Someone used Claude to make custom apps for their jailbroken 7th Generation Kindle

Credit: abdenourgnx1 Published Nov 11, 2026, 2:15 AM EST Simon is a Computer Science BSc graduate who has been writing about technology since 2014, and using Windows machines since 3.1. After working for an indie game studio and acting as the family's go-to technician for all computer issues, he found his passion for writing and decided to use his skill set to write about all things tech. Since beginning his writing career, he has written for many different publications such as WorldStart, Listverse, and MakeTechEasier. However, after finding his home at MakeUseOf in February 2019, he would eventually move on to its sister site, XDA, to bring the latest and greatest in Windows, Linux, and DIY electronics. Sign in to your XDA account Summary Someone turned a dusty, jailbroken Kindle into custom apps by letting Claude design and build their software. They mounted it as a wall weather display that fetches hourly updates and sleeps at night to save battery. It uses about 10% battery charge per week, providing months of display time between charges. Over the past year, we've seen people do cool things with their old Kindles and customise device software using Claude. However, until now, I hadn't seen someone do both at the same time. Well, if you have some Claude usage left over and a Kindle collecting dust in a drawer, here's some inspiration for you. Someone sicced Claude onto a jailbroken Kindle and let it code up custom apps, and it's a fantastic way to breathe new life into these old readers. Letting Claude sift through your Kindle is a great way to reuse your old tech It's not like you were using it, anyway Over on the ClaudeAI subreddit, user abdenourgnx1 showed off what they got done with Claude recently. They had a 7th-gen Kindle sitting around, so they followed a guide to jailbreak it, giving them access to the e-reader's software. Now it was time to replace the stock Kindle software with whatever they wanted, and to achieve that, they got a little help from Anthropic's AI assistant: After the jailbreak, claude takes over to design and build whatever application you want. For me i just gave it a concept image of what i want and how i wanted it to behave and it did the rest. Make sure to have KUAL (application launcher in kindle) or whatever equivalent thing for your model. Now the Kindle is a cool display you can mount on your wall as a weather forecaster. Abdenourgnx1 mentions that the Kindle fetches new data over Wi-Fi, and it updates every hour. They also stopped it from fetching data or updating during the night to save more battery. They report that this setup drains only 10% of the battery over the week, meaning you can get over two months of use before you need to plug it in again.