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anonymenet · 11-25-2009, 10:43 PM

(Pardon for my bad english)
First, i would like to say THANK YOU ! Helping us to extend the kindle fonctionnalities without money rewarding is really nice !

I have some questions about how the firmware system works...
Before this post, i wasn't expecting updates of screensaver package since the new 2.3 firmware.
So i decided to install back the original firmware (2.1 or 2.11, i dont remember) but in vain. Indeed, i reseted to the factory defaults (fonctionnity accessed from the key menu in the settings screen of the kindle dx. Be careful ! All the books are deleted) but original firmware didnt come back, it was still 2.3 (is something defining the new firmware as the original firmware ?)

Then, i told myself "You just have to put the original firmware file .bin in root directory and install it, like you do with packages and firmware updates !". There, i stopped, frightened by the heavy size of the original firmware (very heavy, more than 100 mB, didn't know if kindle dx could handle it).

Correct me if i'm wrong. The packages like "screensaver hack" and so, they are just doing modifications on the firmware and dont actually replace it. That's why we have to uninstall them when we want to install a firmware update ?

The last but not least questions : jyavenard, what is the langage used/compiler used to generate thoses .bin files, on which operating system ? If i can be of any help...

Again, thanks for your hard work !

Edit : everything worked perfectly on my kindle dx (screensaver + font packages)

11-25-2009, 10:43 PM	#21
anonymenet French user Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: France -> Toulouse Device: Kindle dx	(Pardon for my bad english) First, i would like to say THANK YOU ! Helping us to extend the kindle fonctionnalities without money rewarding is really nice ! I have some questions about how the firmware system works... Before this post, i wasn't expecting updates of screensaver package since the new 2.3 firmware. So i decided to install back the original firmware (2.1 or 2.11, i dont remember) but in vain. Indeed, i reseted to the factory defaults (fonctionnity accessed from the key menu in the settings screen of the kindle dx. Be careful ! All the books are deleted) but original firmware didnt come back, it was still 2.3 (is something defining the new firmware as the original firmware ?) Then, i told myself "You just have to put the original firmware file .bin in root directory and install it, like you do with packages and firmware updates !". There, i stopped, frightened by the heavy size of the original firmware (very heavy, more than 100 mB, didn't know if kindle dx could handle it). Correct me if i'm wrong. The packages like "screensaver hack" and so, they are just doing modifications on the firmware and dont actually replace it. That's why we have to uninstall them when we want to install a firmware update ? The last but not least questions : jyavenard, what is the langage used/compiler used to generate thoses .bin files, on which operating system ? If i can be of any help... Again, thanks for your hard work ! Edit : everything worked perfectly on my kindle dx (screensaver + font packages) Last edited by anonymenet; 11-27-2009 at 06:21 AM.