The containers are essential to hold your parts so they don't get lost! Whatever you need to break apart your kindle & get at the tasty goodness inside. Small screwdrivers, thin knives, and some tupperware Whatever you need to connect wires to tiny metal spots on the computer board. Soldering iron, conductive glue, wires, clips, pins, magnifier, etc. These are what will allow your computer to talk to the serial converter board.ĥ. If you are not using windows, then you are probably some ultra-smart linux pro who doesn't need a dummies guide anyways.ĭownload and install the correct drivers from the ftdichip website. We are lazy, so it will be most convenient to be able to hook up the kindle + the serial converter board at the same time. Two USB cables to connect to your Windows computer This is necessary because your kindle uses 1.8v signals and if you use 3.3v or 5.0v, you can blow up your chips.ģ. You want to specifically order option #3. This is what most people use: Jim's Board because it's cheap & does the job. (apparently you should hide your serial #. If you find any, please let me know so I can fix them. Like most things in life, this guide is probably full of mistakes.
Has a firmware version in the 5.x.y seriesĪ link to a Linux version of this can be found here.Physical differences aside, they will work on any kindle that: These instructions were created on a Paperwhite 2. This is how you jailbreak a Paperwhite or Voyage using windows software.
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