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Old 06-18-2020, 03:40 AM   #2791
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hello.

I'm trying to Jailbreak PW2 with the firmware 5.12.2 and there is just no way, to get to an update of Kindle...it is greyed out... I tried to restarted/reseted a couple of times and I can not get it to work...any suggestions?

I read like 10 times trough tutorial with Q&A, nothing helps...
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Old 06-18-2020, 04:44 AM   #2792
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okay, I just realized that I'm f*c**d with 5.12.2...any suggestion?
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Old 06-18-2020, 11:53 AM   #2793
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okay, I just realized that I'm f*c**d with 5.12.2...any suggestion?
serial port jailbreak:

linux: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...90&postcount=1

windoze: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267541
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Old 06-19-2020, 01:54 AM   #2794
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wow...that is something! thank you! it will be a lot of work...but I notice yesterday, that the battery is very bad (I get this PW2 from a friend)
...so I was wondering, how to change the battery...so now I have everything I need! Thank you for this link!
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Old 08-28-2020, 11:24 AM   #2795
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hi I am talha i have kindle 8th gen white. When i searched its model no (which is G000 KA05 8376 04NB ) i found it code as KT3 and the firmware version is Kindle 5.13.1 .
I tried the above mentioned method and its not working.
Here are the steps i am taking:-
1. Download the tar.gz archive .
2. Extract out the content and then extrat the content of kindle-5.4-jailbreak.zip to the root of kindle.
3. Going for the update option but its not hightlighted , like its not clickable.

Please help
Guide me to right forum or thread.
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Old 08-29-2020, 01:31 PM   #2796
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Hi !

I have a PW2 with firmware 5.12.2 .
What is the step by step process to jailbreak it ?
I find the first post of this topic really confusing. Is it up to date ?
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Old 08-29-2020, 02:27 PM   #2797
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Hi !

I have a PW2 with firmware 5.12.2 .
What is the step by step process to jailbreak it ?
I find the first post of this topic really confusing. Is it up to date ?
As it says in the title, this thread applies to firmware versions 5.0.x - 5.4.4.2. Those versions predate 5.12.2 by many years.
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Old 08-29-2020, 02:29 PM   #2798
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Hi !

I have a PW2 with firmware 5.12.2 .
What is the step by step process to jailbreak it ?
I find the first post of this topic really confusing. Is it up to date ?
Software jailbreak will not work for firmware 5.12.2

See below for hardware jailbreak using the serial port inside the case.

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Old 08-30-2020, 07:43 AM   #2799
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As it says in the title, this thread applies to firmware versions 5.0.x - 5.4.4.2. Those versions predate 5.12.2 by many years.
indeed. Sorry, i did not notice that.
Where is the topic for the latest firmware ?
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Old 08-30-2020, 08:38 AM   #2800
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Stickied.

But it won't help you much, as @j.p.s already gave you the links to what will *actually* work on your device (i.e., not a software JB).
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Old 11-06-2020, 05:39 PM   #2801
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Any harm in running the JB Hotfix twice? I'm not 100% certain I ran it once... anyway to know? Is there a clearly changed file I can navigate to and say "Oh yes... I ran the JB Hotfix."

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Old 11-06-2020, 06:20 PM   #2802
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@Homer_S: Not really, not without shell access and having a vague idea of what you're looking for.

Thankfully, it's perfectly safe to rerun it .
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Old 11-07-2020, 12:14 AM   #2803
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@Homer_S: Not really, not without shell access and having a vague idea of what you're looking for.

Thankfully, it's perfectly safe to rerun it .
I'm not afraid of shell... I used to root my DirecTiVo back in the day. But I'm happy just to rerun. Also, I've had this thing for like a year and never had the WiFi on. I'd like to turn it on without Amazon undoing all the work. Also, I might like to register... I assume that is safe to do?

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Old 11-07-2020, 08:31 AM   #2804
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It's kind of a catch-22, as you kinda need a working JB to install USBNet in the first place ;p.

But feel free to check out the bridge script if you have some time to waste ^^.

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You'll probably want to look into the various ways people have come up with to block OTA updates before turning WI-Fi on. If your device is still currently on an older FW, the KUAL helper extension's block OTA button should do the trick, though.

I can't quite recall quite what the cutoff point was for this method being defeated, though. 5.10.x?
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Old 11-07-2020, 08:33 AM   #2805
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When in doubt, check my own doc ;p.

If I got that right, the block button stopped being effective on FW >= 5.12.x
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