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Originally Posted by Ahvanar
Hey guys, i have a question.
i just did the JB on my PW3, everything seemed to work perfectly fine. now i'm trying to do the 5.7.2 update but when i copy the .bin from amazon over my root diretory, upon unplugging my device my PW give me an error saying that there was an unsuported update on my device. when i plug it back in the .bin is simply deleted from the root.
is this working as intended or am i doing something wrong?
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Both.
update_*.bin packages, both ours and Amazon's, are "model locked".
You have an update for the wrong model that your trying to run.
Use the first 4 (or 6 ) characters of your serial number and this chart:
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Serial_Numbers
To learn what its nickname is here -
Post that information and we can tell you what Amazon Marketing calls it.
PS: 5.7.2.1 is current firmware.