08-30-2010, 07:56 AM | #1 |
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Kindle 3 - reading while charging ?
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I thought we could read on the Kindle while it's charging using USB connected to PC. It says I should eject it from my computer, but nothing changes when i Stop the USB device. I'm using Windows Vista 64. Just wondering. |
08-30-2010, 08:00 AM | #2 |
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Ahem - just forget it
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Just choose Eject in the file manager/my computer. HOW embarassing. |
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08-24-2011, 07:40 AM | #3 |
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For Windows 7 users
Actually, it's not so obvious and no reason to make fun of those who don't know. Especially that in case of Windows 7 users simple ejecting with the safe device eject mode DOES NOT work. For those on 7 follow this path:
- open Windows Explorer window and right click on the device’s name, - Select 'eject' from the newly opened menu and that’s it. Safe ejection won't help - the welcome or support screen will be there all the time and you won't be able to read. Enjoy! |
08-24-2011, 08:14 AM | #4 |
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Yes, it's not at ALL obvious. I only found out about it by reading this forum, too .
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08-26-2011, 04:07 AM | #5 |
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So did I. I couldn't work out why I could eject via safe ejection whilst connected to my XP laptop but not from my laptop which runs vista. Then I looked on this website and realised what I had to do differently.
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08-26-2011, 10:47 AM | #6 |
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08-26-2011, 12:26 PM | #7 |
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I was confused by this under Linux. I had figured unmounting the filesystem would have sufficed, but you need to actually eject the device as well.
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08-27-2011, 06:37 AM | #8 |
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Nice this was helpfull
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This was an old thread, but I love the idea that my "fumbling" helped a lot you afterwards ! Brgds, Per |
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08-27-2011, 01:34 PM | #10 |
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Hooray! It worked for me too. I just thought that the instruction book had got it wrong.
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(Reading Kindle while charging). Thought this was worth a re-post
QUOTE=JoAnn77PL;1714387]Actually, it's not so obvious and no reason to make fun of those who don't know. Especially that in case of Windows 7 users simple ejecting with the safe device eject mode DOES NOT work. For those on 7 follow this path: - open Windows Explorer window and right click on the device’s name, - Select 'eject' from the newly opened menu and that’s it. Safe ejection won't help - the welcome or support screen will be there all the time and you won't be able to read. Enjoy! [/QUOTE] |
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Kaymully you've missed out the [ at the start of "QUOTE=JoAnn77PL" but thanks very much for the re-post, I tried doing this just recently and wondered why it didn't work. Now I know
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