PW3 possessed

howlam · 03-31-2021, 08:20 PM

My PW3 has been acting up lately. It is running firmware 5.8.9.0.1 and I jailbroke it as soon as I got it. I've been running KUAL and KOReader on it for a few years and suddenly one day I started it up and all my EPUBs disappeared.

After a bit of fussing, I managed to reload KUAL and Koreader and everything worked for a few days but I was noticing that the battery was running low. It turns out that it was turning on randomly with full backlight and the power button had sudddenly become super sensitive. Instead of pressing and feeling the click of the button, I could just brush past the button and it woudl turn on or off.

Having no books to unwind before bed is driving me nuts. Any thoughts are appreciated.

howlam · 04-01-2021, 10:49 PM

I did a factory reset and it is still running into the same issue. Is it likely hardware related, or would an updated firmware fix the issue?

howlam · 04-12-2021, 04:51 PM

Updated kindle to a newer firmware, jailbroke, and installed KoReader. Still having the same random restarting problem. I opened up the unit and found some crusties near some discrete components (likely capacitors or diodes) as well as near the switch. I cleaned them off with some isopropyl alcohol, and it behaved well for a few days, but now it sleeps as soon as I press the power button.

I did some google searching and it looks like there is no aftermarket part availability. Are other dead kindles the only source these days?

03-31-2021, 08:20 PM	#1
howlam Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Aura HD	PW3 possessed My PW3 has been acting up lately. It is running firmware 5.8.9.0.1 and I jailbroke it as soon as I got it. I've been running KUAL and KOReader on it for a few years and suddenly one day I started it up and all my EPUBs disappeared. After a bit of fussing, I managed to reload KUAL and Koreader and everything worked for a few days but I was noticing that the battery was running low. It turns out that it was turning on randomly with full backlight and the power button had sudddenly become super sensitive. Instead of pressing and feeling the click of the button, I could just brush past the button and it woudl turn on or off. Having no books to unwind before bed is driving me nuts. Any thoughts are appreciated.

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04-01-2021, 10:49 PM	#2
howlam Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Aura HD	I did a factory reset and it is still running into the same issue. Is it likely hardware related, or would an updated firmware fix the issue?

04-12-2021, 04:51 PM	#3
howlam Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2021 Device: Kobo Aura HD	Updated kindle to a newer firmware, jailbroke, and installed KoReader. Still having the same random restarting problem. I opened up the unit and found some crusties near some discrete components (likely capacitors or diodes) as well as near the switch. I cleaned them off with some isopropyl alcohol, and it behaved well for a few days, but now it sleeps as soon as I press the power button. I did some google searching and it looks like there is no aftermarket part availability. Are other dead kindles the only source these days?