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Greyriver · 01-04-2026, 05:55 PM

Others have claimed this and been told it was impossible, but it seems to be what's happening.

Kindle Scribe (1st Generation) 2022 Firmware 5.18.1

The kindle reports 40mb free and a windows computer connected via USB agrees

If I allow it to connect it will download a full update which when copied off matches byte for byte the 5.18.6 firmware previously downloaded from amazon. A 365 MB file (383,110,562 bytes)

Settings in the kindle even show it as an available update.

At that point the Kindle and PC report 0 bytes free

When the file is deleted it now shows 40mb free again and you couldn't copy the same file back again if you wanted to as there is not enough space.

The only explanation I can come up with is that the scribe now has a ram disk or some other storage which is handled separately.

01-04-2026, 05:55 PM	#1
Greyriver Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2025 Device: Kindle Scribe 1st Generation	Filling a Kindle Scribe does not prevent full updates from downloading? Others have claimed this and been told it was impossible, but it seems to be what's happening. Kindle Scribe (1st Generation) 2022 Firmware 5.18.1 The kindle reports 40mb free and a windows computer connected via USB agrees If I allow it to connect it will download a full update which when copied off matches byte for byte the 5.18.6 firmware previously downloaded from amazon. A 365 MB file (383,110,562 bytes) Settings in the kindle even show it as an available update. At that point the Kindle and PC report 0 bytes free When the file is deleted it now shows 40mb free again and you couldn't copy the same file back again if you wanted to as there is not enough space. The only explanation I can come up with is that the scribe now has a ram disk or some other storage which is handled separately.