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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

So glad I managed to jailbreak mine just before they did this

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 days ago

Piracy + Calibre

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I was able to just install F-droid and from there get Obtainium to import my usual apps, including Librera which I prefer over KoReader. No jailbreak necessary.

However... I do eventually wanna jailbreak it and get Amazon's presence off there entirely if I can. Thanks for the references, for when I get there.

Just letting the more non-techy people know that you can get FOSS apps like KoReader without having to go all the way, so to speak.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm guessing Kindle Fire, an Android tablet.

I'd love to put Android apps on my Paperwhite tho.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Oh, yeah, it is a Kindle Fire. I never got into e-ink.

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