Thread: Is it reasonable to hack the PW to be a long life clock?
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Old 12-09-2019, 01:03 PM   #8
j.p.s
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Originally Posted by handyguy View Post
My secondary reason to obtain a jail broken PW is to use it as a hacked clock - to permanently display the time (as a screensaver?) updating 1/minute.
Before I go 'all in', wondering if this is a reasonable hack for someone with average hacking skills!?
I presume the basic steps would be:

1) Jailbreak
2) Install the addins
3) Code the clock app in Python, generating updated png files once/minute
4) Add the script to cron

Thanks for the advice!
Most people trying to use cron on a kindle never get it to work.
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