Thread: Firmware Update Does anyone have a copy of 5.16.6?
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Old 02-29-2024, 06:16 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
You can only revert a Kindle if jailbroken.

You can't use (compile) the source as it missing maybe the loader and signature?
And they don't supply any source for the proprietary software.

Any even with all the source to all the software and all the pieces of the tool chain to build it, there is no way to install anything that is not the latest firmware on a non-jailbroken kindle, partly because no signature and partly no access to filesystem.
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