New Windows Kindle app announced; Current Kindle app unavailable after 30/06/2026 - Page 23

John F · 07-19-2026, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

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In that case, we restored from a backup and disabled Windows Updates.

Which to me, means it wasn't bricked. IMO.

I thought it did something to the bios (or something else that would make the computer useless as a computer for Windows, Linux, ... .

DNSB · 07-19-2026, 02:41 PM

To me, if the computer or device is not usable as is, it is bricked. Another example would be a Kobo ereader where the µSD card has failed.

Can you recover a bricked device? Yes. I did that with quite a few wireless routers back when the alternative firmware was first made available. Remember DD-WRT, FreshTomato, OpenWRT and their kin? That you are able to recover from the bricked condition is not really relevant. Do most people have the skill set to recover the device and their data? Again, going back decades, I remember shipping out EEPROMs for Zyxel modems and several of the people I shipped to had tried to burn their own EEPROM and failed.

John F · 07-19-2026, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

To me, if the computer or device is not usable as is, it is bricked. Another example would be a Kobo ereader where the µSD card has failed.

Can you recover a bricked device? Yes. I did that with quite a few wireless routers back when the alternative firmware was first made available. Remember DD-WRT, FreshTomato, OpenWRT and their kin? That you are able to recover from the bricked condition is not really relevant. Do most people have the skill set to recover the device and their data? Again, going back decades, I remember shipping out EEPROMs for Zyxel modems and several of the people I shipped to had tried to burn their own EEPROM and failed.

This is where I think our opinions differ. With the internet, "bricked" devices can be recovered; some rather easily, some take some effort.

To me saying something is/can be bricked can be similar to fud. Earlier it was reported that Windows could be "bricked", no mention of recovering from the "brick" or how difficult it would be.

DNSB · 07-19-2026, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by John F

This is where I think our opinions differ. With the internet, "bricked" devices can be recovered; some rather easily, some take some effort.

And some devices just can not be recovered even if you are willing to spend a lot more money than anyone is likely to do.

One of my co-workers purchased a Microsoft Zune 16 in late 2008 as a Christmas present for themselves. Bounce ahead to summer, 2010 and their Zune died. No local repair possible and one site that said they could possibly repair it wanted a non-refundable deposit that amounted to $125US (compared to the new price of the Zune 16 at $160US) plus the co-worker got to pay for shipping both ways.

John F · 07-20-2026, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by DNSB

And some devices just can not be recovered even if you are willing to spend a lot more money than anyone is likely to do.

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Sure, and that is what I would consider bricked.

pypeke · 07-21-2026, 04:23 PM

Thank you to everyone for the discussions. I will use my old PC/laptop/giant tablet, (whatever you want to call it) for Word, Excel, organizing photos, etc and stay off the internet with it. The Tap 20 is heavy, but it has lasted longer than any computer that I have ever had. My first was a Commodore, I think?

I appreciate all of the help. Now, I will try to download the new Windows App for Kindle on my new laptop with Windows 11, even if the kindle app is buggy. I found 7 books that I purchased in 2010, but somehow I did not get them put on Calibre with K4PC v. 2.4.0 (70904). Hopefully the new Windows App for Kindle will help. Thanks, again!

JSWolf · 08-14-2026, 02:14 PM

The Windows store Kindle app has updated yesterday. The new version is 1.0.22326.0. I've download a couple of KFX and I was still able to remove the DRM.

Frogm4n · 08-18-2026, 11:28 AM

I hadn't tried to even open/run the app in a while due to it having issues launching on my main PC, and thus I hadn't been able to use the msix tool to remove DRM yet. I had been just assuming it was due to W11 being installed with compatibility checks bypassed and Amazon being stringent about it. The system is a Haswell E on an X99 and no TPM 2.0, so it's got multiple official incompatibilites. I tried again today after K4W got updated to 1.0.22326.0 and it fully launched and loaded my library, including the most recent purchases. Tried Sats DeDRM v10.0.29 and it worked for them. They aren't newly published so I don't know how it would fare there.

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07-19-2026, 02:41 PM	#332
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 54,097 Karma: 182150337 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	To me, if the computer or device is not usable as is, it is bricked. Another example would be a Kobo ereader where the µSD card has failed. Can you recover a bricked device? Yes. I did that with quite a few wireless routers back when the alternative firmware was first made available. Remember DD-WRT, FreshTomato, OpenWRT and their kin? That you are able to recover from the bricked condition is not really relevant. Do most people have the skill set to recover the device and their data? Again, going back decades, I remember shipping out EEPROMs for Zyxel modems and several of the people I shipped to had tried to burn their own EEPROM and failed.

07-21-2026, 04:23 PM	#336
pypeke Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 202 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: Kobo Colour and Sage	Thank you to everyone for the discussions. I will use my old PC/laptop/giant tablet, (whatever you want to call it) for Word, Excel, organizing photos, etc and stay off the internet with it. The Tap 20 is heavy, but it has lasted longer than any computer that I have ever had. My first was a Commodore, I think? I appreciate all of the help. Now, I will try to download the new Windows App for Kindle on my new laptop with Windows 11, even if the kindle app is buggy. I found 7 books that I purchased in 2010, but somehow I did not get them put on Calibre with K4PC v. 2.4.0 (70904). Hopefully the new Windows App for Kindle will help. Thanks, again!

08-14-2026, 02:14 PM	#337
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 84,665 Karma: 153788055 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The Windows store Kindle app has updated yesterday. The new version is 1.0.22326.0. I've download a couple of KFX and I was still able to remove the DRM.

08-18-2026, 11:28 AM	#338
Frogm4n Guru Posts: 684 Karma: 4500001 Join Date: Jul 2023 Device: Scribe 2022, OA2, PRS-350	I hadn't tried to even open/run the app in a while due to it having issues launching on my main PC, and thus I hadn't been able to use the msix tool to remove DRM yet. I had been just assuming it was due to W11 being installed with compatibility checks bypassed and Amazon being stringent about it. The system is a Haswell E on an X99 and no TPM 2.0, so it's got multiple official incompatibilites. I tried again today after K4W got updated to 1.0.22326.0 and it fully launched and loaded my library, including the most recent purchases. Tried Sats DeDRM v10.0.29 and it worked for them. They aren't newly published so I don't know how it would fare there.