10-20-2010, 10:03 PM | #16 |
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Not sure where you got the idea that it is saving the "GUI state" into flash. It doesn't do that.
The screensaver doesn't mean the Kindle is actually in sleep mode. It doesn't immediately go into the power saving mode as it may be busy with other operations like music, TTS or indexing. If none of those tasks need to be run or are running then it will go into low power mode after a preset amount of time and which point it is still using power to maintain the contents of RAM. In this mode, it is unresponsive to keypresses except the power button which will wake it but there is also a timer which will periodically wake the Kindle to make it check in over Whispernet. This is why the battery life of the Kindle 3G+WiFi is significantly shorter than that of the WiFi only model even if it is kept in standby mode. Last edited by Tiersten; 10-20-2010 at 10:06 PM. |
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That's funny, because when I turn my Kindle off, it (shockingly!) actually turns OFF! What a revolutionary concept!
Now, as for the dual timeout (600s + 60s), I never really checked if the last step was suspend to ram or suspend to disk, but frankly, I don't really care, it's suspended. >_<". And a single short slide of the power button drops you in the same state than the first timeout (ie. ss, not suspend). Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-21-2010 at 12:46 AM. |
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I see no reason why the kindle would need a hibernation mode. Writing 256mb to nand is retarded and unnecessary. There are other ways to accomplish instant-on with SSD devices with integraded components (thats what the kindle is). Book positions and user markers can be saved to a 5kb bin file. 5kb < 256mb. Also it takes a good while to dump 256mb to flash. I doubt the nand is that high grade, and it also takes a good amount of power to do that kind of a dump.
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I never said it did a complete memory dump! It would be so stupid to do that! And what if you had less than 256 MB of space left? Would Kindle refuse to hibernate or something? I said that it dumps certain files containing previous state data. That data is probably <10 KB! |
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This guy in one of his threads (this one) seems to claim to be a Guru with expert technical knowledge of the Kindle's workings, then in another thread DOESN'T know if a certain non-standard charger from a Phone is safe to use,
I agree get him a safety helmet, me too, because if he doesn't kill himself, he WILL drive me nuts LOL ! Last edited by Kevin2960; 10-21-2010 at 06:44 PM. |
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Was a 7 megabyte video really necessary? Was my creating an account just to say this really necessary?
Our 18 month managed to find this screen, as she manages to find every possible obscure esoteric and complex combo of buts that reboots, formats, locks-up, whatever. Still... TMI. |
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This works on a touch
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03-17-2013, 12:00 AM | #28 |
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It actually useful for cases where you have an app that wont close.
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I'm learning A LOT with this thread. Really amazing.
But I can't agree (and this is not only here, but everywhere...) with people saying that the kindle "takes SO LONG" to wake up after being turned off. My two kindles (touch and PW) wake up almost instantaneously! What are you expecting? A fraction of a nanosecond? |
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