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Old 03-31-2016, 01:58 AM   #1
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People with Jailbreak, how often do you update firmware?
Or do you stay without updating in fear of having to reinstall the extensions?

It's time consuming to have to install them again, so do you only update when there are major changes?
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Old 03-31-2016, 04:33 AM   #2
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Reinstalling stuff is quick enough now with MRPI.
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Old 03-31-2016, 06:52 AM   #3
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Old 03-31-2016, 07:54 AM   #4
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Or do you stay without updating in fear of having to reinstall the extensions?

It's time consuming to have to install them again, so do you only update when there are major changes?
The need to re-install add-ins is not relevant to that decision since MrPI will re-install every update_*.bin you want with one touch of its button.
(I.E: It isn't time consuming any longer.)

Anything installed by un-packing an archive is not effected by an Amazon update (such as KUAL and MrPI).

There are only two groups of decision making:
"Bragging Rights" : Always install most recent update, on first day.
"If it isn't broke, don't fix it." : Leave it alone if it is working.

Or, in the case of Amazon Kindles, a third - toe the company line:
"I only own the device, Amazon still owns the behavior" : Let them do whatever they will without my knowledge or approval with a forced OTA update.
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Old 03-31-2016, 08:25 AM   #5
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I have a paperwhite 2 and upgrade as soon as I hear that the jailbreak survives the upgrade.
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Old 03-31-2016, 10:27 AM   #6
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The latest jailbreak survives all known updates. (But do make sure your jailbreak is at least JB 1.13.N so it includes the "gandalf" component.)

That said, my Kindle Touch hasn't been updated for the last couple point releases. As was suggested above -- if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Even if I can just reinstall my hacks, it is still an unnecessary pain to redownload and install them all. It is a complete waste of a few minutes.

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I use the update.bin.tmp.partial/ trick.
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Old 04-02-2016, 11:57 PM   #7
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I'm like Just_Jeepin, as soon as I hear that the jailbreak survives the update, I update.
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