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Old 02-03-2025, 11:39 AM   #3014
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Originally Posted by BionicGecko View Post
Your assumption is correct; the python extension currently doesn’t run on so-called “high float” firmwares, i.e. anything above 5.16.2.1.1. It would have to be rebuilt for HF and this hasn’t been done yet; whether it will ever be done is not clear, as the most popular feature of the screensaver extension (displaying the book cover on the lock screen) is now supported natively by the official Kindle firmware.
There is something in the ScreenSavers Hack that is an improvement over Kindle's implementation (of course), namely the overlay of a "contact me if lost" kind of message.

Plus, there must be other Python scripts that people want to use on their shiny new Kindle's.

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