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How to Make a Literary Clock from an Old Kindle (Video)

August 11, 2018 by Nathan 5 Comments

Kindle Clock

If you have an old Kindle laying around gathering dust, there are several different things you can do with it.

You can use it as a coaster for drinks, or as a serving platter for lizards, or you can turn it into a clock that displays literary quotes with the time of day embedded in each quote.

Of course you can also trade-in your old Kindle for 25% off a new one, but what’s the fun in that?

There’s a detailed set of directions on how to turn your Kindle into a literary clock over at Instructables.com.

Installing the hack makes it so your Kindle shows a new quote on the screen every minute with the time of day displayed in bold letters so you can easily read it.

It’s not exactly a simple process (for starters, you have to jailbreak your Kindle) but someone uploaded a YouTube video that covers a lot of the complicated stuff step-by-step.

Make sure to check the video’s description for relevant links to the jailbreak files and required software tools if you decide to take on the challenge.

Directions

Literary Clock – Repurpose Your Old Kindle

Filed Under: Amazon Kindle Tagged With: hacks

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Comments

  1. Rosereader says

    August 12, 2018 at 1:31 pm

    Nice idea 🙂
    Too bad I don’t have an old one.

    Reply
  2. Jaime says

    August 12, 2018 at 10:35 pm

    Is there something similar for the Nook Simple Touch?

    Reply
    • Nathan says

      August 13, 2018 at 7:26 am

      Not that I’ve heard of.

      Reply
  3. Samson Pang says

    August 15, 2018 at 7:14 am

    My old DX kindle had its wireless turned off and cannot be turned on again. If I use the Factory button , will that erase all my books in my account?

    Reply
    • Nathan says

      August 15, 2018 at 7:51 am

      No, the books are tied to your account, not the device.

      Reply

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