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vedg · 01-15-2019, 08:23 AM

My Kindle Touch slows down gradually over time, so I have to reboot it each week or two. The worst effects of the slowdown are lagging page turns and slow translation (navigation to a dictionary and back). I'm using a dictionary often, so this might be a reason for this behavior. I've found a description of the same symptoms here.

My Kindle firmware version: 5.1.2.
Jailbreak version: 5.0.3 (installed it years ago).
I installed a Russian keyboard years ago (keyboard_alff31_v0.1.0). Suspected that it caused the slowdown and uninstalled it. But the slowdown remains.

Is this a known issue and is there a community fix? If not, is upgrading firmware to the latest official Amazon version likely to help? If I do upgrade the firmware, can I downgrade it later?

01-15-2019, 08:23 AM	#1
vedg Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: Kindle Touch with Wi-Fi, ad-supported	Kindle Touch slows down gradually until I restart it My Kindle Touch slows down gradually over time, so I have to reboot it each week or two. The worst effects of the slowdown are lagging page turns and slow translation (navigation to a dictionary and back). I'm using a dictionary often, so this might be a reason for this behavior. I've found a description of the same symptoms here. My Kindle firmware version: 5.1.2. Jailbreak version: 5.0.3 (installed it years ago). I installed a Russian keyboard years ago (keyboard_alff31_v0.1.0). Suspected that it caused the slowdown and uninstalled it. But the slowdown remains. Is this a known issue and is there a community fix? If not, is upgrading firmware to the latest official Amazon version likely to help? If I do upgrade the firmware, can I downgrade it later? Last edited by vedg; 01-15-2019 at 08:25 AM. Reason: Improve the title wording