Jailbroken kindle, hide goodreads and cloud buttons?

drakebelisarius · 01-15-2014, 07:34 AM

Let me begin by sincerely apologizing if this belongs in the dev corner.

So, I have a jailbroken Kindle PW2 running 5.4.2. I would've gone with the Aura HD, but I like collections (can't wait for ix's 5.4 collections manager). I transfer my content from my Calibre library to my kindle when I want to read it or want to have it on my Kindle. I don't buy and transfer directly from the kindle store because they're usually inconsistently tagged and labelled, and I want to use Calibre to make them consistent. So I don't use the Cloud feature on my Kindle. Is there a way to hide the cloud button, as well as the goodreads button? I never use either, and although I know I can disable them, having the buttons there bothers me.

zxczxc · 01-16-2014, 08:17 AM

yeah this should go in the dev part

but no need to sincerely apologize ha
it's possible to do it, probably not that hard, but, i imagine it is only going to happen unless someone who has the ability wants to remove it to

i would take a look, but i only have a pw1.
i saw people have modified buttons on the top row (where the clock is), removed them, added functionality etc, i'm not sure if the buttons you are talking about are there, but, sure it's possible

drakebelisarius · 01-16-2014, 11:27 AM

The goodreads button is there, so that one should be possible. The "cloud" button I reference appears in the top left of the library, next to the "on device" button.

dordale · 01-16-2014, 06:04 PM

Just an FYI--I have the original version of the firmware--5.4.0 still, and I see the choice between Cloud / On Device on my screen as well. So that isn't new with the new firmware--choosing "Cloud" shows a list of the all the books purchased from Amazon with a check mark by them if they've been downloaded to my Kindle.

drakebelisarius · 01-16-2014, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dordale

Just an FYI--I have the original version of the firmware--5.4.0 still, and I see the choice between Cloud / On Device on my screen as well. So that isn't new with the new firmware--choosing "Cloud" shows a list of the all the books purchased from Amazon with a check mark by them if they've been downloaded to my Kindle.

Oh, yeah. It's not new or anything, but it bothers me a bit, because I like my library to look a certain way, and having a useless button off to the side irritates me.

01-15-2014, 07:34 AM	#1
drakebelisarius Member Posts: 15 Karma: 30016 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	Jailbroken kindle, hide goodreads and cloud buttons? Let me begin by sincerely apologizing if this belongs in the dev corner. So, I have a jailbroken Kindle PW2 running 5.4.2. I would've gone with the Aura HD, but I like collections (can't wait for ix's 5.4 collections manager). I transfer my content from my Calibre library to my kindle when I want to read it or want to have it on my Kindle. I don't buy and transfer directly from the kindle store because they're usually inconsistently tagged and labelled, and I want to use Calibre to make them consistent. So I don't use the Cloud feature on my Kindle. Is there a way to hide the cloud button, as well as the goodreads button? I never use either, and although I know I can disable them, having the buttons there bothers me.

01-16-2014, 08:17 AM	#2
zxczxc Addict Posts: 229 Karma: 136002 Join Date: Apr 2013 Device: PW	yeah this should go in the dev part but no need to sincerely apologize ha it's possible to do it, probably not that hard, but, i imagine it is only going to happen unless someone who has the ability wants to remove it to i would take a look, but i only have a pw1. i saw people have modified buttons on the top row (where the clock is), removed them, added functionality etc, i'm not sure if the buttons you are talking about are there, but, sure it's possible Last edited by zxczxc; 01-16-2014 at 08:19 AM.

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01-16-2014, 11:27 AM	#3
drakebelisarius Member Posts: 15 Karma: 30016 Join Date: Jan 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2	The goodreads button is there, so that one should be possible. The "cloud" button I reference appears in the top left of the library, next to the "on device" button.

01-16-2014, 06:04 PM	#4
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	Just an FYI--I have the original version of the firmware--5.4.0 still, and I see the choice between Cloud / On Device on my screen as well. So that isn't new with the new firmware--choosing "Cloud" shows a list of the all the books purchased from Amazon with a check mark by them if they've been downloaded to my Kindle.

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