How can i patch Kindle3.apk?

[Guest Djp42]

Hi all, i need help. I am trying to patch the Kindle3.apk pulled off my Nexus. I found this tut buy a guy known as "ME" from ApprenticeAlf. He created this patch to enable the user to view his PID so that he could then go on to remove DRM from purchased e-books. I have installed Apktool to my C drive. Adb is up n running. This is the tut i am trying to use,

adb pull /data/app/com.amazon.kindle-1.apk kindle3.apk

adb uninstall com.amazon.kindle

apktool d kindle3.apk kindle3

cd kindle3

patch -p1 < ../kindle3.patch (this is the part that is giving me problems. When i enter this line i get an "Access is denied" error. I am a noob btw.

cd ..

apktool b kindle3 kindle3_patched.apk

jarsigner -verbose -keystore kindle.keystore kindle3_patched.apk kindle

zipalign -v 4 kindle3_patched.apk kindle3_signed.apk

adb install kindle3_signed.apk

Can someone please take a look at this tut and tell me if they can see any errors ie: should one of the lines be broken into 2 lines? Or. alternatively, is there an easier way to do this?

PS This is the script contained in the actual patch file

diff -ru kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider.smali kindle3/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider.smali

--- kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider.smali

+++ kindle3/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider.smali

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@

.field private security:Lcom/mobipocket/android/library/reader/AndroidSecurity;

+.field private pidList:Ljava/lang/String;

+

# direct methods

.method public constructor <init>(Lcom/mobipocket/android/library/reader/AndroidSecurity;Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceType;)V

@@ -28,6 +30,10 @@

.line 26

iput-object p2, p0, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider;->deviceType:Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceType;

+ const-string v0, "Open DRMed book to show PID list."

+

+ iput-object v0, p0, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider;->pidList:Ljava/lang/String;

+

.line 27

new-instance v0, Ljava/lang/StringBuilder;

@@ -175,4 +181,26 @@

move-result-object v0

return-object v0

+.end method

+

+.method public getPidList()Ljava/lang/String;

+ .locals 1

+

+ .prologue

+ .line 15

+ iget-object v0, p0, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider;->pidList:Ljava/lang/String;

+

+ return-object v0

+.end method

+

+.method public setPidList(Ljava/lang/String;)V

+ .locals 0

+ .parameter "value"

+

+ .prologue

+ .line 11

+ iput-object p1, p0, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/AndroidDeviceInformationProvider;->pidList:Ljava/lang/String;

+

+ .line 12

+ return-void

.end method

diff -ru kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider.smali kindle3/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider.smali

--- kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider.smali

+++ kindle3/smali/com/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider.smali

@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@

.method public abstract getPid()Ljava/lang/String;

.end method

+

+.method public abstract getPidList()Ljava/lang/String;

+.end method

+

+.method public abstract setPidList(Ljava/lang/String;)V

+.end method

\ No newline at end of file

diff -ru kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/kcp/info/AboutActivity.smali kindle3/smali/com/amazon/kcp/info/AboutActivity.smali

--- kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/kcp/info/AboutActivity.smali

+++ kindle3/smali/com/amazon/kcp/info/AboutActivity.smali

@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@

invoke-direct {v6, v1}, Ljava/util/ArrayList;-><init>(I)V

.line 36

- const v1, 0x7f0b0005

+ invoke-static {}, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/DeviceInformationProviderFactory;->getProvider()Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider;

- invoke-virtual {p0, v1}, Lcom/amazon/kcp/info/AboutActivity;->getString(I)Ljava/lang/String;

+ move-result-object v0

+

+ invoke-interface {v0}, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider;->getPidList()Ljava/lang/String;

move-result-object v1

diff -ru kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/system/security/Security.smali kindle3/smali/com/amazon/system/security/Security.smali

--- kindle3_orig/smali/com/amazon/system/security/Security.smali

+++ kindle3/smali/com/amazon/system/security/Security.smali

@@ -884,6 +884,15 @@

.line 332

:cond_1

+

+ const-string v1, "PID list"

+ invoke-static {}, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/DeviceInformationProviderFactory;->getProvider()Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider;

+ move-result-object v0

+ invoke-static {v7}, Ljava/util/Arrays;->toString([Ljava/lang/Object;)Ljava/lang/String;

+ move-result-object v2

+ invoke-interface {v0, v2}, Lcom/amazon/kcp/application/IDeviceInformationProvider;->setPidList(Ljava/lang/String;)V

+ invoke-static {v1, v2}, Landroid/util/Log;->e(Ljava/lang/String;Ljava/lang/String;)I

+

return-object v7

:cond_2

Any help from you guys really would be appreciated cos right now i'm at a dead end.

Cheers

[Guest ranseier]

patch -p1 < ../kindle3.patch (this is the part that is giving me problems. When i enter this line i get an "Access is denied" error. I am a noob btw.

Well, I think there is something wrong with the permissions in this directory. Have you checked this? Can you create and delete files in this directory?

ranseier