With Kobo (IMHO) you don't need DIRECTORY organization. Between collections and series and the various ways to sort eBooks, there is really no need for DIRECTORIES.

There's no "need" for them with Kindle collections either if you want to be pedantic about it


However a proper directory structure makes sense to me and therefore makes it much much easier for me to find the next book I want to read.


I do like the Kobo series implementation though (from what I remember of it, it has been a while since I last owned one).

[rhari79]

I think none of the Kindle's can be shutdown(except the very first).

I jailbreak my Kindle, because I can choose to shut it down, when i dont use it.

[Alaxander609]

I was having the same train of througts on why to jailbreak -
What I summarised bases on all inputs

- Removal of ads
- Add fonts
- Add scrensavers
- Use of Koreader - It also take CBZ file instead u need to get the KCC conversion for comics
- Better directory management
- Also some talks on transfer the books/content without computer.

Feel free to add if anything is missing.

[issybird]

Originally Posted by Alaxander609

I was having the same train of througts on why to jailbreak -
What I summarised bases on all inputs

- Removal of ads .

MobileRead does not condone jailbreaking a Kindle in order to remove ads. Don’t ask for help in doing so. Pay to have them removed or live with them.

[Alaxander609]

Originally Posted by issybird

MobileRead does not condone jailbreaking a Kindle in order to remove ads. Don’t ask for help in doing so. Pay to have them removed or live with them.

Apologies .. dint knew this, I don't have that issue, in my geographic amazon don't put up ads. So I m good

[JSWolf]

If you are buying a Kindle now to jailbreak, chances are you'll get a Kindle the current firmware that cannot currently be jailbroken.

So don't buy a new Kindle in hopes to jailbreak it. You'll be rather disappointed.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If you are buying a Kindle now to jailbreak, chances are you'll get a Kindle the current firmware that cannot currently be jailbroken.

So don't buy a new Kindle in hopes to jailbreak it. You'll be rather disappointed.

As far as I'm aware, currently shipping PW4s are still on 5.12.4 which is jailbreakable.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

As far as I'm aware, currently shipping PW4s are still on 5.12.4 which is jailbreakable.

But we don't know when that will change. It could change at any time. So you are taking a risk.

[Alaxander609]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But we don't know when that will change. It could change at any time. So you are taking a risk.

I already have an 4 years old PW3 & last 1 year it was not used, battery died, did the surgery now waiting for a cheap local Lipo battery to be delivered to resurrect the dead

Let see - Finger crossed - as I was browsing through forum - was just getting an understanding of the jailbreaking the device.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But we don't know when that will change. It could change at any time. So you are taking a risk.

5.13.4 was released very recently so not too risky at this time. If you buy from Best Buy, Target, etc, there's higher chances you get older stock. There's quite a bit of lag between firmware installed in the factory and latest OTA release due to manufacturing and shipping/distribution times.

Maybe a month or two from now, it'll be riskier.

[JSWolf]

But the problem is you have a choice between a possible jailbreakable PW4 or an Oasis with a much nicer screen.

Either way you lose out.