How-to obtain root access of New Basic Kindle (2014) FW5.6.0.1

[eschwartz]

Not much.

You root to escalate privileges.
You jailbreak to allow running custom stuff.

Either way, you want to gain control over your device.

[jolunavi]

yes, is right.
I want take control of my device

what you recommend me? ... I'm willing to disarm my kindle!

[eschwartz]

So what are you waiting for, jailbreak it.

Does your device run a firmware >=5.6.x? Then you will have to do like the OP of this thread. If not, just install the jailbreak the usual way...

[jolunavi]

firmware: 5.6.1.0.6

[jolunavi]

is possible install jeilbreak with this firmware?
do you have the link for download jailbreak ?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by jolunavi

is possible install jeilbreak with this firmware?
do you have the link for download jailbreak ?

Only as described in this thread (using the serial port).

There is no software only jailbreak for series 5.6.x firmware.

[Fridolf]

Originally Posted by knc1

The 1.8 volt ... (not 3.3 volt)

I can't say, I have not (yet) had the cooperation of a PW2 owner that is required to find a good point.

Pictures of the other connection points (for the PW2) are in the "KT2 Exposed" thread.

If you can't find a good source on the MB, use an external battery pack.

I'm waiting for a PW2 and are interested in trying this out to jailbreak a device with 5.6. I don't really understand all the steps from this thread but maybe I will down the line. This isn't really my area but if me having a PW2 can be useful I'd be glad to help.

As I understand it from the KT2 Exposed thread you use the MicroFTX, but this doesn't seem to be sold at the moment. Are there any other suitable UART to USB with 1.8V? It seems very hard to find one with the correct voltage.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Fridolf

I'm waiting for a PW2 and are interested in trying this out to jailbreak a device with 5.6. I don't really understand all the steps from this thread but maybe I will down the line. This isn't really my area but if me having a PW2 can be useful I'd be glad to help.

As I understand it from the KT2 Exposed thread you use the MicroFTX, but this doesn't seem to be sold at the moment. Are there any other suitable UART to USB with 1.8V? It seems very hard to find one with the correct voltage.

Sometimes the things you find on-line tend to age quickly.

The MicroFTX adapter I mentioned in the "KT2 Exposed" thread seems to be a one person project.
So I suppose that it would be easy for the "Kindle Demand" to run them out-of-stock.
An e-mail to that person, on his site, might yield information on his plans (to re-stock, etc).

And if you do, an update here would be nice.

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Yes, there is another "recommended" adapter - as a wire cable.
Built by FTDI - It should be documented on this forum, and it should be indexed under the "Serial Port" section of the master index.
A link to the master index can be found in the first post of the sticky "Where do I start?" thread.

The FTDI adapter cable is more expensive, but it doesn't require the external 1v8 reference input.

(And when this site started to "recommend" the FTDI cable, FTDI ran out of stock from the "Kindle Demand". Note that FTDI **is not** a one-person operation.
Twobob actually contacted the factory and explained to them why all of their adapters had suddenly disappeared from the stock of their distributors, world-wide. They increased their production to meet the demand.)

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The "KT2 Exposed" thread (or maybe this thread - I post too much) has been updated with a link to a thread with photos of where to get the 1v8 reference voltage on a PW2 board.

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You might want to start your own thread (prefix: Hardware) where you can put all the current information that you gather along with the events of your efforts.
That would also give people a single thread in which to post replies to any questions you have along the way.

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Thanks for your post by the way.
It is always nice to see someone ask questions **before** they run into trouble.

[volkaoth]

Most USB2UART Bridges using 3,3V or 5V from USB.

The FTDI is a good choice with high modularity and voltagelevel choice.

A good alternative is a bridge with a CP2104 chip from Silicon Labs.
These USB to serial adapter supports also 1.8V and most bridges with this chip have a buildin jumper to plugin an external voltage for the logiclevels.

just google for 'USB to UART Bridge CP2104' there are many hits.

But it must be a cp2104, the cp2102 is not capable of 1,8V.

[Rosomak]

Please excuse my noob-like questions, but:

2. Get your password with Python script:
Code:
% python -c 'import hashlib,sys;print "fiona%s" % hashlib.md5("%s\n" % sys.argv[1]).hexdigest()[13:16]' YOUR_SERIAL_NUMBER

1. How do I connect with Kindle software-wise after connecting the USB cable? Should connect somehow via SSH with putty or something like that? If yes, how do I "find" the device with putty? Preferable I would like to use windows OS.
   
2. What is the password in command above? "fiona" ? "fiona%s" ?
   
3. What the meaning of "[13:16]" in the command above? Just a random hour value for the md5 hashing?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Rosomak

Please excuse my noob-like questions, but:

1. How do I connect with Kindle software-wise after connecting the USB cable? Should connect somehow via SSH with putty or something like that? If yes, how do I "find" the device with putty? Preferable I would like to use windows OS.
2. What is the password in command above? "fiona" ? "fiona%s" ?
3. What the meaning of "[13:16]" in the command above? Just a random hour value for the md5 hashing?

1. With a software emulated terminal.
Whatever thingy has replaced hyperterminal for Windoze.

2. The password is not "in" the python code, it will be the output of that python command line.

3. Character positions of a sub-string.

Google up an introduction to python and after reading, the above (#2, #3) should be clear.

[eschwartz]

3. -- "slice notation". Hope that clears it up for you.

P.S. I recommend using `kindletool info $YOUR_SERIAL_NUMBER` -- it's designed to spit out passwords for you.

kindletool

[knc1]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

3. -- "slice notation". Hope that clears it up for you.

P.S. I recommend using `kindletool info $YOUR_SERIAL_NUMBER` -- it's designed to spit out passwords for you.

That is probably the correct en_PYTHON for the notation.
I was guessing, I don't use python.

And I also agree with the above suggestion, just use kindletool (from NiLuJi's snapshots thread).

[eschwartz]

Ah -- I mentioned the name in the hope of confusing things through technical jargon. Indicating it is irrelevant, just run the forking command and if you want to actually understand how it works, a guide-to-rooting-your-Kindle is not the best place to learn python.

[knc1]

There is absolutely nothing else going on here this past week to write about.

So much so, that the 1 character typo in our new PW3 label is the big news.
(That is the one that reads PW2 on dark brown, not the PW2 one on light brown.)