Working around a broken screen?

luphy · 02-08-2016, 07:37 PM

Hi everyone.

I have a Kindle 4 NT, and unfortunately there is a small chunk of the screen that no longer refreshes.

Here is a pic:

Its not as bad as it could be, but it still obscures the progress bar. I tried changing the resolution the framebuffer outputs with fbset, but it seemed to have no effect. I also tried librerator, but unfortunately, there didn't seem to be a way to push all of the content up a few pixels, so some of the text was obscured.

Is there any way that I can make it so the content on the screen gets pushed up a few pixels?

Thanks in advance!

knc1 · 02-08-2016, 07:39 PM

Reduce the size of your posted image to be within posting guide lines.

Yes, twobob made a utility for exactly that problem, see the FGA for tips on searching this site.

luphy · 02-08-2016, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

Reduce the size of your posted image to be within posting guide lines.

Yes, twobob made a utility for exactly that problem, see the FGA for tips on searching this site.

Yeah, I resized the image to below 600x600 pretty much immediately after posting it.

Got the scrolling utility set up and working, thanks!

02-08-2016, 07:37 PM	#1
luphy Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kindle 4 NT	Working around a broken screen? Hi everyone. I have a Kindle 4 NT, and unfortunately there is a small chunk of the screen that no longer refreshes. Here is a pic: Its not as bad as it could be, but it still obscures the progress bar. I tried changing the resolution the framebuffer outputs with fbset, but it seemed to have no effect. I also tried librerator, but unfortunately, there didn't seem to be a way to push all of the content up a few pixels, so some of the text was obscured. Is there any way that I can make it so the content on the screen gets pushed up a few pixels? Thanks in advance! Last edited by luphy; 02-08-2016 at 07:41 PM.

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knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	Reduce the size of your posted image to be within posting guide lines. Yes, twobob made a utility for exactly that problem, see the FGA for tips on searching this site.