I recently upgraded my old Kindle to a Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation model and I am very happy with it. This time I chose to buy a Kindle which doesn't display special offers and ads, and one feature that I was really looking forward to was the ability to display the cover of the book that I'm currently reading on the lock screen.
However when I was setting up the device, the options on my menus didn't match the ones that I found when searching for help, and I just couldn't work out how to do it. I spent an hour and a half talking to Amazon online trying to set it up which was very frustrating as they were very unhelpful and actually lied to me, telling me that it would be fixed in a later software update! I was really annoyed.
But then! I was changing some other settings and I found the option under a completely different menu option! So as I hadn't found that information anywhere else online I thought I'd share it here and I really hope that it can help someone else out.
There are just a few things to check first:
* The setting to display a book cover is only available if you have an ad free device. This means that when you bought the Kindle you paid a little extra (for me in the UK it was £10) for a device that doesn't display special offers. To remove the ads from your Kindle go to Manage Your Devices on Amazon. Select your device and look for the Special Offers tab. Click Remove Offers and you will be given the option to pay the fee and remove the adverts.
* Make sure that your Kindle is loaded with the latest version of the software. You can check this under Settings -> Device Options. Under Software updates it should say 'Your Kindle is on the latest software' and when you press here it will confirm that your Kindle is up to date.
* Restart the Kindle by pressing and holding the power button.
To display the book cover on the lock screen on the Kindle Paperwhite 11th Generation:
Go to Settings -> Screen and brightness -> Show covers on lock screen - make sure this option is checked.
It's so easy to do, I can't believe that it caused me so much annoyance trying to get it set up!
I never reply to posts online but logged in solely to say thank you!!!! I was getting so frustrated looking in the device options setting. I purchased my kindle in store with ads and paid to remove ads solely for this function. I was getting disheartened and frustrated when I came across your post. I probably would have found it in settings later, but you saved me the headache.
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting me know, I'm so glad that it was helpful to you and you were able to get it working! I was so cross with Amazon online chat and I didn't want anyone else to be as frustrated as I was!
DeleteThanks a lot, I was really upset because I couldn’t find this option.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I was able to help, I was really looking forward to having this feature so it annoyed me when I couldn't get it to work at first.
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