kindle – adq

kindle devkey problems?

Hi, a number of people have reported problems with my kindle devkeys 0.2 and the 3.1 firmware. I can’t seem to replicate the problem here on two kindles (both K3GB – UK wifi+3G). I’ve just reinstalled the latest jailbreak from mobileread. I then deleted my keystore from the device and reinstalled it from the zipfileContinue reading “kindle devkey problems?”

Kindle 3.1 jailbreak

Cool, looks like there’s now a Kindle 3.1 jailbreak! See here. Update: The latest jailbreak is available from the normal mobileread thread, here. I’ve confirmed it works with installing my devkeys.

Kindle firmware 3.1

I’ve been doing some playing about with the recent kindle 3.1 firmware release. The salient points are: The jailbreak can no longer be installed because Amazon have patched the busybox tar exploit which allowed unrestricted writing to the root filing system. Keep an eye on this thread over at mobileread for information on 3.1 jailbreakingContinue reading “Kindle firmware 3.1”

Merging developer keystores on the Kindle

It is obvious that more than one person will want to write homebrew for the Kindle. However, with my (now defunct) adqdevkeys-0.1 package, it just copies the file over whatever is already there, so we can only have one set on a device at one time. Annoying! Therefore, I’ve just written a small Java programContinue reading “Merging developer keystores on the Kindle”

Huffington post article on kindle hacking

See here.

jrename 0.2

Hi, just created a new release (0.2) of jrename, available here. This has a couple of user submitted patches, one to fix a NullPointerException when processing interfaces, and one to fix method/field renaming.

KIF 0.5

Finally got some time to update this a bit: Get timed events working – freefall and z-life should now work properly. Add about page. Sort out licensing. It is available from here. If you’ve already rooted+installed my developer keys, all you need to do is unzip it onto your kindle over USB. If you’re installingContinue reading “KIF 0.5”

KIF: an infocom text adventure interpreter for the kindle

Wow, this sort of thing seems to be in the news these days! Note: I’ve updated these instructions for KIF 0.5; please see here for the release notes.. My app is different however: it isn’t web hosted, it runs natively on the kindle using the KDK APIs. As I don’t have the official KDK, you’ll needContinue reading “KIF: an infocom text adventure interpreter for the kindle”