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Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-28-2013, 11:46 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 6,923
Posted By statethatiamin
Removed percent from book progress bar

Hi all,

Lately I've been reading a really long book and I found the percentage read field really distracting because, in the back of my head, I would count the number of page turns it took for the...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 04-22-2011, 03:00 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
I put the instructions for performing this...

I put the instructions for performing this procedure in the first post of the thread. Its not in the systems folder, it required you to jailbreak it in order to gain access to the hidden file system....
Forum: Amazon Kindle 04-22-2011, 02:51 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 7,387
Posted By statethatiamin
Sorry, I haven't a clue as to why the Kindle...

Sorry, I haven't a clue as to why the Kindle chooses to index books preferentially out of order
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-11-2011, 02:31 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 6,576
Posted By statethatiamin
Hmmm, let me think... I'd have to inspect the...

Hmmm, let me think...
I'd have to inspect the .mpb (sp?) files to see if/that they keep a log of the last access time, and compare it to all the others to confirm it was the last book read.

That...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-11-2011, 11:56 AM
Replies: 168
Views: 158,329
Posted By statethatiamin
IMHO I don't really mind the info that's sent to...

IMHO I don't really mind the info that's sent to Amazon. I'm far too uninteresting to warrant being "spied" upon. They probably just use the information to generate statistics based on location, what...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-11-2011, 11:52 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
That's bizarre, my Kindle has that command. ...

That's bizarre, my Kindle has that command.
Sorry it didn't work for you :( I keep my eyes peeled for another solution
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 02-06-2011, 12:41 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
Does anybody know a command (or other way more...

Does anybody know a command (or other way more convenient than a reboot) to start the indexing again after it was disabled?[/QUOTE]


I think its like "~resumeIndexing"
you can verify by...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-20-2011, 03:32 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 11,132
Posted By statethatiamin
Good luck :)

Good luck :)
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-20-2011, 03:31 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
1) Absolutely, you have to reboot after editing...

1) Absolutely, you have to reboot after editing the flag in order for the changes to take full effect. This is because it start the main java environment with the flag as one of its arguments.
...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-20-2011, 09:35 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 36,405
Posted By statethatiamin
Maybe, but that seems unlikely because "My...

Maybe, but that seems unlikely because "My Clippings" is constantly updating, too.
Actually, I didnt even think of that because I disabled my indexing, anyway :)
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-20-2011, 09:26 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
Let me know if you experience longer battery life...

Let me know if you experience longer battery life as a result!
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-19-2011, 10:56 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 36,405
Posted By statethatiamin
update!!

I found the command that the Kindle runs to check battery power as a percentage :)

"gasgauge-info -s"

try running this! its so cool!

I'm going to start writing a script to do the first...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-19-2011, 10:52 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
tried to search

I just tried it. It only searches book titles or authors. For example, I just search "bovary" and all it returned is "madame bovary -flaubert"

I don't think its harmful to turn off the indexing,...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-19-2011, 12:28 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
Wow, you got it!

[QUOTE=kranu;1345095]

Are you using the K3 Unlighted case? )/QUOTE]

Yep, you got it! I am using an unlighted case.
I just realized that earlier today.
I called amazon cs and they gave me a...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-18-2011, 07:49 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 11,132
Posted By statethatiamin
amazon customer service is exceptional!

Haha, I just called and they said that it happens quite often; she didn't give me an explanation, but she gave me credit for it and told me I should get the lighted cover. We'll see how that turns...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-18-2011, 04:31 PM
Replies: 37
Views: 11,132
Posted By statethatiamin
Follow-up

I may have the same exact problem as some of you guys
I just wanted to follow up and ask if youse problems resolved themselves when you take the kindle out of the case?
I would love for the...
Forum: Amazon Kindle 01-18-2011, 04:23 PM
Replies: 25
Views: 4,687
Posted By statethatiamin
the cover can mess with the kindle?!

The cover can mess with your kindle?! :eek:
How does it do that?
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-18-2011, 03:59 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
Wow, really?! I have to force restart my kindle...

Wow, really?! I have to force restart my kindle all the time :( I don't know why it locks up so frequently.
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-18-2011, 03:56 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 36,405
Posted By statethatiamin
I just thought of a really dirty hack to get the...

I just thought of a really dirty hack to get the percentage :)
As I said, the Kindle checks the minivolts of the battery every once in a while, as a percentage, and updates the battery bar. So...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-17-2011, 11:46 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 23,898
Posted By statethatiamin
Oh, I'm sorry! My dd syntax is a little rusty so...

Oh, I'm sorry! My dd syntax is a little rusty so I can't help you there :(
I wouldn't want to guess and be wrong because dd is one of those things you never want to be wrong about :P

Do you think...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-17-2011, 11:38 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
No, I didn't mean to imply that amazon books...

No, I didn't mean to imply that amazon books don't need to be indexed, but there is rarely, if ever, an indexing problem with amazon's books.

Also, yea, I used to use ;debugOn ~disableIndexing but...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-17-2011, 08:32 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
it reindexes

I was being half-facetious about the conspiracy to dissuade users from personal documents because I mentioned that personal documents tended to be the ones that are indexed incorrectly or cause the...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-17-2011, 07:17 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 23,898
Posted By statethatiamin
backing up system files

It seems to me that the only way to backup the system files is to install usbNetwork, which, kinda stinks because it sounded like you wanted to make backup *before* you starting tweaking things.
...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-17-2011, 07:08 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 36,405
Posted By statethatiamin
That's a good idea, I'm sure there's a way. I...

That's a good idea, I'm sure there's a way. I know where in the Kindle FS the scripts that check the battery state are and they convert it from minivolts to the battery meter. There is actually a...
Forum: Kindle Developer's Corner 01-17-2011, 07:05 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 54,332
Posted By statethatiamin
Are you positive that the Kindle never re-indexes...

Are you positive that the Kindle never re-indexes the files? Because I know of quite a few people that have said that, like me, they've actually caught the kindle start to do it.
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