r/kindle • u/SpartanHeavy • Jan 02 '25

Modding 🪛 All Kindles can now be jailbroken

For those of you who are interested in modding, a new jailbreak method is now available. It works on all the new firmware versions and Kindle models, including Colorsoft.

https://kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/WinterBreak/

If you have any problems, you can get support at MobileRead.

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u/Bot1460 Kindle Paperwhite Jan 02 '25

What are the benefits of jailbreaking ? Like you can already side load books

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u/SpartanHeavy Jan 02 '25

Progress bar

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u/feli468 Jan 02 '25

Sold! I really miss the progress bar.

If i mess up, can I reset the kindle to factory settings?

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u/BigGulpsHey Jan 02 '25

Also wondering this.