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vugtitan · 08-15-2010, 05:50 AM

In my previous thread about expanding the kindle 3 memory it became clear it is too complex and risky.

Also most of you dismissed the idea ,saying 3500 books is enough.

Others said once you store mp3 files the space will be a lot less and also for graphic intensive books memory expansion would be preferable.

As I was washing my face I just had a Eureka moment in which the kindle does not need to be opened at all.No complex soldering,etc.

All you would need to is attach a flash memory stick to the kindle using the same usb connector used to transfer files from your pc to the kindle memory.

In this case software would be written which would allow the kindle to read/explore the files on the usb stick and hence access the flash memory stick files like it was just like an external memory card.

I think it would be a fairly simple hack.Just like a Explorer Shell or file explorer able to access for kindle , able to access usb memory stick files.

So this would be a software solution like a simple file explorer for the kindle able to access files on external devices like a usb flash memory stick.

Can the current kindle access files on your pc hard drive or memory stick?

What do you think?

Has anyone does this already for the kindle 2?

08-15-2010, 05:50 AM	#18
vugtitan Addict Posts: 299 Karma: 1042776 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	Expanding Kindle 3 Memory - Eureka Moment! In my previous thread about expanding the kindle 3 memory it became clear it is too complex and risky. Also most of you dismissed the idea ,saying 3500 books is enough. Others said once you store mp3 files the space will be a lot less and also for graphic intensive books memory expansion would be preferable. As I was washing my face I just had a Eureka moment in which the kindle does not need to be opened at all.No complex soldering,etc. All you would need to is attach a flash memory stick to the kindle using the same usb connector used to transfer files from your pc to the kindle memory. In this case software would be written which would allow the kindle to read/explore the files on the usb stick and hence access the flash memory stick files like it was just like an external memory card. I think it would be a fairly simple hack.Just like a Explorer Shell or file explorer able to access for kindle , able to access usb memory stick files. So this would be a software solution like a simple file explorer for the kindle able to access files on external devices like a usb flash memory stick. Can the current kindle access files on your pc hard drive or memory stick? What do you think? Has anyone does this already for the kindle 2?