MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Questions about mandatory firmware update 5.6.1.1 for PW1 and 5.3.7.3 for KT1

eschwartz · 03-01-2016, 05:57 PM

Your current firmwares are covered by BackDoorLock then.

And the PW1 update does introduce Bookerly IIRC.
But you can sideload Bookerly via the font hack if you need to.

There are various UI changes etc. in the updates, which you may or may not want -- notice the major version number changed.
But as far as Amazon pushing updates in general, that is only because of the crypto enhancements.

Your reasons for avoiding the newer firmware are no more or less valid just because Amazon is pushing people to accept updates which include crypto changes.

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Here are kaznelson's margin/font size mods: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=1431
As you see, he hasn't bundled a version for the 5.6.1.1 firmware.

03-01-2016, 05:57 PM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	Your current firmwares are covered by BackDoorLock then. And the PW1 update does introduce Bookerly IIRC. But you can sideload Bookerly via the font hack if you need to. There are various UI changes etc. in the updates, which you may or may not want -- notice the major version number changed. But as far as Amazon pushing updates in general, that is only because of the crypto enhancements. Your reasons for avoiding the newer firmware are no more or less valid just because Amazon is pushing people to accept updates which include crypto changes. ... Here are kaznelson's margin/font size mods: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...postcount=1431 As you see, he hasn't bundled a version for the 5.6.1.1 firmware.