Thread: Kindle Firmware 5.12.5
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Old 06-10-2020, 07:34 PM   #301
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
All the Kindles that had 5.12.4 available for download got it OTA. So I see no control there. I see Amazon taking down 5.12.4 for download due to something wrong with it yet leaving it available for OTA and then EOLing the PW3 instead of allowing 5.12.5 for the PW3.
Right now Amazon is probably short handed during the Corona Virus problems. So they're missing some stuff.

I placed an order last week that qualifies for 2 day shipping. They said it would be here this week, about 5 days later not counting weekends. Two days before it was due to arrive I received a notice that it would be delayed until the day it was due to arrive, which it was. So it arrived a day earlier than I was told along with apologies for being late.

In the past many years that I've had Prime shipping they've rarely been late. They've done their job beautifully. I don't think I'm going to hold it against them that they're getting a few things wrong during an epidemic.

However, for Amazon haters this probably is a joyous time.

By the way, I downloaded the 5.1.24 firmware and installed it on one of my Paperwhites. I had absolutely no problems with it. I've since installed 5.1.25 and installed it and I've had no problems with it. It's true that I do most of my reading on a phone these days so I can't say I've thoroughly tested it but I've played with it more than a little bit looking for problems and haven't found any.

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