"Did something wrong": [Update Kindle] is greyed out

[in_finem]

Hi everybody - I've been peeking at this site over the past week, and tonight I've been having a blast jailbreaking my kindle. I've been following this particular post, got to the hotfix installation, and couldn't run any updates afterwards. I did a bit of searching, and it seems like this is a common theme. The only thing I've seen for help is "You probably did something wrong." So my question is this: Can we make a sticky on how to handle a greyed-out update? Are there any common mistakes that make this happen? Anyway, thanks to all y'all for such inspiring hacks! I really want to develop my own extension!

Cheers!

[knc1]

Originally Posted by in_finem

Hi everybody - I've been peeking at this site over the past week, and tonight I've been having a blast jailbreaking my kindle. I've been following this particular post, got to the hotfix installation, and couldn't run any updates afterwards. I did a bit of searching, and it seems like this is a common theme. The only thing I've seen for help is "You probably did something wrong." So my question is this: Can we make a sticky on how to handle a greyed-out update? Are there any common mistakes that make this happen? Anyway, thanks to all y'all for such inspiring hacks! I really want to develop my own extension!

Cheers!

Why write a sticky for people not to read?

Please just try reading the rest of the instructions, including the spoilers and follow them carefully.

Your only problem is you stopped reading too soon.

[in_finem]

Thanks for the reply! So did I stop reading too soon before the hotfix, or after? I read the spoilers, and even logged my steps as I went along to ensure, to the best of my ability, that I wasn't doing it recklessly. I'm not asking this to be spoon-fed, I'm asking to see where my blind spot is - apparently, something went under the radar, and it wasn't because I spent only 5 minutes to read the material. I really respect everybody's investment of time and livelihood to this forum and I'm not trying to just say "Yo, i got a kindel and i cnt hack it. halp?" To the best of my ability, I'm trying to approach this rigorously.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by in_finem

Thanks for the reply! So did I stop reading too soon before the hotfix, or after? I read the spoilers, and even logged my steps as I went along to ensure, to the best of my ability, that I wasn't doing it recklessly. I'm not asking this to be spoon-fed, I'm asking to see where my blind spot is - apparently, something went under the radar, and it wasn't because I spent only 5 minutes to read the material. I really respect everybody's investment of time and livelihood to this forum and I'm not trying to just say "Yo, i got a kindel and i cnt hack it. halp?" To the best of my ability, I'm trying to approach this rigorously.

Reread all the instructions.
Double check that you followed all steps.
Read your logs again.
Post exactly what you did so we can look over it and find your blind spot.

[knc1]

Read and follow Step #8.a
There is no substitute for Step #8.a

You claim to have completed Step #6.
Follow that link again, read the sentence directly above the attachment:

If you're coming straight from the 5.6.5 JB or the Factory Downgrade threads and you completely skipped the first post of *this* thread, be aware that on FW >= 5.5.x (i.e., you), using MRPI is REQUIRED to install every other custom packages!

Plus, the first post of the thread about MrPI (which you haven't seen yet):
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=251143

= = = = = =

Translation:
On firmware 5.5 or newer, the UYK button will always be grayed out with our packages.
It can not be used with our packages on the firmware version you have installed.
Sorry, that is Amazon's idea, not ours.

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If the use of MrPI does not fix your problem -
Then follow the directions given by Cinisajoy in the post above -
I.E: Post the entire story so we can find out for certain what you need to do.

[melovesflying]

Maybe OP is asking about how to update to the latest firmware OTA or manually but the "Update your Kindle" option is greyed out?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by melovesflying

Maybe OP is asking about how to update to the latest firmware OTA or manually but the "Update your Kindle" option is greyed out?

Step #7 comes before Step #8 in the number system that I used.

Prior to Step #8, there is no possible way except the one described by Amazon for installing their packages.
And if OTA updates are blocked, it is because the user intentional did that.