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Gaqs · 04-25-2025, 10:26 AM

As you know the PW3 stopped receiving firmware updates, with the last one being 5.16.2.1.1, so it never got the 5.16.4 which came with a much improved experimental web browser.

The PW3 has the same CPU and amount of RAM as the KT4 and PW4 which got the update, so I'm guessing technically speaking the only thing preventing the PW3 from getting the update was amazon intentionally deprecating it, but please correct me if I'm wrong, that's why I'm making this thread.

I'm wondering if with a jailbroken PW3 it's possible force a manual update of an unsupported firmware version such as 5.16.4.

04-25-2025, 10:26 AM	#1
Gaqs Connoisseur Posts: 50 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2019 Device: KT4, PW3	Getting FW 5.16.4 improved web browser on PW3? As you know the PW3 stopped receiving firmware updates, with the last one being 5.16.2.1.1, so it never got the 5.16.4 which came with a much improved experimental web browser. The PW3 has the same CPU and amount of RAM as the KT4 and PW4 which got the update, so I'm guessing technically speaking the only thing preventing the PW3 from getting the update was amazon intentionally deprecating it, but please correct me if I'm wrong, that's why I'm making this thread. I'm wondering if with a jailbroken PW3 it's possible force a manual update of an unsupported firmware version such as 5.16.4.