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ilovejedd · 12-21-2019, 01:54 PM

It doesn't seem as if there are any ill effects on older Kindle models/firmware but just as a precaution:

DO_FACTORY_RESTORE was what ended up completely bricking one of my PW3s after I tried downgrading to factory 5.8.9.0.1. I think it failed at reformatting /mnt/us (user store). After that, I no longer had USB mass storage access (and I didn't wanna mess with opening the device for serial).

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=116

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=275975

In my case, I probably should have just installed customer 5.8.11 when I saw the corrupted the display.

12-21-2019, 01:54 PM	#23
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,132 Karma: 19597086 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: in the middle of nowhere Device: PW4, PW3, Libra H2O, iPad 10.5, iPad 11, iPad 12.9	It doesn't seem as if there are any ill effects on older Kindle models/firmware but just as a precaution: DO_FACTORY_RESTORE was what ended up completely bricking one of my PW3s after I tried downgrading to factory 5.8.9.0.1. I think it failed at reformatting /mnt/us (user store). After that, I no longer had USB mass storage access (and I didn't wanna mess with opening the device for serial). https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...&postcount=116 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=275975 In my case, I probably should have just installed customer 5.8.11 when I saw the corrupted the display.