Kindle Touch/PW1/PW2 5.0.x - 5.4.4.2 JailBreak. Plus FW 5.x USBNetwork.

[NiLuJe]

@Geralt: As Ruskie said, I definitely get the feeling of not wanting to install seemingly unneeded stuff. Which is why I try to make it worth your while . And in this case, yes, it's basically a required dependency now.

[eschwartz]

You should also be able to launch it via emergency.sh, though it is rather outside its purview...

[fallenfuzz]

Originally Posted by fallenfuzz

Hi All,

Small questions
Right now I have jailbroken 5.4.5 with old jailbreak and old kindlet.
Everyting works of course, but lets say I want to upgrade to latest version so first I need to update jailbreak, kindlet, kual, koreader to the latest ones from threads or from Niluje's hacks and then apply the latest kindle update from amazon?

Thanks in advance.

So now I just need to flash everyting latest and install latest update?

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by fallenfuzz

So now I just need to flash everyting latest and install latest update?

An Amazon update will reset the firmware to stock vanilla conditions. The jailbreak+MKK is the only thing that gets preserved, so you can install the latest hacks if you wish, but you will have to reinstall everything afterwards anyway.

This does not apply to KUAL, which is an active content stored in the documents folder. And KUAL extensions are merely folders in the userstore as well.


Anything that required you to install via an update.bin will need to be reinstalled after the update(, although of course you need to use MRInstaller this time around).

[Cuchulainn]

I am running Jailbreak 1.8 at the moment, and decided to upgrade my jailbreak. I unpacked the content of kindle-5.4-jailbreak to the kindle root folder and unplugged the kindle. The upgrade option is greyed out however. Any idea what's going wrong here? Firmware version still says 5.4.3.

[eschwartz]

You should be able to update... have you tried using the update_bridge.bin from the jailbreak download? It is the same jailbreak but packaged as a hacked installer.

[Cuchulainn]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

You should be able to update... have you tried using the update_bridge.bin from the jailbreak download? It is the same jailbreak but packaged as a hacked installer.

Greyed out as well... I was under the impression this one only worked from v1.10 upwards.

EDIT: I tried using mrinstaller, and this seemed to do something. How can I check which jailbreak I am running?

[eschwartz]

The jailbreak version can be found by grepping /var/local/system/fixup, does that help?

If you needed MRInstaller, that implies something strange, like fw5.6.1 which would also make it impossible to use MRInstaller...

[Cuchulainn]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

The jailbreak version can be found by grepping /var/local/system/fixup, does that help?

If you needed MRInstaller, that implies something strange, like fw5.6.1 which would also make it impossible to use MRInstaller...

That helps! Installed kterm, and used vi to see the file. At the beginning of the file it says

# $Id: bridge.sh 11155 2014-11-24 17:20:27Z NiL

so I guess it worked. Still baffled though...

EDIT: I also installed Duokan somewhere around march this year... Might this cause the problems I'm experiencing?

[eschwartz]

Fun fact -- I usually update the JB by running /mnt/us/jb.sh via kterm. It saves restarting the firmware with MRInstaller, unlike the bridge it doesn't reboot the system, and its easier than restarting just to get the update option to show up when I download and unzip the jb via skipstone and kterm... (because the firmware scans for updates after dismounting from a PC.)

[seffka_p]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Okay, as promised earlier, here's an early winter break present .

If you happened to be running a live, but outdated version of the JailBreak when you got the 5.6.x update, this package should get you back on track.

Download the attached zip file, and unpack it.
Copy the Update_jailbreak_1.14.N_install.bin file to the root directory of your Kindle.

Now, eject & unplug your Kindle, and go to [HOME] -> [MENU] > Settings -> [MENU] > Update Your Kindle. If the update is successful, you're golden. If it fails, it probably means you weren't properly jailbroken before the update, in which case, you're still screwed.

Hello guys!

I tried this thing on 5.6.1 (there was working 1.12 jb before update), and it finished successfully, but whoami still says 'framework' and no of things, that require root work.

Where am I wrong?

UPD: I tried to run jb.sh from kterm, it doesn't work too

[knc1]

Originally Posted by seffka_p

Hello guys!

I tried this thing on 5.6.1 (there was working 1.12 jb before update), and it finished successfully, but whoami still says 'framework' and no of things, that require root work.

Where am I wrong?

UPD: I tried to run jb.sh from kterm, it doesn't work too

You have to use the KUAL, MRInstaller on a jb'd 5.6.1 to re-install everything else (except MKK).

[NiLuJe]

@seffka_p: Yup, perfectly normal. Provided you're actually using KUAL to launch kterm (which you should, especially on >= 5.6.1), update KUAL, that should help.

[fallenfuzz]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

An Amazon update will reset the firmware to stock vanilla conditions. The jailbreak+MKK is the only thing that gets preserved, so you can install the latest hacks if you wish, but you will have to reinstall everything afterwards anyway.

This does not apply to KUAL, which is an active content stored in the documents folder. And KUAL extensions are merely folders in the userstore as well.


Anything that required you to install via an update.bin will need to be reinstalled after the update(, although of course you need to use MRInstaller this time around).

I'm running only KUAL with Koreader, that is all.

So order of things will be (assuming I'll take all from latest hacks)

1. update to latest K5 JailBreak
2. update to latest Mobileread Kindlet Kit
3. update KUAL to 2.5
4. update koreader
5. install latest PW2 firmware downloaded from site

correct? (btw, what is better to use,files om the threads or NiLuJe builds?)

Thanks in advance.

[knc1]

#1 and #2 are combined.
Then #5
Then #3
Then MRInstaller
Then #4