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Old 02-21-2025, 05:25 PM   #1
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Question How useful is a K3 in this day and age?
This might be a stupid question, but how useful is even a modded K3 (or a kindle keyboard 3rd gen) nowadays, modded or not? Is there anything handy I can do with it? I'm new to all this so please give me some slack
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Old 02-21-2025, 05:29 PM   #2
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You can still read books with it, if that's what you meant.
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Old 02-21-2025, 05:37 PM   #3
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You can still read books with it, if that's what you meant.
Yes, its still useful for reading -- especially cracking DRM since Amazon still provides weaker encrypted books to this device. But is there anything fun I can do with homebrew software? i.e. is stuff like KOReader or KUAL available on this Kindle model?
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Old 02-21-2025, 05:52 PM   #4
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KUAL is available. KOReader apparently is not.

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KUAL is available. KOReader apparently is not.
That's not true (luckily ) I just installed KOReader on a k3/kindle keyboard today. Only tried it so far with books that were already on the device - so only .mobis - but it worked beautifully, and the version I installed is even customized for buttons rather than touchscreen.

This was the first time I'd installed anything extra on the device so I started from the beginning:

1) jailbreak
2) MKK
3) KUAL
4) the extra extensions listed on the KUAL page: helper, kual plus, gawk, MRPI
5) koreader - the legacy version as listed at the bottom of the installation documentation

Probably not all those installs were necessary but I figured I might as well if I was already at it.
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I love my K3 so much that I keep trying to use it.
However, I'm so used to the frontlight on all my other readers that I give up after a half an hour or so unless I'm in a very bright spot indoors, or reading in bright sunlight outdoors.
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Old 02-21-2025, 10:36 PM   #7
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That's not true (luckily ) I just installed KOReader on a k3/kindle keyboard today. Only tried it so far with books that were already on the device - so only .mobis - but it worked beautifully, and the version I installed is even customized for buttons rather than touchscreen.

This was the first time I'd installed anything extra on the device so I started from the beginning:

1) jailbreak
2) MKK
3) KUAL
4) the extra extensions listed on the KUAL page: helper, kual plus, gawk, MRPI
5) koreader - the legacy version as listed at the bottom of the installation documentation

Probably not all those installs were necessary but I figured I might as well if I was already at it.
Thank you! This is quite the wealth of information
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Old 02-21-2025, 10:54 PM   #8
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Random question, is there any decent IRC client for this device? Talking on a screen like this that's easy on the eyes seems nice, especially with a dedicated keyboard
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Old 02-22-2025, 06:48 AM   #9
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It's a terrible keyboard.
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KOReader has now hotkeys for non-touch devices. Arguably, you can access more items wuickly with these hotkeys than on a touch device
Side buttons are also great!
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