Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x - Page 66

NiLuJe · 10-22-2010, 09:47 PM

Settings => [MENU] => "Restart"

gehusi · 10-22-2010, 11:17 PM

Unfortunately I had to reset my K3 to the factory settings. It was basically unusable with the screensaver freezes and battery drains I experienced since jailbreaking and installing the hacks. I don't know for certain if the jailbreak was responsible, but I will report back after further use if the issue continues (meaning the jailbreak had nothing to do with it). If all seems well however, I don't see any other explanation for the problems I was experiencing. Stay tuned...

Calleja · 10-23-2010, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Settings => [MENU] => "Restart"

Awesome, that worked like a charm.. the screens are definitely randomized now... thanks! Appreciate your hard work and patience on these hacks.

RexGalore · 10-23-2010, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gehusi

Unfortunately I had to reset my K3 to the factory settings. It was basically unusable with the screensaver freezes and battery drains I experienced since jailbreaking and installing the hacks. I don't know for certain if the jailbreak was responsible, but I will report back after further use if the issue continues (meaning the jailbreak had nothing to do with it). If all seems well however, I don't see any other explanation for the problems I was experiencing. Stay tuned...

A question to you gehusi: Are you using the original Amazon Kindle case? If so that could be the cause of your problems. It was for me!

Turns out they had some bad batches of those cases and they cause the Kindle to freeze and the battery drained very fast. The new Kindle has some ports in the holes that the case attaches to, for feeding power to the case with lamp and one seems to be a diagnostics port. The case somehow shorts these out or something similar.

So if you have a case try without that one!

vladm · 10-23-2010, 11:01 AM

Hi,

I've just installed jailbreak on my kindle 3g and as far as I understand (I'm new to this whole thing), installing usbnet will give me ability to connect to my kindle via ssh and provide some basic unix shell commands.

My question is - will it provide me with shell right on the kindle screen? Basically, I want to be able to use kindle as ssh _client_ and be able to connect from it to other servers.

thanks!

-- vlad

Rinzwind · 10-23-2010, 11:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vladm

Hi,

I've just installed jailbreak on my kindle 3g and as far as I understand (I'm new to this whole thing), installing usbnet will give me ability to connect to my kindle via ssh and provide some basic unix shell commands.

My question is - will it provide me with shell right on the kindle screen? Basically, I want to be able to use kindle as ssh _client_ and be able to connect from it to other servers.

thanks!

-- vlad

Well sort of; you will not get a command prompt and have to do it all from the text input box.

There is an ~exec command that you can use to launch scripts on the Kindle and you can use the "launchpad" script (see elsewhere in this forum on MR.com) to create shortcuts from the Kindle keyboard. So to use the Kindle as a client would require you to ~exec a script that lets you connect to all those servers and you can assign that to "shift x" on the HOME page.

NiLuJe · 10-23-2010, 01:24 PM

@vladm: Not really, no, there is no terminal emulator on the Kindle.

The exec private command, once active, is just that, a very, very, very primitive non-interactive exec() call with minor output feedback.

vladm · 10-23-2010, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

The exec private command, once active, is just that, a very, very, very primitive non-interactive exec() call with minor output feedback.

I see. what a pity - Kindle could be a great tool for traveling unix admins otherwise

tjulisen · 10-23-2010, 05:38 PM

I installed the hacks and Chinese can be perfectly displayed on my kindle 3 right now. However, most Chinese txt files cannot be opened. The weirdest thing is some files could be opened in the beginning, then after you read a few pages, then a message which reads 'the file cannot be opened' shows up, and you cannot open that file any more.

Anyone can help me with this problem? Thanks.

flamshun · 10-23-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by jetfin

Merci mon ami!

Updated successfully to 3.03!

-I'll be making a LOT more backups often after this...

hey jetfin,

Just want to know what is the correct way to back up the files. In the kindle disk when connected to USB, I 've only got "documents", "Music" and "audio" folder". Can anyone give me a hint what I should backup before I make any modification to my orignal kidnle 3G. I'm currently using original kindle 3G 3.0.2 B00A unjailbreak and planning to jailbreak with 3.0.3 and install chinese duokan. How should I start? Thanks~

NiLuJe · 10-23-2010, 06:35 PM

@flamshun: jetfin's case is a bit particular, he was using usbnetwork, and messed with the system rootfs without taking note/making backups relating to his changes.

Most users should only bother with backuping their documents folder & collections (system/collections.json).

The jb/ss/fonts hack from this thread *do NOT* make any potentially problematic changes to the system rootfs, so there's no need for more involved backups.

Stonecold · 10-23-2010, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by NiLuJe

There's been other changes to the update script that prevents the same kind of workaround used in the K2 case, so, for now, no.

Also, just to make it clear: If you already had jailbroken your Kindle, it's still jailbroken after the 3.0.3 update, and all your hacks still work. The only thing broken is the *install* of the jailbreak on a *vanilla* 3.0.3 Kindle.

This may sound like a stupid question, but what's a "vanilla" Kindle?

buzzhd · 10-23-2010, 08:10 PM

--where can I find nice screensaver files? after JB, my folder shows only one made by NiLuJe along with default ones in backup folder?

--how can I switch between different fonts?

Thanks.

Stonecold · 10-23-2010, 08:20 PM

You can find some really nice custom Kindle screensavers on my blog. Just find the post called "Custom Kindle screensavers" or something in the "Technology" catagory. Right-click on the picture(s) that you want and press "Save as". The images are 600*800 custom-dithered 4-bit greyscale GIF images.

NiLuJe · 10-23-2010, 09:33 PM

@Stonecold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_software

@buzzhd:

* There's also a huuuuuge thread over on KindleBoards.

* You did read the first post, did you?

10-23-2010, 11:01 AM	#980
vladm Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: K3g	ssh client on kindle? Hi, I've just installed jailbreak on my kindle 3g and as far as I understand (I'm new to this whole thing), installing usbnet will give me ability to connect to my kindle via ssh and provide some basic unix shell commands. My question is - will it provide me with shell right on the kindle screen? Basically, I want to be able to use kindle as ssh _client_ and be able to connect from it to other servers. thanks! -- vlad

10-23-2010, 06:35 PM	#986
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@flamshun: jetfin's case is a bit particular, he was using usbnetwork, and messed with the system rootfs without taking note/making backups relating to his changes. Most users should only bother with backuping their documents folder & collections (system/collections.json). The jb/ss/fonts hack from this thread do NOT make any potentially problematic changes to the system rootfs, so there's no need for more involved backups. Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-23-2010 at 06:37 PM.

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10-22-2010, 09:47 PM	#976
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Settings => [MENU] => "Restart"

10-22-2010, 11:17 PM	#977
gehusi Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle 3	Unfortunately I had to reset my K3 to the factory settings. It was basically unusable with the screensaver freezes and battery drains I experienced since jailbreaking and installing the hacks. I don't know for certain if the jailbreak was responsible, but I will report back after further use if the issue continues (meaning the jailbreak had nothing to do with it). If all seems well however, I don't see any other explanation for the problems I was experiencing. Stay tuned...

10-23-2010, 01:24 PM	#982
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@vladm: Not really, no, there is no terminal emulator on the Kindle. The exec private command, once active, is just that, a very, very, very primitive non-interactive exec() call with minor output feedback.

10-23-2010, 05:38 PM	#984
tjulisen Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle	I installed the hacks and Chinese can be perfectly displayed on my kindle 3 right now. However, most Chinese txt files cannot be opened. The weirdest thing is some files could be opened in the beginning, then after you read a few pages, then a message which reads 'the file cannot be opened' shows up, and you cannot open that file any more. Anyone can help me with this problem? Thanks.

10-23-2010, 08:10 PM	#988
buzzhd Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3	--where can I find nice screensaver files? after JB, my folder shows only one made by NiLuJe along with default ones in backup folder? --how can I switch between different fonts? Thanks.

10-23-2010, 08:20 PM	#989
Stonecold Connoisseur Posts: 95 Karma: 500 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Davis, CA Device: Kindle 3 (B006)	You can find some really nice custom Kindle screensavers on my blog. Just find the post called "Custom Kindle screensavers" or something in the "Technology" catagory. Right-click on the picture(s) that you want and press "Save as". The images are 600*800 custom-dithered 4-bit greyscale GIF images.

10-23-2010, 09:33 PM	#990
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@Stonecold: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_software @buzzhd: * There's also a huuuuuge thread over on KindleBoards. * You did read the first post, did you?