Attempted downgrading PW1 - update file vanishes

fogice · 07-05-2014, 03:58 PM

Hi, I’ve been reading here for a while, and finally decided to dip my feet in today.

I’m trying to downgrade my PW1 to 5.3.9 so that I can use the Collections Manager. But my file keeps vanishing. I’ve searched this forum for ‘downgrade’, but nothing seems applicable to my situation.

So far, all I’ve accomplished is the jailbreak, which was just updated to be done on a 5.4.4.2 system (which I have). The Collections Manager needs 5.3.9, so I’m trying to install that. Airplane mode is on so that nothing interferes.

I downloaded update_kindle_5.3.9.bin from Amazon directly by changing the URL, and copied it to the root directory of my Kindle using the OS X Finder. The file is 171.9 MB. The Kindle shows 525.3 MB available before the copy, and when complete, 354 MB available. (It also seems to take an inordinate amount of time to copy over USB2 , something like 8 minutes - I don’t know if that is significant).

I then eject the Kindle, and try to start the ‘Update your Kindle’, but it is greyed out. And when I plug the USB cable back in, the update file is gone and the free space is now 526.3 MB.

Where’d the file go? And what am I doing wrong?

NiLuJe · 07-05-2014, 04:51 PM

Can't downgrade that easily since 5.4.2.1.

There are a few threads on the subject (some of them in the main Kindle forum, not the dev-corner). The downgrade keyword should be enough, but if you fail to turn up something, you can be a guinea pig for the downgrader in my snapshots (cf. the included readme) ;p.

fogice · 07-06-2014, 10:53 AM

Thank you NiLuJe. I'm not afraid to be a guinea pig.

Your downgrader was successful in sending me from 5.4.4.2 to 5.3.9. Onwards to the goodies!

NiLuJe · 07-06-2014, 11:17 AM

@fogice: Yay!

07-05-2014, 03:58 PM	#1
fogice Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 49504 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Attempted downgrading PW1 - update file vanishes Hi, I’ve been reading here for a while, and finally decided to dip my feet in today. I’m trying to downgrade my PW1 to 5.3.9 so that I can use the Collections Manager. But my file keeps vanishing. I’ve searched this forum for ‘downgrade’, but nothing seems applicable to my situation. So far, all I’ve accomplished is the jailbreak, which was just updated to be done on a 5.4.4.2 system (which I have). The Collections Manager needs 5.3.9, so I’m trying to install that. Airplane mode is on so that nothing interferes. I downloaded update_kindle_5.3.9.bin from Amazon directly by changing the URL, and copied it to the root directory of my Kindle using the OS X Finder. The file is 171.9 MB. The Kindle shows 525.3 MB available before the copy, and when complete, 354 MB available. (It also seems to take an inordinate amount of time to copy over USB2 , something like 8 minutes - I don’t know if that is significant). I then eject the Kindle, and try to start the ‘Update your Kindle’, but it is greyed out. And when I plug the USB cable back in, the update file is gone and the free space is now 526.3 MB. Where’d the file go? And what am I doing wrong?

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07-05-2014, 04:51 PM	#2
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Can't downgrade that easily since 5.4.2.1. There are a few threads on the subject (some of them in the main Kindle forum, not the dev-corner). The downgrade keyword should be enough, but if you fail to turn up something, you can be a guinea pig for the downgrader in my snapshots (cf. the included readme) ;p.

07-06-2014, 10:53 AM	#3
fogice Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 49504 Join Date: May 2014 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Thank you NiLuJe. I'm not afraid to be a guinea pig. Your downgrader was successful in sending me from 5.4.4.2 to 5.3.9. Onwards to the goodies!

07-06-2014, 11:17 AM	#4
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	@fogice: Yay!

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