Need Help getting the screen saver up that came with my "Skin"

[Shizu]

I'm sorting with recent and my screensaver is in the last page.

[yogini2]

I'm sorting with recent and my screensaver is in the last page.

I can sort by recent or alphabetical and its not there.  In order for it to show up, it has to exist on my kindle.  It does not.  I must have screwed up the process when I went through the set-up.  The screensaver exists in my documents file on my computer, but does not show up on the kindle.  When the kindle was bound to the Kindle, I put it in that file, but no transfer seems to have occurred.

kathy

[Betsy the Quilter]

Yes.  It is sorted alphabetically, but no screensaver or anything other than my books and my NowNow answers.

kathy

Mine is sorted alphabetically and screensaver shows up in the "s" section.  I press S on the keyboard and the list jumps to that.

At this point, I would suggest you start over and make sure you do all the steps.  You're using a Mac?

Overview: you connect the Kindle to your PC via USB.  I believe on Macs, the Kindle should show up on your desktop when it's connected?

Is there a folder, either on the Kindle itself or on the SD card if you have one, called pictures and then a subfolder called screensavers within the pictures folder?  Make sure everything is spelled correctly and all in lowercase and that the screensavers folder is INSIDE the pictures folder.  If the pictures folder isn't on the Kindle, you will have to create it or drag one from the Mac to the Kindle, and then create or drag the screensavers folder into the pictures folder on the Kindle.

If you have the folder on the Kindle, are the desired images in the screensavers folder?  

If so, after safely removing the Kindle from the computer (make sure the spinny thing isn't spinning), go to Home and press Alt-z, which creates a book called screensavers.  It will probably be under the "s" part of your home page list if you have them alphabetically.  You open the book, and for each picture you added, press alt-shift-0 (zero).  After doing this, you can press Alt-aA to put the Kindle to sleep and see your new screensavers.

You're using a Mac, right?  Verena or other Mac users?

[qotdr]

Go thru  the process again. I had a heck of a time getting the screensaver folder to show up on the home page. It finally did though.

[yogini2]

I can sort by recent or alphabetical and its not there.  In order for it to show up, it has to exist on my kindle.  It does not.  I must have screwed up the process when I went through the set-up.  The screensaver exists in my documents file on my computer, but does not show up on the kindle.  When the kindle was bound to the Kindle, I put it in that file, but no transfer seems to have occurred.

kathy

I set it up again as you stated.  I had a capital M on My pictures.  I changed that.  I created a subfile "screensaver" and put the screensaver in there and all is tucked away inside "my pictures.

I can sort by recent or alphabetical and its not there.  In order for it to show up, it has to exist on my kindle.  It does not.  I must have screwed up the process when I went through the set-up.  The screensaver exists in my documents file on my computer, but does not show up on the kindle.  When the kindle was bound to the Kindle, I put it in that file, but no transfer seems to have occurred.

kathy

I disconnect from the computer in the proper way.  The little spinner had stopped.
Went to Alt-Z.  It is not anywhere.

I can sort by recent or alphabetical and its not there.  In order for it to show up, it has to exist on my kindle.  It does not.  I must have screwed up the process when I went through the set-up.  The screensaver exists in my documents file on my computer, but does not show up on the kindle.  When the kindle was bound to the Kindle, I put it in that file, but no transfer seems to have occurred.

Mine is sorted alphabetically and screensaver shows up in the "s" section.  I press S on the keyboard and the list jumps to that.

At this point, I would suggest you start over and make sure you do all the steps.  You're using a Mac?

Overview: you connect the Kindle to your PC via USB.  I believe on Macs, the Kindle should show up on your desktop when it's connected?

Is there a folder, either on the Kindle itself or on the SD card if you have one, called pictures and then a subfolder called screensavers within the pictures folder?  Make sure everything is spelled correctly and all in lowercase and that the screensavers folder is INSIDE the pictures folder.  If the pictures folder isn't on the Kindle, you will have to create it or drag one from the Mac to the Kindle, and then create or drag the screensavers folder into the pictures folder on the Kindle.

If you have the folder on the Kindle, are the desired images in the screensavers folder?  

If so, after safely removing the Kindle from the computer (make sure the spinny thing isn't spinning), go to Home and press Alt-z, which creates a book called screensavers.  It will probably be under the "s" part of your home page list if you have them alphabetically.  You open the book, and for each picture you added, press alt-shift-0 (zero).  After doing this, you can press Alt-aA to put the Kindle to sleep and see your new screensavers.

You're using a Mac, right?  Verena or other Mac users?

Yes, I have a I-Mac.  I don't know what verena is.  I'm guessing that's a person?  Who has a Mac?


Kathy

[yogini2]

Sorry for the mess with the quotes.  I haven't got the hang of this yet.  I bought a new TV (digital) on black Friday.  It has taken three days to get the basic tv working and I can't get my DVD to work.  I'd starve if I had to may a living at any of the technical stuff.

Kathy

[pidgeon92]

Yes, I have a I-Mac.  I don't know what verena is.

I am more of a who than a what.

Like Betsy said, you have to create the Pictures folder on your Mac, then inside that create the Screensavers folder. Put whatever pictures you want as screensavers in that folder.

Then, when you connect your Kindle via USB, and you open your Kindle as a drive on the Mac, go ahead and drag the entire pictures folder to the top top Kindle folder, like in this photo:


Then, you must disconnect your Kindle from your Mac, go to the home screen on your Kindle, and hit the key combination Alt+Z. Until you do this, the screensavers title will not appear on your Kindle.

Looking at your last post, I think your problem may be that you called the folder "my pictures." None of the other folders on the Kindle has a space in any of the names.

[Betsy the Quilter]

yes, the folder needs to be called just "pictures" not "my pictures"

This should help!

Betsy

[Shizu]

I remember I couldn't show my pictures up on my kindle the first time. What I learn is that folder name has to be in the lower case. So I delete the folder I created for the pictures. I disconnect my kindle then reconnect to pc. I have SD card and I put all my files in SD. I created the "pictures" folder on main directory where the 'documents" folder is. Inside of the "pictures", I created the "screensavers" folder. I put pictures in there. Then disconnect, Alt-Z. It worked.

[yogini2]

Oh wow!!  It worked.

The e-mail from decalgirl said to call it "my pictures".  It makes my head hurt to try and figure out why the name of a file should make a difference but it does.  Now it works. 

Thank you Pigeon92.  I figured out too late that you were a person and not some fancy Mac something.  I appreciate your patience.  Thank you also to Betsy and Shizu.

The kindle is now looking quite smart all dressed in Monet.

kathy

[Betsy the Quilter]

Kool, told you we would figure it out!  Verena's our resident computer wizard!  Glad we could help!

Betsy

[pidgeon92]

The e-mail from decalgirl said to call it "my pictures". 

I still have my email from the Get My Wallpaper site, and you are correct that it gives the not quite right information. I think I shall drop them a line.

[Shizu]

I'm glad it worked.      Now you can have a lot of pictures in your kindle. 

[Eclectic Reader]

Help!  And let me say, first off, that I am NO techie!

I followed all the steps regarding my Zen Revisited wallpaper from Decalgirl, and I have it loaded on my Kindle, but it's not full size.  Even when I press alt+F, it remains only about a 1/4 of the full screen. 

The directions posted earlier in this thread say the pic should be 600 x 800 pixels.  When I put the cursor over the image, it reads 360 x 480 pixels.  What can I do to resize the download to make it the necessary size?

And TIA for any help you can give me regarding this.

[Shizu]

The wallpaper you got is the one they sent to you right? After you downloaded to your pc, the size should be 600x800. The one I got is 600x800. Maybe you can try to get it again and see if the result is the same? If it is not in the right size, I think you should contact them.

You can resize the wallpager using the software but resizing small to big... the resolution of the picture might not be as good as it should be. You should get the right wallpaper.

Shizu

[Eclectic Reader]

Thanks, Shizu.  I tried twice but the result is the same so I've contacted support at decalgirl.com so I'll see what they say.

[Shizu]

If you couldn't get the right one, let me know maybe I can resize it for you.

[Eclectic Reader]

I contacted Decalgirl and they sent me a resized (600 x 800 pixels) screensaver which I have transferred on to my Kindle.  The full-sized pic is there in my "screensaver book", but I can't figure out how to make it a screensaver.  When I press alt+shift+zero, nothing happens.  I don't get the message that it's been exported as a screensaver.  (Not to sound especially stupid, but we are talking about the shift key being the arrow key above the alt key, right?)

When I put my K in the sleep mode, Emily Dickinson/John Steinbeck/etc still come up, but not the Zen Revisited screensaver.  I even put the K through an entires series of sleep mode/wakeup/sleep mode to see if the screensaver came up somewhere in the mix, but it didn't.

Any suggestions?

[Leslie]

I contacted Decalgirl and they sent me a resized (600 x 800 pixels) screensaver which I have transferred on to my Kindle.  The full-sized pic is there in my "screensaver book", but I can't figure out how to make it a screensaver.  When I press alt+shift+zero, nothing happens.  I don't get the message that it's been exported as a screensaver.  (Not to sound especially stupid, but we are talking about the shift key being the arrow key above the alt key, right?)

When I put my K in the sleep mode, Emily Dickinson/John Steinbeck/etc still come up, but not the Zen Revisited screensaver.  I even put the K through an entires series of sleep mode/wakeup/sleep mode to see if the screensaver came up somewhere in the mix, but it didn't.

Any suggestions?

You "open" the book so you are seeing the picture, right? Then do Alt-F to make it full screen. Then alt-shift-0 to export. Wait a few seconds for the message. That's the sequence.

L

[Eclectic Reader]

You "open" the book so you are seeing the picture, right? Then do Alt-F to make it full screen. Then alt-shift-0 to export. Wait a few seconds for the message. That's the sequence.

L

Yep.  Did all those things.  The picture comes up in the screensaver book, I alt+F the picture, then alt+Shift+0and then... othing.

Wait a minute.....uh.....the fourth time seems to have been the trick. 

YESSSS!!!!  I have a screen to match the skin. 

Thanks everybody for your helpl (and your patience with me). 

[chynared21]

Woo hoo ER!

[Leslie]

Yep.  Did all those things.  The picture comes up in the screensaver book, I alt+F the picture, then alt+Shift+0and then... othing.

Wait a minute.....uh.....the fourth time seems to have been the trick. 

YESSSS!!!!  I have a screen to match the skin. 

Thanks everybody for your helpl (and your patience with me). 

Excellent! Congratulations!

L