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Originally Posted by Quoth
It's the date, not the time that counts and some kindle models have nowhere to set date, even if time can be set. It can take up to a day for the date to be set via Cell/Mobile or WiFi, depending on model. A stupid design decision no doubt about "loan expiry".
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Yes I meant DATE not time. I have it set right. Shortly after this all began I read up on the possible issues, and this one I believe was listed on Amazon as things to check/do. This one does have a date menu/selection in the settings.
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Originally Posted by JSWolf
If it's still registered, you'd not be able to try registering it.
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Of course. And I heard back from the previous owner, it was deregistered. So that is not the issue.
I talked with a relative today who doesn't have an Amazon account and was willing for me to use them to create one and see if I could register then. I did the process on the Kindle itself and things went well at the start. I put in the email address and new password, got the OTP in email which the system took without issue. Then it had a captcha (type the letters in the picture above) which I also did without issue.
THEN it asked for a mobile phone number and no way to skip or bypass it. Apparently you can't create an Amazon account without one now? That is odd and a real shame because some people don't have one. The relative in question doesn't and even if they did, I wouldn't want to put in their number just for this. Especially since from what I have read, people have been unable to get it removed. Edit yes, remove nope. Or I should say some still couldn't even though they turned off 2nd factor. Others could. It is odd how for some people certain aspects work (such as email OTP codes) and others they don't.
I might have some time tomorrow to give Amazon support another shot.