Thread: Firmware Update 5.14.3
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Old 05-05-2022, 08:17 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Gripweed View Post
This is rather upsetting. I have no urge to jailbreak so I thought I was doing myself a good security thing by installing 5.14.3.
This happens sometimes with Kindle firmware releases. The whole point of Amazon's slow rollout of firmware updates to Kindles is so that they can detect problems based on customer experience and pull a defective update before it is deployed too far. By choosing to install the firmware from their website instead of waiting for it to arrive on your Kindle you are making yourself a beta tester.

I wouldn't worry too much. If there was a really serious problem then others would have reported it by now.

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Originally Posted by Gripweed View Post
What happens when they release a real 5.14.3 with new features and fixes? I guess I won't be able to get it because I already have the illegitimate one. Nice screwup, Amazon!
That won't happen. Amazon always changes the version of each release.

The most important part of a version number is the build number shown in parenthesis on your Kindle after the 5.x.x part. That always changes in new firmware.

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New 5.14.2 and screwup 5.14.3. I don't have a copy of the original 5.14.2.
Your Kindle won't install firmware with a build number lower than the one already installed. You cannot go backwards unless the device is jailbroken.
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