Battery Status Indicators; Activity Indicator; Monitoring Download Status - Amazon Kindle User Manual

The bars are filled in grey. This means Whispernet is checking for signal strength. This usually lasts less than 30 seconds.
The Whispernet service is turned off. You can turn it on by pressing the Menu button, and using the 5-way controller to
navigate to "Turn Wireless On."
- (only for Kindle models with free 3G connectivity) Kindle is connected to Whispernet using the 3G cellular
network or one of the slower networks (EDGE or GPRS). Your Kindle will automatically switch to the faster 3G network when
available.
Kindle is connected to Whispernet using Wi-Fi.
When you press the Menu button, icons indicating the type (Wi-Fi or 3G) of your Whispernet service appear to the left side of
the signal bars.

Battery Status Indicators

You have your Kindle plugged into power and the battery is either charging or is fully charged. The charge indicator light
on the bottom of your Kindle also turns from yellow to green when the battery is fully charged. Note that if your Kindle is
plugged into a low powered USB port such as those found on some keyboards or older computers, you will not derive enough
power to recharge it.
The images above show the various states of the battery as it discharges. As you deplete the battery, less of the battery indicator
will be filled in.
The battery is too low to power the Whispernet service. You must charge your Kindle battery to restore wireless service.
The battery state cannot be determined. Restart your Kindle so that the battery state can be accurately determined. If the
question mark continues to be displayed after a restart then contact Customer Support.
Keep in mind that subscribing to multiple blogs that update frequently may increase power consumption and decrease the
battery life. Weak signal coverage can also increase power consumption.

Activity Indicator

Appears in the top left corner of your Kindle screen when the device is busy downloading new content, checking for new
items, searching for an item, opening a large PDF file, or loading a web page.

Monitoring Download Status

If one or more items are in the process of downloading from the Kindle Store or Archived Items to your Kindle, you can
monitor the download progress. From Home, press Menu and select "View Downloading Items" to display a list of the items
that are in the process of downloading and their download progress. (If this option is dimmed, then all items have finished
downloading to Home.)
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