Frozen PRS-505

tarifelagund · 07-06-2009, 12:04 AM

Hi,

My PRS-505 is frozen and I'm in the middle of a wildly exciting book!!

Anyway, yesterday I had charged it for about 30-45 mins when I noticed that it was at 2 bar and when I unplugged it from the wall charger it was at full bar.

I read my book for awhile and went to bed, but this morning when I looked at my reader it was at the front page and it wouldn't move. The book shown on the Continue Reading tab was also wrong and not the one I was reading.

I've tried the soft re-set and the page still remains frozen and did not even blank out.

I also tried plugging it into my laptop with the usb, but the laptop would not detect it.

Help!

dreams · 07-06-2009, 12:11 AM

Try charging from the wall again to make sure it really has a full charge. Did you have the MP3 player on? Did you make sure it was off before setting it down? Had you loaded any new books?

FizzyWater · 07-06-2009, 12:13 AM

While it's possible you need to do a hard reset, I'd suggest charging it overnight with the wall charger - NOT the USB - and see if the screen will change.

I believe I've read that when the Reader fully drains, the USB isn't powerful enough to fully charge it up again.

tarifelagund · 07-06-2009, 12:20 AM

The reader is now fully-charged but still not moving.

dreams · 07-06-2009, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tarifelagund

The reader is now fully-charged but still not moving.

Fully charged from the wall? and had you recently loaded any new books?

The below link is to another thread that I responded to about a frozen reader... it has additional links to help ideas...

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49735

Wudelfin · 07-14-2009, 12:32 PM

It may be a file issue. Sometime when uploading files a file will duplicate itself with a unrecognized file ending. I had a similar issue. My reader kept restarting. At first I reset the device, of course it didn't work. Then I plugged it into the computer the 1st attempt it didn't register. (About this time it was restarting for about 2 hours.) 3rd attempt (just before it restarted) I was able to see my files. This morning I uploaded some music. The new set had a file ending in mp3.TMP. Deleted the imposter, disaster averted.

Patricia · 07-14-2009, 01:22 PM

This thread just might help:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21337

07-06-2009, 12:04 AM	#1
tarifelagund Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Frozen PRS-505 Hi, My PRS-505 is frozen and I'm in the middle of a wildly exciting book!! Anyway, yesterday I had charged it for about 30-45 mins when I noticed that it was at 2 bar and when I unplugged it from the wall charger it was at full bar. I read my book for awhile and went to bed, but this morning when I looked at my reader it was at the front page and it wouldn't move. The book shown on the Continue Reading tab was also wrong and not the one I was reading. I've tried the soft re-set and the page still remains frozen and did not even blank out. I also tried plugging it into my laptop with the usb, but the laptop would not detect it. Help!

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07-06-2009, 12:11 AM	#2
dreams It's about the umbrella Posts: 25,112 Karma: 56250158 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony 505\| K Fire \| KK 3G+Wi-Fi \| iPhone 3Gs \|Vista 32-bit Hm Prem w/FF	Try charging from the wall again to make sure it really has a full charge. Did you have the MP3 player on? Did you make sure it was off before setting it down? Had you loaded any new books?

07-06-2009, 12:13 AM	#3
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	While it's possible you need to do a hard reset, I'd suggest charging it overnight with the wall charger - NOT the USB - and see if the screen will change. I believe I've read that when the Reader fully drains, the USB isn't powerful enough to fully charge it up again.

07-06-2009, 12:20 AM	#4
tarifelagund Member Posts: 24 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	The reader is now fully-charged but still not moving.

07-14-2009, 12:32 PM	#6
Wudelfin Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA Device: Sony PRS-505	It may be a file issue. Sometime when uploading files a file will duplicate itself with a unrecognized file ending. I had a similar issue. My reader kept restarting. At first I reset the device, of course it didn't work. Then I plugged it into the computer the 1st attempt it didn't register. (About this time it was restarting for about 2 hours.) 3rd attempt (just before it restarted) I was able to see my files. This morning I uploaded some music. The new set had a file ending in mp3.TMP. Deleted the imposter, disaster averted.

07-14-2009, 01:22 PM	#7
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	This thread just might help: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21337

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