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Old 12-06-2023, 01:26 PM   #16
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This is not meant to be disparaging to fanfic, and I'm not saying fanfic shouldn't exist. I'm well aware lots of people love both to read and write it. It's just a matter of personal taste. There are other genres I'm not interested in and almost never read. Everyone has their likes and dislikes, and for me fanfic falls in the latter category.
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I've read some fanfic and the main reason that I don't read more is the average person writing fanfic has no idea of what canon is. Yes, place your fiction in the 1632 universe—quite a few of the authors who were paid for their contribution to the Grantville Gazette started writing 1632 fan fiction. But for the love of whatever deities you happen to believe or not believe in, stop adding non-canon items (one fanfic added fighter jets and their support structure). Ditto for many other fanfics I've looked at. If you are going to play in someone else's universe, pay attention to their universe building.
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Old 12-06-2023, 01:32 PM   #17
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This is not meant to be disparaging to fanfic, and I'm not saying fanfic shouldn't exist.\
I'm not taking it as disparaging, so no problem there.

Just that I do see a lot of readers finding that reading fanfic on their smart phones is becoming problamatic as they get older. So more and more are looking at eInk devices that they can sideload and not bother with going through a storefront. They don't want the storefront.

There are a lot of people, with a lot to read in a legit way, to make understanding a device's limitations when it comes to loading a legit question.
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Old 12-06-2023, 02:19 PM   #18
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There are a lot of people, with a lot to read in a legit way, to make understanding a device's limitations when it comes to loading a legit question.
Of course. I also sideload everything, even my legally purchased books (which comprise the majority of my ebook library). I do it because I edit the metadata and formatting of every ebook I own, and I want that metadata + formatting on my ereaders. So I sideload. But I don't mind registering my ereaders, although I never download anything directly from the store.
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Old 12-06-2023, 02:37 PM   #19
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Why not register to enable everything and then just keep WiFi off?

I have a registered PW3 that has the WiFi off.
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Old 12-06-2023, 04:28 PM   #20
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Have you not noticed over the years that number of people who have posted in this and other forums who do not want their devices connected to anything not under their direct control? While I am not quite that worried about others having access to my devices, I can understand the justifiable worries by others about allowing access. Can you really say that any profit driven corporation, government, stray hacker or any others who might access your device have earned your trust? You may fall on the more trusting end of the spectrum, others might fall on the less trusting end often with good reason.

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Well unfortunately you can't get it started without registering it. If you don't want it to connect to wifi then just turn off wifi on the device after registering then side load your books. I don't know why someone would buy this more expensive Kindle if they didn't want to use the features and the updates. Doesn't make sense but whatever.
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Old 12-06-2023, 04:46 PM   #21
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Well unfortunately you can't get it started without registering it. If you don't want it to connect to wifi then just turn off wifi on the device after registering then side load your books. I don't know why someone would buy this more expensive Kindle if they didn't want to use the features and the updates. Doesn't make sense but whatever.
Some people just want to read PDFs and ordinary ebooks on a quality large 300dpi screen. Also, since there are no buttons, people that capacitive touch screens love to torture can use the pen to turn pages. You may not agree that is worth the price, and might not understand it, but it is not true that it doesn't make sense.
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Old 12-07-2023, 06:44 AM   #22
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Some people just want to read PDFs and ordinary ebooks on a quality large 300dpi screen. Also, since there are no buttons, people that capacitive touch screens love to torture can use the pen to turn pages. You may not agree that is worth the price, and might not understand it, but it is not true that it doesn't make sense.
A large (>8") ereader would be great for my mother who only reads fiction with no need to markup anything. I'm waiting for Kobo to release a 300DPI 10" device with a front light.
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Old 07-18-2024, 12:27 AM   #23
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I have just got the Scribe from Prime Day ( 2024 ) and was able to bypass the setup process by connecting to captive wifi " xfinitywifi" then entering in browser ";demo" and following LanguageBreak JB.

After that was able to install Kual and KOReader

I have never connected to Amazon kindle Scribe with working KOreader all offline.
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Old 07-19-2024, 02:22 PM   #24
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I have just got the Scribe from Prime Day ( 2024 ) and was able to bypass the setup process by connecting to captive wifi " xfinitywifi" then entering in browser ";demo" and following LanguageBreak JB.

After that was able to install Kual and KOReader

I have never connected to Amazon kindle Scribe with working KOreader all offline.
I am not buying this story, any kindle sold today is (most likely) running some fw version not jailbreakable, latest jb version is about a year old now.

Happy to be proven wrong though…
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Old 07-19-2024, 02:32 PM   #25
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I am not buying this story, any kindle sold today is (most likely) running some fw version not jailbreakable, latest jb version is about a year old now.

Happy to be proven wrong though…
What do you need for proof?
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Old 07-19-2024, 02:55 PM   #26
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Not to mention the millions and millions of fanfic stories out there.
90% of my Scribe reading is fanfiction . I load the stories into calibre on word docs, generate covers and send them all to my Scribe.
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Old 07-19-2024, 04:09 PM   #27
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I am not buying this story, any kindle sold today is (most likely) running some fw version not jailbreakable, latest jb version is about a year old now. Happy to be proven wrong though…
I bought a new Kindle Paperwhite on sale from Target a couple weeks ago. Build date was 4/2024. It had an old firmware version. I upgraded to 5.16.2.1.1 as suggested by LanguageBreak and successfully jailbroke it. Be Happy!
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Old 07-19-2024, 04:31 PM   #28
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Yes, there are cases like that. It is impossible to predict that newer build will have older FW. Only truth left is that older builds will definitely have older FW.
So, hunt for 322X or lower in the third group in the serial number (eBay etc), make sure the box is sealed.
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What do you need for proof?
I don’t. Just keeping my options open if I (and i might be) am wrong.
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