01-24-2021, 06:04 PM | #1 |
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PW3 Went Dead - need to know the reasons !!!
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My PW3 & 7thgen is 4 years old, I haven't used it for a year & had Battery Indication which I charged it for 20-30 mins & used for a day. 1. While side loading it got hung - Tried force boot but orange light blinks 4-5 times & then nothing. It shows as orange while charging , kept it for two days on charge still noting. I suspect battery 2. Also when side loading I deleted few books from document folder - what are the chances I deleted some system file & Kindle Bricked. ---- Now for battery I have teardown the kindle & removed the battery & performed the surgery to retain the battery controller - I m still to get the battery & put it behind the controller - Similar to what is shown below -- https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=274761 ------- Now can any one tell me what are the obvious causes ?? Any assistance would be appreciated. Please help a new member ... |
01-25-2021, 04:27 AM | #2 | |||||
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Good luck! I have no experience with battery replacement to offer any help in that department. |
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01-25-2021, 06:30 AM | #3 | |
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Tried freezing it for 2 hrs & charged it for 2 hrs still nothing. Agains same orange led. I m sure if its a battery - it will get resolved with battery being replaced. Only thing which is bugging me - I m not entirely confident if I deleted something from root as I was working late that night & was kinda sleepy, when loading manga to kindle.. What are possibility kindle won't boot up due to missing files from root ? If its true I screwed up the battery ... |
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01-25-2021, 10:55 AM | #4 |
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My Oasis 3 battery completely died on me for some reason last week. It would not switch to green, I had to look online for advice with a fully dead battery. I held the power button down for 40 sec with it on a wall charger, then it flashed to green, then orange again, but resumed charging after I did that. You have probably tried this, but just in case...
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01-25-2021, 10:58 AM | #5 | |
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01-25-2021, 12:02 PM | #6 | |
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If it is jailbroken, then how could we possibly guess whether or not you deleted some key part of the OS? |
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01-25-2021, 12:57 PM | #7 |
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Thanks bro - you are music to my ears ... it is not jailbroken. Then it def battery issue. My Cheap Lipo battery would reach me in next 5 days - I will post the results of the battery surgery here.. thanks again for confirming
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01-25-2021, 03:13 PM | #8 |
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Since you tested other chargers, it's more sounding like a battery problem now. You said you froze the thing? You can destroy an LCD screen doing that. I don't know about an eInk screen though. Those may be more tolerant of freezing, I don't know.
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01-25-2021, 04:13 PM | #9 |
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Another trick I've seen is to connect the kindle to a wall charger (NOT to a computer) for a few days, because it gets a higher level of power from the wall.
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01-25-2021, 04:23 PM | #10 |
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eInk screens are normally "frozen". Power is needed when making changes but when displaying static content no power is needed. When I pulled the battery from one of my ereader collection, what was on the screen remained there for at least 6 months until the replacement battery arrived and for I got around to installing it.
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Also I tried with 12 V fas charger for 2 days - seems like battery died to me... Only doubt I had did I delete any OS files which don't seems to be possible in NON Jailbroken device |
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It would probably be bad idea to wake the kindle up while frozen, and worse to try to get the screen to change. Quote:
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And yes, I do know that eInk screens are bistable. OTOH, I have seem quite a few posts from people who seem to think their screen is frozen since it doesn't change despite the battery being dead and/or removed. |
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01-26-2021, 03:23 AM | #14 | |
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So what are ur thoughts on the issue ? Battery is problematic. ? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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At this point, you have little to lose by replacing the battery. |
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