5.6.5 Jailbreak (closed-kindle) -- released!

[encol]

you installed the jailbreak before or after the 5.81 update?

[oumlaut]

Originally Posted by encol

you installed the jailbreak before or after the 5.81 update?

I already had the JB. Used the hotfix after the update.

[encol]

Originally Posted by oumlaut

I already had the JB. Used the hotfix after the update.

Just to be clear: hotfix was installed before the update?

[oumlaut]

Originally Posted by encol

Just to be clear: hotfix was installed before the update?

Yes. You need renew it after the firmware update.

[Stiehler]

I need to reinstall the hotfix and the Phyton after you upgrade to 5.8.1 ?

[oumlaut]

Originally Posted by Stiehler

I need to reinstall the hotfix and the Phyton after you upgrade to 5.8.1 ?

Yes, the hotfix handling FW 5.8.1 should be reinstalled.

[HBH_AU]

I'm a total newbie & only just found out that my brand new Kindle Voyage needs to be jailbroken in order for me to sort my many non-amz ebooks into collections

And my Voyage already has firmware 5.8.1 on it.

I suspect this means that I can't jailbreak it, can I?

I'm not up to cracking open the case & attacking the innards... So I suspect I just have to live without collections... Really really hoping a way of dealing with 5.8.1 eventuates.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by HBH_AU

I'm a total newbie & only just found out that my brand new Kindle Voyage needs to be jailbroken in order for me to sort my many non-amz ebooks into collections

And my Voyage already has firmware 5.8.1 on it.

I suspect this means that I can't jailbreak it, can I?

I'm not up to cracking open the case & attacking the innards... So I suspect I just have to live without collections... Really really hoping a way of dealing with 5.8.1 eventuates.

"eventuates"? Eventually it will, and I expect we will see it RSN...

[kalyy]

After updating to 5.8.1 (which I regret doing) I reinstalled the hotfix.
Today I had to deregister my Kindle and got a warning message about my Kindle no longer being a test device or something... It was in Spanish, I don't remember the exact words.
Do I have to reinstall something? Everything seems to be working just fine.

[HBH_AU]

Originally Posted by geekmaster

"eventuates"? Eventually it will, and I expect we will see it RSN...

My apologies, I am over-tired & only now realise that my use of 'eventuates' might sound dismissive of all the hard work put into this code. Not my intention at all - I am in awe of anyone who is able to look 'under the hood' & work with these devices. And extremely grateful for their dedication & hard work

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by HBH_AU

My apologies, I am over-tired & only now realise that my use of 'eventuates' might sound dismissive of all the hard work put into this code. Not my intention at all - I am in awe of anyone who is able to look 'under the hood' & work with these devices. And extremely grateful for their dedication & hard work

No, not dismissive. Clever way of saying you will wait for a non-invasive jailbreak. No apology needed.

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by kalyy

After updating to 5.8.1 (which I regret doing) I reinstalled the hotfix.
Today I had to deregister my Kindle and got a warning message about my Kindle no longer being a test device or something... It was in Spanish, I don't remember the exact words.
Do I have to reinstall something? Everything seems to be working just fine.

Restart your kindle TWICE. That should reinstall MKK (I think). If not, install MKK youself. That will eliminate the "test kindle" warning.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by kalyy

After updating to 5.8.1 (which I regret doing) I reinstalled the hotfix.
Today I had to deregister my Kindle and got a warning message about my Kindle no longer being a test device or something... It was in Spanish, I don't remember the exact words.
Do I have to reinstall something? Everything seems to be working just fine.

That will happen any time you change the registration status.

As advised above, try just re-booting it (with the power button) twice, and/or re-run the 'hotfix' package.

Keep a copy of that 'hotfix' package handy if you think you will remain undecided about having it registered or not.

[NiLuJe]

@Stiehler: Unless you had a blindingly old JB version installed, you don't even need to reinstall the hotfix after an official update. If something's wonky (probably Kindlets), just do a full reboot, that should put everything back in order.

[miomaz]

Hi, I just applied the Jailbreak and Hotfix (in this order) to my PW3. I got the "jailbreak successful" message in the Info bar. I then moved the hotfixe .bin file onto my kindle and ejected and disconnected my kindle. I was distracted by someone and wanted to check if I had but the .bin file onto my kindle, so I reconnected the kindle to the computer. However I didn't find the same .bin file in my root directory, The filename had changed (though the size of the re-named .bin file was identical, 62kb, to the hotfix file). At this point I debated deleting this new file, or leaving it be and simply updating the kindle. I chose the latter. Now Im not sure if the hotfix was applied or not.


questions:

1. Is there a way to check if the hotfix was successfully installed?
2. is there a step by step guide for installing KUAL specifically for PW3? (since the main thread speaks of first figuring out which model one has, but not how to go about installing KUAL after one figures this out. Quite possibly Im blind).

Thanks For your Time

Kindle information:

Serial Number: G090 G105 XXXX XXXX
Firmware vers: Kindle 5.6.5 (27030300038)