Thread: 5.12.5 - white on black option
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Old 05-21-2020, 02:38 PM   #26
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From what I can tell the enabling of the dark mode icon in the quick settings toolbar is a feature locked in the firmware, not subject to triggering after the fact.
I had some spare time today waiting for a package to be delivered so I took another look into the implementation of the quick setting for dark mode. After more research I have to admit that I was wrong. (In my defense reading obfuscated Java is hard.)

It turns out that not only does dark mode have to be supported by the device as indicated in the deviceConfig.conf file, but in addition it has to be remotely enabled by Amazon in order to appear. The firmware is checking for experiment KINDLE_EINK_DARK_MODE_249201 to be enabled for the user's account.

So at this point we are just waiting for Amazon to roll it out more widely and it should be safe for Vmurph to update to the latest firmware. (Personally I am more interested in the feature that displays the current book cover on the lock screen that is also implemented in the firmware, but currently disabled.)
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