Changing default margins on Kindle Paperwhite - Page 2

Indigo121 · 10-01-2013, 03:11 AM

Thanks for all your answers, guys. I guess I'll wait a few months to see where the wind blows. I'm looking forward to the new Paperwhite since even in the few videos released so far there seems to be a noticeable improvement in contrast. It's the first device as you know to use E-ink's latest "Carta" screen.

I do wish though that their screen would be slightly larger than 6''. I don't know why the industry has all settled on 6''. Kobo went out with the Aura HD with a 6''7 screen, and it sold very well, until becoming somewhat obsolete a week later...

twobob · 10-01-2013, 10:50 AM

agreed. it is a bit little.

The contrast on my current device is fine.
This all smacks of "newer must be better" in my eyes but heh, after a lifetime of buying better and better audio equipment I think I might be a little jaded on the whole. "Shiny and new" marketing thing.

ixtab · 10-01-2013, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by twobob

agreed. it is a bit little.

The contrast on my current device is fine.
This all smacks of "newer must be better" in my eyes but heh, after a lifetime of buying better and better audio equipment I think I might be a little jaded on the whole. "Shiny and new" marketing thing.

... There is one thing that I love about native english speakers: they do use rare words. ... <3 twobob!

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911jason · 05-13-2018, 02:48 AM

I realize I'm bringing this thread back from the dead, but is there any way to modify the default margins on a PW1 with 5.6.1.1 installed?

shamanNS · 05-13-2018, 05:47 AM

Editing appropriate jar files should still works.

911jason · 05-13-2018, 01:45 PM

Any chance you could point me to the specific instructions? I'm searching, but not finding anything specific to the 5.6.1.1 firmware.

shamanNS · 05-14-2018, 11:52 AM

Try this:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1795

No Idea if there were some changes in code stucture in newer firmware versions, like there was a change in the way margin values were represented sometimes around firmware 5.5.x (IIRC the values used to be in pt/px, and now are in some decimal/float type numbers that map to some amount of pixel).
I'm not aware of any newer instructions and not sure if there was any feedback from users of newer firmwares. The tools needed are the same, files are probably still the same so it only a matter of the Java code itself.

I think I haven't done those edits since the early days of Paperwhite 1 (maybe the last time I did that type od of edit I was still using Kindle 3/Kindle Keyboard), afterwards I just used the prebuild ones. My old PW1 (now used by my father) is still on firmware 5.4.4.

Since we had to wait quite a long time until the jailbreak for PW3 & firmware 5.5.x or newer firmware was discovered I've gotten used to reading with smallest factory margin... the other main reason for editing those .jar files was re-defining font size value and firmware 5.6.5 had the "FONT_RAMP" thing that enables you to the same thing... so when I finally could jailbreak my PW3 and have gained SSH I was to lazy to do the whole jar edit thing. Custom fonts and personalized font size gradation is good enough for me now. Those two are not optional

911jason · 05-14-2018, 12:08 PM

Thank you very much @shamanNS for taking the time to respond. After talking to @NiLuJe last night on another thread, and hearing about his disdain and difficulty trying to work with the Java, I came to the conclusion that I should just content myself with the font and screensaver hacks and get on with reading and enjoying my Kindle.

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10-01-2013, 03:11 AM	#16
Indigo121 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 11516 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Nook	Thanks for all your answers, guys. I guess I'll wait a few months to see where the wind blows. I'm looking forward to the new Paperwhite since even in the few videos released so far there seems to be a noticeable improvement in contrast. It's the first device as you know to use E-ink's latest "Carta" screen. I do wish though that their screen would be slightly larger than 6''. I don't know why the industry has all settled on 6''. Kobo went out with the Aura HD with a 6''7 screen, and it sold very well, until becoming somewhat obsolete a week later...

10-01-2013, 10:50 AM	#17
twobob ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°){ʇlnɐɟ ƃǝs}Týr Posts: 6,586 Karma: 6299991 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: uti gratia usura (Yao ying da ying; Mo ying da yieng) Device: PW-WIFI\|K5-3G+WIFI\| K4\|K3-3G\|DXG\|K2\| Rooted Nook Touch	agreed. it is a bit little. The contrast on my current device is fine. This all smacks of "newer must be better" in my eyes but heh, after a lifetime of buying better and better audio equipment I think I might be a little jaded on the whole. "Shiny and new" marketing thing.

05-13-2018, 02:48 AM	#19
911jason Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 128 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Simi Valley, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	I realize I'm bringing this thread back from the dead, but is there any way to modify the default margins on a PW1 with 5.6.1.1 installed?

05-13-2018, 05:47 AM	#20
shamanNS Guru Posts: 885 Karma: 10113994 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5 [bricked], Kindle PW1	Editing appropriate jar files should still works.

05-13-2018, 01:45 PM	#21
911jason Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 128 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Simi Valley, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	Any chance you could point me to the specific instructions? I'm searching, but not finding anything specific to the 5.6.1.1 firmware.

05-14-2018, 11:52 AM	#22
shamanNS Guru Posts: 885 Karma: 10113994 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5 [bricked], Kindle PW1	Try this: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1795 No Idea if there were some changes in code stucture in newer firmware versions, like there was a change in the way margin values were represented sometimes around firmware 5.5.x (IIRC the values used to be in pt/px, and now are in some decimal/float type numbers that map to some amount of pixel). I'm not aware of any newer instructions and not sure if there was any feedback from users of newer firmwares. The tools needed are the same, files are probably still the same so it only a matter of the Java code itself. I think I haven't done those edits since the early days of Paperwhite 1 (maybe the last time I did that type od of edit I was still using Kindle 3/Kindle Keyboard), afterwards I just used the prebuild ones. My old PW1 (now used by my father) is still on firmware 5.4.4. Since we had to wait quite a long time until the jailbreak for PW3 & firmware 5.5.x or newer firmware was discovered I've gotten used to reading with smallest factory margin... the other main reason for editing those .jar files was re-defining font size value and firmware 5.6.5 had the "FONT_RAMP" thing that enables you to the same thing... so when I finally could jailbreak my PW3 and have gained SSH I was to lazy to do the whole jar edit thing. Custom fonts and personalized font size gradation is good enough for me now. Those two are not optional

05-14-2018, 12:08 PM	#23
911jason Zealot Posts: 102 Karma: 128 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Simi Valley, CA Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	Thank you very much @shamanNS for taking the time to respond. After talking to @NiLuJe last night on another thread, and hearing about his disdain and difficulty trying to work with the Java, I came to the conclusion that I should just content myself with the font and screensaver hacks and get on with reading and enjoying my Kindle.

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