sort of English Duokan - Page 6

zeroman9121 · 11-06-2010, 10:54 PM

Well my hunch about the jailbreak was right. I got it to work by simply first uninstalling the jailbreak i had. Then trying to update. Thanks for the help. The firmware looks awesome cant wait for further updates.

montalex · 11-06-2010, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeroman9121

Well my hunch about the jailbreak was right. I got it to work by simply first uninstalling the jailbreak i had. Then trying to update. Thanks for the help. The firmware looks awesome cant wait for further updates.

I guess that I had a more recent version of the jailbreak, because I had no trouble.

Yes, I agree, Duokan has great potential. I'm happy with the pdf reflow, the way you can adjust darkness of font, and I find it interesting that you can set fonts for individual books. But, I couldn't get my dictionaries to work, which is a big one for me.

It has been a fun day! Good night, all.

Montalex

Rinzwind · 11-07-2010, 01:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

3G ain't gonna happen. When running alternate firmware, the device is no longer (for all intents and purposes) a "Kindle." Amazon isn't going to allow a non-kindle device to gain access to the internet (through its various proxies) via 3G. There's no sense trying.

WiFi internet access on the Kindle 3 should certainly be do-able, though.

Could it be that the dictionairies are linked to 3G?

montalex that might be it. It is the default option it should boot (it defaults to Kindle).

FethryDuck: I was thinking in the same lines. Altering the txt file with randomly longer text kills my DK reboot (and has as a result an empty txt file). Guess I will wait for them to update it

seanlv · 11-07-2010, 04:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flipkick

btw, to uninstall, simply delete the DK_* folders

Though I am not good at Linux, I don't believe the Duokan could be uninstalled by this simple way. and there should be some useless scripts still existed on your kindle, for example, maybe in <init.d> <RC.D> folders, or something like that.

So the question is how to uninstall Duokan completely. Any one could help?

FethryDuck · 11-07-2010, 06:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rinzwind

Could it be that the dictionairies are linked to 3G?

montalex that might be it. It is the default option it should boot (it defaults to Kindle).

FethryDuck: I was thinking in the same lines. Altering the txt file with randomly longer text kills my DK reboot (and has as a result an empty txt file). Guess I will wait for them to update it

Dictionary is probably not set up, as what would you like - Canton to Mandarin ? But they use Stardict - http://stardict.sourceforge.net/Dictionaries.php
It is great software and you can get it for almost everything. Else, the Amazon dictionaries may also be made to work.

Had translated some help-pages, but was confused by duokan, or some sign thing, as the word may simply mean "read more" - probably meant you could continue or break.

Hard to write, sorry - but you will find many neat details

FethryDuck · 11-07-2010, 07:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by seanlv

Though I am not good at Linux, I don't believe the Duokan could be uninstalled by this simple way. and there should be some useless scripts still existed on your kindle, for example, maybe in <init.d> <RC.D> folders, or something like that.

So the question is how to uninstall Duokan completely. Any one could help?

First, - write down every step you did, while you remember it. Keep this for later use, when some help arrive.

2nd, if you reinstall, the broken file may be overwritten and cure the situation.

3rd, you may copy over every book you have in both systems, and do a factory reset.
( last resort .. )

good luck

montalex · 11-07-2010, 10:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

3G ain't gonna happen. When running alternate firmware, the device is no longer (for all intents and purposes) a "Kindle." Amazon isn't going to allow a non-kindle device to gain access to the internet (through its various proxies) via 3G. There's no sense trying.

WiFi internet access on the Kindle 3 should certainly be do-able, though.

Hmmm. Both the hardware and the software are there for 3G. Would it not be simply a matter of directing Duokan to use the 3G on the parallel Kindle firmware? Or copying over some files from one system to the other (with some work on menus, etc.?).

If it is possible, the Duokan folks will most likely work on it. I understand that one of the reasons that Kindles are popular in China is because of the 3G.

SunLight · 11-07-2010, 10:17 AM

What happens to our screensavers when the Kindle goes to sleep in Doukan?

seanlv · 11-07-2010, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FethryDuck

First, - write down every step you did, while you remember it. Keep this for later use, when some help arrive.

2nd, if you reinstall, the broken file may be overwritten and cure the situation.

3rd, you may copy over every book you have in both systems, and do a factory reset.
( last resort .. )

good luck

thanks

I wrote the message because I tried the Duokan and don't like it, so I would like to uninstall Duokan completely.

According to the official document of Duokan, to uninstall Duokan, just delete the DK_* folder in mnt/us. However, I check the some folders in
/etc/init.d
/etc/RC5.d
/etc/rcS.d
there are some scripts still exist.

so are you sure "Reset to factory defaults" would purge everything, and I could get the orginal data when the kindle is shipped to me?

WS64 · 11-07-2010, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SunLight

What happens to our screensavers when the Kindle goes to sleep in Doukan?

IN the settings menu you can select to use either the default screensavers (actually that includes the screensaver hack!) or you can put pictures in a Duokan folder and those will be used for the screensaver

avidworm · 11-07-2010, 10:59 AM

anyone know how to load fonts in duokan? - for example French based fonts are being rendered in a different size to rest of fonts in a text.

cheers

NiLuJe · 11-07-2010, 11:20 AM

@seanlv: A factory reset won't remove extra init scripts in the system fs, no.

Rinzwind · 11-07-2010, 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avidworm

anyone know how to load fonts in duokan? - for example French based fonts are being rendered in a different size to rest of fonts in a text.

cheers

Just copy the font to:

/DK_System/system/font

and the problem with the letters you have is a duokan fw issue.

WS64 · 11-07-2010, 11:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by avidworm

anyone know how to load fonts in duokan? - for example French based fonts are being rendered in a different size to rest of fonts in a text.

cheers

I'm afraid this won't be solved with different fonts.
I have the same problem with german umlauts (some are not shown at all, some are in a different font).
I added some fonts, they work but don't solve the problem.

SunLight · 11-07-2010, 11:57 AM

I heard you can change the brightness level of regular MOBI files in Duokan, is this true?

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11-06-2010, 10:54 PM	#76
zeroman9121 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 2	Well my hunch about the jailbreak was right. I got it to work by simply first uninstalling the jailbreak i had. Then trying to update. Thanks for the help. The firmware looks awesome cant wait for further updates.

11-07-2010, 10:17 AM	#83
SunLight Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 36 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	What happens to our screensavers when the Kindle goes to sleep in Doukan?

11-07-2010, 10:59 AM	#86
avidworm Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: kindle3	anyone know how to load fonts in duokan? - for example French based fonts are being rendered in a different size to rest of fonts in a text. cheers

11-07-2010, 11:20 AM	#87
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	@seanlv: A factory reset won't remove extra init scripts in the system fs, no.

11-07-2010, 11:57 AM	#90
SunLight Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 36 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: none	I heard you can change the brightness level of regular MOBI files in Duokan, is this true?