10-14-2022, 05:50 AM | #1 |
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Can I safely update once jailbroken?
I've jailbroken my kindle and have installed the latest jailbreak hotfix and have renamed the ota update files via kual. With amazon stopping the ability to send mobi to kindle via email and with the "no cover" bug with sending epub to Kindle only being fixed with the 5.15 firmware version am I safe to update?
I've not seen any posts about this and have done a search but currently only have access to the internet via my mobile so may well have missed something obvious. It's not something I will want to do regularly, I just want the ability to email books to myself (yes at the moment I can still email mobi but I don't believe that will last). Will I need to change the ota files back if I copy the update to the root of the device? Do I then need to reinstall the hotfix after the update? Will the update revert the ota fix so I have to really it? Thanks in advance. Last edited by Akirainblack; 10-14-2022 at 05:52 AM. |
10-14-2022, 09:29 AM | #2 |
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After you jailbreak, you can install a firmware update. But after the update, you must reinstall JB hotfix, and KUAL (if you use it)
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10-15-2022, 02:19 AM | #3 |
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Lovely, thank you.
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10-23-2022, 10:21 AM | #4 |
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Is it possible for Amazon to break this, or will re-installing the hotfix and KUAL always get jailbreak back after a firmware update?
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10-23-2022, 11:10 AM | #5 | |
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10-31-2022, 12:45 AM | #6 | |
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10-31-2022, 05:51 AM | #7 | |
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11-14-2022, 01:10 AM | #8 |
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i install the jailbreak on my PW5 perfectly
accidentally update to the latest version (5.15.1) got this error when i try to reinstall JB hotfix "Update Error An invalid update file has been loaded on your device" i just copy Update_hotfix_watchthis_custom.bin to the root folder of the device. what are the steps to reinstall the JB hotfix? |
11-14-2022, 05:51 AM | #9 |
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Step 1: don't use Update_hotfix_watchthis_custom.bin to reinstall / restore jailbreak bridge.
Step 2: download and use latest hotfix from this snapshots thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=225030 |
11-14-2022, 09:01 AM | #10 | |
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"Update Error An invalid update file has been loaded on your device" when I disconnect the cable after copying the file to the root folder it gives me that error, and then it deletes the file... maybe if I do a factory reset and then use the correct file? don't know what to do. think I already lost my jailbreak, I'm already missing my koreader |
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11-14-2022, 10:09 AM | #11 |
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do not do a factor reset or you very well may lose your jailbreak.
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11-14-2022, 10:11 AM | #12 |
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Try the steps listed here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=348712, this got mine working again after I accidentally updated the firmware.
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11-14-2022, 12:39 PM | #13 | |
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still had the "Hush little baby..." message, so here i try to reinstall the kual with the ;log mrpi but i got white screen after the installation and had to hold to power button to restart the device and then with the empy file "DO_FACTORY_RESTORE" now i get "MRPI is not installed." I screwed up |
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11-14-2022, 12:52 PM | #14 |
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still have the "Hush little baby..." message, but when i try to reinstall the kual with the ;log mrpi i got white screen after the installation and have to hold to power button to restart the device. will there be any solution? |
11-14-2022, 06:22 PM | #15 |
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Unless someone figure out why the GUI fails to restart, no, as I'm not going to update to an affected FW (>= 5.15.x).
The latest MRPI version tried something different, and I've heard mixed results at best. MRPI doesn't kill USBNet, so it's fairly easy to follow along. The hard part is figuring out what's getting its panties in a bunch, and why (also, having an idea of what it should look like when working would help, too). |
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