[conspire] Elise's laptop

[Elise Scher]

Hi Leo and others,
     I just joined mobileread.

Thanks,
Elise Scher

On Oct 9, 2017 01:19, "Leo P" <yaconsult at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had a Paperwhite 2 that I rooted and installed some mods on.  At one
> point I even had it set up to dual-boot an alternative ROM that was created
> in Japan and had some unique features.  A subsequent update that fixed bugs
> and added a new font reset everything and jailbreaks no longer worked.  I
> traded the Paperwhite 2 in for a Paperwhite 3 and I have not found any
> jailbreaks that claim to work on recent versions of the Kindle Paperwhite
> software.
>
> *Will this jail break work on my current firmware?*
> If the third field of your firmware version number: 5.8.*7*.0.1 is larger
> than *7* this jail break will not work on your device.
> That means *it will not work* on: 5.8.8, 5.8.9, 5.8.10, ...,
> 5.8.99999999.
> Please do not even think of asking if this message still means what is
> written. The message is kept current.
>
> This forum is where I have always found the best Kindle rooting and mod
> information: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=150 and
> is where the paste above is taken from.  I would love to find out there
> were working exploits, but I'm not hopeful.  My Paperwhite's software
> version is 5.8.10...
>
> Leo
>
> On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 1:03 PM, Rick Moen <rick at linuxmafia.com> wrote:
>
>> Afterthought:
>>
>> > You've quite possibly already done research about other-OS prospects for
>> > your two slow tablets and Kindle Paperwhite.
>>
>> I should have said 'other-OS _or_ enhancement prospects'.  Sometimes, it's
>> just not feasible to convert an embedded device like an e-book reader to
>> a completely different OS, and yet after 'jailbreaking' to put it in
>> your full control you can make siginficant improvements such as (in the
>> case of many recent Kindles) changing the screensaver image, adding your
>> own typefaces, and adding applications of your choosing.
>>
>> In the case of several Nook tablet, other-OS modifications were possible
>> because the bootloader wasn't locked and you were permitted to make it
>> boot from an SD device holdeing the alternative OS.  I vaguely recall
>> that many Kindles have been tougher nuts to crack.
>>
>>
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