12-15-2011, 02:34 PM | #316 |
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This thread would be easier to follow if it were split into separate K4 and Touch threads.
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12-15-2011, 08:30 PM | #317 | |
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12-15-2011, 10:03 PM | #318 | |
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So I retried updating the driver and this time it did work and I now have a new Network connection Remote NDIS. I configured this connection to use 192.168.15.1 and I was then able to connect using SSH. All good so far however I now want to change the screensavers. So I tried Yifanlu's method: 1) modify /var/local/java/prefs/com.amazon.ebook.framework/prefs 2) Add this line: "screensaver.enable.userdefined=true" 3) put your screensavers into /mnt/us/sleepscreens Added images - tried jpg 600x800 as well as png - to sleepscreens and restarted kindle but got the blank screen. So I tried using Belkaars method: mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/base-mmc #Rename the 600x800 directory to 600x800_ mv /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800 /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800_ #Link the screensaver directory to the 600x800 directory ln -s /mnt/us/screensaver /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800 Added images- tried jpg 600x800 as well as png - to screensaver and restarted kindle but again got the blank screen. I could change the low_level_screens.dir=/opt/amazon/low_level_screens/600x800 option in the prefs file to point to /mnt/us/screensavers but according to Ekztal this is reset after a restart. So now I'm thinking it may be the images not being compatible? So I copied an image from /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800_ to both screensaver and sleepscreens and examined and my images are correct size and format ... so I'm back to stuck again I would appreciate any ideas or thoughts on this subject. Cheers |
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12-15-2011, 11:09 PM | #319 |
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Here's my WIP GUI menu launcher: https://github.com/yifanlu/KindleLauncher
It uses a manual hook (through a patched MenuDialog class) to add the launcher to every menu dialog and it also implements a reader plugin using the ReaderSDK to hook onto the menu when reading books. I want developers to input some feedback on the API that I will make for the launcher. Right now, there are two ways of hooking your app into the launcher. 1) JSON and shell scripts/native apps, and 2) Java code. For option 1, you have a JSON text file that contains menu options and their actions. The action is a shell command with paramaters or open another menu. For option 2, you write a class that implements the Menuable interface that I wrote. Whenever the launcher menu is being created, you are free to plug in any number of menu item and define a callback for what each item does. For both options, menu items are sorted first by their priority number (defaults to 0) and second by their name. I think having those two options should be enough for most things. Native scripts could launch background daemons like HTTP servers and such, or load an alternative OS like duokan. Java apps could make use of the Kindle UI elements and amazon's swing implementation. (prompt user for input, launch kindlets, etc). What should I add and what should I change? Last edited by yifanlu; 12-15-2011 at 11:19 PM. |
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12-16-2011, 07:26 AM | #321 | |
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1) Did you set mntroot rw before you made the changes? Even then I had to give the link command a couple of times before it "took". 2) What filenames are you giving your screensavers. See my post in another thread... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...72#post1879472 Good luck |
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12-16-2011, 07:33 AM | #322 |
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Agreed. At least there should be an understanding that K4 = no touch (or no keyboard) and Touch = well, Touch. Then there're the SO versions to deal with. But I don't think there is much basic difference between the K4SO and the K4, is there?
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12-16-2011, 09:38 AM | #323 |
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I finally got my screens back! I had been extra smart and made a backup of my backup and it restored everything. I didn't get my screen savers back until I changed the the low_level_screens.dir= in the perf file. Oddly enough my kindle never had that line in the perfs file. Ever. But once I added it in, the screen savers came back! (So I'd give that a shot and see if your screensavers starts working )
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Yes I did set mntroot rw and also checked the link to ensure that it was pointing at my new screensavers directory. I might try this linking with a few more variations. I have got the screensavers working albeit in a fairly permanent fashion - I simply renamed the 600x800 folder #Rename the 600x800 directory to 600x800_ mv /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800 /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800_ #Created a new 600x800 directory mkdir /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800 #Then simply copied my screensaver images to the newly created directory cp /mnt/us/screensavers/* /mnt/base-mmc/opt/amazon/screen_saver/600x800 This works ok but as I can't get the link to work (yet!) this requires you to use usbnet and ssh to change the screensavers. Not optimal but I'll live with it if nothing else works. As for the filenames of the images I am using jpg, greyscale with no specific format of name and they work fine. Cheers |
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12-16-2011, 08:34 PM | #325 |
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i think that we should move all hacking discussion about the kindle 4th gen non-touch version to this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1882026
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12-17-2011, 03:42 PM | #326 |
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I've installed the jailbreak. No problems there. Was curious, how do you install Lu's screensaver mod? I downloaded the file, but wasn't sure how to proceed. Thanks.
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12-17-2011, 04:21 PM | #327 |
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Read the file named readme in the zip you downloaded it gives some very easy to understand instructions
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12-18-2011, 08:27 AM | #328 |
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Audio files found on K4 ntSO
As I was browsing through my K4 ntSO the other day I stumbled upon a directory with some audio files in it. There are also asound files in /etc. WTF?
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12-18-2011, 12:14 PM | #329 |
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12-18-2011, 01:21 PM | #330 |
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Same here Fuzzy. I may be overlooking myself, but I wasn't exactly sure how to run the mod reading the instructions. It just seemed to describe how to name the images. How do we actually install the mod? Thanks.
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