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After having the Kindle since mid-November, I've finally had to do my first hard reset. Luckily, I had a couple of paperclips lying around in my Kindle case for the task.
Here's what happened: My sister begged me to lend her the Kindle. Since she's staying with me, I relented. With a worried heart, I gave her instructions on how to handle it (no eating or drinking in front of "the baby," hold it this way, do this, do that, etc. LOL) and told her to hand it back to me before she fell asleep.
That went without a hitch.
However, the next morning, she snuck into my room while I was sleeping and "borrowed" the Kindle again ("stole" is the more appropriate word, in my view), then put it back where she found it. Of course, I wasn't fooled.
Whispernet was left on for an undetermined number of hours (which she tried to blame me for) and the screen was frozen at the page she was last reading. Even when I turned the Kindle off, the screen remained stuck at the page.
After yelling at her, I got out my paperclip and did a hard reset. Then I erased the book she was reading (a legal copy of Midnight Sun, the unpublished Twilight book, from the author's website), yelled at her some more, put my Kindle away, yelled, got in the car with her, yelled, etc.
She told me this would never happen with a real book. I told her it could only happen to her. (Yeah, yeah, not the best response, I know.)
It's easy to forget that the Kindle is "more than just a book" - it is indeed an expensive electronic device. Just to be clear, I don't mind that she froze the Kindle since that was easily fixable and could've happened to anyone. I'm more upset that she took it behind my back. Then again, I can't be too angry with the poor woman. After all, the lure of the Kindle is awfully hard to resist.
I guess it's not a good idea to leave Whispernet on for hours after you've finished reading, without exiting out of the book or activating the screensaver (even though it should appear on its own after a few minutes).
Luckily, the Kindle has been working fine ever since then. *Knock on wood*
EDIT: Shocking new evidence has come to light! The Kindle apparently froze while my sister was reading the book (not after she had put it down). Instead of alerting me to this, she just put it back and acted like nothing had happened. *Sigh* Is this a bad sign, or just a routine thing that takes place every once in a while? This is the first time I've had to do a hard reset since getting the Kindle since mid-November.
Here's what happened: My sister begged me to lend her the Kindle. Since she's staying with me, I relented. With a worried heart, I gave her instructions on how to handle it (no eating or drinking in front of "the baby," hold it this way, do this, do that, etc. LOL) and told her to hand it back to me before she fell asleep.
That went without a hitch.
However, the next morning, she snuck into my room while I was sleeping and "borrowed" the Kindle again ("stole" is the more appropriate word, in my view), then put it back where she found it. Of course, I wasn't fooled.
Whispernet was left on for an undetermined number of hours (which she tried to blame me for) and the screen was frozen at the page she was last reading. Even when I turned the Kindle off, the screen remained stuck at the page.
After yelling at her, I got out my paperclip and did a hard reset. Then I erased the book she was reading (a legal copy of Midnight Sun, the unpublished Twilight book, from the author's website), yelled at her some more, put my Kindle away, yelled, got in the car with her, yelled, etc.
She told me this would never happen with a real book. I told her it could only happen to her. (Yeah, yeah, not the best response, I know.)
It's easy to forget that the Kindle is "more than just a book" - it is indeed an expensive electronic device. Just to be clear, I don't mind that she froze the Kindle since that was easily fixable and could've happened to anyone. I'm more upset that she took it behind my back. Then again, I can't be too angry with the poor woman. After all, the lure of the Kindle is awfully hard to resist.
I guess it's not a good idea to leave Whispernet on for hours after you've finished reading, without exiting out of the book or activating the screensaver (even though it should appear on its own after a few minutes).
Luckily, the Kindle has been working fine ever since then. *Knock on wood*
EDIT: Shocking new evidence has come to light! The Kindle apparently froze while my sister was reading the book (not after she had put it down). Instead of alerting me to this, she just put it back and acted like nothing had happened. *Sigh* Is this a bad sign, or just a routine thing that takes place every once in a while? This is the first time I've had to do a hard reset since getting the Kindle since mid-November.
