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Old 05-01-2021, 11:14 AM   #76
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Those 'special offers' are a big part of why I don't buy a Kindle. They try to spin it like they are saving the customer money. But I can buy a comparable Kobo or Nook for the same price (or less!) and have no ads at al.

I'm a pragmatist, so my point of entry is always what I *would* be willing to pay for a given device. I detest ads generally, so when I consider buying a Kindle, it is always at a discount and always factoring out the pointless expense of choosing no ads.

Every company is likely to disappoint us by imposing unnecessary limitations, notably in terms of formats, features and forced upgrades.

I've owned a Clara HD for three years and an Aura HD ever since it was introduced. I've noticed that neither plays well with USB-C-only PC laptops even when I use an adapter hub, but the Oasis I just purchased works perfectly as an external storage device. The Clara and Oasis each excel at doing things the other does not despite the fact both are eInk eReaders of comparable generations. And both can be sneaky about trying to force firmware installs even when you choose manual-only options. I tend to turn off WiFi on both.
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Old 05-01-2021, 02:19 PM   #77
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A *reset*, not just a reboot? That wipes all content! Are you sure this is necessary?
Sorry I meant a reboot. Just turning it on and off again.
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Old 05-01-2021, 02:29 PM   #78
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Sorry I meant a reboot. Just turning it on and off again.
You can't actually turn off a Kindle unless it's jailbroken.
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Old 05-01-2021, 07:14 PM   #79
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You can't actually turn off a Kindle unless it's jailbroken.
None of mine are jailbroken. I don’t see the point. The officially correct word for what I did is a “Restart”
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Old 05-02-2021, 12:16 AM   #80
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You can't actually turn off a Kindle unless it's jailbroken.
This is something I dislike about mine. I don’t use it often and it seems to deplete battery faster than both my Kobo GloHD and my PRS650.
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On the Kindles showing covers on the lock screen--does this work with sideloaded books? All my books on my Kindle are sideloaded through Calibre (even the ones purchased from Amazon). Just curious--my Kindle wifi stays off almost all the time--wondering if I should turn it on and let the kindle sync up to get this feature.
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Old 05-02-2021, 01:02 PM   #82
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On the Kindles showing covers on the lock screen--does this work with sideloaded books?
They are supposed to work, yes.

But look around the boards. There are reports of it not working. I don't have a Kindle myself to confirm or deny.
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On the Kindles showing covers on the lock screen--does this work with sideloaded books? All my books on my Kindle are sideloaded through Calibre (even the ones purchased from Amazon). Just curious--my Kindle wifi stays off almost all the time--wondering if I should turn it on and let the kindle sync up to get this feature.
I can confirm that sideloaded covers work via calibre. I have an Oasis, I do a google search for the best quality cover I can find, resize to the dimensions of the reader (Oasis 1264 x 1680) to avoid the black bars down either side, replace in the metadata then send to kindle. Screenshot from Kindle attached.

Books are in AZW3 format with -60px left and right margins (not relevant to cover but thought it might be of interest as I hate wide margins).
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Old 05-03-2021, 10:03 AM   #84
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Books are in AZW3 format with -60px left and right margins (not relevant to cover but thought it might be of interest as I hate wide margins).
I hate margins so much I've removed them from all sides at the firmware level after jailbreak. No more messing around with editing individual books (sorry about lo res pic) .
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Old 05-03-2021, 11:05 AM   #85
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They are supposed to work, yes.

But look around the boards. There are reports of it not working. I don't have a Kindle myself to confirm or deny.
All of my books are sideloaded and the covers show just fine on my Voyage.
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Old 05-03-2021, 11:25 AM   #86
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I can confirm that sideloaded covers work via calibre. I have an Oasis, I do a google search for the best quality cover I can find, resize to the dimensions of the reader (Oasis 1264 x 1680) to avoid the black bars down either side, replace in the metadata then send to kindle. Screenshot from Kindle attached.
How did you get a screenshot from the lock screen? After all, this entire thread is about showing book covers on the lock screen.
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Old 05-03-2021, 04:20 PM   #87
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How did you get a screenshot from the lock screen? After all, this entire thread is about showing book covers on the lock screen.
Seems to me you just have to take it from an SSH session in the minute or so after you lock the kindle before it goes to sleep.
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Old 05-03-2021, 06:28 PM   #88
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Seems to me you just have to take it from an SSH session in the minute or so after you lock the kindle before it goes to sleep.
For kindles that don't hibernate, I've been able to ssh in for days after it has gone to sleep without it leaving the sleep screen (provided it is not in USB mass storage mode. If wifi ssh is enabled I suppose you could ssh over wifi without it leaving sleep screen even with USBMS enabled, but I have never enabled ssh over wifi and don't know. But you would have to catch it when it is listening on wifi.)

When hibernating in airplane mode and USBMS disabled, I generally have to wake up the kindle to ssh in (and bye bye sleep screen.)
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...If wifi ssh is enabled I suppose you could ssh over wifi without it leaving sleep screen...
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