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tagtag · 01-03-2022, 03:48 PM

Hi all,

Something of a newbie here. I have a PW2 Kindle that I have left in airplane mode for the better part of a decade. Great battery life

FW is 5.6.5, which I think is quite old. Books loaded via USB via Calibre (from library, gutenberg, amazon, etc.) pretty much exclusively.

My kindle has been freezing up a bit more often and I'm wondering/hoping if a FW upgrade would help it.

So the question is would you recommend monkeying with the FW to see if that fixes my issues, or just look for a new gen PW on the next sale? If a firmware upgrade should I JB instead? Not entirely sure what that gets me, but I generally like to take that route when offered.

01-03-2022, 03:48 PM	#1
tagtag Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Nook wifi (B&W)	newbie: PW2 with FW 5.6.5 experiencing some freezes - upgrade device? FW? Hi all, Something of a newbie here. I have a PW2 Kindle that I have left in airplane mode for the better part of a decade. Great battery life FW is 5.6.5, which I think is quite old. Books loaded via USB via Calibre (from library, gutenberg, amazon, etc.) pretty much exclusively. My kindle has been freezing up a bit more often and I'm wondering/hoping if a FW upgrade would help it. So the question is would you recommend monkeying with the FW to see if that fixes my issues, or just look for a new gen PW on the next sale? If a firmware upgrade should I JB instead? Not entirely sure what that gets me, but I generally like to take that route when offered.