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Old 06-19-2016, 12:19 AM   #61
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This update is ~200Mb. If I don't have that much on my USB mount partition, will the kindle still auto-update?
Updates usually are -- they are full system images.

And if you don't have enough space for the Kindle to download the update, it will of course not update. Some people do that deliberately, as one of several solutions to prevent unwanted updates.
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Old 06-19-2016, 05:25 PM   #62
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Updates usually are -- they are full system images.

And if you don't have enough space for the Kindle to download the update, it will of course not update. Some people do that deliberately, as one of several solutions to prevent unwanted updates.
Another way to prevent unwanted updates, if you have Kindle 3G version, is by never use Wi-Fi while going online and use 3G instead. Amazon won't push updates via 3G because it would cost them too much money to push such a large file over 3G. Amazon pays the connection fee while you use 3G.
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Old 06-24-2016, 02:49 PM   #63
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I'm having issues with syncing the last read page and notes from my Kindle to the cloud. I'm not sure if this issue started after the update but I just noticed today. :/
The last read page, highlights and notes don't sync at all. I checked and sync is enable and wifi connection works just fine...
Has anyone else had this problem?

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Old 06-24-2016, 10:57 PM   #64
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Anybody found a option to disable this "feature" and prevent password-saving? I have only found an option to delete stored passwords.
The answer turned up in the Kindle Developer's Corner

When you join a WiFi network for the first time, there will be a check box to "Save Passwords to Amazon." Leave it unchecked to prevent password-saving.

All passwords entered in your Kindle before 5.8.1 are NOT saved. From the "Learn More" link next to the check box, FAQ #4: "Did previous passwords entered on this device get saved to my Amazon account if I did not select the option to Save Passwords to Amazon?" Answer: "No they did not. Only passwords you enter going forward will be saved as long as the checkbox is selected for Save Password to Amazon. If the checkbox is not selected, we will not save yoiur Wi-Fi passwords to your Amazon account."
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Old 06-26-2016, 07:32 AM   #65
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Does this firmware update change or replace the User's Guide to incorporate the new features?

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Old 06-26-2016, 07:48 AM   #66
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Does the OS stay the same throughout the life of the device or is there a minor OS update with every firmware update like from Linux version 3.1.5 to 3.1.6?
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Old 06-26-2016, 12:36 PM   #67
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Does the OS stay the same throughout the life of the device or is there a minor OS update with every firmware update like from Linux version 3.1.5 to 3.1.6?
Each update reboots into the diagnostics partition and rewrites the entire root filesystem image, then reboots back into that image. (They used to ship patch releases that only modified the root filesystem, but they stopped doing that years ago, apparently in the belief that bandwidth is free everywhere and nobody could ever object to random 200MiB downloads...)
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Does this firmware update change or replace the User's Guide to incorporate the new features?
As far as I can tell, the User Guide for Oasis did not change after updating to 5.8.1.
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Old 06-28-2016, 01:59 PM   #69
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Firmware version 5.8.1.0.1 is available for the Oasis only. Probably just a bug fix release. The description hasn't changed from the 5.8.1 release.
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Old 06-28-2016, 02:09 PM   #70
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Firmware version 5.8.1.0.1 is available for the Oasis only. Probably just a bug fix release. The description hasn't changed from the 5.8.1 release.
So far all I can see are the expanded page flip features they announced. They added that bird view thing to the page flip that was already there.
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So far all I can see are the expanded page flip features they announced. They added that bird view thing to the page flip that was already there.
Nope, that feature is actually present in v5.7.x, so it probably is really just bugfixes.
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Old 06-28-2016, 03:27 PM   #72
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Well I didn't have the 9 page bird view thing on my Oasis with 5.8.1 until I got this new update. Its not on my Voyage either since it only lists 5.8.1.0.1 for the Oasis as of now.

I did of course have the regular page flip already.
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Did the Oasis 5.8.1.0.1 update get rid of the checkmarks for every title on the downloaded books menu page in list view?
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Did the Oasis 5.8.1.0.1 update get rid of the checkmarks for every title on the downloaded books menu page in list view?
There are still checkmarks in downloaded for all well downloaded.
No, changed there.
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There are still checkmarks in downloaded for all well downloaded.
No, changed there.
Oh well. Someday they'll fix that. At least I got me dots back!
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