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We need more opensource hardware (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 month ago by einfach_orangensaft to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

I remember when I got a Kobo Glo ereader a decade ago, I was soo excited to have an ereader that wasn't tied to Amazon.

So I booted it up, and it immediately wanted me to not only register, but to download a program on my computer, and do it from there.

I refused and got pissed.

I started googling and found a guide to hack it.

You had to manually modify the Sqlite database and create a user there.

After doing that, it just worked.

The feeling of relief and accomplishment was fantastic!

[–] grandma 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is why I bought a 12 year old Sony ereader, the only thing I really miss is a back(front?)light

[–] merc 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I have a Kindle Paperwhite and I jailbroke it to install KO Reader.

The only difficult bit was getting a version of the Kindle software that was rootable. To do that you have to make sure it doesn't get updates, which basically means not allowing it to go online. If you ever go online, no matter what else happens, it tries to update its firmware. I ended up letting the battery on mine drain and then tossed it in a drawer for a few months. Eventually it was out of date enough that I could root it.

I got lucky because there was a jailbreakable version relatively soon. It looks like the last SW version that could be fully jailbroken was back in January 2022.

Wouldn't it be nice if Amazon had actual competitors and you could buy an e-reader that just ran open source software?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I found out about the new jailbreak, hours before Amazon pushed an update to fix it. Luckily my older Kindle was dead so I could JB that one. Pissed, because I prefer koreader and was looking forward to jailbreaking my new Kindle

[–] merc 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You didn't have time to throw the new one in a faraday cage or something?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Since I didn't know about the new jailbreak I used my Kindle like normal.

Just as I pulled it off the charger, to stick it in airplane mode, found out it was mid update

[–] merc 1 points 1 month ago

Annoying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You can just enable airplane mode...

[–] merc 1 points 1 month ago

Probably true, I just didn't want to risk it because I'd been burned by an unexpected update.

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