WinterBreak
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
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
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:
- Factory Reset Kindle
- 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
- Log in account and enter airplane mode as soon as possible
- 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)
- Reboot Kindle
- Open the Kindle Store on your Kindle
- When prompted, click
yesto 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