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Old 07-10-2015, 03:06 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by terendel View Post
New Paperwhite 3s are shipping with 5.6.1.1. My review unit is running 5.6.5, which is a beta version of the upcoming version which will have enhanced typesetting. I'd leave your unit where it is since I'm not sure how the PW2 version will act on your 3.
The PW2 firmware will be flat-out rejected by the update mechanism, for exactly that reason.

Frankensteined firmware has only happened once, a long time ago, and with mixed success I believe. In general it is a terrible idea.
It also requires a lot of work by demented hackers.
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