Kindle Software Update Version 2.3

We roll wireless software updates out in batches to groups of users to make sure everything goes smoothly. If your Kindle has not yet received the most recent software update, rest assured that you’ll receive it wirelessly in the next few weeks.

Not knowing this, I sat around trying to figure out why the heck PDFs were not showing up on my Kindle.

At one point, I did go into settings to find that “Update My Kindle” option to be greyed out. So I assumed it was up to spec, and starting messing around elsewhere.

Turns out, the magic pdf happiness starts with 2.3. And I only had 2.2.

It wasn’t 100% clear, and so this is why I post this here. Go to the update page on your computer, download the update file on your computer, place it on the root folder, and then click on “Update My Kindle”.

It would make sense for the 10.4 MB update to be available without the help of a computer by clicking “Update My Kindle” whenever an update was available, but I wonder if this is disabled because of needing to pay for the 3G bandwidth. It’s a bit annoying, but it’s not like there are point releases happening all that frequently.

Now back to saving trees, one “book” at a time.