Unable to Search Within Books

[HogDrvr]

I have a new, latest gen Paperwhite and I am unable to search for text within any books. I highlight a word in the book and choose Search and it comes up with zero results. I've tried searching for "The" and it finds zero results. I have tried with multiple books and all tell me zero results for known words. I have tried side loaded books as well as purchased Kindle books. I have reset the device but still no search. The books I assume are indexed as I don't get the "not yet indexed" warning that I do on some of the books.

Firmware: 5.16.9

[HogDrvr]

Solved (somewhat)
Resetting the device did not make a difference. I had to factory reset the device before it would start searching again. What a pain!

[j.p.s]

Kindles do not have factory reset. There is reset, which removes all user settings, content, and associated databases. And there is restart, which is a reboot.

[HogDrvr]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

Kindles do not have factory reset. There is reset, which removes all user settings, content, and associated databases. And there is restart, which is a reboot.

Then why is it labeled "Factory Reset" in Settings>Device Options?

[j.p.s]

None of my kindles has that. (Highest firmware version 5.16.1) I guess amazon wanted to increase confusion even more.

[badgoodDeb]

Can you search if you type the word into the search box, rather than highlighting it?

[HogDrvr]

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Can you search if you type the word into the search box, rather than highlighting it?

No, I tried typing in "the" and it found nothing. Everything worked after a factory reset. It's a shame it took such a drastic measure but I tried everything else; normal reset, deleting the index folder from the device, etc.

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by HogDrvr

No, I tried typing in "the" and it found nothing. Everything worked after a factory reset. It's a shame it took such a drastic measure but I tried everything else; normal reset, deleting the index folder from the device, etc.

Searching for a word like "the" is always going to have that result. It's too common. I just tried it. But when I tried a less used word, search worked fine.

[jackm8]

Originally Posted by Deskisamess

Searching for a word like "the" is always going to have that result. It's too common. I just tried it. But when I tried a less used word, search worked fine.

Heh, Powell and Loy! I've just gotten into them. I've just watched Thin Man Goes Home. Hilarious spanking scene. I've all the Thin Man movies on my watch list. Any advices on their older movies?


As for the topic. I ran into this problem as well. Restart isn't needed. Search function isn't immediately available for books. If you just download or sideload a single book, it'll be almost instantaneous. But if you do the same for plenty of books, the search will be greyed out for a while. Just keep the device turned on, read something, or whatever, and it'll eventually build up search definitions, and search will be available.

[Deskisamess]

Originally Posted by jackm8

Heh, Powell and Loy! I've just gotten into them. I've just watched Thin Man Goes Home. Hilarious spanking scene. I've all the Thin Man movies on my watch list. Any advices on their older movies?

They made 13 movies together. So much chemistry. Love William Powell by himself also. Especially "My Man Godfrey".

I've never had any major issues searching on my Kindles. Some books, especially large books, like bibles, can take some time to index.