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Re:Kobo can run apps now by RankingMember on Friday August 21, 2026 @02:00PM (#49391754)
I remember when my PaperWhite glitched while I was attempting to jailbreak it and got stuck with the screen inverted. It was great! I can't believe I have to jailbreak a reader to get that simple functionality for better in-the-dark reading. (epilogue: I let it run out of battery and the inversion was gone upon boot)
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Re:Kobo can run apps now by LiamPowell on Friday August 21, 2026 @02:08PM (#49391842)
You don't need to jailbreak it. Swipe from the top and press the big button labelled "dark mode".
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Re:Kobo can run apps now by DoctorDabadedoo on Friday August 21, 2026 @06:42PM (#49394610)
It is a somewhat newish feature, I think pre-2020 models don't have dark mode, afaik (and I have no idea how are old devices supported on kindle, I assume launch and forget, could be wrong though).
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Re:Kobo can run apps now by necovek on Saturday August 22, 2026 @03:19AM (#49397400)
It seems Amazon has financial and legal incentive to keep older Kindles (it is so many of them still) updated to avoid them getting jailbroken and not having Kindle store at their fingertips :)

Not sure if they cut it off at some point, but they can surely keep updating 10 yo devices.

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Re:Kobo can run apps now by RankingMember on Monday August 24, 2026 @10:33AM (#49420384)
I don't have this option, though admittedly I haven't updated in a while to leave the option for jailbreaking open.
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