New Kindle Fire received: SUBSTANTIALLY better than old Kindle - Page 3

sadievan · 12-20-2011, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

If you are on the "lock screen" it just goes off, but on any other -- carousel/menu or in an application it dims before sleeping.

I wonder if there are different software versions at work here? There was an update the week after release, maybe some didn't get i?

Nope. Not on lock screen. Just on home page. Or even in an app. Just shuts off. SIL is the same. Just shuts off. No dimming. We both got the update to 6.2. Both of ours have not updated yet to 6.2.1 yet.

Interesting. O well.

Are we the only 2 on the planet whose Fire does not dim before shutting down.

Carol

kennyc · 12-20-2011, 12:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadievan

Nope. Not on lock screen. Just on home page. Or even in an app. Just shuts off. SIL is the same. Just shuts off. No dimming. We both got the update to 6.2. Both of ours have not updated yet to 6.2.1 yet.

Interesting. O well.

Are we the only 2 on the planet whose Fire does not dim before shutting down.

Carol

I'm at 6.2 as well. Strange about (non) dimming...

deannah · 12-20-2011, 12:43 PM

Mine dims as well now. I sideloaded the most recent update yesterday, was at 6.2 before, but didn't notice any dimming with that version.

carld · 12-20-2011, 02:12 PM

I didn't see any dimming with 6.2, I do with 6.2.1.

sadievan · 12-20-2011, 02:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deannah

Mine dims as well now. I sideloaded the most recent update yesterday, was at 6.2 before, but didn't notice any dimming with that version.

I'll have to check after the update. It has not updated yet. May have to do the sideload thingy.

Carol

kennyc · 12-20-2011, 02:23 PM

Has 6.2.1 been officially released or are you guys manually installing it?

I'm still on 6.2 as far as I can tell.

deannah · 12-20-2011, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Has 6.2.1 been officially released or are you guys manually installing it?

I'm still on 6.2 as far as I can tell.

I manually installed it on my KF. However, it did it automatically on my daughter's KF which was just purchased this month.

carld · 12-20-2011, 02:27 PM

Some people have gotten it as an OTA update, so I'd assume it's been released but is being rolled out in batches as Amazon normally does.

sparklemotion · 12-20-2011, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

Has 6.2.1 been officially released or are you guys manually installing it?

I'm still on 6.2 as far as I can tell.

I manually installed it.

kennyc · 12-20-2011, 02:46 PM

Okay so it must be rolling out gradually...I don't have it yet, but my screen still dims before sleeping.

RDaneel54 · 12-20-2011, 03:07 PM

Just to add fuel to the Fire, mine is an AOAO. Must have been the original one. Hope it's more like Data than Lore.

kennyc · 12-20-2011, 03:13 PM

As is mine RDaneel54.

deannah · 12-20-2011, 03:19 PM

Mine is also A0A0, received in November, as is my daughters which was ordered and received this month.

bjones6416 · 12-20-2011, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by deannah

Mine is also A0A0, received in November, as is my daughters which was ordered and received this month.

Mine too. I manually installed the update.

sirmaru · 12-20-2011, 06:09 PM

Keep WiFi on all the time to get these updates. Many shut down WiFi most of the time and then wonder what happened to the updates and other syncing while in Sleep Mode.

If you use Shut Down Mode when you are asleep, there will be minimum loss of battery energy. When you are awake, use Sleep Mode with WiFi ON.

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12-20-2011, 12:43 PM	#33
deannah Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 14 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Idaho USA Device: KK, KT, KFire, KFire HD, KPaperwhite	Mine dims as well now. I sideloaded the most recent update yesterday, was at 6.2 before, but didn't notice any dimming with that version.

12-20-2011, 02:12 PM	#34
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I didn't see any dimming with 6.2, I do with 6.2.1.

12-20-2011, 02:23 PM	#36
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Has 6.2.1 been officially released or are you guys manually installing it? I'm still on 6.2 as far as I can tell.

12-20-2011, 02:27 PM	#38
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Some people have gotten it as an OTA update, so I'd assume it's been released but is being rolled out in batches as Amazon normally does.

12-20-2011, 02:46 PM	#40
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	Okay so it must be rolling out gradually...I don't have it yet, but my screen still dims before sleeping.

12-20-2011, 03:07 PM	#41
RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	Just to add fuel to the Fire, mine is an AOAO. Must have been the original one. Hope it's more like Data than Lore.

12-20-2011, 03:13 PM	#42
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,930 Karma: 119747553 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2 & PW, Onyx Boox Go6	As is mine RDaneel54.

12-20-2011, 03:19 PM	#43
deannah Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 14 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Idaho USA Device: KK, KT, KFire, KFire HD, KPaperwhite	Mine is also A0A0, received in November, as is my daughters which was ordered and received this month.

12-20-2011, 06:09 PM	#45
sirmaru Wizard Posts: 2,426 Karma: 6561538 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Kindle PW 2013, HDX 2013, Galaxy S5 2014	Keep WiFi on all the time to get these updates. Many shut down WiFi most of the time and then wonder what happened to the updates and other syncing while in Sleep Mode. If you use Shut Down Mode when you are asleep, there will be minimum loss of battery energy. When you are awake, use Sleep Mode with WiFi ON.