Does the RenameOTABin method work 100% of the time?

DisableGraphics · 07-19-2021, 04:32 PM

I thought I'd update my KT3 to firmware 5.12.4 (from 5.9.2.1) after reading the tutorial on jailbreaking on "modern" devices, so I did. The problem is that this version seems to force updates, which I don't want. Then, I came across the RenameOTABin method of blocking the upgrades.

I don't want to use this method if I can't be 100% sure it will block updates, because if it downloads an update (which will probably be the firmware 5.13.5+, which doesn't support this jailbreak) it will be "Game Over" and I won't be able to use the jailbreak (I don't want to buy another one).

I would like to ask preferably people who have used it.

(sorry for any misspellings/grammatical errors, I'm not a native english speaker)

hius07 · 07-19-2021, 10:41 PM

Seems to work
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=327879&page=4

j.p.s · 01-31-2023, 02:43 PM

The KUAL extension to rename OTA firmware update binaries is at:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=25

Kusuri · 02-01-2023, 09:56 AM

i use that method (KUAL extension) on my kindle paperwhite 4 without any issue. i'm still scared it may update each time i activate wifi.. but it never did update for more than 1-2 years by now. sooo i would say it works. i'm still scared though..

07-19-2021, 04:32 PM	#1
DisableGraphics Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2020 Device: Kindle 8	Does the RenameOTABin method work 100% of the time? I thought I'd update my KT3 to firmware 5.12.4 (from 5.9.2.1) after reading the tutorial on jailbreaking on "modern" devices, so I did. The problem is that this version seems to force updates, which I don't want. Then, I came across the RenameOTABin method of blocking the upgrades. I don't want to use this method if I can't be 100% sure it will block updates, because if it downloads an update (which will probably be the firmware 5.13.5+, which doesn't support this jailbreak) it will be "Game Over" and I won't be able to use the jailbreak (I don't want to buy another one). I would like to ask preferably people who have used it. (sorry for any misspellings/grammatical errors, I'm not a native english speaker)

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07-19-2021, 10:41 PM	#2
hius07 Wizard Posts: 1,155 Karma: 3592855 Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Ukraine Device: Kindle PW2, PW3, PW4, Voyage	Seems to work https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...=327879&page=4

01-31-2023, 02:43 PM	#3
j.p.s Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,732 Karma: 103020299 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: pb360	The KUAL extension to rename OTA firmware update binaries is at: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...3&postcount=25

02-01-2023, 09:56 AM	#4
Kusuri Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 909418 Join Date: Aug 2021 Location: Germany Device: PW4+Fire 7", Onyx Boox Nova Air	i use that method (KUAL extension) on my kindle paperwhite 4 without any issue. i'm still scared it may update each time i activate wifi.. but it never did update for more than 1-2 years by now. sooo i would say it works. i'm still scared though..

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