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Old 01-29-2010, 01:25 AM   #79
savanik
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Originally Posted by SalvaG View Post
Hi

This is the hack made by ebs:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...8&postcount=66
which includes the source code.
The file "framework-impl.jar.bdiff" (I guess) patches the "file framework_impl.jar" (but only for 2.2 version; ebs was smart enough to do a check before patching).

The main problem is that the .bdiff file is a 12k binary file. I think only ebs would be able to make easily a new patch. Someone else would have to do the patch from scratch.
Yes, it's a binary file. And there are a couple of bash scripts to install the binary diff. That is rather distinct from actual 'source code'.

What I'm looking for is the source code for the actual system, from which you can create the jars, and thus the resultant binary diffs that he's using to patch.

I would imagine they're already on my Kindle 2 in the first place, but I haven't the foggiest idea of how to get at them, and haven't been able to find any threads that relate to the idea of getting at them.

Without source, there can be no patch.

Sav

[Edit: Here I was thinking it was all hidden and was searching for ways to 'root the system folder' on my Kindle, when all I had do was look on Amazon's site and they've got it helpfully posted there for the world to see. *facepalm* Well, I'll start poking at it!]

Last edited by savanik; 01-29-2010 at 01:42 AM.
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