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Old 04-15-2017, 03:51 PM   #16
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Can I downgrade this new firmware? I try it, but i failed. The file "disappears" when i unplug and plug the kindle.
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If you have firmware above 5.8.8 Amazon will no longer allow you to downgrade. It's a new, very frustrating, feature. So no jailbreak for 5.8.8+ at this time.
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Old 04-15-2017, 03:55 PM   #17
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If you have firmware above 5.8.8 Amazon will no longer allow you to downgrade. It's a new, very frustrating, feature. So no jailbreak for 5.8.8+ at this time.
It's been the case for a very long time that you can't downgrade firmware. It certainly didn't start with 5.8.8.
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Old 04-15-2017, 03:58 PM   #18
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It's been the case for a very long time that you can't downgrade firmware. It certainly didn't start with 5.8.8.
I had no issue prior to 5.8.8, so am not sure when it started?
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Old 04-15-2017, 05:39 PM   #19
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Downgrade via initial/factory firmware was blocked starting with fw 5.8.8. Downgrade via any older official/consumer bin file was blocked sometime around fw 5.4 or 5.5, IIRC. Paperwhite 1st gen is the only exception (it can be downgraded from fw 5.6.1.1 via "reboot before disconnecting from PC" method) to that rule.
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Old 04-16-2017, 03:21 AM   #20
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It may just be me, but the book I was reading reset to the beginning when I opened it after installing this update. Syncing did not restore my last reading position. This is a book that was delivered normally OTA by Amazon.
Have you had problems since? My book opened to last reading position immediately after updating. This was a Send-to-Kindle book, WhisperSync enabled.

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... Wonder if this will fix the random issue I get where sometimes I turn to a page and it's blank mid-way down the page, then I go to the next page, turn back and see that the text fills the entire screen.
I just had the missing-text bug happen to me, so looks like we're still waiting for a fix <sigh> :(
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Old 04-16-2017, 09:03 AM   #21
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Have you had problems since? My book opened to last reading position immediately after updating. This was a Send-to-Kindle book, WhisperSync enabled.
No, it seems to have been a one time thing.
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Old 04-16-2017, 01:51 PM   #22
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No, it seems to have been a one time thing.
Are any of the books which demonstrate the problem the sort that could be posted or linked to?
I.E: No copyright or other impediments to sharing with people wishing to test for this problem?
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Old 04-16-2017, 01:57 PM   #23
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I just happily read books and have no problems. Thanks, Kindle.
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Old 04-16-2017, 02:25 PM   #24
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I just happily read books and have no problems. Thanks, Kindle.
Hey, wait a minute there . . . .
You mean you can read books on a Kindle?

I always thought they where just something to be taken apart.

To be honest, I did once try sitting a book on top of a Kindle, but it did not seem easier to read on the Kindle than sitting on the desk.
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Old 04-16-2017, 03:44 PM   #25
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To be honest, I did once try sitting a book on top of a Kindle, ...
At least that is better then reading a book while sitting on your kindle!
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At least that is better then reading a book while sitting on your kindle!
My grammar was not all that good.
Glad the meaning got through.
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Old 04-19-2017, 08:04 AM   #27
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Old 04-22-2017, 02:35 PM   #28
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Wonder if this will fix the random issue I get where sometimes I turn to a page and it's blank mid-way down the page, then I go to the next page, turn back and see that the text fills the entire screen.
I'm so glad somebody else gets this - was beginning to think it was just me.
My wife and I both have Voyages, I get this issue every couple of weeks, she never gets it!!

Do you know if Amazon are aware of it (and therefore likely to address it)?
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I'm so glad somebody else gets this - was beginning to think it was just me.
My wife and I both have Voyages, I get this issue every couple of weeks, she never gets it!!

Do you know if Amazon are aware of it (and therefore likely to address it)?
I reported it last fall when it first started happening to me.

It would likely help if more people reported it as well.
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Hi Zeebra, did you still experience this issue randomly after the update? I am still unsure to update this firmware though. I dont have manga and no concern on text alignment. Only this random issues - which a bit annoying.

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No issue for me after updating my Voyage. Side-loaded book was at the same reading position I left off at before the update.

Wonder if this will fix the random issue I get where sometimes I turn to a page and it's blank mid-way down the page, then I go to the next page, turn back and see that the text fills the entire screen.
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