Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x

[the-equinoxe]

Originally Posted by montalex

Duokan thread here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83201

Cool,

Thanks!

[Pushka]

Originally Posted by kiat

Hi

I justed tried to hacked the K3 to to the fonts. But after applying the fonts patch i'm getting a blank screen. If I press on the menu button i can see the menu items. Other than that no go.

I've tried to uninstall the patch not successful. It throws the following error message
Update error: 3

My info
K3 wireless version
FW: 3.02
Hack: update_fonts_3.9N_k3w_install.bin

Please help to convert my new bricked k3 to a K3

This is exactly what happened to me too. There are some rogue kindles out there. By connecting the kindle to the PC I copied all the original fonts back into the fonts folder, restarted and that fixed it. I tried the font hack again, and this time I had to force a factory default. I am happy with the screensaver hack and leaving the fonts alone. Yet my other k3 and the K2 worked fine with the hack. It is random.

[Pushka]

Originally Posted by Dusty Star

I did the font hack on k2 2.5.6...beautiful, dark clear font. I could easily read the menus without a magnify glass.

So...I did the font hack for the k3 3.0.2...trying a few of the fonts offered here...none begin to compare to the k2 as far as dark and clear. Still need the magnify glass to read menus. I'm crushed.

Where are the fonts that were offered previously for K2?

Somewhere buried in this thread is a file where the menu fonts are increased. I wanted this for my mother who is 'legally blind' and they worked for her.

[Dusty Star]

Clarification please: What is FW 3.x

[daffy4u]

Originally Posted by Dusty Star

Clarification please: What is FW 3.x

FW = Firmware
3x = 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2...

[Dusty Star]

Ahhh...duh. Thank you

[twister]

My K3 is jailbreaked and it has screen saver hack. Do I need to uninstall screen saver hack and uninstall jailbreak in order to install new firmware (3.0.2)? I assume that if I have to uninstall before updating to new firmware I can then reinstall jailbreak and screen saver hack after I update?

Thanks!

[bartveld]

Originally Posted by twister

My K3 is jailbreaked and it has screen saver hack. Do I need to uninstall screen saver hack and uninstall jailbreak in order to install new firmware (3.0.2)? I assume that if I have to uninstall before updating to new firmware I can then reinstall jailbreak and screen saver hack after I update?

Thanks!

No need to uninstall. Just install the update and everything will still work.

[twister]

Originally Posted by bartveld

No need to uninstall. Just install the update and everything will still work.

Thank you!

[cloudyvisions]

Just wanted to say a big THANK YOU for taking the time to create and update these hacks for us. I just got my K3 this afternoon and the first thing I did was put both hacks on. The font hack took a bit longer to figure out which one I liked the best, but I LOVE not having the dead authors and I really like the new font I'm using, Museo (I had Helvetica before on my K2). So thanks for all the hard work, we all appreciate it! Now I'm off to read!

[meem]

Originally Posted by meem

Sorry, But I don't understand how can I use my customized fonts ?

By replacing fonts in linkfonts/fonts folder with same name,
by editing linkfonts/fonts/bin/font.properties file
or there is some way else ?

You answered me before:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

@meem: Technically, both. But for the sake of simplicity (and to avoid potentially messing things up), option 1 is preferred (switching the ttf files in linkfonts/fonts).

I just received my Kindle3, Thanks god.
I tried the simple method to Changing the reader font without a hack [K3] .. but it not worked.
Now I use a new release of hack for it.
But every time I try to change the font from file linkfonts/fonts/etc/font.properties as I did before with my Kindle DX, the file regenerated with the default values !

- So, which file I should edit now ?
- And why the Fonts hack became that more complicated ?

Update:
I used other way: rename my customized font and replace "Sans_*.ttf" and "Serif_*" files.
After that I got a balnk screen, even there are no screensavers when I lock/unlock device and after I restarted it two times.
I uninstalled the hack and I wait for answers to my questions. Thanks.

[Dusty Star]

I'm still trying to install hack fonts. I had same issues as Pushka
Guru. Since I had to do factory reset 2-3 times...do I need to install the jailbreak bin again?

I really, really love the fonts hack for my K2 2.5.6. It's perfect...I'm determined to get my K3 fonts looking as great...if I don't end up bricking it first.

Thank you for all replies and previous help. You guys are simply priceless, for vision impaired readers.

[ll Legion ll]

First of all, thank you so much for these hacks! You don't know how happy I've been to have custom screensavers on my K3.

My question: I'm giving K3's to my parents for Christmas, (just arrived yesterday), and I'd like to install these hacks prior to gifting them. Neither K3 will be registered prior to gift day... Will the hacks all work ok on a non-registered kindle?

Other than not allowing collections, I'm not all that sure what restrictions result from an unregistered Kindle.

Thanks!

[pashlit]

Hello there,
I installed the jailbreak and the fonts hack. I dont quite like the fonts in the hack package and think Amazons's default fonts looked very good. The only reason I installed the hack is to make my DXG read books in Russian language. So is there a descent font that could preserve original Kindle's fonts look and provide me with Unicode (Cyrillic) support? Basically what I really need to do is just leave the look of original fonts for rendering the books and add support for Cyrillic fonts. If anybody could explain in details if it is possible it will be much appreciated.
Thank you.

[SuperMario24]

Originally Posted by daffy4u

Check posts 810 and 811.

Thanks, Daffy4U =]. You put my worries to rest.