Anyone know reliable instructions for jailbreaking a new kindle? I did that with my old one, but had to retire it. Now I have a new one, and when I google instructions, they all have me scared that I'm going to brick it.
I have an 8th generation kindle running 5.8.5.02 firmware.
Here are the instructions I'm looking at. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showt ... p?t=275877
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Re: Kindle Jailbreaking
Dear Amazon, if you would just let me choose my own damned pictures for screensavers, I wouldn't have to spend hours trying to get shitty jailbreaking programs and shitty hacks to work right!
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Re: Kindle Jailbreaking
Wait, you're going to void the warranty and risk destroying your device so you can...change the screensaver?
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I already did.
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It was a minor risk. I jailbroke my last one. Well worth the risk to not have to look at this image any more.


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Re: Kindle Jailbreaking
i like the one that's pencils
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I mean, how long are you actually looking at that image though? Shouldn't you be watching something on it instead of staring at screensaver images?
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Enough that it makes me mad that I can't choose what shows on that screen.E.H. Ruddock wrote:I mean, how long are you actually looking at that image though? Shouldn't you be watching something on it instead of staring at screensaver images?
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