PRS-600 Recharge issues

AprilHare · 04-15-2011, 08:22 PM

Fully recharged my liseuse last night for a large trip today. Got on the train, found it was totally discharged. Hoping a recharge via USB now will give me some reading time.
Is it just me or is there something wrong with this?.. I replaced my battery quite a while ago and haven't had any problems up to now!

AprilHare · 04-17-2011, 10:31 AM

Back from my trip. All I got out of USB charging (given I couldn't leave it more than 1.5 hours) was 2 bars, which quickly became one bar.

carpetmojo · 04-17-2011, 06:34 PM

Sounds like battery's a bummer, doesn't hold a charge.

Bung it back.

(Did you try with a wall charge, by the way ? If you did, and it's same prob as with USB - I reckon it's definitely a bummer )

AprilHare · 04-18-2011, 08:22 PM

No access to wall charger. It was left at home.
Well, the battery seems to be holding a charge now..
I have a partial answer. I have now observed that occasionally when you unplug the wall charger, the device doesn't quite notice enough. It keeps the display and CPU on and drains all charge.
Recent experience has shown me that the key is to ensure after disconnecting your PRS-600 that the device is in a sleep state. You must use the power switch (not necessarily shutdown but I guess that might help too) to ensure this discharge does not occur.

04-15-2011, 08:22 PM	#1
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Recharge issues Fully recharged my liseuse last night for a large trip today. Got on the train, found it was totally discharged. Hoping a recharge via USB now will give me some reading time. Is it just me or is there something wrong with this?.. I replaced my battery quite a while ago and haven't had any problems up to now!

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04-17-2011, 10:31 AM	#2
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	Back from my trip. All I got out of USB charging (given I couldn't leave it more than 1.5 hours) was 2 bars, which quickly became one bar.

04-17-2011, 06:34 PM	#3
carpetmojo Wizard Posts: 3,117 Karma: 9269999 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: UK Device: Sony- T3, PRS650, 350, T1/2/3, Paperwhite, Fire 8.9,Samsung Tab S 10.5	Sounds like battery's a bummer, doesn't hold a charge. Bung it back. (Did you try with a wall charge, by the way ? If you did, and it's same prob as with USB - I reckon it's definitely a bummer )

04-18-2011, 08:22 PM	#4
AprilHare Wizard Posts: 2,981 Karma: 11862367 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T2	No access to wall charger. It was left at home. Well, the battery seems to be holding a charge now.. I have a partial answer. I have now observed that occasionally when you unplug the wall charger, the device doesn't quite notice enough. It keeps the display and CPU on and drains all charge. Recent experience has shown me that the key is to ensure after disconnecting your PRS-600 that the device is in a sleep state. You must use the power switch (not necessarily shutdown but I guess that might help too) to ensure this discharge does not occur.

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