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Old 07-30-2016, 07:03 AM   #1
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Update firmware manually
How do I use these to update?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...499.1458761862

These are just endless rar files and if I put them on my kindle I don't get an option to update the kindle. I know how to use .bin files to update but I don't get how to use these?
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Old 07-30-2016, 07:18 AM   #2
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Rar and tar.gz may be handled by 7zip. There's also unrar available somewhere. Anyhow these are source releases which require compilation and firmware building + signing before you can use them.
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Old 07-30-2016, 08:00 AM   #3
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Rar and tar.gz may be handled by 7zip. There's also unrar available somewhere. Anyhow these are source releases which require compilation and firmware building + signing before you can use them.
I know how rar works I use winrar to extrackt it. And how do compile and build firmware and sign it?
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Old 07-30-2016, 08:22 AM   #4
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How do I use these to update?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...499.1458761862

These are just endless rar files and if I put them on my kindle I don't get an option to update the kindle. I know how to use .bin files to update but I don't get how to use these?
You're on the wrong page.

Those are the raw source code files, not code you can use to update your Kindle.
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Old 07-30-2016, 08:31 AM   #5
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How do I use these to update?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...499.1458761862

These are just endless rar files and if I put them on my kindle I don't get an option to update the kindle. I know how to use .bin files to update but I don't get how to use these?

Those are not update files.

Go here and look to the left of the screen:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=201994710

You need - of course! - to know what Kindle you're updating.
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Old 07-30-2016, 10:27 AM   #6
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I assume you skipped the idea to use these files to build your custom firmware and are using now the firmware provided by Amazon.
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Old 07-30-2016, 03:24 PM   #8
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The reason I was using this link is because it was referenced in this guide:

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-jailbre...ium=socialflow

But now I've got a new problem, I've got the newest version of the kindle firmware for the Kindle Voyage and I can't downgrade it, if I reset the device it still has the newest software, any ideas?
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Old 07-30-2016, 04:34 PM   #9
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The reason I was using this link is because it was referenced in this guide:

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-jailbre...ium=socialflow

But now I've got a new problem, I've got the newest version of the kindle firmware for the Kindle Voyage and I can't downgrade it, if I reset the device it still has the newest software, any ideas?
Go here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=275877
Step 3 in post #1. That will downgrade you.
Now if you are jailbroke all you need to do is reinstall the hotfix and any hacks you added. No need to downgrade.
Same post I just linked.
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Originally Posted by asgeirtj View Post
The reason I was using this link is because it was referenced in this guide:

http://lifehacker.com/how-to-jailbre...ium=socialflow

But now I've got a new problem, I've got the newest version of the kindle firmware for the Kindle Voyage and I can't downgrade it, if I reset the device it still has the newest software, any ideas?
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The instructions at life hacker are an abstract of the full, current, instructions (which Cinisajoy just gave you the link to).
Try the "real thing" instead of the off-site abstract.
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