Tutorial Serial Jailbreaking FW >= 5.6.1.1

This tutorial is based on the earlier tutorial:
Serial Jailbreaking FW >= 5.6 for Dummys
You will need to follow those instructions until you have a working serial port connection.

That thread is written for users of Windows.
For Linux and MacOSx - use the very good terminal emulator "minicom".
Check the sticky Master Index on the topic "Serial Port" to find specific "minicom" instructions.
(I'll find them myself later and update the comment above.)

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At this point, you have your Kindle talking to your PC over the serial port.

You will need some of the usual add-in packages, gathered NiLuJe's snapshots thread:

• KindleTool
  Scroll through the package listings to near the bottom, pick the build that will run on your PC.
• MR Package Installer
  At the time of this writing it was in the: "KUAL and KUAL Extensions" section.
• KUAL

The text of that post above the package listing tells you how to deal with the *.xz compressed archives if you are using a Windows PC.
If you have a Linux/BSD/MacOSx based PC of relatively recent vintage, the system provided archive handler should 'just work'.

You will need the actual jail break (signature certificate) from Branch Delay's post and a package from coplate's snapshots thread:

• Unlike prior directions, we only need the actual certificate, which I have compressed and attached below as a single file zip archive.
• coplate's Master Survival Code
  This one does not require MrPI to install, it uses the UYK (Update Your Kindle) built-in function.

That is enough for one edit - I'll work on the howto part of this post in a decent text editor and update this thing from time-to-time this afternoon.

Attached Files

pubdevkey01.pem.zip (407 Bytes)