kindle.dev
Functions which can adjust specific device properties
Whilst extremely similar to kindle.device, it has a few similarities
Documentation for kindle.dev is incomplete. Information on this page may be innacurate
It also contains certain properties:
| Name | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| contactInfo | 'Your System Administrator' | he who controls the sudo reports |
| eid | BASE64 ENCODED DATA | A piece base64 encoded data, unknown what purpose it serves |
| getRegistrationState | 'registered' | Whether or not the Kindle is registered |
| hasScreenLight | true | Whether or not the Kindle has a screen light |
| hasKindleStoreAccess | true | Whether or not… the Kindle can… access the Kindle store? Seems to be used for parental controls? |
| isWirelessMenuEnabled | true | Whether the user has the wireless menu enabled or not |
| controlStatus | 0 | Whether the state is Parental/Device/No control - 1 if Device Control, 2 if Parental and 3 if No Control |
kindle.dev.setSensitivity
kindle.dev.setSensitivity(useThreshold, threshold)
Sets the “sensitivity” of the eInk display according to a threshold. A threshold of 100 will cause the Kindle to refresh significantly more than a threshold of 0
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| useThreshold | Boolean | Whether threshold should be used or whether to refresh like normal. If false, do not provide threshold |
| threshold | Integer | A number from 0-100 describing how often the eInk panel of the Kindle will “refresh” |
kindle.dev.setOrientation
kindle.dev.setOrientation(orientation)
Sets the screen orientation of the device according to the provided orientation string. An invalid orientation will result in nothing happening. A list of valid strings can be found here
kindle.dev.getDPI
kindle.dev.getDPI()
Returns the DPI of the device
kindle.dev.hasWirelessMenu
kindle.dev.hasWirelessMenu()
Returns a boolean describing whether or not the device has a… wireless menu?
kindle.dev.log
kindle.dev.log(logServiceName, logString, logLevel)
Adds something to the Kindle’s log.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| logEvent | String | The name of the “event” which is producing the log, ie: wafjs |
| logMsg | String | The data to be logged |
| logLevel | String | The log leve, valid values are: info, warn, error, debug, perf |
Heads Up: Kindle logs ARE sent to Amazon, so be careful
kindle.dev.getLab126SessionToken
kindle.dev.getLab126SessionToken()
Returns the correct session token needed to access the internal DB API TBA
kindle.dev.loadResource
kindle.dev.loadResource(frameId, resourceId)
(taken from /opt/var/local/mesquite/shared/javascripts/userAgent.js)
Loads a local javascript file into any frame within the web application. It is used to override the xss security. The file that is loaded must be specified in the config.xml file of the application.
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| frameId | String | The DOM id of the frame in which the file will be loaded. The top level frame of the application can be specified via _self |
| resourceId | String | The identifier of the JS File as specified in the application’s config.xml file, it must also reference a valid file on the local filesystem |
kindle.dev.addDomainToWhitelist
kindle.dev.addDomainToWhitelist(uri, addSubDomains)
Adds a URI to the allowed domain list. It’s function is somewhat unknown…
Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| uri | String | The uri to add to the whitelist, ie: http://amazon.com |
| addSubDomains | String | A string, either 'true' or 'false' dictating whether or not subdomains of the specified uri should be whitelisted as well. |
kindle.dev.clearCookies
kindle.dev.clearCookies()
Clears the application’s cookie jar
Using this function on Mesquito will clear ALL cookies accross ALL Mesquito apps and get your app PERMANENTLY BLACKLISTED by Mesquito. You have been warned.
kindle.dev.clearApplicationCache
kindle.dev.clearApplicationCache()
Clears the application’s HTML cache
Using this function on Mesquito has the chance of breaking Mesquito and will get your app PERMANENTLY BLACKLISTED by Mesquito. You have been warned.
kindle.dev.clearCache
kindle.dev.clearCache()
Clears any resources cached by the application in memory
Using this with a Mesquito app can cause bugs and be generally annoying, avoid its use when possible for Mesquito apps
kindle.dev.getMPDomain
kindle.dev.getMPDomain()
Gets the marketplace domain.
Seemingly non-functional
Fun fact, the firmware reffers to ".amazon.cn" as the CHINESE_OBFUSCATED_MARKETPLACE when returned by this function
kindle.dev.getBaiduSearchURL
kindle.dev.getBaiduSearchURL()
Returns the Baidu Search URL I would assume… Returns the following string (at the time of writing):
https://www.baidu.com/s?tn=baiduhome_pg&ie=utf-8&rn=4&wd=
Example usage of format in firmware:
var dynUrlBaiduSearch = kindle.dev.getBaiduSearchURL();
websiteUrl = dynUrlBaiduSearch ? dynUrlBaiduSearch + encodeURIComponent(args.label) : b.strings.goActions[args.domain].url + encodeURIComponent(args.label);
kindle.dev.disableSecureApis
kindle.dev.disableSecureApis()
Related to payment WAF, seems to disable “secure APIs” on non-Amazon URLs
kindle.dev.getRegisteredUserId
kindle.dev.getRegisteredUserId()
Returns a string identifier which is the userId, seemingly used to track change in Registration. (Amazon’s words, not mine)
kindle.dev.getDSN
kindle.dev.getDSN()
Returns a string, unknown what this is.
kindle.dev.getDeviceLocale
kindle.dev.getDeviceLocale()
Returns a string representing the device’s locale, ie: en_GB
kindle.dev.getDeviceTypeString
kindle.dev.getDeviceTypeString()
Returns a string representing the device’s type, ie: malbec