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Join Date: Oct 2010
Device: sony prs 650 touch edition
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HELP have just purchased a sony prs 650 e reader and the screen has frozen -re set button is not effective nor charging through usb connection-now cannot finish 'The Girl Who Played with Fire -Steig Larsson-
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Enjoying the show....
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Welcome to MobileRead, rogert
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Kate
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Location: Oregon, United States
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Try doing a hard reset as explained in this thread.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ony+hard+reset Good luck! |
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Texas
Device: Kindle 3 Wifi; Red PRS-650; iPod Touch; Android phone
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I had an issue where the reset button didn't work. So I tried sliding and holding the power switch for a few seconds, and at that point it reset/restarted. After that, the screen behaved normally. Usually, sliding and holding the power switch will bring up the option asking if you want to shut down the device, but I think because I had pressed reset, it just reset/restarted without asking.
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Nameless Being
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press the reset hole, pause for about 5 seconds and then slide the power button to reset. It says in the users guide.
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Device: Kindle 3 Wifi; Red PRS-650; iPod Touch; Android phone
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Device: sony prs 650 touch edition
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thanks guys have tried all of your suggestions but still no joy so it is back to the store for this one! Rogert wow just as typing this reply and having it plugged into the usb point it has suddenly come to life! Could it have been a battery drain ? as it is now charging so does the reader seize up when battery is spent??
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neilmarr
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Location: Monaco-Menton, France
Device: sony
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Good to have your company, Roger. With any Sony device (superb machines), my advice when problems arise is NEVER to rely on a USB-PC or USB-laptop charge or to place any weight on the over-optimistic battery meter on the machine itself. Try a full overnight charge from the mains and you may find -- as I did a couple of years ago -- that all your troubles are over. Good luck and best wishes. Neil
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Device: sony prs 650 touch edition
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Hey thanks Niel and what a friendly bunch of readers! Rogert
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Nameless Being
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I haven't had to reset my 350 yet. But on my 300 and 900 I had to do several resets and they were a pain. I ofter had to hold the reset button in while holding the ON/OFF switch on. sony engineers dropped the ball on the reset for the older models, hopefully they improved it for the newer ones.
Before returning, try using an AC charger from a cellular phone or other device. Most newer chargers for cells work as long as they have the micro-USB connector. If for some reason the battery gets too low, you cannot charge the battery with a PC and USB cable--it requires an AC charger at that point. You also might have trouble trying to charge with a laptop if it is running on battery only. Best to use a desktop if you want to charge via PC, just ensure it isn't it sleep mode. |
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