11-03-2018, 12:15 PM | #1 |
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Placeholder for PW4 jailbreaking notes - reminder - DO NOT UPDATE
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If there is a chance that the 4 can be jailbroken the same way as the 3, then it will be important that you do not update. The current 3 jailbreak requires you to be a brand new kindle that has never received a "wild" update. Edit: According to what I can see, the PW4 is able to be jailbroken the same way as the PW4. It will take some time to verify this, but at first glance I would expect it to follow the same rules The 'factory' install method may only work on brand new out-of-the box kindles that have never received a software update. Last edited by coplate; 11-08-2018 at 09:31 AM. |
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After my 4 comes in the mail, I am going to start trying to use various usb cables to try to boot it into ADB or fastboot mode, but I don't know if that will be successful. We have seen people get into it accidentally, but nothing from what I saw identified how someone could get into it on purpose. I am still convinced there must be some way for amazon to re-flash these easily, without fully disassembling them, since thats a nightmare on the oasis, and these waterproof ones will certainly be more difficult to open for thier repair teams. Last edited by coplate; 11-03-2018 at 12:17 PM. |
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I am also going to try some of the other things that have worked in the past. Last edited by coplate; 11-03-2018 at 12:18 PM. |
11-03-2018, 03:32 PM | #4 |
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Awesome. I hope you find something!
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11-03-2018, 03:48 PM | #5 |
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On the KT3 (which also has the 'Android features' .....
Let it discharge to the 'battery empty' picture .... Connect USB charging cable ... Status light will go orange .. Press and hold the power button . The status light will go through a sequence of 4 (or maybe more) orange/off cycles followed by 2 (or maybe more) green/off cycles. I never explored any further than that. |
11-08-2018, 05:03 PM | #6 |
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It looks like we have managed to get very lucky.
I expect that We will be able to jailbreaks of this new PW4, the same way we could recent PW3 and KOA2. I expect any fresh-out-of-the-box PW4 to work with this method. I have send some test links out to people who have contributed, and will wait for their feedback before I post anything. |
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So out of curiosity, if someone foolish in the house got to the device before we did and connected it and updated it to 5.10.1.1 (3360340004), does that mean we'll just be out of luck?
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11-08-2018, 05:18 PM | #8 | |
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I'd also prefer to not have to buy extra tools, but that's just cause I'm a broke guy lol. If only you could use Calibre's Kindle Collections without jailbreak then I honestly probably wouldn't need it. Screensavers are really nice, but it's a lack of book organization ease that is the biggest downfall to the device for me. Question though, if I copy all my books to my PW2, kindle collections to make everything the way I want, is there some way then to sync all those changes and collections to the PW4? (I never thought of it as an option, but maybe it would work?) Last edited by PeaceBrigade; 11-08-2018 at 05:26 PM. Reason: Typo |
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So far, I have focused my attention on the most recent succesful jailbreak method. I am going to let other people look for other jailbreaking methods, and I am not quite ready to test my method after doing an update :-) SKK has taken his/hers apart, I don't recall how familiar SKK is with the serial jailbreaking, but that option should allow him to test the updates, and then downgrade over serial if he really needs to - or just jailbreak over serial, no need to downgrade for that. |
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Perhaps when that unit was ordered there was a "return for any reason" policy and you can return it or exchange it? Maybe you don't like the color and want the other one? Alternatively, once things are known, perhaps someone more comfortable with serial port JB could help if that is the only option left. Dave |
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11-09-2018, 12:24 AM | #12 |
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It is 5.10.1.2 now
https://s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredow...2_5.10.1.2.bin |
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*sigh* I got the PW4-32GB non-SO and it's not shipping until next week. |
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