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Minotaur · 12-12-2016, 09:20 AM

Hi all.
I have a Paperwhite3 (7th gen, I believe) that's been jailbroken and is running firmware 5.4.5 still. I haven't updated (and have backdoorlock installed to prevent updates) at all since then.
The main reason I haven't updated is that I heard that collections support via Calibre and Collections Manager (via "Import collections from Calibre") was broken in the 5.6 firmwares, and this is a "must have" feature for me.
However I note that Collections Manager now supports 5.8 firmwares.
I was wondering if it's worth updating to 5.8.7, and what the best procedure to do this (and retain jailbreak) would be? It's honestly been so long since I've done a firmware update on my PW3 that I am a bit worried about bricking my device or losing Collections functionality.
Currently using the linkss package to give current cover as screensaver. I also have mrPI installed (although it's not currently up-to-date)
If someone could point me at a thread that has the steps I need to do, or even provide the steps in dot-point form, I should be able to work it out from there.
Thanks in advance.

12-12-2016, 09:20 AM	#1
Minotaur Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 3798 Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Adelaide, Australia Device: Kobo Forma	Should I update? Hi all. I have a Paperwhite3 (7th gen, I believe) that's been jailbroken and is running firmware 5.4.5 still. I haven't updated (and have backdoorlock installed to prevent updates) at all since then. The main reason I haven't updated is that I heard that collections support via Calibre and Collections Manager (via "Import collections from Calibre") was broken in the 5.6 firmwares, and this is a "must have" feature for me. However I note that Collections Manager now supports 5.8 firmwares. I was wondering if it's worth updating to 5.8.7, and what the best procedure to do this (and retain jailbreak) would be? It's honestly been so long since I've done a firmware update on my PW3 that I am a bit worried about bricking my device or losing Collections functionality. Currently using the linkss package to give current cover as screensaver. I also have mrPI installed (although it's not currently up-to-date) If someone could point me at a thread that has the steps I need to do, or even provide the steps in dot-point form, I should be able to work it out from there. Thanks in advance.