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I had scare on the airplane this morning. I get in my seat and turned on my Kindle to read and when I hit the next page nothing happened. I tried turning it off and it would not turn off. Tried a soft reset, nothing. I have listened to the advice of having a paper clip at all times, but it must haven fallen out of the cover when I was reading before boarding. I couldn't get out of my seat to look in my briefcase because we were about to take off, so I asked the lady sitting next to me if she had one. Of course, she looked at me like I was a little crazy, but it was worth a shot. She didn't. The flight attendant came by and I asked if she might have a paper clip and she shook her head no. She then went to the other flight attendants and told them in a very puzzled voice that someone had requested a paper clip. They all looked at me like I was crazy. 
Finally, I was able to get out of my seat to look in my brief case (of course I had a window seat) for one. No go. I finally found my name tag, which is a pin on, and decided to try it to reset my Kindle. It worked. I was so happy. I will never leave home again without two or three paperclips in different places.
This was my first reset. I normally do not turn my Kindle off, just put it to sleep. I have been adding screensavers and some books that I downloaded. I have also used Whispernet to download 7 or 8 books that my daughter had bought. I wanted to have a good variety of books because I will be out of town for 10 days.

Finally, I was able to get out of my seat to look in my brief case (of course I had a window seat) for one. No go. I finally found my name tag, which is a pin on, and decided to try it to reset my Kindle. It worked. I was so happy. I will never leave home again without two or three paperclips in different places.
This was my first reset. I normally do not turn my Kindle off, just put it to sleep. I have been adding screensavers and some books that I downloaded. I have also used Whispernet to download 7 or 8 books that my daughter had bought. I wanted to have a good variety of books because I will be out of town for 10 days.