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Originally Posted by NiLuJe View Post
* Uninstall the screensavers hack.
* Remove (meaning manually delete) the linkss folder
* Install the screensavers hack
And STOP there. Check if it works, there's a default custom screensavers installed for this particular reason.
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Yes NiLuJe, I did these things last night. carefully.
i was sure to detach the USB cable from the kindle each time and restart.
a message "S preparing cover..." did appear on restarting.
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the screensavers in the hack which are supposed to appear on successful hack install did not appear.
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now the file "cover" or "last" is supposed to be placed in the linkss directory on kindle to activate the process, i understand.
which linkss directory ? i notice there are two of them (one in /extensions/linkss/ and other in /linkss (in root).
i assume it is meant the linkss in root directory. placed an empty "cover" and restarted. no luck.
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this time while installing the scrsaver hack and restarting i noticed the words
"S Processing Screensavers" kind of message. i did not notice it earlier.
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but still the amazon scrsavers keep appearing in rotation.
i noticed a file "auto" in /linkss directory, maybe it creates some ptoblem ? i deleted it and tried restart after changing "last" to "cover".
same result - only amazon scrsavers appear.
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normally if the scrsaver hack works, will the amazon directory structure change (will the scrsavers get deleted in the amazon dir structure) ? because these scrsavers remain and is the source of the problem ? maybe i should delete these old scrsavers for new ones to work. probably not, just guessing
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Im at end of this route anyway.
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Here is the dir structure on the kindle if you need to know why it went wrong.
i also installed the "combined-dev-certs-20121002" followed by "k5_rescue_pack_20130906" last night. disconnecting from USB and restarting each time following the "update kindle".
when i check the kindle dir structure for the file "/mnt/us/ENABLE_DIAGS" , nothing of the sort is found , there is no /mnt/us dir even created. I hoped if i could start this utility (SSH server) could be used to debug what happened and why scrsvr hack didnt work or at least be able to access some info inside the kindle which will tell me if its SO device model.
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so now we found two hacks that didnt work as supposed 1) Scrsaver 2) SSH server on this kindle.
Its clear this kindle is not accepting the hacks.
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If it doesn't, check the FAQ, with a particular emphasis on 'Is this a Special Offers device?' and 'Did it come from Waterstones?'. - you said.
i followed the link "FAQ" at
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=625 but it dosent tell me anything how to identify if its SO model. Im still puzzled.
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