06-17-2009, 08:41 AM | #46 |
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What I would want would be to bypass the routine that displays the image. So the Kindle goes to sleep and then doesn't jump to the routine to display an image but goes on to do whatever else it does in sleep mode. Can this be done?
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06-17-2009, 08:51 AM | #47 | |
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I always love it when someone else knows better (sigh).
Two reasons for me: 1) If I have some source code, an API, or some math equations on it, I want it "open" for hours beside me so I can refer to it over and over again without having it "close" on me every 10 minutes. My text books don't "close" on me!!! 2) I've started using it for music practice and I can have the same page of music open for 2 hours (say) if we're rehearsing something difficult. Can't stop in the middle of the song to "open" the Kindle again. Quote:
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06-17-2009, 09:22 AM | #48 |
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If you had bothered to read through the rest of the posts on this thread you would have found that sirbruce has been very helpful in trying to advocate a solution to this issue. There really was no need to degrade him. Especially for your first post on this board.
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06-17-2009, 09:29 AM | #49 |
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I don't know. Theoretically, sure, but...
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If the original poster had said it was for music or something similar, I would have understood. I just didn't think the "meeting" explanation made sense to me. Anyway, no skin off my nose; like you say I'm just trying to help.
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My apologies if my comment seemed rude --- guess I'm a bit jaded but I always get a bit annoyed when someone asks how to do something and gets a "why would you want to do that" response because that response is often a disguise for "I know better than you"
I'm hoping that one of the people who has figured out how to hack the kindle firmware will figure out a way to disable the screen saver. |
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We should all send feedback to Amazon's official email address for providing feedback: (kindle-feedback@amazon.com). Below is the email that I sent:
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Best bet would be to offer a reward for the first person to supply a hack. I'll will start with a pledge $20 US. We can start with pledges. Once we have enough pledges we can set up a Paypal account for this. (not sure exactly how it's done) |
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06-27-2009, 09:15 PM | #56 |
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I have a proof of concept hack for DX that disables switching to the Power booklet (this is the thing that displays screensaver images), i.e. Kindle goes to sleep as usual (disables accelerometer, keys) but keeps the last page displayed.
I'm currently thinking on how to visualy mark that Kindle is in sleep mode and also how to handle page orientation correctly (there is some glitches if Kindle is in landscape mode). If somebody wants to test it - I can post a sample script (NOT firmware update at the moment) - you'll need to do some manual stuff from Linux shell over usb networking. |
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And yes, wireless and battery icons aren't updated. |
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07-04-2009, 05:18 AM | #60 |
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Here is a very preliminary version of "screensaver last page" hack for Kindle DX. It replaces normal screensaver behaviour with last viewed page, in other words screen will not change when Kindle goes to screensaver mode.
Currently, I replace wireless and battery icons in the top right corner with a "stop" icon when screensaver is active. This isn't a final version as it looks pretty ugly in PDF mode - I'm working on it. This is not a firmware update - you'll need to use usbnetwork to copy archive to Kindle and install it: Code:
[root@kindle us]# pwd /mnt/us [root@kindle us]# mkdir screensaver-lp [root@kindle us]# cd screensaver-lp/ Code:
[root@kindle screensaver-lp]# tar xzf screensaver-lp.tar.gz [root@kindle screensaver-lp]# ls -al drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 4 02:04 . drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jul 4 02:03 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6447 Jun 28 01:39 bspatch -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9739 Jul 4 2009 framework-impl.jar.bdiff -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 890 Jul 4 2009 install.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 683 Jul 4 2009 restore.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15726 Jul 4 02:03 screensaver-lp.tar.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1539 Jul 4 2009 ss_lock.gif [root@kindle screensaver-lp]# mntroot rw system: I mntroot:def:Making root filesystem writeable [root@kindle screensaver-lp]# ./install.sh install: screensaver-lp v0.01, Sat Jul 4 02:06:12 UTC 2009 Done! I strongly recommend you take some "anti-bricking" precautions, e.g. usbnetwork auto-start. This is potentially dangerous hack. Update: v0.01 has been removed, use v0.03 Last edited by ebs; 07-06-2009 at 04:51 AM. |
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