Remove FreeTime app after downgrade to 5.4.0

aholmes5 · 10-06-2015, 07:34 PM

Just did a serial port downgrade from 5.6.5 to 5.4.0 using ixtabs images (Done this x 3 kindles now - I'm learning to solder better). How do I get rid of the freetime app that didn't exist before 5.4.2. I can get to console via ssh if I need to.

Thanks for your help. You guys (knc1, eschwartz, ixtab, nijluje, and more) and the mobileread community have been awesome. Its amazing what a pain Amazon has made it to just to sort collections like I used to on my Kindle 3. Kindles have gotten better screens and lighting and worse end-user functionality with every release.

Cheers!

knc1 · 10-07-2015, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aholmes5

Just did a serial port downgrade from 5.6.5 to 5.4.0 using ixtabs images (Done this x 3 kindles now - I'm learning to solder better). How do I get rid of the freetime app that didn't exist before 5.4.2. I can get to console via ssh if I need to.

Thanks for your help. You guys (knc1, eschwartz, ixtab, nijluje, and more) and the mobileread community have been awesome. Its amazing what a pain Amazon has made it to just to sort collections like I used to on my Kindle 3. Kindles have gotten better screens and lighting and worse end-user functionality with every release.

Cheers!

The 3x devices you did this to must have been the original PW-2 (2Gbyte) devices.
Since 5.4.0 will not run on the newer PW-2 (4Gbyte) devices.

If you replaced the entire image with an image of 5.4.0 -
And this 'free time' thing did not exist before 5.4.2 -
Then how could it still be on the device?

Is it not part of the Amazon image?
Is it an after-market add-in that you added?

aholmes5 · 10-07-2015, 11:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knc1

The 3x devices you did this to must have been the original PW-2 (2Gbyte) devices.
Since 5.4.0 will not run on the newer PW-2 (4Gbyte) devices.

If you replaced the entire image with an image of 5.4.0 -
And this 'free time' thing did not exist before 5.4.2 -
Then how could it still be on the device?

Is it not part of the Amazon image?
Is it an after-market add-in that you added?

Yes these are PW2 2Gbyte devices. I think this stored in the /mnt/us partition but I can't figure out where (probably the "system" directory). When I have sort by collection selected it doesn't show up so I think I can live with it being on there I guess.

Do you think if I did a refresh it would sort all this out?

NiLuJe · 10-07-2015, 11:40 AM

Your best bet is probably to wipe the various catalog DBs in /var/local (notably /var/local/cc.db) and hope for the best (you'll lose collections).

The database schema is incompatible anyway, and that's only bound to cause issues down the line.

If you're lazy, a factory reset will do that for you

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aholmes5 · 10-09-2015, 10:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Your best bet is probably to wipe the various catalog DBs in /var/local (notably /var/local/cc.db) and hope for the best (you'll lose collections).

The database schema is incompatible anyway, and that's only bound to cause issues down the line.

If you're lazy, a factory reset will do that for you

.

Factory reset worked (I'm lazy.). Probably this should be done anytime you are downgrading I'm guessing.

10-06-2015, 07:34 PM	#1
aholmes5 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 498 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: PW2, PW3, PW4, PW5	Remove FreeTime app after downgrade to 5.4.0 Just did a serial port downgrade from 5.6.5 to 5.4.0 using ixtabs images (Done this x 3 kindles now - I'm learning to solder better). How do I get rid of the freetime app that didn't exist before 5.4.2. I can get to console via ssh if I need to. Thanks for your help. You guys (knc1, eschwartz, ixtab, nijluje, and more) and the mobileread community have been awesome. Its amazing what a pain Amazon has made it to just to sort collections like I used to on my Kindle 3. Kindles have gotten better screens and lighting and worse end-user functionality with every release. Cheers!

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NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Your best bet is probably to wipe the various catalog DBs in /var/local (notably /var/local/cc.db) and hope for the best (you'll lose collections). The database schema is incompatible anyway, and that's only bound to cause issues down the line. If you're lazy, a factory reset will do that for you .

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