Thread: Firmware Update 5.14.3
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Old 05-10-2022, 05:08 PM   #51
davedeacon
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Device: Paperwhite Kindle 5 11th gen 2021
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Originally Posted by DNSB View Post
The article does not talk about downgrading the existing firmware on a Kindle though the headline (clickbait, anyone?) does seem to suggest that. If you updated to 5.14.3, you are stuck waiting for the next update since 5.14.3 does appear to successfully block the exploit chain used in the latest jailbreak which works up to 5.14.2.

OTOH, remember the source of the link. I take anything written by Michael Kozlowski who tends to like sensational posts to drive traffic to GoodeReader with a large pinch of salt.
Exactly, there are zero facts on that page. "Apparantly.....will likely....I believe...." Just a mixture of guesswork and the obvious. Clearly if they pulled a release there were problems with it - I don't need anyone to tell me that!

I got the update manually because in all the years I've owned 4 different kindles I've only ever received a single update for one of them OTA. I keep wifi off to save power most of the time and I've never seen a notification that it's downloading anything. On pre-11th gen kindles downloading ~250megs would take quite some time - this new model seems much quicker at everything. I notice it has a power saving mode; if I use that but leave wifi on do I get the best of both worlds; automatic updates/syncing etc but sensibly handled (ie check for 1 second every 24 hours or so then turn wifi back off?)

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