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Originally Posted by DNSB
If I recall correctly (it's been years since I've done this), holding the light button while sliding the power button to turn the Aura HD on after the forced off is part of the manual factory reset procedure.
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I can now confirm that sliding the power button alone, which is how my Aura HD switched on and still does, is what reset the device when I nodded off several years ago. Holding in the switch for too long was the only thing I did. I did not have a pin or tiny L wrench pressed into the reset hole, nor was I holding the light button at the time. I simply woke to the horror of the reset.
I haven't investigated the potential for that glitch with new firmware because I'd rather not encounter that same issue if it still exists in undocumented or sparsely documented form. Obviously, the Clara HD doesn't seem to have it, but I'm wary of pressing the matter (as it were).
These are the kinds of oddities one encounters on a far more flexible but slightly less finessed device. The tradeoffs are clear and quite defensible: innovators and gate-openers introduce more useful options and variables. The Kindle's refinements are also defensible, though their gatekeeping is not.
If made to choose, I'd of course opt for Kobos and epub.
But I do find the Kindle more pleasurable to use for highlighting, looking up words, switching dictionaries, syncing progress and inserting bookmarks. The ability to add a new bookmark and delete the old one on the same new page is quite useful for readers like me who are always making sporadic progress between necessary naps. (I'm a chronic insomniac who is sometimes unable to sleep deeply for days).