Hi guys. My Kobo Touch battery apparently died on me. I left it on charge for a few days but still nothing, just the green light (which disapeared when i unplugged the charger) . So i contacted Kobo (yes it's out of warrenty), who wanted £60 odd quid to replace it.
Then i remembered something one of my boys did for a duff battery they had -not an ereader battery- so in for a penny, in for a pound, tried and i revived my apparently 'dead' battery.
I know this works on a Kobo Touch but it should work on any battery that refuses to work (unless it's burned out or something).
Method:
1. 9V battery.
2. x2 short lengths of thin wire.
3. Attached the wires to the 9v battery.
4. Take off the back of the Kobo and unplug the battery connection.
5. Hold the wires from the 9v battery and place the positive to the negative connection, and the negative to the positive (swap polarity) of the Kobo battery connection.
6. Hold for 10 secs.
7. Remove the wires from the Kobo connector and reconnect the Kobo battery to the Kobo.
8. Plug in the Kobo charger and it 'should' start to charge -if it doesn't redo from #6.
I'm guessing the 9v power surge wakes the battery up, but why it apparently only works when the polarity is reversed beats me. :chinscratch :
Give it a go. If you think your ereader's battery is dead anyway, what have you got to lose.
Hope this helps.
Regards