How to extract default screensaver from kindle

pipizich · 02-23-2019, 12:45 PM

Hey guys,
I want to extract this screensaver from my kindle paperwhite 4 but all I can do now is using screenshot function, it looks good but the annoying texts somehow was included, anyone knows the better method to extract these default screensaver?

thanks for reading and sorry for my bad English

shamanNS · 02-23-2019, 04:56 PM

That looks more like it is a "special offer" screensaver (= an advert) than like it is one of the actual "default screensavers"/"stock screensavers" that Kindle would cycle true if you remove "special offers" or buy a Kindle that is already without SO.
If that is the case then there is very high probability that all that text is part of the image itself (that only "Swipe to unlock Kindle" is an overlayed on top of the image) ... so there is no much point in locating the image file on Kindle itself (I you motivation and your desire is to have a clean version of that picture, without that text)... especially it it turns out that the file is located on parts of the Kindle storage that you as a user can't access unless you jailbreak your Kindle.

Anyways, those photos used to be stored on user-accessible part of Kindle memory but I think for some time now they are relocated to something like "/var/local/adunits" which can't be accessed without jailbreak and SSH connection.

I can't help you with that, even though my Kindle is jailbroken I have PW3 that is not "special offers" unit so it doesn't download those "adunits" screensavers. I just did a quick check and it looks like here is nothing related to "special offers" at "/var/local" on my device.

Almamida · 02-23-2019, 07:36 PM

I don't know if it is what you want but I removed the text from your picture

pipizich · 02-23-2019, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Almamida

I don't know if it is what you want but I removed the text from your picture

omg thank you and shamanNS very much, there is always an easy way to solve a problem

02-23-2019, 12:45 PM	#1
pipizich Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2019 Device: kindle paperwhite	How to extract default screensaver from kindle Hey guys, I want to extract this screensaver from my kindle paperwhite 4 but all I can do now is using screenshot function, it looks good but the annoying texts somehow was included, anyone knows the better method to extract these default screensaver? thanks for reading and sorry for my bad English

02-23-2019, 04:56 PM	#2
shamanNS Guru Posts: 886 Karma: 10113994 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5 [bricked], Kindle PW1	That looks more like it is a "special offer" screensaver (= an advert) than like it is one of the actual "default screensavers"/"stock screensavers" that Kindle would cycle true if you remove "special offers" or buy a Kindle that is already without SO. If that is the case then there is very high probability that all that text is part of the image itself (that only "Swipe to unlock Kindle" is an overlayed on top of the image) ... so there is no much point in locating the image file on Kindle itself (I you motivation and your desire is to have a clean version of that picture, without that text)... especially it it turns out that the file is located on parts of the Kindle storage that you as a user can't access unless you jailbreak your Kindle. Anyways, those photos used to be stored on user-accessible part of Kindle memory but I think for some time now they are relocated to something like "/var/local/adunits" which can't be accessed without jailbreak and SSH connection. I can't help you with that, even though my Kindle is jailbroken I have PW3 that is not "special offers" unit so it doesn't download those "adunits" screensavers. I just did a quick check and it looks like here is nothing related to "special offers" at "/var/local" on my device. Last edited by shamanNS; 02-24-2019 at 02:28 PM. Reason: typos

02-23-2019, 07:36 PM	#3
Almamida Guru Posts: 685 Karma: 11431990 Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Kobo Sage - Kindle PW5 & Voyage - iPad Pro M1 12.9	I don't know if it is what you want but I removed the text from your picture Attached Thumbnails

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