Strange - I spoke too soon.
The T1 Home page froze this p.m.
Wouldn't respond to tapping, swiping or pressing any item at all.
A doornail could not be deader.
So remembering a previous post, I pressed the sleep button on and off about 8-10 times....and it freed up.
Mmmmm......
Oh, I haven't registered it, or loaded up Reader, or done any firmware fixing, but have used the browser, and d/loaded freebs from Gutenburg - so it's a virgin T1 from that point of view, never bin touched.