Easy Jailbreak Process?

[Josieb1]

Apologies for starting yet another thread on Jailbreakinv but due to Amazon’s recent conduct I have managed to get hold of a Kindle Voyage and Oasis 10th Gen. I am conscious of the risk of an OTA update which may make the files non liberatable so I am thinking about jailbreaking to give me as long as possible.

I am paranoid about this as I am not very techy at all. I can follow basic instructions but that’s it. Is there an easy process or a website/blog with easy instructions please? All I know so far is I am looking for the Winterbreak method.

[texasnightowl]

You may not be looking for Winterbreak. If the Oasis is on firmware 5.18.2 for example, you would need to look at Adbreak (if it is a model that is ad supported) and not Winterbreak. The jailbreak option depends on the model and the firmware that is on it.

start here? https://kindlemodding.org/

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by texasnightowl

You may not be looking for Winterbreak. If the Oasis is on firmware 5.18.2 for example, you would need to look at Adbreak (if it is a model that is ad supported) and not Winterbreak. The jailbreak option depends on the model and the firmware that is on it.

start here? https://kindlemodding.org/

Thank you

[Josieb1]

I read on a Reddit thread that it was important after jailbreaking to install “ Block OTA Updates, MRPI, and KUAL”

Can I just do Block OTA. That’s all, I want to do. Will everything else still be as it was before jailbreaking?

[shamanNS]

Well blocking OTA / renaming OTA binaries is usually done by KUAL extension and installing KUAL is done using MRPI...

"Advanced" approach would be skipping all that (MRPI and KUAL) and taking the "rename.sh" (or whatever exact filename) script file from "renameotabin" KUAL extension and renaming it to "RUNME.sh" (notice the uppercase letters), copy the file into "root" / top level of kindle removable drive and then executing that by typing ;log runme into searchbar OR making a "scriptlet" out of it by placing it into "documents" folder.

Before you're able to do that you need to install the hotfix since that's what sets up both ";log" commands and "scriptlet" handler.

Afterwards if I were you I would also make sure to check if OTA binaries were actually renamed by using "Check OTA status" scriptlet:

https://scriptlets.notmarek.com/

As for Amazon pushing that "DRM fix" I'm not sure that renaming OTA binaries would even be able to stop THAT from happening, since as I understood it that has happened to people without a firmware update being installed, even on Kindle models that haven't gotten firmware update in years and years?

Someone would need to investigate and determine precise mechanism Amazon uses for that and how to block that.

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by shamanNS

Well blocking OTA / renaming OTA binaries is usually done by KUAL extension and installing KUAL is done using MRPI...

"Advanced" approach would be skipping all that (MRPI and KUAL) and taking the "rename.sh" (or whatever exact filename) script file from "renameotabin" KUAL extension and renaming it to "RUNME.sh" (notice the uppercase letters) and then executing that by typing ;log runme into searchbar OR making a "scriptlet" out of it by placing it into "documents" folder.

Before you're able to do that you need to install the hotfix since that's what sets up both ";log" commands and "scriptlet" handler.

Afterwards if I were you I would also me sure to check if OTA binaries were actually renamed by using "Check OTA status" scriptlet:

https://scriptlets.notmarek.com/

Thank you , but unfortunately your reply is way above my comprehension level.

I’m not sure if I should try actually as I really don’t know what I am doing

[shamanNS]

If you really need it make an effort to understand how things work. Or find someone more "tech savvy" to do the job for you

[Josieb1]

Originally Posted by shamanNS

If you really need it make an effort to understand how things work. Or find someone more "tech savvy" to do the job for you

I’ll try to understand it but there is no one else except the people on here. I am retired and it’s me everyone comes to for anything technical.