Troubleshooting animated busy icon when device idle (kindle 3)

firewired · 03-29-2011, 04:44 PM

Hi, I have a kindle 3 wifi 3.0.2 and often notice that the device becomes busy (the animated icon in the top left of the screen) for no apparent reason even when wifi is off and I am not doing anything. This can be noticed when i press MENU while reading a book or suddenly while viewing pdfs/pngs. The busy icon does not go away on its own and if I dont spot it quicky enough (for example if I am reading a reflowable book) the battery charge often drops by one bar. Putting kindle to sleep doesnt help. The only thing that kills the background activity is switching from pdf/image viewer to a mobi book or going from one book to another. Is this normal on a kindle 3??? I am rather concerned.

kranu · 03-30-2011, 12:25 AM

Nope it's not normal. Contact Amazon.

bZkindle · 03-30-2011, 01:14 AM

I had this exact thing with my K3. A reboot fixed it. Try that.

firewired · 03-30-2011, 06:34 PM

thx, I rebooted my kinde. so far so good. if I see it happen again I will contact amazon.

03-29-2011, 04:44 PM	#1
firewired Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle 3	animated busy icon when device idle (kindle 3) Hi, I have a kindle 3 wifi 3.0.2 and often notice that the device becomes busy (the animated icon in the top left of the screen) for no apparent reason even when wifi is off and I am not doing anything. This can be noticed when i press MENU while reading a book or suddenly while viewing pdfs/pngs. The busy icon does not go away on its own and if I dont spot it quicky enough (for example if I am reading a reflowable book) the battery charge often drops by one bar. Putting kindle to sleep doesnt help. The only thing that kills the background activity is switching from pdf/image viewer to a mobi book or going from one book to another. Is this normal on a kindle 3??? I am rather concerned.

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03-30-2011, 12:25 AM	#2
kranu I <3 my Kindle Posts: 528 Karma: 51332 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: United States Device: Kindle 3G + WiFi	Nope it's not normal. Contact Amazon.

03-30-2011, 01:14 AM	#3
bZkindle Fanatic Posts: 510 Karma: 1025024 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada City, Soviet Canuckistan Device: k2, k3G, kindle DXG, Sony T-1, iPad, iPhone, stone tablet	I had this exact thing with my K3. A reboot fixed it. Try that.

03-30-2011, 06:34 PM	#4
firewired Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Device: kindle 3	thx, I rebooted my kinde. so far so good. if I see it happen again I will contact amazon.

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