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Old 10-13-2017, 06:42 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by llihp View Post
Damn

I'd love to know what happened to it. It's my father's and he maintains he has not used it for a month or so and it just wouldn't boot once he recharged it.
Is that his normal pattern of usage?
To let it completely discharge during long periods of non-use.

There is a chance that it is only a bad battery.
You could try putting a new battery in it, but . . . .
The K4 is the model that is glued together and the battery is glued to the backside of the screen.

It is difficult to get it open, and difficult to get the battery out without damage.
Lots of time and effort to spend (and the cost of the replacement battery) without much hope of fixing it.

A more reasonable course of action -
Put it up for sale as "used, for parts only - good screen" (K4 devices often have screens go bad).
Get him a new "Kindle Basic" next time they go on sale.
(Next month, on "Black Friday" at the latest, maybe sooner)
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