New software lets you do more with your Kindle.
Now it’s come a jailbreak for the Kindle that go to virtually any model of eReader.
Long been possible
Kindle has for years been easy to unlock, and it has only been talk of uploading a file to the root folder on the device and restart it. The latest version of this expanding support for almost all Kindle models, and is still as easy to use.
Several generations
software supports any 6,7 or 8. generation on any firmware version. So whether you own a Kindle Paper White 2, Paper White 3, Kinde Touch, Kindle Voyage or Kindle Oasis you can now open up the device with this fix.
5th generation and other are also on Mobilereads forums.
All the information you need to jailbreak your Kindle can be found here.
Popular
jailbreak has already been downloaded over a thousand times, it is quite a number for a product that has been dead for quite a while now except for the new Kindle Oasis which was released earlier this year.
Multiple applications
Although Kindle primarily set is going to be an eReader has several found alternative uses for the product after getting locked up with a jailbreak. For example, a user has combined a Raspberry Pi 2 and a Kindle to create a terminal with e-ink display.
What could you going to use it beyond reading books?
Source:
Hackaday
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