It may be possible to jailbreak an older, end-of-support Kindle and continue adding books to it. But doing so carries risks.
Yeah. The risk of being able to use your device without corporate oversight.
Lol yes. Fuck bezos.
Got the email from Amazon and jailbreaked my kindle that same day. Koreader is pretty awesome!
Any good guide you can recommend? Thought of going the very same thing, but had not much time and energy recently.
Just being able to remove the awful screen margins is already worth it. Whose idea was it to have 30% of the screen real estate be unused when reading a book
Probably related to the same dumbasses at google who decided that the text boxes while using directions on maps needed to stay on the screen to cover about half of it. You used to be able to tap once and have the boxes be hidden but they took that out in one of the “updates”.
Recently bought a kindle at a thrift store, which was perfect as it was on an old firmware, perfect for jailbreaking.
Now I’ve got a nice e-reader, never gave money to Amazon for the pleasure, not even using their software now. Easily the best $8 I ever spent.
I’ve done this a few times! It’s good fun!
As they should. I love koreader. And I also love gambatte-k2, though I have to say that playing GBA titles in black and white feels wrong.
Any tips on how to go about it?
Yes, seeing this post makes me want to acquire one and do this for fun. Maybe buy an older one from fleaBay? Doubtless there are sites out there to help with the process. New task unlocked!
Edit: Cursory reading says be very aware of the firmware on the device as that dictates jailbreakability. Newer firmware is more difficult. Makes sense. Also found kindlemodding.org for more brain food. Good luck!
I’m genuinely curious what benefits jailbreaking one gives. I’ve had a Paperwhite for over 5 years and I’ve never purchased a single book for it. All I need is a local collection of .epubs and Calibre and I’m away. I keep the Wi-Fi off constantly and have never signed into it once.
After May 20, users will only be able to use their devices to read content that’s already downloaded. Once an older device is deregistered or reset to factory settings, it cannot be re-registered after May 20.
Which means: You can still read your books, but you are on borrowed time. If something goes wrong, you can’t access all the books you bought from Amazon in the last decades anymore with your current device. So jailbreaking makes sense and it is also important to crack the DRM on those books.
Are we sure they don’t just mean that you can’t use the Amazon store to download new books? I know that is not what they literally write, but it is likely what they mean.
Koreader supports Calibre wirelessly, so there’s no need to ever mess with a USB cable again. It also has no telemetry, does not nag about unregistereded device and, doesn’t force you to give up Wi‑Fi(there are quite a few websites designed for ereaders). It can read RSS, natively supports EPUB, and offers a custom dictionary, custom screensaver, custom status bar, and a better horizontal mode, including columns.
I’ve been avoding messing with my Kindle when I was doing the same thing; not registering and using Calibre. But the latest news gave me a reason to try and I regret not doing this earlier.
edit: Fixed name.
Could you please explain what Kopub is? I cannot find information online: is it a jailbreak method? an app that can be installed after jailbreak? Do you have a link?
Sorry! I meant Koreader. It is an app that can be installed after jailbreak.
Thanks for the clarification
I’m on the same boat as you (except on a pretty old Kindle Touch), and I still don’t know if it’s worth for me. It seems like people will lose the ability to connect to Amazon’s servers and will lose the books they bought from them.
But for us who don’t get our books from Amazon and just transfer them using Calibre: are there any big advantages?
