K5 FW 5.x ScreenSavers Hack - Page 54

NiLuJe · 11-02-2013, 09:02 AM

@arad26: You didn't have the bridge installed, or you did a factory reset since you installed it.

arad26 · 11-02-2013, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@arad26: You didn't have the bridge installed, or you did a factory reset since you installed it.

How do i install the bridge? I didn't do any factory reset.

NiLuJe · 11-02-2013, 12:05 PM

@arad26: Unless your Kindle was jailbroken a good long while ago, the jailbreak does.

Barring that, on a jailbroken device: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186645

GoSharks · 11-02-2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by arad26

How do i install the bridge? I didn't do any factory reset.

You will need to downgrade your firmware to 5.3.5, then follow all of the directions on the first post of the Jailbreak thread here...INCLUDING applying the bridge. Then you can 'upgrade' your firmware and the jailbreak will survive. You can then reapply the ScreenSaver hack.

ixtab · 11-02-2013, 12:08 PM

FWIW, I have also (once) experienced the jailbreak not being preserved by the bridge on a firmware update. I don't know what could be causing that.

arad26 · 11-02-2013, 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoSharks

You will need to downgrade your firmware to 5.3.5, then follow all of the directions on the first post of the Jailbreak thread here...INCLUDING applying the bridge. Then you can 'upgrade' your firmware and the jailbreak will survive. You can then reapply the ScreenSaver hack.

I did that previously and the jailbreak didn't survive after upgrading to the new software.

NiLuJe · 11-02-2013, 03:10 PM

@arad26: Define 'previously'.

arad26 · 11-02-2013, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@arad26: Define 'previously'.

I installed the jailbreak which has the bridge in it by default (i just saw that) and i lost the jailbreak twice : once when i upgraded to 5.3.8 and 5.3.8.1 .

NiLuJe · 11-02-2013, 04:22 PM

@arad26: Installed from which FW version? (ie. which jailbreak [the 'bundled' install might have been broken at one point]).

arad26 · 11-02-2013, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@arad26: Installed from which FW version? (ie. which jailbreak [the 'bundled' install might have been broken at one point]).

the bundled jailbreak which has the bridge and the dev cert. included. Once i downgraded to 5.3.1 and install the jb and another time to 5.3.5

NiLuJe · 11-02-2013, 04:34 PM

Hmm. That's ixtab's jb then, can't tell you much about it... Did you make sure it was completely successful?

So, err, just to try installing the bridge manually after the JB? (it can't hurt anyway).

EDIT: Never actually checked, but an unregister/register *might* also kill the bridge like it does the devcerts...

arad26 · 11-02-2013, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Hmm. That's ixtab's jb then, can't tell you much about it... Did you make sure it was completely successful?

So, err, just to try installing the bridge manually after the JB? (it can't hurt anyway).

EDIT: Never actually checked, but an unregister/register *might* also kill the bridge like it does the devcerts...

It was successful for sure every time. I never unregistered the device.

GoSharks · 11-03-2013, 12:22 PM

@arad26
Have you tried applying any other hack (to prove if it is the jailbreak or the hack)? Perhaps a corrupt Jailbreak or Screensaver hack download?
You might try redownloading and applying ...

arad26 · 11-03-2013, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoSharks

@arad26
Have you tried applying any other hack (to prove if it is the jailbreak or the hack)? Perhaps a corrupt Jailbreak or Screensaver hack download?
You might try redownloading and applying ...

I have tried that already, thought about it myself....and after several tries i realised the jailbreak is gone. Could not install anything and had to make all the steps to apply the jailbreak again. Hope there is a fix for that soon

knc1 · 11-03-2013, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by arad26

I have tried that already, thought about it myself....and after several tries i realised the jailbreak is gone. Could not install anything and had to make all the steps to apply the jailbreak again. Hope there is a fix for that soon

Why not keep your Kindle locked at a revision that does retain the jailbreak?

Don't expect any new jailbreak efforts any time soon on a device for which a jailbreak can be maintained by user action (I.E: Just don't load that newer firmware version).

11-02-2013, 04:34 PM	#806
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Hmm. That's ixtab's jb then, can't tell you much about it... Did you make sure it was completely successful? So, err, just to try installing the bridge manually after the JB? (it can't hurt anyway). EDIT: Never actually checked, but an unregister/register might also kill the bridge like it does the devcerts... Last edited by NiLuJe; 11-02-2013 at 04:37 PM.

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11-02-2013, 09:02 AM	#796
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@arad26: You didn't have the bridge installed, or you did a factory reset since you installed it.

11-02-2013, 12:05 PM	#798
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@arad26: Unless your Kindle was jailbroken a good long while ago, the jailbreak does. Barring that, on a jailbroken device: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=186645

11-02-2013, 12:08 PM	#800
ixtab (offline) Posts: 2,907 Karma: 6736092 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: K3, K4, K5, KPW, KPW2	FWIW, I have also (once) experienced the jailbreak not being preserved by the bridge on a firmware update. I don't know what could be causing that.

11-02-2013, 03:10 PM	#802
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@arad26: Define 'previously'.

11-02-2013, 04:22 PM	#804
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012492 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@arad26: Installed from which FW version? (ie. which jailbreak [the 'bundled' install might have been broken at one point]).

11-03-2013, 12:22 PM	#808
GoSharks SQUIRREL!! Posts: 1,636 Karma: 8400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: California Device: K-Fire, PW2, PW3	@arad26 Have you tried applying any other hack (to prove if it is the jailbreak or the hack)? Perhaps a corrupt Jailbreak or Screensaver hack download? You might try redownloading and applying ...