Sunday, November 1, 2009

Kindle 2 International packager; now even easier...

Well, curiosity got the better of me (and gone is my night of sleep).

And here is version 0.5 of the Kindle packager; almost fully rewritten.
http://www.avenard.org/kindle2/packager-0.5.tar.gz

What's new:
*Can now create packages for the Kindle 2 International that will install properly, even without having installed the previous freekindle package.

For that use the -k2iex flag.
-k2i will still generate packages requiring the freekindle package to have been installed first.

I suspect that developers would use the -k2i for testing (with the freekindle package installed), and when they are 100% confident and ready for release, us the -k2iex.

*Do not leave junk behind (like .dat, .sig files etc)... We now only use temporary files that get automatically deleted...

All other packages (usbnetwork, screen saver hack, savory) got repackaged using -k2iex : so installation is now much easier.
And are available as always:
http://www.avenard.org/kindle2/

13 comments:

  1. Hi, I am new to Kindle. I live outside USA and I am using Kindle International. My aim is to change the screensaver. Having followed this on the internet last two weeks and tried the old hacks, I realise that the old ones won't work and that now you have made some new achievements in cracking it. I am so happy to know this. However, since I am so new in Kindle may I ask if I just want to hack the screen saver, shall I just use your latest file:

    screensaverhack-k2i-0.1.tar.gz 01-Nov-2009 20:10 6.6K

    and copy to Kindle just like the old hack's procedure?

    Thanks.

    SC

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  2. Yes, that's the one to use...
    Simply install it like you would install the previous ones..
    Mount the Kindle on your PC and copy the .bin file there.

    Then go to Settings -> Update ; wait a minute or so and it's all done.

    There is no need to jailbreak the kindle 2 international anymore ; the packages do that for you automatically.

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  3. Hi Jean-Yves
    I am sorry, but I could not get it work:
    1. the file screensaverhack-k2i-0.1.tar.gz is not a .bin file. How can I make it into a .bin file?
    2. in any case, I just copied this .gz file to the root of Kindle (without knowing what else to do), but the "Update Your Kindle" is "grey colour" and I cannot do the update.
    What should I do? Sorry for my ignorance.
    SC

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  4. Hi Jean-Yves
    I am sorry, but I did not know that .tar.gz is a compressed file.
    I know now and everything working fine!!!
    Thanks so much!!
    SC

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  5. Hi, Jean-Yves
    I just got my new kindle international and tried to add unicode to it. Thanks so much for the information your blog provides. However, I couldn't get it when I unzipped all files of the packager-0.5 into the root folder (kindle:\) and updated the kindle.

    Could you kindly guide me how to add Unicode to kindle2 international step by step? I also read blogkindle very carefully, but didn't get the point.

    Million thanks!

    Ray

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  6. btw, it is very strange that my kindle folder in desktop (when i connect kindle to PC) doesn't have the folder "system". There are three folders 'document', 'audible' and another one.

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  7. sorry, but i want to install savory on my k2i but i dont know how, please i need a step by step to do it.

    pd: excuse my english
    tnks from colombia

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  8. Hey, just wanted to say thanks for everything you are doing for the Kindle. I've used the screensaver hacks and they work perfectly. I just upgraded my K2i to 2.3 and you already have the updated hack ready! Thanks man!

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  9. Do you have an update for K2 U.S. and DX U.S. that works with the 2.3 update?

    Daffy4u

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  10. I should have added that I was asking about the Savory update.

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  11. I have a new Kindle 2 v:2.3. I have tried to change the screensaver by copying the bin file to the "system" folder on my Kindle2. The "Update Your Kindle" selection remains greyed out. I have tried both the update_screensaverhack-install-k2i.bin and the update_screensaverhack-install-k2.bin, with the same results. I have restarted the Kindle as well. Am I missing a step?

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