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Hello.Do i have to put renameotabin folder to just extentions folder?Or to extentions subfolder that is inside the extensions folder?
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first choise among the two options i said?Or the first folder on photo?Also the correct file is from post #25?I mean is universal for all devices?
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“extensions” must contain separate directories directly.
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So subfolder extentions shouldn't be there?I should,but newbie here to e-books and already jb took me many hours to find the correct files.I remember i had made an extra step that didnt know if it was needed (kual helper)So i am worried now if my jb will be lost.Btw thanks a lot for your help 😇
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Thanks.To be honest idk how this extensions subfolder has been created there.So now to block OTA updates (so to just transfer files between PC) i put the extracted renameota.zip (3 subfolders) inside the main extensions folder.
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Put the renameotabin folder and all its contents as is into the top level extensions folder on your G: drive. |
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Hello!
I have a Kindle Oasis 3 on FW 5.14.2, I just used KOReader's file explorer to check the /usr/bin directory and I do not see either otaupd or otav3 binaries. Instead, I see a /usr/bin/checkUpdate.sh file. Reading the script, it seems to check for updates with Amazon, but I can't tell for sure. Do you know if this OTA script is still expected to work for KOA3 on 5.14.2? Thanks! Edit: Never mind - I was wrong, doing an `ls /usr/bin` does show it in the terminal emulator, I guess KOReader's file explorer doesn't show binaries that it can't read ![]() Last edited by leifan89; 03-21-2023 at 11:29 PM. |
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Just curious as it seems obvious to me but I can't find anything about it
Do we know where the kindles go for updates? If we do we can add those to the network's DNS block lists or PiHole or the like to prevent OTA updates. Not that I'm saying that instead of this, more like having an extra layer of protection, like Birth Control + Condoms, it doesn't hurt to have more protection... I just don't understand why I can't find anything about it, even a "I tried this & it didn't work because Amazon uses multiple locations & if one is blocked it jumps to the next" Thought this was the best place to ask, but if one doesn't exist I'll create a new Thread for it |
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Can't remember exactly, but this is what I used in past to generate the list of things to block on the Kindle itself.
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# Block unwanted domains with the /etc/hosts file echo ".d" | sqlite3 /opt/var/local/reg/ServerConfig.db \ | awk -F, '/VALUES/ {gsub(/\047/,""); gsub(/\;\)/,""); print $3}' \ | grep -o '.*\..*\..*' \ | grep -Ev 'com.lab126|DOMAIN|WEBSITE|THUMB|openid.assoc_handle' \ | sed 's/);//; s/^http:\/\///; s/^https:\/\///; s/\/.*//;s/:.*//; s/|/\n/g; /^\./d; /^\[/d; /^$/d' \ | sort -u \ | while read -r; do echo "Blocking host : $REPLY" grep -q "$REPLY" /etc/hosts || echo "127.0.0.1 $REPLY" >> /etc/hosts done Code:
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