Firmware Update Kindle 5.19.4 software is available - Page 5

Waylander · 05-22-2026, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Waylander

I wonder if Amazon pulling 5.19.4 is indeed because they messed it up. The font margins have been inverted: Caecilia used to have a bottom margin that left quite a large space, while Bookerly had a much smaller bottom margin. Now with 5.19.4 it's the exact opposite.

Having updated to 5.19.4.0.1 unfortunately the margin issue seems to be unresolved.

JSWolf · 05-22-2026, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Waylander

Having updated to 5.19.4.0.1 unfortunately the margin issue seems to be unresolved.

Kindle have always had a margin issue since day one.

Waylander · 05-23-2026, 05:47 AM

I know. This is specific: the change in the height of the bottom margin when using Bookerly, from being close to the bottom of the screen to now being much higher up. This is only since updating to 5.19.4.

JSWolf · 05-25-2026, 04:46 PM

How is the current firmware for the PW6 for side loading KF8?

axu2 · 05-26-2026, 04:46 PM

Summary of infinite log upload problem:

* Ever since Kindle firmware 5.19.1+, some users have noticed extreme battery drain during sleep.
* Examining the router showed the Kindle was constantly making network requests during sleep, which caused the battery drain
* The problem was caused by these users having an custom DNS on their router, blocking *.minerva.devices.a2z.com which is on a common default blocklist
* Adding this domain to the allowlist fixed the problem of infinite request retries
* This wasn't a problem on 5.18.5
https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comm...omment/on1f03w

idgaf2day · 05-27-2026, 05:39 AM

Put your kindle in airplane mode all the time. You will save your battery by a lot. Ever since I started using Kindle's years ago, I've always been offline.

tomsem · 05-28-2026, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by idgaf2day

Put your kindle in airplane mode all the time. You will save your battery by a lot. Ever since I started using Kindle's years ago, I've always been offline.

I'm not experiencing significant battery drain during sleep, which appears to be a rare condition, few people use custom DNS I would wager.

I enjoy convenience of having all features available without toggling airplane mode.

Frogm4n · 05-29-2026, 03:58 PM

5.19.4 seems to break running KUAL, and possibly other Java apps, despite the jailbreak still being recoverable and MRPI still working after being reinstalled after the update.

Julius Caesar · 05-30-2026, 06:41 PM

Prior to 5.19.4.01, my Kindle Scribe almost always hung whenever I do this:

Tap a keyword -> Search -> Search all books (no problem with “Search in this book”)

I have this problem since day one more than a year ago.

5.19.4.01 seems to fix it.

Waylander · 05-31-2026, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

How is the current firmware for the PW6 for side loading KF8?

The first photo is of the bottom margin on the PW6 running 5.19.4.0.1. The second photo is the PW6 running 5.17.1.0.4, which still has the pre-5.19.4 bottom margin. Font settings are Bookerly, size 3, bold level one on both. Forgive the camerawork, it's the best I could do.

JSWolf · 05-31-2026, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Waylander

The first photo is of the bottom margin on the PW6 running 5.19.4.0.1. The second photo is the PW6 running 5.17.1.0.4, which still has the pre-5.19.4 bottom margin. Font settings are Bookerly, size 3, bold level one on both. Forgive the camerawork, it's the best I could do.

Try ChareInk7SP with smaller line height and also try ChreInk7 with smaller line height and smaller font size and see if you can get the gap at the bottom filled. Thanks.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=184056

j.p.s · 05-31-2026, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Waylander

Forgive the camerawork, it's the best I could do.

Screenshots instead of photos and starting on the first page of a chapter would make comparing easier.

jhowell · 05-31-2026, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by j.p.s

Screenshots instead of photos and starting on the first page of a chapter would make comparing easier.

Another issue is that one image breaks at the end of a paragraph making widows/orphans a potentially relevant factor.

axu2 · 05-31-2026, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Waylander

Forgive the camerawork, it's the best I could do.

Tap opposite corners of the screen. The screen will flash. Then check the screenshots folder via USB.

WigglePig · 06-01-2026, 08:27 AM

I would still love to know why any kindle I own doesn't update firmware by itself.

05-26-2026, 04:46 PM	#65
axu2 Addict Posts: 266 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Jun 2023 Device: Kindle Scribe, Kindle DX	Summary of infinite log upload problem: * Ever since Kindle firmware 5.19.1+, some users have noticed extreme battery drain during sleep. * Examining the router showed the Kindle was constantly making network requests during sleep, which caused the battery drain * The problem was caused by these users having an custom DNS on their router, blocking .minerva.devices.a2z.com which is on a common default blocklist Adding this domain to the allowlist fixed the problem of infinite request retries * This wasn't a problem on 5.18.5 https://www.reddit.com/r/kindle/comm...omment/on1f03w Last edited by axu2; 05-26-2026 at 10:21 PM.

05-30-2026, 06:41 PM	#69
Julius Caesar Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 1510042 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kindle Oasis (1st Gen), Kindle Scribe (1st Gen)	Prior to 5.19.4.01, my Kindle Scribe almost always hung whenever I do this: Tap a keyword -> Search -> Search all books (no problem with “Search in this book”) I have this problem since day one more than a year ago. 5.19.4.01 seems to fix it. Last edited by Julius Caesar; 05-30-2026 at 06:49 PM.

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WigglePig %20ErrorParse$$#0fh%20 Posts: 120 Karma: 500000 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Nearby. Device: Kindle Scribe but also Kobo Clara Colo(u)r...	I would still love to know why any kindle I own doesn't update firmware by itself.