Collections Manager

[ixtab]

Originally Posted by kaznelson

ixtab

I confirm written NiLuJe about the Paperwhite.

+ It's necessary to exclude processing of external dictionaries folder:
/mnt/us/documents/dictionaries/

Folder contents automatically joins to built-in collection "Dictionaries".

Simply delete the "dictionaries" collection

[kaznelson]

ixtab
Simply. But not beautiful (i simply grumble)...

[Akirainblack]

The kindlet jailbreak the OP links to is deleted automatically by my Paperwhite so I can't update.
Hmm, the developer certificate bundle wouldn't install either, but I've got the "You are Jailbroken" document. Oh and KindCalc works perfectly.
I used Jailbreak 1.5N and hadn't installed USBnet, which when I just tried was deleted as well.
Looks like I may need to shift this into the Jailbreak thread as I can't use the 1.5 uninstall, it's also deleted automatically.
<scratching head>

Thank you

<edited to offer more information>

[NiLuJe]

@Akirainblack: How recent is your Touch? (And what does your S/N begin with?)

[Akirainblack]

Hello Nijule,
As mentioned I've shifted this to the jailbreak thread as it's more appropriate there.
Thank you for answering.

[Lester_Bangs]

Hi.

I'm a complete newbie at this, but need to get my collections sorted out. I thought I had sussed it but must have something wrong or mis-understood part of the instructions.

1. I have jailbroken my paperwhite, installed kindlet, and the certificates all fine.#
2. I went to the calibre plugins and installed the Kindle Collections' plugin.

I have downloaded the patch here, but don't know how to install it.

What else exactly do I need to do?

Any help is very appreciated.

EDIT: I just found out I had to run the 'import from calibre' through the collections manager on the kindle for it all to run properly. My bad.

[NiLuJe]

@Lester_Bangs:

* Install the plugin (not the patch, the patch's for the dev) attached in the post you linked to. (It'll replace the official release).

* Configure the plugin to your liking (while the device is plugged in).

* Run it (create collections from Calibre)

* Eject your Kindle. Launch Collections Manager, pop its menu up, swipe down to scroll to the bottom of the menu, click 'Import collections from Calibre'.

[Lester_Bangs]

Hi NiLuJe,

Thanks. It was the 'launch collections manager I was getting stuck with. I was looking for it in Calibre, not on the kindle. D'oh.

[Lester_Bangs]

Quick question.

If I have the collection order number set in Calibre, will the kindle then show them in the correct order?

[NiLuJe]

@Lester_Bangs: Provided (you|the autodetection code) set the right model in the plugin settings, and I didn't get it wrong, mostly, yes. (I say mostly because the sorting order on the plugin side might not be completely accurate for the Touch/PaperWhite, especially regarding the case. Too much of a hassle to investigate how to get it right). The most important part (what to prefix a collection with to get it on top when sorting by title) should be accurate though (and on the PW, you don't have much choice anymore on that front: a single quote, or a digit).

[Lester_Bangs]

Great. Thank you.

[Akirainblack]

If I use kindletools to extract the kindlet-jailbreak and repack it with all the touch/paperwhites listed as devices should that work as is?
I've done it but am slightly wary of flashing it to my Kindle as I'm rather new to this.
Thanks,

[NiLuJe]

@Akirainblack: Yup. If you want to be super-safe, just convert it, don't even unpack/rebuild it.

(By which I mean: .bin to .tar.gz [convert] then .tar.gz to .bin [create]).

In this specific case, there's no model/version specific logic, and it already supports the PW, so there's not much risk of doing anything wrong, it's simply copying a file .

[Akirainblack]

NiLuJe
Which switch do I need to use to convert it I just tried with the -w and it created another bin with the term unwrapped.

[NiLuJe]

@Akirainblack: None . (The -w/--unwrap switch is another thing entirely, it strips the package signature header from a signed ota2/recover2 package. It's a convenience feature of a somewhat limited use ^^).

kindletool convert update_kindlet-jailbreak-20121007_install.bin
kindletool create ota2 -d pwgb update_kindlet-jailbreak-20121007_install.{tar.gz,.bin}

(manually expand my shiny brackets construct on the create line if you happen to use a crappy shell ).