03-29-2012, 01:16 AM | #61 | |
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03-29-2012, 01:41 AM | #62 | |
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03-29-2012, 06:59 AM | #63 |
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I really like the article mode, and the update seems to have cured my Wi-Fi issues. So far I'm very happy.
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03-29-2012, 09:59 AM | #64 | |
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What happened is that some smart person divined the new download URL based on the naming scheme Amazon has been using. This was possible once one person got the update OTA automatically and reported the version number. Nothing too hard about it really. No magic or pre-releases going on there. Once the Amazon version could be downloaded, it was rooted quickly enough and the pre-rooted version made available. The new root exploit is significantly more complicated than the last, so that I am afraid to try it... but if I can avoid getting the update automatically I'm considering trying the pre-rooted version (you can't install that once you have already gotten 6.3). As for the root check... it is a little misleading to say "Amazon can tell" if a device is rooted. Yes there is a root check that runs at boot, but there's no evidence -- yet -- that it phones home to Amazon in any way. It's more accurate to say that your Fire can tell if it's rooted - this may have been put in as an additional check used with the existing streaming Prime video root check. That particular root check is really understandable to me, since Amazon doesn't want to take a chance on some hacker being able to figure out how to get free Prime streaming without Prime - that would kill their licensing agreements. Keeping an eye on the xda-developers forums is definitely a good idea if you're interested in the whole rooting thing, though the discussion can lean a lot more towards custom roms rather than those of us who just want to add a few things to stock rather than rip & replace. |
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03-29-2012, 10:14 AM | #65 | |
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They allow you to download book files to the device, it's seems pointless to hamper their use. I wonder what the exact difference is between what happens when you add a file to the docs or books folder via usb vs adding it to the same folder via file copy operation? Other than that, I agree one of the posters above that nothing in the description seems particularly appealing to me, except the quicker wifi reconnect. I was hoping to have better purchase and parental control features. ApK |
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03-29-2012, 10:47 AM | #66 | |
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It's also ironic that support for sideloaded mobi files is now somewhat borked, but my sideloaded epubs in Aldiko (sideloaded via Dropbox) are still working beautifully... |
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03-29-2012, 01:41 PM | #67 |
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My sideloaded mobi books (via Calibre) appear on my shelves right next to purchased Kindle books.
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03-29-2012, 01:49 PM | #68 | |
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The change is now the mobi files will open in a previewer of sort when you open them with File Expert. You wont have any features but you can read the book but it wont remember anything and you can't use any Kindle features like changing font or bookmarking. It's just a window with the book open and a back button and It will not add it to books or docs till you reboot. |
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03-29-2012, 01:55 PM | #69 | |
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03-29-2012, 02:00 PM | #70 |
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03-29-2012, 02:23 PM | #71 |
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Me too. It use to be I could open the book with the Kindle app using a File Manager like File Expert but now something is changed. I wish someone could figure out the trigger to refresh the books and make a app for it.
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03-29-2012, 02:46 PM | #72 |
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The new reading mode within the browser is a MAJOR plus for me. Thank you Amazon!
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03-29-2012, 04:19 PM | #73 |
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Dear Lord I finally got the update installed. Gee just give 36 annoying hours and l'll figure it out. I guess I now understand what the problem was MAYBE.
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03-29-2012, 08:37 PM | #74 |
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03-29-2012, 08:38 PM | #75 | |
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And please don't take my amusement at your frustration the wrong way, I too have been frustrated by an update that I couldn't wait for...I just love to tinker with that stuff and get a great sense of accomplishment when what I'm tinkering with works. |
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