kindle updates
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kindle updates
Both my fire and paperwhite have been raped by updates which are automatic.
For the last month both have been rather unstable after auto updates.
The fire was crashing apps and slow as he'll.
First to get a factory reset was the paperwhite. Gave that a day and realised it was now fixed.
And the fire has just had the same treatment and now is working perfectly again.
So if you have either of these and are suffering bite the bullet and do a reset.
The updates are pants without it.
To be honest I was more than happy without the updates especially on the paperwhite.
For the last month both have been rather unstable after auto updates.
The fire was crashing apps and slow as he'll.
First to get a factory reset was the paperwhite. Gave that a day and realised it was now fixed.
And the fire has just had the same treatment and now is working perfectly again.
So if you have either of these and are suffering bite the bullet and do a reset.
The updates are pants without it.
To be honest I was more than happy without the updates especially on the paperwhite.
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These days I'm really reluctant to accept any "updates" for anything I have loaded on either computers or tablet/phone, if I have the choice that is....
Increasingly I find them to add nothing but complexity and slowness to the particular application, and quite few try to sneak an unwanted program into the system as well.
In the first week of commissioning this Win7 computer, on three occasions I've had to remove an unwanted program of some kind which somehow got in under the radar as part of an 'upgrade'. None of them were essentially malicious or harmful, but just a damn nuisance which had to be eliminated from a previously 'clean' installation.
If you have no option but to accept 'updates' then life becomes that little more complicated. Needlessly so.
FOR
Increasingly I find them to add nothing but complexity and slowness to the particular application, and quite few try to sneak an unwanted program into the system as well.
In the first week of commissioning this Win7 computer, on three occasions I've had to remove an unwanted program of some kind which somehow got in under the radar as part of an 'upgrade'. None of them were essentially malicious or harmful, but just a damn nuisance which had to be eliminated from a previously 'clean' installation.
If you have no option but to accept 'updates' then life becomes that little more complicated. Needlessly so.
FOR
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Most of the updates facility's I have turned off anyway.
The fires updates a couple of things are better.
The paperwhite updates are just rubbish loads of social media rubbish (pish), language support (sort of ok) and kids protection which is the only bit which is fair enough.
The fires updates a couple of things are better.
The paperwhite updates are just rubbish loads of social media rubbish (pish), language support (sort of ok) and kids protection which is the only bit which is fair enough.
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aye but then you can't get any books without fannying around with the computer.
I normally have it off unless getting books to extend the battery life. But eventually it gets you with the update.
The fire is pretty useless without wireless turned on.
I normally have it off unless getting books to extend the battery life. But eventually it gets you with the update.
The fire is pretty useless without wireless turned on.
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These days I'm really reluctant to accept any "updates" for anything I have loaded on either computers or tablet/phone, if I have the choice that is....
Your attitude is wrong on so many levels.
Most importantly, you're missing out on bug and security fixes.
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I've had to turn off a lot of automatic updates on my PC, after a long effort to get copies of the earlier drivers and reinstall them. It may be that the new drivers made some game (that I don't play anyway) run faster, but they screwed up somewhere along the line and other vital aspects no longer worked. It's a well-known problem, documented in various places around the internet.
I could keep trying the latest release, to see if they've fixed the instability yet, but it's easier to leave the updates "off", because then the PC "just works".
All updates are now reviewed by me, to see what they do, before they are allowed in. Many are to fix problems that aren't relevant to me anyway.
The worst, by far, seem to be Apple ones for iTunes (which I use), and two other apps that I don't use and would really like to get rid of. Those updates are massive, and insist on churning up my SSD and parking their stuff on it despite being told not to. I'm getting close to setting up the old PC out in the workshop as the "Apple server" for the iThings. Daughter 2 offered me her old iMac for the purpose, but when she told me how often it broke down (which is why she retired it) I declined her kind offer.
Happily, I've not had any problems with my Kindle. It's the old cheapie basic model, and trundles happily on. I load it up with stuff before we go on holiday, and it keeps me quiet for the week.
I could keep trying the latest release, to see if they've fixed the instability yet, but it's easier to leave the updates "off", because then the PC "just works".
All updates are now reviewed by me, to see what they do, before they are allowed in. Many are to fix problems that aren't relevant to me anyway.
The worst, by far, seem to be Apple ones for iTunes (which I use), and two other apps that I don't use and would really like to get rid of. Those updates are massive, and insist on churning up my SSD and parking their stuff on it despite being told not to. I'm getting close to setting up the old PC out in the workshop as the "Apple server" for the iThings. Daughter 2 offered me her old iMac for the purpose, but when she told me how often it broke down (which is why she retired it) I declined her kind offer.
Happily, I've not had any problems with my Kindle. It's the old cheapie basic model, and trundles happily on. I load it up with stuff before we go on holiday, and it keeps me quiet for the week.
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Ignorance is bliss as they say.
Your attitude is wrong on so many levels.
Your attitude is wrong on so many levels.
Cheers all.
FOR
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FOR,
Didn't think I had to spell out the fact I was referring to your computing attitude ... not sure how you could infer I was making a character assessment ?
Oh well.... I guess that makes two of us thinking of departing from PPRuNe !
Didn't think I had to spell out the fact I was referring to your computing attitude ... not sure how you could infer I was making a character assessment ?
Oh well.... I guess that makes two of us thinking of departing from PPRuNe !
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Mix, me old fruit, we value your input... some of us even take your advice from time to time, and are grateful for it.
The point is, though, it is possible to be helpful without being fecking rude. We'd appreciate this, and even more people might listen then.
The point is, though, it is possible to be helpful without being fecking rude. We'd appreciate this, and even more people might listen then.
