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Originally Posted by screwballl
I got a similar cover, but I also see 2 that look the same, with slightly different descriptions. One says "fits latest generation kindles", the other days "fits 2nd generation Kindles"...
Wwhat I am wondering as a long time computer tech is HOW a simple basic leather cover could cause anything remotely like what these people are attributing to it? It holds it in place... to me it sounds like there is some other sort of interference causing the problem, and since this is the most popular cover sold and used for Kindles, this is the first and easiest scapegoat for the uneducated. If it is sitting in the backpack and getting jostled around, and various things pushing on the cover which is pushing random buttons, then it is most likely the movement, NOT the case causing these problems.
Personally I see it as people wanting to find an excuse to complain about something, and others jump on the bandwagon.
edit: forgot to mention that I believe a lot of these people may be the types that think they can be a lot more rough with their Kindles thinking the cover will protect it, thus better chance of damaging it, when that is not what these covers are designed for.
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Troll?...
As others have pointed out, if anything it seems that you are the one that is "uneducated". The metal hooks (hinges) pokes into the device (as you should know since you have a Kindle 2) and in those holes there is both a serial port (for diagnostics?) and the connection so that the lighted cover can get power. Look at the teardown being done by EEV-blog for example and you can see these ports.
Can tell you that I have had two Kindle 3s from Amazon and had problems with both. And those problems arose while having the Kindle lying still on my table during the night (with the cover attached). And when I stopped using the cover I haven't seen any issues at all. So no, I don't treat my electronics "roughly". I take better care of them than most.
So please do your homework and know what you are saying before you post inflammatory statements where you call others uneducated and abusive towards their Kindles (rough as you said).