02-18-2010, 12:36 PM | #241 |
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They are not screensavers as the screen doesn't need to be saved. It's a slide show and one that uses battery for no good reason at all.
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02-18-2010, 01:15 PM | #242 |
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@jswolf don't they use no more power than the built in images? It's not really a slide show since it only show's 1 image. Unless the hack has changed and I missed it.
I've never noticed more power drain looking at my graphics over Mary Shelley. |
02-18-2010, 06:24 PM | #243 |
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You're correct jwilker... the screensaver hack does not use any additional power.
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02-19-2010, 03:43 PM | #244 | |
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02-26-2010, 12:54 AM | #245 | |
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The point of having a 'screensaver' is to give you an immediate visual feedback that the unit is 'sleeping' -- that the controls have been disabled to keep from accidentally registering unwanted page turns, etc. when not being used. This could be done by just blanking the screen or greying it out, but the screensaver images do the same thing more attractively, and with the screensaver hack, allows you to customize your Kindle a little more. |
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03-03-2010, 05:33 PM | #246 |
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For those that might care... Barnes & Noble has a free pack of Alice and Wonderland images designed as screensavers for the Nook.
They work just peachy on the Kindle. |
03-08-2010, 12:50 PM | #247 | |
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03-09-2010, 08:43 PM | #248 |
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yep, the new movie that is out
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03-11-2010, 04:37 PM | #249 |
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Hi,
I am new to the forum and I have been trying to install the screen saver hack. When I go to the settings menu the "Update Your Kindle" menu item is greyed out. Help? Thanks |
03-12-2010, 01:40 AM | #250 |
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You more than likely downloaded the wrong file. If your Kindle 2 was purchased in the past few months, you need the file marked K2i. If you already have that file, make sure you unzip it and then copy only the install file that ends in .bin over to your Kindle.
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03-23-2010, 03:24 PM | #251 |
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Thank you 911jason! Selecting the file with "i" in it did the trick! For some reason i was just selecting the K2 file with no "i". It works great now!
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03-27-2010, 10:31 AM | #252 |
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i really hope someone can help, so excited about my new screensavers and i keep getting jacked! i have a 2.3 and i installed k2i but i am not getting any screensavers now. it just flashes and my home page is still there. i know my images are on my kindle because when i plug it back in i can see them in system\screen_saver. PLEASE help! i'm really frustrated that i did something wrong and i don't know what it is. thanks!
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03-27-2010, 12:10 PM | #253 | |
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03-27-2010, 03:15 PM | #254 |
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Haha, happens to the best of us.
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05-17-2010, 01:43 PM | #255 |
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Does anybody know if anyone's working on the screensaver hack for 2.5? I'm back to dead authors since the update since the old hack no longer works.
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