Post #2100869
2026-05-06 17:53 UTC
Replies (22)
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@pixelworship@gamepad.club 2026-05-06 18:41
@billgoats@bitbang.social my old Kindle has been offline for ten years, been using Calibre to convert and upload books, no faffing about needed.
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@felsqualle@manitu.social 2026-05-06 18:03
@billgoats Did this to my Kindle 4 from 2011 a few months ago. Now it has ePub support *g*
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@nickapos@mastodon.oncrete.uk 2026-05-06 18:15
@billgoats Why would you jailbreak a kindle? I can load mobi books to it without jail breaking?
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@ianmnoone@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-06 18:15
@billgoats I should see if I can do my old one. I don't even know if the battery will hold a charge anymore
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@hazelnot@sunbeam.city 2026-05-06 18:23
@billgoats wait, killing them off how? o.o
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@mhoye@cosocial.ca 2026-05-06 18:28
@billgoats Got a good URL for that?
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@ColesStreetPothole@weatherishappening.network 2026-05-06 18:34
@billgoats You're talking about used Kindles for cheap, right? Or is there some NOS inventory being cleared somewhere?
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@tiredbun@akko.wtf 2026-05-06 18:43
@billgoats Are there some good resources on which models can be jailbroken?
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@alberto_cottica@mastodon.green 2026-05-06 18:47
@billgoats that's great. If it accepts ePub, I would gladly buy one or two. Is anyone selling, that you know of?
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@PierricD@mastodon.green 2026-05-06 18:55
@billgoats I tried it on my 3g but it didn't work. Didn't brick it either. Just did nothing. 🤷♂️
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@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot 2026-05-06 18:58
@billgoats excellent! I have been wondering what to do with my old kindle. The hardware still works very well indeed.
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@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz 2026-05-06 19:00
@billgoats If you have the jailbreak instructions, I would be interested in bookmarking them for later! I have what I think is that exact same one as in the pic, and at the moment I only use it in aeroplane mode anyway (with documents of my own), but if it did accidentally get connected and bricked, I would definitely be interested in rejuvenating it :-)
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@d1@autistics.life 2026-05-06 19:07
@billgoats They're nowhere that cheap here in #Canada. I have a #lineageOS phone, with #FDroid and Librera. That's my "Kindle".
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@ariarhythmic@ohai.social 2026-05-06 19:13
@billgoats can it be modded to open standard formats easily?
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@jsenzel@merveilles.town 2026-05-06 19:27
@billgoats @exquisitecorp sounds like we should do a workshop on this
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@derKees@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 19:42
@billgoats where can I buy an old one? Which Kindle (version) is good for jailbreaking?
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@sindum@fedibook.net 2026-05-06 19:44
I might need to try that.
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@SomeVeganCheeseIsOk@mastodon.social 2026-05-06 19:50
@billgoats you got my hopes up. All the working ones on eBay are $60+.
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@better_bovine@ieji.de 2026-05-06 19:52
oh this is fucking great news, I think I have an old one somewhere but won't pass on the opportunity for another :3
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@quixoticgeek@social.v.st 2026-05-06 20:03
@billgoats is it possible to jailbreak a kindle without losing my read status on my ebooks ?
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@msbellows@c.im 2026-05-06 20:07
@billgoats I'd love to move away from Kindle altogether, but the free public library lending app, Libby, is partnered with Kindle in such a way that you can very conveniently find a book in the app on your phone, borrow it from your library, and have it magically appear on all your Kindle devices. Is there a way to use other e-readers that easily?
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@piku@blahaj.zone 2026-05-07 23:59
@billgoats@bitbang.social oh my god i love kinde 4s so cute so tiny such buttons