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wildflowertx · 07-20-2014, 04:16 PM

Hi all. I searched to see if this had come up and couldn't find anything, but if I missed it, please point me in the right direction.

I used the directions in a couple of threads to downgrade my KPW1 software from 5.4.4.2 to 5.3.9 (thanks!!!) so I could get rid of the stupid updates to the Collections that showed both cloud and device entries (even though the cloud entries were greyed out, it was stupid having them show *at all*). The downgrade seemed to go just fine, and I have 5.3.9 successfully on my device now....except I seem to have lost Collections altogether!

I have the PW set to show by Collections on the far right sorting method, but all it shows is the 7 pages of uncategorized items and not the 4 or 5 (I forget which) pages of Collections before that which it should show (yeah, I have a lot of Collections

). I can at least still see all the books on my PW if I sort by Title or Author, just not within their Collections.

I can see the Collection names if I show by Cloud rather than Device, but that kind of defeats the purpose of just seeing what's on my Device, plus I can't actually *open* the Collections, just see the names; pressing on the names just brings up the option to edit the names or delete them.

I hoped maybe it would fix itself overnight, just needing some time to re-index, but no joy. Turning Wi-Fi on and syncing didn't help either (I'd put on the jailbreak and the "fake don't update this again" folder last night too so I wouldn't get the 5.4.4.2 software again).

Sorry to be so wordy, but wanted to try and give enough info about what I've done and how things look now in case someone can help. Any assistance would be appreciated! I like the Amazon Collections well enough -- and have used it extensively enough as well -- that I don't feel the need to try the Collections Manager hack but if I can't get this fixed I may have to.

Thanks in advance!

07-20-2014, 04:16 PM	#1
wildflowertx Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2014 Device: Kindle Paperwhite 1	Downgraded KPW1 software, lost collections Hi all. I searched to see if this had come up and couldn't find anything, but if I missed it, please point me in the right direction. I used the directions in a couple of threads to downgrade my KPW1 software from 5.4.4.2 to 5.3.9 (thanks!!!) so I could get rid of the stupid updates to the Collections that showed both cloud and device entries (even though the cloud entries were greyed out, it was stupid having them show at all). The downgrade seemed to go just fine, and I have 5.3.9 successfully on my device now....except I seem to have lost Collections altogether! I have the PW set to show by Collections on the far right sorting method, but all it shows is the 7 pages of uncategorized items and not the 4 or 5 (I forget which) pages of Collections before that which it should show (yeah, I have a lot of Collections ). I can at least still see all the books on my PW if I sort by Title or Author, just not within their Collections. I can see the Collection names if I show by Cloud rather than Device, but that kind of defeats the purpose of just seeing what's on my Device, plus I can't actually open the Collections, just see the names; pressing on the names just brings up the option to edit the names or delete them. I hoped maybe it would fix itself overnight, just needing some time to re-index, but no joy. Turning Wi-Fi on and syncing didn't help either (I'd put on the jailbreak and the "fake don't update this again" folder last night too so I wouldn't get the 5.4.4.2 software again). Sorry to be so wordy, but wanted to try and give enough info about what I've done and how things look now in case someone can help. Any assistance would be appreciated! I like the Amazon Collections well enough -- and have used it extensively enough as well -- that I don't feel the need to try the Collections Manager hack but if I can't get this fixed I may have to. Thanks in advance!