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Old 06-08-2012, 09:22 AM   #61
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The old "hack" with the .assets file and with the linking of the screensaver-directory doesn't work anymore.
I also try to get how can I do that with the 4.1.0 firmware.
Or just to restore to 4.0.1 and then try the update with keeping the custom screensavers.
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Old 06-08-2012, 09:44 AM   #62
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Or just to restore to 4.0.1 and then try the update with keeping the custom screensavers.
FYI: To restore old firmware, you can use tools in the dev corner "simple debricking" sticky thread.
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Old 06-08-2012, 10:38 AM   #63
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....I also try to get how can I do that with the 4.1.0 firmware.
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I just followed the screen savers section here:

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle4NTHacking
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Old 06-08-2012, 10:57 AM   #64
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I am having trouble seeing any improvement in the K4 contrast. For me what is really needed is to get the background closer to white, like it is on my K3.
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Old 06-08-2012, 01:07 PM   #65
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Ok.

I haven't seen a weaker wifi signal as reported by Gondolkodo but I have left wifi on during the last few days since I upgraded to 4.1.0, & the battery indicator hasn't moved much, so possibly Amazon has tweaked the radio to reduce power consumption?

Could you perhaps both try leaving on wifi for a few days to see if in fact you could live with that, assuming you can charge Kindle at reasonable intervals?

I think you both upgraded the firmware, yes?

It may be possible to swap the menu positions of "Shop in Kindle Store" with "Settings" to save some keypressing, but I haven't yet looked at that in detail.
I don't leave WiFi on because my battery drains as it is with it off. You will find with the K4 battery consumption changes as you load it with more books. I use mine 4 to 8 hours a day so if I left WiFi on I would have to charge it every few days. Right now I get 14 days of charge with it off. When I had about 20 books on here it went to 18 days.
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Old 06-08-2012, 01:22 PM   #66
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I've done that already. The replacement was much better than the first one sent which looked Vizplex with dark grey screen. The one I have now is light grey with Almost black text. The problem is Caecilia is such a light weight font it blends in with the background so I use a custom font that has weight added to it.

I know some who had to get theirs replace up to 4 times before they got one with good contrast. I don't want to chance getting one like my first one or the same as I have now.
If it was me, I'd keep at Amazon until I got a good screen. You paid your money, you deserve a good screen.
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Old 06-08-2012, 01:23 PM   #67
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I don't leave WiFi on because my battery drains as it is with it off. You will find with the K4 battery consumption changes as you load it with more books. I use mine 4 to 8 hours a day so if I left WiFi on I would have to charge it every few days. Right now I get 14 days of charge with it off. When I had about 20 books on here it went to 18 days.
That makes no sense to me. Why would the battery be used noticeably more with more book loaded?
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Old 06-08-2012, 01:29 PM   #68
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If it was me, I'd keep at Amazon until I got a good screen. You paid your money, you deserve a good screen.
I live in the boonies and do not drive. For every replacement you have to send the old one back. I used standard shipping on the K4 when I bought it so it goes through the postal service. My husband hates going to the post office and it took nearly two and half weeks last time to get him to mail the old one back. So it would really inconvenient for him to get it replaced at this point.

It's really important when you buy a Kindle from Amazon to use the good shipping so it easier to exchange them through UPS.
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That makes no sense to me. Why would the battery be used noticeably more with more book loaded?
Indexing takes alot of juice. So as you load more books the larger the index database becomes and the more battery is used. My K3 has the same issues. I also have a large archive which doesn't help when you sync everything.
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Old 06-08-2012, 01:44 PM   #70
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@JSWolf/Blossom: Because the framework checks the consistency/refreshes the index database (at least) every time the device wakes up. The more stuff there is indexed, the more CPU time it takes, the more battery it drains .
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@JSWolf/Blossom: Because the framework checks the consistency/refreshes the index database (at least) every time the device wakes up. The more stuff there is indexed, the more CPU time it takes, the more battery it drains .
Makes sense. I got close to 150 books on my Kindles at the moment and 2600 Archived books.
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Old 06-08-2012, 02:10 PM   #72
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@JSWolf/Blossom: Because the framework checks the consistency/refreshes the index database (at least) every time the device wakes up. The more stuff there is indexed, the more CPU time it takes, the more battery it drains .
Why does it have to update the index every time it wakes up? Is this from sleep mode where the images are shown?
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Why does it have to update the index every time it wakes up? Is this from sleep mode where the images are shown?
That doesn't make sense to me either. The index should only be updated when you add additional books. Once it's indexed, it's indexed.
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Old 06-08-2012, 04:34 PM   #74
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So is there any way to get custom screensavers for those of us starting with version 4.1.0?
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Old 06-08-2012, 08:00 PM   #75
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Note that I didn't say 'update', I said 'check the integrity' .

It might be a bit aggressive on that front, but on the other hand, it does have to do *something* to check that the index of a book points to the right book, or that that book hasn't been updated from under its foot, or that there's not some new annotations that snuck in... And same thing when it checks for new contents, it also needs to check/purge the database to prune index pointing to deleted/modified content, and then check/index said new contents. (I'm not privy on the details of the implementation, and it might very well not be the most battery-friendly choice, but it does try to ensure accuracy & consistency, which is what they aimed for, I think).

I don't know the extent of what it's doing exactly when you wake it up, but it is doing something, especially if you wake it on the Home screen, as the logs and a top output can attest to .

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