Thread: Firmware Update Kindle firmware 5.16.4
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Old 11-01-2023, 03:35 PM   #48
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Can you elaborate on this please.
There is something new called AppOTA. It is related to the new eKART mentioned earlier by Bluebotlabs.

I have not looked at it enough to be sure but it appears to be a way to update the Kindle application software independently of the full firmware and Kindle OS.

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Do otaupd and otav3 exist in /usr/bin?
They still exist in the new firmware.

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Can we still block updates by renaming them?
I don't know whether renaming them will block updates or not.
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