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haertig · 10-19-2018, 05:33 PM

Has anyone run into any PROBLEMS introduced by this upgrade?

I don't see much in the way of must-have new features for the way I use my PaperWhite, so I'm in no hurry to upgrade. Showing battery percentage is better than not showing it, but it's still a minor thing for me. "Performance improvements", whatever those turn out to be would be good. Themes don't fit into how I use my Kindle, since I rarely change settings. Maybe turn on the light on occasion. Maybe increase the font size if my eyes are tired. But those changes are simple, and rare for me. However Amazon lets you accomplish these things - via themes, extra clicks to go through menus, etc. - I don't really care since I change things so infrequently.

While there's no hurry to upgrade for me, there's also no reason NOT to, unless new problems were introduced. I haven't seen any problems reported here yet. I don't have any issues with my PaperWhite now. The thing USED TO lock up semi-regularly on many different books, but that problem appears to have fixed itself now. NOT due to any firmware upgrade - it just randomly fixed itself somehow (???). I certainly wouldn't want to jinx things by upgrading the firmware prematurely and bring this lock-up problem back.

FWIW, I don't even remember what the PaperWhites Home Page looks like - I never use it. My PaperWhite is permanently in Airplane Mode. All my books are sideloaded via Calibre, and I only keep a dozen or so (max) on the PaperWhite at any given time, more than that makes it painful to navigate and pick your next book. I do that picking from my library of books in Calibre, which is much better suited for browsing a large collection, and just sideload a small batch of "possible next books" onto the PaperWhite. This leaves my PaperWhites memory 99% free and unused.

10-19-2018, 05:33 PM	#55
haertig Wizard Posts: 1,898 Karma: 31522252 Join Date: Sep 2017 Device: PW3, Fire HD8 Gen7, Moto G7, Sansa Clip v2, Ruizu X26	Has anyone run into any PROBLEMS introduced by this upgrade? I don't see much in the way of must-have new features for the way I use my PaperWhite, so I'm in no hurry to upgrade. Showing battery percentage is better than not showing it, but it's still a minor thing for me. "Performance improvements", whatever those turn out to be would be good. Themes don't fit into how I use my Kindle, since I rarely change settings. Maybe turn on the light on occasion. Maybe increase the font size if my eyes are tired. But those changes are simple, and rare for me. However Amazon lets you accomplish these things - via themes, extra clicks to go through menus, etc. - I don't really care since I change things so infrequently. While there's no hurry to upgrade for me, there's also no reason NOT to, unless new problems were introduced. I haven't seen any problems reported here yet. I don't have any issues with my PaperWhite now. The thing USED TO lock up semi-regularly on many different books, but that problem appears to have fixed itself now. NOT due to any firmware upgrade - it just randomly fixed itself somehow (???). I certainly wouldn't want to jinx things by upgrading the firmware prematurely and bring this lock-up problem back. FWIW, I don't even remember what the PaperWhites Home Page looks like - I never use it. My PaperWhite is permanently in Airplane Mode. All my books are sideloaded via Calibre, and I only keep a dozen or so (max) on the PaperWhite at any given time, more than that makes it painful to navigate and pick your next book. I do that picking from my library of books in Calibre, which is much better suited for browsing a large collection, and just sideload a small batch of "possible next books" onto the PaperWhite. This leaves my PaperWhites memory 99% free and unused.