Tools BinaryRenamer - Block OTA Updates & Device Logging

[Daviteusz]

Originally Posted by ninki

Yes, Just like that

Hmm...

Originally Posted by Daviteusz

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Important:
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• Use at your own risk!

• If you are new to jailbreak, turn off WiFi! (via Aeroplane/Airplane mode).
• Remove the update.bin.tmp.partial file (if it exists) from the Kindle root directory.
• If you use renameotabin, you must Restore OTA Binaries before using BinaryRenamer.

Usage:
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BinaryRenamer and renameotabin are not compatible. Restore changes made by renameotabin and then use BinaryRenamer.

[Yuin]

after i tap block device logging and reboot .
i got stuck on screen. help!

iam using PW2 2012

[Daviteusz]

In which screen?

[Yuin]

in start up screen (screen with boy and tree). its just stuck / freeze.
i cant going into home screen.
i still can access to system diags but cant connect to kindle usb storage.
i think and hopefully system diags can still save my device but iam not know how to it since i jailbreak it very long ago.

[studynet]

I have a serious problem, when I lock and then unlock the Wi-Fi does not come back. Wi-Fi is not activated, how can I activate it?
There seems to be some kind of problem. The kindle is a signature edition.

[Daviteusz]

Originally Posted by Yuin

in start up screen (screen with boy and tree). its just stuck / freeze.
i cant going into home screen.
i still can access to system diags but cant connect to kindle usb storage.
i think and hopefully system diags can still save my device but iam not know how to it since i jailbreak it very long ago.

Sorry, I think I can post you only some instructions how to unbrick pw2, but I didn't tested these tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBquDhGZXoU
https://gist.github.com/TobiasWooldr...ca75190b9a473f

Apparently changing the name of the binaries for older fw versions is not a good idea, I will add the information to the main post, it won't help you, but others will miss the problem thanks to this.

Originally Posted by studynet

I have a serious problem, when I lock and then unlock the Wi-Fi does not come back. Wi-Fi is not activated, how can I activate it?
There seems to be some kind of problem. The kindle is a signature edition.

Undo the changes made in BinaryRenamer and see if this has solved the problem. If not, then the cause may be different.

[Yuin]

thanks for respond , unfortunately unbrick with soldering skill is beyond my skill.
i still hope someone can sharing other method.

[hexhexhex]

Originally Posted by Daviteusz

Block Device Logging:
Warning!:
• Reading logs will not be possible anymore, the showlog -f command no longer works (it does not exist).

I'm very new to kindle developing so I'm not very familiar with the systems involved; but wouldn't it be simpler to sink the API/server calls in `/etc/hosts` instead? That way logs are still functional for local use.

[Daviteusz]

@hexhexhex If you know those URLs to be blocked, it can be done this way too, and overall it's a better method. BinaryRenamer just uses solutions that were already on the forum.

[dietlemonade]

hello, just wanted to say that this works on the paperwhite 3 version 5.16.2.1.1 i just finished it installing it. i will test it out for a bit and if it helps to know, i unregistered my kindle prior to jailbreaking yesterday for maybe have less of a risk for auto updates. the only thing is the pop up showing up for logging in to sync with the cloud

i do wanna ask if the update your kindle option in settings is grayed out after using disable ota or is it only like that because my kindle is unregistered (it was like that when i first did the jailbreak and left it on airplane mode until earlier)

edit: forgot to add that i had no prior experience with jailbreaking before yesterday and i just had to do double measures to not brick the device by accident :')

[Daviteusz]

Originally Posted by dietlemonade

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i do wanna ask if the update your kindle option in settings is grayed out after using disable ota
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After activating Disable OTA updates, Update Your Kindle will be grayed out.
There is a warning about this in the first post inside spoiler in usage section.

And welcome to jailbreak world!

[gkkbbb]

I renamed the ota in the step 9 or 10 from this tutorial

Then I cannot loggin to kindle because it cannot update.
I reset the device several time and the jailbreak seems to be still present.
However when I go to the kual and run restore. Nothing happens no reboot and I still cannot update...
I tried to launch koreader and it wont launch as well.
So I suspect that the jailbreak is half damaged or limited in the demo mode.
How can I fix this? It is still on the 5.16.1.2.1 fw.
Thanks a lot.

[Daviteusz]

It looks like the jailbreak is broken. Install the hotfix via mrpi. If mrpi doesn't work either, do the jailbreak from scratch.

And don't do extra steps that aren't in the instructions. There was no mention of using renameotabin or binaryrenamer

[gkkbbb]

Originally Posted by Daviteusz

It looks like the jailbreak is broken. Install the hotfix via mrpi. If mrpi doesn't work either, do the jailbreak from scratch.

And don't do extra steps that aren't in the instructions. There was no mention of using renameotabin or binaryrenamer

Thanks I eventually installed JailBreak-1.16.N-FW-5.x-hotfix to bring back the jailbreak and I was able to run the restore update function and finish the jailbreak.

Long story: installed the hot_fix from language break and it locked the device in managed mode no wifi no login no search bar. ...
Had to do the DO_FACTORY_RESTORE 0 byte file trick to get me out of the managed stage.
There is no way to redo the jailbreak since the jailbreak was never restored even after factory restore

[Yuin]

from my bricked pw2, iam now can access pw2 usb storage via usb device mode on system diags.
is there something i can do ? like undo change i make or maybe factory reset ?