I turned my Kindle into an old-fashioned iPod music participant (and you’ll too)

After I was in faculty, I did not go wherever with out my iPod. On the practice, within the automobile, whereas learning within the library, my pink iPod Nano was my fixed companion. And whereas I do not assume I would commerce the liberty that an iPhone plus a Spotify Premium subscription has afforded me in 2025, there’s a sure nostalgia I’ve for creating the proper playlist and jamming out to Fall Out Boy, Panic on the Disco and My Chemical Romance in my headphones whereas studying a ebook.

Whereas the expertise is not precisely the identical, I just lately discovered a strategy to create playlists and play music on my jailbroken Kindle. The method is definitely rfairly easy, and you’ll be up and operating together with your old-fashioned music participant in minutes.

Jailbreaking your Kindle is step one

Sorry, this may not work in Amazon’s walled backyard

Although your Kindle is able to loads of issues by itself, taking part in music is sadly not one in every of them until you jailbreak your machine. If you have not already, I like to recommend following YouTuber Dammit Jeff’s video guide for jailbreaking a Kindle, particularly as he contains directions for each Mac and PC customers — the jailbreaking course of is somewhat totally different relying in your OS.

Additionally, if you have not up to date your Kindle to the most recent software program but, just remember to DO NOT set up any accessible updates earlier than you jailbreak your machine as customers have been reporting points with installing the jailbreak post-update.

No obtain or restart required

After getting accomplished your jailbreak and have the KindleForge different app retailer put in, it’s time to set up your media participant. Faucet on the KindleForge icon and scroll down till you see Sox Media Participant after which faucet the Set up Package deal button. The method ought to take just some moments, after which you may transfer on to the subsequent step, no reboot or restart required.

Join your Kindle to your pc and cargo in your playlist

Be sure to are loading MP3 information solely

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Join your Kindle to your pc utilizing the USB File Supervisor after which find the folder that claims music in your file listing. Then drag and drop your whole MP3 information into this folder. That is the place any Elder Millenial abilities you will have will turn out to be useful, as the dearth of a media interface for this app means you will want so as to add songs within the order by which you need to hear them. So if you happen to do not need to hear only one album play after the subsequent, you will must channel your internal DJ and determine a tune order that matches your vibe. Once you’re achieved including songs, you may disconnect your Kindle out of your pc.

Join your headphones to Bluetooth and hearken to the tunes

The interface is not essentially the most intuitive however it works whenever you need to hearken to music as you learn

As a result of the Kindle does not have onboard audio system, you will must hearken to your music through Bluetooth headphones. Luckily, connecting headphones to your Kindle could be very simple. Out of your Kindle’s house display, faucet the three dots within the high proper nook. Then faucet Settings, adopted by Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Allow Bluetooth in your machine by toggling the change subsequent to the phrase Bluetooth. A brand new setting will seem beneath that claims Bluetooth units. Faucet it after which join your headphones. You may as well join a Bluetooth speaker if you happen to like.

As soon as your headphones are linked, faucet on the Kual icon in your Kindle, adopted by Sox Media Participant after which Play all information in Music Listing. Your playlist will then begin taking part in so as. Sadly, there isn’t a strategy to skip forward however you may pause your media through the use of the Cease Enjoying with Bookmark command which is able to droop your playlist till you are able to return to the tunes. From right here you may be at liberty to exit the Kual app after which learn in your app of alternative because the music will hold taking part in till you flip it off.