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Originally Posted by rrrvxi
Hello. I have a kindle PW2 Japanese edition (4gb), I remembered I jailbreak it a couple of years ago. Since then, I didn't used it much so I am kind of unaware about the improvements the device might received in this frame of time.
This is what I installed before on firmware 5.6.5:
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JailBreak-1.14.N-FW-5.x-hotfix.zip
KUAL-v2.6.zip
kual-mrinstaller-1.6.N.zip
CollectionsManager_2.8.1.zip
koreader-kindle-arm-linux-gnueabi-v2015.11-stable.zip
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***I also attached a picture of the root folder of the kindle***
So the questions I have are:
1. Is it worth to upgrade to the newer firmware available? Am I missing any new feature? or any critical update? maybe better battery with the new software?
2. If I update, can I still block the pesky auto-updates Amazon push without the user consent? I think I created before some kind of file in the root folder of the kindle that blocked the updates successfully
3. If I update, should I reset the device?
4. The jailbreak will survive in the new firmware?
5. If you were me, will you update it or leave it as it is?
Thank you if you read this, and any orientation will be much appreciated!  |
1- They have improved the settings menu part of the GUI.
There is a relatively new Amazon book format: kfx. I do not recall if your current version can display that book type.
The answer to the rest is: No.
2- Yes.
Same directory name is still working - reports here that you find that it does not are from people who tried to install a file of that name, not a directory (folder).
3- No, never.
All that does is erase everything you have done to the device.
4- Yes. The jailbreak and the 'bridge' code auto-reinstall (they are viral).
The 'bridge' code can only be erased by the user pressing: "reset", so do not press "reset".
You will still have to re-install all other add-ins.
5- Impossible to say.
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