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« on: January 30, 2012, 08:56:47 AM » |
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I tried the K3 FAQ section but couldn't find the answers. Kindly refer me to the right thread if previously covered. Question: Without hacking, is there a way to change the Kindle Keyboard (K3) dead authors screensavers to the K4 screensavers (pen tips, etc.)? Thanks in advance for the input.  |
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 12:57:52 PM » |
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No, there's no way to change the K3 screensavers at all without hacking.
You would need to hack the K4 to get the pics off it in the first place - and I'm not even sure if there is a hack for that yet - but in any case you would definitely have to hack the K3 to transfer them over.
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« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2012, 03:22:53 AM » |
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Anyone know where I can download the K4 screensaver images (printing things) - I really like them.
New to all this frankly.
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« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2012, 04:38:22 AM » |
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Hi, Dicken, welcome to Kindleboards!
I wouldn't imagine that Amazon would make the pictures available so you'd have to get them from someone who had a K4 and could do some sort of screen grab - except I don't think you can do that when the screensaver is on anyway. As I don't think there's hack for the K4 yet, there's no way to get to the actual files either.
Anyone know any different?
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« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 05:57:47 AM » |
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Thanks Linda for the advice! I don't feel like hacking at all so I will live with my dead authors for now... At least my k4 is resting with wonderful screensavers...
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2012, 10:05:29 AM » |
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Thanks Linda - my wife has a K4 - but no idea how one would access the files - can you do it by plugging it into a laptop and treating the Kindle as an external storage device or something ?
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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2012, 04:15:12 PM » |
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Even with hacking it should be noted that if your Kindle is a Special Offers Kindle, I don't think you'll be able to do anything about screensavers. . . at least. . .the hack developers have previously said they won't design hacks to circumvent something you agreed to in order to get a discount. The hacks Morf linked to will, I believe, only work on NON Special Offer Kindles.
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2012, 12:43:03 PM » |
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Even with hacking it should be noted that if your Kindle is a Special Offers Kindle, I don't think you'll be able to do anything about screensavers. . . at least. . .the hack developers have previously said they won't design hacks to circumvent something you agreed to in order to get a discount. The hacks Morf linked to will, I believe, only work on NON Special Offer Kindles.
Is there something different about non-so kindles versus so kindles where you've paid to turn them off? I was wondering whether the hack would work on mine, or whether there's something specifically about them that would cause the hack not to work. |
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2012, 01:26:09 PM » |
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As far as I'm aware, once you've paid to turn off the offers on an SO Kindle it becomes just like a non-SO Kindle and can be hacked in the same way.
However, I would take a look at the screensaver hack threads on Mobileread because the more technical stuff tends to get discussed over there.
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2012, 03:28:51 PM » |
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Agree with Morf. . . .I don't know a lot about the hacking as I've never seen the need for it. But when you buy out of SO's that basically means you're back to the 'regular' screensavers. Heck, I can 'opt in' on my old K3/Keyboard. And opt out again and in again and out again as often as I want.  So I'd assume a 'hack' that was designed for a non-SO device would work just fine -- I've no idea if it would STOP working if you opted back in to SO's. Definitely ask at Mobileread. |
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« Reply #11 on: February 09, 2012, 11:03:56 AM » |
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Figured I'd put this here in case someone else was looking. It looks like you can use the SS hack if you opt out of the special offers: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160454. Though, the hack is very basic, and requires a specific graphic format, and requires a naming convention. |
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