Sometimes you may feel confused about the power-off mechanisms of your Kindle because you can't turn it off like most electronics. Actually, turning off your Amazon Kindle is not recommended, and there is no way to completely turn it off. But why? What should I do if I encounter the situation where I must turn off the Kindle? Read on, and you’ll learn more.
Why won’t I turn off completely my Kindle?
As you know, the Kindle e-reader is a portable library for millions of e-books, and uses an e-ink screen that looks and reads like real paper. This technology is used by the majority of Kindle models, like the Kindle Paperwhite, Kindle Oasis, Kindle Voyage, and so on. This kind of display offers very low power consumption, so Amazon claims that it's not necessary to turn off your Kindle e-ink device completely, and there is no option for you to turn off the Kindle in the traditional sense. You can only turn off the screen when you use the power button.
The most recent Kindles have touch screens and only one physical power button on the device. However, with this button, you can only turn off the Kindle screen and put it into sleep mode. This mode consumes little to no power and acts as a power-off mode on a Kindle. Even if you left your Kindle in this mode for several weeks, there wouldn't be a big change in the power consumption. If you want to continue reading on your Kindle, just press this button slightly, and your Kindle will wake up.
In addition, Kindle was designed with one purpose: to make it come close to real books, which also explains why it is unnecessary to shut off your Kindle completely, as we don't "turn off" our books, we want to make them instantly available whenever we want to read them.
How to turn off Kindle screen?
If the Kindle is not in use when you go to sleep or during working time, you can turn off the screen to save battery. Here are two ways to turn off the screen of your Kindle:
Although the location of the power button varies across the various models, it has almost the same function. When you press and hold the Power button for 7-8 seconds, the dialog box will display three options: SCREEN OFF, RESTART, CANCEL. Just tap SCREEN OFF, the screen will be turned off into blank.
If your Kindle device has a cover, no matter if you use Amazon's original Kindle case or third-party magnetic covers designed to trigger the device to wake and sleep, you can close your Kindle screen and put it into sleep mode by closing the cover. This feature also helps you conserve battery power and prevent accidental button presses.
As you know, the Kindle e-reader displays ads as a screensaver when your device is in sleep mode. If you feel annoyed at seeing these ads on your Kindle, don't miss out on this article that lets you know How to Remove Ads from Kindle eReaders, Kindle Fire.
The reason you may want to turn off your Kindle
To prevent the Kindle from consuming power when not reading
The Kindle has always been known for its long-lasting battery, thanks to the e-ink screen technology. You don't need to charge it once a day and then turn it off completely. If you want to save battery when it is not in use or extend the battery life of your Kindle e-reader, there are some ways for you!
- Turn off the front light and lower the brightness.
- Put it to sleep mode when you’re not reading.
- Disable the Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
- Turn off the page refresh.
To use the Kindle during flight
To avoid interference with the hardware on airplanes, it's always recommended that we turn off our portable electronic devices. But if we're not able to completely turn off the Kindle, can we still bring it on the flight? Yes, of course. Please make sure that you place your Kindle in Airplane Mode. As long as your titles are downloaded to your Kindle, you can easily read them even if you're not connected to WiFi. There are two methods to help you put your Kindle into airplane mode:
1 Click on three dots in the top right corner of the screen, then open the Settings, and go for Wifi & Bluetooth. And right here you can either enable or disable the airplane mode.
2 Scroll down the toolbar from the top, and you can find an icon with a plan, then you can tap the icon to enable or disable the airplane mode.
When Kindle device is frozen or does not work normally
Just like smartphones and tablets, your Kindle may also have an issue where the screen becomes unresponsive or frozen. When you read something on Kindle, sometimes it doesn't work, it gets stuck, or it becomes very slow and sluggish. You must want to know how to turn it off or force a restart. There are two ways to restart your Kindle:
1 If your screen can work normally, just swipe down from the top of the screen, then tap All Settings, and tap Device Option, and find the “Restart” and tap it, then your Kindle will restart.
2 If your Kindle device is not responsive, you need to force restart it.
- Press and hold the power button for at least 20 seconds.
- After that, you will see a dialog message displayed, and please tap RESTART.
- If the message box does not appear, keep holding the power button, then your display will give it a flash.
- When you see it going through the process bar, then your Kindle will restart again.
Frequently Asked Questions about Turning off KindleQ: Should I turn off my Kindle e-reader?
A: No, powering off your Kindle is not necessary. You can just leave the Kindle on, and Amazon support also has advised this.
Q: Does Kindle have power save mode?
A: If you want to save your Kindle's battery, just tap the power button, and your Kindle will turn on the screensaver. It barely consumes any power in this mode.
Q: Can I turn off Kindle Fire Tablet?
A: Yes, of course. It is similar to other tablets. If you want to turn off Kindle Fire Tablet, simply press and hold the Power button until a message box appears to ask you to shut down your Fire tablet.
Q: How do I turn my Kindle back on?
A: If your Kindle won't turn on or wake up, this may happen due to different reasons, including memory problems, low battery, outdated firmware, overworked processors, and so on. It can be fixed easy by the four solutions when Kindle won't turn on.
Q: What happens when you factory reset the Kindle?
A: All your personal data, downloaded content, and content that hasn't been synced will be deleted.
Conclusion
Actually, you don't need to be worried even if it's impossible to turn off the Kindle completely. And you can still enjoy plentiful books on Kindle devices. However, due to DRM restrictions, you're not allowed to read books that are not from Amazon Kindle store. If you want to read any books on Kindle as you like, Epubor Ultimate is a useful tool highly recommended. It can help you decrypt many ebooks, including Kindle books, and convert them to multiple formats, so you can read your favorite books on any device you like.
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