Kindle 3.2.1 Jailbreak (temporary)

[pbcal]

Originally Posted by dimcher

I tried it with Kindle 3G SO and it did work from the first time! But after that I made a reset to factory defaults - and now I can't install jailbreak I tried it a lot of times with turning wireless on and off... But is it possible that after this reset to factory defaults jailbreak is still there?

Yes, Factory reset does not uninstall the jailbreak. Its still jail broken.

[dasmoover]

I have used this JB successfully on two 3.2.1 devices. I have received my fourth K3W from Amazon today (3.2.1 576290015).

First attempt: Wifi On - Failed - U007
Second Attempt: Wifi off + renamed documents - Failed - U007
Third Attempt: Place on drive + reboot - Failed - U003
Fourth Attempt: Wifi off + rename documents + renamed system - Successful!

Note: I did NOT need to de-register. Timing is important as well

menu + down*5 + click + menu + down*2 + click*2

Make sure you restart your device after moving the documents and system folder, this will allow your Kindle to regenerate 'clean' system files and remove evidence of your content. I attempted to update after moving the files in the same run, the Kindle refused to acknowledge the existence of the update file (greyed out). After a fresh restart and file transfer it worked.

Thank you for your time and efforts Yifan Lu.

Hopefully this will help someone struggling (First device took over 20+ tries to get it right, but it works, I do not think certain Kindles will refuse it)

[suferjunner]

I was also successful on the jailbreak, however can't get the usbNetwork to work...any tutorials/suggestions on how to do that? Do I need to transfer anything to my Kindle 3.2.1 first?

[Enthir]

Originally Posted by suferjunner

I was also successful on the jailbreak, however can't get the usbNetwork to work...any tutorials/suggestions on how to do that? Do I need to transfer anything to my Kindle 3.2.1 first?

I followed these instructions and got usbNetwork working perfectly.

[suferjunner]

Thanks, I got usbNetwork running perfectly. My Mac shows a new USB network device now. Is it possible to tether Whispern3t 3g to my Mac?

Thanks in advance.

[MacUsers]

Dear all,

Just joined the forum, so "hello" to everyone.

I "think", I just jailbroke my a week old K3 but how do I know if it's really jailbroken?

I'm actually a bit confused here: I tried so may times to jailbroke my K3 following the "time-line" guide but I never got the "update" link activated. So, just to test, I copied the "update_jailbreak_0.5_k3w_install.bin" file onto my K3 (whilst it's connected), disconnect it and quickly moved to the "Menu > Settings > Menu" page and that time the "Update your Kindle" link was active and I installed the new firmware. In the end, it said: "The update was successful" or something that. did I do it right? Cheers!!

[wangminh12]

How can i unjailbreak my kindle?
thanks!

[MacUsers]

Originally Posted by wangminh12

How can i unjailbreak my kindle?

you must be joking on the 9th page; the whole thread is just about this. Have a look in the first two pages. Cheers!!

[MacUsers]

Originally Posted by elale

4) telnet/ssh to your kindle and run "sh /mnt/us/DK_System/install/install.sh", or put that command to usbnet's script("usbnet/bin/usbnetwork")

How exactly do you do that? If I run "~usbNetwork" and then try to login this way from the PC:

# modprobe usbnet
# modprobe cdc_ether
# ifconfig usb0 192.168.2.1
# ssh root@192.168.2.1

it asks for the password. Looks like I'm doing a silly mistake somewhere. Any idea? cheers!!

[maylin]

Originally Posted by yifanlu

The thing is that if it doesn't work after a large amount of tries, there's one of two problems.

1) the kindle is already jailbroken somehow (previous user, another family member, forgot you jailbreaked before, etc)
2) something is making the kindle boot up slow. Do a factory reset and temporary remove all books and deregister.

My goodness! After so many failed tries... (20, 30 times), I thought, why not run the uninstall bin and see what will happen.... It worked!!!

Background of this kindle, it is an upgrade replacement unit from amazon for my old 2nd generation kindle. It is also a refurbished unit. Now I assume someone had run jailbreak and returned it.

Thank you so much for all of your work and help!

maylin

[MacUsers]

Originally Posted by maylin

My goodness! After so many failed tries... (20, 30 times), I thought, why not run the uninstall bin and see what will happen.... It worked!!!

So, you know it workedm just because you saw "Update success" message on the screen? Cheers!!

[Evil Umpire]

"Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later."

Dang! I keep getting this page when I try to click on YIFANLU's links! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Me wants to JB my 3.2.1 K3! But me no can make link work! help!

[Nigovic]

Originally Posted by Evil Umpire

"Bandwidth Limit Exceeded

The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to the site owner reaching his/her bandwidth limit. Please try again later."

Dang! I keep getting this page when I try to click on YIFANLU's links! GRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Me wants to JB my 3.2.1 K3! But me no can make link work! help!

don't give up, give google a look!
here is the link: http://www.google.com/search?q=kindl...lbreak-0.5.zip

[yifanlu]

Originally Posted by Nigovic

don't give up, give google a look!
here is the link: http://www.google.com/search?q=kindl...lbreak-0.5.zip

Or... you can check my site, which has been up for a day now.

[Ranchodoug]

Originally Posted by yifanlu

Or... you can check my site, which has been up for a day now.

yifanlu - Thanks!

Got it right on the 2nd try (Kindle 3.2.1 plugged into Win 7/64-bit PC).

Per above, /system and /documents were renamed *.bak and wireless was turned off.

The 2nd time, the instant I saw drive change from "Removable Disk" to "Kindle" I copied the .bin file.

After "Update Kindle" I deleted the new /documents and renamed /documents.bak to /documents. I didn't know if there was anything altered in /system (it's a new Kindle so there probably wasn't much in there other than basic personalization info) so I copied /system.bak/collections.json to the new /system.

Thanks again.