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Old 08-18-2014, 07:40 AM   #8
dip166
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Device: Sony PRS-T1, Kindle PW2
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Originally Posted by simtim86 View Post
Downgrade or jailbreak? Both of them are done on my Kindle PW2 4GB (Japan)
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Originally Posted by eschwartz View Post
The language is a user setting. The firmware is the same, and anyway the jailbreak merely adds a file containing a custom install verification certificate.

The downgrade/upgrade itself does not wipe user settings (Amazon would be shooting themselves in the face if they wiped your Kindle every time an over-the-air update was applied).
Thank you both. I was asking this question because once I rooted my sony t1 (Japanese version) and it ended with English language only and all the original dictionaries were also lost...
But I guess the jailbreak works differently in that it doesn't reinstall the whole thing and wipe out your settings.
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