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Old 12-31-2018, 06:27 PM   #10
dom123dom
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Location: Sydney, Australia
Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2 WiFi 4Gb 2013 (s/n 9017..)
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Originally Posted by knc1 View Post
Amazon does not remove firmware files from their server.
They only remove the old links from the "device page".
So you could say that Amazon runs its own archive.

The bad links you mentioned are all to "factory-use-only" firmware versions used in jail breaking, not customer-use firmware builds.

If you went to the PW2 device page now, you would find the current firmware's URL:
https://s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredow..._v2_5.10.2.bin


but instead you want a less current firmware, just change the firmware numeric field in the URL (for PW2-5.9.6):
https://s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredow...e_v2_5.9.6.bin


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If you quote this post, you can see the full URL rather than the shortened version.
That's exactly what I was after, thank you.

I've read a lot of your posts in various threads over the last week or so, I really appreciate the expertise and effort you put in to the site.

I think I'm going to keep an eye on the classifieds and see if I can pick up a 'broken' kindle to play with.
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