Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times
by mengchengfeng on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:17PM
(#47143189)
It's easier to load up a page in the Kindle browser, but more fun to jailbreak :D
I also didn't want the browser bar at the top.
Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times
by adhamsalama on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:22PM
(#47143259)
Fair enough. I did consider jailbreaking my Kindle but I am afraid of bricking it.
Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times
by thegrey_one on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @07:30PM
(#47145651)
Bricked it few times in the process of figuring out more stuff about it, but luckily mine has a UART pads and I was able to restore it every time. A bit more involved as it's 1.8V if I remember right, but if you're careful it should be easy, provided you have the time.
Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times
by mengchengfeng on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @04:32PM
(#47143400)
Also fair - bricking it was definitely one of my main concerns.
After going through this process though, I'd say as long as somebody has basic linux knowledge, chances of bricking are pretty low.
Re:Hacking an old Kindle to display bus arrival times
by unrealhoang on Tuesday February 24, 2026 @07:41PM
(#47145748)
it will be much less power-efficient, when jailbreak you could schedule the kindle to wake up once per 15/30/60 minutes to fetch the new data, set it as screensaver and then go back to sleep.
The Kindle browser is surprisingly decent, I made Claude Code generate an RSS feed reader compatible with the Kindle browser, with the ability to read full articles (for those feeds that require you to visit the website), and download articles. It also supports Reddit and Google News RSS feed. This is my new favorite way of browsing the internet.
https://github.com/adhamsalama/simple-rss-reader