07-15-2013, 10:30 AM | #1 |
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Jailbroke my Kindle Touch - what now?
Hello all,
I have jailbroken my Kindle Touch using the brilliant Kubrick but am not quite sure what to do now. The options are a tad.. overwhelming. Many sources on these forums have said that it is fine to update your Kindle firmware after a jailbreak - but as a matter of priority I must ask if this is still the case. Can I update my KT to the latest 5.3.x from Amazon without losing the jailbreak? Is that the recommended way to proceed at this point? Having updated (or not) I'll set about installing KUAL and prerequisites. Are there any must-have KUAL (or other) apps which forumites recommend? I am most interested in disabling the Kindle's phone-home functionality (I am particularly concerned with automatic updates and Amazon's reputed ability to see what files I have on the device). Do you have any views on the current best way of doing that? Finally, I am mostly interested in reading epub files on the Kindle and using my directories as collections. Although the wiki has a brilliant index of all the ways of doing that, I'm wondering what ways are most recommended at this point in time. All the best, Daniel |
07-16-2013, 01:48 PM | #2 | |||
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To summarize it all: just experiment and install whatever you think you could like. If you don't like something, you can always uninstall it. And no worries - the risk of bricking your device is extremely low if you only use tried and tested software. And even in case it does happen, you can always debrick a K5 again in minutes. So there's nothing to be afraid of. |
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07-16-2013, 01:56 PM | #3 | |
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They install to a sub-directory of the user's USB storage and mostly they "uninstall" by just deleting the directory and files each button installed. The KUAL project had this as a design goal - not to disturb the Amazon image files, and therefore minimize the chance of "bricking" the device. Last edited by knc1; 07-16-2013 at 02:00 PM. |
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