Thread: newbie: PW2 with FW 5.6.5 experiencing some freezes - upgrade device? FW?
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Old 01-03-2022, 03:54 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by tagtag View Post
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.
I'd try a factory reset as the first step. If that doesn't help, upgrade the firmware. As to jailbreaking, no idea, as I've never jailbroken my Kindles.
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