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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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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? Last edited by kalyy; 06-24-2016 at 02:57 PM. |
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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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Does this firmware update change or replace the User's Guide to incorporate the new features?
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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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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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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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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.
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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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