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Originally Posted by rastik
It seems that KT is charging only when in USB mass storage mode ...
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I agree. There was a discussion about this on the IRC channel.
I thought my kindle touch was bricked, when really the battery went totally dead with the green LED still on while connected to usbnet. After unplugging, it would not start, and would not show up as usbnet or usbdrive. It had to charge for hours before the led would even flicker when trying to turn it on. It took 14 hours to reach full charge. That cannot be good for the battery. I can leave my other kindles attached to usbnet for weeks at a time while they remain accessible.
Discharging a lithium battery that far can severely shorten its lifespan.
The usbnet code must be modified to activate the battery charge, or it will cause destroyed batteries.