Is it a good idea to hack/root he kindle and installing custom launcher/applications?
Have any of you done it? Was it worth it?
Please share your experience.I personally want to do it so I can read PDF's properly and listen to FLAC files while I read.
Source: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Hacks_Information
>>53868892
I have a jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite previous generation. I never much used it except for the tool that allowed me to synchronize my Calibre Colletions with the Collection system on the Kindle -- and even that stopped working towards the end, because the developer had to decrypt/deobfuscate the Java classes constantly for each new update.
So all in all, it's kind of badly documented, it doesn't get you all that much except maybe a different wallpaper, and in the end it's all features you could really do without / that are not as revolutionary as you think.
I'm using a Voyage now which is unrooted/unjailbroken and I'm doing just fine.
>>53869405
How do you read pdf's then? Do you just switch to landscape mode?
Also,maybe music isn't such a good idea after all.
>>53869566
Music isn't possible at all for the versions after the Kindle Keyboard (Paperwhite, Paperwhite 2, Voyage) because there's no audio jack -- I don't know why you think it would even be possible. The Kindle is a e-book reading device, don't try to use it for something it clearly wasn't designed for; use your phone with some kind of music player and that's it.
PDFs are 2nd class citizens on the E-Paper Kindles, and generally I don't read any PDFs at all -- I find books that I want to read as EPUB/MOBI files and sideload them onto the device with a tool such as Calibre. If I do need to read PDFs, I could in theory -- but it's not a great experience; so I wouldn't recommend it.
If you want an E-Paper Kindle solely to read PDFs you might be better served by getting some kind of cheapo tablet with a regular screen.
>Reading books
Holy SHIT LMAO
>>53869681
Do you really get anything out of posting inane shit on this board, isn't this just a waste of your time? Really?
>>53869628
I get what you mean,I just had this fantasy of having one e-ink device for all my needs: Music and reading, since I don't watch television or movies,it would be quite perfect.
>>53869689
When you're an Aryan GODNEET like me you have all the time in the world to throw at a million different things. Shitposting is just one of many things I do with my time.
Seriously though I have a kindle paperwhite from 2015, I've never really had a problem with pdfs and only fags listen to music.
>>53869736
Ah I see. Sorry man, but you'd better give up on that -- at least with the newer Kindles (which are, in my opinion, by far the best e-book readers around). I highly recommend getting a (new) Paperwhite or alternatively a Voyage if you want to splurge and satisfying your music needs in a different way.
Think about it, using the device to listen to music while reading would drain the battery much quicker anyways -- and you would run through many recharge cycles much quicker. It would become annoying really quickly.
>>53869764
Okay then.Thanks. Paperwhite it is
>>53869879
Glad I could be of help.
Definitely check out Calibre and torrent sites for EPUBs/MOBIs -- my Kindle lives through site-loading content and converting it with Calibre. Of course you are also free to use Amazon to buy shit.
>>53868892
I use Duokan on my Kindle 4 and it's far better than the stock OS. It has an option to display pdfs like it would EPUB's/MOBI's.