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knc1 · 09-30-2017, 07:50 PM

Close but close only counts in horseshoes and Nuclear weapons.

"New" devices have the "newest" firmware the factory has prior to packing. (What has been released to the factory to use does not have anything at all to do with what has been released to the customers.)

The Kindles do not / can not update while in the box.

These devices are built in very large batches, packed, and then they require time to reach the customer.
There can be many delays along the way.
They are not 'built to order'. They are built much, much faster than they can be sold.

If the customer firmware release is updated, the boxes are not all opened (millions of boxes) and the installed firmware again updated.

I do not know what firmware version you will get.
But it can not be worse than a firmware version that you can not jail break.
We are still getting reports of devices shipping with firmware versions that can be jail broken from the two sources I suggested that you use.

No, the Kindles do not OTA update over 3G (other than the series 2 Kindles, which are 3G only).

09-30-2017, 07:50 PM	#15
knc1 Going Viral Posts: 17,212 Karma: 18210809 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Central Texas Device: No K1, PW2, KV, KOA	Close but close only counts in horseshoes and Nuclear weapons. "New" devices have the "newest" firmware the factory has prior to packing. (What has been released to the factory to use does not have anything at all to do with what has been released to the customers.) The Kindles do not / can not update while in the box. These devices are built in very large batches, packed, and then they require time to reach the customer. There can be many delays along the way. They are not 'built to order'. They are built much, much faster than they can be sold. If the customer firmware release is updated, the boxes are not all opened (millions of boxes) and the installed firmware again updated. I do not know what firmware version you will get. But it can not be worse than a firmware version that you can not jail break. We are still getting reports of devices shipping with firmware versions that can be jail broken from the two sources I suggested that you use. No, the Kindles do not OTA update over 3G (other than the series 2 Kindles, which are 3G only). Last edited by knc1; 09-30-2017 at 07:56 PM.