kindle paperwhite 2 (6th gen/2013)
which kindle do I have?
have a look to the first four characters of the serial number and compare to this list:
| Kindle (2007) | Kindle 2 (2009) | Kindle DX (2010) | Kindle Keyboard (2010) |
| ------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ---------------------- |
| Booo | B002 | B004 | B006 |
| | B003 | B005 | B008 |
| | | B009 | B00A |
| Kindle 4 (2011) | Kindle 5 / Touch (2012) | Kindle Paperwhite (2012) | Kindle Paperwhite 2 (2013) |
| --------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------- |
| B00E | B00F | B024 | B0D4 |
| B023 | B010 | B01B | 90D4 |
| 9023 | B011 | B01C | B0D5 |
| | B012 | B01D | 90D5 |
| | | B01F | B0D6 |
| | | B020 | 90D6 |
| | | | B0D7 |
| | | | 90D7 |
| | | | B0D8 |
| | | | 90D8 |
| | | | B0F2 |
| | | | 90F2 |
| | | | B017 |
| | | | 9017 |
| | | | B060 |
| | | | 9060 |
| | | | B062 |
| | | | 9062 |
| | | | B05F |
| | | | 905F |
| Kindle 7 (2014) | Kindle Voyage (2014) | Kindle Paperwhite 3 (2015) | Kindle 8 (2016) | Kindle Oasis |
| --------------- | -------------------- | -------------------------- | --------------- | ------------ |
| B001 | B00I | G090 | B018 | G0B0G |
| B0C6 | B013 | | | |
| 90C6 | B053 | | | |
| B0DD | B054 | | | |
| 90DD | | | | |
upgrade/downgrade
download firmware before 5.8.2.1 from
http://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_<version>.bin
and after 5.8.2 from
https://s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredownloads/update_kindle_paperwhite_v2_<version>.bin
flash via Kindle's update mechanism (Menu -> Update your Kindle)
device should be in airplane mode to prevent an update over the air
jailbreak
the jailbreak works with version 5.6.5
howto
- backup the device
- factory reset
- enable airplane mode
- downgrade/upgrade to 5.6.5
- copy jb at root of your kindle
- touch
WIFI_NO_NET_PROBEat root of your kindle - reboot
- invoke the jailbreak (see howto)
the jailbreak is now temporarily in place.