Kindle Keyboard (2010)

The Kindle with the physical keyboard, released in 2010 and sold for years as the Kindle 3. The oldest model on these pages.

01 Still works

After May 20, 2026

Reading the books already on it.
Copying your own books over USB, with or without Calibre. No jailbreak needed.

It can't buy, borrow or download from the Kindle Store anymore. Don't deregister or factory-reset it: it can't be registered again.

02 Jailbreak and KOReader

Where to start

Which jailbreak applies depends on your firmware version, and that changes over time. We don't repeat it here. The Kindle Modding Wiki checks your model and firmware and walks you through the right method.

KOReader publishes builds for different Kindle generations. The wiki and KOReader's install guide say which one is yours.

03 PageDrop

Status: untested

PageDrop has not been tested on this model. It talks to KOReader over SSH, so if KOReader and its SSH server run, it should work. We haven't confirmed it. Tried it? Open an issue or say so on Discord with the model and firmware, and it goes in the table as "Reported".

04 Known quirks

Worth knowing

It may need a different KOReader build from later Kindles. Check the wiki and KOReader's install guide before you download anything.
KOReader's SSH server only runs while KOReader is open. If the Kindle goes to sleep, it drops off Wi-Fi; wake it before sending.
The Kindle's own reader doesn't open EPUB. Convert with Calibre, or read EPUB in KOReader.
Nothing else model-specific reported yet. If you hit something, tell us and it goes here.

05 See also

Download PageDrop for Android PageDrop home

Free · GPL-3.0 · no account · questions on Discord