Kindle 2 heralds return to crashes

scotty1024 · 02-28-2009, 08:43 PM

When I first got my Kindle 1 it would crash every so often when reading books. Then 1.0.4 came out and I never saw another crash. (then the poor thing tried to upgrade itself to 1.2 and died in the process, since replaced by Amazon)

Now I've had my Kindle 2 a few days and I've already had my first crash (while reading Use of Weapons) so I'm guessing the old adage about never buying revision 1.0 of anything still applies.

I wasn't using anything fancy at the time of the crash, just flipping along and then it froze and went back to the home screen. Re-opening the same book took me back to precisely where I'd been the last time I opened it.

Mr. Goodbar · 03-01-2009, 10:27 AM

I've had around 3 lock ups so far. Everything just froze. Turning off and back on via the 15 second slide of the power switch brought everything back.

Ervserver · 03-01-2009, 12:23 PM

You should call Amazon and see what they have to say about it. Seems to be numerous people having the same issue

Linda · 03-02-2009, 01:21 PM

I got the Kindle on Friday. It seems to have a lot of problems. It freezes consistently - no matter what I am doing. I called Amazon - after rebooting it worked for awhile and then freezes when I am reading. Is anyone else having this problem? I know if you hold the start key in the on position for about 15 seconds that it reboots. The woman from Amazon also got to a screen where you could start all over again - put the Kindle back to its original defaults. I cannot seem to find that screen again. Help!! I wonder if I should recall Amazon.

Strether · 03-02-2009, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Linda

The woman from Amazon also got to a screen where you could start all over again - put the Kindle back to its original defaults. I cannot seem to find that screen again. Help!! I wonder if I should recall Amazon.

While you're on the Home Page, press Menu, 5-way to Settings, when you're on the Settings page, press Menu again and that will give you the option of putting the Kindle back to its original defaults.

Jim

Linda · 03-02-2009, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strether

While you're on the Home Page, press Menu, 5-way to Settings, when you're on the Settings page, press Menu again and that will give you the option of putting the Kindle back to its original defaults.

Jim

Thank you. I hope I don't have to do that very often.

caplanjr · 03-03-2009, 10:28 PM

Mine froze today in the middle of Use of Weapons as well. I finally got it to reboot.
Some questions:
1) Anyone else bothered by the extremely short battery life before recharging is necessary?
2) Has anyone else noticed that the screen contrast is much worse than when it came out of the box? (Either that or my eyes are going <grin>)
Jim

TallMomof2 · 03-04-2009, 03:57 PM

If you've put a number of books on your Kindle it will spend a lot of time indexing the books and that eats up the battery. Also, leaving the wireless on uses the battery faster. Before I loaded up mine with 2000 books (sort of a stress test) the battery stayed charged for close to 5 days with intermittent use of the wireless.

Bookjunkie · 03-12-2009, 06:11 AM

Is anyone having this problem with the battery? And should I call amazon for this:

After fully charging my K2, the wireless is off and the K2 is off. Two days later - after not having turned it on to read, even once - the battery is critically low and must be recharged.

I have about 50 books on there. No wireless turned on and it was turned off with a full charge. Has anyone else experienced this?

badgoodDeb · 03-12-2009, 06:18 PM

See if that is a pattern (battery runs down with no usage) or a one-time thing. When you first put the books on, it has to index them, so you can do "search" on all sorts of weird words. Also, the first charge is said to require an overnight charge, even if the light has already turned green.

Bookjunkie · 03-12-2009, 07:53 PM

Thanks for the reply badgoodDeb. It's been charged several times, including overnight, but I will pay attention and see if it occurs again. It's entirely possible my 10 year old son may have been using it.

He, too, is a book fiend and I made the mistake of showing it to him and how it works when it first came in. He was reading some of my classics on it in the dentist's waiting room a week or two ago. He knows it was in my "take-to-work" bag and may have been reading on he sly. I catch him up at 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. reading. I was the same way, so I can't complain. At least it's books and not TV!

I may be able to put it to some timed usage too.

Thanks again!

badgoodDeb · 03-12-2009, 08:32 PM

Ah-HAH!! Well, train 'em up right, and all that. Books are a good thing to be addicted to. Ask anybody on this web site!!

NavyDad6 · 03-12-2009, 08:43 PM

I have not seen any crashes at all. The only issue that I saw was associated with the 2.0.1 download and install. My screen flashed a couple times and I didn't know what it was doing until I checked the settings page.

As for the battery:

I have charged my K2 twice since getting it on the 26th. The first time right out of the box and then I used my K2 every day, using the wireless to download and occasionally browse the web to show friends and family. My next charge came on the 6th after I received a low battery notice. I charged overnight and once again have used it every day with wireless used to download only. It is now the 12th and I would estimate that I have a little over 2/3 charge left.

I have been keeping a pretty good track on the battery life since it seemed to be an issue for the K1's.

Overall, I am more than satisfied with the battery life. I figure I could go 2 weeks on a charge if I was mainly reading and limiting my wireless time.

I plan on keeping track for the next month or so for a good baseline for comparison in the future.

sirbruce · 03-12-2009, 11:38 PM

I figured out what's killing my battery is the wireless. 36 hours max with wireless on. Turn it off and I've gotten over a week.

Dragoro · 03-12-2009, 11:43 PM

Ive read about 8 books since I got my k2, not one crash or lock up.

02-28-2009, 08:43 PM	#1
scotty1024 Banned Posts: 1,300 Karma: 1479 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Peoples Republic of Washington Device: Reader / iPhone / Librie / Kindle	Kindle 2 heralds return to crashes When I first got my Kindle 1 it would crash every so often when reading books. Then 1.0.4 came out and I never saw another crash. (then the poor thing tried to upgrade itself to 1.2 and died in the process, since replaced by Amazon) Now I've had my Kindle 2 a few days and I've already had my first crash (while reading Use of Weapons) so I'm guessing the old adage about never buying revision 1.0 of anything still applies. I wasn't using anything fancy at the time of the crash, just flipping along and then it froze and went back to the home screen. Re-opening the same book took me back to precisely where I'd been the last time I opened it.

03-02-2009, 01:21 PM	#4
Linda Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: N/A	Lots of problems I got the Kindle on Friday. It seems to have a lot of problems. It freezes consistently - no matter what I am doing. I called Amazon - after rebooting it worked for awhile and then freezes when I am reading. Is anyone else having this problem? I know if you hold the start key in the on position for about 15 seconds that it reboots. The woman from Amazon also got to a screen where you could start all over again - put the Kindle back to its original defaults. I cannot seem to find that screen again. Help!! I wonder if I should recall Amazon.

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Mr. Goodbar Wizard Posts: 1,005 Karma: 98078 Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Atlanta, GA Device: iPad Mini 4	I've had around 3 lock ups so far. Everything just froze. Turning off and back on via the 15 second slide of the power switch brought everything back.

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Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	You should call Amazon and see what they have to say about it. Seems to be numerous people having the same issue

03-03-2009, 10:28 PM	#7
caplanjr caplanjr Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rockville, MD Device: Kindle2	Mine froze today in the middle of Use of Weapons as well. I finally got it to reboot. Some questions: 1) Anyone else bothered by the extremely short battery life before recharging is necessary? 2) Has anyone else noticed that the screen contrast is much worse than when it came out of the box? (Either that or my eyes are going <grin>) Jim

03-04-2009, 03:57 PM	#8
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	If you've put a number of books on your Kindle it will spend a lot of time indexing the books and that eats up the battery. Also, leaving the wireless on uses the battery faster. Before I loaded up mine with 2000 books (sort of a stress test) the battery stayed charged for close to 5 days with intermittent use of the wireless.

03-12-2009, 06:11 AM	#9
Bookjunkie Crackhouse=Bookstore Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Deep South USA Device: Kindle 2	Is anyone having this problem with the battery? And should I call amazon for this: After fully charging my K2, the wireless is off and the K2 is off. Two days later - after not having turned it on to read, even once - the battery is critically low and must be recharged. I have about 50 books on there. No wireless turned on and it was turned off with a full charge. Has anyone else experienced this?

03-12-2009, 06:18 PM	#10
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	See if that is a pattern (battery runs down with no usage) or a one-time thing. When you first put the books on, it has to index them, so you can do "search" on all sorts of weird words. Also, the first charge is said to require an overnight charge, even if the light has already turned green.

03-12-2009, 07:53 PM	#11
Bookjunkie Crackhouse=Bookstore Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Deep South USA Device: Kindle 2	Thanks for the reply badgoodDeb. It's been charged several times, including overnight, but I will pay attention and see if it occurs again. It's entirely possible my 10 year old son may have been using it. He, too, is a book fiend and I made the mistake of showing it to him and how it works when it first came in. He was reading some of my classics on it in the dentist's waiting room a week or two ago. He knows it was in my "take-to-work" bag and may have been reading on he sly. I catch him up at 2:00 and 3:00 a.m. reading. I was the same way, so I can't complain. At least it's books and not TV! I may be able to put it to some timed usage too. Thanks again!

03-12-2009, 08:32 PM	#12
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,501 Karma: 64095689 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Ah-HAH!! Well, train 'em up right, and all that. Books are a good thing to be addicted to. Ask anybody on this web site!!

03-12-2009, 08:43 PM	#13
NavyDad6 Reading is FUNdamental Posts: 233 Karma: 1516 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: WA state Device: Kindle 2	I have not seen any crashes at all. The only issue that I saw was associated with the 2.0.1 download and install. My screen flashed a couple times and I didn't know what it was doing until I checked the settings page. As for the battery: I have charged my K2 twice since getting it on the 26th. The first time right out of the box and then I used my K2 every day, using the wireless to download and occasionally browse the web to show friends and family. My next charge came on the 6th after I received a low battery notice. I charged overnight and once again have used it every day with wireless used to download only. It is now the 12th and I would estimate that I have a little over 2/3 charge left. I have been keeping a pretty good track on the battery life since it seemed to be an issue for the K1's. Overall, I am more than satisfied with the battery life. I figure I could go 2 weeks on a charge if I was mainly reading and limiting my wireless time. I plan on keeping track for the next month or so for a good baseline for comparison in the future.

03-12-2009, 11:38 PM	#14
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	I figured out what's killing my battery is the wireless. 36 hours max with wireless on. Turn it off and I've gotten over a week.

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03-12-2009, 11:43 PM	#15
Dragoro Lovecraft Fan Posts: 414 Karma: 539914 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Michigan Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Kindle Touch	Ive read about 8 books since I got my k2, not one crash or lock up.