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Old 09-14-2012, 08:45 PM   #171
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Kolands kung-fu was too strong

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Originally Posted by koland View Post
Well, the unhelpful auto-answer from Amzn suggested a Restart or (if that failed), a restart via the power switch. Neither worked.

Instead, I then de-registered the Kindle (again, third time), shopped the store a bit, so it noticed I was a rogue Kindle on the loose, then registered it. After going back to the menus -- voila! Kindle special offers.
HEH! Koland you hacker you!!! *doffs cap* Clearly genius.

This is perhaps the first device I ever heard of that FACTORY RESET, RESET and RESTART all do not reset in "meaningful" ways that the end user might expect.

Turn on and off again?

Kolands kung-fu was too strong


(and I demand an emoticon for :kungfu:, thanks for listening)
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