May 23
2011
OK. I hope this all makes sense, but let me know if not. Some of the exact details of the screenshots may not be exactly the same as you get, each system is slightly different, but it should be close enough for you to follow.
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Step 1:
Connect your Kindle to your PC using the USB connection. A window should pop up asking you what you want to do – select ‘Open folder to view files’
If this doesn’t happen – you can just open a ‘My Computer’ window and go to the ‘Kindle’ folder.
Step 2:
In the folder window, go into the ‘system’ directory.
If the ‘system’ directory is not visible, you may need to set your folder options to show hidden files – there are instructions here.
Step 3:
In the system folder should be a file called collections.json
Step 4:
All you need to do is rename this file – I just put ‘.backup’ on the end.
Step 5:
That’s almost it. You simply need to ‘eject your Kindle.
Then disconnect the USB, and do a restart of your Kindle. That’s Home > Menu > Settings > Menu > Restart
After it’s restarted, if your slowness issue is the same, then the Collections file is not the issue. If you’re like me, your Kindle will now be as fast as it was originally, and you have identified the issue. Either way, you just need to follow the same steps to rename the file back to ‘collections.json’ and restart again.
