My Kindle Fire Keeps Turning Off!

My Kindle Fire keeps turning off! What can I do about this?

Do you keep forgetting to charge it after using it all day?

I am charging it.

If you don't wait to charge it all the way before using it again, it turns off too soon.

You can use it while you charge it, and I let it charge overnight. And yes, I do plug in the charger all the way.

If you let the battery dissipate totally before recharging it too often, the battery may chemically alter so its definition of fully charged is halfway.

Unlike some cell phones, this device isn't easy to change the battery on. In fact, I think that voids the warranty.

You may have a bad battery. If it is under warranty, take it back for repair or replacement.

It isn't under warranty anymore.

If the contacts for the battery are loose or damaged, that could cause it to turn off.

This isn't like I dropped it in the toilet and now it shorts out.

Sometimes the device isn't randomly turning off but rebooting instead.

That kind of voids the tech support solution of reboot it to solve the problem.

I've heard you can install apps that tell it to force it to stay on until you choose to turn it off instead of power off or go inactive after a period of inactivity.

That would mean the Kindle Fire is rebooting because it isn't going into sleep mode or energy saving mode properly or turning off wrong. And to install an app like that requires side loading it.

That's the fancy term for hacking the device to install an app to fix the problem, but you did ask for how the problem could be solved.

What else can I try?

Make sure you aren't accidentally hitting the power button.

That is not the problem.

Some Kindle Fires, especially the HD, shut down when the apps have been running for a long time and the unit has started to overheat.

Overheating could cause it to shut down, though whether the unit can't handle the heat or shuts down before getting too hot, I don't know.

If the unit is overheating, the back of the Kindle will be hot. But any Kindle getting hot enough to shut down to protect the circuitry needs to be replaced.

I know a lot of people would love to say the solution is a new device, but that's last on my list.

You can contact Amazon's customer service to arrange service, if you don't want a new device.

It keeps shutting down in the middle of movies too.

The first thing to try for that is tap more, go to sounds and display, pick screen time out, select never. Then see if it plays the movie without shutting down because you did nothing but watch the movie for an hour.

I've already done that, and it isn't fixed by that setting change.

Unless you have one of those cases with a magnet in it that messes up the switches inside, I can't think of anything else except calling an expert.

[gsgdgd]

Thank you for making this but this video was totally ineffective

[_dimplesworld_]

Mines Shuts off out of nowhere because I be playing my games and then out of nowhere it's turns off and it be on 100%

[dxeylzc]

Im on %72 on my fire and it shuts off! Gosh darnit

[andrewfox]

but mine isnt over heating my just shuts off right when i turn it on

[haszar]

My fire keeps on shutting off after every five minutes and we have to plug charger to start it.What can I do?

[lisagreen]

Mine kept turning off, so I went to take it out of the cover (to return to Amazon), all I did was pull of one corner of the case and it popped right back on! I put it back in the cover and it went off. After trying this a few more times, for a few days, I am returning the cover. Try taking yours out of the case and see what happens. Weird, right??

[jameshiggins]

I dunno why the video needed to be made with this weird animation but every time I watch a video on youtube my tablet shuts off. a year or 2 ago I brought the tablet to my friends house and some kid was there and she threw my tablet on the ground. it didn't crack but I started having the problem a day later. now it sometimes shuts off when I open the internet.

[bilbowaggins]

Mine only does this when it's unplugged and running on the battery, when it's plugged in, it's fine. Any ideas?

[wabacake]

Mine just turns off, not power off, but turns off. It's really annoying. As I was writing this comment it turned off like 3 times. annoying af.

[ChiefADFP]

i have a cover on my! like to listing to thing as i walk around, but soon as i close the cover on the screen it cuts off? goes into standby mod can't seem find the option to stop this?


* i notice soon the cover cover the front lens on it this happens goes standby, soon as i remove the cover it becomes active? i like to stop this from happening

Kindle 8 (8th gen)

[JMichellePhillipsRisingthunder]

I'm beyond sick of this happening. It doesn't matter how much of a charge it has or if it is hook to a charger it still turns off on its own. The back of my kindle don't come off so I can't check out the battery or anything else. Does anyone have any clue that might help?

[hannah_matthews_]

My KIndle shuts completly off when i plug the charger what can i do ?!?!?!!

[Sailorsecretindistress]

My kindle fire keeps blacking out screen .even after restarting

[hihihihi]

I just play some small games but It still shut down automatically. So sad

[unknown-jkeu]

My tablet goes to the Lock Screen and freezes and then turns off. Any help?

[yov]

Lol I totally didn't drop mine in the toliet

[MartinMartinez-erme]

my tablet turns off but says 100 percent and it turns off but it wont turn on for days

[purrson]

My amazon fire keeps turning off on 91 percent

[mcadidictions]

amazon sucks my kindel just shuts down

[totallyrockingkids]

mine is at 70 and it has been charging and turned of for hours i tried to turn it and and hold down doesnt work