Since those devices relied solely on 2G or 3G internet connectivity, once the networks are shut down, the only way to get new content onto your device will be through an old-fashioned micro-USB cable. Things get more complicated for Amazon’s older Kindles, like the Kindle (1st and 2nd generation), and the Kindle DX (2nd generation). You can see Amazon’s email to customers below: Amazon’s email announcing the end of internet connectivity on older Kindles. In its email announcement, Amazon stresses that you can still enjoy the content you already own and have downloaded on these devices, you just won’t be able to download new books from the Kindle Store unless you’re doing it over Wi-Fi.

For older Kindles without Wi-Fi, this change could mean not connecting to the internet at all.Īs Good e-Reader first noted in June, newer Kindle devices with 4G support should be fine, but for older devices that shipped with support for 3G and Wi-Fi like the Kindle Keyboard (3rd generation), Kindle Touch (4th generation), Kindle Paperwhite (4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th generation), Kindle Voyage (7th generation), and Kindle Oasis (8th generation), users will be stuck with Wi-Fi only. The change is due to mobile carriers transitioning from older 2G and 3G networking technology to newer 4G and 5G networks. Thanks.Amazon’s Kindle e-readers with built-in 3G will begin to lose the ability to connect to the internet on their own in the US in December, according to an email sent to customers on Wednesday. I have read a little on this board about how the PW collections work but not how they work with the older Kindles. How are sideloaded books handled with this? Why doesn't it work both ways? Will the K4NT move it back into 'unread' on the PW since it doesn't move out there?Īnd why the grayed out stuff? On the one hand, I guess if I ever want to download any of those books it would make it easier, but one reason I didn't download a lot onto the new device was because that at about 900 books the old device was getting slow and needed occasionally to be rebooted.

So.question-If I move a book out of the 'unread' collection once I read it on my Kindle 4NT, I assume it will move out of it on the PW as well? But if I move it out of the collection on the Kindle PW, it won't move it out on the K4NT?

But I wondered if it was going to sync the collection with my Kindle 4NT, but no, I connect4ed the K4NT to wifi and it appears that this is some sort of 1-way sync? After I had put some books into collections, it appears that it had DOWNLOADED collections somehow from my old Kindle 4NT (including the contents of those collections that were Amazon books, but the books that were on my other Kindle but not the PW were grayed out). It made me turn wifi on first (I didn't know why until later). So.dh got me a Kindle Paperwhite (I guess 2?) for Christmas yesterday, and I tried to download some books and put them into collections.

Kindle app not syncing with paperwhite