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j.p.s · 09-02-2018, 12:24 PM

Last December, I did my first Kindle jailbreak on my KV and put OS v 5.8.11 on it, then installed KUAL and KOReader v2015.11-3-g9e0be45, which, as far as I knew, was the latest stable version at the time.

In light testing KOReader seemed to be pretty good, but the top part of the screen did not always refresh, particularly when leaving KOReader, making it hard to know what control options were available and where they were. Beause I was new to JB, KUAL, KOReader, and 5.8.11, I was not sure where to start or what to expect or how to ask questions. I got caught up in other things and never got around to seeking help with KOReader.

As a hedge against the direction Kindle design seems to be going, I got another KV since mine is pushing 4 years old. I JB it fresh out of the box and now need to decide which OS version to start with. I assume there must have been some earlier OS version KUAL version combination that did not have the screen refresh problem I described above.

My questions are whether this problem was fixed or which earlier versions should I use instead?

09-02-2018, 12:24 PM	#1
j.p.s Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,800 Karma: 103362673 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: pb360	What is best OS version and KOReader version for KV? Last December, I did my first Kindle jailbreak on my KV and put OS v 5.8.11 on it, then installed KUAL and KOReader v2015.11-3-g9e0be45, which, as far as I knew, was the latest stable version at the time. In light testing KOReader seemed to be pretty good, but the top part of the screen did not always refresh, particularly when leaving KOReader, making it hard to know what control options were available and where they were. Beause I was new to JB, KUAL, KOReader, and 5.8.11, I was not sure where to start or what to expect or how to ask questions. I got caught up in other things and never got around to seeking help with KOReader. As a hedge against the direction Kindle design seems to be going, I got another KV since mine is pushing 4 years old. I JB it fresh out of the box and now need to decide which OS version to start with. I assume there must have been some earlier OS version KUAL version combination that did not have the screen refresh problem I described above. My questions are whether this problem was fixed or which earlier versions should I use instead?