[elakkljakldf]

Also, is there one without having to download stuff?

 

[SusanCassidy]

No, it takes a bit of technological competence.  How would you get the hack without downloading it?  Amazon does not supply it.  The Kindle browser will not let you download binary files.

 

[elakkljakldf]

Aww... man. As I said, I am technologically backwards and do not want to download malware onto my kindle.

 

[NogDog]

Aww... man. As I said, I am technologically backwards and do not want to download malware onto my kindle.

The hack has been in use for many months in its current incarnation, probably by thousands of users, with no report yet of any malware associated with it. But, if you don't want to risk it, you could find a used Kindle 1 and make use of its built-in screen-saver capability (http://blogkindle.com/2009/03/kindle-1-screensaver-hack/).

 

[elakkljakldf]

Actually, I just installed this hack: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/37424/jailbreak-your-kindle-for-dead-simple-screensaver-customization/

And the pictures aren't showing up. It's a .png file. Might try .jpg and see what happens.

EDIT: jpg didn't work.

 

[NogDog]

Do you still see all of the old "dead author" screensavers, or are they at least gone? (If they're still there, then the hack probably did not work.)

Also, are you doing a restart after copying the new image files into the screensaver folder (under the linkss folder)?

 

[elakkljakldf]

yes the dead people screensavers are gone, and I did restart.. what now?

 

[NogDog]

Make sure you're working with the latest/greatest version of the hack at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88004 perhaps? Maybe one of the smart guys there can tell you what to do to debug it.

Looks like the latest Jailbreak is V0.7.N and the latest screensaver is V0.22.N.

 

[elakkljakldf]

ok, thanks.

EDIT: I just tried it, and on the ss hack, it says that the update was unsuccessful...

EDIT2: It downloaded, but now the screensavers won't show up... it's just a blank screen.

EDIT3: Got it to work, with the help of http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/26/kindle_hacking_screensaver/page3.html

 

[HappyGuy]

I'm having absolutely NO luck with this. I've got a K2 v2.5.2. I've downloaded the hack kindle-jailbreak-0.7. Pulled, update_jailbreak_0.7.N_k2_install.bin and put it into the root folder on the K. Update Your Kindle remains not available, so I have no idea what to do next.

 

[NogDog]

I'm having absolutely NO luck with this. I've got a K2 v2.5.2. I've downloaded the hack kindle-jailbreak-0.7. Pulled, update_jailbreak_0.7.N_k2_install.bin and put it into the root folder on the K. Update Your Kindle remains not available, so I have no idea what to do next.

Outside of something blatant like putting it in the wrong folder on the Kindle or the hack file being corrupted somehow, this often indicates that you don't have the right .bin file for your type of Kindle. Is it possible you have the international (sometimes called "global") Kindle 2? In that case, you want to use the files with "k2i" in the file name, instead of just "k2".