Thread: Will I be able to disable/delay screensaver on current kindle?
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Old 11-08-2020, 04:40 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by AllesMeins View Post
Hi, I'm thinking about buying a Kindle (the cheapest version) to use it as a digital recipe-display in my kitchen. One thing I'm concerned about is the screen-timeout I read about. I want the display of the device to stay on while I'm cooking.

So will I be able to somehow make sure that the screen stays on for at least an hour on an current gen kindle?

I've never owned a kindle before, but I'm tech-savvy enough that doing some "hacking" wouldn't be a problem.
Automatic sleeping (screen-timeout) can be disabled on kindles by the magic search string ~ds. Unfortunately, on kindles without jailbreak it can only be re-enabled by restarting (rebooting). The power button short press (manual sleep) does not work when sleep is disabled and non jailbroken kindles can not be powered off.

If you are OK with rebooting after each use, you can disable sleeping on kindles, or you can buy a current paperwhite kindle (PW4) and jailbreak it, but you would still have to remember to re-enable sleep.

Many people do not like to use kindles to display recipes for other reasons, but some do.
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