Don’t throw away your Kindle, Jailbreak it and take back ownership. Make your Kindle even better with KoReader and other apps. If you wanna see whats possible i recomment this Yt video. If you wanna get started here are all instructions: https://kindlemodding.org/ Don’t let it scare you it seems complicated but its just a lot of (easy) steps. So definitely possible in <2h.

  • ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.comEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I feel like it’s not even jailbroken after doing it. It’s just a layer on top of the kindle OS. And it’s barely better if at all….

    • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
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      21 days ago

      You’re installing a launcher, KAUL, where you can do the “stuff”. It’s better than nothing. I would love to see actual custom ROMs to remove the whole Kindle OS.

        • Feeee23@lemmy.worldOP
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          20 days ago

          While i agree with you that a custom os would be really nice, i think the term jailbreak is appropriate since jailbreaking other things like an iphone is also for installing other software not from the manufacturer. But I’m no expert…

          • DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world
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            20 days ago

            You’re correct. Root is different from jailbreak. Root allows for a replacement of even the OS itself. Jailbreak allows you to install software that modifies low level parts of the system without replacing the system itself. This is as far as I understand it. That’s why this is called a jailbreak, not root.