Got JB Voyage? User required for quick SSH test of KOReader
Hi guys, thanks to the team and contributors here I have a freshly jailbroken Voyage running KOReader. KOReader works great via KUAL, but If you launch it from KBVbooklet you get the added bonus of...
View ArticleKindle 2 - Won't update.
My coworker had a broken 2nd Gen. Kindle that I offered to try and fix. Turns out the battery was dead, I replaced the battery and booted it up. The downside is the kindle was running version 2.1 and I...
View ArticleKindle source code observations
On March 29, I downloaded all the (eink) Kindle_src*.* GPL tarballs from the amazon "Source Code Notice" web page, after doing a "sort|uniq" on them (because the same URLs are used for multiple kindle...
View ArticleHardware JTAG on the new kindles
The PW2 and PW3 appear to have a pair of testpoint pads, conveniently located between the serial port pins and the (missing switch) "USB BOOT" pads. There is a "JTAG" label above one of these two...
View ArticleDetect page changing
Hello there is any lipc event to detect when the user changes the "page" of a book?
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Hardware Kindle Battery Surgery
Okay, I have taken the "kindle battery surgery" pictures requested in another thread, and here they are.. Not sure which kindles these fit, other than PW2 and PW3. Unlike earlier kindles with 4-pin...
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PW2 bricked? stuck on language selection screen
I got a paperwhite2 for a few bucks, which could turn on but is stuck on a language selection screen. Doing a long press seems to reboot the device, and I can see the boy under the tree screen, and...
View ArticleKindlet File I/O permissions
Hi, I'm developing a kindlet and I would like to access the Kindle root file system. When I try to read a file I get a Java I/O persmission error in the "crash.log" file. I thought it was due to the...
View ArticleKindlet kaf.jar package
Hello, on my PW3 i have a package kaf.jar (in the /opt/amazon/ebook/lib/ folder). It seems to contains many interesting classes (such as com.amazon.kindle.swing.*), and i googled a bit for some...
View ArticleK4 Kindle frozen at Tequila, power unresponsive
So I managed to get the Kindle 4 system at such a low level (namely, Tequila System Diagnostics) that the power button flashes green as if powering off then nothing. Still frozen. Is there any way that...
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An Calculator for Kindle PaperWhite
There is a calculator to Kindle like this image? My firmware is 5.6.5 jailbroken.
View ArticlePreventing Amazon from updating my kindle PW2 fw5.6.5
Hi there. Is there any sure way, to disable amazon's OTA updates? I've checked the BackDoorLock hack, but I'm not sure if it still works. Also does the file "update.bin.tmp.partial" works? Thanks for...
View ArticleKindle Basic (New Touch) font options?
Just curious whether fonts can be added to the "New Touch" like they can be added to the "old" Touch? I'm trying one out I found at a pawn shop and find the built-in fonts -- compared to Constantia...
View ArticleNeed Help Deleting Paperwhite Files
Having searched numerous forums, I now realize I did a bad thing - deleted books and documents from my Kindle Paperwhite's "documents" folder using Windows Explorer across a USB link. Too bad...
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Disable Update on Fire TV
Quote: Originally Posted by Cinisajoy (Post 3332201) Did you do the hotfix? Disable Update Package (Root Required) Recommended Method This method disables the application on the Fire TV which checks...
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Kindle PW1 bricked(?)
Hey guys. PW1 seems to become bricked after being connected to MacBook to place a file into documents and disconnected. At first device refused to open any book, lost it's wi-fi MAC address (see...
View ArticleBrainstorming: Deobfuscation of Framework JARs in 5.x FW
Hello there, I've been thinking of ways to somehow allow JBPatch'ing on newer FW versions.First and foremost, let me apologize as I won't be online as often as I'd like to in the next couple of...
View ArticleSerial Port on the Oasis? Anyone found it yet?
Just curious if anyone has found that serial port yet, just bought one (but don't have it in my hands yet), I assume it will have FW 5.7.x on it, so it will have to be a serial hack only. I will turn...
View ArticlePW3 Customize title bar
Hello, there is any way to customize the title bar in recent firmwares? I tried this but doesn't work :(
View ArticlePW2 How can we landscape periodicals in PW2 5.6.5?
Hi. I daily download periodicals using calibre. This periodical takes the shape of periodical and not a normal book in kindle, which means i get list view as well as snippet view of the article, before...
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