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DanielSt · 02-23-2022, 02:25 PM

Hello All,

I've found a used Kindle DX online with no wifi, only 3G connection. I'm looking for a Kindle whose firmware has not been updated in a long time (like at least for more than 4 years), since the newer firmwares cause me eye and other problems that render them unusable to me.

Did automatic updates come into Kindle DXs via 3G connection? If so, does anyone know what year the last such update was?

I am trying to be really sure that if I buy this DX, it's going to have an older firmware version. (I've already bought a used Kindle Keyboard and used Kindle 4 online, and both, it turned out, had received new-enough automatic updates via their wifi connections (yes, even the Keyboard has wifi) that they are unusable to me).

(I've been trying for weeks to downgrade my now-jailbroken Kindle 7, which got hijacked by Amazon with an automatic update when I briefly turned on wifi for the first time in several years, so far without success)

Thanks in advance for your help!

02-23-2022, 02:25 PM	#1
DanielSt Enthusiast Posts: 48 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2022 Device: Kindle	Kindle DX firmware -- last update Hello All, I've found a used Kindle DX online with no wifi, only 3G connection. I'm looking for a Kindle whose firmware has not been updated in a long time (like at least for more than 4 years), since the newer firmwares cause me eye and other problems that render them unusable to me. Did automatic updates come into Kindle DXs via 3G connection? If so, does anyone know what year the last such update was? I am trying to be really sure that if I buy this DX, it's going to have an older firmware version. (I've already bought a used Kindle Keyboard and used Kindle 4 online, and both, it turned out, had received new-enough automatic updates via their wifi connections (yes, even the Keyboard has wifi) that they are unusable to me). (I've been trying for weeks to downgrade my now-jailbroken Kindle 7, which got hijacked by Amazon with an automatic update when I briefly turned on wifi for the first time in several years, so far without success) Thanks in advance for your help!