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WinterRampage · 07-01-2012, 03:12 PM

Hey guys,

Yesterday I shutted down the reader (full shutdown) and haven't been able to start it ever since. The battery was full at the time. Currently, when I try to power it on, the led blinks orange continuously ( it lasts for a variable amount of time; a couple of minutes usualy and then stops ). I almost sure that it's fully charged since when I try to charge it (using a wall plug), the red light lasts 1-2 minutes then stops. If I keep pluging it the red light time becomes shorter unitl it doesn't appear at all. Also it was fully charged when I shutted it up. (Also if it's off any help, sometimes the orange light flashes during the contiunous red light)

In the last weeks I had problems with it discharging to fast. I fixed it removing all the books, but after that I added some of them back. Eventhough it didn't had any discharge problems, this is the first time I shutted it down, so a corrupt book is a possibility .

Taking all of this into account, I'm almost sure it's a software problem. From what i've heard (i may be wrong here), the orange light indicates some processing going on. Thus, the reader may be stuck trying to load or process something.

The big problem is that i can't do a hard reset (since I can't get to the opening book screen), or a sd recovery (same reason). Pressing the restart button doesn't help (just causes the orange light to start flashing when it's not). Also, I can't acces the files on my computer since it requires it actually running (tried both on Windows and on Linux). The PC simply doesn't recive any signal ( the /var/log/messages file on linux doesn't detect any event when connecting or disconnecting).

Do you guys have any other ideas of what I can try, or what the problem is?

Thank you.

07-01-2012, 03:12 PM	#1
WinterRampage Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T1	Stuck with a blank screen. Hey guys, Yesterday I shutted down the reader (full shutdown) and haven't been able to start it ever since. The battery was full at the time. Currently, when I try to power it on, the led blinks orange continuously ( it lasts for a variable amount of time; a couple of minutes usualy and then stops ). I almost sure that it's fully charged since when I try to charge it (using a wall plug), the red light lasts 1-2 minutes then stops. If I keep pluging it the red light time becomes shorter unitl it doesn't appear at all. Also it was fully charged when I shutted it up. (Also if it's off any help, sometimes the orange light flashes during the contiunous red light) In the last weeks I had problems with it discharging to fast. I fixed it removing all the books, but after that I added some of them back. Eventhough it didn't had any discharge problems, this is the first time I shutted it down, so a corrupt book is a possibility . Taking all of this into account, I'm almost sure it's a software problem. From what i've heard (i may be wrong here), the orange light indicates some processing going on. Thus, the reader may be stuck trying to load or process something. The big problem is that i can't do a hard reset (since I can't get to the opening book screen), or a sd recovery (same reason). Pressing the restart button doesn't help (just causes the orange light to start flashing when it's not). Also, I can't acces the files on my computer since it requires it actually running (tried both on Windows and on Linux). The PC simply doesn't recive any signal ( the /var/log/messages file on linux doesn't detect any event when connecting or disconnecting). Do you guys have any other ideas of what I can try, or what the problem is? Thank you.