The BlackBerry OS was responsible for the downfall of the device. RIM made BB OS which is not open source, even running an app on the device seems to be a big task, and it takes lots of time to develop an app that can be run on BB OS platform. But developers around the globe didn’t loose their hope and they design an app called Dingleberry which can jailbreak aka (root) Playbook.
Pre-requisite
Step 1
Download, install and run the BlackBerry desktop app. You can download it from here.
Download, install and run the BlackBerry desktop app. You can download it from here.
Step 2
Take a complete backup of device.
Take a complete backup of device.
Step 3
Now, navigate to the settings of the device and look for Screen Settings->Storage and Sharing “Turn on” functions like file sharing, Wi-Fi Sharing and disable the password protect to “OFF”.
Now, navigate to the settings of the device and look for Screen Settings->Storage and Sharing “Turn on” functions like file sharing, Wi-Fi Sharing and disable the password protect to “OFF”.
Step 4
Move to Security option and then to development mode and scroll the slider to ON from OFF and when asks, enter the password and make a note of it.
Move to Security option and then to development mode and scroll the slider to ON from OFF and when asks, enter the password and make a note of it.
Step 5
In the last step of Tablet settings, navigate to “About” and select Network and make a note of IP address of the network that the Playbook is using at that time.
In the last step of Tablet settings, navigate to “About” and select Network and make a note of IP address of the network that the Playbook is using at that time.
Once done with the pre-requisite items and changes that are needed to be made with the Playbook, then you can start the root process by following this simple guide.
Root
Step 1
Unzip the Dingleberry app, which you have can download from here and double click on Dingleberry.exe to run.
Unzip the Dingleberry app, which you have can download from here and double click on Dingleberry.exe to run.
Step 2
Now, enter the IP address and password of the Playbook, which you have noted in the Playbook settings.
Now, enter the IP address and password of the Playbook, which you have noted in the Playbook settings.
Step 3
Once done with IP address and password, hit “Jailbreak” button.
Once done with IP address and password, hit “Jailbreak” button.
Step 4
Now, navigate to the backup folder which you have created during the Playbook settings.
Now, navigate to the backup folder which you have created during the Playbook settings.
Step 5
Here, Dingleberry will again create a new backup of the Playbook in the same location in the same directory.
Here, Dingleberry will again create a new backup of the Playbook in the same location in the same directory.
Step 6
Now, using the BlackBerry Desktop tool restore the backup file created by Dingleberry and choose custom and make sure only the Settings is checked.
Now, using the BlackBerry Desktop tool restore the backup file created by Dingleberry and choose custom and make sure only the Settings is checked.
Step 7
In the last step, click on the Dingle SSH button and look whether Dingleberry app has able to create a connection to the Playbook device or not. If the blue box does then congratulation, Playbook is now rooted! And if it doesn’t then head start the above process again.
In the last step, click on the Dingle SSH button and look whether Dingleberry app has able to create a connection to the Playbook device or not. If the blue box does then congratulation, Playbook is now rooted! And if it doesn’t then head start the above process again.
