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Originally Posted by waingateman
Hi Ea / mack120
Yes I know most battery-powered devices comes with a warning to fully power the battery before first use - or else you're asking for trouble.
but after 4 hours on a USB port - I thought it should be charged especially as Amazon say 3 hours in the lit.
Also mack120 I've found out how to do a restart or restore factory defaults
home, menu, settings, menu then restart or reset to factory defaults
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Interestingly I had the same problem:
- Lightning bolt on the battery when charging
- Unresponsive buttons
- Very slow refreshes
I was disappointed and already nervous I had a lemon, because the was not usable in that state
I put the Kindle in the mains, using my IPod USB for recharging in the evening, but in the morning it was completely flat, with the critical battery warning message. At work I plugged it in the USB port of my laptop and now it is working perfectly:
- The battery indicator now shows as half full and it is (slowly) charging
- all the buttons are responsive
- fast refreshes
Conclusion: recharging via the mains is not working very well, need to check how to get that to work, probably a simple US-EU plug adapter instead of a USB plug is necessary. Charging via the USB port of laptop/computer works. When the Kindle runs out of power it not only shows in slow refreshes but unresponsive buttons as well(!) which can lead to the conclusion that the device is broken.
I am very happy with the Kindle, but a warning on this issue would be nice (if only for Amazon not to get a lot of returns from customers who think their Kindle is broken), and an appropriate plug would be nice.
Frank