10-05-2011, 10:58 PM | #1 |
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Getting Rid Of Sponsored Screensavers (NO HACKS)
Hi all,
Managed to figure out a way to get the kindle sponsored screensavers off without any hacks. Funny enough the customer rep I talked too on the phone told me this when my screen initially broke and I got a replacement. Hold the power switch for ~25 seconds with wireless off, and let go. Flick the switch again and it will do a screen test followed with a hard reset of the firmware. After that point all advertisements are completely disabled, I even turned Wireless back on and they remained disabled unless I went into the menu and viewed the offers. |
10-05-2011, 11:29 PM | #2 | |
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10-06-2011, 06:16 PM | #3 |
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After the ads were disabled did you get the Dead Authors screensaver?
Were all your books still there after the reset? |
10-08-2011, 11:16 AM | #4 |
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Has anyone else tried this? Looks like the OP never came back. |
10-08-2011, 05:16 PM | #5 |
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I get the letters screensaver with a box near the bottom asking me to please connect wirelessly to download special offers and the same message at the bottom of the home page.
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10-08-2011, 07:30 PM | #6 |
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10-09-2011, 05:19 PM | #7 |
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He didn't say that, but even if it does come back some of us wont enable Wifi ever so it's a useful bit of info.
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10-10-2011, 10:44 PM | #8 |
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10-10-2011, 11:36 PM | #9 |
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There are pics of them here
I personally like the Ads one better as some of them are really cool looking. I like the idea of having new Screensavers every week. |
10-11-2011, 10:41 AM | #10 | |
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10-11-2011, 02:25 PM | #11 |
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there's an adjustment for screensaver categories under managemykindle page. I wonder if has something to do with the screensavers that you will see once you pay. have you tried adjusting them?
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