New Update 6.2 - Page 3

monkeyluis · 11-29-2011, 11:06 PM

Still no volume buttons!

cicsos2 · 11-29-2011, 11:13 PM

reported over in Kindle/Forums - go to your Apps, then Store, then select the "menu" at the bottom, look on the left for My Aps - if it is highlighted then you have one or more aps that have updates available.

Blossom · 11-30-2011, 12:54 AM

I notice nothing new but an improvement in general speed of things loading.

Blossom · 11-30-2011, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obsessed2

According to Amazon: To update your Kindle, ensure you are connected to a Wi-Fi network and that your battery is fully charged. Tap the Quick Settings icon in the upper right corner of your device, then tap "Sync." The software update will automatically download in the background and will be applied once download is complete and the device is asleep.

You can even download the update directly from Amazon and sideload it. It's a big update, 181 MB.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200790620

This updates takes some juice! It took about 28% of my battery when done.

jswinden · 11-30-2011, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

This updates takes some juice! It took about 28% of my battery when done.

I lucked out. I had just plugged mine in to charge when it updated.

pgnds · 11-30-2011, 02:18 AM

I was able to download the ebooks with video and audio. I was not able to play them.

morituri · 11-30-2011, 05:49 AM

Just updated my Fire to 6.2. In general, everything seems to move a little bit faster, but no other noticeable improvements so far.

xari · 11-30-2011, 06:09 AM

Interestingly, for me at least, it does not appear to have affected my root of my KFire.

After I read that that'd happened to some others, I tried opening and using: Market, Gmail, Maps and Amazon Videos, and everything seems to work and be just as it was prior to the update.

Weird. (But nice!

)

ectoplasm · 11-30-2011, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xari

Interestingly, for me at least, it does not appear to have affected my root of my KFire.

After I read that that'd happened to some others, I tried opening and using: Market, Gmail, Maps and Amazon Videos, and everything seems to work and be just as it was prior to the update.

Weird. (But nice!

)

How do you know you are still rooted? Once you install Market, etc., you don't need to maintain root for those to work.

xari · 11-30-2011, 07:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ectoplasm

How do you know you are still rooted? Once you install Market, etc., you don't need to maintain root for those to work.

Good point. Especially, since my Amazon video is still working.

I guess my main point is really that the update did not affect any of the Google/Market apps for me. Most other comments I've read (saying that the update affected the rooting of their Fire) also said that they could no longer run Market, GMail, etc. and were going to have to re-root/re-install those.

All of my Google apps are still working.

Just not sure why I lucked out, but I hope it holds.

nickredding · 11-30-2011, 09:20 AM

I notice a significant improvement in page-turning (especially in large periodical files) and from the newsstand opening a periodical shows a less jerky animation of zooming the cover page. There was definately some optimization done there--I was quite unimpressed initially with the stuttering page turns.

sirmaru · 11-30-2011, 09:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skydog

I was under the impression that personal docs, at least on the new Kindles and the Fire, are archived and can be synced between devices. Guess I should test it myself.

The Kindle Fire and the Kindle 3rd Gen WiFi have different email addresses assigned by Amazon for uploading personal documents.

They do NOT sync with each other.

weatherman · 11-30-2011, 11:28 AM

From what I've seen of this update, it fixes most of my complaints about some of the critical interface bugs, but doesn't do a lot to address the larger concerns or interaction design. The carousel is definitely better - it has more "friction" so it slows down more quickly and is easier to navigate as a result. I think the momentum on the scrolling in email and web pages is also better. I feel like the buttons are more responsive as well, and haven't really had any trouble with the back button at all. Page turns seem quicker and less jerky, and I haven't had any menu bars pop up while reading, which used to happen about every ten minutes for no reason.

But otherwise, not much change. Still a lot of things that could be done to improve it, and a lot of features that are missing from other Kindles that need to be on this one; page numbers, TTS, X-Ray, sharing/social functionality, etc.

obsessed2 · 11-30-2011, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weatherman

Still a lot of things that could be done to improve it, and a lot of features that are missing from other Kindles that need to be on this one; page numbers, TTS, X-Ray, sharing/social functionality, etc.

The Fire supports TTS. If you were to look under Settings, More (+), Applications, All Applications you will see that TTS service is installed. Mantano and Coolreader are two Apps that I have tried and both have TTS that works on the Fire.

weatherman · 11-30-2011, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obsessed2

The Fire supports TTS. If you were to look under Settings, More (+), Applications, All Applications you will see that TTS service is installed. Mantano and Coolreader are two Apps that I have tried and both have TTS that works on the Fire.

Fair enough, but what I'm talking about is read out loud for the Kindle reader app and news apps. I shouldn't have to load a 3rd-party app to use this, since it's really part of the Kindle feature set.

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11-29-2011, 11:06 PM	#31
monkeyluis Banned Posts: 725 Karma: 656644 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Central Florida Device: iPad "3", Kindle Touch, Kindle Fire, iPhone 4S	Still no volume buttons!

11-29-2011, 11:13 PM	#32
cicsos2 Enthusiast Posts: 44 Karma: 11536 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Texas Device: kindle Kbd, Fire(N2A), & 8.9	reported over in Kindle/Forums - go to your Apps, then Store, then select the "menu" at the bottom, look on the left for My Aps - if it is highlighted then you have one or more aps that have updates available.

11-30-2011, 12:54 AM	#33
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	I notice nothing new but an improvement in general speed of things loading.

11-30-2011, 02:18 AM	#36
pgnds Patty Posts: 52 Karma: 492132 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: USA Device: K-3, Fire 1st & 5 gen 8"	I was able to download the ebooks with video and audio. I was not able to play them.

11-30-2011, 05:49 AM	#37
morituri Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 500048 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Doha, Qatar Device: iPhone 6, iPad Air, Kindle PW2, Kindle HD	Just updated my Fire to 6.2. In general, everything seems to move a little bit faster, but no other noticeable improvements so far.

11-30-2011, 06:09 AM	#38
xari Kindle Obsessed. Posts: 96 Karma: 6436 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Here and There. Device: K3, K4, Kindle Fire.	Interestingly, for me at least, it does not appear to have affected my root of my KFire. After I read that that'd happened to some others, I tried opening and using: Market, Gmail, Maps and Amazon Videos, and everything seems to work and be just as it was prior to the update. Weird. (But nice! )

11-30-2011, 09:20 AM	#41
nickredding onlinenewsreader.net Posts: 324 Karma: 10143 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Phoenix, AZ & Victoria, BC Device: Kindle 3, Kindle Fire, IPad3, iPhone4, Playbook, HTC Inspire	I notice a significant improvement in page-turning (especially in large periodical files) and from the newsstand opening a periodical shows a less jerky animation of zooming the cover page. There was definately some optimization done there--I was quite unimpressed initially with the stuttering page turns.

11-30-2011, 11:28 AM	#43
weatherman Addict Posts: 385 Karma: 1010052 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: (previous: Kindle 2, Kindle Fire) Kindle 4 WiFi, K3K, KPW	From what I've seen of this update, it fixes most of my complaints about some of the critical interface bugs, but doesn't do a lot to address the larger concerns or interaction design. The carousel is definitely better - it has more "friction" so it slows down more quickly and is easier to navigate as a result. I think the momentum on the scrolling in email and web pages is also better. I feel like the buttons are more responsive as well, and haven't really had any trouble with the back button at all. Page turns seem quicker and less jerky, and I haven't had any menu bars pop up while reading, which used to happen about every ten minutes for no reason. But otherwise, not much change. Still a lot of things that could be done to improve it, and a lot of features that are missing from other Kindles that need to be on this one; page numbers, TTS, X-Ray, sharing/social functionality, etc.

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