Showing posts with label Kindle Touch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kindle Touch. Show all posts
Kindle Touch: Easiest Jailbreak Ever
What would you think if I told you that jailbreaking the Kindle Touch/K5 was as easy as playing an mp3 file? I hope you’re sitting down, because it really is that simple.
A hacker by the name of Yifan Lu has just posted a jailbreak for the K5/Kindle Touch, and I just used it on my K5.
Update: A reader commented that he was confused by my calling the Kindle Touch the K5. I use this term because the Kindle Touch is running Kindle OS,
while the other new Kindle is running Kindle OS4. That makes the Kindle Touch the fifth generation Kindle, aka K5.
How To
I’m covering this first because it’s easy.
Download this zip file.
Copy the mp3 over to the music folder on your K5.
Play the mp3 (from the experimental menu).
If you see the screenshot at right then congratulations. You now have a hacked Kindle Touch.
A hacker by the name of Yifan Lu has just posted a jailbreak for the K5/Kindle Touch, and I just used it on my K5.
Update: A reader commented that he was confused by my calling the Kindle Touch the K5. I use this term because the Kindle Touch is running Kindle OS,
while the other new Kindle is running Kindle OS4. That makes the Kindle Touch the fifth generation Kindle, aka K5. How To
I’m covering this first because it’s easy.
Download this zip file.
Copy the mp3 over to the music folder on your K5.
Play the mp3 (from the experimental menu).
If you see the screenshot at right then congratulations. You now have a hacked Kindle Touch.
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