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Originally Posted by pthwaite
Right,
As my battery has never shown anything above 3/4 I left it charging all day (unit off) yesterday (from a wall charger) then disconnected the charger. Switched on the unit (shows 4/4 full) at 11:30pm and left it on all night. This morning it was completely dead. Hd to leave it connected for a few minutes before it would then boot up & sure enough battery showed empty.
It has now been charging all day (switched off) from a wall charger & the battery still shows only 3/4 full & orange LED.
At this stage I'm not too concerned as you do need to cycle batteries a few times before they operate to their best. So I'll do so for the next day or 2.
Howard
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I let it run down completely as you and
AllovertheGlobe suggested - that took only 3 hours!
Yes. Three hours. The functions all worked and I read several long journal PDF articles. It shut itself off (as though I turned it off) at 12:37pm. At 1:10pm I plugged it in, waited for it to start (no SD card in it now) and then reset it. I waited for it to reboot - the device shows up on my computer.
It has been charging for more than one hour now. So far, the battery icon still remain completely blank (but there is a lightening bolt over it) and the top light is orange. However, since I read your response above, I went ahead and shut it down. I will wait until at least 5pm to unplug it and start it up as you did.
I will keep you all posted - hopefully the advice to let it run completely down, reconnect and reset it will fix the issue. If I experience the same as you have, I will continue to do this for another couple of days to completely re-cycle the battery. But then, if I can only read articles for 3 hours and it doesn't seem to hold a charge, I probably will need to contact iRex. But I will give this a try first.
CJP