KUAL: Kindle Unified Application Launcher (v2.7)

[Antinoos]

Don't understand your problem...

Just connect your Kindle via USB, go to the /documents folder and remove the KUAL*.azw2 file. BINGO! :-D

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[knc1]

Originally Posted by Antinoos

Don't understand your problem...

Just connect your Kindle via USB, go to the /documents folder and remove the KUAL*.azw2 file. BINGO! :-D

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PW3-5.9.2:
Removing the file is easy.
Making the thumbnail go away, not so easy.
It will require a small script to do some database file clean-up.

[hius07]

Here it is:

cd /var/local
sqlite3 cc.db 'update entries set p_isvisibleinhome=0 where p_location="/mnt/us/documents/KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2"'

[knc1]

Originally Posted by hius07

Here it is:

cd /var/local
sqlite3 cc.db 'update entries set p_isvisibleinhome=0 where p_location="/mnt/us/documents/KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2"'

That only hides it (controls its visibility).
The thumbnail needs to be removed from one of the databases.

The person who PM'd me the information did not bother to name **which** database the thumbnail is in.

So someone will have to take the time to find out and provide a "runme" script for the purpose, or wait for me to get finished with the "hotfix" repair.

[encol]

What if something like:

sqlite3 cc.db 'delete from entries where p_location="/mnt/us/documents/KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2"'

?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by encol

What if something like:

sqlite3 cc.db 'delete from entries where p_location="/mnt/us/documents/KUAL-KDK-2.0.azw2"'

?

That would remove it from the cloud collection (cc.db) database.
But the thumbnail itself is stored somewhere, it would also have to be removed.

Previously to 5.9.2, the system took the thumbnail from either the book or the book's metadata directory.
But there is no 'left over' metadata directory for the KUAL document (the entry you do see is for the booklet):

[root@kindle documents]# ls -l
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             0 Oct  1  2016 KUAL.kual
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root        468580 Oct  1  2016 Kindle_Users_Guide.azw3
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 dictionaries

See? No *.azw3, no metadata directory.
But the document thumbnail is still being shown on my screen.
I.E: It must be stored in one of the /var/local databases.

In fact, there isn't any metadata directory for the "Kindle User's Guide", which IS still on the system.

5.9.2 :: document/book metadata: moved from a directory into a database.
And the 'left over' image on the screen does not respond to a long tap to delete.

Funky.
They completely removed support for active documents - including any way to delete them.
Go, go, Lab126, too much:

[hius07]

No sdr-folders any more?

[knc1]

Originally Posted by hius07

No sdr-folders any more?

all gone.
it must be a database driven system now.

[AcidWeb]

I still have SDR directories on my Oasis 2 5.9.2.

Also covers were never stored there. PDOC ones are read from ebook file itself, rest is in system\thumbnails.

[Antinoos]

Originally Posted by AcidWeb

I still have SDR directories on my Oasis 2 5.9.2

Even for AZW2/AZW3 & KF8 books?

To sum it up: FW 5.9.2 seems to be a real big setback!
- active documents support finally gone
- MrPI doesn't work any longer
... what the hell?!

So here's my question (especially on behalf of my friend, who, in contrast to myself, is using his Kindle online): Is the OTA blocker directory trick still reliable to stay on (jailbroken) 5.8.11, even with WLAN on? (The latter version is IMHO definitely the best firmware for everyday's use...)

[AcidWeb]

Yes. And KFX too.

Yes.

[Antinoos]

Left over from previous fw version?
Are the contents of the resepective *.sdr dirs still updated when reading the corresponding books? Otherwise they're just garbage...

[AcidWeb]

No. Yes.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by AcidWeb

I still have SDR directories on my Oasis 2 5.9.2.

Also covers were never stored there. PDOC ones are read from ebook file itself, rest is in system\thumbnails.

Where under /system?
Not in /system its self or anything *thumbnail*

[root@kindle system]# ls -la
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 .
drwxrwxrwx   16 root     root          8192 Jul  4 23:03 ..
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 .mrch
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  4 23:03 Search Indexes
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 acw
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  1 00:12 btlogs
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 fonts
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 freetime
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 grok_thumbnails
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 kll
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 readingstreams
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 startactions
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 thumbnails
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Jul  1 00:00 version.txt
[root@kindle system]# ls -la thumbnails
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..
[root@kindle system]# ls -la grok_thumbnails
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..

In fact, nowhere:

[root@kindle system]# ls -la *
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root            26 Jul  1 00:00 version.txt

Search Indexes:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  4 23:03 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root         81920 Jul  1 00:01 Index.db
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             8 Jul  4 23:03 Index.lg
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root         39358 Jul  1 00:01 y1890f9a90695603e81c47b

acw:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..

btlogs:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  1 00:12 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..

fonts:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root      16072704 Jan 16 11:44 ja.font
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root      41234432 Jan 16 11:44 zh-Hans.font

freetime:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root         18432 Jul  1 18:32 freetime.db

grok_thumbnails:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..

kll:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..

readingstreams:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root          3072 Oct  1  2016 readingstreams.db

startactions:
drwxrwxrwx    3 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 images

thumbnails:
drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 .
drwxrwxrwx   13 root     root          8192 Jul  1 18:32 ..

/system/startactions/images is also empty.

[AcidWeb]

drwxrwxrwx    2 root     root          8192 Oct  1  2016 thumbnails

No idea why your directory is empty. All my covers are there.