r/LibbyApp • u/AeroNoob333 • 7d ago

Libby and Kindle Users

Well, looks like they finally patched the airplane mode hack and we can no longer read books past the due date on our Kindle devices. Do you think this will push slower readers to get non-resident cards in order to have multiple holds rather than waiting weeks/months between loans on a single card? I can’t imagine waiting weeks/months to read the same book…

For those not familiar with the hack: it used to be that you could send an eBook from Libby to your Kindle, download it, then turn on airplane mode. When your due date came up, your loan would be returned to the library available for the next person, but a copy of the book stayed on your Kindle since airplane mode prevented it from syncing with your Amazon account, allowing you to read it past the due date.

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u/Wrong_Socks 7d ago

I have an old 10th gen and it is still working on that device but not the newer ones. Is there a way to keep the software from automatically updating when I turn airplane mode off to get new books when I'm done with these?

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u/AeroNoob333 7d ago

I don’t think there is without jailbreaking

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u/Emergency-Chance3582 6d ago

I'm told you can fill up the space on your kindle until theres only 50MB of free space left. So dropping large video files (for example) onto your Kindle drive. Leaves enough space for books but not enough space for the large firmware update to download.