MartinPham/kindle-calendar

Kindle Calendar

Transform your Kindle into a Calendar

![Kindle Calendar](./docs/img.jpg)

Table of contents

--- - [Homepage](#homepage) - [Features](#features) - [Usage](#usage) - [Installation](#installation) - [Configuration](#configuration) - [Contributing](#contributing) - [Changelog](#changelog) - [License](#license) ---

Homepage

https://github.com/MartinPham/kindle-calendar

Features

Fullscreen calendar display
Very low battery usage
Support localization
Display random quotes

To suggest anything, please join our Discussion board.

Usage

You need to jailbreak your Kindle! Here you can find the tutorials and tools needed.

After jailbreaking, you can install USBNetwork to SSH into your Kindle.

Installation

Download this repository.
Plug in your Kindle to your computer USB.
Copy extensions/calendar into extensions/calendar directory on your Kindle. (If you're using SSH, you could copy extensions/calendar into /mnt/us/extensions/calendar)

Configuration

To change day names, month names, and quotes, you can edit extensions/calendar/weekdays.txt, extensions/calendar/months.txt and extensions/calendar/quotes.txt
Adjust configurations on extensions/calendar/config.sh to match your device.
SSH into your Kindle.
Invoke mntroot rw to mount filesystem into writable mode.
Invoke cd /mnt/us/extensions/calendar/ && sh update.sh to see if your configurations work properly.
Invoke cp /mnt/us/extensions/calendar/calendar.conf /etc/upstart/ to set it auto start on reboot
To disable, place an empty file named DISABLE on extensions/calendar directory (/mnt/us/extensions/calendar/ if you're using SSH)
Restart your Kindle and enjoy!

Contributing

Please contribute using GitHub Flow. Create a branch, add commits, and then open a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 - see the LICENSE file for details.