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@cryzed: So far, it has. We're talking about Amazon though, so we can't really guarantee anything
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NiLuJe, sorry for all the questions, but the Paperwhite 2 is a bit too new to get accurate information: Do you know of a way that would allow me to downgrade the software?
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@cryzed: Unless you backed up your own device on 5.4.0, you're probably SOL on that front.
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Niluje: so the new paperwhite can't be downgraded as the old one, just using .bin firmwares?
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@Aeris: Which .bin? Once you've answered that question (hint: there are none besides 5.4.2), you've got the answer
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Yep, that sucks. Oh well nothing I can do, except hope that they start making better decisions than the ones they are doing right now...
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If you do have the required files (copies of the kernel and main partition, that is), then the approach to overwrite them is the same as outlined here.
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Would it be possible to use these backups and write them back to my device, provided that Yolina would be willing to upload them? Or would I overwrite some important unique data within the partition?
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Damn... I was hoping for something like doing a nandroid backup (you know, poke at button - done
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(Note: I don't have a PW2 yet, so this is just an "informed guess" based on previous Kindles [K4, Touch, PW]). PS: My PW2 should be arriving next week, so provided it still comes with 5.4.0, I'll most probably create and upload those images. |
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Huge hugs if you can do that!!!
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That would be absolutely great, thanks so much.
Although one would need a working rescue pack partition to do that right? Meaning, boot from diags and have access to the shell... I know that I created partition backups, and even backups of the kernel etc. -- but of course actually writing them back wouldn't work while the system itself is running on the partition you want to overwrite, or am I missing something? EDIT: Yeah, just took a closer look at the document linked by ixtab -- one would need such a modified diags partition, hmm... Last edited by cryzed; 11-24-2013 at 01:56 PM. |
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