Tutorial Open Sesame! (AKA., The New & Improved JailBreak Index) - Page 11

NiLuJe · 12-11-2019, 08:39 AM

That's like telling us you're using a hammer to hammer nails. Duh. We need way more details.

EDIT: Which you mostly gave earlier, I thought this was a different poster, my bad.

TL;DR: Nope, you're screwed.

knc1 · 12-11-2019, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stoltverd

Calibre

Calibre only writes a transfer file to the Kindle.
To update the collections database of the Kindle, you must use the Kindle-side program, LibrarianSync.
Which requires that you be jail broken.

vurt · 12-12-2019, 12:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@vurt: Reinstall the latest hotfix, update MRPI, switch to KUAL coplate.

If, and only if, the hotfix install fails, you're screwed.

So my Kindle updated itself again, to 5.12.2. The moment I turned off airplane mode cos I wanted to download some books. The crazy thing is there's been times when I wanted to update my Kindle and I never could get it done automatically. This one just shows up unannounced, talk about aggressive.

I tried reinstalling the hotfix and this time I got an "update error: 007".

So I'm guessing I'm finally SOL?

nmarton · 12-21-2019, 02:02 AM

Hi, I have bought a Kindle Paperwhite yesterday, it has a firmware version 5.11.2 , serialnumber is G000PP12. I want to ask if it is jailbreakable by the method you described in this forum. I have not found any factory firmware image for this version. Original firmware is on it, I have not registered it yet and have not connected it to wi-fi as it has adviced on this forum.

knc1 · 12-21-2019, 02:35 PM

You can find the translation from serial number to local name here:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Serial_Numbers

PS: It helps people if you include your local device name in your "Info Block" on the left.

rogerinnyc · 12-22-2019, 08:41 PM

Wow. This is ugly. My Kindle Voyage updated to 5.12.3 when I turned on wifi to download a book, notwithstanding that I had Kual+ installed with the don't update option. Jailbreak completely gone, and hotfix efforts give an 07 error.

I guess I'll stick with Kobo Forma, which I like a lot better, save for portability. Sigh.

viragored · 12-26-2019, 05:10 PM

HI - I'm aiming to Jailbreak a friend's new "White Kindle Basic 3", serial begins G090WH... = nickname KT4; KT4W with F/W 5.11.2 (3541880032). And I have run into a roadblock. It could be my misunderstanding something, so here's a summary of what I've done:

Selected airplane mode
Via USB cable, created folder update.bin.tmp.partial at top visible level
From Wiki downloaded factory_KT4_5.11.0_initial
Confirmed MD5 checksum
Via USB cable copied downloaded .bin file to top visible level
Ejected Kindle, unplugged cable

That's when a screen message informed me an invalid update file had been downloaded.
Home > Menu > Settings > Menu > and the "Update your Kindle" option is greyed out

Have I done something wrong? Or is the Kindle firmware blocking the jailbreak?

Your help and advice will be much appreciated. Best wishes for what's left of the holiday season to everyone!

j.p.s · 12-26-2019, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viragored

HI - I'm aiming to Jailbreak a friend's new "White Kindle Basic 3", serial begins G090WH... = nickname KT4; KT4W and have run into a roadblock. It could be my misunderstanding something, so here's a summary of what I've done:

Selected airplane mode
Via USB cable, created folder update.bin.tmp.partial at top visible level
From Wiki downloaded factory_KT4_5.11.0_initial
Confirmed MD5 checksum
Via USB cable copied downloaded .bin file to top visible level
Ejected Kindle, unplugged cable

That's when a screen message informed me an invalid update file had been downloaded.
Home > Menu > Settings > Menu > and the "Update your Kindle" option is greyed out

Have I done something wrong? Or is the Kindle firmware blocking the jailbreak?

Your help and advice will be much appreciated. Best wishes for what's left of the holiday season to everyone!

What firmware version is the kindle running now?

viragored · 12-27-2019, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by j.p.s

What firmware version is the kindle running now?

It's still running 5.11.2
I couldn't do an update because the "Update your Kindle" option was greyed out so it's still as it came out of the box. (Except for some books I've now loaded)

ilovejedd · 12-27-2019, 01:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viragored

It's still running 5.11.2
I couldn't do an update because the "Update your Kindle" option was greyed out so it's still as it came out of the box. (Except for some books I've now loaded)

Expected behavior.

5.11.2 > 5.11.0

Kindles don't allow downgrading anymore unfortunately so this only works on the oldest KT4 batches released.

bobtista · 12-31-2019, 05:22 PM

I read that newer firmwares would require a serial jailbreak, and I'm on 5.12.3, so that's what I did - the device is still taken apart and wired up via serial-USB. That said, after following the steps here, KUAL never showed up. I also read the notes in snapshots for KUAL and MRInstaller, but the "search for ';log mrpi'" method just said no results found. What can I do to get KUAL working?

Junket · 12-31-2019, 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobtista

I read that newer firmwares would require a serial jailbreak, and I'm on 5.12.3

And presumably PW3?

Some threads that you should find helpful:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=325971
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=325477
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=323240

bobtista · 01-01-2020, 06:05 PM

Thanks Junket. Yes it's a PW3. JimmyR's advice helped on that first thread you shared - so now KUAL and MRInstaller are working, but the books are all missing. They're in /documents on the device but not displaying in the library, it just has "KUAL" and "Kindle Feedback" - any ideas? Also, I'm not sure how to handle the fact that now I'm on multiple threads... do I try to delete my post here and move to the one you linked to? Thanks for your patience and support, and apologies if I've cluttered things.

Junket · 01-01-2020, 07:14 PM

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bobtista · 01-01-2020, 09:06 PM

Thank you Junket. I got the books back by removing two files: /var/local/cc.db and dcm.db and restarting. I Installed Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix via UYK, and I was able to get everything working as needed. My main goal was to get a wireless presenter to turn pages for my mother, and it works perfectly now via the KindleLazy extension

My complete path to here:
-Started with PW3 running fw 5.12.3
-Followed all of the steps in this guide
NOTES:
I didn't need the V wire, just the tx, rx, and gnd wires
Using OSX I didn't use putty for the session. Instead...
To find the usb/serial device on OSX, I ran "ls /dev/cu.usbserial-*"
To open the session, I ran "screen /dev/cu.usbserial-MYDEVICE 115200 –L"
The commands were a bit different than in the thread, like the "D" "L" "Q" commands didn't work, but I typed something like "exit login" and that worked instead.
Also in vim, after editing the file, it's important to do ":wq" because when I just did ":w" it didn't exit, so I was still messing up the open file, and I had to do ":q" then make it quit without saving the new changes by using override "quit!"
I followed the steps in the article for installing KUAL, helper, and mrinstaller (skipped the screensaver). This was a mistake because I hadn't seen the sticky on this thread yet. KUAL wasn't showing up, so I googled it. The next thing I found was the page on KUAL where the spoiler said I needed to install Update_KUALBooklet_v*_install.bin with search ";log mrpi" This didn't work.
Next, I installed update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_v2.7.22_install.bin via UYK
At this point, KUAL appeared to be working.
Next, I installed JailBreak-1.16.N-FW-5.x-hotfix via UYK
Finally, I installed kterm 2.5, cleared out those db files, and restarted.

I wish I had found the sticky first. The thread I found on jailbreaking via a google search initially just said "If you have any fw higher than 5.something you'll need to do a serial jailbreak, follow these steps." It was a bit of a wonky road, but I'm incredibly grateful to have gotten through it. I hope this helps others!

12-26-2019, 05:10 PM	#157
viragored Read, read, reader Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Waihi Beach, New Zealand Device: Kindle Touch	HI - I'm aiming to Jailbreak a friend's new "White Kindle Basic 3", serial begins G090WH... = nickname KT4; KT4W with F/W 5.11.2 (3541880032). And I have run into a roadblock. It could be my misunderstanding something, so here's a summary of what I've done: Selected airplane mode Via USB cable, created folder update.bin.tmp.partial at top visible level From Wiki downloaded factory_KT4_5.11.0_initial Confirmed MD5 checksum Via USB cable copied downloaded .bin file to top visible level Ejected Kindle, unplugged cable That's when a screen message informed me an invalid update file had been downloaded. Home > Menu > Settings > Menu > and the "Update your Kindle" option is greyed out Have I done something wrong? Or is the Kindle firmware blocking the jailbreak? Your help and advice will be much appreciated. Best wishes for what's left of the holiday season to everyone! Last edited by viragored; 12-26-2019 at 05:28 PM.

01-01-2020, 07:14 PM	#164
Junket Nil adsuetudine maius Posts: 278 Karma: 500000 Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: US Device: PW4	deleted Last edited by Junket; 01-01-2020 at 08:40 PM. Reason: i see that you found a solution to this in another thread

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12-11-2019, 08:39 AM	#151
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	That's like telling us you're using a hammer to hammer nails. Duh. We need way more details. EDIT: Which you mostly gave earlier, I thought this was a different poster, my bad. TL;DR: Nope, you're screwed.

12-21-2019, 02:02 AM	#154
nmarton Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Kindle Paperwhite G000 PP12 9391 O4J1	Hi, I have bought a Kindle Paperwhite yesterday, it has a firmware version 5.11.2 , serialnumber is G000PP12. I want to ask if it is jailbreakable by the method you described in this forum. I have not found any factory firmware image for this version. Original firmware is on it, I have not registered it yet and have not connected it to wi-fi as it has adviced on this forum.

12-21-2019, 02:35 PM	#155
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	You can find the translation from serial number to local name here: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Serial_Numbers PS: It helps people if you include your local device name in your "Info Block" on the left.

12-22-2019, 08:41 PM	#156
rogerinnyc Addict Posts: 227 Karma: 944808 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Forma and Aura One; Kindle Voyage; Galaxy Note 10	Wow. This is ugly. My Kindle Voyage updated to 5.12.3 when I turned on wifi to download a book, notwithstanding that I had Kual+ installed with the don't update option. Jailbreak completely gone, and hotfix efforts give an 07 error. I guess I'll stick with Kobo Forma, which I like a lot better, save for portability. Sigh.

12-31-2019, 05:22 PM	#161
bobtista Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Paperwhite PW3	I read that newer firmwares would require a serial jailbreak, and I'm on 5.12.3, so that's what I did - the device is still taken apart and wired up via serial-USB. That said, after following the steps here, KUAL never showed up. I also read the notes in snapshots for KUAL and MRInstaller, but the "search for ';log mrpi'" method just said no results found. What can I do to get KUAL working?

01-01-2020, 06:05 PM	#163
bobtista Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Paperwhite PW3	Thanks Junket. Yes it's a PW3. JimmyR's advice helped on that first thread you shared - so now KUAL and MRInstaller are working, but the books are all missing. They're in /documents on the device but not displaying in the library, it just has "KUAL" and "Kindle Feedback" - any ideas? Also, I'm not sure how to handle the fact that now I'm on multiple threads... do I try to delete my post here and move to the one you linked to? Thanks for your patience and support, and apologies if I've cluttered things.

01-01-2020, 09:06 PM	#165
bobtista Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: Paperwhite PW3	Thank you Junket. I got the books back by removing two files: /var/local/cc.db and dcm.db and restarting. I Installed Update_KUALBooklet_hotfix via UYK, and I was able to get everything working as needed. My main goal was to get a wireless presenter to turn pages for my mother, and it works perfectly now via the KindleLazy extension My complete path to here: -Started with PW3 running fw 5.12.3 -Followed all of the steps in this guide NOTES: I didn't need the V wire, just the tx, rx, and gnd wires Using OSX I didn't use putty for the session. Instead... To find the usb/serial device on OSX, I ran "ls /dev/cu.usbserial-" To open the session, I ran "screen /dev/cu.usbserial-MYDEVICE 115200 –L" The commands were a bit different than in the thread, like the "D" "L" "Q" commands didn't work, but I typed something like "exit login" and that worked instead. Also in vim, after editing the file, it's important to do ":wq" because when I just did ":w" it didn't exit, so I was still messing up the open file, and I had to do ":q" then make it quit without saving the new changes by using override "quit!" I followed the steps in the article for installing KUAL, helper, and mrinstaller (skipped the screensaver). This was a mistake because I hadn't seen the sticky on this thread yet. KUAL wasn't showing up, so I googled it. The next thing I found was the page on KUAL where the spoiler said I needed to install Update_KUALBooklet_v_install.bin with search ";log mrpi" This didn't work. Next, I installed update_KUALBooklet_hotfix_v2.7.22_install.bin via UYK At this point, KUAL appeared to be working. Next, I installed JailBreak-1.16.N-FW-5.x-hotfix via UYK Finally, I installed kterm 2.5, cleared out those db files, and restarted. I wish I had found the sticky first. The thread I found on jailbreaking via a google search initially just said "If you have any fw higher than 5.something you'll need to do a serial jailbreak, follow these steps." It was a bit of a wonky road, but I'm incredibly grateful to have gotten through it. I hope this helps others!

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