Thread: Firmware Update Kindle firmware 5.16.3
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Old 08-30-2023, 08:43 PM   #10
tomsem
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Originally Posted by bulltricks View Post
Firmware for the PW5 has the MTP module, but not the user-space components.

Maybe it's just being enabled on the Scribe to flush out user complaints.

Switching to MTP eliminates both a jailbreak exploit and the ability to prevent firmware updates.
Yes, it is not a welcome change, for many use cases.

It is good at least that calibre works with MTP and might be a starting point for more work with it.

However I miss command line access.

Calibre has an (undocumented) ebook-device CLI that lets you do some things with device content, but it no longer works with Scribe (raises exception right away).

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