Font, ScreenSaver & USBNetwork Hacks for Kindle 2.x, 3.x & 4.x

[kranu]

Would you mind attaching the Helvetica font built-in to Kindle somewhere? I don't have the fonts hack, but I tried to check the backups folder in the archive and it was empty. I just want the font so that I can use it in fbKindle to make it easier for me to read with a more unified appearance. Thanks

[NiLuJe]

@kranu: Nope, I can't. (Because it's a commercial font from Adobe [And the current version used on the Kindle FW 3.x is heavily tweaked, so it's not the usual Helvetica Neue one could purchase]).

[kranu]

Stupid copyright laws ^_^

Could you tell me where on my Kindle (I have USBNetwork) I can find the font then?

UPDATE: Actually, I found it: /usr/java/lib/fonts

Thanks. There really needs to be a way to delete posts though.

[fyrogenesis]

Hi guys, for anyone who tried this font hack, what is the best font in your opinion? ^_^
i just got my K3 yesterday, and a bit new to this hacking thing..

tq..

[vidalpascual]

Is there any way to put 24-hour format in Kindle 3?

[timfrost]

Can I get rid of the screensavers on a UK wifi Kindle model D00901? Thanks.

[NiLuJe]

@vidalpascual: No idea, it never really bothered me enough to find a way to tweak it . [EDIT: But it is doable, check this post.]

@timfrost: Yes.

[Robbie ~]

This is an epic thread, i'm going to add yet another string of silly questions to it:

1) If I were to install the screensaver hack, would I be able to keep some of the amazon default screensavers and delete others?

2) Can you label your own screensavers in a similar fashion to amazon?

2a) Would that require me to download the font hack?

3) How do you get the best results in creating your own screensavers and getting them to mimic the amazon ones?

Thanks a whole bunch, seriously fantastic work.

[911jason]

Yes, the original screen saver images are backed up in a folder on the Kindle. You can label your screen savers, but you'll need an image editor to do so. No, you wouldn't need the font hack for that. Getting the best results basically requires you to create images of the proper size (600x800 for Kindle 1/2/3 or 824x1200 for Kindle DX), converting the image to gray scale, then reducing the image to 16 shades of gray, possibly using dithering if there are gradient areas in the image. Then saving the image with the least amount of compression to avoid artifacting. This can be accomplished by using the PNG format which is lossless, I believe, but will result in generally larger image file sizes.

[Robbie ~]

Impressive Response, thanks for the info friend

Ah.. I have a UK kindle but it's not 3g, only WiFi

in this case should I go for jailbreak k3w or k3gb?

[NiLuJe]

@Robbie ~:

In that case, k3w, there's only one WiFi only model.

[cc200]

I am confusing about the ss hack. How does the autoreboot and random work?

I copy the empty file autoreboot and rename it to reboot, but never(only once after minutes but not the mentioned 10 seconds) reboot after I eject the USB.

And also the empty file random seems not working as expected. It seems that it generated a random but fixed sequence for the pictures, so that every pictures will be shown up and again with the same sequence. This is not same as the original operation.

Any body have comments?

[NiLuJe]

@cc200:

* The autoreboot was broken when you didn't have the fonts hack installed in v0.17.N. It's fixed now.

* Yep, that's it.

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

If you want to randomize the sequence in which your screensavers will be shown, create a blank file named random in the linkss folder (right alongside the "auto" file), and then do a full restart of your Kindle! This will shuffle your screensavers around on each boot.

[yzhuqing]

My device is Kindle3 Wifi version 3.0.2. I downloaded update_jailbreak_0.4.N_k3w_install.bin, and put it into kindle, and update it. Then my kindle stun at the Software Update. And the process bar won't go. It's half a hour now from I updated it. What can I do?

I forced restart my kindle, and seems like it's OK now.

[cc200]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

* The autoreboot was broken when you didn't have the fonts hack installed in v0.17.N. It's fixed now.

* Yep, that's it.

I was talking about the situation that Fonts v4.2.N, ScreenSavers v0.18.N installed, the autoreboot really doesn't work as expected (though it's not a big problem).

For the random ss, could it be some options to randomize the order after each sleep(quick slide power) or each deep sleep(slide ~5 seconds), but not only the full reboot?