HDX Fire OS 4.5.3 Update

conanfan · 02-18-2015, 06:24 PM

My HDX 7 just updated to 4.5.3. The release notes don't really state what changed, although the keyboard seems less laggy. I'm not sure about any other changes. Has anybody else updated yet?

Alohamora · 02-18-2015, 06:57 PM

Yes, my HD 6 also updated. It says "general improvements and performance enhancements"

I just wish they'd update the Fire phone to the same level.

Blossom · 02-19-2015, 05:18 PM

Okay Scared last firmware update messed up my Kindle Fire. It took two Factory resets to get it working again. Hoping that this firmware actually does not make things worse.

Xanthe · 02-20-2015, 11:53 AM

Mine updated, but I haven't figured out what, if anything, has changed. I don't use the native Amazon keyboard.

DreamWriter · 02-20-2015, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blossom

Hoping that this firmware actually does not make things worse.

Yes! I'm still waiting for the update and keeping fingers crossed here.

tubemonkey · 02-25-2015, 05:37 PM

I finally forced the update today.

crich70 · 02-25-2015, 06:10 PM

One thing that changed is the image that you see when the fire is charging. It now has a little lightning bolt over the battery icon.

Kaysclie · 02-25-2015, 09:25 PM

My Fire HDX7 updated yesterday when I wasn't looking!

Is there any setting that I haven't found that can prevent automatic updating? I mean other than never having WIFI on??

Blossom · 02-26-2015, 01:51 AM

My KF6 is updating. I set it down went to use it and saw its updating.

Blossom · 02-26-2015, 01:55 AM

It looks like you can no longer remove profile from lock screen. This is what messed up my other tablet. Had to factory reset and now with new update forced to use it again.

Found a way to hide it but the profile is still there.

tomsem · 02-26-2015, 02:49 AM

No problems with it here. There are these 'reports' that FireFly is coming to HD6/HD7, but it is not in this update.

Josieb1 · 02-26-2015, 04:56 AM

I've just bought a HDX 7 and I manually updated as soon as it arrived as I already had the update on my HD6. I haven't experienced any issues at all. Everything runs perfectly.

rcentros · 02-26-2015, 06:15 AM

My HD 6 updated yesterday. Everything seems to work the same, so I don't know what has changed.

cybmole · 02-26-2015, 12:39 PM

have they sneaked in hyphenation to the native book reader app.
I am reading the tube riders vol 1 - a £zero amazon kindle "purchase" - seeing lots of hyphens at line ends. they are not hard coded because if I rotate the fire to landscape view then I see different words hyphenated. I have never seen this in a mobi/azw on kindle fire before and I see nothing in read options to control whether I get it or not. I don't much care for having it forced on me.
I had always believed that kindle did not/could not "do" hyphenation but this is a counter example ?
( same book in K for PC flows with no hyphens)

could others check & report back. it could be just this one book but I can't figure how in-book code could control this ?
I have KF HDX 9.7 latst upgrade.
(PS if I convert the book to epub and try another app, it flows just like any other book, which suggest it is an OS/kindle app change not something in the book )

DreamWriter · 02-26-2015, 01:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cybmole

have they sneaked in hyphenation to the native book reader app.
I am reading the tube riders vol 1 - a £zero amazon kindle "purchase" - seeing lots of hyphens at line ends. they are not hard coded because if I rotate the fire to landscape view then I see different words hyphenated. I have never seen this in a mobi/azw on kindle fire before and I see nothing in read options to control whether I get it or not. I don't much care for having it forced on me.
I had always believed that kindle did not/could not "do" hyphenation but this is a counter example ?
( same book in K for PC flows with no hyphens)

could others check & report back. it could be just this one book but I can't figure how in-book code could control this ?
I have KF HDX 9.7 latst upgrade.
(PS if I convert the book to epub and try another app, it flows just like any other book, which suggest it is an OS/kindle app change not something in the book )

Did you mean the Fire HDX 8.9 or another model?

The sample is currently not available for The Tube Riders (The Tube Riders Trilogy #1) (a glitch that's affected one of my own books during the publishing process each of the last four days, which I've reported to Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing several times). When the sample is available again, I'll download it and check on my Fire HD6.

EDIT: I just re-read your post and noticed that the book is free, so I purchased it and checked on my Fire HD6. There is auto-hyphenation there! Text with Bookerly font selected may be a bit darker than usual, too. I see that the book was originally published in January 2014, but the author may have made changes recently and re-uploaded the book.

I'm currently working with KDP's Technical Team to try and figure out what's going on with auto-hyphenation. I recently revised my four e-books. After uploading them to KDP within the last week or two, auto-hyphenation is appearing in my ebooks where there wasn't any before. The text is darker than it was in previous editions, too. This has happened on the Fire HD6 with both software version 4.5.2 and the new 4.5.3 (edit: and now the Fire HDX 8.9). It isn't a problem on older HD7's, the Voyage, or the Kindle for Android app on my tablet. I don't have any other KF8-reading devices or iOS app to test, so I'm not sure about those yet.

I would greatly appreciate if you would download the sample for Last Mulligan and report your results in this MR thread, where the issue's being discussed: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=256131. I need to know exactly which devices are showing the auto-hyphenation! I'm not seeing this on my Fire HD6 in other recently published/re-published e-books, so if anyone sees other examples of auto-hyphenation, I'd very much appreciate knowing the title so I can check it out.

02-19-2015, 05:18 PM	#3
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	Okay Scared last firmware update messed up my Kindle Fire. It took two Factory resets to get it working again. Hoping that this firmware actually does not make things worse. Last edited by Blossom; 02-19-2015 at 05:24 PM.

02-26-2015, 01:55 AM	#10
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	It looks like you can no longer remove profile from lock screen. This is what messed up my other tablet. Had to factory reset and now with new update forced to use it again. Found a way to hide it but the profile is still there. Last edited by Blossom; 02-26-2015 at 02:06 AM.

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02-18-2015, 06:24 PM	#1
conanfan Me Lurk Here Long Time Posts: 79 Karma: 541625 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Nashville, TN Device: Oasis; PW1+3g; Lenovo Yoga Tab 3 Pro; KF HDX 7;	Fire OS 4.5.3 Update My HDX 7 just updated to 4.5.3. The release notes don't really state what changed, although the keyboard seems less laggy. I'm not sure about any other changes. Has anybody else updated yet?

02-18-2015, 06:57 PM	#2
Alohamora Evangelist Posts: 446 Karma: 8897438 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: USA Device: Android phone, Fire tablet, ios phone	Yes, my HD 6 also updated. It says "general improvements and performance enhancements" I just wish they'd update the Fire phone to the same level.

02-20-2015, 11:53 AM	#4
Xanthe Plan B Is Now In Force Posts: 1,894 Karma: 8086979 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Surebleak Device: Aluratek,Sony 350/T1,Pandigital,eBM 911,Nook HD/HD+,Fire HDX 7/8.9,PW2	Mine updated, but I haven't figured out what, if anything, has changed. I don't use the native Amazon keyboard.

02-25-2015, 05:37 PM	#6
tubemonkey monkey on the fringe Posts: 45,477 Karma: 158151390 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Seattle Metro Device: Moto E6, Echo Show	I finally forced the update today.

02-25-2015, 06:10 PM	#7
crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,305 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	One thing that changed is the image that you see when the fire is charging. It now has a little lightning bolt over the battery icon.

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Kaysclie Addict Posts: 330 Karma: 265272 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: sunny Florida Device: Forma, Aura One,Ipad Pro 10.5, Oasis 3	My Fire HDX7 updated yesterday when I wasn't looking! Is there any setting that I haven't found that can prevent automatic updating? I mean other than never having WIFI on??

02-26-2015, 01:51 AM	#9
Blossom Treasure Seeker Posts: 18,708 Karma: 26026435 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindles, Kindle Fires, Andriod Devices	My KF6 is updating. I set it down went to use it and saw its updating.

02-26-2015, 02:49 AM	#11
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,478 Karma: 26425959 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	No problems with it here. There are these 'reports' that FireFly is coming to HD6/HD7, but it is not in this update.

02-26-2015, 04:56 AM	#12
Josieb1 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,013 Karma: 18018738 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Device: Kobo Forma, Libra2, Clara 2e, Kindle PW SE & Kindle 2022	I've just bought a HDX 7 and I manually updated as soon as it arrived as I already had the update on my HD6. I haven't experienced any issues at all. Everything runs perfectly.

02-26-2015, 06:15 AM	#13
rcentros eReader Wrangler Posts: 7,443 Karma: 48453105 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Boise, ID Device: PB HD3, GL3, Tolino Vision 4, Voyage, Clara HD	My HD 6 updated yesterday. Everything seems to work the same, so I don't know what has changed.

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02-26-2015, 12:39 PM	#14
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	have they sneaked in hyphenation to the native book reader app. I am reading the tube riders vol 1 - a £zero amazon kindle "purchase" - seeing lots of hyphens at line ends. they are not hard coded because if I rotate the fire to landscape view then I see different words hyphenated. I have never seen this in a mobi/azw on kindle fire before and I see nothing in read options to control whether I get it or not. I don't much care for having it forced on me. I had always believed that kindle did not/could not "do" hyphenation but this is a counter example ? ( same book in K for PC flows with no hyphens) could others check & report back. it could be just this one book but I can't figure how in-book code could control this ? I have KF HDX 9.7 latst upgrade. (PS if I convert the book to epub and try another app, it flows just like any other book, which suggest it is an OS/kindle app change not something in the book )