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First, do not connect your Voyages to wifi until you have done some research on the pros and cons of various firmware versions.
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Be warned that the kindle update process does not allow installing a version earlier than the version already installed. For example, you can not install version 5.8.9 on your kindle with 5.10.1.1
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It's interesting that you mention turning off WiFi. I instinctively did so because I've been through the OTA update problem the hard way with a couple phones - the inability to downgrade firmware (which, in the Android world, can only be bypassed if one can unlock the bootloader) is a real pain in the rear. The funny thing is that I decided to turn on WiFi just to see if it would pull an update, but neither device ever seems to attempt to, with the "Update Your Kindle" remaining greyed out. I wonder if Amazon has stopped OTA updates on the Voyage since it's discontinued?
Can I ask where I could find information on determining the various pros and cons of various firmware revisions? I was only able to find this thread and another on 5.12.4, but nothing similar in the way of older revisions. I guess there is no real consensus on the most rock solid firmware for the voyage? I did see a thread asking about the best firmware for a PW3, which is the kind of thread I had planned to post before realizing that I couldn't actually create a thread.
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Yes, it is possible to download any voyage firmware update from amazon by changing the version number in the URL for the latest version to the version you want. (each version file is hundreds of megabytes.)
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This is a pretty neat trick, with the only problem being I am not sure where to obtain a list of the version numbers. I'm surprised Amazon keeps older firmware available on their servers.
Thanks so much for your help!