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5.16.7 out
As always, Amazon seems to have forgotten to indicate what the changes are.
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I have updated my basic kindle and PW I see nothing has changed the update says bug fixes and performance updates
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Maybe now side loaded books are not deleted randomly any more?
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I examined the Scribe firmware and there are a lot of small changes compared with the previous release. As usual most changes in the firmware that affect the user interface do not take effect until enabled remotely by Amazon. Here is a partial list:
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That was more informative than Amazon's Release Notes. Thank you!
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On my device, the "settings" menu has reverted to the pre-5.6.16 layout (more depth, larger fonts)
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They should 1) Only update FW OTA if you accept 2) Only push deliver content OTA if you ask (and accept on Kindle) 3) Change or remove nothing automatically by remote 4) Allow local Kindle and PC corrections of Metadata (i.e. series) and edit of collections by PC. It's worse than Apple iOS now. |
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I'm guessing convoluted logic throughout the firmware from early on with lots of mutual dependencies, side effects, and hardwired assumptions. And that all that has increased over time.
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I think the current remote deletion problem isn't remote explicit commands to to delete, but that database syncs cause the kindle itself to conclude that the user used the web site to order removal from device. Or the kindle date is wrong and the book never got entered in the server database is considered newer than the on kindle database. Of course the book info should be propagated to the server, but bugs happen.
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