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Kindle Basic 2022 Not booting / low battery
Hi there! I've got a used Kindle 2022, sold "for parts", and I'm trying to make it boot somehow. What I've currently tried:
- Countless times the 40s button press trick, to no avail. - Left it charging overnight, in the beginning, it's charging at around 5.1V and 0.2A, but slowly the current diminished to 0.04-0.03A (the no-load current being 0.015A). When the current got that low, the amber charging light stopped, but I never got a green charging light from it. - Disconnected its battery, waited around 12 hours before plugging it in and trying again to charge it (and the button press trick), still nothing. If it matters, when I first disconnected the battery the voltage measured at its terminals was 4V. I don't know what I could try anymore, I feel like I've bought an e-ink frisbee. If you're interested, here is the backside of it. If needed, I can provide more images (and better-quality ones). Thanks! |
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4V is nearly charged. About 4.2V is full and approximately 3.6V is empty.
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![]() If you would be in my pants, what would you try to do with it (in regard to troubleshooting mainly)? |
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Also, when talking about not turning on, its behavior is: the status LED lights up green for 2-3s, then flashes green slowly, twice, and finally flashes amber fast, 5 times - rinse and repeat.
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Are You charging it with wall outlet charger? I had simmilar problem and the reader magically worked when i pluged it into my notebook usb socket and charged that way.
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I charged it using both a wall outlet and a computer USB (laptop and PC too). I don't know if it could matter, but your notebook's USB was 2 or 3?
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3.0. Also I read reports that good quality power bank can wake reader that is seemingly dead.
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Good to know, thank you!
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You got a point too, but taking into account that Kindles appaprently have different tastes when it comes to cables or ports, maybe the speed of the USB matters, who knows.
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The speed of the USB isn't involved with charging. The cables and ports etc only affect connecting and seeing it as mass storage device.
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Got it, thanks for your response.
On another note, I have left my Kindle with its battery unplugged for two days, tried again to revive it but to no avail. It's still charging for a few minutes before the amber light turns off, but it is not booting. If you have any further troubleshooting advice, I'm all ears! |
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