Adding Screen-Saver Images
So you’ve installed the screen-saver “hack” on your Kindle, and now you want to get rid of the “dead authors” and add some custom images to be displayed when your Kindle is sleeping. First, you need to...
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Installing Update/Hack Files on Your Kindle
Here are the steps needed to install any update file on your Kindle, whether it be a firmware upgrade from Amazon or a “hack” file from elsewhere. Relax: it’s really not all that difficult. Figure out...
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Kindle Font Hack Samples
Here are screen shots to provide a quick comparison of some of the fonts available via the latest font hack for the 2.5 Kindle firmware version. Click on an image to download the applicable font Zip...
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Kindle Font Files and Samples
As a follow up to the “Kindle Font Hack Samples” and “Font Hack for Kindle Version 2.5” articles, I decided to consolidate the various font zip files and sample images in one place. As more fonts...
View ArticleUpdates to the 2.5 Hacks
NiLuJe posted some updates to the 2.5.x-compatible screen-saver and font hacks yesterday. For information, please read his updated post at MobileRead.com. I updated the link in my recent font hack...
View ArticleUpdated 2.5-Compatible Screen-Saver Hack
UPDATE: Please see the MobileRead.com Wiki page for the latest instructions and up-to-date files for the screen-saver hack. The latest version of NiLuJe’s Kindle 2.5-compatible screen-saver hack has...
View ArticleHacks Added for DX “Graphite”
Thanks to NiLuJe’s efforts and the initial testers, we now have screen-saver and font hacks (and the associated “jail-break” hack) for the new “Graphite” version of the Kindle DX. I have accordingly...
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Wiki for Kindle Hacks
For additional information on the installation of the Kindle 2.5.x-compatible font and screen-saver hacks, I would like to direct your attention to a couple “wiki” articles at MobileRead.com: Kindle...
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Changing Margins on the Kindle
I’ve just been made aware of a way to tweak the margins on the Kindle. The process is described in a wiki article at MobileRead.com. As the process involves changing a text file in the “system” folder...
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Kindle 3 Font Hack Now Available
“NiLuJe” has released a Kindle 3 compatible font hack today. So in addition to changing the screen-saver images, you can now also change to some different typefaces if you would like. See the...
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