Comments for Frank Coles http://www.frankcoles.com Writer, Journalist, Occasional Adventurer, Author of How to Drive a Tank and Other Everyday Tips for the Modern Gentleman Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:12:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by malaria http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-61061 malaria Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:12:14 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-61061 I have the same problem- my screen froze, and it won't reboot. It happen a year and a month after purchase, so no warranty replacement applies. T took out my battery, and screen is still as it was- frozen with vertical lines. put battery back, nothing happen. Took it out again. Anyone have more ideas how to bring it to live? Well, I guess mine is just dead broken, and will have to buy a next one. But I'm so pissed off, that it broke down just after its warranty expired! I have the same problem- my screen froze, and it won’t reboot. It happen a year and a month after purchase, so no warranty replacement applies. T took out my battery, and screen is still as it was- frozen with vertical lines. put battery back, nothing happen. Took it out again. Anyone have more ideas how to bring it to live?
Well, I guess mine is just dead broken, and will have to buy a next one. But I’m so pissed off, that it broke down just after its warranty expired!

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]]> Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by Sunny http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-59113 Sunny Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:32:58 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-59113 I fixed my Kindle - using the drastic way of patcatuk! First I tried all other ways, then I e-mailed amazon, got the use of an "expert" who wrote to me telling it was a hardware problem and I would have to ship the Kindle to amazon. My Kindle had, however, just passed the one-year-warranty, so that would be expensive. That's what I call planned obsolescence! It was difficult getting the Kindle ("last generation") apart, but with patience and a thin table knife, I got it done. The rest - unscrewing the battery and waiting, and putting the Kindle together - was easy, and now the Kindle works! THANK YOU! I fixed my Kindle – using the drastic way of patcatuk! First I tried all other ways, then I e-mailed amazon, got the use of an “expert” who wrote to me telling it was a hardware problem and I would have to ship the Kindle to amazon. My Kindle had, however, just passed the one-year-warranty, so that would be expensive. That’s what I call planned obsolescence!
It was difficult getting the Kindle (“last generation”) apart, but with patience and a thin table knife, I got it done. The rest – unscrewing the battery and waiting, and putting the Kindle together – was easy, and now the Kindle works! THANK YOU!

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]]> Comment on Become an explorer at Explore 2010 by pelli per conga http://www.frankcoles.com/travel/explorer-explore-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-58707 pelli per conga Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:49:35 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=892#comment-58707 great blog! great blog!

]]> Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by Frank http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-58571 Frank Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:58:23 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-58571 You are very welcome Tim, glad I could be of help! You are very welcome Tim, glad I could be of help!

]]> Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by Tim http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-58432 Tim Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:00:29 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-58432 Thanks so much! My wife's Kindle did not completely freeze, but it would not access the restart menu. Your instructions worked like a charm! Thanks so much! My wife’s Kindle did not completely freeze, but it would not access the restart menu. Your instructions worked like a charm!

]]> Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by Frank http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-56020 Frank Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:49:33 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-56020 Hmm, hi Riacel. Not had that one before. It usually takes a few minutes to restart with steps 1-3, and then with any hard reset (step 4) it'll take slightly longer. So be patient, and when everything looks like when it came form the factory you're done - although minus the files - but you can re-download/sync these. It's been a while since I've done it on mine so I can't give you an exact time. You may well lose your bookmarks/notes with the hard reset however. I started using kindle for editing purposes but stopped because of this. I hope this helps, let us know how you get on. Hmm, hi Riacel. Not had that one before. It usually takes a few minutes to restart with steps 1-3, and then with any hard reset (step 4) it’ll take slightly longer. So be patient, and when everything looks like when it came form the factory you’re done – although minus the files – but you can re-download/sync these.

It’s been a while since I’ve done it on mine so I can’t give you an exact time. You may well lose your bookmarks/notes with the hard reset however.

I started using kindle for editing purposes but stopped because of this.

I hope this helps, let us know how you get on.

]]> Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by Riacel http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-55321 Riacel Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:32:09 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-55321 hello sir, how long does it take to start the kindle, i did follow the instructions above and my kindle is under the recovery mode, am wondering if got frozen again or something,. I did follow the 4th option but my kindle hangs and froze on the loading page and become unresponsive again. could you please advise me what I’ll do with my kindle, it’s kind of memorable and I really don’t want to lose the unit… hope to hear from you soon sir. Thanks… hello sir,
how long does it take to start the kindle, i did follow the instructions above and my kindle is under the recovery mode, am wondering if got frozen again or something,.
I did follow the 4th option but my kindle hangs and froze on the loading page and become unresponsive again. could you please advise me what I’ll do with my kindle, it’s kind of memorable and I really don’t want to lose the unit… hope to hear from you soon sir. Thanks…

]]> Comment on How to reboot/cold restart a Kindle by Angela http://www.frankcoles.com/journalism/how-to-rebootcold-restart-a-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-50454 Angela Fri, 28 Oct 2011 04:35:50 +0000 http://www.frankcoles.com/?p=831#comment-50454 Thank you so much.. my Kindle wouldn't turn on, despite it having been almost fully charged the night before. Your instructions worked wonderfully! Thank you so much.. my Kindle wouldn’t turn on, despite it having been almost fully charged the night before. Your instructions worked wonderfully!

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