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

[DavidMcC]

Thanks for the help and feedback.

It all worked correctly when I used the 3.2.1 update on my 3.3 unit

I just missed the 3.2.1 file the first time in the instructions, once I was told it was there it was a breeze.

[DavidMcC]

And I can't really do better than the big, red, bold 'you too, on 3.3' header to the spoiler that I added a while back... -_-"


Maybe just

Kindle 3.3 users should use the 3.2.1 file

[chilady1]

Originally Posted by DavidMcC

And I can't really do better than the big, red, bold 'you too, on 3.3' header to the spoiler that I added a while back... -_-"

Maybe just

Kindle 3.3 users should use the 3.2.1 file

Me too David so don't feel bad. In addition, I was working on two different Kindles (One with WiFi +3G and the other just WiFi) so I was getting very confused and basically using the wrong files. Reading truly is fundamental! LOL!

Thankfully, the folks on this board have patience with us non-technical folks that can't read.

[chilady1]

Is there a listing somewhere on this thread of all the FONTS with their respective pictures to show what they like?

I might be missing it so forgive me if I have. If someone could just point me in the right direction - that would be helpful!

[twobob]

I too applied the wrong one this time round . It's very easy to do, in my case I simply didn't look at the file I copied across and assumed it was the 3.2.1 one.

best advice. double check is all

@chilady1 (I don't know of single link to a comprehensive "fonts preview")

[NiLuJe]

@DavidMcC: I'm planning on rewriting (at least) part of the doc for the next release, I'll see if I can come up with something better.. Thanks for the idea .

@chilady1: As twobob said, not really, especially because a screenshot is not that accurate since we're not watching it on an E-Ink screen here . (Granted, it gives you an idea, but then so does checking out the font with your OS's font previewer). That said, there are a few screenshots for some of the font sets attached to the first few posts.

[Kalja]

Hi all, I got a new Kindle 4 (the black one) - FW 4.1 - I tried all methods to get the screensaver folder, but was not succesful: Jailbreak (Error U007), copying RUNME.sh, data.tar.gz and so on...maybe the hacks don't work on the new KIndle 4 (black)? Thank's for your help! Kalja

[NiLuJe]

@Kalja: The doc isn't updated for the K4 yet on the JailBreak front. See my answer to your other post.

[Kalja]

Ok - Thank's for the Info!

[NiLuJe]

And here's the promised update! JailBreak v0.11.N, Fonts v5.2.N, SS v0.28.N, USBNet v0.40.N.

As usual for Fonts/SS/USBNet, updated binaries, and the K4 & K4B support announced earlier & properly documented this time.

And as a bonus, thanks to a eureka moment in the shower (yeah, that happened.), an update to the K3 JailBreak that finally kills the annoying whitelist system, and instead relies on a fast autodetection method (without unpacking the update once ourselves) . [Granted, there's a 0.78% chance of a false-positive against an official update, but given that we can pretty much say that these devices are EOL, we should be good ^^].

[NiLuJe]

I'm currently fixing a couple of issues related to the whole KF8/browser thing, so you might want to wait for the next version if you intended to play with that... .

[geekmaster]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

And here's the promised update! JailBreak v0.11.N, Fonts v5.2.N, SS v0.28.N, USBNet v0.40.N.

As usual for Fonts/SS/USBNet, updated binaries, and the K4 & K4B support announced earlier & properly documented this time.

And as a bonus, thanks to a eureka moment in the shower (yeah, that happened.), an update to the K3 JailBreak that finally kills the annoying whitelist system, and instead relies on a fast autodetection method (without unpacking the update once ourselves) . [Granted, there's a 0.78% chance of a false-positive against an official update, but given that we can pretty much say that these devices are EOL, we should be good ^^].

Great news! Thanks!

[NiLuJe]

Okay, hotfix Fonts 5.3.N & SS 0.29.N!

Sorry about that, I knew there was something I had forgotten to test...

Provided you're using the browser/kf8 feature, this should fix a whole lot of mess:
* Don't break the browser & KF8 reader when doing an autoreboot
* Don't break the browser & KF8 reader when doing an update (one that touches the fonts, like 3.4, or an update of the fonts hack itself)
* Don't forget that we're using the browser/kf8 tweaks when doing an upgrade (which in turn lead to the previous issues)

And probably some other weird stuff. It should be a lot more robust in handling fontconfig stuff without breaking the stuff that depends on it .

[Prestidigitweeze]

I thought I'd try the screensaver hack before moving on to the other modifications.

Is there a version that works with the new FW 3.4 on a stock K3g (B006)? Jailbreak hasn't been installed, nor has anything else.

[NiLuJe]

@Prestidigitweeze: Er, not sure what you're not getting exactly, but, let's cover all bases:

* You *need* the jailbreak in order to be able to do anything
* And, yes, everything works fine on 3.4