Firmware Update Kindle adds Page Numbers (and more) - Page 14

BakerBug · 02-17-2011, 10:58 PM

I understand that this update is being pushed out now. It also appears that the update process is completely automatic and happens whether you want it to or not (if you have left your wireless on).

Since none of the updates really interest me, and I find the location numbers being constantly displayed useful, how can I prevent this update from happening? I'm fine leaving my wireless off for a while, but that is not a permanent solution.

Ortep · 02-18-2011, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by koland

If your Kindle is crashing often enough to notice, first upgrade to the latest firmware (the very earliest one had issues). If that doesn't work, take it out of that cover w/o a light. The hinge is shorting it out and causing the issue. Amazon will issue a refund, which you can use on a different cover.

I already work with the latest firmware 3.03. Amazon will not give me a refund. I mailed them about it and I got a standard relpy stating: Well it almost never happens and you probably are not affected. And if you are not satisfied with this answer please call the helpdesk on the toll free number. Well that tollfree number is in the States and is absolutely not tollfree for me. I would spend a fortune calling them intercontinental. I read here of people talking to them for 40 minutes or so before they connvinced them to refund. For that amount of money I could buy a new cover without refund.

Here on the ground in doesn't crash as often. In a plane it crashes every hour or so. So static electricity seems to be the cause

ApK · 02-18-2011, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BakerBug

I understand that this update is being pushed out now.

Sure enough, I looked at my Kindle last night and it is now at 3.1.

Oh well. The location thing isn't bothering me. In fact, as someone else mentioned, I wish they had moved the always-visible % number to the lower line to give one more line of reading space.*

The other features in this update are meaningless to me, but they are so far not as intrusive or distracting as I thought they'd be, so I'll probably get over my annoyance. I just wish they had fixed the things that DO matter to me.

ApK

* I also hadn't noticed until reading side by side with our K2 a few days ago that the K3 doesn't keep an info bar visible on top like the K2 does...it makes the screen look considerably bigger.

wyndslash · 02-18-2011, 09:13 AM

uhm...might be a silly question, but with the new page numbers feature, i don't suppose kindle lets you search for a certain page?

Tiersten · 02-18-2011, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

uhm...might be a silly question, but with the new page numbers feature, i don't suppose kindle lets you search for a certain page?

Yes. If your eBook supports page numbers then the Goto menu option has a button for page number.

wyndslash · 02-18-2011, 09:22 AM

cool, thanks!

joecap · 02-18-2011, 10:34 AM

I might be wrong here, since I don't have my Kindle with me...but I just got this thing at Target about 6 weeks ago...and it already HAS version 3.TWO...a later version...
I hope I don't get 'downgraded' I don't think I WANT any of the changes, nor do I want my screensaver hack screwed up...I only turn on wireless when making a purchase, and I have not turned it on for at least a week....

BakerBug · 02-18-2011, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by joecap

I might be wrong here, since I don't have my Kindle with me...but I just got this thing at Target about 6 weeks ago...and it already HAS version 3.TWO...a later version...
I hope I don't get 'downgraded' I don't think I WANT any of the changes, nor do I want my screensaver hack screwed up...I only turn on wireless when making a purchase, and I have not turned it on for at least a week....

I suspect you have 3.0.2. Not 3.2.

ApK · 02-18-2011, 10:42 AM

Your kindle from target had 3.0.2.
This is now 3.1.

In any case, not only wouldn't your Kindle be downgraded, but the Kindle CAN'T be downgraded even if you want to, at least not by the usual processes.

As I hear it (from these forums) your ability to remove and add hacks will be broken for now, but if the hack is in place, it will stay in place and continue working. If you first enable the USB networking hack (and know what you are doing) I hear you can still manage the hacks after the upgrade.

joecap · 02-18-2011, 11:00 AM

I guess I'll turn on wireless today and get it overwith, hoping I can keep my savers.

DreamWriter · 02-18-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by joecap

I guess I'll turn on wireless today and get it overwith....

I'm thinking the same thing.

Has anyone besides ApK had 3.1 automatically pushed? My Kindle has 3.03, and Amazon is still referring to 3.1 as an "Early Preview Release" here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200529700.

Also, will Amazon push this via 3G? I don't have wireless access at home.

BakerBug · 02-18-2011, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by DreamWriter

I'm thinking the same thing.

Has anyone besides ApK had 3.1 automatically pushed? My Kindle has 3.03, and Amazon is still referring to 3.1 as an "Early Preview Release" here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200529700.

Also, will Amazon push this via 3G? I don't have wireless access at home.

Several people on the Amazon forum have reported receiving the update automatically. Amazon is only pushing it out over WiFi connections, presumably to avoid the 3G expense.

FF2 · 02-18-2011, 01:05 PM

I believe another person, Snakey, said his father's kindle was upgrade to 3.1. His/her father noticed because LOCATIONS had disappeared on the bottom status line. It now only shows when you press Menu.

So it seems it is being "shipping" by Amazon but there's no telling when someone will receive it.

FF2 · 02-18-2011, 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BakerBug

Several people on the Amazon forum have reported receiving the update automatically. Amazon is only pushing it out over WiFi connections, presumably to avoid the 3G expense.

That's interesting. What is someone does not setup there wifi at "Starbucks" or other joints. So firmware upgrades are only via wifi???

DreamWriter · 02-18-2011, 01:16 PM

Thanks, BakerBug and FF2! I'm feeling rather ambivalent about the new features of 3.1, so I'm not in a big hurry to get it.

I just turned on 3G and will keep the Kindle charged today, but it sounds like the update's not going to happen for me automatically since I don't have wireless. If that's the case, I'll download and install it myself eventually. I prefer to make sure that any bugs are worked out first, when possible.

I'm just wondering why Amazon's still referring to it as an "early preview release" if they're pushing it now. Perhaps the description will change on their web page in the next few days.

02-18-2011, 10:42 AM	#204
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	Your kindle from target had 3.0.2. This is now 3.1. In any case, not only wouldn't your Kindle be downgraded, but the Kindle CAN'T be downgraded even if you want to, at least not by the usual processes. As I hear it (from these forums) your ability to remove and add hacks will be broken for now, but if the hack is in place, it will stay in place and continue working. If you first enable the USB networking hack (and know what you are doing) I hear you can still manage the hacks after the upgrade. Last edited by ApK; 02-18-2011 at 10:45 AM.

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02-17-2011, 10:58 PM	#196
BakerBug Member Posts: 14 Karma: 86 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3	I understand that this update is being pushed out now. It also appears that the update process is completely automatic and happens whether you want it to or not (if you have left your wireless on). Since none of the updates really interest me, and I find the location numbers being constantly displayed useful, how can I prevent this update from happening? I'm fine leaving my wireless off for a while, but that is not a permanent solution.

02-18-2011, 09:13 AM	#199
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	uhm...might be a silly question, but with the new page numbers feature, i don't suppose kindle lets you search for a certain page?

02-18-2011, 09:22 AM	#201
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	cool, thanks!

02-18-2011, 10:34 AM	#202
joecap Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle	I might be wrong here, since I don't have my Kindle with me...but I just got this thing at Target about 6 weeks ago...and it already HAS version 3.TWO...a later version... I hope I don't get 'downgraded' I don't think I WANT any of the changes, nor do I want my screensaver hack screwed up...I only turn on wireless when making a purchase, and I have not turned it on for at least a week....

02-18-2011, 11:00 AM	#205
joecap Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle	I guess I'll turn on wireless today and get it overwith, hoping I can keep my savers.

02-18-2011, 01:05 PM	#208
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	I believe another person, Snakey, said his father's kindle was upgrade to 3.1. His/her father noticed because LOCATIONS had disappeared on the bottom status line. It now only shows when you press Menu. So it seems it is being "shipping" by Amazon but there's no telling when someone will receive it.

02-18-2011, 01:16 PM	#210
DreamWriter Books are brain food. Posts: 2,950 Karma: 4836916 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: U.S. Device: Paperwhite · Fire HD6/HD8/HD10 · Galaxy Tab A7	Thanks, BakerBug and FF2! I'm feeling rather ambivalent about the new features of 3.1, so I'm not in a big hurry to get it. I just turned on 3G and will keep the Kindle charged today, but it sounds like the update's not going to happen for me automatically since I don't have wireless. If that's the case, I'll download and install it myself eventually. I prefer to make sure that any bugs are worked out first, when possible. I'm just wondering why Amazon's still referring to it as an "early preview release" if they're pushing it now. Perhaps the description will change on their web page in the next few days.