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davidm_uk · 10-09-2014, 01:43 PM

A few pages into a book the reader has locked up. It won't respond to any buttons, it won't power off with the on/off button, and it doesn't respond to the hard reset button on the back. It's showing a few lines of text from the page it was on, and the battery indicator is showing 2 bars. It has the standard (as delivered firmware) and I've never attempted to change the firmware. It was working fine, I've read 6 or 7 books since I last loaded any new ones. Never had a problem before now, and it's not been dropped or anything.

All of the recovery posts I've read say to ensure that the reader is switched off before doing a hard reset, but as it won't switch off I'm stuffed!

Any ideas?

10-09-2014, 01:43 PM	#1
davidm_uk Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Hertfordshire, UK Device: Sony PRS-505	Sony PRS505 Reader Locked Up A few pages into a book the reader has locked up. It won't respond to any buttons, it won't power off with the on/off button, and it doesn't respond to the hard reset button on the back. It's showing a few lines of text from the page it was on, and the battery indicator is showing 2 bars. It has the standard (as delivered firmware) and I've never attempted to change the firmware. It was working fine, I've read 6 or 7 books since I last loaded any new ones. Never had a problem before now, and it's not been dropped or anything. All of the recovery posts I've read say to ensure that the reader is switched off before doing a hard reset, but as it won't switch off I'm stuffed! Any ideas?