Kindle Hack requests

aragorn234 · 03-03-2013, 10:25 PM

New to the e-reader world. I am looking to find a couple of ways to make some modifications to my Kindle. I have the version without keyboard but not touch screen. I received this last Christmas. not sure of the Generation number.
I use Calibre for Mac to manage my ebooks and transfer them to the kindle as required.

Can anyone provide links or guides or info on how to do the following

1. It is the full Kindle without Ads (if that matters). I only read 1 book at a time. I was wanting set the wallpaper when locked to the book cover, not the random image that currently appears.

2. Is there a way to show the page number instead of percentage read (example Page 40 /100). Or pages left in current chapter.

thanks in advance

HarryT · 03-04-2013, 05:44 AM

Moved to the dev forum.

stepk · 03-04-2013, 07:29 AM

Welcome Aragorn234! I think yours is a K4. I don't own one so I can't be very specific, but look here https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...26_4.x_Kindles. I seem to remember that the screensaver hack supports generating book covers, you'll need to drop a blank file named "cover".

twobob · 03-04-2013, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stepk

Welcome Aragorn234! I think yours is a K4. I don't own one so I can't be very specific, but look here https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...26_4.x_Kindles. I seem to remember that the screensaver hack supports generating book covers, you'll need to drop a blank file named "cover".

1) yes it does. you would need the python installing too.

2) no idea. but if you press the MENU button you can always show that information while the MENU is open (in a book, I just checked)

03-03-2013, 10:25 PM	#1
aragorn234 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2013 Device: Kindle	Kindle Hack requests New to the e-reader world. I am looking to find a couple of ways to make some modifications to my Kindle. I have the version without keyboard but not touch screen. I received this last Christmas. not sure of the Generation number. I use Calibre for Mac to manage my ebooks and transfer them to the kindle as required. Can anyone provide links or guides or info on how to do the following 1. It is the full Kindle without Ads (if that matters). I only read 1 book at a time. I was wanting set the wallpaper when locked to the book cover, not the random image that currently appears. 2. Is there a way to show the page number instead of percentage read (example Page 40 /100). Or pages left in current chapter. thanks in advance

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03-04-2013, 05:44 AM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Moved to the dev forum.

03-04-2013, 07:29 AM	#3
stepk Groupie Posts: 165 Karma: 593460 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: K5 B011 5.3.2.1	Welcome Aragorn234! I think yours is a K4. I don't own one so I can't be very specific, but look here https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kind...26_4.x_Kindles. I seem to remember that the screensaver hack supports generating book covers, you'll need to drop a blank file named "cover".

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