Rita El Khoury / Android Authority
TL;DR A new technique has emerged for jailbreaking Kindle devices, and it is compatible with the latest firmware.
It exploits ads to run code that jailbreaks the device.
Jailbroken devices can run a superior reading app, as well as a Game Boy emulator, Wordle clones, and more.
Amazon’s Kindle line of e-readers remains one of the most popular ways to read ebooks, but in terms of the software, the company has moved further and further toward locking things down. Community developers have devised several methods to jailbreak the devices, but Amazon has always been quick to release patches to block them.
However, there is now a new method to jailbreak Kindle devices that works on the latest firmware. Ironically, it does this by taking advantage of the built-in ads that Amazon charges $20 to remove.
Called Adbreak, it injects code into the ad files on your Kindle to jailbreak the device. We won’t go into the complete steps here, but check out Dammit Jeff’s YouTube video below or the Kindle Modding website for more details. Note that some models, like the Colorsoft and Scribe, may not be possible to jailbreak because it’s not possible to enable ads.
After that, it’s just a matter of disabling updates with a simple hotfix, then adding a few more files that enable you to download and install new apps and extensions. One of those extensions blocks updates permanently, so you don’t have to worry about future updates un-jailbreaking your device. You can also install a new app store, called KindleForge.
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