NOOB question regarding benefits from PW jailbreak

kim1406 · 10-16-2012, 12:34 AM

Hi

I'm new to the kindle , I just got my Paperwhite last week. Now I read that, there is a jailbreak for this device. So, I wonder what benefits will one get when jailbreaking his PW?

Will it read different book formats such as epub, txt, rtf, Doc, html, pdb, ..etc
Will it read RTL language as I want Arabic on epub if possible.
Will it handle PDF files in a good way?

If it will do that, can one plz direct me where to start after the jailbreak.

thanks

twobob · 10-16-2012, 05:34 AM

Hi, It' a jailbreak not a swiss army knife.

The JB lets you install other applications - aside from the amazon approved flavours.

Those applications could allow you to do these other things you listed.

PDF: Buf if I am honest PDF support is terrible,
EPUB + stufff: Hacked up reader is paperwhite ready I think,
RTL: meh probably

The Paperwhite is far too new to give you a big "Yes" and the Jailbreak will only allow these "future" things to run. not anything else.

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/K5_Index You could look there (much of the stuff will one day run, or does already)

HTH

10-16-2012, 12:34 AM	#1
kim1406 Connoisseur Posts: 59 Karma: 48000 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: kindle paperwhite	NOOB question regarding benefits from PW jailbreak Hi I'm new to the kindle , I just got my Paperwhite last week. Now I read that, there is a jailbreak for this device. So, I wonder what benefits will one get when jailbreaking his PW? Will it read different book formats such as epub, txt, rtf, Doc, html, pdb, ..etc Will it read RTL language as I want Arabic on epub if possible. Will it handle PDF files in a good way? If it will do that, can one plz direct me where to start after the jailbreak. thanks

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10-16-2012, 05:34 AM	#2
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	Hi, It' a jailbreak not a swiss army knife. The JB lets you install other applications - aside from the amazon approved flavours. Those applications could allow you to do these other things you listed. PDF: Buf if I am honest PDF support is terrible, EPUB + stufff: Hacked up reader is paperwhite ready I think, RTL: meh probably The Paperwhite is far too new to give you a big "Yes" and the Jailbreak will only allow these "future" things to run. not anything else. https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/K5_Index You could look there (much of the stuff will one day run, or does already) HTH

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