Paperwhite 2nd Gen

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Aeris

Any news about kual running on PW2?

Yes, there is 10 day old news.
Yes, it does run on the Kpw2.

It is in the "Release Candidates" repo linked here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224280

The prerequisites are in the "kindlet developer" archive.

[Akirainblack]

Originally Posted by knc1

Can a Kindle be used for that?

Yes, it took a large amount of modifications to the device and it's very complicated but you can indeed use a Kindle to read a book. If it's of interest I could do a step by step guide as to what's needed for you. Let me know either way.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Akirainblack

Yes, it took a large amount of modifications to the device and it's very complicated but you can indeed use a Kindle to read a book. If it's of interest I could do a step by step guide as to what's needed for you. Let me know either way.

There are a number of things "in the works" as Kindle applications.

But maybe we should take a hint from the VAGUE (Voice Activated GUI) that twobob released -
Amazon followed that up by removing the audio media I/O from their e-ink Kindle models.

If we write too much about using it to read books -
They might disable that feature next.

Related post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...3&postcount=12

[twobob]

yeah... the Voip thing is sat right here too...

sigh

[knc1]

Originally Posted by twobob

yeah... the Voip thing is sat right here too...

sigh

The first thing I tried to strike up an interest in here, when I first joined nearly 2 years ago.

I think that a lot of the development work being done here falls into some sort of Internet Black Hole.

[nypaulie]

May I ask our (so far) 2 JailBreakers to post some screenshots of their installed "goodies". As if we're not jealous enough!

[rogerinnyc]

NiLuJe,
Thanks for this thread and compilation -- and your continuing work on Kindle-related matters. A bit off topic, but are you intending to apply your skills to try to find a jailbreak for the new Paperwhite? I can't live without my book cover screensavers (OK, that's a bit of hyperbole, I admit...)

[moderator linked referenced thread]

[twobob]

Originally Posted by rogerinnyc

NiLuJe,
Thanks for this thread and compilation -- and your continuing work on Kindle-related matters. A bit off topic, but are you intending to apply your skills to try to find a jailbreak for the new Paperwhite? I can't live without my book cover screensavers (OK, that's a bit of hyperbole, I admit...)

We have all had a bit of a look.
there is a thread to discuss that. and this isn't it. [moved by moderator]

Short answer, he did.

[NiLuJe]

As twobob said, been there, done that, hit a brick wall (or at least the limits of my meager skills).

There's a reason each time this has come up, you got more or less the same answer from at least four different people .

[rogerinnyc]

Sorry, I looked and didn't find that thread, but thanks for replying. Sorry to hear a jailbreak is a dead end for the moment. The PW2 is a lovely device and fixes (for me) the blotches and other screen problems of the first PW, but I may have to revert to the Kindle Keyboard for the screensavers.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Akirainblack

Yes, it took a large amount of modifications to the device and it's very complicated but you can indeed use a Kindle to read a book. If it's of interest I could do a step by step guide as to what's needed for you. Let me know either way.

Durn, but that sounds complicated.

Since the Kindle Paperwhite Generation (1) can be jailbroken and has good add-in support, perhaps we should just stick with what we know.

Although Amazon no longer sells the Gen(1) paperwhite, that does not mean they are not available:
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/12...Brand_New.html
http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/75...Brand_New.html

Although production is down to 2,000 a week, they are not (yet) 'dead and gone'.

(the model B024 is the model originally released in the US and other countries - check our "id your Kindle" wiki page)

[zacherry]

I have a Paperwhite 2. I have a soldering iron and some know-how. Is opening it up and doing the npoland thing helpful at this point? Can I contribute to a breakthrough here whatsoever? Instead of asking what I can do, tell me candidly what needs to be done and I'll do it if I can. Thanks, everyone in this thread.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by zacherry

I have a Paperwhite 2.
I have a soldering iron and some know-how.
Is opening it up and doing the npoland thing helpful at this point?

Can I contribute to a breakthrough here whatsoever?

Instead of asking what I can do, tell me candidly what needs to be done and I'll do it if I can.

Thanks, everyone in this thread.

Thank you for your offer.

One of the reasons for adding a serial port is for access to the complete firmware image.
npoland has done that for us.

Another reason is to give yourself access to the complete firmware system.
This allows you to:
* Make backups of the images in case you need them in the future.
* Add the 'device Jailbreak' certificate so that your Kpw2 can be updated with our add-in packages.

After adding the 'device Jailbreak' certificate, you probably will not need serial port access again.
Well, at least until Amazon pushes their first update to 5.4.0.
No one can guess in advance what they might do with that update.

NiLuJe has started a thread that consolidates all of his add-in builds. All built to include the Kpw2.

tidklass recently posted a pictorial illustrated description of how to add a connector for the serial port to the case.
I.E: Doing that or similar allows the case to be closed after the addition.

Contributions to the community effort?
As always, testing, testing, testing -

For instance:
The KUAL launcher and its prerequisites are tested and ready for the Kpw2.
But there are a lot of add-in 'Buttons' and only a very few of them have been tested on the Kpw2.
Reports on what has been tried and what the results where on each of them would be a big help to the authors of each.

None of the major sized applications that twobob has (or is in the process of) porting have only been tested on the KT and Kpw1.
He does not have access to a Kpw2.

When (if ever) an end-user Jailbreak vector for the Kpw2 is found, there will be a sudden demand for add-ins (tested on the Kpw2).
So additional 'testers' will be a big help in getting ahead of that demand.

The #kindle-dev IRC channel (chat channel) is your best source for help and guidance.
We (the developers at Mobilread) have stopped giving the lab126 crew public lessons in how to do their job of frustrating end-user control of the device better.

Big dream:
Someday the accounting department of Amazon will total up how many millions of dollars they have spent, and are spending, to frustrate a few people who are only investing big junks of their "hobby time" to keep the Kindle an "open platform".

Bigger dream:
Collect enough volunteers to begin the effort of porting Tizen to the Amazon Kindle hardware.
(Tizen is 110% Open Source and would allow saying bye, bye to Amazon firmware forever.)



I would rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints.
The sinners are much more fun.

[seaniko7]

Just a quick question: since some of you already managed to "break into" PW2, wouldn't it be a problem to share rootfs/diags images, so others can dig for ways of possible jailbreak?
Thanks

[knc1]

Originally Posted by seaniko7

Just a quick question: since some of you already managed to "break into" PW2, wouldn't it be a problem to share rootfs/diags images, so others can dig for ways of possible jailbreak?
Thanks

Not really.
The images used for the de-bricking of Kindles are a sub-set of the full images, without the device specific and personal information.

The images used for reverse engineering educational purposes contain both personal and device specific information.
We do not distribute that information to the general public.

You are welcome to make your own images, of your own device.
The people on #kindle-dev will help you with doing that.