Amazon dropping support for more Kindles - Page 20

JSWolf · 05-23-2026, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by odamizu

My K5 can no longer connect to Amazon at all. I always only have a couple books downloaded to my device, and those are the only ones I can see now. Everything that's in the cloud is gone, showing 0 books, so there's nothing to click to even try downloading. Amazon's website shows my K5 no longer supported, so I can't send to it from a web browser.

I also can't deregister it, either from the K5 or Amazon's website.

I'm wondering if it will now always be listed as one of my devices, even if I do a factory reset and give it away because it no longer communicates with Amazon to report the factory reset.

Have you tried send-to-Kindle? Supposedly it still works on the older Kindles. And if that's still the case, you can't say you can no longer connect to Amazon at all.

lkmiller · 05-23-2026, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by odamizu

My K5 can no longer connect to Amazon at all. I always only have a couple books downloaded to my device, and those are the only ones I can see now. Everything that's in the cloud is gone, showing 0 books, so there's nothing to click to even try downloading. Amazon's website shows my K5 no longer supported, so I can't send to it from a web browser.

I also can't deregister it, either from the K5 or Amazon's website.

I'm wondering if it will now always be listed as one of my devices, even if I do a factory reset and give it away because it no longer communicates with Amazon to report the factory reset.

This is more what I expected. Perhaps the rest of us are in a transitional stage before cut off. I can see all my books in the cloud, and I downloaded books from NetGalley using send to Kindle.

CloudReader · 05-23-2026, 02:27 PM

Well, my 5th-Gen PaperWhite (that I bought last year, solely to be able to download and transfer books to my computer/Calibre) just stopped being able to download anything new today...

This will pretty much spell the end of my book relationship with Amazon.

Brianrh · 05-23-2026, 04:39 PM

So currently, what are the oldest models of kindle and PW to still allow downloading of Amazon ebooks by using Calibre? I wonder how long before they get the chop?

Josieb1 · 05-23-2026, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianrh

So currently, what are the oldest models of kindle and PW to still allow downloading of Amazon ebooks by using Calibre? I wonder how long before they get the chop?

The Voyage (7th Gen) currently works as does the Oasis (10th Gen), but you get KFX files.

jhowell · 05-23-2026, 08:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianrh

So currently, what are the oldest models of kindle and PW to still allow downloading of Amazon ebooks by using Calibre? I wonder how long before they get the chop?

The Paperwhite 2 (6th generation) released September 2013 and the Kindle Basic (7th generation) released October 2014 are the oldest devices that are still supported. The cutoff seems to have been based on models that support KFX format rather than age.

Sirtel · 05-23-2026, 08:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jhowell

The Paperwhite 2 (6th generation) released September 2013 and the Kindle Basic (7th generation) released October 2014 are the oldest devices that are still supported. The cutoff seems to have been based on models that support KFX format rather than age.

Aren't both of them infected with the new, unbroken DRM?

jhowell · 05-23-2026, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

Aren't both of them infected with the new, unbroken DRM?

Yes, they have new DRM. No, it is not unbroken.

Josieb1 · 05-24-2026, 03:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jhowell

Yes, they have new DRM. No, it is not unbroken.

So the Voyage is the oldest one that still works to DeDrM.

Josieb1 · 05-24-2026, 03:04 AM

What devices are still unaffected by the unbroken DRM? Am I just lucky to have two of them?

Brianrh · 05-24-2026, 03:27 AM

So are we saying that the PW3 and newer still allow deDRM to be done?

As a non techy person, just wondering if its worth buying a cheap PW from Amazon to give me a bit longer to sort my library of Kindle books.

Thanks.

Sirtel · 05-24-2026, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianrh

So are we saying that the PW3 and newer still allow deDRM to be done?

Only if you jailbreak. The Voyage and the Oasis 3 are the only two letting you do it with a non-jailbroken device, I think. For how long, no one knows.

Sirtel · 05-24-2026, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Josieb1

What devices are still unaffected by the unbroken DRM? Am I just lucky to have two of them?

I think most of them work when jailbroken. Otherwise not sure.

Josieb1 · 05-24-2026, 05:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Sirtel

I think most of them work when jailbroken. Otherwise not sure.

Thank you. Both mine are jailbroken as a precaution.

lkmiller · 05-24-2026, 06:36 AM

So far the firmware versions which have been reported to no longer work with older DeDRM are 5.12.2.2 (last firmware for PW 6th gen aka PW2 and basic Kindle 7th gen), 5.16.2.1.1 (last firmware for PW 7th gen aka PW3, basic Kindle 8th and 9th gen, and Oasis 8th and 9th gen aka Oasis 1 & 2), and 5.18.5 and up (11th gen and newer).

So Voyage, 10th gen (basic Kindle, PW4, Oasis 3), and any Kindle not on the aforementioned firmwares still seem to be okay as far as I've seen. Wouldn't count on that lasting though.

05-23-2026, 02:27 PM	#288
CloudReader Enthusiast Posts: 26 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Location: Southern US Device: Kindle ColorSoft Signature Edition, Kindle Paperwhite 5th Gen (EY21)	Well, my 5th-Gen PaperWhite (that I bought last year, solely to be able to download and transfer books to my computer/Calibre) just stopped being able to download anything new today... This will pretty much spell the end of my book relationship with Amazon. Last edited by issybird; 05-23-2026 at 02:43 PM.

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Brianrh Zealot Posts: 126 Karma: 571204 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Purton, Wiltshire, UK Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Auro Edition 2	So are we saying that the PW3 and newer still allow deDRM to be done? As a non techy person, just wondering if its worth buying a cheap PW from Amazon to give me a bit longer to sort my library of Kindle books. Thanks.

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lkmiller Laura Posts: 1,745 Karma: 24003056 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Elipsa, Nook Glowlight 4 Plus, Kindle Oasis 2	So far the firmware versions which have been reported to no longer work with older DeDRM are 5.12.2.2 (last firmware for PW 6th gen aka PW2 and basic Kindle 7th gen), 5.16.2.1.1 (last firmware for PW 7th gen aka PW3, basic Kindle 8th and 9th gen, and Oasis 8th and 9th gen aka Oasis 1 & 2), and 5.18.5 and up (11th gen and newer). So Voyage, 10th gen (basic Kindle, PW4, Oasis 3), and any Kindle not on the aforementioned firmwares still seem to be okay as far as I've seen. Wouldn't count on that lasting though.