08-20-2011, 09:12 PM | #46 |
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Legality? Just release a binary patch... probably only need to change a few bytes. And since it's not theft of service, I really doubt Amazon would take a hard-line approach to its own, paying, enthusiasts.
The Nook does something different when it updates the page; It looks weird... I feel like we've brute-forced just about every possible eInk update command, unless Nook is doing a special intermediate update image perhaps there is something interesting in the firmware. I believe both units use the same panel, and the Kindle loads firmware into it at boot. |
08-23-2011, 11:42 PM | #47 |
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Hey guys, could you please share the command which start and stop the flash disabler in launchpad ini config file? Because the supplied link is not downloadable for me. Thanks
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08-24-2011, 02:04 PM | #48 |
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I'm using the following setting, but the script cannot be stop. what's the problem?
;; Enable Flash Disabler F E = !/mnt/us/flashdisabler/FlashDisabler.sh & ;; Disable Flash Disabler F D = !kill -SIGINT `cat /var/run/flashDis.pid` & |
08-24-2011, 02:27 PM | #49 |
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OK, I finally got it. I've used the wrong signal, it should be SIGTERM instead of SIGINT.
I Just feel that the fresh rate is a little low, and sometimes the system menu are messed up. |
09-04-2011, 02:33 PM | #50 | |
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09-04-2011, 02:52 PM | #51 |
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I have tried this hack. It is a great idea and make kindle update screen similarly as Nook Simple Touch. But I got one issue: The displayed fonts look of very low resolutions. BTW I used customized fonts and they display beautifully with screen flash enabled. Does anybody have the same issue? Any workaround?
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01-22-2012, 07:32 PM | #52 |
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It doesn't seem to work anymore...
Hi guys,
I was just wondering if this is still working as far as you know on kindle software 3.3 on a kindle 3/keyboard wifi. I followed all of the steps below and it still didn't take: 1) install jailbreak 2) install usb networking (enabled, etc. on the device) 3) set up keys via putty 4) was able to log in via putty and WinSCP through wifi 5) note that I had to set it to read write mode though in order to do this, the default in WinSCP didn't let me write to the device w/o entering "mntroot rw" on the shell) 5) added the shortcut "S97local" to "/init.d/local" inside of "/etc/rc5.d" 6) added the text of "http://pastebin.com/pS83izMi" as file "/init.d/local" (i.e. where the above startup shortcut points to) I rebooted and the flashing behavior didn't seem to change through putty, I could log in and run various commands which definitely seem to change the behavior of the page turns ("echo 19 7 > /proc/eink_fb/update_display" & "echo 1 > /sys/devices/platform/eink_fb.0/override_upd_mode") but the more elaborate script at pastebin doesn't seem to take -- is there something not allowing this to work in the latest kindle software version 3.3? is it possible to downgrade back to 3.x (whatever is compatible with this) in order to achieve this desired flashing behavior? thanks guys |
01-23-2012, 10:35 PM | #53 |
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did you guys send the script to amazon for development?
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02-01-2012, 05:08 PM | #54 | |
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i was able to do the putty to enable RW on kindle and connect SSH to it. how do i operate the script into kindle. I tried to follow the OP but it didnt work out |
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02-01-2012, 08:05 PM | #55 | |
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I recommend you to use this script with launchpad, so you can toggle the hacks on and off whenever you want. Following is my configuration file for launchpad: Code:
[Actions] ;; reread hotkey sequence database F E = !/Path/to/the/script/flashDis.sh & ;; install custom updates F D = !kill -SIGTERM `cat /var/run/flashDis.pid` & |
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02-01-2012, 10:00 PM | #56 |
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hey dave2008, how did u put the script together using WinSCP ? i have SSH and putty everything on kindle. Can you give me little more detail here please ? thank you
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02-01-2012, 10:38 PM | #57 | |
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F E = !/mnt/us/myhacks/flashDis.sh & BTW, sry for the misleading comment in my previous code, it should be: Code:
[Actions] ;; toggle flashDis hack on, disable flash F E = !/Path/to/the/script/flashDis.sh & ;; toggle flashDis hack off, enable flash F D = !kill -SIGTERM `cat /var/run/flashDis.pid` & Last edited by dave2008; 02-01-2012 at 10:46 PM. |
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02-01-2012, 11:42 PM | #58 |
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and the script for the flashDis.sh just from the website http://pastebin.com/pS83izMi rite ? do i need anything else ?
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02-01-2012, 11:51 PM | #59 | |
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04-12-2012, 10:25 AM | #60 | |
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;; toggle flashDis hack on, disable flash F F = !/mnt/us/myhacks/flashDis.sh & ;; toggle flashDis hack off, enable flash F N = !kill -SIGTERM `cat /var/run/flashDis.pid` & ;; toggle progRem hack on, disable progress bar P P = !/mnt/us/myhacks/progRem.sh & ;; toggle progRem hack off, enable progress bar P N = !kill -SIGTERM `cat /var/run/progRem.pid` & Any idea what am I screwing up? |
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