I guess what I'm saying is: I haven't felt it worthwhile to mess with my latest Kindles at all, to try to jailbreak them. I think Amazon themselves should be allowing up to put our own photos in as screen savers! I too am a software person, and it seems it should be easy for them to do. Just leave an empty directory, and if the user choose to fill it with pictures, then Bob's your uncle!
I'm agreeing the the original poster, that Amazon ought to be allowing this.
Thanks for the update on the current status, though.