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Originally Posted by encol
I know there is for factory images, but i intended the firmware update files that Amazon releases.
Perhaps we can try (with the contribute of the members of this forum) to mantain such list, every time Amazon release an update  |
It does not work, geekmaster tried it.
The problem is Amazon re-issues the update packages without any hints to anyone.
So you can't tell if it is a re-issue or a transmission error.
But there is a life saver there - -
The initial factory images are not 'model locked' - which also means they do not have an over all checksum.
The individual components have checksums, but the updater can not 'back up' if it finds a bad component.
Which is why I provide an external, overall, checksum.
The Amazon customer images are 'model locked' - which means the package has an overall checksum.
And the Kindle update code checks that before it even tries to unpack the components.
Which is why Amazon does not provide an external, overall, checksum (its internal).