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« Reply #50 on: April 24, 2009, 09:00:57 AM » |
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yeah, that's what i did a couple of times now. it shows my original new pictures fine but refuses to show any new ones that i added today. all of them are 600x800 b&w PNGs, made the exact same way I made the 1st. several are ones I downloaded from here.
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« Reply #51 on: April 26, 2009, 05:43:15 AM » |
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Apparently I am just an idiot because I have yet to figure out how to do the screen hacks, even with the step by step instructions. Oh well, guess I will just have to stick with the defaults.
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« Reply #52 on: April 29, 2009, 02:39:26 PM » |
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Hmmm... didn't work for me. Have no idea what I might have done wrong  |
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« Reply #53 on: May 01, 2009, 09:28:30 PM » |
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same here.. I had the .02 but I can't figure out how to get hte system files to show up in vista.. this is much harder then the K2..I just wanted to add a few bedause the .02 did not interfere with the updates.. this is becoming alot more confusing then when I started
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« Reply #54 on: May 01, 2009, 09:50:54 PM » |
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okay I figured out my issue.. the hidden files on vista.. you go to computer.. you have to hit F10 to get the tool bar.. once I figured that out (thank you Yahoo answers), it was smooth from there... I have the .02 as I mentioned. I never updated.. and not ONCE did it stop me from the update.. I have never had to remove it either... honestly its very simple to use.
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« Reply #55 on: May 02, 2009, 06:09:00 PM » |
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Everything went smoothly until i had to open up and star ading and deleting the screen savers. I cant seem to do that or get a pic. What did everybody use to open them? Picassa, adobe? Im lost.
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« Reply #56 on: May 02, 2009, 06:34:05 PM » |
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Everything went smoothly until i had to open up and star ading and deleting the screen savers. I cant seem to do that or get a pic. What did everybody use to open them? Picassa, adobe? Im lost.
What do you mean open them? View the pictures in the screen_saver folder? If so, when you double click the picture, the picture view that you are using will start. |
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« Reply #57 on: May 02, 2009, 06:48:00 PM » |
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What do you mean open them? View the pictures in the screen_saver folder? If so, when you double click the picture, the picture view that you are using will start.
Yes, when i clicked the folder nothing happened. It asked me where i wanted to open it and nothing showed up, no pics, nothing. |
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"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. What a stupid lamb. What a sick masochistic lion"
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« Reply #58 on: May 02, 2009, 06:52:43 PM » |
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Yes, when i clicked the folder nothing happened. It asked me where i wanted to open it and nothing showed up, no pics, nothing.
You are opening the screen saver folder in the system folder right? If so, it shouldn't ask you anything because it is just a folder. Did you install the hack? If so which version? Can you tell me step by step what you did/doing? |
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« Reply #59 on: May 02, 2009, 06:55:40 PM » |
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oh, I'm in chat right now. If you like, maybe we can talk there?
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kittykindle
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« Reply #60 on: May 02, 2009, 07:12:27 PM » |
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oh, I'm in chat right now. If you like, maybe we can talk there?
So when i double click the update, it asks me where i want to open it at and no mater where i open it i do not see an image,. |
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"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. What a stupid lamb. What a sick masochistic lion"
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« Reply #61 on: May 02, 2009, 08:18:45 PM » |
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Well Ive tried a dozen times and even been helped by an awesome person here, my kittykindle just does not want to cooperate tonight with the hack. |
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"And so the lion fell in love with the lamb. What a stupid lamb. What a sick masochistic lion"
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« Reply #62 on: May 02, 2009, 08:25:13 PM » |
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I wonder why... I'll think more. If I think of something I'll let you know kittykindle.
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« Reply #63 on: May 02, 2009, 10:40:37 PM » |
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This hack sounds great, I will have to give it a try tomorrow. Thanks
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« Reply #64 on: May 04, 2009, 05:25:39 PM » |
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Ok where do I find this file so I can download it? I thought I did. Sorry, here they are:
Kindle 2 Screensaver v.04 Hack
For those that have already downloaded v.03 see note at bottom
Download zip file and extract all files
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« Reply #65 on: May 04, 2009, 05:30:59 PM » |
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Ok where do I find this file so I can download it?
1st post in the thread links to it. but here ya go http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=400528&postcount=150 |
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« Reply #66 on: May 04, 2009, 08:29:56 PM » |
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Ooh! Ok. Crazy me thought that it was a link to another discussion talking about it, not the download as well. Sorry! I'm learning very slowly here. Thanks again. ` |
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« Reply #67 on: May 04, 2009, 08:56:59 PM » |
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My brother did the hack for me and it worked!!!!!!!! Much much thanks to all those (or one?) involved in setting this up for users like me who want cool screensavers. Thanks  |
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« Reply #68 on: May 05, 2009, 06:00:35 AM » |
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Yay! Yay! I am so technically impaired that it is unreal yet following the directions posted by luvmy4brats I was able to do this! I am so glad to be rid of those creepy people on my kindle. Thank you so much! Now, to go find some good pictures to put on here.
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« Reply #69 on: May 05, 2009, 09:32:50 AM » |
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I know, right??! I am so glad to be rid of those creepy people on my kindle.
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« Reply #70 on: May 07, 2009, 12:27:40 PM » |
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There was an update that came down starting Tuesday night. It wouldn't install on my Kindle and kept rebooting it. this caused my battery to wear out. I called Amazon and they said that it was because of the custom screen savers and that I needed to remove them. How do I get the custom screen savers and the updates to stick? Am I the only one that had this problem?
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« Reply #71 on: May 07, 2009, 02:44:51 PM » |
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carimina,
I think you can save Amazon's update bin file to your pc and then delete it. After that put restore bin to your kindle then do the update. After the screensaver hack is removed, put the Amazon update bin back to the kindle and update.
To go back to the default Kindle2 screen savers:
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1) Plug your Kindle2 into your computer.
2) Copy "Update_kindle2_restore_default_screen_savers.bin" to the root of your
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3) Unplug your Kindle2
4) Press the "Menu" button on your Kindle2 and select "Settings."
5) At the Settings page press "Menu" again and select "Update Your Kindle."
6) When the "update" is done your Kindle2 will reboot and you are done.
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« Reply #72 on: May 07, 2009, 03:51:08 PM » |
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I did reverse the hack and got the update, is it ok to put the custom screen savers back on now??
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« Reply #73 on: May 07, 2009, 03:58:41 PM » |
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I removed the hack, got the update and have put the hack back on with no problem. Once the Kindle is updated, you can re-install the hack. My pictures were all still in there.
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« Reply #74 on: May 07, 2009, 04:00:27 PM » |
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I did reverse the hack and got the update, is it ok to put the custom screen savers back on now??
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