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NiMa · 01-11-2021, 04:57 PM

Hi,
I'm the owner of multiple Kobos since 2015. I like to hack them to their core, as I recently got X working on them (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=336210 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=336433) and I made a few other tweaks/mods for those devices.

But sometimes I found myself reading this Kindle Developers' forum and to be honest; sometimes I don't understand half of the thread titles.
There with Kobos, it's very easy to just get into the device; type "devmodeon" in the search bar, and voilà, you've got telnet access as root to the entire Kobo! After that, it's yours to hack!

To be fair, here with Kindles, it seems... well... complicated. Could someone explain me what are the essentials that I'd need to know if I got myself a Kindle and wanted to hack it (like root access and all...).
And this process of "jailbreak", what does it consists of exactly? Apparently it's only doable for certain devices. E.g. Could I jailbroke the Kindle Oasis, or could I not?

I know I could peel off all the threads in this subforum, but I'd like to have summarized information on how to hack a Kindle, and how Kindles work (well I know they're running an X server and Linux of course, but maybe info on the bootloader, init process, etc.)

Thanks for your time!

01-11-2021, 04:57 PM	#1
NiMa Evangelist Posts: 469 Karma: 2390534 Join Date: Jun 2020 Location: Somewhere in the Universe Device: Kobo Libra, Glo HD, Touch C/B, Mini, Glo, Aura SE, Clara HD, KT	Hi from an alien of the Kobo world! Hi, I'm the owner of multiple Kobos since 2015. I like to hack them to their core, as I recently got X working on them (https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=336210 and https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=336433) and I made a few other tweaks/mods for those devices. But sometimes I found myself reading this Kindle Developers' forum and to be honest; sometimes I don't understand half of the thread titles. There with Kobos, it's very easy to just get into the device; type "devmodeon" in the search bar, and voilà, you've got telnet access as root to the entire Kobo! After that, it's yours to hack! To be fair, here with Kindles, it seems... well... complicated. Could someone explain me what are the essentials that I'd need to know if I got myself a Kindle and wanted to hack it (like root access and all...). And this process of "jailbreak", what does it consists of exactly? Apparently it's only doable for certain devices. E.g. Could I jailbroke the Kindle Oasis, or could I not? I know I could peel off all the threads in this subforum, but I'd like to have summarized information on how to hack a Kindle, and how Kindles work (well I know they're running an X server and Linux of course, but maybe info on the bootloader, init process, etc.) Thanks for your time!