jailbreak without a touchscreen
hey, I have a kindle paperwhite 2 with a broken screen. I'm trying to jailbreak it (my first jailbreaking attempt ever) so that I can use it as a VNC monitor for a raspberry pi computer. I can't figure...
View ArticleKindle PW4 Minimum Brightness
Hey everyone, I have PW4 with JB. I want to know if it is possible to have minimum brightness lower than what's provided at level 1 i.e. Default minimum brightness. The reason is at night even the...
View Article[PW2] Problem after memory replecement.
Hi. My paperwhite 2 has a flash memory failure. It is completely unreadable. I have the appropriate knowledge and equipment to do this repair. I replaced the memory chip, loaded the system and the...
View ArticleK3 Kindle 3rd Gen won't update
Hi all, It's been a while for me here and I want you to know that I appreciate all you've done to get our Kindles working like they should have been right out of the Amazon box. Here's my issue: I have...
View ArticleRe: 5.12.2 jailbreak steps done - downgrade now?
Hi, I've read through the various posts and done the following (mainly following https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267541) with some minor modifications. I've detailed what I've done in...
View ArticleRe: 5.12.2 jailbreak steps done - downgrade now?
Hi, I've read through the various posts and done the following (mainly https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=267541) with some minor modifications. I've detailed what I've done in case it...
View ArticlePW4 PSA: 5.13.4 might prevent new JB on PW4
I just received a PM from @hius07 that the current PW4 JB method doesn't appear to be working on the latest FW 5.13.4 OTA update. There's only been one case thus far and we haven't tested it ourselves....
View ArticleLatest fbink install?
unfortunate newby question... I want to install the latest fbink, which i thought comes with the latest usbnetwork tar. so i downloaded kindle-usbnet-0.22.n...tar and copied the update_usbnet bin file...
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PW4 FW 5.10.2-5.13.3 Software Jailbreak for PW4
:thanks: to coplate, knc1, NiLuJe, Branch Delay, SenorClean, hius07, et. al. without whom this wouldn't be possible. This jailbreak method only works for PW4/Paperwhite 4/Paperwhite (2018)/Paperwhite...
View ArticleKT2 override diags_kernel and erased emmc, what to do next?
TL,DR. Device is KT2. Trying to make it a smart screen to display weather or todo list. I think I need to use wifi, python and eips command. Tried to jailbreak it, but made some mistakes, emmc has been...
View ArticlePW PW USBNET your kindle neeeds repair
Hi, I broke it go I get to keep both parts! Fail of the day. Never code whilst tired. On a PW1, as part of an unusual software I am developing. I was automating adding keys to...
View Articlefbink image scaling question
Hi NiLuJe, So I am printing small images using fbink, and they seem to be getting scaled in a manner I don't understand. For example: fbink -i pic1.png -g halign=CENTER,w=775,y=690 -q' No matter how...
View ArticlePW4 Using one kindle for two different countries?
I have recently jail broken my PW4. I was wondering if I could use it for my US amazon account and my Japanese account. I also have a permanently uncharged non jailbroken 2016 kindle. That DeDRM should...
View ArticleLiterary Clock on Kindle 4
I'm sure everyone has seen this instructable at this point. I'm trying to get this set up as a Christmas gift on a Kindle 4. I have the jailbreak done, python installed, USB ethernet working, ssh...
View ArticleKT4 serial port ?
Hi all, I have a kindle basic touch 10th generation with firmware 5.12.14. I know that it cant be jailbreak by software. I want to try with serial port connection but I dont find anywhere pictures of...
View ArticleKoreader Launcher
For everyone that just uses the kindle to launch Koreader, I made a stripped down version of KUAL that directly launches Koreader. It can be installed at the same time as KUAL. Tested on PW2 PW3 PW4...
View ArticleKT4 Bricked
Hi all, It took me less than a week to get sick of the screensaver on my brand new KT4 and I asked myself surely there must be a way to change it. Days of research on this forum later and I thought I...
View ArticlePW3 Need Help! Navigate the Diag mode over Serial console
Hi. During doing some research on the Diag mode of Kindle Paperwhite 3, I try to test the MAD TEST under the Mics Individual diagnostics menu which laterly corrupts the touch driver, unfortunately. :(...
View ArticleHardware New models speculation (bellatrix)
I was curious to see @ilovejedd mention references to a new platform 'bellatrix' seen mentioned in the most recent update bin. Poking lightly in the rootfs image, I see the following interesting bits :...
View ArticlePW2 Unbricking w/ USB and Serial
Hello, I have been trying to unbrick a PW2 (S/N starts with 90D4). I was given this already bricked. I have cracked it open and attached wires to the serial pads and an adapter all set up and I am able...
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