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Therefore, the bridge code is the most important component. The bridge code can fix the other two via a reboot.

#Reset kindle parental control password fire 5th gen update

Amazon could update the developer keys OTA if they need to lock out developers. De- and re-registration may also remove the JB. (Humans are incredibly hard to The factory reset removes the jailbreak (aka the file with developer keys).

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* - The problem with registration and access to UYK on some firmware models will be the next thing that gets fixed. The 'disable everything' was sort of a general, sledge hammer, sort of advice. I'll work that information into the directions. That caused people problems when they did a 'reset' and then got clobbered by an OTA update. The combination to avoid is reset immediately followed by an update image install.Īt the time it was written, the 'leave in airplane mode' was not in the directions.

So, maybe this is reduced to nothing but an annoyance because even with all restrictions off there still remains an annoying Parental Password that doesn't appear to be "delete-able" (and, over time is forgettable only to be problematic later on). Likewise turning on just one of them disables those menu options. Turning off all four optional restrictions (Good Reads, Free Time, Browser, Cloud) re-enables all menu options including Registration and Reset. Somewhat off-topic but adding to my confusion is it's still not clear to me the difference between hotfix and jailbreak. If that isn't true then I misread something ("don't EVER, EVER, EVER, Reset you device or you will have to start over from the beginning".

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Apps might need to be downloaded again, but if you’ve paid for them once, the system should recognize that and let you download new copies without charge.That was my understanding. In any case, Amazon’s done a nice job with the usability side of the Kindle so you can definitely zap the device without losing any of your ebooks or other content. Which could be a problem, actually, so don’t forget to re-enable parental controls if you really want them on the device and were just resetting the password: Once you’ve done that for each book you want to read or reference, however, you’ll never have to do it again, so you’ll be back to where you were, Kindle reset, no parental controls enabled. These are actually placeholders for the ebooks, so don’t be surprised if you tap on a book cover and it has to download the contents from the Internet the first time. Tap on “No thanks, continue without Prime” and you’ll be able to breath a big sigh of relief as you realize that yes, everything’s still there! But for a lot of people, Amazon Prime’s a pretty sweet deal…

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If you’ve signed up for a 30 day trial before, this doesn’t give you an additional 30 days, btw. Now your Kindle will display one of the interminable ads and promos that keep Amazon afloat… Looks correct? Then tap on “Continue” to proceed.

Once you’ve entered the credentials associated with your Amazon account tap “Register” and it’ll log you in, confirming the name associated with the account: Choose wisely and you’ll eventually be asked to register the Kindle:

Tap “Erase Everything”.įinally, the device will restart and show you a choice of languages, along with a few more base level “just out of the box” configuration options. It says: “You are about to reset your Kindle to factory defaults, which will remove all of your personal information, Amazon account information, downloaded content, and applications. Tap on that small link and a warning will pop up:

The Kindle, properly, then prompted me for a password:īut what if I too had forgotten my password and even after a dozen attempts, I just couldn’t get in to the device to change its settings? Simple, tap on reset your Kindle to factory defaults. To get started, I set up parental controls on the device, then went to the system menu by pulling down the menu from the top and tapping on “Parental Controls”. Yes, we take helping people that seriously here at AskDaveTaylor! To demonstrate, I actually did a hard reset on my own Kindle Fire HD to see what would happen. So, as they’d say Down Under, “No worries, mate!” What does that mean? That if you were to buy a new Kindle or reset your current Kindle to its original factory state, everything will magically just appear and download on demand once you log in to your Amazon account. If all 300 of those books are purchased and downloaded through the standard Amazon Kindle Store, then they all actually exist in the much-discussed “cloud” and it’s just a copy of them that’s on your device. The good news is that there’s no reason to panic.