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Old 11-25-2009, 10:10 AM   #91
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If you put this new firmware onto your K2, the running commentary right now seems to be that the font and screen saver hack cannot be placed back onto the K2. I have tried unsuccessfully to add them both back onto my K2 and the updates do not take so if either one of these is really critical to you then think twice about loading 2.3 onto your K2.

I am hoping that the developers that came up with both the screen saver and font hack can somehow get both to work with this new firmware version. Especially TedSans, the creator of the font hack because that has made a HUGE difference in the readability of the Kindle for me. The fonts are so much darker and crisper than what is pre-loaded by Amazon. Going to have to sit tight and wait on this.
Just wanted to report success with the revised/updated package with 2.3 and the screensaver hack. I removed the 2.03 with the screensaver hack, did the update to 2.3 manually and then applied the new package linked here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63225 (for K2US in my case) and it all works! No need to remove your custom screensaver images -- they just carry right over, and you get all the new features of 2.3, too. (Haven't had the font hack and didn't try it this time, so can't report on that...)
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Old 11-25-2009, 10:16 AM   #92
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Really? I often create PDFs for my 6" ereaders and it looks perfectly fine to me.
Well, yeah, if it is specifically built for a 6" screen that's great, but not typical with pre-existing manuals and documents that are built for display on computer monitors.
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Old 11-25-2009, 10:38 AM   #93
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Just wanted to report success with the revised/updated package with 2.3 and the screensaver hack. I removed the 2.03 with the screensaver hack, did the update to 2.3 manually and then applied the new package linked here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63225 (for K2US in my case) and it all works! No need to remove your custom screensaver images -- they just carry right over, and you get all the new features of 2.3, too. (Haven't had the font hack and didn't try it this time, so can't report on that...)
Yay! It worked for me as well! I am content... for now.
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Old 11-25-2009, 12:44 PM   #94
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Good to know, FaerieFire. Thanks.
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Old 11-25-2009, 12:51 PM   #95
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no zoom

Without zoom the new PDF support is basically useless for reading 2-column scientific articles. This should not be terribly hard to implement.
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Well this is interesting. After downloading and installing the 2.3 firmware I looked at my book list and it had gone from 111 ebooks to 110. During the update something had vanished!

I thought at first that it was possibly the older manual (although I didn't remember having it on my Kindle 2) but no, my dictionary is gone!

I had the default dictionary that came with the Kindle 2 and now it is gone, any recommendations as to how to restore/add a dictionary?

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Amazon is really concerned about the nook...

"QUICK, make a splash in the press with a major update 5 days before the nook ships!"

/I'm updating my $189 K2 as we speak though....
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Old 11-25-2009, 02:07 PM   #98
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Well this is interesting. After downloading and installing the 2.3 firmware I looked at my book list and it had gone from 111 ebooks to 110. During the update something had vanished!

I thought at first that it was possibly the older manual (although I didn't remember having it on my Kindle 2) but no, my dictionary is gone!

I had the default dictionary that came with the Kindle 2 and now it is gone, any recommendations as to how to restore/add a dictionary?

Are you saying your dictionary disappeared and doesn't work now?

just checked mine (upgraded this morning) and dictionary is fine.
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Without zoom the new PDF support is basically useless for reading 2-column scientific articles. This should not be terribly hard to implement.
Well..I read mostly scientific papers on KDX...Although I miss the nice zoom functions that I had with IRexDR, I think still the KDX is fine for reading 2-column papers.
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Are you saying your dictionary disappeared and doesn't work now?

just checked mine (upgraded this morning) and dictionary is fine.
Yes.

I did a manual shutdown and restart and there it was again.

Whew!
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Old 11-25-2009, 02:13 PM   #101
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Good. That would have been too weird. You think they may have updated the dictionary?
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Good. That would have been too weird. You think they may have updated the dictionary?
Possibly, or re-indexing possibly.

No one seems to have made mention of another new capability that I've seen.

Along with adding the manual screen rotation to the AA menu they have also added "Words per Line" which adjusts the margins. I don't see much point in it myself but there it is.

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I've poked around inside today's updateIt looks like today's firmware update locks down your device such that it will only take signed firmware updates. I'm sure some enterprising haxx0r will homebrew up an alternate version of the updater that doesn't screw you over. But you might want to leave your wireless turned off if the latest update hasn't already been pushed on you.
What version of GNU/Linux does the Kindle currently use?
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Old 11-25-2009, 06:40 PM   #104
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I have played with my Kindle a little bit too much and it seems that I have changed some files, causing update 2.3 to fail. In particular I get:

ota_install: C def : patch : patchinfo="/opt/amazon/ebook/config/netfront.ini":checksum failure

Would somebody be so kind and upload netfront.ini (version 2.2.2).

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Old 11-26-2009, 04:06 AM   #105
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Dusano, where can you see the debugging output of the updater? I'm also getting an error during update. I've reversed all the changes I can think of, but there's at least one I overlooked. It would be really helpful to be able to figure out the offending file.

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Alas, I just deleted my backups of netfront.ini a few minutes ago, and also reset my device to factory defaults in the hope that might fix something. Sorry I can't help you with that file.

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