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K3 Troubles on my K3. Jailbreak related?

Hey guys I'm having trouble with my K3. Symptoms: random freezes on random books or just clicking menus/settings. Did factory resets numerous times. Installed recently the latest firmware over...

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PW2 I have 2 versions of KUAL installed.What to do?

Firmware:5.3.2 I have KUAL 2.2 and 2.5 installed at the same time.I can run both.How do I remove 2.2?

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Kindle7 ($99) 5.6.0.1.6 serial jailbreak meet koreader issue..

I jailbreaked my kindle 7 ($99) by TTL2USB serail! Boot up to dialog mode by bootm 0xE41000 and login root with passwd 'mario'. Then I removed the main mode root passwd in file /etc/shadow of...

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K5 PW1 lost PADs for serial port, but found signals near USB port

Hi, I had soldered some cables to the serial port pads in my Kindle Paperwhite1. After a bad movement, the cable for TX did move and its PCB pad broke and I lost it :(. I noticed a SMD resistor in that...

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Kindle 3 Keyboard - waveform for ED060SC7 (LF)H2

I've replaced the EInk display on my Kindle 3 Keyboard. The display seemed to work, but grayscale is effectively not functioning. The part number on the eink ribbon is ED060SC7 (LF)H2-50. When I go...

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Kindle PW1 - Custom fonts

I have a PW1, still on firmware 5.3.9. When I heard that upgrading from that point would make running custom fonts impossible I just never turned on the wifi again. I just wanted to ask if that's still...

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Weather display without server

Hi all, I saw the Kindle Weather Display project, and I'd really like to do my own, but I'd like to make it better. My main problem with the original project was that it needed an additional server to...

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cracked screen-can I hack kindle to only use part of screen?

Hey all. I'm using a kindle with 5-way controller, dropped it, cracked the screen, rendering the bottom 1/3 useless. Can I hack the kindle to only display on the top 2/3? I see here's a horizontal...

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kindle paperwhite solder problem

hi, i have a problem with the serial port.. my solder is not good, and i can't resold on the mother board. do you know if i can solder another point on the mother board ? http://hpics.li/a6dd67f thanks !

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Missing cron on Kindle 4.1.2

I'm trying to create a Kindle Weather Display. To make it update every hour, I need to set up a cron job. However, cron seems to be missing from my Kindle! /etc/crontab isn't there and nor is...

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KT2 Just got a KT2. Are there already dumps of 5.6.1.0.6 I can look at?

First time I actually entered a raffle and won anything. And I've wanted an e-book reader for months :D So I'm apparently staring at Xfbdev and awesome when I look at the UI on this thing. Wow. That...

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KT2 Can we setup a DNS server to fake amazon's server and remote apply the...

As 5.6.1.x can not do jailbreak by apply the update pack from /mnt/us/xxx.bin.. Can we set up a DNS server.. Kindle will check update, download and apply xxx.bin from the fake update server.. As...

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eventhandler install failing on Kindle 4 NT

HI, I'm trying to install dos1's eventhandler package on my Kindle 4 NT. I copy the update_eventhandler_0.2_kindle4.bin file to my Kindle's user partition, Eject it from the PC, and Update my Kindle....

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How to determine firmware on new Kindle Paperwhite?

I was curious if I could change the screensaver on my Kindle. I went and found a few things but I can't seem to find a way to determine the firmware on my kindle. None of the amazon links seem to help....

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page refresh

Is it possible to refresh PW2 pages on demand only? Or completely turn it off? (not just every 14 pages) I've read a thread here about this, but there is no solution. Many E-books have a possibility to...

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PW2 PW2 DUOKAN..help

Hello guys I have kindle paperwhite 2 running on 5.6.1.0.2 NO JB So is there anyway to install DUOKAN into PW2???

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K5 Strange kindle touch - is there any advanced helper?

Hi there, i bought second hand Kindle Touch device ande after while found that there is something strange with it. It can boot and it is working but... When i turn it on, it boots but in left top...

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PW2 Serial port debrick

I made some changes to my PW2 while in diag mode which I got in to with the Rescue pack. After trying to reboot the Kindle froze. All it's showing is the diag screen that was precent when I was trying...

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Kindle 3 3g version 3.4.1 cannot install Launchpad

I use kindle keyboard 3g us version 3.4.1 , I can't install the launchpad with this file: update_launchpad_0.0.1c_k3g_install.bin . Please help me ! Thank you.

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USBID list?

Hello all, I'm working on creating an application able to see any ereader connected to a computer, do you know if there are a list of USB ID (VENDOR ID : DEVICE ID) for kindle ereaders? :help:

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