11-03-2023, 03:40 AM | #1 |
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Downgrading firmware
Thanks to the LanguageBreak I'm finally going to jb my new kindle...
The problem is, I liked the old user interface I had on my older one way better. Correct me if I am wrong, though: it is a serious brick risk to install a firmware of a release older than the first one ever released for a specific device, right? That is, if my kindle was initially sold to the public with fw 5.14.3, it is risky to put 5.12.1 on it, right? Shall it brick, it is not guaranteed at all that it could be unbricked without tearing it apart, is that correct? |
11-03-2023, 04:35 AM | #2 | |
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You can't (well should) run FW from other kindles. So no don't downgrade to 5.12.1 |
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I would know, since I now have 2 bricked PW5: |
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No no, I was just shooting in the dark, more or less. I had this reminescence of reading some posts, years ago, mentioning opening the kindle to try to unbrick it... But my memory could fail. I wouldn't have liked to try even if it was possible though... For as easy as it could be, it would still be to hard for an untrained person, expecially if the intention is not to leavy any mark. |
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That was possible on older, previous generation Kindle models that at least had serial port connection point as the last resort when doing debricks or doing jailbreaks.
PW5 doesn't have that and it is locked down. |
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So now, it PW5 bricks, it is gone for good? |
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