06-14-2018, 04:15 PM | #3151 |
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a) First post, open the 'spoiler' tag, read, enjoy.
Of course you find differing information. The posts where made over a period of two years, not all 3,000+ post are snapshots of what was known back in 7/4/2016 but instead show a changing of the current situation and a changing understanding of that situation. You can't expect static information on a general topic. Last edited by knc1; 06-14-2018 at 04:17 PM. |
06-24-2018, 12:45 AM | #3152 | |
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I spent the WHOLE DAY running every possible test I could find thinking I had been Hijacked by something because I kept coming up with that redirect URL! This should be at the top of the page in BOLD until that site is taken down. I was having problems with my Kindle Voyage and I was searching to see if the Font folder on the Kindle is normally empty of Fonts or was it because I had simply copied all my books to my desktop and then set my Kindle up as "new" again and copied all the books back to the Kindle. |
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06-25-2018, 12:49 AM | #3153 |
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Can I jailbreak a PW3 White using the following steps? Would I better using update_pw3_factory_5.8.9.0.1.bin instead of update_PW3_5.7.4_initial.bin?
PW3 1. Bought from Officeworks Australia 2. Never connected to the WiFi, and unregistered 3. It came on 5.8.7.0.1 (3115940037) 4. Nickname: G090KB (White) 5. No ads/ special offers 6. No pass code/ parental protections 7. Sold and delivered in Australia 01. Set the Kindle to airplane mode. 02. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 03. Make backup copies of the contents of /documents. 04. Make a folder named update.bin.tmp.partial to prevent OTA Update. 05. Turn off airplane mode mode 06. Connect to WiFi 07. Register Kindle Device with Amazon 08. Safely Remove the Kindle USB storage 09. Remove the USB cable. 10. Reset by using Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Reset 11. Choose UK as my language and skip Wifi setup 12. Set it to airplane mode again. 13. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 14. Make a folder named update.bin.tmp.partial to prevent OTA Update. 15. Copy update_PW3_5.7.4_initial.bin to the root. 16. Safely Remove the Kindle USB storage 17. Remove the USB cable. 18. Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Update Your Kindle. 19. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 20. Copy main-htmlviewer.tar.gz to the root. 21. In the search bar, type ;installHtml and press return. 22. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 23. Copy Update_jailbreak_hotfix_1.14_N_install.bin to the root. 24. Safely Remove the Kindle USB storage 25. Remove the USB cable. 26. Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Update Your Kindle. 27. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 28. Copy update_kindle_all_new_paperwhite_5.8.7.0.1.bin to the root. 29. Safely Remove the Kindle USB storage 30. Remove the USB cable. 31. Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Update Your Kindle. 32. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 33. Copy update_kindle_all_new_paperwhite_5.8.11.bin to the root. 34. Safely Remove the Kindle USB storage 35. Remove the USB cable. 36. Home -> Menu -> Settings -> Menu -> Update Your Kindle. 37. Connect Kindle to PC with the USB cable. 38. Extract kual-mrinstaller-1.7.N-r15108.tar.xz to the root. 39. Copy KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2 to /documents. Thanks H-H |
06-26-2018, 10:57 PM | #3154 |
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I am totally new to this, so I don't really know if we're allowed to ask what I will ask.
In 2016 I had successfully jailbroken my Paperwhite 2, but I didn't know I was not allowed to reset the device (I know, it was obvious that it was going to erase the jailbreak, but I totally forgot about the jailbreak). My question is: is there anyone working on jailbreaking the new firmwares? I'm currently using 5.9.6.1, which is Amazon's latest. Should I expect a new jailbreak anytime soon? Thanks in advance for the good work you provide! PS: I basically use the jailbreak for the screensaver hack, because I HATE the Amazon wallpapers... |
06-27-2018, 09:58 AM | #3155 | |
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06-27-2018, 10:42 AM | #3156 | |
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06-27-2018, 12:05 PM | #3157 | |
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If anyone is working at the problem, I do not know of it. Which doesn't mean much, maybe they don't have anything to ask me. But anyone doing such work never discusses it in public prior to release. If it happens, it happens. But don't hold your breath or make decisions that require a jail break (at least on the two Oasis models, all other models have a serial port) |
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06-27-2018, 10:58 PM | #3158 |
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Hello! I've been lurking around for a bit now and I wanted to take the plunge with my KV (9013 1007). I thought it would be nice to report my success with jailbreaking my device.
* This is how the device came out of the box. The first thing I did with the device was to create the OTA update blocker directory, then I did connect it to the internet, registered it, and has Amazon remove the special offers. After that I followed the directions in the wiki exactly and just ignored all of the caveats about more recent firmware versions. Worked like a charm; thank you guys for all the hard work developing and documenting this stuff Obviously YMMV. I picked the Voyage because it's the oldest device still available new, and it looked like the easiest to take apart if I needed to get to the serial port connections. I do have a question regarding upgrading to a newer firmware. Should I just stick to 5.8.7.0.1? Or am I good to jump up to the latest and greatest? |
06-28-2018, 02:27 AM | #3159 |
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06-28-2018, 09:28 AM | #3160 |
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06-28-2018, 11:18 AM | #3161 | |
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The PW3 is still available new: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OQVZDJM...ods_fs_eink_mt Still the best value for the money and still the best selling Kindle, ever. |
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06-28-2018, 11:26 AM | #3162 | |
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06-29-2018, 10:05 AM | #3163 | ||
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I suppose the age of the device was a bit of a silly reason. My thought at the time was that getting the slightly older and much lower volume device I had a better chance of getting one that had been collecting dust and hopefully contained an older firmware version. That did indeed turn out to be wrong. Quote:
Agreed, and with good reason! There isn't much separating the two devices technically. I was able to justify the price difference to myself for a couple of reasons. Coming from my trusty old K3W I was afraid I'd miss my page turn buttons. |
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However, you're the first confirmed case of jailbreaking a fresh from the factory Voyage with the steps outlined here while there are many confirmed cases for the PW3 (currently still seems to have 5.8.11 pre-installed). Thanks for being the test case, though. Amazon's running a 25% off with trade-in promo so I might bite and get a KV, too (still got a bricked PW3). |
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06-29-2018, 01:26 PM | #3165 |
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Just to make it clear: The downgrade to the special factory test fw is part of the jb procedure (precisely its first step). If we speak about "(newer/current) OOTB firmwares that can be jailbroken" in this forum, we mean that they allow the initial downgrade to the appropriate factory fw. The latter are the only ones that can be jailbroken (running the ;installHtml command). No OOTB or OTA user fw allows that!! (Even old ones don't...) Then there's only the serial jb method...
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