Quick Share is a useful tool for flipping files between Android smart phones in a fuss-free wireless manner. [unrealJune] has now implemented the feature on Kindle devices.
You’ll need a jailbroken Kindle to use this, which is running the Kindle Unified Application Launcher and KOReader as well. You’ll also want SSH access, and a machine that has Go and Docker for you to build the project. [unrealJune] steps through the steps to compile and install the Quick Share plugin to KOReader, as well as explaining how it works. Notably, it’s receive only—so you can spit files onto the Kindle, but you can’t send them from the Kindle to other devices. The Kindle will also automatically accept files, which is worth noting if you’re security conscious. If there’s no network, the Kindle is also able to appear as its own AP if needed.
Think of this as a nifty convenience if you find yourself regularly trying to truck files on to your jailbroken Kindle. It’s also a neat to see a Quick Share implementation from the open source world. Between-device sharing still sucks, as we’ve discussed before, but there are at least attempts being made to make it better. That’s something!
I also have KOreader installed on a PocketBook. As this runs on KOreader, i’m wondering if this would work also on that device.
I don’t like that new Android versions demand that I give a localisation permission to use an app that needs to discover nearby devices. Of course, you can sometimes find where a device is, using signals it receives from transmitters other than GPS and BTS, but it’s still not so obvious. It should be divided into 2 permissions: exact location and nearby devices that may potentially lead to finding a location.
Or just a list of nearby devices not accessed by the app itself, but by a system interface, which is called and returns what device the user chose.
For us luddites that have never heard of quick share, a GitHub/wiki link and a one sentence summary would be nice. I’m assuming it’s some kind of NFC based transfer app.
Does Quickshare works on AOSP roms or LineageOS?
Quickshare seams to be google only :-( So googlefree users need to use the http fallback. which is a lot better than nothing! will install on all my jailbroken kindle!
Found a LocalSend Plugin for KoReader. Works flawless. Last thing missing is a SoftAP.
https://github.com/kaikozlov/localsend.koplugin
too bad it’s not possible to jailbreak the kindle. Version 5.19.2, nothing to be done with this
Okay here’s a quick share primer. Uses Bluetooth and Wi-Fi usually. Device a talks to device b. b says hey I support so-and-so A sis okay have at it. Interesting thing about it on Android is it automatically turns Wi-Fi on if it’s not already on. Basically it forms a Wi-Fi direct connection between the two devices
as happens often on this website lately, i learned a new word. “flipping” seems to mean transferring. from context clues, i take it to be a synonym for “spit” and “truck”, which more plausibly mean transferring.
fun with language is fine, even laudable…but unclarity is obnoxious, especially in the lede. i guess who am i to argue against aesthetic-a-day?
but what stings is i still have no idea what the app does. it seems to host some kind of server, perhaps listening on tcp or bluetooth? what kind of client connects to it? it’s hard for me to fathom the value add because once you’ve done all that work of rooting your kindle, you must have already figured out how to “truck” files onto the thing.
and an aside, i had to laugh at the docker requirement. everything is so low-quality these days.
it’s journalism lingo, it means the first line. the leading line. it’s important to journalists, because if the first line doesn’t hook the reader then they skip the whole article