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« Reply #126 on: January 14, 2010, 03:04:08 PM » |
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I am just happy to hear that someone that is 72 uses a Kindle
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« Reply #127 on: January 14, 2010, 04:04:41 PM » |
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« Reply #128 on: February 06, 2010, 07:30:36 PM » |
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All I can say is WOW! Finally got around to installing the font hack with Georgia 2 and I love it. It's so much darker and easier to read than the original.
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« Reply #129 on: February 06, 2010, 07:52:39 PM » |
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Glad you went through with it Brenda, if I was only allowed to make one recommendation to every Kindle owner, it would be to add the font hack. It makes such a huge difference and really makes the Kindle reading experience a 100x better in my opinion. P.S. I used Georgia 2 as well... |
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« Reply #130 on: February 06, 2010, 08:51:12 PM » |
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I am just happy to hear that someone that is 72 uses a Kindle
I'm going to be showing mine to my 78-year-old (next friday) mother so she can see what it's like, particularly with her macular degeneration (not real severe, but becoming problematic not). She is not real gadget-savvy though, plus I'm not sure how her arthritic fingers will deal with the controls, so I'm not overly optimistic, but still hopeful that she may find it a boon to here love of reading. |
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« Reply #131 on: February 14, 2010, 02:19:27 PM » |
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I am a newbie and was really worried about any hacks. I did install Helvetica2 and really like it. Thank you so much.
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« Reply #132 on: February 14, 2010, 02:24:08 PM » |
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The font hack is easy and incredible! I never knew that I needed the hack until I was bored one day and tried it. It is an amazing difference!
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« Reply #133 on: February 15, 2010, 06:42:28 AM » |
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I have Georgia 2 on my k2i and Helvetica on my Dx, just for variety ! Thanks for doing all the work creating the "as easy as I can get it" for us less techy of the bunch. I have used it for my origional font hack install, and for the 2.3 and 2.3.3 updates and it has really been great. |
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« Reply #134 on: February 15, 2010, 07:36:03 PM » |
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I've only had my Kindle since mid December but I keep hearing of this font hack. Is there a link to see screenshots of it compared to the original anywhere? Also, how many different fonts does it give you?
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« Reply #135 on: February 15, 2010, 09:17:21 PM » |
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I've only had my Kindle since mid December but I keep hearing of this font hack. Is there a link to see screenshots of it compared to the original anywhere? Also, how many different fonts does it give you?
There are some screenshots on this page, but I don't think they really show you how great it will look on your own Kindle. It's a very easy install and you can also remove it very easily, I'd just try it. There are 4 fonts to choose from on NogDog's site. |
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« Reply #136 on: February 16, 2010, 02:50:37 AM » |
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There are some screenshots on this page, but I don't think they really show you how great it will look on your own Kindle. It's a very easy install and you can also remove it very easily, I'd just try it. There are 4 fonts to choose from on NogDog's site. Note that I've just updated my hacks page to include links to all the fonts on "TedSan's" page. |
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« Reply #137 on: February 16, 2010, 04:05:44 AM » |
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Thank you!
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« Reply #138 on: February 17, 2010, 02:08:40 PM » |
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perfect! now i have Georgia 2 font, impressive!  10x!!! |
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« Reply #139 on: February 21, 2010, 10:20:13 AM » |
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I uninstalled the font hack and want to clean up the root file before I call Amazon for a warranty issue. Do I delete everything from it? There are 9 files listed
font.properties.new
font.properties.orig
font.properties. prerestore
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« Reply #140 on: February 21, 2010, 10:54:54 AM » |
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To the best of my knowledge Amazon has never given anyone any grief for having installed the font or screen-saver hacks, so personally I would not worry about it. I would think having done the uninstall and then verifying that you still have a problem should be sufficient. But that's my opinion only, not anything official I from Amazon. |
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« Reply #141 on: February 21, 2010, 01:54:06 PM » |
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I uninstalled the font hack and want to clean up the root file before I call Amazon for a warranty issue. Do I delete everything from it? There are 9 files listed I know what you mean about cleaning it up, there do seem to be lots of unnecessary files once we start hacking away. But like Jason said, I have read in other forums about people concerned with this issue and there doesnt seeem to be any problem with the warranty as long as the hacks havent caused it. But even then it would be a matter of Amazon simply cleaning then reinstalling their software so that too wouldnt really be too challenging. Make sure you back up all your books before you need to send it off, if you need to. |
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« Reply #142 on: February 21, 2010, 02:30:08 PM » |
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Once I remove the hacks, I delete all the files in the root folder. There is only the folders that should be there.
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« Reply #143 on: February 21, 2010, 03:31:21 PM » |
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Thanks everyone. Amazon is shipping me a new one. I'm going to go ahead and delete the extra files because I like to tidy up loose ends. But it's good to know they probably won't do anything to me if I don't get to it.
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« Reply #144 on: February 21, 2010, 04:01:03 PM » |
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Once I remove the hacks, I delete all the files in the root folder. There is only the folders that should be there.
Wouldnt the updates from Amazon be there too? And they should stay? |
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« Reply #145 on: February 21, 2010, 04:02:27 PM » |
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Amazon updates self-clean after install. Your root folder should generally have no files in it, just folders. It won't hurt anything if there are files, but none of them are necessary.
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« Reply #146 on: February 21, 2010, 05:35:48 PM » |
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Amazon updates self-clean after install. Your root folder should generally have no files in it, just folders. It won't hurt anything if there are files, but none of them are necessary.
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« Reply #147 on: February 21, 2010, 11:07:11 PM » |
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Cool, I like a nice clean kindle. So if hacked, there should only be the two hacks in the root directory? And I just remembered I saved the uninstall file in one of the folders in the kindle too. Not the root though.
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« Reply #148 on: February 23, 2010, 04:20:36 AM » |
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Cool, I like a nice clean kindle. So if hacked, there should only be the two hacks in the root directory? And I just remembered I saved the uninstall file in one of the folders in the kindle too. Not the root though.
No, even if hacked, there need not be any "leftovers" hanging around in the root directory. Any files there can be deleted after the hack has been installed. Just the folders need to remain. |
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« Reply #149 on: February 23, 2010, 06:17:23 PM » |
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No, even if hacked, there need not be any "leftovers" hanging around in the root directory. Any files there can be deleted after the hack has been installed. Just the folders need to remain.
Really? Ok, I never knew that. Shame I dont keep the house as clean as the kindle! Kindle is way more fun than vacuuming. |
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