# \[Modding\]\[HowTo\] Guide to Jailbreak a Homey Pro 2023

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**Category:** Off-Topic\
**Tags:** homey-pro-2023, modding\
**Created:** [June 4, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/modding-howto-guide-to-jailbreak-a-homey-pro-2023/81678 "2023-06-04T16:17:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 7:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/modding-howto-guide-to-jailbreak-a-homey-pro-2023/81678/17 "2023-08-19T19:32:21Z")

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> [@The new Homey Pro — Ask Me Anything](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/572):
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> So the homey has multiple Partitions 2x Boot ~300mb 2x System ~2,3GB 1x User ~2,7GB In total ~8 GB Why this system? Currently, a Homey update is an image of the boot and system drives. Because you can’t write to the currently active partition, there are two boot and system drives, so the currently inactive partition can be updated. They switch the partitions from A to B after the upgrade, and then back to A after the next update. I don’t know if they will change the system to a different u…

> [@The new Homey Pro — Ask Me Anything](https://community.homey.app/t/the-new-homey-pro-ask-me-anything/70378/573):
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> And this isn’t the only reason, the second reason is, if an update fails by for example pulling the plug (which happened more then you’ed expect with the old Homey Pros) while updating, it always has a back-up internally it can fall back on. So it is really hard now to brick your system, even when pulling the plug while it is busy updating. (I wouldn’t recommend to forcefully try it though wink)

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