Hiding booklets from the main menu?

rand_kindle_user · 02-13-2025, 05:56 AM

Hello everyone,

I have just finished jailbreaking my Paperwhite 3, currently on firmware 5.12.4.

Everything seems to be working. I do however have a minor nitpick: the jailbreak has added KUAL, the hotfix, and the "Kindle feedback" booklets to the main menu, which are quite ugly to look at:

Spoiler:

I can hide them selecting Filter > Books, however that adds an (also quite ugly) banner on top of my bookshelf:

Spoiler:

If I recall correctly the banner was not there in previous firmwares, so the easiest options would be to downgrade it, however as I understand downgrading wipes the Kindle and every book I have added, which I would rather avoid.

Hence my question is the following: is there any homebrew tool that allows me to hide entries from the main menu?

BionicGecko · 02-13-2025, 08:08 AM

You're running a rather old firmware version so perhaps it's different, but in my experience those booklets just get "pushed" towards the end of the list as you open some actual books. So if you open a few books from your library and don't use the booklets, they should eventually go to the last page of your library.

In the case of KUAL, there is an extension to give it an icon, so it's not as ugly; you can find it here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...6&postcount=15

rand_kindle_user · 02-14-2025, 05:53 AM

Thank you @BionicGecko

The tool in your link is just an bash script that queries an SQLite database in /var/local, so after a bit of tinkering I have adapted it to my use case of changing other covers and hiding some items.

I have currently hidden the "Kindle Feedback" booklet with
sqlite3 cc.db "UPDATE Entries SET p_isVisibleInHome = 0 WHERE p_titles_0_nominal = 'Feedback Kindle'"
Do you reckon this might create any issue?

BionicGecko · 02-14-2025, 10:50 AM

I’m not familiar enough with this database to confirm whether this can cause issues or not in the long term, however if you successfully managed to update the db and your kindle boots normally then I think it should be fine

shamanNS · 02-14-2025, 02:12 PM

@rand_kindle_user
Device reboot will restore visibility of that Kindle Feedback "book"

rand_kindle_user · 02-14-2025, 03:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shamanNS

@rand_kindle_user
Device reboot will restore visibility of that Kindle Feedback "book"

I have noticed, however I hardly reboot once every 2-3 years, so that's not too annoying :^D

02-13-2025, 05:56 AM	#1
rand_kindle_user Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: Kindle paperwhite 3	Hiding booklets from the main menu? Hello everyone, I have just finished jailbreaking my Paperwhite 3, currently on firmware 5.12.4. Everything seems to be working. I do however have a minor nitpick: the jailbreak has added KUAL, the hotfix, and the "Kindle feedback" booklets to the main menu, which are quite ugly to look at: Spoiler: I can hide them selecting Filter > Books, however that adds an (also quite ugly) banner on top of my bookshelf: Spoiler: If I recall correctly the banner was not there in previous firmwares, so the easiest options would be to downgrade it, however as I understand downgrading wipes the Kindle and every book I have added, which I would rather avoid. Hence my question is the following: is there any homebrew tool that allows me to hide entries from the main menu?

02-14-2025, 05:53 AM	#3
rand_kindle_user Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: Kindle paperwhite 3	Thank you @BionicGecko The tool in your link is just an bash script that queries an SQLite database in /var/local, so after a bit of tinkering I have adapted it to my use case of changing other covers and hiding some items. I have currently hidden the "Kindle Feedback" booklet with sqlite3 cc.db "UPDATE Entries SET p_isVisibleInHome = 0 WHERE p_titles_0_nominal = 'Feedback Kindle'" Do you reckon this might create any issue? Last edited by rand_kindle_user; 02-14-2025 at 05:54 AM. Reason: Typo

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02-13-2025, 08:08 AM	#2
BionicGecko Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 5555555 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Czech Republic Device: Voyage, Oasis, Scribe, Colorsoft, Libra Colour	You're running a rather old firmware version so perhaps it's different, but in my experience those booklets just get "pushed" towards the end of the list as you open some actual books. So if you open a few books from your library and don't use the booklets, they should eventually go to the last page of your library. In the case of KUAL, there is an extension to give it an icon, so it's not as ugly; you can find it here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...6&postcount=15

02-14-2025, 10:50 AM	#4
BionicGecko Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 5555555 Join Date: Aug 2016 Location: Czech Republic Device: Voyage, Oasis, Scribe, Colorsoft, Libra Colour	I’m not familiar enough with this database to confirm whether this can cause issues or not in the long term, however if you successfully managed to update the db and your kindle boots normally then I think it should be fine

02-14-2025, 02:12 PM	#5
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,068 Karma: 12000044 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	@rand_kindle_user Device reboot will restore visibility of that Kindle Feedback "book"