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3QVKwyNT9hR849t7 · 01-08-2020, 09:45 PM

Today I connected my PW4 5.11.2 with the update.bin.tmp.partial folder to the wifi(usually I am in permanent airplane mode), did my usual round of package updates, used "Sync your Kindle", rebooted the kindle and to my surprise I was now running 5.12.3.

I had the update blocking folder since I bought the reader on release. I do not believe I managed to delete the folder on accident. Maybe flashing 5.11.x removes the blocking folder? Unsure.

So it seems that Amazon's automatic updates might now be even more aggressive even to those running older firmware.

Thanks to the fact that I kept my packages up to date, the jailbreak has survived, but I am still annoyed and confused as to how this happened.

01-08-2020, 09:45 PM	#1
3QVKwyNT9hR849t7 Connoisseur Posts: 53 Karma: 4000 Join Date: Mar 2018 Device: PW4 32GB (G000 T607) 5.12.3	Forced autoupdates even on older firmware? Today I connected my PW4 5.11.2 with the update.bin.tmp.partial folder to the wifi(usually I am in permanent airplane mode), did my usual round of package updates, used "Sync your Kindle", rebooted the kindle and to my surprise I was now running 5.12.3. I had the update blocking folder since I bought the reader on release. I do not believe I managed to delete the folder on accident. Maybe flashing 5.11.x removes the blocking folder? Unsure. So it seems that Amazon's automatic updates might now be even more aggressive even to those running older firmware. Thanks to the fact that I kept my packages up to date, the jailbreak has survived, but I am still annoyed and confused as to how this happened. Last edited by 3QVKwyNT9hR849t7; 01-08-2020 at 09:58 PM.