I run Cyanogenmod on my Kindle Fire.
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2025
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Things were a lot of fun then
Back in the days when we didn't use our phones for literally everything, and could easily try out a new ROM every week if we wanted. Simpler times.
If I didn't need a letter from the bank every time I needed to setup their app I would try ROMs way more often
So true
Only the ones like the fire. Most are way too slow for something like that. I do know a couple of Linux projects though.
My kindle PW3 runs android well. If anything it feels faster as no notifications about logging in, registering.
That's great! Maybe the new ones have better cpus
Its running an older version of android, 4.4 KitKat and its massively stripped down with system apps. Keeps in lean, but fully functional. As a tinkerer and an enjoyer of digital books, this scratches an itch which jailbreaking didn't.
For a kobo you can replace the kindle store with your own calibre library so you can download and read any book you have stored in calibre.
Yeah I have a kobo. You can bypass creating an account and just use calibre. No need to install something that isn't stock.
Got a link on how to do that?
You can do that with jail broken kindle too.
Just jail breaking my kindle and installing Koreader on it was enough for me. Now I can directly download books from my calibre server on my Kindle
I was pretty content with that too but then with one of the updates I had Amazon asking for registration and network connection every time I powered on. That and defaulting to store screen instead of my library. When I first got the pw3 this wasn't an issue.
In the jail break there were instructions for steps to prevent kindle updates from ruining your setup, I'd say look into that. I'll be disabling software updates entirely, a shitty company like Amazon will keep making things worse. If I knew better I'd have never purchased a Kindle in the first place
What process did you use?
I used the white winter jailbreak, then (guide)Installing android on your (aging) kindle e-reader
Read the PDF to get I good understanding of the processes involved. Also one of the tools is in Chinese but once a list of text is shown press 8, I saw someone in the thread pressed something else and bricked they're Kindle, but its all covered in the PDF guide.
Perfect, thanks. Jail broke mine for Koreader years ago, bit have never tried Android.
I looked up long time ago about rooting my paperwhite gen 10 but couldn't find anything. Care to share if you have some links?
The 10th generation Paperwhite is known as the Paperwhite 4 (PW4). I have one and I jailbroke it many years ago. I've even accidentally uninstalled the jailbreak and was able to re-jailbreak it.
Read all of this very carefully. Make sure that your firmware version is 5.14.2 or earlier.
Then read (again, carefully) about this jailbreak method and follow the installation instructions.
I shouldve not updated my kindle…
Awesome! Cheers dude
I would recommend the white winter jailbreak.
God no. But is there a ddwrt/rockbox equivalent for ereaders? One, you know, for reading books?
For that I would go the route of any mini pc with ddwrt's development and an e-ink screen. More io, more affordable and much easier to develop on!
What about a Boox?
If I had to buy an ereader I would buy something that is native android but my pw3 had been passed to me from my grandmother, which I cherish the device but I care deeply about privacy and freedom so hackdroid is a great middle ground.
As much as I love Android, it’s not for the privacy conscious, unless you can degoogle.
Even without google, it's a security nightmare. Which makes it a privacy nightmare.
I don't have gaps on my kindle. And even has limited system apps as it needs to be light for the hardware
Love my Boox Page
Been using Boox Poke 5 for more than a year. Really happy with it.
Latest android update added quick share which is much better than bluetooth to transfer my epub and other files
Yeah I really enjoy my Tab Ultra C as well. How does quickshare work?
Enable quick share to receive from everyone (if using different google account) in receiver side, this should be there in quick setting from swipe down (if not there, maybe it's hidden, try to find it in edit setting). And then on sender when sharing, just use quick share. It will then show nearest devices.
Afaik, it will use wifi to transfer the file, so it's much faster than simple Bluetooth
What does google have to do with local share?
Use KDE Connect
I'm team LocalSend
I didn't know about this fine piece of software. Nice!
Do I have to use a Google account?