Sudden change to my Kindle's home screen

Phssthpok · 05-31-2022, 05:32 AM

I have a few collections on my Kindle Oasis: Read, Corrected, PDF, and Catalogue. Until today, these have been the first items on my home screen, followed by my uncollected books in "recent" order. Empty collections did not show up.

Suddenly, for no apparent reason (no firmware updates -- I use the Kindle in Airplane mode at all times to conserve the battery) this has changed.

Empty collections now show up, labelled "no items". When I look at a book in a collection, it appears on the home screen along with my uncollected items instead of staying in the collection. The collections are now also sorted by "recent" order instead of appearing at the top of the first page, so when I upload new books, the collections move down the list and disappear onto the next page.

I have tried "All" vs. "Downloaded" -- no difference. I have tried removing the affected books from the collection they belong to and adding them again, but they still show up mixed in my my uncollected books. I have Filter = Books and Sort = Recent. Changing these makes no difference either. I have tried restarting the Kindle. (I would sacrifice a chicken if I had one.)

Any ideas what has happened, and how I can restore order to the chaos?

issybird · 05-31-2022, 02:18 PM

Have you checked your firmware number to confirm that the Oasis hasn’t updated?

Phssthpok · 06-01-2022, 02:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by issybird

Have you checked your firmware number to confirm that the Oasis hasn’t updated?

Definitely no firmware update.

However, I deselected the filter completely (didn't realise you could do that) and got back to almost normal, except that empty collections show up (they didn't use to).

Still have no idea why this happened!

JSWolf · 06-01-2022, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Phssthpok

Definitely no firmware update.

However, I deselected the filter completely (didn't realise you could do that) and got back to almost normal, except that empty collections show up (they didn't use to).

Still have no idea why this happened!

Most likely because Amazon hides some of the new features and eventually activates them. So chances are you got hit by new features.

Phssthpok · 06-04-2022, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Most likely because Amazon hides some of the new features and eventually activates them. So chances are you got hit by new features.

Since I never, but NEVER, connect to wi-fi, I don't see how that could happen.

05-31-2022, 05:32 AM	#1
Phssthpok Age improves with wine. Posts: 571 Karma: 95229 Join Date: Nov 2014 Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Libra II	Sudden change to my Kindle's home screen I have a few collections on my Kindle Oasis: Read, Corrected, PDF, and Catalogue. Until today, these have been the first items on my home screen, followed by my uncollected books in "recent" order. Empty collections did not show up. Suddenly, for no apparent reason (no firmware updates -- I use the Kindle in Airplane mode at all times to conserve the battery) this has changed. Empty collections now show up, labelled "no items". When I look at a book in a collection, it appears on the home screen along with my uncollected items instead of staying in the collection. The collections are now also sorted by "recent" order instead of appearing at the top of the first page, so when I upload new books, the collections move down the list and disappear onto the next page. I have tried "All" vs. "Downloaded" -- no difference. I have tried removing the affected books from the collection they belong to and adding them again, but they still show up mixed in my my uncollected books. I have Filter = Books and Sort = Recent. Changing these makes no difference either. I have tried restarting the Kindle. (I would sacrifice a chicken if I had one.) Any ideas what has happened, and how I can restore order to the chaos?

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issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 20,652 Karma: 225870683 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: H2O, Aura One, PW5	Have you checked your firmware number to confirm that the Oasis hasn’t updated?

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