Comments on: How To Change Your Amazon Kindle 2 Screensaver

By: hopethishelps

hopethishelps — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:46:53 +0000

@me:

Maybe the reason why the “update your kindle” option is not accessible is because there’s nothing to update. Perhaps it’s there already and all you need is a restart. I’ve read somewhere that this option is grayed if the latest update is already been installed. Or maybe your firmware version doesn’t work with the hack. As you can read from some of the comments here, the hack provided here doesn’t work with the version 2.3. If that’s the case with you, maybe the link provided by Jimmy Mullins below would be useful to you.

By: me

me — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:09:39 +0000

I’ve done everything and when I go to menu-settings-menu on the kindle the “update your kindle thing is there, but I can’t press it. Can someone please help me?

By: Jimmy Mullins

Jimmy Mullins — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:20:52 +0000

http://www.charles-reace.com/Kindle_Hacks/
Use that link for the 2.3 updated version of these files.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:25:28 +0000

@Rosanna: You’re right about the hack not working with the latest software version. I upgraded mine too and suddenly found myself looking at the same old screensavers as before. I have yet to discover if there’s a workaround for this.

By: Rosanna

Rosanna — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:17:24 +0000

I just wanted to correct something in my post of December 3rd. I updated to the latest Kindle software, which is version 2.0.3. The hack doesn’t work for me, now that I have this latest software version. I have used the hack for several months and have been very happy with it. I miss it now. I really don’t like the default screensaver pictures.

Oh, and answer to TJF, who had trouble installing the new Kindle software: You can’t install the new software until you remove the screensave hack and put it back to normal. You should have gotten a file with the hack that has the word “restore” in it’s name. I even called amazon and we quickly realized it wasn’t upgrading because of the hack. : )

By: Rosanna

Rosanna — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 01:12:49 +0000

I want to correct on my post from Dec. 3rd. My newest software version is 2.0.3. And the hack doesn’t work for me with this, the newest version of the Kindle software. It worked just fine before the upgrade to the latest software, and I’ve been using it for months, and it worked great!

By: TJF

TJF — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:03:08 +0000

how do I install the Kindle 2_2 upgrade (Dec 2009 update for rotation and battery life) after having previously done the update hack?

By: Rosanna

Rosanna — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:00:56 +0000

This didn’t work for me. Several days ago I downloaded and updated my Kindle 2 with the Kindle 3.0.3 ? (latest) software. Does this hack work with that version?

By: Shaq

Shaq — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:05:06 +0000

Does this process work for the Kindle DX too? And if they do, what should the dimensions of the image be? Thanks in advance.

By: karlei

karlei — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:54:22 +0000

Thanks for this post! I’ve simply been bored with looking at the “default” screensavers that come with the ebooks, and with Amazon saying that installing screensavers wouldn’t mess with the Kindle’s warranty, then I’m definitely on board with having some cool new screensavers.