

- #KINDLE PAPERWHITE TAKENOTE HOW TO#
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Kindle Voyage, $179.99 (originally $199.99), available at Amazon Kindle Paperwhite, $99.99 (originally $119.99), available at Amazon Kindle, $59.99 (originally $79.99), available at Amazon If your special someone is more into media than just books, Amazon has also discounted its Fire Tablet by $10 they've also discounted the Fire Tablet Kid's Edition by $20, which is as cheap as its ever been. If you're looking for a better deal, you can get the "Essentials Bundle" for either the Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, or Kindle Voyage for $35, $40, and $45 off, respectively.Īmazon has even discounted its recently-released Kindle for Kids Bundle by $20, taking it down to $80. These aren't the steepest discounts we've ever seen on these products, but it's the first hardware sale Amazon has held this year. Three out of the four members of the Kindle family: The 6-inch Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Voyage are all $20 off. If you have a special bookworm in your life, you might want to take note. Alright, maybe they don't, but that hasn't stopped Amazon from discounting most of the Kindle line.
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The file must be in the top level folder, so if your computer mounts the Kindle as the F drive, the path to the coped update package should be F:\update_kindle_.They say a couple that reads together, stays together. BIN file to the root directory of your Kindle Paperwhite.


Once the download is complete, attach your Kindle Paperwhite to your computer with a USB cable and copy the update.
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Step Three: Copy the Update to Your Kindle and Install It
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Click on the link “Download Software Update ”. Now, with the discrepancy between the most recent version and our version confirmed, we can download the update file. Somewhere along the line, we got the summer 2016 update but missed out on the big fall 2016 update that ushered in the new home screen layout. You’ll see a screen like the following one.Ĭlearly, the firmware version we have on our Paperwhite (5.6.1) is behind the most recent version as of this writing (5.8.5). Take note of the version number but don’t download it just yet.īefore you download the update, confirm that version number is higher than the current version on your Kindle. On your Kindle, navigate to Menu > Settings > Menu > Device Info. Once you’ve selected the model, you’ll see a download link with the current version number listed.
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Scroll down until you get to the Kindle section and then match up the Kindle you have with the appropriate model. Remember, there may be multiple versions of the same model-this is why we went searching for the serial number in step one. Step Two: Download the UpdateĪrmed with the version number of your Kindle-in our case, confirmed by the serial number, the Paperwhite 2-head over to the Amazon Fire & Kindle Software Updates page. Once you’ve double checked your serial number against the list, it’s time to grab the actual update files. Save yourself some time and use Ctrl+F to search for the character string. Once you have the first four characters, you can reference the following list to determine exactly which model you have. You can also find the serial number by turning your Kindle on and looking in the Settings > Device Info menu. In the case of the Kindle I’m interested in updating today, the first four characters of the serial number are B0D4.

Select the Kindle you want to update and read the notation beside it, like so: If your Kindle is linked to your Amazon account ,simply log into your Amazon Content and Devices dashboard and click on the “ Your Devices” tab.
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RELATED: How to Jailbreak Your Kindle Paperwhite for Screensavers, Apps, and More Rather than squint at the tiny model number on the back of your case and then Google the model number, the simplest method is to check the serial number as the first four alphanumeric characters indicate the model/generation of your Kindle. The first and foremost step is that you identify which Kindle you have in order to ensure you’re comparing the right software version for your model and downloading the appropriate update. Although we’ll be updating a second generation Kindle Paperwhite in this tutorial, the same technique we’ll guide you through works on all the different Kindle models.
