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Originally Posted by abarthch
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My next plan is to hook it up to a wall charger for week, but I don't have a lot of hope because I can see from the flickering of the screen and the LED that it's not repairing a file system or doing anything but just rebooting in the same pattern.
Does anyone know what's going on or have a better plan?  |
Keep in mind that battery management (and the LED) is under firmware control.
And this firmware is not behaving normally.
Lowest battery charge indicated to highest battery charge indicated is about 1,500 mah.
1/2 hour * 500 mah != full re-charge.
(Post: 3.5 hours * 500 mah == full charge (to maintenace charge rate curve anyway) and I'll believe the LED).
So far all you've shown is the battery has a storage capacity of about 250 mah (normal for a very used / very worn out Li-Ion battery).
If driving an electric car, the same will happen to its $$,$$$ Li-Ion battery someday[**].
It is most likely a corrupted filesystem due to a damaged flash chip.
It isn't doing to get any better until the chip is replaced.
FGA, post #3:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...49&postcount=3
Lets see the boot messages to be sure what is happening:
Open it up -
Connect to serial port (its 1.8 v serial to USB) -
Set Putty[*] to record a log (capture) file -
re-boot.
Then compress and post here as an attachment (use the 'go advanced' button to the advanced editor).
Stay happy, that used, front lighted touch screen is worth a lot more than $10.
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[*] Why is it Windows users with the problems?
Maybe I'll write a book: "Helpdesk: Attack of the Windows Users"
[**] Early manufacturers had the right idea, they used Nickle-Iron (Edison) batteries - some of the original Edison batteries are still in use 100 years+.