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n1kk00 · 07-07-2016, 03:54 PM

A little something to consider regarding @Arnie97's experiment with not clearing the DBs under /var/local. I went this route when I was downgrading my wife's PW2 (on v5.7.4) the other day. It was ok initially. However, later when I tried to sideload a book it didn't show up on the home screen; it opened just fine in KOReader and on my PW2 so not a file issue. Figuring the only difference was that I didn't clear the DBs I thought I'd clear them now - did it and after a couple of reboots all was back to normal, sideloaded books would appear and all. So probably not a good idea to skip this step

07-07-2016, 03:54 PM	#55
n1kk00 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Kindle PW2	A little something to consider regarding @Arnie97's experiment with not clearing the DBs under /var/local. I went this route when I was downgrading my wife's PW2 (on v5.7.4) the other day. It was ok initially. However, later when I tried to sideload a book it didn't show up on the home screen; it opened just fine in KOReader and on my PW2 so not a file issue. Figuring the only difference was that I didn't clear the DBs I thought I'd clear them now - did it and after a couple of reboots all was back to normal, sideloaded books would appear and all. So probably not a good idea to skip this step Last edited by n1kk00; 07-07-2016 at 03:58 PM.