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gers1978 · 07-05-2013, 03:27 AM

Brand new, black, Kindle 4. Plugged it in, registered, sent 200+ books to it from Calibre via USB.

Device rebooted itself, and within 10-20 seconds of getting back to Home screen, it reboots again. Repeat and so on. When it gets to the Home screen, it's completely blank but for 1 entry saying "Archived Items (0)". Previously, before adding the books, I could see the Welcome Letter and User Guide, etc, listed on the Home Screen.

During the 10 seconds or so it's at the Home screen, I can open the Menu, etc, but it's very sluggish and unresponsive.

If I plug in the USB cable, I can see all 200+ books in the Documents folder. Also, the message appears on the screen that you usually get saying it's connected via USB, and the message stays there (as it should) - the Kindle doesn't go into the boot loop while it's connected.

I tried holding in the Power Button for 30 seconds, didn't help.

I did notice that it's on 4.1.0 and one of the times I plugged it in I seen an Update xxxxxxx.bin file, which was 9.9MB. After a few reboots it was still there, so I tried deleting it, but it didn't help, Kindle just constantly reboots.

07-05-2013, 03:27 AM	#1
gers1978 Addict Posts: 392 Karma: 1008414 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Kindle 4 stuck in boot loop Brand new, black, Kindle 4. Plugged it in, registered, sent 200+ books to it from Calibre via USB. Device rebooted itself, and within 10-20 seconds of getting back to Home screen, it reboots again. Repeat and so on. When it gets to the Home screen, it's completely blank but for 1 entry saying "Archived Items (0)". Previously, before adding the books, I could see the Welcome Letter and User Guide, etc, listed on the Home Screen. During the 10 seconds or so it's at the Home screen, I can open the Menu, etc, but it's very sluggish and unresponsive. If I plug in the USB cable, I can see all 200+ books in the Documents folder. Also, the message appears on the screen that you usually get saying it's connected via USB, and the message stays there (as it should) - the Kindle doesn't go into the boot loop while it's connected. I tried holding in the Power Button for 30 seconds, didn't help. I did notice that it's on 4.1.0 and one of the times I plugged it in I seen an Update xxxxxxx.bin file, which was 9.9MB. After a few reboots it was still there, so I tried deleting it, but it didn't help, Kindle just constantly reboots.