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I don't remember what I found in the previous release. |
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04-27-2022, 11:02 PM | #17 |
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I sideloaded the update. I hope this at least fixes the horrible battery of the Kindle basic 10th gen.
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05-01-2022, 08:55 AM | #18 |
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As a retired IT Professional I would like to say that not all updates have to be new features. In fact to most looked for updates that I want is the ones that just fix the bugs and issues the last update caused. All software is buggy and will always be. We use to have a saying for ever bug found 100 has not been found, and the fix more than likely will create at least one bug somewhere else in the system or device.
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05-02-2022, 04:15 PM | #19 |
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05-03-2022, 10:36 AM | #20 |
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when the brightness adjustment will arrive by sliding on the edge as for the kobo. It's a really handy feature.
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05-03-2022, 12:33 PM | #21 | |
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05-04-2022, 08:36 AM | #22 |
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For some reason the software update page on Amazon shows now the OLD firmware 5.14.2 with the release notes for 5.14.3 for all the new devices. When you try to download the firmware, it sends the old one 5.14.2.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...MQC26VQQMM8XSW Any major bug with the new release? |
05-04-2022, 08:44 AM | #23 | |
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Either there is a serious bug, or they weren't supposed to release 5.14.3 in the first place. Someone mentioned here that there's something within the update that Amazon needs to trigger manually on their end. Probably related to that since that's the only thing different from 5.14.2. |
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05-05-2022, 02:03 AM | #24 |
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Now even release notes are removed.
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05-05-2022, 03:41 AM | #25 |
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This is rather upsetting. I have no urge to jailbreak so I thought I was doing myself a good security thing by installing 5.14.3. Now it appears that Amazon has pulled the old switcheroo and 5.14.3 is no more for them. What happens when they release a real 5.14.3 with new features and fixes? I guess I won't be able to get it because I already have the illegitimate one. Nice screwup, Amazon!
New 5.14.2 and screwup 5.14.3. I don't have a copy of the original 5.14.2. |
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Original 5.14.2 is exactly the same as the "new" one (at least for KO3).
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05-05-2022, 04:43 AM | #28 | |
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@Gripweed: "What happens when they release a real 5.14.3 with new features and fixes?" I guess they will release it as 5.14.3.1 Last edited by LittleBiG; 05-05-2022 at 04:47 AM. |
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05-05-2022, 08:07 AM | #29 |
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They've done this before. Nothing terrible happened then. They eventually carried on with another new version.
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The most important part of a version number is the build number shown in parenthesis on your Kindle after the 5.x.x part. That always changes in new firmware. Your Kindle won't install firmware with a build number lower than the one already installed. You cannot go backwards unless the device is jailbroken. |
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