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Originally Posted by wallcraft
They are used as a signal that the Kindle is in sleep mode, so they are actually "battery savers". If the wireless is explicitly turned off, I don't know how much difference it makes. I also saw a post, which I did not necessarily believe, that the screen saver mode is identical to actually turning the device off (except that the latter gives a blank screen - again as a visual clue that it is "off").
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Battery savers? NOPE! Battery wasters. Every time the screen updates, some of the battery is used. So this "screen saver" is actually not needed to save the screen nor is it saving any battery life. It's just a feature that's not needed at all since it doesn't do what it is claimed it does.