Changing your lock screen is something those of us with Kindles have been asking Amazon to let us do from within the Kindle UI for many years. But alas, they still haven’t made the change. Don’t worry though, it’s still possible to do and is a very easy process that takes less than 10 minutes.
This doesn’t require jailbreaking, but it does require the use of a free program called Calibre. It also requires a Kindle without ads.
- First, create a Word document and save it. You can leave it blank, but I also like to use this file as a way to quickly test any fonts I download as well.
- Next, open Calibre, select the add books button and choose the Word document you just created.
- Make sure your document is highlighted in the menu and select edit metadata. Under the change cover options, hit browse, select the image you wish to use as your lock screen, and hit ok.
- Next, press the convert books button and on the far right drop-down menu, choose the AZW3 file type. Doing this is necessary for the Kindle to be able to read the document and display it correctly. Kindles don’t have support for Word document files, and although they can read PDFs, it won’t display the image on the lock screen if you convert it to that type of file.
- Finally, hit the send to device button and enjoy your new lock screen.
One thing to note: this displays a cover on the Kindle like any other book you would read. You will have to select this file each time you want to display it as the lock screen since unfortunately Amazon has not yet decided to make this an actual feature.
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