10-18-2010, 06:28 PM | #1 |
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Avoiding auto updates?
Bar switching off net access is there a (hopefully simple) way to avoid the Kindle auto-updating while retaining net access?
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10-19-2010, 03:08 AM | #2 |
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Yeah, that would a good thing. Otherwise, Amazon can always post new updates that break jailbreak and other hacks, and it could be at a very inconvenient moment (like, traveling, etc).
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10-19-2010, 12:46 PM | #3 |
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You might try to do manually what the since-disabled private command `7777 did on the K1 (ie. mangle the OTA version number in order to disable OTA updates). Check igorsk's blog for details.
But I have no idea if: * That will work on modern devices. * What averse side-effects it could have. |
10-20-2010, 03:16 AM | #4 |
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I guess that editing the hosts file so that all Amazon servers point to 127.0.0.1 would probably work too.
Does anyone know which server(s)/URLs the Kindle connects to for its updates? |
10-20-2010, 08:56 AM | #5 |
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I used this method to disable automatic updates:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...73&postcount=8 |
10-20-2010, 01:19 PM | #6 |
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Huh, yeah, forgot about this one .
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