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Originally Posted by genoasalami
Sounds like I should not have assumed that Amazon would fix this in an update.... :-|
There's no way to root the device without downgrading, then? Can't SSH in, wipe firmware, start over?
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Currently, the only way to "root the device" as you write it is to install firmware that is not suppose to exist out side of factory testing.
Amazon/Lab126 has prevented that from happening, starting with 5.8.8
True, the version number is earlier, which makes the term "downgrade" appropriate -
BUT
It is not the change in version number that is significant, it is the change from a
consumer to a
factory only firmware build that is significant.
SSH was removed from the Kindle's consumer image back in the K4 days.
These e-ink Kindles do not run Android nor are they organized as Android is -
There is no "back up copy" of the system firmware present.
If you "wipe everything", (there is a button for that: "erase all") then everything is gone.
Then you are in a world of hurt, far worse than anything else could do to you, except perhaps toasting it in the fireplace.