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If you're targeting a compatible echo show (it's an older cheap one), the jailbreak is actually really easy, no custom boards or disassembly. The first might take you an hour to digest, but after that the process is 5 minutes and well documented on xda-developer forums. The hardest part is reading and then figuring out which echo show you have.