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Originally Posted by space_escalator
I don't believe there is an option to switch a 3G k2 to wifi. I attached pictures of all the settings screens (doctored to remove personal information).
USBNetworking is already installed and working great. ssh doesn't work for some reason (requires a password I don't know) but telnet logs right in. I also have KUAL and the screensaver hack to change the screensaver to book covers.
I don't see anything wrong with using the kindle as the time source. Since it's cellular, it would update itself from time to time automatically from the cell tower, right? It's accurate as of right now anyway... I don't want to have to use a device besides the kindle to serve it data. I don't have such a device to spend. If the html server were the kindle itself serving to itself, great! I want the kindle to not need a constant connection to anything besides possibly the internet and power. It should be a standalone device.
preferred settings on clocktab.com:
theme: simple
font size: if you delete the numbers it fits to screen, which is nice. Basically I want to fill the screen with the clock and I want to use the kindle in landscape mode.
icon color: black but I don't really care if there is an icon.
seconds in title: off
seconds: off
12-hour: on
am/pm: on (but it doesn't matter too much to me. maybe off would fill the space better...)
date: on I like the format but if I get to be picky I would abbreviate the day of the week to 3-letter abbreviations to afford a larger, more readable font size. (MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN)
week: off
I'm sorry if this was way too specific and picky for what you were looking for. I wanted to be sure I don't leave any details out that you would want. In general, I really like the layout of clocktab.com. The date is just a little small and thin to be read across the room on a 6 inch display. Maybe a different font?
Thank you so much for your help. You're the best.
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Hmm...
My memory may be wrong about the wifi/3G -
The "small screen" DX/DXG, that is the K2, may have been like the DX(G) in hardware also (without wifi).
IIRC, yes the 3G models (any of them) auto-update the system clock from the cell tower.
But to depend on that would limit your application to only 3G Kindles.
Using the International time network would work for any model Kindle (or, at least it should).
I don't think I had a series-2 Kindle device when I wrote the ntpdate KUAL extension.
So add that to your KUAL menu and try it, see if it works on your Kindle.
Since your not showing seconds, it would only have to be run a few times a day.
That option setting list gave a good idea of what you had in mind.
Now try the theme=custom and go through the list of fonts, see which one you like the best.
@NiLuJe: Will KindleTool give the password for the K2i from the serial number?
You should perhaps update your USBnet install from NiLuJe's snapshots thread (set the prefix filter to 'tools' to help find it).
The sshd server in USBnet is patched to not require a password over the USB cable.
Or - you could just re-set the password to something you know.
Since Telnet doesn't require a password, you can Telnet into it and run passwd.
See:
http://linux.die.net/man/1/passwd
(Most web search utilities understand the 'man(ual)' command.)