03-27-2024, 03:26 PM | #1 |
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I want repurpose my old Kindle 4 as a clock.
I am trying to repurpose my old Kindle 4 as a smart clock, but i can't find any tutorials for my model. The problem is that every tutorial is either for older kindle with launchpad or kindle paperwhite with touchscreen. If you know something about this, I would really appreciate your help. Thanks!
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03-27-2024, 10:59 PM | #2 |
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The simplest I know is to open the Kindle web browser, type in "time.is" and just let that web cite run. It provides a fairly large clock.
You could probably write a small javascript program to show just the digital clock and use one of the tools that will run "local" websites on a kindle to run it, but I haven't tried that. |
03-30-2024, 07:58 AM | #3 |
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That doesn't work on a Kindle Keyboard (gen 3). Even http://time.is fails, though that works on my desktop.
It seems to only connect to websites with no https version. Also how much webtraffic is that? Though it should be minuscule. A clock that needs the Internet is a bit iffy. I'd not buy a wall or LCD "radio" clock that doesn't have manual setting as sometimes reception of the transmitter is too poor. |
03-30-2024, 10:30 AM | #5 |
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Web browsing is awful on eink anyway.
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03-31-2024, 09:54 AM | #6 |
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You may want to try this clock and weather site specifically designed to Kindle:
https://0111.github.io/Kindle_WeatherCN/ The configuration page (which comes up in English on my computer) is https://0111.github.io/Kindle_WeatherCN/config.html The weather uses Openweathermap so the "API Key" is a request for a key from that site (which is free). I found this on GoodEReader (at https://goodereader.com/blog/electro...oogle_vignette). I went through the code quickly and it doesn't seem to include anything scary. No promises, though. |
03-31-2024, 12:24 PM | #7 |
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Later Kindles, and configuration is in Chinese. Maybe you are using Chrome/Chromium or similar with translate.
It switches to https even if http used. |
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