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"<p>Hello All,</p>\n\n\n<p>I have had an interesting experience with the Kindle. I had been happily using my Kindle Basic 7th generation (KT2) for years, and it had been a lifesaver for me, as I could use it indefinitely without the slightest problem. It was like reading a book.</p>\n\n\n<p>For all these years I had kept it in airplane mode since I didn't like the idea of Amazon having access to all my Kindle's contents. Then, a couple months ago, I turned on wifi for the first time since registering the Kindle in 2017 or so. Amazon proceeded to hijack my Kindle with an unasked-for and unwanted automatic firmware update. And the remarkable thing is that with the new firmware, I now get symptoms from using the Kindle and am unable to use it. (My symptoms are primarily that my brain \"turns to putty,\" I get confused and disoriented and start feeling like a zombie).</p>\n\n\n<p>I have read similar cases from people here after windows updates, and this is another case that suggests that hardware alone is not always the problem, but that something that is exclusively in the software can trigger problems.</p>\n\n\n<p>Firstly, I wanted to ask if anyone else has had this issue with newer firmware versions of the Kindle Basic? (I'm not asking about Paperwhite, Fire, and such, since I would never have been able to use those screens anyway, since as far as I know (correct me if I'm wrong) they use the same or a similar technology to the computer screens I am sensitive to).</p>\n\n\n<p>I have been trying to manually downgrade my Kindle via jailbreak according to instructions on the mobileread.com forum, but I have been running into obstacle after obstacle and have not yet been successful in doing so.</p>\n\n\n<p>I have also been trying to track down a used Kindle online that has an older firmware version. I have so far purchased both a Kindle Basic 4th generation and a Kindle Keyboard (3rd generation), but both unfortunately, being equipped with wifi, had received automatic updates beforehand that also render them useless to me. I have now found a Kindle DX online with no wifi connectivity (only 3G), and am trying to determine if this would have been updated to a version that is going to cause me problems or not (I am hoping that I will have good chances because the DX is very old -- but then again, so is the Kindle Keyboard. This DX does not have wifi, but could it have received automatic updates via its 3G connection?).</p>\n\n\n<p>I am wondering if anyone who has had problems with Kindle Basics with recent firmware versions has found an e-ink device by a different brand (Kobo? Some other brands?) that doesn't give them symptoms?</p>\n\n\n<p>I'd be grateful to hear of any of your experiences or advice. Thanks in advance!</p>"
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