A way to translate Kindle's firmware

Gondolkodo · 11-15-2012, 04:36 AM

Hello everybody,

I would like to translate the Kindle 4 firmware to my language.
To do so, I need a program I can use for the process. I have tried a HexEditor, but the only thing that gave me was a stream of meaningless characters.
Can somebody tell me, which program/tool can I use to translate the original firmware?

aditya3098 · 11-15-2012, 08:46 AM

It is not that simple. You first have to find all the strings in the jars under /opt/amazon/ebook/lib. Not all of these are translatable, though. You can REALLY mess up your kindle if you translate strings like "south" or "north". On the touch, we have blankets, pillows and wafs as well, but on the k4nt? Not sure...

Which file did you use the hex editor on?

Gondolkodo · 11-15-2012, 09:39 AM

I tried to open the last update-file, that I have downloaded. I guess I did it wrong, I guess I need the original file, translate that and step-by-step the others.

aditya3098 · 11-15-2012, 10:13 AM

Update file? That hardly has any usefull stuff. It is an obfuscated signed binary archive that only contains the changes that occoured in that file. Use usbnet or something to get the files I mentioned...

knc1 · 11-15-2012, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gondolkodo

I tried to open the last update-file, that I have downloaded. I guess I did it wrong, I guess I need the original file, translate that and step-by-step the others.

A good source of the "complete file" would probably be one of the recovery images, indexed in the de-bricking sticky.

If you have a Linux (or probably a Mac) machine you can mount those images on your non-Kindle machine and search/read whatever file you need for your work.

Gondolkodo · 11-16-2012, 07:21 AM

Ahh, thanks a lot!
And is that really hard to translate? I don't want to screw up my and maybe other's Kindle.

aditya3098 · 11-16-2012, 10:55 AM

It is pretty hard ( I dont think the k4 has the required localisation code. It is EXTREMELY easy to brick your kindle.

Gondolkodo · 11-16-2012, 01:13 PM

Cool, then I stop right now.
Thanks the infos guys.

11-15-2012, 04:36 AM	#1
Gondolkodo Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Budapest/Hungary Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd gen)	A way to translate Kindle's firmware Hello everybody, I would like to translate the Kindle 4 firmware to my language. To do so, I need a program I can use for the process. I have tried a HexEditor, but the only thing that gave me was a stream of meaningless characters. Can somebody tell me, which program/tool can I use to translate the original firmware?

11-15-2012, 08:46 AM	#2
aditya3098 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 1588610 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe	It is not that simple. You first have to find all the strings in the jars under /opt/amazon/ebook/lib. Not all of these are translatable, though. You can REALLY mess up your kindle if you translate strings like "south" or "north". On the touch, we have blankets, pillows and wafs as well, but on the k4nt? Not sure... Which file did you use the hex editor on? Last edited by aditya3098; 11-15-2012 at 08:47 AM. Reason: tpyogarhpilca eorrs

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11-15-2012, 09:39 AM	#3
Gondolkodo Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Budapest/Hungary Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd gen)	I tried to open the last update-file, that I have downloaded. I guess I did it wrong, I guess I need the original file, translate that and step-by-step the others.

11-15-2012, 10:13 AM	#4
aditya3098 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 1588610 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe	Update file? That hardly has any usefull stuff. It is an obfuscated signed binary archive that only contains the changes that occoured in that file. Use usbnet or something to get the files I mentioned...

11-16-2012, 07:21 AM	#6
Gondolkodo Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Budapest/Hungary Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd gen)	Ahh, thanks a lot! And is that really hard to translate? I don't want to screw up my and maybe other's Kindle.

11-16-2012, 10:55 AM	#7
aditya3098 Guru Posts: 608 Karma: 1588610 Join Date: Jan 2012 Device: Kindle Scribe	It is pretty hard ( I dont think the k4 has the required localisation code. It is EXTREMELY easy to brick your kindle.

11-16-2012, 01:13 PM	#8
Gondolkodo Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Budapest/Hungary Device: Kindle Paperwhite (2nd gen)	Cool, then I stop right now. Thanks the infos guys.

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