I had a similar issue with one of the last generation touches, but I ended up just returning it and the next one they sent worked like a charm. It sounds like you got two lemons in a row, which makes me a lot less eager to upgrade.
On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Jared W. Robinson < [email protected]> wrote: > I bought my wife a Kindle Paper White and it arrived last Monday. The > WiFi seemed to be completely broken. So Amazon sent another one, and > this time, the device could see the WiFi networks in my house and in the > neighborhood for a few minutes. Then it fritzed out and the device > wouldn't show the list of WiFi networks anymore. > > My iPod Touch and our Windows laptop can see and use the WiFi without > problems. > > Rebooting the Kindle seems to help, sometimes, for at least a few > minutes. Powering off all electronic devices in my house doesn't > necessarily help it to see other WiFi networks in the neighborhood. > > The Kindle works quite well when it's at work (after rebooting the kindle). > > I've tried disabling my DD-WRT WiFi router and swapped it for different > (older) router, but that didn't help things either. > > Amazon's support doesn't seem to be particularly helpful, other than to > say "yes, sounds like it's a problem. Want to return it?" > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Jared Robinson > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
