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lehbaurd · 10-15-2017, 06:33 AM

Hope someone can help me.

My Voyage was only ever connected to the internet when I originally registered it when the model first came out.

I like to control as far as possible what is on the device so books have always been sideloaded. I was seduced by the features in the 5.8.11 firmware and "upgraded" but have encountered a issue.

The home screen now shows thumbnails for books that I have previously deleted (which was not the case before) and there is no option to remove them that I can find - only to download them again to the device.

I've tried the following:

1. Turned off Whispersync and automatic updates in my Amazon account then downloaded the book. Turned on Airplane mode on Kindle. Deleted the book. Result: thumbnail still there.

2. Reset the Voyage. However it syncs to the Amazon account and I am left with the thumbnails and deleting the books after download does not remove them.

Am I missing something? Is there a way of registering the Kindle and avoiding the syncing? Or of completely removing the book after download and leaving no thumbnail?

I know that I could delete the content on my Amazon account but that seems extremely drastic for such a simple task.

10-15-2017, 06:33 AM	#1
lehbaurd Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle Touch	Deleting unwanted homescreen thumbnails after updating Voyage Hope someone can help me. My Voyage was only ever connected to the internet when I originally registered it when the model first came out. I like to control as far as possible what is on the device so books have always been sideloaded. I was seduced by the features in the 5.8.11 firmware and "upgraded" but have encountered a issue. The home screen now shows thumbnails for books that I have previously deleted (which was not the case before) and there is no option to remove them that I can find - only to download them again to the device. I've tried the following: 1. Turned off Whispersync and automatic updates in my Amazon account then downloaded the book. Turned on Airplane mode on Kindle. Deleted the book. Result: thumbnail still there. 2. Reset the Voyage. However it syncs to the Amazon account and I am left with the thumbnails and deleting the books after download does not remove them. Am I missing something? Is there a way of registering the Kindle and avoiding the syncing? Or of completely removing the book after download and leaving no thumbnail? I know that I could delete the content on my Amazon account but that seems extremely drastic for such a simple task.