Kindle Paperwhite 5.16.10.0.1 is out (plus a question)

[davedeacon]

Apparantly it has:

"Your Lists update: Your Reading Lists is now Your Lists. Your Lists now shows your saved books from your Amazon lists. To find your samples, use the Samples filter in your Library."

To be honest, I get the updates but I have pretty simple requirements: read the book I just copied onto the kindle, or search for the title then click. I couldn't tell you it was different to before.

What I thought was odd though was that I did the OTA update, which involves a reboot as always, then it came back up. I turned on airplane mode (to save battery) and read for a bit, then left it to do something else. But it was on the table next to my laptop and I noticed that as soon as the screensaver kicked in it immediately did another reboot. I can't think why, nor what would have triggered it. Does this update require two reboots? It grabbed a message from the server just before I turned off wifi? Anyone else seen this before?

[nemiya]

My kindle 2022 got updated. I didn't see anything new but since then I can't see the chapter reading progress (it's not available for side loaded books since the update)

[jackm8]

If reports about excessive battery drainage are also true, then this is the point where I disconnect my Kindle from internet forever.

https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/...ftware-updates

[hleo12]

I fully charged my Kindle last Sunday night because I had a trip last Monday. I wasn't even reading heavily but I checked my battery earlier and it was already at 17%.

Edit/Update: I unplugged my Kindle from its charger at 12:30pm and the battery was at 94%, now at 10:32pm, after reading for about 1.5 hours (that's being generous) the battery is down to 81%.
This is probably the worst my battery has performed.

[cvkemp]

I have the latest PW and Basic Kindles and I am not seeing any changes after the update at all. No battery issues either

[tomsem]

Two of my Kindles that got OTA update restarted shortly after I checked and saw they were running 5.16.10.0.1. I don't know what that means, as I usually update manually but in this case there didn't seem to be any reason to. Another Kindle that got OTA could have restarted too for all I know.

@jhowell reviewed the firmware for other changes; one had to do with a new implementation of sync db, the other a new 'underline' annotation type (IIRC).

[JSWolf]

KEEP WIFI OFF! This update is a battery killer!

[wireman]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

KEEP WIFI OFF! This update is a battery killer!

Too late for me. I've been having intermittent alarming battery drains ever since this update.

Also, don't like the leading zeroes on the clock, and I've had a few random freeze-ups.

But this update kind of sneaked up on me.

[hleo12]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

KEEP WIFI OFF! This update is a battery killer!

After 2 days, with less than 4 hours of reading time, my battery is already at 50%

Lettuce hope there's a 5.16.10.0.2 update that will fix this

[tomsem]

As always, it may be good to check to see if indexing is stuck (or in progress): search for '.' and tap on Text in books. If so it is going to drain the battery.

I'm not having any battery drain issues.

[wireman]

Originally Posted by tomsem

As always, it may be good to check to see if indexing is stuck (or in progress): search for '.' and tap on Text in books. If so it is going to drain the battery.

I'm not having any battery drain issues.

I did check, and that wasn't the problem. For me, the battery drain has been strangely episodic: usually all is well, but occasionally it drains quite rapidly for no apparent reason.

At the moment, it's fine.

[hleo12]

Me too. I don't have books stuck on indexing.

I usually don't have to think about my Kindle's battery whenever I have to go somewhere. Now I have to be mindful the day before. Because last time I had to spend the whole day queueing at a line, my Kindle was 10% and I couldn't bring it.

[altered.ego]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

KEEP WIFI OFF! This update is a battery killer!

I see no change in battery consumption on my PW4 after updating to 5.16.10.0.1. WiFi is always on and usual daily reading times.

[SteveEisenberg]

I see that the Paperwhite Kid’s Edition is on sale ($134.99), in the U.S., but that would have the battery life defect, at least for now. Or would it?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL8S6ZPT...language=en_US

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg

I see that the Paperwhite Kid’s Edition is on sale ($134.99), in the U.S., but that would have the battery life defect, at least for now. Or would it?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL8S6ZPT...language=en_US

You won't know what firmware you get until you get it and get it registered. So basically it's a crap shoot.