Erratic Kindle Paperwhile

[Premanand]

I have a Kindle Paperwhile 2 for past 7-8 years. No issues until last month. Suddenly the screen went hanging with vertical lines appearing in the middle of the screen and not able to even hard restart. Sometimes I managed to restart and the screen came back to normal, only for short while and then hanged again. This went on for couple of times and I had lost hope and had ordered a new Kindle Paperwhite. I also ordered a service Pick up.

However, when the battery was around 20% or so the screen came back and has so far stayed fine. All the change I did was to change my cover back to old one I had.
Just couple of weeks before the issue popped up, I flipped the Kindle case to a Leather one which did not have auto screen off compared to my old one which had auto screen off. Not sure if that was the trigger.
I have cancelled my oder for servcice and New Kindle since. But should I be ordering a new one?
Anybody had face this before? I would be glad if there are any advice.

[CBRetriever]

it's not a bad idea to have two Kindles. I have multiple ones and I keep one in my messenger bag all the time for when I have to go places and I use the other one to read on at home. That way, if one fails, I still have the other one to read

[Lori]

I totally agree with CBRetriever--I cannot imagine being without at least one additional working Kindle (we actually have 8 working Kindles as I have updated every 2-3 years). As you are asking for advice, I highly recommend ordering a newer Kindle as a 7-8 years' old device is very old in the electronics world.

[Premanand]

Thank you! Will certainly consider that. Actually I have an old basic kindle (without back light) as back up... But that does not support my Language. The newer ones do. So I think I will take up your advice.

[Ann]

CBRetriever wrote: "it's not a bad idea to have two Kindles. I have multiple ones and I keep one in my messenger bag all the time for when I have to go places and I use the other one to read on at home. That way, if o..."

Also, don't forget that you can read your Kindle books on the Kindle app on your phone, or on your Fire tablet if you've got one. I love the way books can follow you around.