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Old 01-16-2025, 05:57 AM   #335
Gabbb
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Would the downgrade steps listed at `https://kindlemodding.org/firmware-and-flashing/downgrading/` work after Winterbreak & hotfix on a PW3?

>Backup any important data from your Kindle as this process will wipe everything in the device

This is what the guide says, but how is the device wiped exactly. Seems like that script makes the kindle believe it's a very low version & following that allows "updating" to anything. Updates don't wipe the kindle, is this really right? Am I misunderstanding something? Would factory resetting my 5.16.2.1.1 enough before doing these things?
Received help from Marek on discord & now my Kindle is downgraded. The answer to this question is that with winterbreak + the instructions in that guide I could downgrade following the steps to 5.14.1 & did not even lose my books and progress.
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