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I found this guide to converting an old Kindle 4 to display anything from the web super useful. https://matthealy.com/kindle I bought another 3 used kindles for $20 each after getting it to work.

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A little correction on that link:

> Left to its own devices, the Kindle will go to sleep after a while, and show its screensaver.

This can be disabled by entering `~ds` in the search bar of the kindle [0]

[0]: https://blog.the-ebook-reader.com/2017/12/31/heres-how-to-di...

I followed this guide mostly on my PW4 and found the instructions to be a bit lacking / out-of-date.

Dropping this as a warning for people trying this out - your Kindle firmware should be < 5.13.X. You need to be very careful about auto-updates that'll undo a jailbreak so put it on aiplane mode until you jailbreak it.

After you do, I'd recommend you then install KUAL and then MobileRead Package Installer so that you can install the mod that prevents auto-updates and then you can install and control USBNetwork in a more user-friendly way.

You can also use the built-in web browser without jailbreaking Kindle: https://github.com/matopeto/kindle-weather-dashboard or my https://github.com/niutech/kindle-dashboard

That's a good option, but it does leave the browser UI on the screen.

Could be an opportunity to build a custom case hiding this bar

Can also be done with an used B&N Nook. After rooting it, you can use the Android OS underneath to install a weather app.

thanks for sharing, this seems way faster and cheaper to build and almost as nice. Can you have the kindle mounted horizontally instead?

Just ship the display a rotated image

I’ve been thinking of doing this for an automatic WFH / in office screen at work, somehow tied into a cell phone / corporate login status… Thanks for the link!

Thanks for sharing! This is indeed very cool. He doesn't describe the page though, is he hosting a custom page he made or he is using a service that build all the info into a page?

He mentions it is loading a custom webpage he built every minute.

Edit: It is actually loading a screenshot of a custom webpage he built.

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