PW4 Issues with Downgrading to Old UI

Petingoso · 12-16-2022, 04:19 PM

So i have a kindle paperwhite 10th gen (PW4) and hated the new UI on the 5.14.X updates.

As such i decided to jailbreak and downgrade my firmware version so i can have the old one.

I did the WatchThis exploit and then installed dowgrader 2.0 and went from 5.14.2 to 5.14.1, where I redid the hotfix and KUAL.
Wanting to go further I managed to go to 5.13.3 and then to 5.13.5 as going to .5 directly gave me an error.

In 5.13.5 I factory reset in hopes it would go back to the old UI and all end well but nothing...

Here's some pictures and I hope someone can help me.
Thanks

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Freshmaker · 12-17-2022, 04:46 PM

Go into settings>device options>advanced options>home & library

Then disable home screen view. This should get you back to the old UI.

Petingoso · 12-17-2022, 08:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Freshmaker

Go into settings>device options>advanced options>home & library

Then disable home screen view. This should get you back to the old UI.

Umm.. this is weird but I've been poking around and searching and I have no such menu?
> Device Info
> Update
> Passcode
> Time
> Restart
> Reset
is all I have, do I need something extra like an amazon account on it?
I've reset, restarted and still nothing, it's baffling.
Thanks

shamanNS · 12-17-2022, 10:06 PM

Yeah, some Settings options are only shown after you register to an Amazon account.

12-16-2022, 04:19 PM	#1
Petingoso Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2022 Device: Kindle PaperWhite 4	Issues with Downgrading to Old UI So i have a kindle paperwhite 10th gen (PW4) and hated the new UI on the 5.14.X updates. As such i decided to jailbreak and downgrade my firmware version so i can have the old one. I did the WatchThis exploit and then installed dowgrader 2.0 and went from 5.14.2 to 5.14.1, where I redid the hotfix and KUAL. Wanting to go further I managed to go to 5.13.3 and then to 5.13.5 as going to .5 directly gave me an error. In 5.13.5 I factory reset in hopes it would go back to the old UI and all end well but nothing... Here's some pictures and I hope someone can help me. Thanks Last edited by issybird; 12-16-2022 at 06:08 PM. Reason: Colossal images thumbnailed. Please read the guidelines for limits on image size before posting again.

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12-17-2022, 04:46 PM	#2
Freshmaker Bookworm Posts: 34 Karma: 20162 Join Date: Apr 2022 Device: Kindle PW5, PW4	Go into settings>device options>advanced options>home & library Then disable home screen view. This should get you back to the old UI.

12-17-2022, 10:06 PM	#4
shamanNS Wizard Posts: 1,113 Karma: 12000224 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Serbia Device: Kindle PW5, Kobo Libra 2, Kindle PW1	Yeah, some Settings options are only shown after you register to an Amazon account.

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