Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x - Page 58

montalex · 10-11-2010, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bartveld

Why? Easily converted with Calibre.

Of course, books that I purchase from B&N or Sony go through Calibre to get to my Kindle. What would be nice is if all vendors sold multiple formats, and one could register one's device with all vendors. I mean, why would Amazon not want to sell to owners of Sony Readers (a device that they sell)?

Also, with more and more libraries making books available in epub, a Kindle that reads epub would be great. This is obviously not in Amazon's interest, so I can see that they won't rush to upgrade firmware to read epub. But, as Duokan reads epub, it is only a matter of time before some smart guys make an update for reading epub on Kindle.

bartveld · 10-11-2010, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montalex

What would be nice is if all vendors sold multiple formats, and one could register one's device with all vendors.

True enough. It's quite surprising that a free books site like manybooks.net offers a plethora of formats for every book, while commercial enterprises still try to protect their wares.

Zerodime · 10-11-2010, 01:40 PM

Well...could that be because the other bookstores want to sell books?
You said "Free book site" they don't want to sell the books so say can use as many (unprotectable) formats as they choose.
Amazon, B&N and such stuffs don'T want to have these books be copied all over the place.

bartveld · 10-11-2010, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zerodime

Well...could that be because the other bookstores want to sell books?
You said "Free book site" they don't want to sell the books so say can use as many (unprotectable) formats as they choose.
Amazon, B&N and such stuffs don'T want to have these books be copied all over the place.

I wasn't suggesting that. They can still DRM their books in any format and so they should. It's just that manybooks.net have all these formats; it isn't that much trouble to convert them.

the-equinoxe · 10-11-2010, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bartveld

Why? Easily converted with Calibre.

Very true, but every step taken out of the process is making it more enjoyable.
Besides, It would be nice to download an epub directly to the kindle without having an PC or Mac handy..

Quote:

Originally Posted by montalex

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But, as Duokan reads epub, it is only a matter of time before some smart guys make an update for reading epub on Kindle.

This duokan firmware, it looks very promissing. is it open source, or has the developer/have the developers the intention to translate it into English?

The duokan fora are entirely in Chinese, my knowledge of Chinese language is non-existent, and google translate is a bit quirky, hence my Qs here..

With kind regards,

EqX

kiat · 10-11-2010, 07:10 PM

Hi

would like to ask why do we want to hack the fonts? Does the new fonts looks better?

montalex · 10-11-2010, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by the-equinoxe

This duokan firmware, it looks very promissing. is it open source, or has the developer/have the developers the intention to translate it into English?

The duokan fora are entirely in Chinese, my knowledge of Chinese language is non-existent, and google translate is a bit quirky, hence my Qs here..

With kind regards,

EqX

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

bartveld · 10-12-2010, 01:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiat

Hi

would like to ask why do we want to hack the fonts? Does the new fonts looks better?

It's only a matter of taste, I suppose. Many people will read the standard font and be perfectly happy. But I'm rather particular about the font I look at and so this hack is a godsend. If you're happy with the fonts you have, don't hack.

kiat · 10-12-2010, 06:46 AM

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

jozicka · 10-12-2010, 08:39 AM

I had similiar issue - I have replaced files in font directory by one of the fonts pack (any) and restarted.

After restart it was working fine.. And I was happy again..

kiat · 10-12-2010, 08:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jozicka

I had similiar issue - I have replaced files in font directory by one of the fonts pack (any) and restarted.

After restart it was working fine.. And I was happy again..

I did a brute force way. force a factory reset

SuperMario24 · 10-12-2010, 10:54 AM

I apologize if this question was already answered, but I've gone through so many pages and haven't seen an adequate answer.

I successfully installed the screensaver hack and added my own images to the linkss/screensavers folder. I also added a blank file named "random" to the linkss folder and everytime I reset my Kindle, I see a different image - great

, no more dead authors.

My question is the following: Are the custom images supposed to change automatically during sleep, or will the single random image stay on the screen until you wake-up and consequently shut the kindle off again?

If so, is there any danger of the image "burning in" to the Kindle screen if I leave it unattended for a few days/week?

Any help would be greatly and sincerely appreciated.

(I have a Kindle 3-3G, by the way)

daffy4u · 10-12-2010, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SuperMario24

I apologize if this question was already answered, but I've gone through so many pages and haven't seen an adequate answer.

I successfully installed the screensaver hack and added my own images to the linkss/screensavers folder. I also added a blank file named "random" to the linkss folder and everytime I reset my Kindle, I see a different image - great

, no more dead authors.

My question is the following: Are the custom images supposed to change automatically during sleep, or will the single random image stay on the screen until you wake-up and consequently shut the kindle off again?

If so, is there any danger of the image "burning in" to the Kindle screen if I leave it unattended for a few days/week?

Any help would be greatly and sincerely appreciated.

(I have a Kindle 3-3G, by the way)

Check posts 810 and 811.

ppw · 10-12-2010, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiat

Hi

would like to ask why do we want to hack the fonts? Does the new fonts looks better?

I hacked the fonts for the Chinese support. Kindle 3's official Chinese support is very disappointing. The majority of Chinese files are unreadable. The font hack has been a great gift to me. My gratitude to people who made this happen.

Dusty Star · 10-12-2010, 04:36 PM

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?

10-11-2010, 07:10 PM	#861
kiat Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Singapore Device: kindle3	why hack fonts Hi would like to ask why do we want to hack the fonts? Does the new fonts looks better?

10-12-2010, 06:46 AM	#864
kiat Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Singapore Device: kindle3	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 Last edited by kiat; 10-12-2010 at 06:53 AM.

10-12-2010, 10:54 AM	#867
SuperMario24 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3 3G	Question regarding Screensavers I apologize if this question was already answered, but I've gone through so many pages and haven't seen an adequate answer. I successfully installed the screensaver hack and added my own images to the linkss/screensavers folder. I also added a blank file named "random" to the linkss folder and everytime I reset my Kindle, I see a different image - great , no more dead authors. My question is the following: Are the custom images supposed to change automatically during sleep, or will the single random image stay on the screen until you wake-up and consequently shut the kindle off again? If so, is there any danger of the image "burning in" to the Kindle screen if I leave it unattended for a few days/week? Any help would be greatly and sincerely appreciated. (I have a Kindle 3-3G, by the way)

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10-11-2010, 01:40 PM	#858
Zerodime Enthusiast Posts: 32 Karma: 44 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle3	Well...could that be because the other bookstores want to sell books? You said "Free book site" they don't want to sell the books so say can use as many (unprotectable) formats as they choose. Amazon, B&N and such stuffs don'T want to have these books be copied all over the place.

10-12-2010, 08:39 AM	#865
jozicka Connoisseur Posts: 63 Karma: 194 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: notebook	I had similiar issue - I have replaced files in font directory by one of the fonts pack (any) and restarted. After restart it was working fine.. And I was happy again..

10-12-2010, 04:36 PM	#870
Dusty Star Member Posts: 23 Karma: 416 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: USA Device: Kindle 2G - Kindle 3 3G/Wi-Fi	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?