Kindle 2 Crashed In Sleep Mode

sirbruce · 03-29-2009, 02:07 PM

Very odd, but I just happened to look over to my K2 (maybe it flashed) and saw it was rebooting. It had been in sleep mode with the screensaver up, and wireless turned off, and it had indexed all its books, so it shouldn't have been *doing* anything. But nevertheless it rebooted. Seems fine now, though.

krisk · 03-29-2009, 02:17 PM

It's having indigestion from all the titles you force fed it.

kovidgoyal · 03-29-2009, 02:29 PM

I've noticed that happening on mine from time to time.

sirbruce · 03-29-2009, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krisk

It's having indigestion from all the titles you force fed it.

She's been relatively stable at 1100 books and 50MB free; search and text-to-speech all seems to work. I did notice after the reboot a book that had been previously indexed had to be reindexed; perhaps it periodically reindexes books?

krisk · 03-29-2009, 11:32 PM

or burps

Slow_hand · 03-30-2009, 06:22 AM

Mine restarts for no apparent reason once in a while. Irritating.

kevindorsey · 03-30-2009, 07:45 PM

K2 is a very problematic younger sibling to a K1.

S.Canton · 03-30-2009, 08:33 PM

I've had this occasionally with no ill effects, so I haven't given it much thought. Having said that, I would be curious to know why it does it.

girlzilla · 04-06-2009, 01:23 PM

What is Kindle doing when you say "indexing?"

sirbruce · 04-06-2009, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by girlzilla

What is Kindle doing when you say "indexing?"

When you put a new book on the Kindle, it has to scan the book through its memory and create an index file so searches on the book are much faster. It takes anywhere from 15 seconds to 2 minutes per book to index.

If you add several books to Kindle at once, then do a search for a word, you'll get a list of matches followed by a listing of "Not Yet Indexed". You can click on that and see which books are not yet indexed and watch the Kindle index them one-by-one.

girlzilla · 04-07-2009, 11:45 AM

Thanks!

Also, is it bad for the Kindle 2 to keep turning it completely off, let's say every night?

Right now I just let it sleep, but I'm wondering if I should be turning it off at night, on nights when I'm not charging it.

I keep the wireless off to conserve power.

I use it every day.

sirbruce · 04-07-2009, 03:16 PM

There's no real reason to turn it off; just let it go to sleep.

03-29-2009, 02:07 PM	#1
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	Kindle 2 Crashed In Sleep Mode Very odd, but I just happened to look over to my K2 (maybe it flashed) and saw it was rebooting. It had been in sleep mode with the screensaver up, and wireless turned off, and it had indexed all its books, so it shouldn't have been doing anything. But nevertheless it rebooted. Seems fine now, though.

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03-29-2009, 02:17 PM	#2
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	It's having indigestion from all the titles you force fed it.

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I've noticed that happening on mine from time to time.

03-29-2009, 11:32 PM	#5
krisk Wizard Posts: 2,148 Karma: 8229 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: on the road again Device: kindle	or burps

03-30-2009, 06:22 AM	#6
Slow_hand Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 326 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore Device: Amazon Kindle 2	Mine restarts for no apparent reason once in a while. Irritating.

03-30-2009, 07:45 PM	#7
kevindorsey Evangelist Posts: 488 Karma: 258 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: kindle	K2 is a very problematic younger sibling to a K1.

03-30-2009, 08:33 PM	#8
S.Canton Groupie Posts: 174 Karma: 12 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle 2	I've had this occasionally with no ill effects, so I haven't given it much thought. Having said that, I would be curious to know why it does it.

04-06-2009, 01:23 PM	#9
girlzilla Lizard in a Tutu Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Kindle 2, MSI Wind	What is Kindle doing when you say "indexing?"

04-07-2009, 11:45 AM	#11
girlzilla Lizard in a Tutu Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX Device: Kindle 2, MSI Wind	Thanks! Also, is it bad for the Kindle 2 to keep turning it completely off, let's say every night? Right now I just let it sleep, but I'm wondering if I should be turning it off at night, on nights when I'm not charging it. I keep the wireless off to conserve power. I use it every day.

04-07-2009, 03:16 PM	#12
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	There's no real reason to turn it off; just let it go to sleep.

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