It's a shame this doesn't work for the Kindle Fire tablets, which are amazing devices for the price but unfortunately tethered to Amazon services.
All Kindles can now be jailbroken
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#12Kindles have long had a history of gaolbreaks. I've scarcely seen a scene as dedicated as the folks over on the MobileRead Forums ( https://www.mobileread.com/forums ). I notice many of the names associated with this new break as people who were associated with hacking early Kindles back in the early 2010s. For context, it's been a little while since we've had a fresh gaolbreak for new Kindles. Last one was LanguageB…
I'm new to kindle, I've been into this since 2021 so im not so aware of kindle's jailbreaking history. Can you tell me what gaolbreak is?
So “gaol” is supposedly an alternative way to spell “jail” that I first encountered in a video game.
I keep seeing “tyre” on here too. I guess hn is hipster for alternative spellings.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm new to kindle, I've been into this since 2021 so im not so aware of kindle's jailbreaking history. Can you tell me what gaolbreak is?
So “gaol” is supposedly an alternative way to spell “jail” that I first encountered in a video game. I keep seeing “tyre” on here too. I guess hn is hipster for alternative spellings.
"tyre" is just UK English
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#14It’s interesting reading that the reasons for jailbreaking a kindle are so trivial, amounting to adding some minor functionality to reading books and not much else.
Kobo jailbreaks from back in the day gave you root on a stripped down Linux install, complete with telnet ssh and ftp. You could even install python and essentially do anything the cpu/display permitted. Another cool aspect with those older kobos was that they had two microsd card readers… one hidden inside the enclosure that contained the OS, accessible without even needing a screwdriver.
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#15Wow, kindlemodding.org loads instantly. I know it's a simple website, but simple websites often still load slowly.
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#16This is great news! Can it be patched?
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#17It’s interesting reading that the reasons for jailbreaking a kindle are so trivial, amounting to adding some minor functionality to reading books and not much else. Kobo jailbreaks from back in the day gave you root on a stripped down Linux install, complete with telnet ssh and ftp. You could even install python and essentially do anything the cpu/display permitted. Another cool aspect with those older kobos was that…
Don't Kobo jailbreaks still give you that? Are they even "jailbreaks"?
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#18Kindles have long had a history of gaolbreaks. I've scarcely seen a scene as dedicated as the folks over on the MobileRead Forums ( https://www.mobileread.com/forums ). I notice many of the names associated with this new break as people who were associated with hacking early Kindles back in the early 2010s. For context, it's been a little while since we've had a fresh gaolbreak for new Kindles. Last one was LanguageB…
Mate, I’m Australian and even I think a gaol is just a dyslexic watching soccer.
Only Americans (to the extent I know) differentiate jail and gaol. Jail and prison.
I first read gaol in a 1960s kids book by Randolph Snow. An Australian as it happens.
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#20Wow, kindlemodding.org loads instantly. I know it's a simple website, but simple websites often still load slowly.
The entire frontpage was just 468KB, 91KB compressed, and most of that was the search index. Very neat!