Kindle 3 Webkit browser doesn't start

ylsul · 08-27-2010, 11:09 PM

I messed around with the browser as soon as I got my Kindle today, and everything looked ok. I tried recently and found that the "launch browser" link to be unresponsive. After clicking on that link, I'm not able to click anything else on that page.

Sometimes I can press home and can get the main menu, but other times, the Kindle will reboot itself.

This only seems to happen after unsuccessfully trying to open the web browser.

Has anyone else noticed any strangeness like this?

coolbreeze · 08-28-2010, 12:56 AM

No.

Try factory resetting it.

Alisa · 08-28-2010, 01:54 AM

It seems to be working ok for me.

ylsul · 08-28-2010, 02:44 AM

I finally did a restart (from one of the menus) and that seemed to fix things.

lanfearl · 08-28-2010, 03:30 AM

just want to let you know I had the exact same issue. I launched the browser .. it worked fine...

then I tried again later and it wouldn't load. wouldn't let me do anything but reset.

How did you reset it in the menus to get it to stop? I just haven't used the webbrowser since because restarting was annoying.

trekchick · 08-28-2010, 10:23 AM

Is your Kindle still indexing? I've found that running the browser or the game apps while it's indexing invites crashes.

ylsul · 08-28-2010, 02:36 PM

To restart, go to settings and then press the menu button. The restart option is there. My feeling so far is that the k3 software is a bit buggy, but I'm sure a patch will come out eventually.

aleccj1 · 08-28-2010, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ylsul

I messed around with the browser as soon as I got my Kindle today, and everything looked ok. I tried recently and found that the "launch browser" link to be unresponsive. After clicking on that link, I'm not able to click anything else on that page.

Sometimes I can press home and can get the main menu, but other times, the Kindle will reboot itself.

This only seems to happen after unsuccessfully trying to open the web browser.

Has anyone else noticed any strangeness like this?

Same thing happened to me on first startup. The first time it launched okay, but when I went back to read a book, and tried to start the browser, it froze. The only way to get out of it is to go to home and then restart. That seemed to do the trick for me.

Blog Kindle · 08-28-2010, 06:06 PM

Haven't seen a browser bug so far. However I was able to load and use fully functional AJAX Gmail interface. This rocks!

08-27-2010, 11:09 PM	#1
ylsul Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 53 Join Date: Mar 2007	Kindle 3 Webkit browser doesn't start I messed around with the browser as soon as I got my Kindle today, and everything looked ok. I tried recently and found that the "launch browser" link to be unresponsive. After clicking on that link, I'm not able to click anything else on that page. Sometimes I can press home and can get the main menu, but other times, the Kindle will reboot itself. This only seems to happen after unsuccessfully trying to open the web browser. Has anyone else noticed any strangeness like this?

08-28-2010, 03:30 AM	#5
lanfearl Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle 3	... just want to let you know I had the exact same issue. I launched the browser .. it worked fine... then I tried again later and it wouldn't load. wouldn't let me do anything but reset. How did you reset it in the menus to get it to stop? I just haven't used the webbrowser since because restarting was annoying.

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coolbreeze Addict Posts: 214 Karma: 2600 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Nook Color, White 3G K3	No. Try factory resetting it.

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ylsul Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 53 Join Date: Mar 2007	I finally did a restart (from one of the menus) and that seemed to fix things.

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ylsul Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 53 Join Date: Mar 2007	To restart, go to settings and then press the menu button. The restart option is there. My feeling so far is that the k3 software is a bit buggy, but I'm sure a patch will come out eventually.

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