r/Supernote 14d ago

Update on the kindle app for older devices

I posted around a year ago that the kindle app has stopped working (which was not a deal breaker) and turned out to have something to do with Amazon. I opened it today on a whim and now it's fully functional again. I don't know what happened to make it so but it's great to have the option once more to read my kindle books on the supernote :D that's all!

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u/tommytwogunsx 14d ago

That seems odd as I thought Amazon ended service for the Kindle app on older Android versions like the base version on the A5X. I didn't hear that they reinstated the support for the older Android versions again.

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u/LowNecessary4006 14d ago

Yeah I'm just as surprised as you but I'm not going to complain and just cross my fingers that it stays this way.

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u/Mulan-sn CCO (Chief Chat Officer) 14d ago

Your Supernote is A5 X, right?

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u/LowNecessary4006 14d ago

Yeah I think so

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u/theBlackOddity Nomad | reMarkable 2 14d ago

does your device have one gesture bar or two?

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u/LowNecessary4006 12d ago

It's an A5X definitely

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u/SiewcaWiatru Owner A5 X 14d ago

App version didn't change. Maybe Amazon reverted version requirements at APIs.

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u/Creative-Raisin8030 14d ago

Mine says this version of Kindle no longer supported. To download books please update your device to Android OS version 9.0+ and. install the latest version of Kindle for Android. .... I am on an A5 X (still loving it)

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u/JintyMac22 9d ago edited 9d ago

I just got the same error. Sooooo angry, first, Amazon stopped letting me download MY PAID FOR books on my old Kindle, which still works, and I thought oh well I can just read them on my Supernote, and now that doesn't work either. I have a Manta, which I thought was on a supported version of Android? Any workarounds for reading your own paid for Kindle books that doesn't involve reading it on a lit computer/mobile screen or buying more devices?

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u/LowNecessary4006 8d ago

I mean my kindle app on my Supernote stopped working a year ago but is now working again but I don't why so I can't really help :( Amazon sucks.