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ilovejedd · 07-09-2020, 12:53 PM

My non-jailbroken PW3 OTA updated to 5.12.4. No problems with mine apart from having gotten a tad more sluggish over successive updates. Of course, I primarily use that to read Kindle Unlimited books.

As for planned obsolescence, the Kindle isn’t really like Android or iOS where apps can stop working for it unless updated. As long as I can still download and read new ebooks on the PW3, I have no issue with Amazon dropping firmware updates for it.

07-09-2020, 12:53 PM	#7
ilovejedd hopeless n00b Posts: 5,110 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	My non-jailbroken PW3 OTA updated to 5.12.4. No problems with mine apart from having gotten a tad more sluggish over successive updates. Of course, I primarily use that to read Kindle Unlimited books. As for planned obsolescence, the Kindle isn’t really like Android or iOS where apps can stop working for it unless updated. As long as I can still download and read new ebooks on the PW3, I have no issue with Amazon dropping firmware updates for it. Last edited by ilovejedd; 07-09-2020 at 01:04 PM.