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We need more opensource hardware (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (12 children)

I remember when I got a Kobo Glo ereader a decade ago, I was soo excited to have an ereader that wasn't tied to Amazon.

So I booted it up, and it immediately wanted me to not only register, but to download a program on my computer, and do it from there.

I refused and got pissed.

I started googling and found a guide to hack it.

You had to manually modify the Sqlite database and create a user there.

After doing that, it just worked.

The feeling of relief and accomplishment was fantastic!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is why I bought a 12 year old Sony ereader, the only thing I really miss is a back(front?)light

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have a Kindle Paperwhite and I jailbroke it to install KO Reader.

The only difficult bit was getting a version of the Kindle software that was rootable. To do that you have to make sure it doesn't get updates, which basically means not allowing it to go online. If you ever go online, no matter what else happens, it tries to update its firmware. I ended up letting the battery on mine drain and then tossed it in a drawer for a few months. Eventually it was out of date enough that I could root it.

I got lucky because there was a jailbreakable version relatively soon. It looks like the last SW version that could be fully jailbroken was back in January 2022.

Wouldn't it be nice if Amazon had actual competitors and you could buy an e-reader that just ran open source software?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I found out about the new jailbreak, hours before Amazon pushed an update to fix it. Luckily my older Kindle was dead so I could JB that one. Pissed, because I prefer koreader and was looking forward to jailbreaking my new Kindle

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You didn't have time to throw the new one in a faraday cage or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Since I didn't know about the new jailbreak I used my Kindle like normal.

Just as I pulled it off the charger, to stick it in airplane mode, found out it was mid update

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Annoying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You can just enable airplane mode...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Probably true, I just didn't want to risk it because I'd been burned by an unexpected update.

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