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Originally Posted by l_macd
The thing is, although that does state you are turning it off, it appears you are really just putting it into sleep mode with the screensaver off. Because when you turn it back on, it comes on immediately (the same speed from which it wakes up from sleep mode), and doesn't go through the boot-up sequence that it goes through when you reset it.
A bit like turning your computer back on when it's sleeping, compared to turning it on when it's been fully switched off. A better comparison is my MP3 player, when you turn it off it just goes into sleep mode, and it comes back on straight away. The difference is that after a set period of time it does fully switch off, and when you turn it back on it takes a bit longer to come to life.
If the Kindle really was switched off, perhaps it wouldn't necessarily need to go through the entire boot-up sequence, but wouldn't you expect it to take a little longer to come on than when it's just been in sleep mode?
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We are miles off topic in this thread, but the difference appears to be that when powered off the wifi is disconnected and when sleeping the Kindle is still connected by wifi and can download stuff sent to it (if wifi was connected when the slider was used of course). Which is why Amazon suggests turning wifi off when putting it to sleep to conserve battery and doesn't suggest this when powering off.