Firmware Update 5.14.3

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by hleo12

A mini update on my Kindle's battery life. I now charge every 2 days. Amazon better hurry up on releasing that fix.

Meanwhile one of the few pluses of upgrading to 5.14.2 (from 5.13.4) to me was that the battery life on my Oasis 3 went massively longer: I'm getting nearly a week of heavy reading between charges now. Apparently no reindexing happened, or at least if it did the battery wasn't discharged by it.

[davedeacon]

Originally Posted by stefano.sb

Hi, see here

Stefano

Did you mean to post that link? There's no way of downgrading Kindle software.

[grzesiek123]

I have an unregistered Paperwhite 5, after updating, every time I open the library I get a popup saying Cloud Not Available ...
and I can choose Cancel or Register

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by davedeacon

Did you mean to post that link? There's no way of downgrading Kindle software.

The article does not talk about downgrading the existing firmware on a Kindle though the headline (clickbait, anyone?) does seem to suggest that. If you updated to 5.14.3, you are stuck waiting for the next update since 5.14.3 does appear to successfully block the exploit chain used in the latest jailbreak which works up to 5.14.2.

OTOH, remember the source of the link. I take anything written by Michael Kozlowski who tends to like sensational posts to drive traffic to GoodeReader with a large pinch of salt.

[joh77]

We must wait for @katadelos - he said something about possibility of downgrade.

[davedeacon]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The article does not talk about downgrading the existing firmware on a Kindle though the headline (clickbait, anyone?) does seem to suggest that. If you updated to 5.14.3, you are stuck waiting for the next update since 5.14.3 does appear to successfully block the exploit chain used in the latest jailbreak which works up to 5.14.2.

OTOH, remember the source of the link. I take anything written by Michael Kozlowski who tends to like sensational posts to drive traffic to GoodeReader with a large pinch of salt.

Exactly, there are zero facts on that page. "Apparantly.....will likely....I believe...." Just a mixture of guesswork and the obvious. Clearly if they pulled a release there were problems with it - I don't need anyone to tell me that!

I got the update manually because in all the years I've owned 4 different kindles I've only ever received a single update for one of them OTA. I keep wifi off to save power most of the time and I've never seen a notification that it's downloading anything. On pre-11th gen kindles downloading ~250megs would take quite some time - this new model seems much quicker at everything. I notice it has a power saving mode; if I use that but leave wifi on do I get the best of both worlds; automatic updates/syncing etc but sensibly handled (ie check for 1 second every 24 hours or so then turn wifi back off?)

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by davedeacon

Exactly, there are zero facts on that page. "Apparantly.....will likely....I believe...." Just a mixture of guesswork and the obvious. Clearly if they pulled a release there were problems with it - I don't need anyone to tell me that!

You've just described 99% of the content on goodereader.

Originally Posted by davedeacon

I got the update manually because in all the years I've owned 4 different kindles I've only ever received a single update for one of them OTA. I keep wifi off to save power most of the time and I've never seen a notification that it's downloading anything. On pre-11th gen kindles downloading ~250megs would take quite some time - this new model seems much quicker at everything. I notice it has a power saving mode; if I use that but leave wifi on do I get the best of both worlds; automatic updates/syncing etc but sensibly handled (ie check for 1 second every 24 hours or so then turn wifi back off?)

Whereas my poor Kindle PW4 seems to be targeted for OTA updates almost as soon as they are available. Makes me feel thankful that it's not my goto ereader.

[innocenat]

Originally Posted by grzesiek123

I have an unregistered Paperwhite 5, after updating, every time I open the library I get a popup saying Cloud Not Available ...
and I can choose Cancel or Register

Yeah, I was first exited about 5.14.3 because I would be able to use the new UI without having to register (it's remote-enabled on 5.14.2 so I need to login to get the new UI), but the Cloud not available prompt killed it for me.

[ashort]

Can't you just reset the kindle to the factory settings? Wouldn't that be like downgrading?

[cvkemp]

Originally Posted by ashort

Can't you just reset the kindle to the factory settings? Wouldn't that be like downgrading?

No it just deletes all books and data. It keeps the OS as it is.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by ashort

Can't you just reset the kindle to the factory settings? Wouldn't that be like downgrading?

Unlike Kobo's ereaders, where the true factory reset goes back to the firmware version shipped from the factory, a reset on a Kindle simply removes all content and leaves the firmware alone.

[katadelos]

Originally Posted by joh77

We must wait for @katadelos - he said something about possibility of downgrade.

Here you go

[tomsem]

I am seeing a couple of interesting issues that pertain to certain books in one of my collections:

- one says it is Downloaded, but cannot be opened, and it shows only 3 items in context menu: Mark as read, Remove from Collection, and Permanently delete. If I switch to List or Grid view, it does not show up. It does show up in Home (because I supposedly just downloaded it) and has the same truncated context menu there.
- another one (happens to be Print Replica, which cannot be read with a Kindle) shows in the Collection, and also has the more limited context menu (with addition of Download item). Again, it only displays when viewing the Collection.Tapping Download eventually leads to an error and so it will not actually download.



Restart didn’t have any effect. Wonder how many other books in my library have similar issues.

It is the same situation on another Kindle, however I will avoid trying to download the supposedly compatible title to that one.

[davedeacon]

Looks like 5.14.3.0.1 is out for recent kindles:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/cus...MQC26VQQMM8XSW

[grzesiek123]

I see that annoying popup that says Cloud not available wasn't fixed. So no reason to update for me, I need to wait for option do downgrade to 5.14.2. I will never install an update again if there is no downgrade option.