Submitted 5 months ago by parody@lemmings.world to technology@lemmy.world
cross-posted from: lemmings.world/post/36014604
So glad I saw this post I’ve had an 8th gen kindle jammed under a pile of bullshit for quite a while because fuck bezos. Ended up being able to use winter break and now I can use the device without contributing to fascism. Today was a good day!
One more plug for using kobo libre!! I love it much more than my kindle, havent picked taht thing up in years… maybe ill jailbreak it just to set one more free…
Just did with the adbreak method, was a little annoying having to get a US address and making a card for it, but the jailbreak process itself was smooth, and you can disable ads again after you are done.
what’s so particular about these kindles that a simple android tablet can’t provide?
Probably the best e-ink hardware you can buy and significantly less expensive than the competition. Amazon likely sells them at a loss to lock you in to their bookstore. It’s hard to compete with them.
Ink displays are more comfortable on the eyes like reading something on paper than a regular display. Prefer them to physical books now.
These things are very heavily optimized for the singular purpose of reading books. They can’t do much of anything else, but they do that one thing very well and very efficiently. They run a custom, lightweight Linux OS that’s very aggressive with its battery management. Coupled with an e-ink display, they sip power and can run for weeks on a single charge. That’s not something a simple android can provide.
I lost mine in my house. Looked for it in April, couldn’t find it. In September I found it and the battery was at 56%.
Also you can’t read a tablet in direct sunlight.
E-readers have much longer battery life since the hardware is tailored to the use case.
Also better to use a device you may already have than chuck it on the e-waste pile and buy something brand new.
This jailbreak is for people who already have a Kindle, don’t think anyone is suggesting to buy one for this…
E-ink
Are they the only ones providing these?
Switched to Kobo as part of my general “screw the USA” policy. Threatening Canadian sovereignty will not fly.
I’ve had a Kobo Aura H2O for years and it’s great
Is it possible to import Kindle books to this device?
I ask because my Kindle library is fairly extensive and giving it up would be uncomfortable to say the least.
If you can manage to download your ebooks to your PC, you can use Calibre with a DeDRM plugin to release your Amazon hostages books. But it’s not a very straightforward process.
sorry for the reddit link, but it’s the most complete guide: reddit.com/…/2024_guide_to_dedrm_kindle_books/
Yeah. Bought a kobo. So happy with it.
Wow! I didn’t know about Kobo! It’s amazing that I’ve never heard of it before.
Since I am following the “fuck the USA” policy, I am not buying my books on Amazon neither. I thought it would be easier with a reader.
Your timing is impeccable!
If you are lazy put your kindle into airplane mode until you find time to jailbreak your kindle. I actually jailbroke it using the previous winterbreak method last week, since I had kept my kindle in airplane mode using calibre.
Also stops you from getting ads.
This is what I did. Haven’t felt the need to take it off of airplane mode yet.
Yeah, I put it into airplane mode when I heard Amazon was going to push an update removing some feature. Then just kept using it as I did before using calibre to send books.
Finally decided to jailbreak it and I am glad I did since the custom lockscreens and koreader has been cool.
Do it now. avoid youtube nonsense. Go to : kindlemodding.org/jailbreaking/
Really beautiful custom tailored approach to your device. I didn’t need to do all of the nonsense in the video. Took 20min and the website held my hand throughout the entire process. No data loss.
Fuck Jassy.
video was still good since the guide doesn’t teach you about kindle forge, but it does install kor reader at least.
Thank you stranger
Yeah Amazon and I have a pretty adversarial relationship about what I should be able to do on my Kindle, and my next device won’t be from them. But in the meantime I’m loving having my jailbreak back, and I made sure to prevent updates properly this time. Koreader is great and the thing even has a Gameboy emulator!
the irony that it can be jailbroken by modifying the ads is funny. Sadly I expect this to be a super easy patch on Amazons part so if you have the device probally should do this fast lol
The first advertisement that I’ve purposely clicked in years, and it was to load a file so I could jailbreak my Kindle. Felt great.
I’ve just done this with 5.18.5.0.1 and it works.
Amazon eliminated side loading? I’ve been using calibre to convert books to azw and transfer to my Kindle. Always worked fine for me. Unless they pushed out an update to break this?
What Amazon eliminated was your ability to download your books and then load them to your Kindle from your computer instead of using their whisper net.
I also switched to Kobo about 6vmonths ago. Got the libra colour so i can read comics and manga too. I use annes archive for my ku only reads. Purchase titles through kobo(or direct from the author anytime its possible), or borrow from overdrive. Also, very recently discovered Instapaper is amazing for reading webnovels!
The fact that they fixed the jailbreak just as I was about to do it was part of the reason I moved to Kobo (went with the Clara BW and am very happy with the upgrade).
Thanks for helping me discover Kobo! Looks like a good Kindle alternative.
Yea, love my kobo
Just bought a new 7" Libra, my only complaint is the colour screen is lower contrast than a pure black and white
I have a Kobo Clara BW and it’s fantastic. Unfortunately, it doesn’t support my SO’s language well, so YMMV.
There’s also Boox, another alternative with Android.
Do you have an easy way to strip the DRM from the Kobo ebooks? If not, then is it much different thank Amazon? I also have a kobo but don’t buy from their store. I mainly buy books on ebooks.com if they are DRM free. And maybe acquire others that aren’t DRM free.
Yea, I use calibre to strip it, have my entire collection backed up
One thing to note about the Kobo store is that it (unlike Amazon) lists the DRM status of a given book towards the bottom of the store page below the reviews. If you see something like “Epub 2 (DRM Free)” then that’s the format that the book will be in if you download it.
You can download a book that you’ve purchased directly from the website on the My Account/My Books subpage. I’ve tested this out and it can be a good way to get paid DRM free ebooks, if that’s what the publisher wants to sell.
I have the DeDRM plugin set up on Calibre and it’s either it’s working perfectly or everything I’ve bought from Kobo didn’t come with DRM (I think it’s the first one).
I think DRM on Kobo books is dependent on what the publisher requests or something like that. The few I have bought don’t have DRM from what I can tell.
aceshigh@lemmy.world 5 months ago
If you jailbreak, can you revert to an older version of kindle os?