[DanielSt]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

It should be pretty easy, but maybe not obvious. However that old might even have an explicit skip option.

Once you are registered you can just always leave it in airplane mode. But be forewarned that there have been numerous posts over the years along the lines of "I accidentally enabled wifi and my kindle updated".

Regarding the battery, whether it was made near the beginning or end might make a difference.

Thanks for this. Yes, I will be setting it to airplane mode the moment I turn it on!

Thanks again!