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Old 09-13-2010, 11:17 PM   #1
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Kindle 3 - Page refresh slows

After reading on my new Kindle 3 for about 20-30 minutes, the page refresh becomes slower.

It's only about 1 s more but the effect is quite strange. It looks like the older page remains for an extra sound.

Is there any reason why this is happening?

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Old 09-13-2010, 11:35 PM   #2
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Could it be you are reading in direct sunlight or in warm conditions? I don't know if I am imagining it, but it seems to me the page turns are slower in direct sunlight. If this is what you are referring to, I do not know.

In fact, I don't even know if it is just my imagination or an actual e-ink phenomenon.
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Old 09-13-2010, 11:44 PM   #3
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Well I'm in Singapore so it is warm...but not that hot I guess.

Will keep looking

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Old 09-14-2010, 01:36 AM   #4
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My page turns were seemed slow and used to irritate me until I applied the new 3.0.1 firmware and it's been speedy ever since. Also it could happen if your Kindle is still indexing a lot of books which you've recently put on the device - this can also result in a sluggishness.
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Old 09-14-2010, 01:37 AM   #5
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Thanks..indexing is finished and I have also updated the firmware.
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Old 09-14-2010, 07:04 AM   #6
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It would still interest me if other people have the same hallucinations as me ^^
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Old 09-15-2010, 11:18 AM   #7
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I upgraded mine to 3.0.1 and everything was working fine. This morning, I started seeing the slower page refreshes. Before, it was really quick...just a quick flash of black and then the next page. When it slowed, there was a full second of black and then the new page. I just restarted it and the refresh is improved, but still a little slower than I recalled from last night's reading. I am not in direct sunlight and there is no indexing going on.
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Old 09-15-2010, 05:04 PM   #8
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Maybe it's a memory leaked? Hopefully Amazon can fix it with yet another firmware update.
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Old 09-15-2010, 05:07 PM   #9
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There are lots of similar complaints over at the Kindle Boards website.
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