Crashing caused by faulty/old battery?

Pajamaman · 09-12-2021, 01:43 PM

This is on an old Nova first generation. This began after I accidentally let the ereader battery charge to drop to very low. Do you think this behaviour is due to a faulty/aging battery? If so, I will obtain a replacement battery.

The ereader performs normally, then freezes. I reboot. It gets to the boot screen, then freezes there. I plug it into a charger, press the power button, and it finishes the boot and then performs normally. After a period of reading for perhaps 30 minutes, the process repeats. It has a reasonable charge throughout, though it drops perhaps 10% after the full reboot.

I believe a "bad" battery can cause behaviour like this.

I suppose I better do a hardware reset before I change the battery, but nothing has changed on it. I haven't added any books that might upset it.

Question Mark · 09-12-2021, 01:55 PM

Sounds somewhat similar to the issues I was having with my Note Pro. Replacing the battery resolved the situation.

Pajamaman · 09-12-2021, 04:06 PM

Thanks.

09-12-2021, 01:43 PM	#1
Pajamaman Wizard Posts: 2,861 Karma: 10700629 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Canada Device: Onyx Nova	Crashing caused by faulty/old battery? This is on an old Nova first generation. This began after I accidentally let the ereader battery charge to drop to very low. Do you think this behaviour is due to a faulty/aging battery? If so, I will obtain a replacement battery. The ereader performs normally, then freezes. I reboot. It gets to the boot screen, then freezes there. I plug it into a charger, press the power button, and it finishes the boot and then performs normally. After a period of reading for perhaps 30 minutes, the process repeats. It has a reasonable charge throughout, though it drops perhaps 10% after the full reboot. I believe a "bad" battery can cause behaviour like this. I suppose I better do a hardware reset before I change the battery, but nothing has changed on it. I haven't added any books that might upset it.

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09-12-2021, 01:55 PM	#2
Question Mark Wizard Posts: 1,419 Karma: 6513838 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: More than I need, but not as many as I would like.	Sounds somewhat similar to the issues I was having with my Note Pro. Replacing the battery resolved the situation.

09-12-2021, 04:06 PM	#3
Pajamaman Wizard Posts: 2,861 Karma: 10700629 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Canada Device: Onyx Nova	Thanks.

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