KK Firmware Update

[Alsjem]

Yay! All done and working perfectly!

[Kath]

Mine doesn't appear any different (of course, I don't need the Parental Controls feature!)
If it hadn't downloaded a little message on the home page I'd not have known.

[Rosemary (grooving with the Picts)]

I did mine this morning. Haven't noticed anything different yet...

[Elle]

I don't know if it is indeed in my mind but for some reason I think it's a tiny bit clearer.

I keep meaning to go find myself a comic book but I haven't had the time yet

[Kath]

Eee, I wish my mind were a tiny bit clearer Elle!

[Elle]

HA! Actually me too.

This cold is like a 'fog' in my mind and I'm struggling to concentrate.

[Philip (sarah)]

Mine updated overnight! I can't say I notice any change as yet.

[Pat ()]

Mine is still waiting #:-(

[Kath]

The only change I've noticed is that the % number is smaller.

[Jud]

same here ignite

[Elle]

i thought i was just imagining that last night cause i was so tired /:

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

I really have convinced myself that the print is a teeny bit clearer.

[Patti (baconater)]

I still don't have the update. :(

[Tim]

Without two KKs side by side, I can't honestly say I see a difference. But there are some books that seem to be using different fonts, whereas I'm not sure that happened before.

Got no use for 'parental controls' ;)

[Elle]

i'm use them for friends who want to try it out :P


and it's an update letting you customise fonts now I think Tim!

I still need to try the comics

[Lynne (Tigger's Mum)]

I updated mine and then looked at identical pages on OH's, and we thought we saw it looked a bit darker/clearer, but the difference was very slight and we were looking for it.

[Tim]

Louise-Lesley (Elle) wrote: "i'm use them for friends who want to try it out :P"

Hmm. If it stops them from buying stuff, I suppose. I'm still recovering from lending it to a friend's mum and discovering she'd bought a bunch of Donna Leon novels!

[Patti (baconater)]

YOU LENT YOUR KINDLE??????

[Tim]

Sure. With Kindle for iPad (which I probably use 75% of the time anyhow), it wasn't as if I was going to miss it much. I was just a bit perturbed when these Donna Leon books kept appearing on the home screen (after I'd admonished her not to buy anything!)

[Patti (baconater)]

YOU LENT YOUR KINDLE???????

[Elle]

the amount of people who pick over my kindle and accidentally buy books, i'm thankful for it!

although now it's much easier to refund, thank goodness

[Philip (sarah)]

When I read One Breath Away the font and spacing were different,I put it down to the book but it may have been the update!

[Elle]

not sure if it's my kindle or what but omg, so much quicker putting stuff into collections now!!

[Tim]

Must admit I don't really use collections, cos they're not supported by the iPad app (grrr...)

[Sonic]

Ignite wrote: "The only change I've noticed is that the % number is smaller."

I noticed that immediately, as it's something I use for updating my GR progress.

Love the new parental controls, as it means I can lock out access to the Kindle store.

[Katy]

Just noticed this thread! Thought 'I wonder if I've had the update..'. Went to settings, saw it still said 3.3, pressed menu and had an "Update your Kindle" option, so it's currently updating (:

[Pat ()]

Still waiting

[Kath]

It's not that exciting Pat - don't hold your breath!

[Pat ()]

Tee hee, no indeed

[Vanessa (aka Dumbo)]

I'm on 3.3 but haven't got an option to update on my settings. My kindle keeps rebooting all the time it's blooming annoying and I don't know how to stop it.

[Jud]

Since I updated when I turn on my kindle occasionally a big black bar appears on the screen (differs in size each time) But going to the home page seems to clear it but it worries me I don't want my kindle to break again :o(

[Ray]

Mines hacked/jaibroken, purely because it's now out of warrenty and I wanted cooler screensavers. The update can look like it's taking quite long and does appear to stall about 2/3's of the way through. My advice is when you start it go and do something else for about 10 minutes or so, by the time you come back it should be sitting waiting for you on the booklist screen all happy and updated.

I think they may have fiddled to improve the battery life as mine just did a record 37 days between charges. Or possibly the jailbreak process helped that.

If you decide to jailbreak I highly recommend trawling Deviant Art, whatever tv/movies/books you like, chances are someone has a done some cool art to do with it.

[Jud]

I had my last kindle jail broken but I haven't done it again yet. I liked having my photos on it as screen savers

[Matthew]

Jailbreaking is the way to go, I have so many great photos now instead of the stock screensavers. There are plenty of resources out there, e.g. http://www.reddit.com/r/kindlescreens...
And no, it won't void your warranty!

[Jay-me (Janet)]

Mine hasn't updated, it was left plugged in all night as I decided to leave it after charging this time, in case it wanted to do some more indexing (which it seems to decide it needs quite often)

Re the screensavers - mine are the original ones, can't be bothered to change them - if the kindle is on I'm reading, if it is off the cover is closed and I don't see the screensavers, so it seems to be a lot of messing about for something I ain't gonna be looking at anyway.

[Philip (sarah)]

Jud (Disney Diva) wrote: "Since I updated when I turn on my kindle occasionally a big black bar appears on the screen (differs in size each time) But going to the home page seems to clear it but it worries me I don't want m..."

I had a similar experience yesterday Jud while reading Sirrenvaag! I told Phil if Kindle broke I would have to go straight to Tesco to buy another as I couldn't wait to order through Amazon.
Since the update I've noticed the % reading acting strangely,sometimes increasing after 6 pages and other times after only 3 ( before it increased more uniformly)has happened with last 2 books.

[Elle]

I fear my Kindle is dying. It won't hold a charge :(

[Kath]

Aaaargh! I couldn't cope!

[Philip (sarah)]

Oh Elle,what a time you are having at the moment. I will light a 'good luck' candle for you tonight!

I thought of you in TKMaxx last night, saw some gorgeous journals including Moleskines and then boxes of postcards(50 in each) one displaying penguin book covers and the other ladybird covers.

[Elle]

Oooo! Lucky you! I must make it a mission to go into TKMaxx more.

I have the penguin ones! i adore them!

[Aura]

Glad I checked the forum - updating my jailbroken kindle now, and looking forward to the results. Just hope none of my books get lost though Calibre refill and Archived folder make it a lot easier to recover the contents...

[Andrew]

No update for mine yet. Pah!

[Patti (baconater)]

Hana, if you need any help just shout out. We have ever so many clever geeks in here.

Well. Geeks, anyway. :)

[Patti (baconater)]

Andrew wrote: "No update for mine yet. Pah!"

Nor mine. Pffft.

[Janey]

I'm glad I've just spotted this thread as I didn't know there was a new update for the KK. I'll have to see if it downloads tonight.

[Patti (baconater)]

Dave's downloaded a couple days ago but last I checked, mine hadn't.

I'll try to remember to check this evening.

[Pat ()]

One updated, one not

[Kath]

Strange, isn't it?

[Patti (baconater)]

Both of ours have updated now.

[Elle]

Highlights is definitely fixed now. I spent most of my morning reading a University book and highlighting LOADS. Didn't freeze once