Links
- http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88004 - download jailbreak and usbnetwork
- http://www.cowlark.com/kindle/getting-started.html
- http://trac.ak-team.com/browser/Configs/trunk/Kindle/Hacks
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Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet Teardown - EEVblog #219 - YouTube
What's inside Amazon's new Kindle Fire 7" Tablet?
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kindle-annotations - Inserts your Kindle PDF-annotations into the PDF - Google Project Hosting
The Amazon Kindle 3 devices have got the capability to add annotations to PDF files, but stores them in a separate binary file, making it unusable for a normal PDF reader. This project aims to write the annotations back into the PDF, to allow a normal PDF reader to show the annotations you made.
- One more terminal emulator for kindle. - MobileRead Forums
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Kindle 4 Disassembly – Part II | Amazon Kindle 3 and Kindle DX Review and News With Fire and Special Touch...
When I opened up my new Kindle 4 a few days back I got the feeling that the device is not meant to be taken apart or be serviceable. Taking it apart further would have been destructive. So I waited for another copy of Kindle 4 to show up at my doorstep before proceeding further.
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Hacking the Amazon Kindle DX, Part 2: Qt and Sudoku - Not Nearly Enough Time
I've compiled the Qt software platform for the Kindle... and I've written plugins for the e-ink display, the keyboard, and the fiveway.
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Hacking the Amazon Kindle DX, Part 2: Qt and Sudoku - Not Nearly Enough Time
I've compiled the Qt software platform for the Kindle... and I've written plugins for the e-ink display, the keyboard, and the fiveway.
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Reversing Everything: Hacking the Kindle part 1: getting the console
From reading the sources published by Amazon, it was clear that Kindle has a console running at least during boot. And there was an unconnected port available from outside.
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Reversing Everything: Hacking the Kindle part 1: getting the console
From reading the sources published by Amazon, it was clear that Kindle has a console running at least during boot. And there was an unconnected port available from outside.
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Hacking the Amazon Kindle DX, Part 1: Bluetooth Shell - Not Nearly Enough Time
However, I didn't want holes in my kindle or wires hanging around. So, what about that nice little Bluetooth module I just finished playing with as a slave device for my Nokia phone? You know, SparkFun's Bluetooth Mate? It converts any TTL-level RS232 serial interface into a Bluetooth connection.
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Hacking the Amazon Kindle DX, Part 1: Bluetooth Shell - Not Nearly Enough Time
However, I didn't want holes in my kindle or wires hanging around. So, what about that nice little Bluetooth module I just finished playing with as a slave device for my Nokia phone? You know, SparkFun's Bluetooth Mate? It converts any TTL-level RS232 serial interface into a Bluetooth connection.
- man allyn-blog: Amazon Kindle Forensics
- man allyn-blog: Amazon Kindle Forensics
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EEVblog #109 – Amazon Kindle 3 3G/GSM/WiFi 6″ TEARDOWN @ EEVblog – The Electronics Engineering Video Blog
Dave shows you how to take apart the new Amazon Kindle 3 3rd Generation 3G/GSM/WiFI Ebook reader, and examines and discusses the circuitry, assembly, and build quality. And hackers can get excited about the accessible ARM JTAG port.
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EEVblog #109 – Amazon Kindle 3 3G/GSM/WiFi 6″ TEARDOWN @ EEVblog – The Electronics Engineering Video Blog
Dave shows you how to take apart the new Amazon Kindle 3 3rd Generation 3G/GSM/WiFI Ebook reader, and examines and discusses the circuitry, assembly, and build quality. And hackers can get excited about the accessible ARM JTAG port.
- Best Kindle DX Tips—Top Tricks for Kindle 3 and DXG—Top Ten Kindle K3 Tutorials
Kindle 2.5.8 update to 3.1
# mount DXG cp update_dxg-2.5.8-prepare_kindle.bin /mnt/usb/ # Update Your Kindle dpavlin@t61p:~$ ls -al /mnt/usb/output/ total 694948 drwxr-xr-x 2 dpavlin dpavlin 4096 May 11 17:51 . drwxr-xr-x 9 dpavlin dpavlin 4096 Jan 1 1970 .. -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpavlin dpavlin 474 May 11 17:44 make-backup.log -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpavlin dpavlin 297 May 11 16:56 make-image.log -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpavlin dpavlin 419454976 May 11 17:51 rootfs.img -rwxr-xr-x 1 dpavlin dpavlin 292155092 May 11 17:44 update_restore-os.bin mkdir -p /mnt/backuppc/kindle-dxg cp -rv /mnt/usb/output /mnt/backuppc/kindle-dxg/ # mount K3G dpavlin@t61p:~/Downloads/kindle/kindle-updater-beta-3$ cp update_k3g-3.1-create_updater.bin /mnt/usb/ dpavlin@t61p:~$ cp /backup/kindle-dxg-output/rootfs.img /mnt/usb/ dpavlin@t61p:~$ touch /mnt/usb/NO_TTS dpavlin@t61p:~$ sudo eject /dev/sdb # Update Your Kindle dpavlin@t61p:~$ mount /mnt/usb dpavlin@t61p:~$ cp /mnt/usb/output/* /backup/kindle-k3g-output/ dpavlin@t61p:~$ sudo eject /dev/sdb # mount DXG dpavlin@t61p:~$ mount /mnt/usb dpavlin@t61p:~$ cp /backup/kindle-k3g-output/update_dxg-update-os.bin /mnt/usb/ dpavlin@t61p:~$ cp /backup/kindle-k3g-output/tts-files.tar /mnt/usb/ dpavlin@t61p:~$ sudo eject /dev/sdb # Update Your Kindle
client: Kindle DXG D00801 - 2.5.8 555370010
[root@kindle root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 4 (v6l) BogoMIPS : 1593.88 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 6TEJ CPU variant : 0x0 CPU part : 0xb36 CPU revision : 4 Cache type : write-back Cache clean : cp15 c7 ops Cache lockdown : format C Cache format : Harvard I size : 16384 I assoc : 4 I line length : 32 I sets : 128 D size : 16384 D assoc : 4 D line length : 32 D sets : 128 Hardware : Mario Platform Revision : 31020 Serial : "B009A1A010860A1B" [root@kindle root]# cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 7 0 3510232 loop0 31 0 128 mtdblock0 31 1 3584 mtdblock1 31 2 32 mtdblock2 31 3 128 mtdblock3 31 4 3584 mtdblock4 31 5 64 mtdblock5 31 6 128 mtdblock6 31 7 24 mtdblock7 31 8 64 mtdblock8 179 0 3952640 mmcblk0 179 1 409624 mmcblk0p1 179 2 24576 mmcblk0p2 179 3 8192 mmcblk0p3 179 4 3510240 mmcblk0p4 [root@kindle root]# cat /proc/meminfo | head -1 MemTotal: 127128 kB [root@kindle root]# cat /proc/cmdline console=ttymxc0,115200 mem=128M ro ip=none root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 lpj=2654208 panic=10 quiet
Host: Kindle 3G+Wifi D00901 - 3.1 558700031
[root@kindle root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo Processor : ARMv6-compatible processor rev 3 (v6l) BogoMIPS : 511.18 Features : swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp java CPU implementer : 0x41 CPU architecture: 6TEJ CPU variant : 0x1 CPU part : 0xb36 CPU revision : 3 Cache type : write-back Cache clean : cp15 c7 ops Cache lockdown : format C Cache format : Harvard I size : 16384 I assoc : 4 I line length : 32 I sets : 128 D size : 16384 D assoc : 4 D line length : 32 D sets : 128 Hardware : Amazon MX35 Luigi Board Revision : 35020 Serial : "B006A0A0117503RS" BoardId : "SP1B000000000000" [root@kindle root]# cat /proc/meminfo | head -1 MemTotal: 256536 kB [root@kindle root]# cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 7 0 3205336 loop0 179 0 3907584 mmcblk0 179 1 665628 mmcblk0p1 179 2 24576 mmcblk0p2 179 3 8192 mmcblk0p3 179 4 3205344 mmcblk0p4 [root@kindle root]# cat /proc/cmdline console=ttymxc0,115200 mem=256M panic=10 root=/dev/mmcblk0p1 ro ip=none quiet lpj=2555904
API
- http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html?overview-summary.html
- http://download.oracle.com/javame/config/cdc/ref-impl/pbp1.1.2/jsr217/index.html
Source
Amazon
Open Source
standalone kindle terminal
Download Java2ME
Last version available for Linux: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/download-135801.html
Web server mobi mime type
AddType application/x-mobipocket-ebook .mobi
wpa_supplicant
id="$(wpa_cli add_network | sed -n '2p')" wpa_cli \ set_network $id ssid "UIC-Wireless" \ set_network $id key_mgmt IEEE8021X \ set_network $id eap TTLS \ set_network $id identity "netid-here" \ set_network $id anonymous_identity "anonymous" \ set_network $id password "password-here" \ set_network $id ca_cert "/mnt/us/certs/Thawte_Premium_Server_CA.pem" \ set_network $id phase2 "auth=PAP" \ enable_network $id \ quit
X patch
Kindle diagnostic mode
touch /mnt/us/ENABLE_DIAGS
Duokan
QEmu
wget http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/armel/debian_lenny_armel_standard.qcow2 \ http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/armel/initrd.img-2.6.26-2-versatile \ http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/armel/vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile \ qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-vert=/dev/sda1" -m 256
Convert image to ext3 image and it will also work on Kindle using loopback mount
rootfs images
qemu-img convert -f raw -O qcow2 /backup/kindle-dxg-output/rootfs.img dxg.qcow2 sudo mount /backup/kindle-dxg-output/rootfs.img rootfs/ -o loop,ro
HTML to mobi
#!/bin/sh
dir=/home/dpavlin/Downloads/pdf/aosabook.org/www.aosabook.org/en/
list=/tmp/list
echo index.html > $list
grep '<td><a href="' $dir/index.html | cut -d\" -f2 | grep -v \# >> $list
ls $dir/*.html | sed "s!$dir/!!" > /tmp/list.all
sort /tmp/list /tmp/list.s
sort /tmp/list.all /tmp/list.all.s
diff /tmp/list.s /tmp/list.all.s | grep '^> ' | cut -d" " -f2 >> $list
tool_dir=`pwd`
cd $dir
$tool_dir/html2mobi \
--mobifile /tmp/aosa.mobi \
--title "The Architecture of Open Source Applications" \
--author "Amy Brown and Greg Wilson (eds.)" \
--coverimage $dir/../images/cover.jpg \
--removejavascript \
--imagerescale 0 \
--gentoc \
`cat $list`