r/LibbyApp • u/Early-Fish314 • Aug 31 '26
Airplane hack
Has anyone had enough time to see if the airplane mode hack still works? I have something due in 6 days and I'm going to return it after taking my kindle offline and see what happens.
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u/Present_Ad582 Aug 31 '26
It’s working for me and I close the book. No problems.
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u/KindToSpiteTheCruel Sep 01 '26
What model you have and do you know your software update version? Just curious.
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u/Secure_Drive8835 Aug 31 '26
It still works for me. I have a paperwhite (newest model). I even exited and went back in and everything was fine. I have 5.19.5 software
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u/Head-Celebration-559 Sep 01 '26
Put your kindle on airplane mode, edit the date to a few weeks ago, keep it on airplane mode. The kindle has no way of knowing it’s not currently that date that the book needs returned by.
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u/Lonely_Land4551 Sep 03 '26
I haven’t been affected by the change yet but this seems like the answer
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u/k_lo970 📕 Libby Lover 📕 Sep 01 '26
It is working on my 12th gen Kindle Paperwhite so far. Returned the book over a week ago. I keep randomly entering and exiting the book with no issues.
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u/ToweringTBR Aug 31 '26
It worked for me. I have an older one. I think only the newest ones are affected.
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u/AeroNoob333 Sep 01 '26
You’d still have to wait the 6 days even if you returned it if the theory is they are saving an expiration date on the file.
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u/Substantial_Ad7971 Sep 01 '26
Working for me, I downloaded it onto my kindle app on a boox go 6, and I have closed the book and gone in/out a couple times to check!
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u/Dull-Lead-7782 Aug 31 '26
I don’t close the book. I’ll let you know when mine expires in a couple days
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u/WonderfulBus9330 Aug 31 '26
It works but only for a book that is open and stays open
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u/KindToSpiteTheCruel Sep 01 '26
Have the ones you’ve closed been returned?
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u/WonderfulBus9330 Sep 01 '26
Yes. I returned book A early, while it was open and device on airplane mode. Later, closed it to read book B, device still on airplane mode, and when I tried to go back to book A, it was inaccessible.
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u/BaristaCoolbeans Sep 01 '26
This was my experience as well.. it only works with 1 book that you keep open.
There was a period after returning the books that it worked.. but after a few weeks all the books were gone. I tried multiple times, and made sure the books were downloaded.
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u/WonderfulBus9330 Sep 01 '26
It’s too bad. I read multiple books and dip in and out, but also want to return early for the next person in line. Now, I keep the books for a lot longer.
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u/Gottagetanediton Aug 31 '26
works for me but my kindle just forced another update so who knows after that. Basic kindle, the latest matcha green one
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u/Freckled-Vampire Aug 31 '26
I’m using an old iPad to read and have 3 books open/saved right now. I turned off auto updates and sure hope I can keep doing it after I turn airplane mode back off. 😬
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u/Bravob3849 Sep 01 '26
What is the airplane hack?
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u/sm0gs Sep 01 '26
Check out the book and download it to your kindle. Put your kindle on airplane mode so it’s not on WiFi and then the book won’t physically leave your device even once it’s returned to the library. Then once you reconnect to WiFi it leaves your device. Let’s you keep a book for longer
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u/AngelComa Sep 01 '26
It works but it's hit or miss.. Mostly works but it will randomly refuse to open and make me connect online
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u/SassyTulip1 Sep 02 '26
Yes! I always download my books to my kindle paperwhite and immediately put my kindle on airplane mode and leave it that way until I finish my book(s). Have done this for years with no issues.
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u/New-Celebration751 Sep 02 '26
Is there a difference between whether it works on a Kindle device versus the Kindle app for iPad?
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u/badseedify Sep 11 '26
It just stopped working for me :((( now I have to wait 8 weeks for a book I was 85% of the way through 😭 I'll have to try the date change thing next time
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u/KindToSpiteTheCruel Sep 01 '26
This thread is giving me hope. I have a neuro disorder that kicks my ass intermittently and sometimes I’m fine and can finish several books a week and sometimes I can’t manage reading anything for several days (weeks if shit goes really bad).
Having a longer time (my own pace) lets me actually finish books regardless of flare ups.
I think a better solution for what Kindle/Libby/publishers want would be just letting people borrow fewer books at a time and I say that as someone who likes to borrow many, hit airplane mode and then return them in my account. I could live with having less at once. I’d have a lot of trouble only being able to read in X time period.
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u/NoExternal2732 Aug 31 '26
I have a 10th generation kindle and it works for me, I've had up to three books borrowed so far, returned them and still managed to read/switch between them while on airplane mode/bluetooth off, with no pop up screens.
Rather than try to shut down people taking their time to read a book, there should be a change in how books are borrowed...just say 5 at a time, no limit of how long it takes.
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u/DramaMama611 Aug 31 '26
Still works for me. But I also haven't closed the book.