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Originally Posted by jusmee
Wow, this needs an award for the most geeky way to change the time in an ereader. Actually I have never bothered to check if Kobo used linux or whatever. Didn't realise Kobo left ports open like that. In a way, it's a bad thing to do that. I am surprised that at least a paswword is not required (or is it common knowledge what user accounts are exposed)?
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Well, a Kindle also involves [1] Jail break it first. [2] Install USB networking.
Then you can set the time & date. Many Kindles NEVER had a way to set the date and used the cell/mobile or WiFi. Obviously most K1, K2, DX & DXG can't fetch the time now. OTOH all of those can be jailbroken.
The reMarkable also has open ports. Actually since the 1 & 2 don't have USB storage or MTP, the USB cable or WiFi can only use networking to read/write files. The password for root is given on the Licence page and it always seems to be IP address 10.11.99.1 and you can use a web browser to access it, but it's clunky. As I have no interest in a reMarkable account and so called Cloud services (=someone else's server) I use Filezilla to copy files on/off the reMarkable via USB networking. On Android I now use Total Commander with the SMB/Windows share plug-in (all free) over WiFi for far fast transfer than USB.