08-07-2018, 02:10 PM | #2701 | |
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Sorry, septuagenarian here
Dave et al,
I'm sorry, didn't get the "serial jailbreak" meaning. Google and this forum rescued me: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=294718 I don't think my wishes for a personalized screensaver and EPUB handling warrant messing with the motherboard or whatever the tweak involves. Thanks in earnest for the help! Jorge 71yo, Uruapan, Michoacán, México) Quote:
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08-29-2018, 04:36 PM | #2702 | |
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09-05-2018, 12:45 PM | #2703 |
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Is there any way to mount a kindle with an unresponsive touchscreen stuck at the passcode screen?
PW1 wifi 5.3.9, Jailbroken. I think I installed a faulty font or something and it started locking up, so I restrted the device and now it's stuck. It's been connected to an external power supply ofr the last 4 days and there are no signs of progress yet. |
09-05-2018, 01:07 PM | #2704 |
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@ripkindlepw: IIRC, passcode handling is pernicious enough to massively inhibit USBMS exports. Enough so that I *think* this made it into the docs as a "DO NOT unless you want to shoot yourself in the foot".
If that still holds true and you don't have USBNet enabled at boot, nor the RescuePack + CRP, that's... problematic. There might possibly a way to force a factory reset, but without touch input *nor* USBMS/USBNet, I don't really see how OTOH... That said, if the softlock/deadlock is reproducible even after a hard-reboot, that's highly suspicious, unless the passcode screen is hiding what's really happening behind the scenes... Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-05-2018 at 01:11 PM. |
09-05-2018, 01:24 PM | #2705 | |
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I don't there's a way to force a factory reset without a DO_FACTORY_RESET file in root. Will a serial connection somehow mitigate this issue and allow me to mount the storage device? It is reproducible after a reboot, but the screen is fine. See my post history for the complete shebang. |
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09-05-2018, 01:42 PM | #2706 |
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@ripkindlepw: Yeah, RP alone won't help you in those circumstances, it's the CRP that would have .
You could definitely & easily wipe the passcode from the recovery partition, and/or having a shell on main would definitely help move things along, so, yeah, serial should help, provided it's not an unrelated coincidence and the thing is actually truly dead . Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-05-2018 at 01:45 PM. |
09-05-2018, 01:56 PM | #2707 | |
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I just tried a small test. The screen turns off after 10 minutes at the passcode window, so I touched the screen at multiple points a couple of minutes after starting it. It still turned off ten minutes after the initial power button start instead of turning off ten minutes after the last touch input. Maybe the screen's broken. If it is, it would be a very unfortunate coincidence. |
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10-01-2018, 12:46 AM | #2708 |
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My kindle's firmware is 5.4.5.1 - any chance that this jailbreak will work?
EDIT: My Serial Number begins with 9017. I'll give it a go. Last edited by TazX; 10-01-2018 at 02:48 AM. |
10-01-2018, 02:42 AM | #2709 |
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12-20-2018, 04:53 PM | #2710 |
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I'm on 5.4.4.2 and attempting to install new fonts, but nothing seems to be working. Are new fonts possible with 5.4.4.2, or do I need to downgrade to an older version first?
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12-20-2018, 05:02 PM | #2711 |
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@audioman42: Details, please.
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12-20-2018, 05:21 PM | #2712 |
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My Kindle Paperwhite is currently jailbroken on firmware version 5.4.4.2. I recently bought my wife a newer Paperwhite 3 and really enjoyed the new font options while testing it out. I attempted to install new fonts to my PW1 by dropping ttf files into the newly created "fonts" folder. After creating the "USE_ALT_FONTS" file (no extension) and rebooting, non of the new fonts were available. Would downgrading to 5.3.9 help?
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12-20-2018, 06:22 PM | #2713 |
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@audioman42: Mmmaybe? It's been so long that I honestly don't remember which broke what, but according to my notes in the Fonts Hack, possibly?
Note that the old, old USE_ALT_FONTS trick is *nowhere* near as polished as the custom fonts support added in FW 5.9.7 that you experienced on the PW3. |
12-26-2018, 08:17 AM | #2714 |
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My new Paperwhite has the fw 5.10.0.2
What is the jail break status and/or options...?? Thanks. |
12-26-2018, 08:43 AM | #2715 | |
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