Yes I will jailbreak it to get KUAL and KOreader. Thanks kovid and open source.

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      There are snap-on small lights that would illuminate the Kindle screen, rather than glow in your eyes. People used to read books too without a backlight through various ways.

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        Yeah but thats additional item you need to have with you.

        Not sure what you mean by no backlight is easy for the eyes. Is it really bad?

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          True, I have 3 book lights scrambled at different rooms in my home, and still managed to forget all of them for a recent trip.

          But the only more modern reader I’ve used (Onyx boox, white backlight) did its job at night, but still felt a bit straining for my eyes. Maybe it gets better with a yellow-ish or orange backlight, these feel better for me on the clip-on lights, but I haven’t tried one for backlight.

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      Ill be honest i just read in the light. Or use a small 50c book light. Its a decade old ebook reader. It works and still lasts about a week with a very old battery.