PW Top row of PW1 not readable, would like to add a row worth of margin to the top.

[Duxa]

My top row is messed up (I inherited this kindle PW1 not sure how it got damaged). This is what it looks like. Id like to move down the top row so that I can read on it, bonus points if I can move the top bar/menus down too so that I can actually see the battery state/clock etc...

Pictures: https://imgur.com/a/s90OpRG

Ive been following the directions on various threads here, jailbroke it, got netUSB working, but am failing to understand the meaning of numbers in examples given here https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...postcount=1795

I tried to go overboard to see a difference and then finetune it, but doubling the numbers here did not seem to do anything:

Default:

ldc_w "reader.content.topMargin"
aastore
dup
iconst_1
new java/lang/Integer
dup
bipush 30
invokespecial java/lang/Integer/<init>(I)V
aastore
aastore
dup
bipush 41
iconst_2
anewarray java/lang/Object
iconst_1
dup
pop2
dup
iconst_0
ldc_w "reader.content.topMarginOffset"
aastore
dup
iconst_1
new java/lang/Integer
dup
bipush 10
invokespecial java/lang/Integer/<init>(I)V
aastore
aastore
dup
bipush 42
iconst_2
anewarray java/lang/Object
iconst_1
dup
pop2
dup
iconst_0

Changed:

ldc_w "reader.content.topMargin"
aastore
dup
iconst_1
new java/lang/Integer
dup
bipush 40
invokespecial java/lang/Integer/<init>(I)V
aastore
aastore
dup
bipush 80
iconst_2
anewarray java/lang/Object
iconst_1
dup
pop2
dup
iconst_0
ldc_w "reader.content.topMarginOffset"
aastore
dup
iconst_1
new java/lang/Integer
dup
bipush 12
invokespecial java/lang/Integer/<init>(I)V
aastore
aastore
dup
bipush 42
iconst_2
anewarray java/lang/Object
iconst_1
dup
pop2
dup
iconst_0

[Duxa]

Ok figured it out! Here is step by step for unfortunate souls in the future. This will also allow adjusting any margin not just the top.

1. My PW1 Kindle was on 5.6.1.1, so I downgraded it via "update_kindle_5.3.3.bin" from this post: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=264432

Make sure to read all the instructions.

2. Get Jailbreak from https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=225030

For PW1 this is K5 JailBreak (5.0.x - 5.4.4.2)

3. Reboot

4. Dont think this is necessary but I did it anyways. Download and install MR Package Installer from the link above.

5. Install JBPatch from https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=175512
For me it was jbpatch_4.0.0_fw531.zip .

Now restart Kindle. Look for a book on there called JBPatch. Open it, go to Modify Reader Margins. For me I changed Top Margin from default 40 to 74, and Top Margin offset from default 12 to 26.

That solved it for me. Now it looks like this. The time/battery and top menu are still messed up, but at least books can be read normally now:

https://imgur.com/a/xkMjzIb