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Old 04-14-2012, 05:20 PM   #97
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Originally Posted by l_macd View Post
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.
Precisely - that's exactly my point. The "hold the power switch in for 7 seconds until the screen goes blank" operation puts the Kindle to sleep; it's NOT powered off. Press the power switch again and the Kindle wakes up again immediately; it doesn't go through the "boy sitting under a tree" boot sequence.

That's why I made the statement (which I believe is absolutely correct) that there's no way to power off a Kindle. You can put it to sleep, or you can reboot it, but you can't shut it down.
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