Screen stuck at loading

ulatz · 02-22-2009, 11:05 PM

I bought my reader last May and fell in love with it. Lately, since I was busy I didn't use it that much. Few days ago when noticing that the battery has drained, I hooked it and re-charge it via USB. I left it overnight (not intentionally as I fell asleep

) When I unhooked it the next morning, I get the usual USB connected but this time it was stuck at that particular screen. More than 10 minutes later, it was still stuck at that screen. I then slide off the power hoping to turn it off, but nothing happened. And kept trying for the next few minutes with no success. It flashed the loading screen for a fraction then it went dead. Tried the whole day and night turning it up again (even hooking it up to PC) but all I got was few yellow flashes and the screen remain empty.

So I decided to do a soft-reset. Then I turn it on again. This time I get the starting up screen and after few seconds it took me to the loading screen. It showed the loading icon and the background info were all showing 0 data. No books at all. Not even in my SD. It remained in the loading screen and after a while, it went off. Tried turning it on again, it starts off then gets to loading screen and stayed there. With every attempt, I noticed the deterioration of the displayed screen (e.g. vertical lines/stripes) and stuck at loading. Can anybody please help me make sense just what happen to my reader? Can it be saved?

Thank you so much in advance

pilotbob · 02-22-2009, 11:22 PM

Did the PC turn off or go to sleep by any chance? It probably didn't charge. Sounds like the battery is flat. That's how mine acts when that is the case.

Do you have an A/C charger by any chance? You can get an off branch PSP charger and use that. Charges much faster and you don't have to worry about leaving your PC on all night.

BOb

ulatz · 02-23-2009, 01:24 AM

No my PC was on all the time but I'll try using my PSP charger to charge it. hopefully it will solve the problem. Thank you

staticradar · 02-23-2009, 05:42 AM

Mine did this recently and the only way I was able to fix it was by formatting the drive. It was still showing up as a drive when I plugged it into my computer, but it wasn't showing up as a reader. So I right clicked the drive in My Computer and chose format, let it format it and then it worked, I lost all my files but it's worked fine ever since. Hope that helps if the psp charger doesn't.

ulatz · 02-23-2009, 07:42 PM

Thank God for this forum

charging it with the PSP charger has somehow solve the problem. Thank you so much.

vv01f2009 · 03-04-2009, 10:16 AM

Status 8 mins to do 1179 books.

smcquitery · 10-20-2012, 03:38 PM

reader screen stuck in initializing... pocket edge screen frozen with three dots lit up fourth one is dark been this way weeks tried resetting already

BookCat · 10-26-2012, 07:16 AM

Again, try recharging using a mains charger; either the sony one or a PSP charger. Being "bricked" is usually a symptom of a low battery, for which the solution is a mains charge. For some odd reason, charging from the computer just isn't as effective. Sony really should ship chargers with their ereaders.

elcreative · 10-26-2012, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookCat

Again, try recharging using a mains charger; either the sony one or a PSP charger. Being "bricked" is usually a symptom of a low battery, for which the solution is a mains charge. For some odd reason, charging from the computer just isn't as effective. Sony really should ship chargers with their ereaders.

Wow, Sony making Pocket Edge readers now...

Bad Sony for not supplying PSUs for other people'ss readers...

BookCat · 10-27-2012, 06:21 AM

Silly me!

elcreative · 10-27-2012, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BookCat

Silly me!

To be fair, you weren't the OP who posted a Pocket Edge query in a Sony Forum...

Shopaholic · 10-28-2012, 06:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elcreative

To be fair, you weren't the OP who posted a Pocket Edge query in a Sony Forum...

In 2009!!......

elcreative · 10-28-2012, 07:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

In 2009!!......

Sorry... didn't mean OP, meant the thread necrophiliac of 20th of October 2012 OK...

02-22-2009, 11:05 PM	#1
ulatz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	Screen stuck at loading I bought my reader last May and fell in love with it. Lately, since I was busy I didn't use it that much. Few days ago when noticing that the battery has drained, I hooked it and re-charge it via USB. I left it overnight (not intentionally as I fell asleep ) When I unhooked it the next morning, I get the usual USB connected but this time it was stuck at that particular screen. More than 10 minutes later, it was still stuck at that screen. I then slide off the power hoping to turn it off, but nothing happened. And kept trying for the next few minutes with no success. It flashed the loading screen for a fraction then it went dead. Tried the whole day and night turning it up again (even hooking it up to PC) but all I got was few yellow flashes and the screen remain empty. So I decided to do a soft-reset. Then I turn it on again. This time I get the starting up screen and after few seconds it took me to the loading screen. It showed the loading icon and the background info were all showing 0 data. No books at all. Not even in my SD. It remained in the loading screen and after a while, it went off. Tried turning it on again, it starts off then gets to loading screen and stayed there. With every attempt, I noticed the deterioration of the displayed screen (e.g. vertical lines/stripes) and stuck at loading. Can anybody please help me make sense just what happen to my reader? Can it be saved? Thank you so much in advance

02-22-2009, 11:22 PM	#2
pilotbob Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,832 Karma: 11844413 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Tampa, FL USA Device: Kindle Touch	Did the PC turn off or go to sleep by any chance? It probably didn't charge. Sounds like the battery is flat. That's how mine acts when that is the case. Do you have an A/C charger by any chance? You can get an off branch PSP charger and use that. Charges much faster and you don't have to worry about leaving your PC on all night. BOb Last edited by pilotbob; 02-23-2009 at 12:17 PM.

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02-23-2009, 01:24 AM	#3
ulatz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	No my PC was on all the time but I'll try using my PSP charger to charge it. hopefully it will solve the problem. Thank you

02-23-2009, 05:42 AM	#4
staticradar Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	Mine did this recently and the only way I was able to fix it was by formatting the drive. It was still showing up as a drive when I plugged it into my computer, but it wasn't showing up as a reader. So I right clicked the drive in My Computer and chose format, let it format it and then it worked, I lost all my files but it's worked fine ever since. Hope that helps if the psp charger doesn't.

02-23-2009, 07:42 PM	#5
ulatz Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: sony prs-505	Thank God for this forum charging it with the PSP charger has somehow solve the problem. Thank you so much.

03-04-2009, 10:16 AM	#6
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10-20-2012, 03:38 PM	#7
smcquitery Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: pocket edge	reader screen stuck in initializing... pocket edge screen frozen with three dots lit up fourth one is dark been this way weeks tried resetting already

10-26-2012, 07:16 AM	#8
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Again, try recharging using a mains charger; either the sony one or a PSP charger. Being "bricked" is usually a symptom of a low battery, for which the solution is a mains charge. For some odd reason, charging from the computer just isn't as effective. Sony really should ship chargers with their ereaders.

10-27-2012, 06:21 AM	#10
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Silly me!

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