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Old 02-08-2017, 04:39 PM   #1
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It seems Amazon may have a problem

It could be limited to the UK, but it seems K4's (both silver and black) and K3's can no longer be deregistered on the device. K4 running 4.1.3 and K3 running 3.4.2 - I've not checked K2's but K5's running 5.3.7.3 are fine

waiting for the deregister process to time out results in a very unhelpful message suggesting to check you are in wifi range, restart the device and try again - same result.

deregistering on the website leaves the kindle thinking it's still registered, and the only way out appears to be a factory reset.

Amazon support are useless and apparently a technical support engineer will email me

anyone else seeing this ?

It appears to have started when amazon added the view device content functionality to their website under the manage my devices and content

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Old 02-08-2017, 04:57 PM   #2
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It may be coincidence, but there are a couple of threads regarding owners of older kindles having connectivity and registration problems lately:

Is my Kindle 2 International dead?

Kindle Dx Graphite with corrupted software, does not switch to "registered"
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Old 02-08-2017, 05:03 PM   #3
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It could also be the software wasn't updated last March and one needs to do that before attempting wifi.

Note: I need to find my laptop and update my newest k3.
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Old 02-08-2017, 05:55 PM   #4
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It could also be the software wasn't updated last March and one needs to do that before attempting wifi.
3.4.2 is the most recent software for a K3 and 4.1.3 is most recent on a K4, (K5 on Amazon's update page), so the problem isn't lack of updated software.

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Old 02-08-2017, 06:58 PM   #5
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From one of the threads I linked above:

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Actually, I can't deregister my perfectly legal K2 US right now. I get a "can't connect at this time" message (even though the device is syncing and downloading from my archive just fine).

Servers are DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN, DOWN (certificate found).

All updates (including the kindle services (cert) update are applied. Guess I'll try again another day.
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Old 02-08-2017, 07:04 PM   #6
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3.4.2 is the most recent software for a K3 and 4.1.3 is most recent on a K4, (K5 on Amazon's update page), so the problem isn't lack of updated software.
So sorry, but Amazon did not do their TLS update that way.

Go to the product page for each device, get the package named:
Kindle Services Update
Install it.
It will not change the displayed firmware version number, only the compatibility with Amazon's servers.
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3.4.2 is the most recent software for a K3 and 4.1.3 is most recent on a K4, (K5 on Amazon's update page), so the problem isn't lack of updated software.
Note my new K3 is on 3.2.
So it is obvious it has neither the newest firmware or the service update.
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Old 02-08-2017, 08:17 PM   #8
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My K2US definitely has the latest software AND the Kindle Service update was performed when I got the email about it a while back. The device wouldn't de-register because it was "unable to connect". Syncing and downloading from my Archive worked fine.

Did a factory reset (my K2 is entirely stock) and now it can't register (same "unable to connect").

I don't use the device, so I don't really care if it never gets registered. I'm simply testing because others reported problems with older devices registering/deregistering. Something's up. Whether or not it's a temporary condition remains to be seen.
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Can't you deregister in Amazon.com? Or is that not the point of your experiment?
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Yes. I could deregister on Amazon's website. But the device never got the message. it continued to believe it was registered. It took a factory reset to finally get the device unregistered. Now it won't reregister.

The point of the "experiment" is that people have older devices that are suddenly unable to (de)register.
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Old 02-09-2017, 04:23 AM   #11
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Yes. I could deregister on Amazon's website. But the device never got the message. it continued to believe it was registered. It took a factory reset to finally get the device unregistered. Now it won't reregister.
Same here with Paperwhite 2 running 5.4.3.2 firmware. Only factory reset and update to latest firmware helped...
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Same here with Paperwhite 2 running 5.4.3.2 firmware. Only factory reset and update to latest firmware helped...
5.4 is too old, from before Amazon updated their secure server protocols.

The 'factory reset' had nothing to do with it - that only erases things the user has added.

It was the install of a recent firmware version that fixed your problem.
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It was the install of a recent firmware version that fixed your problem.
I agree. So what's going to fix my fully-updated K2's problem?
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I agree. So what's going to fix my fully-updated K2's problem?
Amazon.
Has anyone reported the problem to Amazon?
Anything being said about the problem on the company forums?
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Amazon.
Has anyone reported the problem to Amazon?
Anything being said about the problem on the company forums?
I don't frequent Amazon forums. At least one person with the same issue got the run around from Amazon CS about it. I suppose I could break down and call them. It's just so frustrating getting past the host of morons before you get to talk with someone who understands what you're trying to say. Maybe if I get bored enough in the next couple of day, I'll give it a shot.
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