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F**k Amazon, part 2 (lemmy.ml)
submitted 6 days ago by Feeee23@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It is better than nothing but it feels like an app not a jailbreak

[–] Feeee23@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

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 2 points 6 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.

[–] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Then maybe I’m wrong! :) I was just surprised after doing it that it’s just a launcher