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My Setup

Customized from the inside out ✨ I'm too embarrassed to admit how long tweaking everything has taken me, BUT I am about 95% done with it and totally happy with it. Last big thing will be setting up a Bluetooth page turner. I think this is the longest I've ever nerded out on anything, but now I can read and start beefing these stats 😤

Thank you to this subreddit for all the help, I'm endlessly grateful!

Last pic of popsocket bc this kindle is the only reason I've read anything this year as a first time mom 😂🩷

Plugins:
Simple UI
ZLibrary
Bookshelf
Bookends
Book Nook Charms
Appstore
Local Send
ODPS Plus
Menu Disabler
Filebrowser Plus
Icons: HugeIcons
Font: FS Me

Wallpapers: Made on Canva
Screensavers: Made on Canva

u/laurenannikaax3 — 18 hours ago

Point of jailbreak

My wife reads a lot and actively using kindle on her phone. I want to get her a dedicated kindle reader.
What does jailbreaking do for kindles ?

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u/Silent_Ad_1756 — 16 hours ago
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Should I Jailbreak my Kindle?

My father gave me a Kindle last Tuesday, meaning I've had it for exactly a week. I wanted to jailbreak it, but what if the Kindle malfunctions and it's. With jailbreaking, it will no longer be under warranty. So, what do I do? I really want to customize my Kindle the way I want, but I'm unsure what to do.

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u/hellinkghost — 22 hours ago
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Send blogs and RSS feeds to your Kindle

I built a tool that lets you subscribe to a blog, newsletter or RSS feed and send it to your kindle. Its been really helpful in replacing my scrolling habit with reading. I would reach for my phone first thing in the morning to impulsively "check the news", but now I just open up my kindle and read a couple articles before getting out of bed.

Actually, first posted about this tool a couple months back and got lots of good feedback: https://www.reddit.com/r/kindlejailbreak/comments/1rvrxew/send_rss_feed_or_blogs_automatically_to_your/

The app was getting really bloated so I redesigned it. You can do things like:

- change the order of how articles are delivered each day
- send a random article from your favorite feeds. I use this to get a random paul graham essay each morning
- see popular feeds others are subscribing to

If anyone wants to give it a try here's the link:

rsstokindle.com/app

u/Simple-Aardvark3285 — 23 hours ago

I got mine functional but not pretty! Any recommendations on beautification? (And a slight show off)

It ain’t much but it’s honest work! I’m so happy with my little guy, I got all my college books on her (including my geo text books!!!) and I transferred the books I had already bought!

I got everything i needed but not everything I wanted, I’m very un tech savvy so it’s possible all the menu customization is there but I just haven’t figured it out yet. That’s where I need some help
Is there any way to make the home file look nicer? Less like a file browser and more like a library?
I have a folder for school books and I’m planning to add more organizational stuff when my library grows, maybe that would conflict with any pretty layout stuff but I’m not sure.

If there isn’t then oh well, I got my ‘rax and I’m happy with him!

Thanks in advance!

u/Dweebsmcbeebs — 1 day ago

Finally Jailbreak for my Kindles!!!

Thank you yubaix and sparklerfish!

Do I need to install Hotfix and RenameOTA to block updates, or can I delete all the filler files now and keep WiFi enabled, since there's no Hotfix what would I have to do if for some reason the Kindles updated to a firmware that patches this Jailbreak?

u/d3vCr0w — 1 day ago

Where the heck do my books go?

Probably totally dense, but I have no idea where my books are supposed to go from calibre. I have created a Books folder on my Kindle in the Koreader folder and I’ve also tried to tell calibre where to send. I am on an iMac, is MTP the problem here? From what I’ve gathered, I can’t open calibre and Open MTP at the same time, otherwise I would just try to drag and drop. Kinda lost right now 😅

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u/Musicology_Jen — 23 hours ago

I can’t transfer filler files to my kindle

Hi! It’s my first time jailbreaking my Kindle Basic (11th Gen 2024 release) so I’m trying to fill it first with dummy files but I’m currently stuck because it won’t let me copy and paste files there (I’m guessing this is the MTP update). Any workaround here, please? Thank you!

My Kindle’s software version is 5.19.3.0.1

u/LN4life_ — 1 day ago
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Post Jailbreak Setup

Hi guys! Since there's a new jailbreak release for the kindle (Vera), I just wanna share my current setup, especially for those who are new to jailbreaking and don't know what to add after the jailbreak process.

My Current Plugins:
• Toggle Ads – Removes the Amazon ads/lockscreen advertisements
• KOReader – Gives more control over the reading UI, gestures, customization, and reading experience
• Simple UI – Further tweaks and simplifies the Kindle interface for a cleaner look.
• HID Passthrough – Allows Bluetooth input devices such as controllers and keyboards to act as page turners. Goodbye to clip-on page turners!
• BT Manager – Manages connected Bluetooth input devices and lets me customize their button/key mappings.
• FileBrowser – For wireless file transfers, allows me to send books/files from my phone or PC without constantly plugging in a cable.

I wanted to keep my setup simple, focused on efficient file transferring, better controls, and UI customization, only adding plugins that I actually find useful.

Feel free to ask me questions, and please suggest some fun plugins to use. Thank you!

u/COACAI — 1 day ago

So happy with the jailbreak! (Kindle Paper White 12th gen)

I just want to say thank you to everyone that made this possible!

I had been sitting on a fully updated kindle for couple of months and am excited to be able to say that I’ve joined the club!

To the mods, redditors, engineers of the jailbreak (Vera), and everyone in between, Thank you so much!

I’m still kind of new to all of this and it is a little overwhelming so please if you have any tips of tricks I would love to hear them!

Agin, thank you everyone!

u/ImTheGenji — 1 day ago

Jailbroken Véra

Still amaze with jailbreak tool, a whole new world to me. Still figuring how to customize my KOReader everyday.
Thanks vera team a lotsss

u/Neither-Friend-1672 — 2 days ago

helppp

i’ve seen on tiktok this girl that jailbroke her kindle and customised it cutely like this. i’d like mine to look the same but i dont know how and where to find these customisations 😭😭😭

u/lisbonsisterr — 1 day ago

Vera downtime

UPDATE EDIT: The site has now been migrated. If you’ve been waiting, please refresh the guide, it’s been updated with the new URL and instructions.

Hey all, just wanted to give a heads up that the Vera jailbreak site is currently down due to issues with the server it’s hosted on. We’re working on a migration so this won’t happen again in the future, but for now it’ll probably be offline for a few hours at least. Sorry for the downtime, will report back when it’s up again!

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u/sparklerfish — 2 days ago

Is there a way to remove the folders

How do I get rid of these folders. Tried to remove it when connected to the computer but it seems to appear again.