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Originally Posted by Ruskie_it
I don't get the point for b): if you are not going to upgrade anyway, there is no need for you to be able to downgrade. So, it is sufficient that you never do device reset, whatever fw version you are.
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Well, what I've meant is simply the updating to a more recent fw version (like e.g. - just to name a number - 5.8.7 if you like to have the new Ember font and the new menu structure). This is recommendated after sucessfully jailbreaking. The "initial factory builds" are really, really outdated and not advisable any longer for productive use. Then it's better NOT to have the "very latest" versions. Just to be (theoretically...) able to to a downgrade again. This could have helped even cqwang. At least as a try.
I had once helped a friend of mine jailbreaking his PW3. Everything was fine. It was the time around when version 5.8.5 or so was the latest. Installed this for hin. Then this guy hadn't correctly read my lips ... an did a factory reset!
(I told him definitely and repeatedly: NEVER EVER do that thru
all the lifetime of your reader!) But in this case he could be helped by doing all the steps from #1 "downgrading to the intitial build" sucessfully once again. The same situation with a prior update to 5.8.8 or 5.8.9, and he would have been
completely out of luck!
Apropos repair: Well, maybe this is a peculiarity here in Good Old Germany; but you can also buy Kindle readers directly in electronic marts "cash-and-carry", not only via Amazon. I've bought ALL my Kindles that way, saving the shipping costs. And in in case of a defect you have two options:
1) If bought less than 2 weeks ago: They will replace the device "no questions asked". (More correctly: they refund it and you're free to choose either the cashback, or buy another device. This could be especially interesting if there is a bargain offer like "Kindle xy 40,- Euros off now!" and you happened to buy it a few days ago for the old price: you can then get the old price refunded and just buy a new one for the reduced costs.
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2) If bought more than 14 days ago: They send it in for repair. And than it could happen that they don't do the replacement/repair when recognizing that the device is "modified": this voids any warranty....