This location is convenient given that you’ll likely be holding the Oasis along the wide right edge. On all generations of the Kindle Oasis (the original 8th generation, plus the 9th and 10th generations), the power button lies along the top edge, near the right side. Find the power button on Kindle Oasis Amazon Kindle Oasis (8th, 9th and 10th generations) Michael Ansaldo/IDGĪmazon’s All-new Kindle Oasis (10th generation) locates the power button along the top edge. You’ll find the power switch for Amazon’s original, 1st-generation Kindle e-reader on the back of the device, adjacent to its wireless switch and speaker. The power switch for the 2nd-generation Kindle is located on the top edge of the device, next to the headphone port. However, the power button is in a thicker “chin” along the bottom edge. The Amazon Kindle 4th and 5th generations (DO1100) have a lot of buttons along the bottom of the front panel. The Amazon Kindle 4th/5th generation locates the power button along the bottom edge, in the “chin” that also includes the charge port. Make sure your wireless is on, and the Kindle will go look in the Amazon store to see what is pending to be downloaded and viola! You should be back in business.Amazon Kindle (4th and 5th generations) Michael Brown/IDG The Power button is at the bottom right part of the device beside the USB port. Once you do that, it will take about 1-2 minutes to reboot.

Press the “Menu” button again.Ĥ.You will have several options, but choose and click the “Restart” button. Here is how you do it:ġ.Click the “Home” button to get back to your home screen.Ģ.Click the “Menu” button, and select “Settings.”ģ.You will see several options, but “reboot” is not one of those options. If this happens to you, you will need to reboot your Kindle. If you would like to print this out, click here to read my post on the Free Kindle Books Plus a Few Other Tips blog to how to capture screen shots on your Kindle. You will need to write this down, or try to memorize it, because if it happens to you I’m willing to bet you won’t remember unless you’ve reset your Kindle a few times! The PDF instruction manual is long, but it might be good to have a downloaded copy once in a while. I went to the Kindle help PDF booklet instructions and fix it from there.

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