Firmware Update New Update 2.5.7 for Kx2, DX, and DXG - Page 3

ThomasC · 01-08-2011, 05:22 PM

Anyone figured out what these 2.5.7 performance improvement actually do?

ProfCrash · 01-08-2011, 06:21 PM

I still have not gotten it.

pendragginp · 01-08-2011, 08:51 PM

Can someone advise me? I tried to get this, but 'Update your kindle' is still grayed out.

My question is about what should be in the root of my KDX. I bought it second-hand and it just occured to me that maybe there were some hacks on it that are preventing the upgrade.

This is what is showing in the root:

audible
documents
music
system
font.properties.new
font.properties.orig
metadata.calibre
netfront.ini.new
netfront.ini.orig
Update_kindle_2.5.7_
WMPInfo.xml

The update file is a VLC media file, can that be right?

bZkindle · 01-08-2011, 09:37 PM

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200324680
should be a .bin file.

pendragginp · 01-08-2011, 09:44 PM

Thank you, yes it is a .bin file.

Is there anything in that list that shouldn't be there?

ThomasC · 01-09-2011, 10:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pendragginp

Thank you, yes it is a .bin file.

Is there anything in that list that shouldn't be there?

Maybe give amazon customer service a call. They are usually very helpful, even if you bought a used one.

bwaldron · 01-09-2011, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pendragginp

The update file is a VLC media file, can that be right?

Yes and no. VLC assigned the .bin extension to itself when you installed it, so it being described as that type in your directory listing. However, this .bin file is assuredly not a media file -- as described in Amazon's instructions, you copy it to the root folder of your Kindle and execute the update from the reader itself.

trekchick · 01-09-2011, 02:25 PM

These are default folders:

audible
documents
music
system

These have to do with a font hack:

font.properties.new
font.properties.orig
netfront.ini.new
netfront.ini.orig

This is a file Calibre uses (delete it if you don't use Calibre on your computer)

metadata.calibre

This is probably the official firmware update downloaded over wireless (it looks like the file name is truncated):

Update_kindle_2.5.7_

I'm not positive, but I think this came from using Windows Media Player to transfer music to Kindle.

WMPInfo.xml

The official firmware probably won't install until you remove the font hack. (the newer versions don't have this limitation, but if you're seeing the update file just sitting there, you probably have an old style hack). If you don't know which font hack was installed, (you need to know this to remove it) click Menu > System and look at the firmware version at the bottom of the screen. Anything in addition to 2.5.x is a clue to which hack is installed.

pendragginp · 01-10-2011, 12:05 AM

trekchick.

Quote:

firmware version at the bottom of the screen. Anything in addition to 2.5.x is a clue to which hack is installed.

Well I looked and what I see is: Version: Kindle 2.3.2 (399388047) + UFH 0.3

Does anyone know what those extras after the Kindle version mean? If they indicate a hack, which one so I can remove it?

suecsi · 01-10-2011, 05:04 AM

Looks like the font hack. Ask the question in the thread under Amazon Developers and I'm sure one of the techies there - possibly the great NiLuJe himself - will let you know how to remove it.

suecsi · 01-10-2011, 05:05 AM

There is usually an appropriate uninstall.bin when you download the original hack, but best to check with NiLuJe to make sure.

pendragginp · 01-10-2011, 08:54 AM

Thanks. I bought this DX second hand and didn't install a font hack myself, so apparently it arrived with it - hence I have no removal tool. I will ask the wizards at the Developers thread.

Bricorn · 01-10-2011, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pendragginp

Thanks. I bought this DX second hand and didn't install a font hack myself, so apparently it arrived with it - hence I have no removal tool. I will ask the wizards at the Developers thread.

There is a "reset to factory settings" option. Do that and you should be able to do the upgrade. You will lose all your books and collections though, so make sure you back up anything you can't re-download for free.

ProfCrash · 01-10-2011, 04:48 PM

A factory reset should not wipe out the archive and the free books should be in the archive.

pendragginp · 01-11-2011, 08:13 AM

everyone

Yes, I think a factory re-set is the easiest solution. I'll just back up my 18 pages of books and then transfer them back afterward. It's a pain, but less of a pain than doing them from the archive, and adding back in all the ones I got from other sites. Oh well! =}

01-09-2011, 02:25 PM	#38
trekchick Lurker Posts: 226 Karma: 9245 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Walton, KY Device: Sonys and Kindles and Nooks, oh my!	These are default folders: audible documents music system These have to do with a font hack: font.properties.new font.properties.orig netfront.ini.new netfront.ini.orig This is a file Calibre uses (delete it if you don't use Calibre on your computer) metadata.calibre This is probably the official firmware update downloaded over wireless (it looks like the file name is truncated): Update_kindle_2.5.7_ I'm not positive, but I think this came from using Windows Media Player to transfer music to Kindle. WMPInfo.xml The official firmware probably won't install until you remove the font hack. (the newer versions don't have this limitation, but if you're seeing the update file just sitting there, you probably have an old style hack). If you don't know which font hack was installed, (you need to know this to remove it) click Menu > System and look at the firmware version at the bottom of the screen. Anything in addition to 2.5.x is a clue to which hack is installed. Last edited by trekchick; 01-09-2011 at 02:30 PM.

01-11-2011, 08:13 AM	#45
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	everyone Yes, I think a factory re-set is the easiest solution. I'll just back up my 18 pages of books and then transfer them back afterward. It's a pain, but less of a pain than doing them from the archive, and adding back in all the ones I got from other sites. Oh well! =} Last edited by pendragginp; 01-11-2011 at 08:17 AM.

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01-08-2011, 05:22 PM	#31
ThomasC Thunder Down Under Posts: 210 Karma: 29154 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: kindle dxg, K3, K4nt, iPhone	Anyone figured out what these 2.5.7 performance improvement actually do?

01-08-2011, 06:21 PM	#32
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	I still have not gotten it.

01-08-2011, 08:51 PM	#33
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	Can someone advise me? I tried to get this, but 'Update your kindle' is still grayed out. My question is about what should be in the root of my KDX. I bought it second-hand and it just occured to me that maybe there were some hacks on it that are preventing the upgrade. This is what is showing in the root: audible documents music system font.properties.new font.properties.orig metadata.calibre netfront.ini.new netfront.ini.orig Update_kindle_2.5.7_ WMPInfo.xml The update file is a VLC media file, can that be right?

01-08-2011, 09:37 PM	#34
bZkindle Fanatic Posts: 510 Karma: 1025024 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada City, Soviet Canuckistan Device: k2, k3G, kindle DXG, Sony T-1, iPad, iPhone, stone tablet	http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200324680 should be a .bin file.

01-08-2011, 09:44 PM	#35
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	Thank you, yes it is a .bin file. Is there anything in that list that shouldn't be there?

01-10-2011, 05:04 AM	#40
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	Looks like the font hack. Ask the question in the thread under Amazon Developers and I'm sure one of the techies there - possibly the great NiLuJe himself - will let you know how to remove it.

01-10-2011, 05:05 AM	#41
suecsi Rock Chick Posts: 429 Karma: 4965 Join Date: May 2009 Location: near Heathrow Device: Kindle 2i, Kindle DX, Kindle 3G	There is usually an appropriate uninstall.bin when you download the original hack, but best to check with NiLuJe to make sure.

01-10-2011, 08:54 AM	#42
pendragginp Guru Posts: 985 Karma: 4567263 Join Date: May 2009 Location: The End Of The Earth Device: Several	Thanks. I bought this DX second hand and didn't install a font hack myself, so apparently it arrived with it - hence I have no removal tool. I will ask the wizards at the Developers thread.

01-10-2011, 04:48 PM	#44
ProfCrash Tea Enthusiast Posts: 8,554 Karma: 75384937 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Somewhere in the USA Device: Kindle1, Kindle DX Graphite, K3 3G, IPad 3, PW2	A factory reset should not wipe out the archive and the free books should be in the archive.