Thread: Paperwhite 5th generation firmware stuck
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Old 12-21-2019, 03:53 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by imaddicted2u View Post
I've written firmware images to the EMMC in lots of android based devices through the USB port...things are different in "amazon kindle land"

I'm guessing that Amazon must have stopped accepting the registering of the device because of the outdated firmware. One day it was registered and showed up in the account, next day it wasn't there and now can't be registered. Otherwise it still works as it has for the past few years, stuck at 5.4.4.2.
que sera sera
Amazon and the rest of the world switched to using the TLS protocol (only) during 2016.
There was an update for all Kindles back then, but you must have missed it. Maybe your Kindle was sitting in the closet back then.


Note:
Amazon updated the firmware for TLS support BUT did not update the firmware version number.
So download the 5.4.4.2 firmware version NOW on the Amazon server, and install it over the "old" version of 5.4.4.2
Things should be back to "normal" after that.
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