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You can also run Syncthing on a jailbroken Kindle. That opens up a world of possibilities!

by _fzslm 10mo ago

epiccoleman 10mo ago
Whoa, now that sounds like the use case I've been looking for since I jailbroke mine. I have calibre set up to just email books to my Kindle, but that's an extra layer of indirection that I really don't need. I'll have to check that out.
- zikduruqe 10mo ago
  If you have calibre, just turn on the wireless connection and have your Koreader connect to it. https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/calibre https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/calibre
  - Cherub0774 10mo ago
    Personally I'm most fond of Calibre + Calibre-Web, which masquerades as the Kobo Store and lets you use the built-in Kobo syncing mechanisms with your Calibre library instead of having to do it all within Koreader.
- boneitis 10mo ago
  I too have heard about syncthing for the first time today but from a different submission[0] you might care to be aware of. Although, I realize Android != Kindle's OS, so I'm not sure how much concern there should be. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46184730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46184730 "Syncthing-Android have had a change of owner/maintainer"
pidgeon_lover 10mo ago
I've been experimenting with Syncthing on Kindle (https://github.com/Darthagnon/syncthing-kindle https://github.com/Darthagnon/syncthing-kindle), but have had no luck seemingly because the Linux kernel included is too old and doesn't support network connections, or because the CPU is too weak. Is there a project other than the one I forked?
- _fzslm 10mo ago
  I switched over to an Onyx Boox reader, so I don't have a Kindle anymore. But I definitely used the same project as you. I used a Kindle Paperwhite 11th gen. The linked project says it works with Kindle Touch, which is VERY old, so I don't think you're having network issues. It's been a while, but I think I enabled SSH on my Kindle and set it up that way. I started Syncthing via KUAL, then used an SSH reverse proxy to configure Syncthing on my laptop. It -was- kind of a pain, but once it was good, it was good!

You can also run Syncthing on a jailbroken Kindle. That opens up a world of possibilities!

by _fzslm 10mo ago

You can also run Syncthing on a jailbroken Kindle. That opens up a world of possibilities!

Whoa, now that sounds like the use case I've been looking for since I jailbroke mine. I have calibre set up to just email books to my Kindle, but that's an extra layer of indirection that I really don't need. I'll have to check that out.

zikduruqe 10mo ago
If you have calibre, just turn on the wireless connection and have your Koreader connect to it. https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/calibre https://github.com/koreader/koreader/wiki/calibre
- Cherub0774 10mo ago
  Personally I'm most fond of Calibre + Calibre-Web, which masquerades as the Kobo Store and lets you use the built-in Kobo syncing mechanisms with your Calibre library instead of having to do it all within Koreader.
boneitis 10mo ago
I too have heard about syncthing for the first time today but from a different submission[0] you might care to be aware of. Although, I realize Android != Kindle's OS, so I'm not sure how much concern there should be. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46184730 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46184730 "Syncthing-Android have had a change of owner/maintainer"

pidgeon_lover 10mo ago

I've been experimenting with Syncthing on Kindle (https://github.com/Darthagnon/syncthing-kindle https://github.com/Darthagnon/syncthing-kindle), but have had no luck seemingly because the Linux kernel included is too old and doesn't support network connections, or because the CPU is too weak. Is there a project other than the one I forked?

_fzslm 10mo ago
I switched over to an Onyx Boox reader, so I don't have a Kindle anymore. But I definitely used the same project as you. I used a Kindle Paperwhite 11th gen. The linked project says it works with Kindle Touch, which is VERY old, so I don't think you're having network issues. It's been a while, but I think I enabled SSH on my Kindle and set it up that way. I started Syncthing via KUAL, then used an SSH reverse proxy to configure Syncthing on my laptop. It -was- kind of a pain, but once it was good, it was good!