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geekmaster · 01-08-2012, 12:05 AM

My kindle touch went totally dead last night with a green LED while plugged into USB networking. I had a working SSH even after dead battery icon filled the screen. Then I unplugged the USB cable and there was no way to restablish USB networking or bootup past the dead battery screen, after a couple of reboots it would not reboot, the LED would not even flicker a little. Totally dead with a dead battery icon on the screen.

I plugged it into a power cube usb charger. Even after 2 hours of charging it was still totally dead. Then at some time later I noticed that it had turned itself on and was sitting at the home screen showing about 50% charge. It took about 14 hours to reach a full charge.

Apparently the touch battery can be completely discharged during an SSH session over usb.

This morning I plugged it into USB networking again, and after a few hours I noticed that the LED had changed from green to yellow. I wonder how long until it is totally dead again.

What is the command to make it charge while usb networking is active?

01-08-2012, 12:05 AM	#6
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	My kindle touch went totally dead last night with a green LED while plugged into USB networking. I had a working SSH even after dead battery icon filled the screen. Then I unplugged the USB cable and there was no way to restablish USB networking or bootup past the dead battery screen, after a couple of reboots it would not reboot, the LED would not even flicker a little. Totally dead with a dead battery icon on the screen. I plugged it into a power cube usb charger. Even after 2 hours of charging it was still totally dead. Then at some time later I noticed that it had turned itself on and was sitting at the home screen showing about 50% charge. It took about 14 hours to reach a full charge. Apparently the touch battery can be completely discharged during an SSH session over usb. This morning I plugged it into USB networking again, and after a few hours I noticed that the LED had changed from green to yellow. I wonder how long until it is totally dead again. What is the command to make it charge while usb networking is active? Last edited by geekmaster; 01-08-2012 at 12:08 AM.