Can I mount a USB drive on a Kindle?

ShapeShifter499 · 06-17-2017, 09:32 AM

I just got a fairly good condition Kindle 4 (no-touch) from a local Goodwill couple of days ago.. I was sorta surprised they had so many e-readers. I loaded some library rented e-books and played around. I eventually found the jailbreak and preformed it on my device.

I hope this is the right form for this question. Can I mount a USB drive on the Kindle in a similar fashion to using a OTG cable?

If a different Kindle supports USB host mount, let me know. I was looking at getting a 3G enabled Kindle for the ease of transferring books.

baalajimaestro · 06-17-2017, 09:59 AM

Hi! @ShapeShifter499, It seems pretty possible and there are a host of threads on OTG connections. But I doubt if it work on non-jb kindle! Also, AFAICT I haven't seen USB mounting using OTG.

knc1 · 06-17-2017, 10:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShapeShifter499

I just got a fairly good condition Kindle 4 (no-touch) from a local Goodwill couple of days ago.. I was sorta surprised they had so many e-readers. I loaded some library rented e-books and played around. I eventually found the jailbreak and preformed it on my device.

I hope this is the right form for this question. Can I mount a USB drive on the Kindle in a similar fashion to using a OTG cable?

If a different Kindle supports USB host mount, let me know. I was looking at getting a 3G enabled Kindle for the ease of transferring books.

On a K4?
No way.

tl;dr: No

ShapeShifter499 · 06-17-2017, 10:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

On a K4?
No way.

tl;dr: No

Does this include all of the Kindle e-ink readers?

knc1 · 06-17-2017, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShapeShifter499

Does this include all of the Kindle e-ink readers?

Currently, yes.

Some have the capability but no one has posted the add-in to do it with.
(None come from Amazon with USB storage support, someone will have to make an add-in package that implements it.)

coplate · 06-17-2017, 02:06 PM

I have built up the kernel modules to enable this on my PW3.

I get my drive device created at /dev/sda1

I mount that into /mnt/us/documents/sda1

But it is not triggering a rescan of that folder, as if I had copied it into the filesystem.

I imagine that there could be somethings about this 'fuse' filesystem I don't understand, but that's a naive guess.

I have also tired these lipc commands:

This one the log says triggering partial scan, but nothing happens.

Code:

lipc-set-prop com.lab126.scanner triggerUpdate 1

This one says invalid parameter

Code:

lipc-set-prop com.lab126.scanner reScanFile /mnt/us/documents/sda1

Even if I did get this working, I imagine the kindle would not be terribly happy with having the folder plugged in and unplugged etc. ( If would re-index when you plugged it in every time? and then delete the caches when removed? )

I have not yet tested what happens to the mount point if it goes to sleep, or if having the usb plugged in prevents suspend mode.

ShapeShifter499 · 06-18-2017, 06:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by coplate

I have built up the kernel modules to enable this on my PW3.

Could you share how you did this? I don't know where the source code for all this stuff is as I'm pretty new to the Kindle e-ink line.

coplate · 06-18-2017, 05:20 PM

The open source code for the paperwhite 3 stuff is here:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...deId=200203720

I followed amazons directions with the cross compiler and built the linux package inside of it.

To get the USB storage drivers, I had to add the following to the .config that get created after running thier configuration command:
CONFIG_SCSI
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD
CONFIG_USB_STORAGE

I actually ran the amazon supplied build command first. Then added these to the .config and re-ran it, so I would get the names of the .ko kernel modules while watching the output of the build script, since it didn't re-build everything.

06-17-2017, 09:32 AM	#1
ShapeShifter499 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2017 Device: Kindle 4 Silver	Can I mount a USB drive on a Kindle? I just got a fairly good condition Kindle 4 (no-touch) from a local Goodwill couple of days ago.. I was sorta surprised they had so many e-readers. I loaded some library rented e-books and played around. I eventually found the jailbreak and preformed it on my device. I hope this is the right form for this question. Can I mount a USB drive on the Kindle in a similar fashion to using a OTG cable? If a different Kindle supports USB host mount, let me know. I was looking at getting a 3G enabled Kindle for the ease of transferring books. Last edited by ShapeShifter499; 06-17-2017 at 09:45 AM. Reason: More info

06-17-2017, 02:06 PM	#6
coplate Guru Posts: 645 Karma: 1888888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: prs-505, Kindle Keyboard 3g, PW3	I have built up the kernel modules to enable this on my PW3. I get my drive device created at /dev/sda1 I mount that into /mnt/us/documents/sda1 But it is not triggering a rescan of that folder, as if I had copied it into the filesystem. I imagine that there could be somethings about this 'fuse' filesystem I don't understand, but that's a naive guess. I have also tired these lipc commands: This one the log says triggering partial scan, but nothing happens. Code: lipc-set-prop com.lab126.scanner triggerUpdate 1 This one says invalid parameter Code: lipc-set-prop com.lab126.scanner reScanFile /mnt/us/documents/sda1 Even if I did get this working, I imagine the kindle would not be terribly happy with having the folder plugged in and unplugged etc. ( If would re-index when you plugged it in every time? and then delete the caches when removed? ) I have not yet tested what happens to the mount point if it goes to sleep, or if having the usb plugged in prevents suspend mode. Last edited by coplate; 06-17-2017 at 02:08 PM.

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06-17-2017, 09:59 AM	#2
baalajimaestro Expecto Patronum! Posts: 137 Karma: 342260 Join Date: May 2017 Location: Chennai, India Device: Kindle PW2(9017) 4GB, FW 5.7.4	Hi! @ShapeShifter499, It seems pretty possible and there are a host of threads on OTG connections. But I doubt if it work on non-jb kindle! Also, AFAICT I haven't seen USB mounting using OTG.

06-18-2017, 05:20 PM	#8
coplate Guru Posts: 645 Karma: 1888888 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: prs-505, Kindle Keyboard 3g, PW3	The open source code for the paperwhite 3 stuff is here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...deId=200203720 I followed amazons directions with the cross compiler and built the linux package inside of it. To get the USB storage drivers, I had to add the following to the .config that get created after running thier configuration command: CONFIG_SCSI CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD CONFIG_USB_STORAGE I actually ran the amazon supplied build command first. Then added these to the .config and re-ran it, so I would get the names of the .ko kernel modules while watching the output of the build script, since it didn't re-build everything.