Firmware Update Kindle adds Page Numbers (and more) - Page 6

kranu · 02-08-2011, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Tiersten

Ah okay. Sorry. Yes.

The issue does remain of how to uninstall any hacks as it won't let you do that either. If you have to send a hacked 3.1 Kindle in for repair and you've got custom screensavers or whatever then I don't know what they'll do.

Well if you had USBNet, you could run a command that just deleted everything, except that would be super suspicious...

But isn't the warranty already voided when you install the hacks in the first place?

Tiersten · 02-08-2011, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by bZkindle

all my hacks remain working after updating but if one can't uninstall a hack that could perhaps pose a bit of a problem, for example warranty.
there should be a question mark after that because I really don't know and am asking:
would that break warranty? would amazon really care?

No idea. They do say "The Kindle doesn't support software modification, and will be unable to update the Kindle software if it has been modified. Contact the original developer of the software modification for instructions on how to remove the modification." on the page containing the software updates in the troubleshooting section. Not sure if it means your warranty is affected or not.

Tiersten · 02-08-2011, 02:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kranu

Well if you had USBNet, you could run a command that just deleted everything, except that would be super suspicious...

If you've got USB networking enabled then hopefully you can remove all the hacks anyway

Not everybody has it however so its not even a possible route for most users.

bZkindle · 02-08-2011, 02:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Tiersten

No idea. They do say "The Kindle doesn't support software modification, and will be unable to update the Kindle software if it has been modified. Contact the original developer of the software modification for instructions on how to remove the modification." on the page containing the software updates in the troubleshooting section. Not sure if it means your warranty is affected or not.

after this update, I suspect some of us will be finding out soon enough.

meh.. I have some faith amazon would be pretty good about it but you never know.

SkyDream · 02-08-2011, 03:41 AM

So, yet another new firmware for K3.
What about KDXG (despite that ..xvdg... 2.57 firmware) ?
Amazon has doomed KDXG.

Barty · 02-08-2011, 03:57 AM

Since they got rid of constant locations display, I wish they'd gone ahead and got rid of the % too, or at least move it down to the bottom with the progress bar. It's kinda stupid to have the % taking a line by itself at all time. I'd much rather be able to squeeze in an extra line of actual text at the bottom.

grizedale · 02-08-2011, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Barty

Since they got rid of constant locations display, I wish they'd gone ahead and got rid of the % too, or at least move it down to the bottom with the progress bar. It's kinda stupid to have the % taking a line by itself at all time. I'd much rather be able to squeeze in an extra line of actual text at the bottom.

Agree 100%

DreamWriter · 02-08-2011, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by JMikeD

Well, I tried it, and it worked for some books but apparently the setting can be overridden by something in the book itself. I found that only about half my books could be adjusted.

Amazon does request that publishers not specify alignment (left-aligned or justified), but some do include alignment coding in their books. In those cases, it cannot be overriden by Kindle settings.

shemsha · 02-08-2011, 05:24 AM

Hi Guys,
A small question. I updated to 3.1. My question is what about books which are not from Amazon, for example mobi books from fictionwise.com.
Right now for those books I don't have page numbers (cause they are not from amazon) but I don't have a location as well, only the percentage.
Is it only me?
Thanks!

scheichxodox · 02-08-2011, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Barty

Since they got rid of constant locations display, I wish they'd gone ahead and got rid of the % too, or at least move it down to the bottom with the progress bar. It's kinda stupid to have the % taking a line by itself at all time. I'd much rather be able to squeeze in an extra line of actual text at the bottom.

+1

I've had the FBReader installed on my Kindle and it was great, since you could adjust the progress bar to any degree, hell you could even change the thickness of it. FBReader displayed semi-pagenumbers. Original Kindle Locations are 128 Bit-Chunks. A FBReader Page is a 2048 Bit Chunk, which is almost as much as an actual page. With this method I didn't need any ISBN synchronisation.
But the best option on FBReader were the extra text lines. You could change the margin on the top and on the bottom, so that you could squeeze an extra one or two lines. And there wasn't an Percentage indicator which took an extra line.
The reason why I don't use FBReader is that the font looks worse than on the original kindle. Even if I use the same font, it doesn't look that bold and dark.

Since the update adds some additional files to every book where page numbers are stored, maybe it would be possible to manually add such an file, edit it with a text editor and add page numbers even to books which weren't bought on Amazon.com?

cynthia627 · 02-08-2011, 06:00 AM

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Originally Posted by shemsha

Hi Guys,
A small question. I updated to 3.1. My question is what about books which are not from Amazon, for example mobi books from fictionwise.com.
Right now for those books I don't have page numbers (cause they are not from amazon) but I don't have a location as well, only the percentage.
Is it only me?
Thanks!

I only have the progress bar and percentage on the bottom of the screen.
If you're looking for location number, it shows up together with the page number (if any) when you press MENU during reading.
Also, I don't think page numbers show up for sideloaded books.

reech · 02-08-2011, 06:02 AM

Hooray, book pages. Enough said ;')

reech · 02-08-2011, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by shemsha

Hi Guys,
A small question. I updated to 3.1. My question is what about books which are not from Amazon, for example mobi books from fictionwise.com.
Right now for those books I don't have page numbers (cause they are not from amazon) but I don't have a location as well, only the percentage.
Is it only me?
Thanks!

Shemsa

Reading Amazon's description of the feature, it only seems to apply to 'tens of thousands books that we list' rather than any ones we'd sideload across. Ah well...

orlok · 02-08-2011, 06:52 AM

I've noticed that the Go to... feature has been updated - it now has "page" and "end" added (don't *think* end was there before?).

TenaciousBadger · 02-08-2011, 07:15 AM

I'm rather psyched about the page numbers since I use academic amazon-bought books on my Kindle. So I have two questions:

1. Will they show the page number of books I've already bought from them?
2. Will this miraculously new implementation work only with the wifi on?

Thanks!

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02-08-2011, 03:41 AM	#80
SkyDream Wizard Posts: 1,377 Karma: 9400 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Europe Device: PRS-650, iPod touch 4G, iPad 3	So, yet another new firmware for K3. What about KDXG (despite that ..xvdg... 2.57 firmware) ? Amazon has doomed KDXG.

02-08-2011, 03:57 AM	#81
Barty doofus Posts: 2,555 Karma: 13089041 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kindle Voyage	Since they got rid of constant locations display, I wish they'd gone ahead and got rid of the % too, or at least move it down to the bottom with the progress bar. It's kinda stupid to have the % taking a line by itself at all time. I'd much rather be able to squeeze in an extra line of actual text at the bottom.

02-08-2011, 05:24 AM	#84
shemsha Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 6666 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: none	Hi Guys, A small question. I updated to 3.1. My question is what about books which are not from Amazon, for example mobi books from fictionwise.com. Right now for those books I don't have page numbers (cause they are not from amazon) but I don't have a location as well, only the percentage. Is it only me? Thanks!

02-08-2011, 06:02 AM	#87
reech Connoisseur Posts: 97 Karma: 132 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Sony eReader PRS-600	Hooray, book pages. Enough said ;')

02-08-2011, 06:52 AM	#89
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	I've noticed that the Go to... feature has been updated - it now has "page" and "end" added (don't think end was there before?).

02-08-2011, 07:15 AM	#90
TenaciousBadger Mrawr? Posts: 1,109 Karma: 15039064 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	I'm rather psyched about the page numbers since I use academic amazon-bought books on my Kindle. So I have two questions: 1. Will they show the page number of books I've already bought from them? 2. Will this miraculously new implementation work only with the wifi on? Thanks!