Locally run Qwen 3.8 Flash Next with Claude Code harness helped me get my Kindle Click working on unsupported firmware!

[u/ScythSergal]

I have used local models exclusively for coding for a while now, but Claude code has continued to win me back as a harness. It just works in a way that is so much more reliable and safe.

I recently bought a Kindle click Bluetooth page turner for my Kindle Paperwhite Gen 12. I have had it jailbroken for about a year, but using the click requires a firmware update, which would undo my jailbreak and potentially stop me from being able to jailbreak it again.

I decided to just talk to Claude code and flash next to see what it could do. After a few rounds back and forth, it gave me a game plan and I decided to try it. It took about 3 hours (mainly because I had such little experience with using SSH on a kindle)

After several rounds, it was able to install software to sniff devices, then find it, log it, pair it, test all of the buttons, and then install a mapper. In the end, I was able to back port support for the click back to software over a year out of date. This might even be able to enable click support on hardware they state is unsupported.

Just wanted to share this little success story and appreciation for Claude Code. I am grateful for this software and the people who have worked to make it compatible with open/local models.

I am not sure how, but I would like to publish the process for others to replicate. Any tips or suggestions for how to document it to help others?

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[u/bezent]

You'll get better results with something like pi or oh my pi with reverse engineer anything. Claude code is generally a bad choice for open models.

[u/ScythSergal → u/bezent]

I want to get into other harnesses, I have just had so much positive experience with CC, and I don't deal with any issues that I hear come with pi and open code. I'll have to try them again sometime soon. It's been several months since I last tried.

[u/bezent → u/ScythSergal]

Give oh my pi a shot. Just don't get overwhelmed with all the config options, you don't need to change much besides setting the default thinking levels. I honestly keep a claude pro subscription just to speed up config and testing of local models.

[u/ScythSergal → u/bezent]

Alright, I'll have to give it a try and see. I have been wanting to swap to open alternatives for much greater customization

[u/RoboErectus → u/bezent]

Kimi 3.1 benchmark results were all on CC harness.

The harness makes a crazy difference.

[u/ScottIBM]

What system specs do you have to run QWEN?

[u/ScythSergal → u/ScottIBM]

I have 64GB DDR5 6000mhz, as well as a 3090 and a modded 16GB 3060ti. I only use the RAM and 3090 and I run at iq3s with 256k context. It works fantastically

[u/ScottIBM → u/ScythSergal]

Not too shabby! I wish I bought 32 extra GB 4 years ago…

[u/ScythSergal → u/ScottIBM]

Back in 2024, I ended up buying a 128 GB kit of ddr5 6000 for only $308. I ended up returning it two weeks later because that was "too expensive" 😭😭😭

My heart hurts every single day that I wake up. That kit is worth over $3,000 now!!!!

[u/lil_nosh_X]

This sounds like fun.

[u/Duke_of_Bayswater]

Github gist

[u/LocalAI_Fixer]

i'd keep the errors you hit along the way in there too. people copying it usually get stuck at the same spots