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Old 04-07-2009, 07:55 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by Mike L View Post
The person who bought the Kindle for me first had to deregister it (on the Amazon website). After that, I could register it to myself, also on the website. It's now working fine, although the Settings screen still says that it's unregistered. I don't suppose that matters, except that I can't get to the other options on the Settings screen.

I've had no problem purchasing books or subscribing to magazines. The only other issue is that I can't download the free sample of a book, as that requires Whispernet.

I'm glad you're enjoying your Kindle, as I am mine. (I can't imagine what it's like to live in a country where the temperature goes to 42. Here, we're lucky if it reaches double figures.)
I suspect that the Kindle discovers that it is registered by contacting the Amazon server over the Whispernet. As long as the website considers your Kindle registered and produces books which can be opened on it, the fact that it says "unregistered" on the Kindle itself should not be a problem.

I don't know what other options are on the Settings screen -- is this a Kindle 1 or Kindle 2 ?

On my Kindle 1, the settings screen has these options:

Account Name: (my name) Deregister **
-- Clicking the Deregister link with my antenna turned off results in a message that the Kindle cannot connect to the server at this time.

Device name: Elsi's Kindle Edit **
-- Clicking the Edit link with my antenna turned off results in a message that the Kindle cannot connect to the server at this time.

Personal Info: (freeform text where I have put my name, cell # and e-mail address; this appears to be simply held on the device itself) View/Edit **
-- Clicking on the View/Edit link with my antenna turned off opens a small text window similar to the one used when you add a note to a book

Primary Dictionary: The New Oxford American Dictionary Change **
-- Clicking the Change link with the antenna disabled presents me with a list of the dictionaries on the Kindle so I can select one

Annotations: Backup of Annotations Enabled Disable **
-- Clicking the Disable link with the antenna turned off toggles the status of the Annotations setting.


So -- for a Kindle 1, two of the operations on the Settings menu are disabled when you cannot connect to the Whispernet. In my case, because I have the antenna switch in the "off" position. In your case, it would be because you are just too far away from an enabled cell tower.
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