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I've had automatic notifications, if possible, and manual selection, on anything that allows it for over 25 years. Saved a lot of grief. So by default I don't have WiFi on, on a Kobo or Kindle, as they don't ask if I want to upgrade. Amazingly Android phones, tablets and my one eink actually ask about system, security and application upgrades. |
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11-01-2023, 03:32 PM | #47 | |
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(I haven't looked at any of this myself, and that new bundle type will probably be the extent of what I'll look into if such bundles actually ever show up publically). |
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11-01-2023, 03:35 PM | #48 |
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There is something new called AppOTA. It is related to the new eKART mentioned earlier by Bluebotlabs.
I have not looked at it enough to be sure but it appears to be a way to update the Kindle application software independently of the full firmware and Kindle OS. They still exist in the new firmware. I don't know whether renaming them will block updates or not. Last edited by jhowell; 11-01-2023 at 03:43 PM. |
11-01-2023, 04:13 PM | #49 | |
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The only way to get them seems to be asking for them with the "softwareupdates.amazon.com/software/inventory2" API. |
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11-02-2023, 12:39 AM | #51 |
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Since my PaperWhite is not my primary reading device, I'm not that concerned about it updating. If it was my primary reading device, it would only get updates after a long enough delay that any issues would have been reported.
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11-02-2023, 05:54 AM | #52 |
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My two 10th gens aren't auto-updating
Tiered rollout? You think I should I force, or just leave it be?
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I'm pretty sure that's just the tiered rollout, I'd just let it be.
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If you did, you'd know that there is no such thing as "security and performance improvements" no strings attached, ever. Any new version of any software solves old issues, and opens new ones. The difference is that the old ones, you know them, and generally have a way to mitigate them or a workaround around them. With the new ones... who knows? Just because they are new, nobody knows how impacting they are and how to solve them. That's a general rule, that is valid everywhere, always, forever. Maybe "that" specific update won't cause any problem, or won't take away anything that you need.. but you can never be sure. And since with Kindle you can't go back.. better wait just a little bit. |
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But for some feature you'd want to keep, you may miss a security patch or a system/device enhancement. |
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When they say "security patch", etiher they are empty words, or they refer to jb holes patching. There is nothing that is so urgent that you have to patch immediately. For the rest: you might miss an enhancement... or not. That is precisely the point: they're not telling you "never do the update", they're just explaining why they don't do it immediately - what you couldn't understand: do it, absolutely, but wait a few days to see on other people's kindle what happens, what changes and what not. |
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11-05-2023, 12:23 PM | #59 | |
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And on behalf of Quoth, J.p.s., kyrilson, me and a many others, thank you for being the guinea pig. Anyway, mine was just an explanation on your original (implicit) question, when you said you don't understand why people don't apply updates as soon as possible. There's a very sound reason not to, while the urgency to fix security issues is so low to be practically non-existent (and in case of Kindles, it is factually non-existent as the security fix Lab126 talks about are usually just made up, and more, you can just keep wifi off for a few days). To be honest, your points are not unworthy in general: they would be valid if you're talking about "not applying updates EVER", but that was not the point of OP. Do it, but don't rush to do it, or festina lente as Romans said. Last edited by Ruskie_it; 11-05-2023 at 02:58 PM. Reason: Forgot you can keep wifi off a few days and be 100% safe |
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