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shamanNS · 01-21-2023, 11:36 AM

It seams that the oldest firmware bin that was uploaded to that "s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredownloads/" location on Amazon's servers is 5.8.2.1. And before that the server location used was "s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads". And that on that older location the oldest downloadable firmware version that had "update_kindle_paperwhite_v2" in its filename is 5.6.1. (and that firmware had bunch of "bugfix" releases so you probably should just download the last one: 5.6.1.0.6):

Code:

https:/s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_paperwhite_v2_5.6.1.0.6.bin

Older than that (= 5.4.x up to 5.4.5.1) it looks like they didn't use "update_kindle_paperwhite_v2_" in filenames but used "update_kindle_" for all Kindle models that existed at the time. So the earliest PW2 firmware would be 5.4.2 (5.4.0 was probably factory firmware for PW2 and was never uploaded to firmware servers).

Code:

So the oldest pre-5.6.1 firmware links is:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_5.4.2.bin

The newest pre-5.6.1 firmware link is:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_5.4.5.1.bin

So, pick your poison

01-21-2023, 11:36 AM	#3
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,115 Karma: 12345678 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	It seams that the oldest firmware bin that was uploaded to that "s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredownloads/" location on Amazon's servers is 5.8.2.1. And before that the server location used was "s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads". And that on that older location the oldest downloadable firmware version that had "update_kindle_paperwhite_v2" in its filename is 5.6.1. (and that firmware had bunch of "bugfix" releases so you probably should just download the last one: 5.6.1.0.6): Code: https:/s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_paperwhite_v2_5.6.1.0.6.bin Older than that (= 5.4.x up to 5.4.5.1) it looks like they didn't use "update_kindle_paperwhite_v2_" in filenames but used "update_kindle_" for all Kindle models that existed at the time. So the earliest PW2 firmware would be 5.4.2 (5.4.0 was probably factory firmware for PW2 and was never uploaded to firmware servers). Code: So the oldest pre-5.6.1 firmware links is: https://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_5.4.2.bin The newest pre-5.6.1 firmware link is: https://s3.amazonaws.com/G7G_FirmwareUpdates_WebDownloads/update_kindle_5.4.5.1.bin So, pick your poison Last edited by shamanNS; 01-21-2023 at 06:14 PM.