Kindle Touch (K5) has been rooted! - Page 2

JSWolf · 12-11-2011, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

It's the firmware version. The Kindle non-touch has v4.x firmware; the Kindle Touch has v5.x firmware.

So if Amazon comes out with version 6 for the Kindle Touch, it will them be the K6?

If we are going by technology, I'd call the K4 the K2.5 and the K5 the K4.

guspasho · 12-11-2011, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by yifanlu

Well, the device is only been freed for a day. Developers aren't magicians.

I'm just asking about the possibilities. I realize there isn't anything you can do with it now.

yifanlu · 12-11-2011, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by guspasho

I'm just asking about the possibilities. I realize there isn't anything you can do with it now.

Well two things that I really want (and I may work on it one day if nobody else does) is epub reader natively (aka not an alternative OS) and an app switcher. However, anything is possible if someone can code it.

catsittingstill · 12-11-2011, 09:02 PM

If a hack could let the KT read ePub I might want one myself. I've been contenting myself with the KK because of the websurfing via 3G issue, but epub might be a big enough draw to persuade me to either switch or have two readers.

Staked · 12-11-2011, 11:16 PM

I just hope this means that eventually the Kindle Collection addons for Calibre will work with the Touch. :-)

HarryT · 12-12-2011, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

So if Amazon comes out with version 6 for the Kindle Touch, it will them be the K6?

If we are going by technology, I'd call the K4 the K2.5 and the K5 the K4.

The Kindle Fire has v6 firmware, you can call that the K6 if you like

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ProfCrash · 12-12-2011, 10:49 AM

For the most part people are calling it the Kindle Touch, Kindle Mini or K4, and the Kindle 3 or Keyboard.

Not too many folks are looking at the firmware number. I was caught off guard when it was called the K5 because I don't have one and wouldn't think to check the firmware number.

ApK · 12-12-2011, 11:19 AM

This just happens to be the first time that Amazon has had multiple current devices with different major firmware numbers. Previously, it didn't matter if you though the numbers referred to hardware generations or to firmware, you would have been right either way.
Since there ARE in fact now several current platforms at the same time, trying to number them as JS Wolf said would be capricious at best and pointlessly arbitrary and confusing at worst. Since those platforms DO only run one major firmware version each, and there is no reason to think Amazon would suddenly change that practice, the firmware version is the best way to refer to them, especially for a hacking purposes.

mikeschr · 12-12-2011, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

This just happens to be the first time that Amazon has had multiple current devices with different major firmware numbers. Previously, it didn't matter if you though the numbers referred to hardware generations or to firmware, you would have been right either way.
Since there ARE in fact now several current platforms at the same time, trying to number them as JS Wolf said would be capricious at best and pointlessly arbitrary and confusing at worst. Since those platforms DO only run one major firmware version each, and there is no reason to think Amazon would suddenly change that practice, the firmware version is the best way to refer to them, especially for a hacking purposes.

I basically agree, but for practicality, it'll probably need to be a bit of both - firmware version and colloquial name.
Now I'm off to read on my K2 - oh, my DXG, I mean.

HarryT · 12-13-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeschr

I basically agree, but for practicality, it'll probably need to be a bit of both - firmware version and colloquial name.
Now I'm off to read on my K2 - oh, my DXG, I mean.

That is the one example of the same firmware version being used on multiple devices.

12-12-2011, 11:19 AM	#23
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	This just happens to be the first time that Amazon has had multiple current devices with different major firmware numbers. Previously, it didn't matter if you though the numbers referred to hardware generations or to firmware, you would have been right either way. Since there ARE in fact now several current platforms at the same time, trying to number them as JS Wolf said would be capricious at best and pointlessly arbitrary and confusing at worst. Since those platforms DO only run one major firmware version each, and there is no reason to think Amazon would suddenly change that practice, the firmware version is the best way to refer to them, especially for a hacking purposes. Last edited by ApK; 12-12-2011 at 11:23 AM.

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catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	If a hack could let the KT read ePub I might want one myself. I've been contenting myself with the KK because of the websurfing via 3G issue, but epub might be a big enough draw to persuade me to either switch or have two readers.

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Staked This space for rent Posts: 28 Karma: 1738 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	I just hope this means that eventually the Kindle Collection addons for Calibre will work with the Touch. :-)

12-12-2011, 10:49 AM	#22
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	For the most part people are calling it the Kindle Touch, Kindle Mini or K4, and the Kindle 3 or Keyboard. Not too many folks are looking at the firmware number. I was caught off guard when it was called the K5 because I don't have one and wouldn't think to check the firmware number.