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Old 04-05-2017, 06:27 AM   #46
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Originally Posted by genoasalami View Post
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?
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.
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