Do it now. avoid youtube nonsense. Go to : https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/
Really beautiful custom tailored approach to your device. I didn't need to do all of the nonsense in the video. Took 20min and the website held my hand throughout the entire process. No data loss.
Fuck Jassy.
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Switched to Kobo as part of my general "screw the USA" policy. Threatening Canadian sovereignty will not fly.
Yeah. Bought a kobo. So happy with it.
Wow! I didn't know about Kobo! It's amazing that I've never heard of it before.
Since I am following the "fuck the USA" policy, I am not buying my books on Amazon neither. I thought it would be easier with a reader.
Your timing is impeccable!
I've had a Kobo Aura H2O for years and it's great
Is it possible to import Kindle books to this device?
I ask because my Kindle library is fairly extensive and giving it up would be uncomfortable to say the least.
If you can manage to download your ebooks to your PC, you can use Calibre with a DeDRM plugin to release your Amazon ~~hostages~~ books. But it's not a very straightforward process.
More recent guide: https://github.com/apprenticeharper/DeDRM_tools/discussions/2395
Calibre can handle a directly plugged in Kindle, no need to copy them to your PC first. I deDRMd them, then was able to just plug in my Kobo and copy all my books to the new device.
the irony that it can be jailbroken by modifying the ads is funny. Sadly I expect this to be a super easy patch on Amazons part so if you have the device probally should do this fast lol
The first advertisement that I've purposely clicked in years, and it was to load a file so I could jailbreak my Kindle. Felt great.
If you are lazy put your kindle into airplane mode until you find time to jailbreak your kindle. I actually jailbroke it using the previous winterbreak method last week, since I had kept my kindle in airplane mode using calibre.
This is what I did. Haven't felt the need to take it off of airplane mode yet.
Yeah, I put it into airplane mode when I heard Amazon was going to push an update removing some feature. Then just kept using it as I did before using calibre to send books.
Finally decided to jailbreak it and I am glad I did since the custom lockscreens and koreader has been cool.
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So glad I saw this post I've had an 8th gen kindle jammed under a pile of bullshit for quite a while because fuck bezos. Ended up being able to use winter break and now I can use the device without contributing to fascism. Today was a good day!
Yeah Amazon and I have a pretty adversarial relationship about what I should be able to do on my Kindle, and my next device won't be from them. But in the meantime I'm loving having my jailbreak back, and I made sure to prevent updates properly this time. Koreader is great and the thing even has a Gameboy emulator!
If you jailbreak, can you revert to an older version of kindle os?
I’ve just done this with 5.18.5.0.1 and it works.
what's so particular about these kindles that a simple android tablet can't provide?
These things are very heavily optimized for the singular purpose of reading books. They can't do much of anything else, but they do that one thing very well and very efficiently. They run a custom, lightweight Linux OS that's very aggressive with its battery management. Coupled with an e-ink display, they sip power and can run for weeks on a single charge. That's not something a simple android can provide.
I lost mine in my house. Looked for it in April, couldn't find it. In September I found it and the battery was at 56%.
Also you can't read a tablet in direct sunlight.
E-readers have much longer battery life since the hardware is tailored to the use case.
Also better to use a device you may already have than chuck it on the e-waste pile and buy something brand new.
This jailbreak is for people who already have a Kindle, don’t think anyone is suggesting to buy one for this…
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One more plug for using kobo libre!! I love it much more than my kindle, havent picked taht thing up in years.... maybe ill jailbreak it just to set one more free...
I have a kobo libre colour and it is really good.
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