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Reset Paper White

1 - Connect to Wifi

Connect to your home Wifi. Unless Wifi is set-up file structure is not set-up correctly on Kindle

At the registration connect Kindle via USB - no need to complete registration.

2 - Jail Break

2a - Downgrade version

Download https://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_5.3.3.bin

HOME -> MENU > Settings Disable wifi on your Paperwhite 1 (airplane mode).

Connect your Kindle Paperwhite 1 to your computer (DO NOT DISCONNECT UNTIL LAST STEP!). Copy the bin file you downloaded in step 1 to root folder of PW1. Sync USB storage but do not disconnect

Push and hold power button (about 30 seconds) until led power light goes from green to orange, then release power button. - but do not disconnect. Kindle will now update

2b - Jail Break

Connect Kindle as USB storage

Visit Snapshot Storage - http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/showthread.php?t=225030

Using K5 JailBreak (5.0.x - 5.4.4.2) Uncompress Kindle-Jailbreak,tar.gz From within the Kindle-Jailbreak,tar.gz, unzip the contents of the kindle-5.4-jailbreak.zip archive to the root directory of your Kindle.

Now, eject & unplug your Kindle, and go to HOME -> MENU > Settings -> MENU > Update Your Kindle. The updater won't actually ever run, this is normal. After a few seconds, the words **** JAILBREAK **** will appear at the bottom of your screen to confirm that the device is jailbroken . You won't see this message again, it's simply a confirmation message.

HOME -> MENU > Settings -> MENU -> Restart

3 - Install KUAL, MR Installer and USB Network

3a - Place packages on kindle

Connect Kindle as USB storage

Visit Snapshot Storage - http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/showthread.php?t=225030 Download kual.tar.gz Extract KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2 and place in kindle/documents

Visit Snapshot Storage - http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/showthread.php?t=225030 kual-mrinstaller Extract all files and place in kindle/

Visit Snapshot Storage - http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/showthread.php?t=225030 kindle-usbnet Extract and place Update_usbnet_0.22.N_install_touch_pw.bin" in kindle/mrpackages/ (Make sure not subfolder of mrpackages)

Eject Kindle

3b - Run helper for USB Install

HOME -> Kindle LAUNCHER -> Helper -> Install MR Packages

Wait until complete the automatic reboot.

3c - Install SSH keys from Pi/Dev machine

Connect Kindle as USB storage

Copy on kindle before enabling USB Networking /mnt/us/usbnet/etc/authorized_keys

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> /media/USERNAME/Kindle/usbnet/etc/authorized_keys

Nb: Replace USERNAME with your username or mount point.

Eject Kindle

Reconnect to WIFI network

Find IP Address by HOME -> Search icon -> ;711 Then scroll to second page Then close

3d - Enable OpenSSH

HOME -> Kindle LAUNCHER -> USBNetwork -> SSHD: Use OpenSSH USBNetwork -> Allow SSH over Wifi USBNetwork -> Enable SSH at boot

Quit

HOME -> MENU > Settings -> MENU -> Restart (Long restart this time)

4 Set USB Network

Note usbnetwork only work with Dropbear not OpenSSH!

ssh into kindle and set usb network to 192.168.15.1 vi /mnt/us/usbnet/etc/config

# Tweak this to your liking (IPv4 only, no hostname aliases)
KINDLE_IP=10.10.2.2
# Will mostly be of use to people needing to plug multiple Kindles on the same computer/network.
TWEAK_MAC_ADDRESS="true"

4b Set PI USB Address

ifconfig usb0 192.168.15.201

NB: USB nework must be toggled off and and on at each reuse. (Interesting gotcha.) Got to give it time to switch off

ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:EnyqIeMglLeBP7sOKfWtHidGBlYL5I6wMy8/6++nbpk