10-17-2011, 05:22 PM | #1 |
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What do I do when my K3 freezes?
Sometimes when I use the browser, it freezes. Or it freezes in some other situations too.
What do I do or press when that happens? I just press everything to try to make it work, so I'd like to know what specifically to do. |
10-17-2011, 05:39 PM | #2 |
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restart
slide the slide switch and hold it there for 15 seconds, then let go, the kindle will restart, takes some time to finish
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10-17-2011, 07:05 PM | #3 | |
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I hate when that happens. It does that to me too with the browser. Especially when using Dropbox. The only thing you can is what Alan suggested and that's a restart. What other time does it freeze on you? |
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10-17-2011, 08:18 PM | #4 |
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I agree with Alan and Blossom just about the only thing you can do is a restart of the Kindle. It sometimes freezes on me too and all I can do then is a restart. One thing I still get stuck on is if it is supposed to restart itself after using the slide switch, or if I need to hold it again. I rarely turn mine off because of how hard it is to make sure I turn it back on again.
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10-17-2011, 09:56 PM | #5 |
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i was told by an amazon CS person that to restart, press menu>settings>menu>restart
i think it's different from using the slide switch. or i could be wrong |
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10-17-2011, 10:41 PM | #6 |
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10-17-2011, 10:42 PM | #7 |
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hmmmm....
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10-17-2011, 10:54 PM | #8 | |
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Sometimes it will first crash browser then crash whole device... |
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10-17-2011, 10:56 PM | #9 |
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Nope no hacks. Well I now have the font plugin on there but back then I didn't have anything like that. I never thought I used that even but the K4's contrast made me change my mind.
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10-18-2011, 11:38 AM | #10 |
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Sicne the main job of a kindle is electronic book reading why are we so concerned about web sufing on the kindle? I typically don't do that on my K3, I typically use a tablet, laptop or desktop for that job. I don't expect the kindle to web surf well.
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10-18-2011, 01:09 PM | #11 |
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It's so I can use Dropbox and download directly to my Kindle a book. It comes in handy when you can't send to your Kindle or Amazon's is down which has happened a few times in the last few months. I need to be able to access Dropbox to get my books!
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10-20-2011, 05:04 PM | #12 |
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So far, if I wait for about 4 minutes (without pressing lots of buttons), my Kindle just unfreezes itself, though it is a pain.
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