04-19-2020, 05:35 PM | #1 |
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Kindle 3 bricked - Kubrick no use - any ideas?
Hi all,
My Kindle 3 is frozen on the boot page ("amazonkindle" across the top, silhouette of tree and reader, and progress bar stuck at about 15%). I've removed the back and checked the battery voltage: 3.7v. Plugging the device into a wall charger lights the yellow charging light for around 15 seconds, then it extinguishes. Sliding the power switch does nothing. Sometimes the light turns green for a few seconds, then it goes off. with random power-cycling it can be made to start booting, but it stops again on that same page as above. Kubrick can't see the device, as the 30 second power, then volume down sequence does nothing. Any ideas? Thanks, Adam |
04-19-2020, 08:46 PM | #2 |
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Your Kindle is unable to re-charge the battery that is too far run down (full charge is 4.2v).
It is sometimes possible to freeze the Kindle (with battery) and then putting it on a wall charger while it is still very cold. |
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04-19-2020, 10:01 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for the rapid reply! I'll give it a go. (Nothing to lose ...)
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04-20-2020, 03:30 PM | #4 |
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Ok, so I put the Kindle in a bag and in the freezer overnight. Just connected power to it, and there's no change. The power light turns on orange for around 15 seconds, then turns off. Nothing happens with the screen.
Any other suggestions, or is it toast? |
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Is the firmware running properly? (hint: no) So ignore the light, leave it on the wall charger, wait. Repeat as often as required. |
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04-20-2020, 06:38 PM | #6 |
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Thanks. I will do.
I've read on here that it has been recommended that Kindles be left on charge for weeks? I'll do that and see what happens. Nothing to lose! |
04-20-2020, 06:45 PM | #7 |
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04-21-2020, 04:59 AM | #8 |
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In this model, the switch breaks very often. If you have such skills then try to open it, pull out this springy plate. See how the reader behaves without a switch.
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04-29-2020, 12:43 AM | #9 |
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Maybe this is stupid (i dont know nothing about hack, etc....), but sometimes my K3 also put himself in a dead state... and i slide the switch and maintain in the "on" position (i mean i dont release the switch)... and after some attemps wake ups again, and run fine.
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04-29-2020, 11:12 AM | #10 |
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UPDATE:
I did what knc1 suggested, and what I'd read in various other forum posts - I plugged it in to a wall-charger and just left it ... 9 days later ... He lives! The Kindle lives! I checked on it's progress every day, looking at the screen. Sometimes there was something displayed, a progress bar, an image, other times there was nothing. But today - green light on solid. Welcome screen visible. Sliding the power switch turns it on, all the books are there, it's navigable. I'm so pleased! Thanks to everyone who contributed. You've resurrected my Kindle. Cheers, Adam |
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