Thread: Amazon comments on lack of SD card and user-removable battery
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Old 02-10-2009, 11:49 PM   #42
Alisa
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Originally Posted by wallcraft View Post
I am not very knowledgeable about hardware, but does the Kindle 2 really have separate hardware just waiting around to detect a long power press? If not, why would it work if the device's software is in never never land? I have had good luck with paper clips in reset switches, but nothing beats removing the battery as a last resort.
I don't make the same kind of hardware but the stuff we make at my company has a reset switch we can program like that. I've only seen it fail when someone's mucked up the firmware. I've never heard of it failing in the field.
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