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kodi · 10-07-2019, 01:56 PM

I love my Aura HD. It was with me in good times and in bad times.
Few weeks ago I noticed that I cannot turn on the frontlight. Was looking for some hints, but well - it just doesn't work. I can live with that. However yesterday it just turned off with the message to "please connect your reader to the A/C" outlet while connected to the charger.
So my first thought was that battery died. But hey, it's drawing 0.25 A from 5V even when off - it must be charging, right? Nope. Opened the device, on the battery connector - 1.2V. Not good.
Disconnected the battery thinking it's gonski now. Well - it isn't - healthy 3.2V when disconnected from the board. Connected the battery to external charger - battery accepts charge. Connected turned off reader to the 5V (without battery) - drawing 0.25A, won't turn on. So charged the battery to 3.8V, connected to the device - device started to work.
Scratching my head what to do now. I decided to charge the battery just in case (and check it's health), then I want to do full internal SD backup, but... What to do next?
Just in case: my board model is 37NB-E606C0+6B4, I found 37NB-E606C0+6B3 - will it be compatible?
Help!

10-07-2019, 01:56 PM	#1
kodi Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Ireland Device: Kobo Aura HD	Battery is not charging, frontlight not detected. I love my Aura HD. It was with me in good times and in bad times. Few weeks ago I noticed that I cannot turn on the frontlight. Was looking for some hints, but well - it just doesn't work. I can live with that. However yesterday it just turned off with the message to "please connect your reader to the A/C" outlet while connected to the charger. So my first thought was that battery died. But hey, it's drawing 0.25 A from 5V even when off - it must be charging, right? Nope. Opened the device, on the battery connector - 1.2V. Not good. Disconnected the battery thinking it's gonski now. Well - it isn't - healthy 3.2V when disconnected from the board. Connected the battery to external charger - battery accepts charge. Connected turned off reader to the 5V (without battery) - drawing 0.25A, won't turn on. So charged the battery to 3.8V, connected to the device - device started to work. Scratching my head what to do now. I decided to charge the battery just in case (and check it's health), then I want to do full internal SD backup, but... What to do next? Just in case: my board model is 37NB-E606C0+6B4, I found 37NB-E606C0+6B3 - will it be compatible? Help!