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 1. Jailbreaking Your Kindle
 2. WinterBreak

 WinterBreak

Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com

    After all, all devices have their dangers. The discovery of
    speech introduced communication - and lies.
    - Isaac Asimov

WinterBreak is a jailbreak which was released on New Year's Day 2025
by HackerDude

It is based on Mesquito

    Special thanks to Marek, NiLuJe, Katadelos and all the
    beta-testers during the development of this jailbreak.

    RIP bricked Kindles during beta-testing
    RIP the original deadlines

 Prerequisites

  * You will need a PC
  * Your Kindle must be registered
  * Your Kindle must have a valid, internet-connected WiFi network
    saved to it that it can connect to during steps 8 to 10
    (inclusive)

If you face any issues, please check the troubleshooting section

 Installation Guide

Previous Step Next Step

 Download the latest WinterBreak release:

Download

 Airplane Mode

Turn on airplane mode on your Kindle

[airplane_m]

 Extracting WinterBreak

Plug the Kindle into your computer and extract the contents of the
`WinterBreak.tar.gz` file to your Kindle

For Linux/MacOS users, ENSURE the hidden folder
`.active_content_sandbox` has been copied to your Kindle

[file_list]

 Rebooting

Eject your Kindle from your computer and reboot it

[reboot]

 Entering Mesquito

Open the Kindle Store on your Kindle

When prompted, click `yes` to turn off airplane mode

[store_aero]

 Running WinterBreak

Click on the WinterBreak icon when it loads:

[winterbrea]

 Done

Wait around 30 seconds, and your Kindle will say something along the
lines of "Now you are ready to install the hotfix"

Once it does, you can move onto the post-jailbreak stage!

[winterbrea]
Previous Step Next Step

 Troubleshooting

 Kindle store encountered an unexpected error

    Faced this error and found a solution DiabloSat & Rexathion1

If an "Unexpected error" occurs when you try to log in to the Kindle
Store or only the Kindle Store home page is displayed, try the
following solution:

 1. Factory Reset Kindle
 2. Before registering your Kindle/logging into your account - plug
    your Kindle into your PC, move the WinterBreak files to the root
    of your storage space
 3. Log in account and enter airplane mode as soon as possible
 4. Connect Kindle to PC and delete the cache directory at the path
    .active_content_sandbox/store/resource/LocalStorage (Skip this
    step if the LocalStorage directory does not exist)
 5. Reboot Kindle
 6. Open the Kindle Store on your Kindle
 7. When prompted, click yes to turn off airplane mode

 Special Thanks To Our Courageous Beta Testers

  * Crystals (Bricked their PW4 testing)
  * mergen3107 (Came up with the "WinterBreak" name)
  * Bomberfish
  * BionicGecko
  * Juliet
  * Rie
  * Robotic
  * scrad
  * shamanNS
  * akane
  * BlackNinja
  * Gimzie
  * Human
  * Lux
  * Marek
  * terra

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