Troubleshooting Latest paperwhite setup

Pulpmeister · 11-18-2023, 01:27 AM

i have just got a new Paperwhite to supplement my aging unit, and I have no interest in registering it with amazon, nor downloading books with it. I just want to plug it into my PC where I have a large Calibre library already, almost entirely L+70 public domain (many of which i created myself...) and sideload as needed.

However, I seem to be unable to do a thing unless I register first, have passwords just to read it (why??). I can't even find a detailed manual which might tell me, except by registering, as it's online at Amazon only.

Is there a way?

Frogm4n · 11-19-2023, 06:05 PM

Usually you'd get to the section on selecting a WiFi network, hit Back, and then the Skip button appears. Last I knew only the Scribe couldn't be bypassed like that.

Pulpmeister · 11-21-2023, 09:02 PM

This one isn't a scribe, but seems to have the same OS. It locks me into registering, and then demands a credit card number, and a cloud account.

An expensive paper weight, not a good paper white.

Sirtel · 11-21-2023, 09:21 PM

If you're only interested in sideloading, you'll be better off with a Kobo. You can use a Kobo without registering by enabling the sideloaded mode.

Pulpmeister · 11-22-2023, 04:46 AM

I guess I've been subconsciously wedded to Kindle, I'll go hunt down a Kobo. Thanks for that!

Quoth · 11-22-2023, 06:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pulpmeister

This one isn't a scribe, but seems to have the same OS. It locks me into registering, and then demands a credit card number, and a cloud account.

An expensive paper weight, not a good paper white.

It used to be that a $10 Amazon gift voucher code (bought on US Marketplace, but "home account" can be elsewhere) worked instead of an existing Amazon account or adding a credit card. Then the Amazon "Account" was USA but no address. I suspect it doesn't work now. It was a few years ago.

Quoth · 11-22-2023, 06:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frogm4n

Usually you'd get to the section on selecting a WiFi network, hit Back, and then the Skip button appears. Last I knew only the Scribe couldn't be bypassed like that.

I've never been able to do that on a new one. A deregistered S/H one works without registration if not factory reset. But a Kindle is crippled without an Amazon account.

tomsem · 11-22-2023, 02:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quoth

I've never been able to do that on a new one. A deregistered S/H one works without registration if not factory reset. But a Kindle is crippled without an Amazon account.

And Scribes especially so.

11-18-2023, 01:27 AM	#1
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,521 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	Latest paperwhite setup i have just got a new Paperwhite to supplement my aging unit, and I have no interest in registering it with amazon, nor downloading books with it. I just want to plug it into my PC where I have a large Calibre library already, almost entirely L+70 public domain (many of which i created myself...) and sideload as needed. However, I seem to be unable to do a thing unless I register first, have passwords just to read it (why??). I can't even find a detailed manual which might tell me, except by registering, as it's online at Amazon only. Is there a way?

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11-19-2023, 06:05 PM	#2
Frogm4n Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 1075033 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Kindle Scribe	Usually you'd get to the section on selecting a WiFi network, hit Back, and then the Skip button appears. Last I knew only the Scribe couldn't be bypassed like that.

11-21-2023, 09:02 PM	#3
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,521 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	This one isn't a scribe, but seems to have the same OS. It locks me into registering, and then demands a credit card number, and a cloud account. An expensive paper weight, not a good paper white.

11-21-2023, 09:21 PM	#4
Sirtel Grand Sorcerer Posts: 10,361 Karma: 225099840 Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2	If you're only interested in sideloading, you'll be better off with a Kobo. You can use a Kobo without registering by enabling the sideloaded mode.

11-22-2023, 04:46 AM	#5
Pulpmeister Wizard Posts: 2,521 Karma: 28893796 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Perth Western Australia Device: kindle	I guess I've been subconsciously wedded to Kindle, I'll go hunt down a Kobo. Thanks for that!