Post #4164723

2026-07-28 13:24 UTC

Special day today: the home screen of my jailbroken e-reader informed me I hit a 100-day reading streak. This week's average reading time has been 42 minutes a day 🥳 I owe it all to #KOreader and #SimpleUI - somehow having visible metrics motivated me to pick up my #Kindle every day. I wrote more about it on my #GoToSocial account: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01KR0PEJEZ00Y7506QFE60TKA3 If you are interested in doing something similar, the website https://kindlemodding.org is a phenomenal resource. #KindleJailbreak

Replies (8)

@vintagerancher@social.vivaldi.net 2026-07-28 13:30

@_elena@mastodon.social That is such a nice clean UI. One day I will jailbreak my old 7th generation Kindle.

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@phillycodehound@indieweb.social 2026-07-28 13:50

@_elena@mastodon.social congratulations 🎉🍾🎊🎈

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@wraith@demanufacture.org 2026-07-28 14:02

@_elena@mastodon.social Sounds like one future project of mine… freeing at last one of our old Kindles! 😉

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@ngulden@norden.social 2026-07-28 15:13

@_elena@mastodon.social Thanks for sharing. A very nice read that motivates for a jailbreak. How do you solve the challenge to get your bought eBooks from Amazon to your jailbroken e-reader? Is it an option, before the jailbreak, to download all books to the Kindle and copy them away through USB storage or even Calibre? How do you handle ebooks that you buy on Amazon after your jailbreak? Or don't you buy there anymore? I'd like some sharing on this and pointers. Thanks.

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@capicva@kolektiva.social 2026-07-29 04:04

@_elena@mastodon.social thanks for this, I already have KOreader on a jailbroken Kindle but had no idea the UI could be tweaked... I've also found ZenUI and I'll try them both...

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@lhauser@mefi.social 2026-07-28 17:59

@_elena@mastodon.social I'm on a 31 day streak at the moment...KOReader on a Kobo Clara BW. Such good software. I've been out from under Kindle for almost three years.

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@rpbook@gts.phillipsuk.org 2026-07-28 13:41

@_elena@mastodon.social I love KOReader. I use it on a Kobo, and find it much better than the native reading app.

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@aleksei@social.fakeplastictrees.ee 2026-07-28 13:58

@_elena@mastodon.social Modding is great. The usb port on my 13 y/o kindle can be used for charging, but I cannot transfer files. However, KOreader has a built-in ssh server that I use to just drag-n-drop files in a file manager. It gave my kindle a second life. Kudos to all modders who make it possible.

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