2.5 update = 2.5.2!

[hawkangel]

So, are these update waves going by 'how early/late people bought their Kindle'?
I got mine in early March and I live in Australia.

[Ann in Arlington]

It does not appear so.  Seems random as to both time and location. . . . .

[fuzzykno]

I have installed a font hack on my kindle2..do i have to uninstall it before it updates?  It is the only hack installed.

[pidgeon92]

I have installed a font hack on my kindle2..do i have to uninstall it before it updates? 

Yes, you must uninstall the hack.

[PinkKindle]

I've been thinking about this for the past couple of days and I'm not as anxious about the update anymore because I've decided to keep my hacks on and not update.  

I had the same plan.  I also had the same plan with the 2.3.3 update.  Unfortunately, for me at least, this plan isn't working.

I waited for a long time on the 2.3.3 update -- well after everyone else seemed to have it.  I just never took off my hacks, because I didn't really care about the update, and I didn't want to go through the trouble.  Well, I started to notice that the Whispernet -- which was never absolutely fantastic in my house but definitely workable -- became ridiculously slow.  I mean you could click on a book or on next page when looking through the list of top sellers, leave the room for 10-15 minutes, and when you came back MAYBE the page would have turned (but you'd have to take it out of sleep mode to see!).  It finally dawned on me that this was probably happening because it was trying to download the 2.3.3 update.  I took the hacks off, and it updated right away -- and WN problem solved.  It all worked well again.  Luckily, I was also able to rehack with the new versions right afterwards.

Well, now I'm having the same WN problem -- and I know it's trying to update.  I really hate to take off my hacks and be without them -- but I don't think I have a choice.  I really enjoy the ability to look at the Kindle Store from my Kindle (especially since I can't go to Amazon from my work computer, which is the computer I'm usually on) -- and at this point it's pretty much impossible.  It barely will even let me look at my wish list!  

I guess I need to take off the hacks and let it update and then look at dead authors and bad fonts for the next few weeks.

[fuzzykno]

I uninstalled and updated my K2 and was all happy when it looked like I was getting new software...unfortunetanly I must have had really old software cause it upgraded to 2.3.3 lol.  And let me tell you I forgot how ugly the original font is UGH...but will keep it until I get 2.5.

[NavyGirl Leigh]

I WANT MY 2.5!

IMPATIENTLY WAITING

[rapidblue]

I had the same plan.  I also had the same plan with the 2.3.3 update.  Unfortunately, for me at least, this plan isn't working.

I waited for a long time on the 2.3.3 update -- well after everyone else seemed to have it.  I just never took off my hacks, because I didn't really care about the update, and I didn't want to go through the trouble.  Well, I started to notice that the Whispernet -- which was never absolutely fantastic in my house but definitely workable -- became ridiculously slow.  I mean you could click on a book or on next page when looking through the list of top sellers, leave the room for 10-15 minutes, and when you came back MAYBE the page would have turned (but you'd have to take it out of sleep mode to see!).  It finally dawned on me that this was probably happening because it was trying to download the 2.3.3 update.  I took the hacks off, and it updated right away -- and WN problem solved.  It all worked well again.  Luckily, I was also able to rehack with the new versions right afterwards.

Well, now I'm having the same WN problem -- and I know it's trying to update.  I really hate to take off my hacks and be without them -- but I don't think I have a choice.  I really enjoy the ability to look at the Kindle Store from my Kindle (especially since I can't go to Amazon from my work computer, which is the computer I'm usually on) -- and at this point it's pretty much impossible.  It barely will even let me look at my wish list!  

I guess I need to take off the hacks and let it update and then look at dead authors and bad fonts for the next few weeks.

Hi there @PinkKindle. Seeing you're in Aus, I'm assuming you're using a K2i? If so, please could you plug your Kindle into your computer and see if the .bin file is lying on your Kindle - hopefully we can get a copy of it from you to try update our K2i Kindles

[rapidblue]

@PinkKindle - oops, my mistake, you not from Australia - sorry I'm reading too many posts at the same time again and getting confused...
Nonetheless, which Kindle do you have?

[mlewis78]

Collections aren't a big thing for me.  I have folders in Cybook Opus and all I really care is that I'm able to access the books I'm reading now near the top of the list.

[SerenityFL]

Linjeakel:  Yes, I finally found it after I wrote that second post.  I started reading some of the posts by Kindlers and followed the link to the help page.

I deleted that post...but it looks like you saw it before I did.  Thanks.

[PinkKindle]

Well I looked outside, and that is definitely not Australia out there.   Kind of disappointing really . . .

I have the US K2, bought before the K2i came out. 

And after going through the trouble of removing the hacks and leaving the WN for the last few hours -- I'm still at 2.3.3.  Sigh.  Maybe it's not the update and my WN is just having a bad several days?  Or maybe it will just take a while to finish updating on my slow WN?  Either way, now that the hacks are off, I guess I'll just leave the WN on and see what happens.

[ElAguila]

Hopefully they will release this update on their website soon. I don't they there is any particular method to how they choose which kindles to push the update to.

[LauraB]

Hopefully they will release this update on their website soon. I don't they there is any particular method to how they choose which kindles to push the update to.

  I don't see how they can have all these different versions of hardware, with so many different levels of software ie: 2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4 and have no "particular method to how they choose which kindles to push the update to." 

[Linjeakel]

I don't see how they can have all these different versions of hardware, with so many different levels of software ie: 2.3, 2.3.3, 2.4 and have no "particular method to how they choose which kindles to push the update to." 

It does seem strange, yet it is true, even just judging by the relatively small sampling of people here on KB. Updates have been sent out to Kindlers all over the world, with all four different types of Kindle and with all different firmware versions. Perhaps that's deliberate as they want to find out if any of the combinations cause a problem, but if it isn't a random thing, it's mighty complicated!

[LauraB]

It can't be random or people would be getting the wrong file for the wrong hardware. My guess is they are somehow using something like a random number generator for each scenario and so people who have a k2i with 2.3.3 will be randomly selected from there. Does that make sense?

[Linjeakel]

It can't be random or people would be getting the wrong file for the wrong hardware. My guess is they are somehow using something like a random number generator for each scenario and so people who have a k2i with 2.3.3 will be randomly selected from there. Does that make sense?

The connection between the Amazon servers and Kindles are two-way, so I think it's more likely that Whispernet reaches out at random to any Kindle with wireless on and gets a hardware/firmware id back and then sends the appropriate file.

[LauraB]

I thnk people are putting to much thought into something when no one except the programsers and their supervisors know  .  We will likely never know how they choose to do it.

[Linjeakel]

I thnk people are putting to much thought into something when no one except the programsers and their supervisors know  .  We will likely never know how they choose to do it.

LOL You're right of course, but for those still waiting it's something to talk about, trying to figure out if they're next in line! I'd like to know why I've got it already on my K2i and not my DXi....

[LauraB]

LOL You're right of course, but for those still waiting it's something to talk about, trying to figure out if they're next in line! I'd like to know why I've got it already on my K2i and not my DXi....

I got it on my DX and not my k2i 

[matilda314]

I've had my K2's WN on constantly since late April.  Still nothing.  Have my collections all planned out and would really like to get the update...sigh.  I'll keep waiting.  Hopefully soon.

[DeborahLuvs2read]

I still do not have the update as well. All the more reason to validate why my name for my Kindle is Patience..hahahah

[Cardinal]

I can't wait for Collections.  I have tagged my Kindle books, and have downloaded over 300 books to sideload.  I have over thirty pages on my Kindle and over a hundred books archived.

I'm ready for the update.   

[geoffthomas]

While we are waiting for the upgrade, has anyone heard further info about the Font and Screensaver hacks for it?

[Pushka]

The hacks cant be developed until the developers receive the bin files (all of them) from Amazon.  So until Amazon release the update properly, no hacks.  The developers of Calibre havent got the bin files either.  But the current hacks definately dont work with 2.5 update.