MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Troubleshooting Block firmware update in KPW2 without jailbreak is possible?

mendesitba · 02-15-2016, 04:48 PM

Greetings. I have a Kindle Paperwhite 2, with 5.6.5 firmware. I would like to know if it is possible to block the auto update without a jailbroken device.

In some threads, I saw people suggesting to block Amazon's IPs in the internet router, but unfortunately, there is no list if IPs to block in these threads. Is it really possible to do this?Does someone have this IP list?

If it is not possible, I would like to try something different, but I need to know how the download of the firmware behaves if I turn on Airplane Mode before it is finished.

For instance, if I only turn on WiFi for 5 minutes daily (I receive daily news in my Kindle device through WiFi - not only Calibre originated ones) and after these 5 min I turn on the Airplane Mode, how the download of new firmware will behave? It will delete the file and start from 0% when I turn on WiFi in the following day or it will pause the download, and when I turn on WiFi it will start from where it was paused in the previous day?

Thank You!

02-15-2016, 04:48 PM	#1
mendesitba Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2015 Device: KPW, Ipad 2, Note 5	Block firmware update in KPW2 without jailbreak is possible? Greetings. I have a Kindle Paperwhite 2, with 5.6.5 firmware. I would like to know if it is possible to block the auto update without a jailbroken device. In some threads, I saw people suggesting to block Amazon's IPs in the internet router, but unfortunately, there is no list if IPs to block in these threads. Is it really possible to do this?Does someone have this IP list? If it is not possible, I would like to try something different, but I need to know how the download of the firmware behaves if I turn on Airplane Mode before it is finished. For instance, if I only turn on WiFi for 5 minutes daily (I receive daily news in my Kindle device through WiFi - not only Calibre originated ones) and after these 5 min I turn on the Airplane Mode, how the download of new firmware will behave? It will delete the file and start from 0% when I turn on WiFi in the following day or it will pause the download, and when I turn on WiFi it will start from where it was paused in the previous day? Thank You! Last edited by mendesitba; 02-15-2016 at 05:10 PM.