It is possible to install android on some kindle ereaders
It is possible to install android on some kindle ereaders
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What process did you use?
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I used the white winter jailbreak, then (guide)Installing android on your (aging) kindle e-reader
Read the PDF to get I good understanding of the processes involved. Also one of the tools is in Chinese but once a list of text is shown press 8, I saw someone in the thread pressed something else and bricked they're Kindle, but its all covered in the PDF guide.
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Just jail breaking my kindle and installing Koreader on it was enough for me. Now I can directly download books from my calibre server on my Kindle
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I was pretty content with that too but then with one of the updates I had Amazon asking for registration and network connection every time I powered on. That and defaulting to store screen instead of my library. When I first got the pw3 this wasn't an issue.
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In the jail break there were instructions for steps to prevent kindle updates from ruining your setup, I'd say look into that. I'll be disabling software updates entirely, a shitty company like Amazon will keep making things worse. If I knew better I'd have never purchased a Kindle in the first place
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For a kobo you can replace the kindle store with your own calibre library so you can download and read any book you have stored in calibre.
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Yeah I have a kobo. You can bypass creating an account and just use calibre. No need to install something that isn't stock.
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Got a link on how to do that?
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You can do that with jail broken kindle too.
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But can it run Doom? Of course.
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At, what, 0.5 fps?
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God no. But is there a ddwrt/rockbox equivalent for ereaders? One, you know, for reading books?
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For that I would go the route of any mini pc with ddwrt's development and an e-ink screen. More io, more affordable and much easier to develop on!
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I looked up long time ago about rooting my paperwhite gen 10 but couldn't find anything. Care to share if you have some links?
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The wiki :) i did my PW4 a couple weeks ago https://kindlemodding.org/
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The 10th generation Paperwhite is known as the Paperwhite 4 (PW4). I have one and I jailbroke it many years ago. I've even accidentally uninstalled the jailbreak and was able to re-jailbreak it.
Read all of this very carefully. Make sure that your firmware version is 5.14.2 or earlier.
Then read (again, carefully) about this jailbreak method and follow the installation instructions.
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Awesome! Cheers dude
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I would recommend the white winter jailbreak.
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What about a Boox?
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If I had to buy an ereader I would buy something that is native android but my pw3 had been passed to me from my grandmother, which I cherish the device but I care deeply about privacy and freedom so hackdroid is a great middle ground.
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Love my Boox Page
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