What to dio with blacklisted Scribe

mazinya · Today, 01:59 AM

Ordered Scribe on Father day, shipping delayed, was sent a new one, then first one also arrived so now have 2 but the first one is blacklisted.

Contacted Amazon and was told I can send it back or dispose it. I don't live in the US so sending back is a major pain in the ass for me and not going to do it because of their mistake.

CS told me if I try to use it they will charge me for it. I assume they meant if I try to log in? or else how would they know I am trying to use it?

What are my options now? Is it possible to sideload books on it? Can I even get to the home screen without registering? I assume jailbreaking isnt possible since I can't log in

Quoth · Today, 06:53 AM

You can sideload, but it's crippled. Or at least that used to be true.
Amazon's policy of blacklisting and making some local functions only work if registered, or only work remotely on web account (no computer control) is horrible. That's why I didn't buy a Scribe and gave away my Oasis 2. I still have DXG, K3 and PW3, but I will never buy another Kindle unless they change to make it fully functional without an account or the Internet. It's an ereader (with notes if a Scribe), it's worse than Apple's walled garden that the EU is pulling down.

So you can sideload ebooks, no collections without a jailbreak. PDF annotation seems to need conversion to KFX print replica.

Well, it was free?

Today, 01:59 AM	#1
mazinya Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: scribe	What to dio with blacklisted Scribe Ordered Scribe on Father day, shipping delayed, was sent a new one, then first one also arrived so now have 2 but the first one is blacklisted. Contacted Amazon and was told I can send it back or dispose it. I don't live in the US so sending back is a major pain in the ass for me and not going to do it because of their mistake. CS told me if I try to use it they will charge me for it. I assume they meant if I try to log in? or else how would they know I am trying to use it? What are my options now? Is it possible to sideload books on it? Can I even get to the home screen without registering? I assume jailbreaking isnt possible since I can't log in

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Today, 06:53 AM	#2
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,792 Karma: 87663463 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	You can sideload, but it's crippled. Or at least that used to be true. Amazon's policy of blacklisting and making some local functions only work if registered, or only work remotely on web account (no computer control) is horrible. That's why I didn't buy a Scribe and gave away my Oasis 2. I still have DXG, K3 and PW3, but I will never buy another Kindle unless they change to make it fully functional without an account or the Internet. It's an ereader (with notes if a Scribe), it's worse than Apple's walled garden that the EU is pulling down. So you can sideload ebooks, no collections without a jailbreak. PDF annotation seems to need conversion to KFX print replica. Well, it was free?