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Why Jailbreak the Kindle when you can just open its browser and visit a website that shows the arrival times? The Kindle browser is surprisingly decent, I made
by adhamsalama 8mo ago
Why Jailbreak the Kindle when you can just open its browser and visit a website that shows the arrival times?
The Kindle browser is surprisingly decent, I made Claude Code generate an RSS feed reader compatible with the Kindle browser, with the ability to read full articles (for those feeds that require you to visit the website), and download articles. It also supports Reddit and Google News RSS feed. This is my new favorite way of browsing the internet.
https://github.com/adhamsalama/simple-rss-reader https://github.com/adhamsalama/simple-rss-reader
- mengchengfeng 8mo agoIt's easier to load up a page in the Kindle browser, but more fun to jailbreak :D I also didn't want the browser bar at the top.
- adhamsalama 8mo agoFair enough. I did consider jailbreaking my Kindle but I am afraid of bricking it.
- mengchengfeng 8mo agoAlso fair - bricking it was definitely one of my main concerns. After going through this process though, I'd say as long as somebody has basic linux knowledge, chances of bricking are pretty low.
- thegrey_one 8mo agoBricked it few times in the process of figuring out more stuff about it, but luckily mine has a UART pads and I was able to restore it every time. A bit more involved as it's 1.8V if I remember right, but if you're careful it should be easy, provided you have the time.
- unrealhoang 8mo agoit will be much less power-efficient, when jailbreak you could schedule the kindle to wake up once per 15/30/60 minutes to fetch the new data, set it as screensaver and then go back to sleep.