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« Reply #250 on: May 02, 2010, 11:44:54 AM » |
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Whew!!! Thanks NogDog!! I played around with Screensaver hack and screensavers for 2 hours and after all that, decided I like the dead authors best. It was a bit of a work-around to get everything back to normal (grrrrr at me for not following instructions) but it now is. I'll just leave the font hack in place cause I doubt I would get the 2.5 update since my Whispernet seems to have trouble sustaining a connection for any length of time. Houston and Sprint do NOT get along but I can live with it.
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« Reply #251 on: May 03, 2010, 07:41:53 AM » |
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I hope someone can help me. I have been trying to uninstalling the screen saver hack and I have followed the steps provided. It says the update was applied but when I check in settings, the hack is still installed. Any thoughts?
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« Reply #252 on: May 03, 2010, 03:19:53 PM » |
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I hope someone can help me. I have been trying to uninstalling the screen saver hack and I have followed the steps provided. It says the update was applied but when I check in settings, the hack is still installed. Any thoughts?
All I can think of is to make sure you are using the screen-saver uninstall file, as opposed to, say, the font hack uninstall file or the screen-saver install file. |
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« Reply #253 on: July 02, 2010, 03:54:03 PM » |
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I too have tried to uninstall the screen saver hack and it still shows as installed! I'm trying to get the update to 2.5 but can't do it til I uninstall the screen saver hack! HELP!!!
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« Reply #254 on: July 02, 2010, 08:53:36 PM » |
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Hey NogDog; I am getting a new kindle on Monday for my hubby and just want to know whether the process is the same now, with the 2.5 update. Can you confirm I need to go through the 'ss folder creation' process as in the first post here, but with the new hacks, or can I just apply the new hacks without doing this now? Kinda confused whether any part of the process has now been eliminated with the new hacks?
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« Reply #255 on: July 02, 2010, 09:07:30 PM » |
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Hey NogDog; I am getting a new kindle on Monday for my hubby and just want to know whether the process is the same now, with the 2.5 update. Can you confirm I need to go through the 'ss folder creation' process as in the first post here, but with the new hacks, or can I just apply the new hacks without doing this now? Kinda confused whether any part of the process has now been eliminated with the new hacks?
I'm not 100% sure if the 2.5 SS hack creates that directory or not. All I know is that it was there when I installed the hack, but it may have been left there from after I uninstalled the 2.3 hack.  |
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« Reply #256 on: July 02, 2010, 09:15:00 PM » |
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I'm not 100% sure if the 2.5 SS hack creates that directory or not. All I know is that it was there when I installed the hack, but it may have been left there from after I uninstalled the 2.3 hack. Yep, that's my issue too. I guess if I create it first, then it obviously doesnt cause any issues as ours worked ok. BTW, for your info, when I use calibre to eject my kindle after installing the latest font update, the menu button works fine so I can restart it. If I use the pc's eject system after trying to install a new font, then that is when my kindle menu button stops functioning and it crashes. Yet I can safely eject the kindle using this method if I havent installed another font. Go figure! |
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« Reply #257 on: July 06, 2010, 12:52:42 PM » |
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hmm, don't know what I'm doing wrong....I follow the instructions, but I don't get anything..... I'm able to go through the updates, etc, though it doesn't tell me it didn't work and when I'm done with both files, there's no screensaver folder... |
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Pushka
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« Reply #258 on: July 06, 2010, 01:34:37 PM » |
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The screensaver folder isnt in the system files anymore but in another folder outside the system.
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« Reply #259 on: July 06, 2010, 02:22:20 PM » |
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The screensaver folder isnt in the system files anymore but in another folder outside the system.
OK, I'm completely dense...I apologize for my lack in figuring this out ;-) Maybe you can help me finish the install? Thanks! |
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« Reply #260 on: July 06, 2010, 02:58:10 PM » |
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Oh no you are not dense. Either that or I am too! I had quite a few issues yet I have done this before many times. I am at work now but if you check the mobilereads link and nogdogs page you might get it. Also attach your kindle and poke about in the files and you might find the screensaver folder. Put yours into that and then restart the kindle for the new ones to appear. Good luck.
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« Reply #261 on: July 06, 2010, 03:19:33 PM » |
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Oh no you are not dense. Either that or I am too! I had quite a few issues yet I have done this before many times. I am at work now but if you check the mobilereads link and nogdogs page you might get it. Also attach your kindle and poke about in the files and you might find the screensaver folder. Put yours into that and then restart the kindle for the new ones to appear. Good luck.
thanks, I can't find anything, LOL! Sigh...maybe I'll wait for DH to get home in a couple of days to try for me - I wanted to surprise him, ha! |
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« Reply #262 on: July 16, 2010, 07:31:46 AM » |
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I am trying to uninstall the screensaver hack on my K2i. Each time I go thru it all, unplug my Kindle from my computer it never allows me to click "update my kindle"...it is always greyed out. I guess I deleted my hacked screensavers on accident because I now have no screensavers....HELP...please...I'm feeling dumb.
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« Reply #263 on: July 16, 2010, 08:12:20 AM » |
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I am trying to uninstall the screensaver hack on my K2i. Each time I go thru it all, unplug my Kindle from my computer it never allows me to click "update my kindle"...it is always greyed out. I guess I deleted my hacked screensavers on accident because I now have no screensavers....HELP...please...I'm feeling dumb.
Are you using the correct uninstall .bin file for your Kindle type and firmware version? Did you put that .bin file in the top level of your Kindle ( not in any of its folders)? |
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« Reply #264 on: August 11, 2010, 09:30:39 AM » |
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Been poking around here for quite a while, but I decided to register to let you know how helpful the instructions were. I'm excited to be able to use my own images as screensavers - my own images meaning the wonderful pictures that so many members posted in the screensaver thread.
Thanks!
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« Reply #265 on: August 11, 2010, 01:46:20 PM » |
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Been poking around here for quite a while, but I decided to register to let you know how helpful the instructions were. I'm excited to be able to use my own images as screensavers - my own images meaning the wonderful pictures that so many members posted in the screensaver thread.
Thanks!
Glad to hear it. Now pull up a chair, grab a beverage, and join in on all the other fun here.  |
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StormRider
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« Reply #266 on: September 09, 2010, 10:47:49 AM » |
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I can't believe I got it to work! I have a Mac and my OS is Snow Leopard, and a couple of things were different for me... First, my Mac auto-utility program wouldn't unzip the files so I had to download Zipeg ( http://www.zipeg.com) which is free and did the job beautifully. After I got everything installed and restarted, when I went back to the Kindle’s root menu, the "system" folder didn't have what I wanted. Then I noticed a folder marked “linkss” that I hadn't seen before.... When I clicked on the "linkss" folder, there was a folder marked "Screensavers" and one marked "Backups". The Backups folder had all the Amazon default screensavers that I didn't want. So I had to be sure to paste the new screensavers I wanted into the "Screensavers" folder and not the "Backups" one. Anyway, don't know if that helps out anyone else with a Mac, but it's all working perfectly now. Thanks for all the tips here! |
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« Reply #267 on: September 26, 2010, 07:18:30 AM » |
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Help please! I'm trying to install the ss hack on my daughter's K2us. I'm using the correct files for the k2us, putting them in the root file for the kindle. I have done the jailbreak and it failed as it is supposed to. Then I installed the ss hack to the root file and updated the kindle, and it was successful. However it did not create the linkss file that it is supposed to and custom screensavers do not work. I've done this process several times before and I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong this time. Any ideas?
***Nevermind....even though the instructions say that you do not have to copy the linkss folder to the kindle root file, I found that I did have to copy it. It wasn't copying it automatically for me. So once I went back and copied it as previously instructed, it seemed to be working fine.
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« Reply #268 on: October 24, 2010, 06:33:43 PM » |
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I have been messing around with this today trying to download it and as far as I can tell during my trying to download the hack my kindle updated itself to the 2.5.3 version, does anyone know if there are hacks for this version yet? Thank you
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« Reply #269 on: October 24, 2010, 06:53:08 PM » |
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« Reply #270 on: October 24, 2010, 07:38:59 PM » |
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ahh thank you so much! I figured it out!
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« Reply #271 on: January 05, 2011, 06:19:41 AM » |
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HELP!~
I just uninstalled the ss hack to update to 2.5, and did so successfully, (yay!) but now I want my ss's back. Do I need to follow instructions for the new kindle, or just how do I go about puting my old ss's back. I have a k2i.
Thank you so much for any help here!~
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« Reply #272 on: January 05, 2011, 06:28:16 AM » |
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HELP!~
I just uninstalled the ss hack to update to 2.5, and did so successfully, (yay!) but now I want my ss's back. Do I need to follow instructions for the new kindle, or just how do I go about puting my old ss's back. I have a k2i.
Thank you so much for any help here!~
Follow the instructions at this MobileRead.com Wiki article: http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Screen_Saver_Hack_for_all_2.x_and_3.x_Kindles. |
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« Reply #273 on: January 05, 2011, 07:30:55 AM » |
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Thanks Nog.
Didn't work and although I am not sure what the heck I am doing wrong as I've done this before, however, I've run out of "messing around" time for now, but I will be back at it when I can and I just might give you a shout if you don't mind? =)
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