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celiabooks · 02-20-2020, 05:20 PM

Hi all,

I've done a search and tried many of the suggestions to no avail, so figured it was worth a post to see if there is anything I missed.

Kindle Keyboard was showing the "Empty Battery" screen and wouldn't turn on no matter what I tried so I got a new battery from Ebay and installed today. Still showing the "Empty Battery" screen after several hours of charging.

I have tried:
15 second reset (screen briefly goes blank, then back to Empty Battery)
40 second reset (screen briefly goes blank, then back to Empty Battery)
30 second power + 20 second home key
Connect to laptop (USB drive shows up for about 2 seconds then disappears)

I have read about Kubrick but not clear to me if that would help for this type of issue.

I'll leave it charging overnight but by now it should have enough of a charge to power on, so I'm not optimistic. Anything else I should try?

Maybe I should have just put the $20 towards a new Kindle instead of a battery!

02-20-2020, 05:20 PM	#1
celiabooks Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2018 Device: Kindle Voyage	Kindle Keyboard still dead after new battery Hi all, I've done a search and tried many of the suggestions to no avail, so figured it was worth a post to see if there is anything I missed. Kindle Keyboard was showing the "Empty Battery" screen and wouldn't turn on no matter what I tried so I got a new battery from Ebay and installed today. Still showing the "Empty Battery" screen after several hours of charging. I have tried: 15 second reset (screen briefly goes blank, then back to Empty Battery) 40 second reset (screen briefly goes blank, then back to Empty Battery) 30 second power + 20 second home key Connect to laptop (USB drive shows up for about 2 seconds then disappears) I have read about Kubrick but not clear to me if that would help for this type of issue. I'll leave it charging overnight but by now it should have enough of a charge to power on, so I'm not optimistic. Anything else I should try? Maybe I should have just put the $20 towards a new Kindle instead of a battery!