Thread: Why are the kindle screensavers so freaking ugly?
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Old 07-27-2011, 08:59 PM   #14
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Originally Posted by Barty View Post
Seriously, this has gone on since the first kindle. Would it kill amazon to give us screensavers that aren't eyesores? No other company with a leading product inflict such ocular insult on its customers.

I got my kindle 3 replaced due to a defect and I'm stuck with fw 3.2.1 for which there's no JB. Egads. I'm guessing half of people who JB just want to not have to look at the random horrid screensavers.

Or they could just let us put in own screensavers. Good grief, even apple lets you do that.
Do some digging in the developer section. The 3.2.1 has a jailbreak and there are a few methods, some with terminal programs, and one I developed that anyone can do, to jailbreak the Special Offer model and allow screen saver hacks.

I agree, one of the stupidest things Amazon did was to omit a simple way to change screen savers Remarkably B&N did this the right way with their original nook. Go figure.
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