Comments on: Hacking the International Kindle – First Attempt

By: Rebecka

Rebecka — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:29:29 +0000

…and I second Ricsipók’s question!

By: Rebecka

Rebecka — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:28:46 +0000

I am very much looking forward to the unicode! :)

By: Jean-Yves Avenard

Jean-Yves Avenard — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:07:52 +0000

Easy hack into your Kindle 2..

http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60827

Get telnet or ssh access to it.

so you can manually install all the various hacks listed above .

Can’t easily install packages yet, but we’re not far away.. hopefully a few hours.

By: Reed Simpson

Reed Simpson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:20:28 +0000

Current Kindle 2 owners are screwed – no upgrade to International is available – just buy all new!!!

By: Vic

Vic — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:05:20 +0000

GOOD LUCK and giant thanks for your dedication to bringing the unifonts hack to the international Kindle. Many of us are almost literally holding our breath hoping for news of your success! Thanks again!

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:40:43 +0000

Thanks for your dedication and efforts. Looking forward to your 1st truly international Kindle2. : )

By: Ulysses

Ulysses — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:03:53 +0000

thanx for trying)

By: rover

rover — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:03:41 +0000

many thanks for your efforts. unicode support would be much appreciated and i would be ready for a small contribution to the costs of the ruined specimen :-)

By: millin

millin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:05:06 +0000

Hi, thanks for you dedication on this trying.
And, I recommend the CP2102 chip, if you’d like to play with a little hardware project…
It’s a single chip solution that converts USB to TTL serial port. And, since it’s USB, no extra power needed, just connect txd/rxd/gnd, and 4 pins USB on the other side… :)
With its official driver, it will be recognized and used as a normal serial port.

By: Ricsipók

Ricsipók — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:21:04 +0000

Hello,
Speaking of unicode fonts, can you confirm if the following characters are available by default on the international Kindle2? é á ó ö ü ő
It would be nice to be able to read Hungarian material on it as well.

By: Lawrence L

Lawrence L — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:23:29 +0000

good luck on this. thank you for ur dedication and patience with this project!

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:44:11 +0000

Great thanks for your effort. Unicode enabled Kindle is 10x useful than the original for non-native English speakers. Good Luck.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:45:55 +0000

Huge thanks for your dedication and efforts and keep up the good work – cyrillic fonts will really help us out and make our International Kindle twice as useful. Fingers crossed the next attempt works. Much appreciated.