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This happens all the time when my kindle fire uses all of the its battery. I tried three different methods of charging it and neither worked. If I plug it in it shows the twrp logo (the fire one) then shuts off about a half second later, and repeats. The battery can't be dead, can it?
Also make sure the power LED lights up when you plug it in.
It MAY be a bad USB connector on the Fire as this happened to my last one, so I had to return it to Amazon for a replacement.
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Even when it's on it just doesn't charge, even when the charging light is on.
Use smirkit scripts to update your bootloader to 1.4a then charge on your computer starting from an off position via usb high level charging will bypass the charge but low level will not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 charge for a few hours after replacing your bootloader
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Use smirkit scripts to update your bootloader to 1.4a then charge on your computer starting from an off position via usb high level charging will bypass the charge but low level will not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935 charge for a few hours after replacing your bootloader
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I can't do that if I can't even get into the android os. I left it plugged in for a week, and now when you plug it in, it rapidly turns on and off. Might as well throw the thing out and get the google nexus tablet.
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Also make sure the power LED lights up when you plug it in.
It MAY be a bad USB connector on the Fire as this happened to my last one, so I had to return it to Amazon for a replacement.
Sorry, I'm really new at this...
I don't know if it has anything to do with it, but ever since I re-installed the stock rom my KF just charges for a few minutes and then it stops. What I mean is the orange light is still on but the battery on the screen is not green anymore (like when it's charging). I tried everything already.
Is it a software or hardware issue?
If it's a hardware problem and I had rooted the KF and then installed the stock rom I can still return it?
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My kindle's dead and I can't seem to charge it up. When i plug in my charger it boots up to the boot animation then just dies and starts all over.
I can't find my stock kindle charger, so what are my options?
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Rooted Kindle Fire on CM10
My kindle's dead and I can't seem to charge it up. When i plug in my charger it boots up to the boot animation then just dies and starts all over.
I can't find my stock kindle charger, so what are my options?
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Turn it off and leave it plugged in for a while.
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Turn it off and leave it plugged in for a while.
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I can't turn it off, the kindle is already off because it is dead. When i plug the charger in, it automatically turns on and it dies during the bootanimation and repeats..
The kindle shuts down before he will have time to power it down and let it charge. I just spent the last 48 hours battling this same thing.
Your options from what I can see:
1. Buy another stock Kindle charger.
2. Find another 5v charger you have laying around with at least 1.8A. If it's a micro-usb, just use that to try to charge the kindle. If you have a 5v charger with at least 1.8A that isn't for a micro-USB device:
3. Get your non-micro USB charger and a spare micro usb cable. Cut off the end of the charger (Right before the part where it connects to the device), open the cable's casing, and look for black and red wires. Strip these. Now, cut the end off of your USB cable that connects to the computer. Open the casing, look for black and red. Strip. Now, connect red from the charger to the red of the USB cable. Likewise with the black. Intertwine the fibers; make sure it's secure. Cover the newly joined part of the cable (wheree the wires are exposed) with electrical tape to keep the red and black from touching. Try to charge the kindle now. Leave it plugged in for hours; it may take this long for it to work.
If you can't charge the kindle as described above, I have one more method, but it's risky and it will definitely void your warranty if you haven't already done so (unlikely). I had to resort to this method tonight, having no idea of whether or not it would work. But thankfully, it worked and my Kindle is now finally charging. This is a last resort, however.
And then when you have gone through the hassle of doing that once never let it happen again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244 upgrade your bootloader that will solve this problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935
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And then when you have gone through the hassle of doing that once never let it happen again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244 upgrade your bootloader that will solve this problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935
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Do you know if this makes the Kindle Fire absolutely impervious to the low battery booting issue? Does FFF 1.4 fix it completely?
If I were to completely drain my battery as much as I could, would it still boot after I plugged a charger in?
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Do you know if this makes the Kindle Fire absolutely impervious to the low battery booting issue? Does FFF 1.4 fix it completely?
If I were to completely drain my battery as much as I could, would it still boot after I plugged a charger in?
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last time I tested it my battery was at 1% I didnt get the please wait battery to low warning but I believe it did what it was intended to do previous tests proved that its completely effective on my daughter kindle a few month before just plugged it in and finally it booted by itself took about 15 mins for it to gain enough to boot, but it could take several hours on usb charge if its totally drained to the bone. Nothing is impervious
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And then when you have gone through the hassle of doing that once never let it happen again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623244 upgrade your bootloader that will solve this problem http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935
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I had enough energy to keep TWRP running so I just flashed the new bootloader. It says it's currently charging. Pretty awesome!!
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My kindle's dead and I can't seem to charge it up. When i plug in my charger it boots up to the boot animation then just dies and starts all over.
I can't find my stock kindle charger, so what are my options?
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if you have fff 1.4a simply power it off and plug it to your computer to charge leave it alone for say a few hours then try again
Your kf may be turning on but can't start the system. You should holding the power button in 20s. The kf will be turned off. You just pluggin your charger to charge its.
You can unbrick your kf by many way. Search in this forum to find a right way for your case.
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Will this method work on the kfhd too?
So short backstory, I've been loading and troubleshooting custom ROM issues on my phone for 4+ years. I'm by no means a developer but I can read word-for-word, research and follow instructions. I was given this 'bricked' Kindle Fire by a friend who knew enough to try and reset but didn't want to bother crawling through XDA to sort it out (he came across it through an acquaintance and the past history of the device is unknowable). So I figured I'd charge her up and poke around -
1. I don't have the cable the device came (or any wall unit charger) but have been using a generic micro-USB and from what I've gathered, this shouldn't be an issue. I've used it with all my other Android devices without issue...
2. While the power button's LED does light up amber while attached to my PC (back panel USB, of course) it never seems to actually charge. I've let it run all the way down to where it wouldn't boot at all, then connected to my computer overnight and the next morning it still flashes low battery. Oddly, while the amber light stays lit while plugged in, when I press the power button it somewhat randomly will actually give me the low-battery notification. Maybe 1/3 times I press it. With the device unplugged, if I press the power button, it will turn on just long enough to give me the low-battery message...but it will do this every time I press the button. Not randomly like when it is plugged in. Sorry if some of this info is extraneous but I'm also trying to sort out whether there is some type of circuitry damage....
3. The device NEVER is recognized by my PC in any way, shape or form. I've installed the KFU drivers, rebooted, disconnected, reset Kindle, uninstalled and reinstalled KFU drivers....every combination under the sun. No beeps, blips or changes in my device manager. This is obviously the biggest bummer and at first I figured I could order a fastboot cable and eventually sort it...but with all the other weird charging issues....maybe this thing is just FUBAR.
EDIT: I completely forgot to add some pertinent information - after sitting on the charger for a half an hour or so...the device will automatically boot to the 'kindlefire' logo screen and then reboot 5 or 6 times in a row flashing between the low-battery message and boot logo...where it eventually stays and still isn't recognized by my computer. I typically will try and reset it after a while...in which it then turns goes back to the normal power button lit up with amber. It then takes another 30 or so minutes and then it will randomly reboot to the logo screen again boot loop all over again. Makes zero sense.
I'd be more than happy to give more information and troubleshoot any other ideas to get this thing going, but I just wanted to illicit opinion before spending money on the cable.
I can tell you right off the bat you need a kindle (or comparable) charger. USB does not cut it. Kindle Fire has big charging requirements. Start with that and you might have better luck!
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I can tell you right off the bat you need a kindle (or comparable) charger. USB does not cut it. Kindle Fire has big charging requirements. Start with that and you might have better luck!
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Thanks...I had read that before and then read varying other information to the contrary. Instead of spending money just buying a Kindle Fire stock cable...I'm assuming I might as well spend the extra couple of bucks for a fastboot cable?
EDIT: It's late, I now realize you mean I need to buy the wall charging unit first, correct? I have a wall charger for my Samsung Galaxy S III, would that potentially work?
Ordered appropriate charger...I knew the PC and phone wall charger were underpowered but I never bothered to look up the respective specs until now...they are quite a bit underpowered.
Will check back in once received. Thanks again...
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Ordered appropriate charger...I knew the PC and phone wall charger were underpowered but I never bothered to look up the respective specs until now...they are quite a bit underpowered.
Will check back in once received. Thanks again...
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Unsintall any drivers you have for the kindle in Device Manger. Than run the driver in the KFU folder. If it takes 2 seconds to install you didn't uninstall it. It takes more than a minute to install the driver. Once it is installed than use the unbrick utility
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Unsintall any drivers you have for the kindle in Device Manger. Than run the driver in the KFU folder. If it takes 2 seconds to install you didn't uninstall it. It takes more than a minute to install the driver. Once it is installed than use the unbrick utility
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I mentioned above that my PC does not recognize the Kindle when it is plugged in, so I can't uninstall any drivers from the Device Manager. This is also not my only issue....did you read the entire post?
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I mentioned above that my PC does not recognize the Kindle when it is plugged in, so I can't uninstall any drivers from the Device Manager. This is also not my only issue....did you read the entire post?
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He meant your windows device manager. The kindle drivers are temperamental. Once you have fully charged device and properly installed drivers, you might find that your situation has changed.
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He meant your windows device manager. The kindle drivers are temperamental. Once you have fully charged device and properly installed drivers, you might find that your situation has changed.
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Yeah I knew he was talking about Windows Device Manager, that's why I mentioned that as of right now, there is nothing to uninstall from the Device Manager because the PC isn't recognizing anything. But yes, after the device fully charges, with any luck, I'll at least pull something up in the DM and then I will make sure to uninstall and reinstall before poking around.
Well, same problem remained. Charged on wall for 6+ hours with appropriate charger but the light remained lit amber and frozen at 'kindlefire' bootscreen.
Hard reset it and it now just flashes the low battery message to me briefly before powering the screen off again (remains 'charging' if on charger or just turns back off if not on charger). I figured that this wasn't my issue due to the fact my computer wasn't recognizing the Kindle in any state, even when stuck on boot logo. It's not just that it doesn't assign the right drivers....it never notices anything plugged in at all. Restarted, hard booted again, restarted with the Kindle connect stuck on boot screen and every combination in between.
No clue...any help appreciated...
Any thoughts at all here??
Been plugged in for over 12 hours...still amber light. Sometimes frozen on 'kindlefire' boot logo screen...other times just off entirely....alternates.
I'm wondering if you have a bad usb port - a common kindle defect. Sounds like you might build up enough charge for the device to attempt to boot then it goes dead again until a little more juice trickles in. This is total conjecture because I think typically it just comes off the board and quits working completely. You might want to search about replacement.
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I'm wondering if you have a bad usb port - a common kindle defect. Sounds like you might build up enough charge for the device to attempt to boot then it goes dead again until a little more juice trickles in. This is total conjecture because I think typically it just comes off the board and quits working completely. You might want to search about replacement.
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Yeah, I got this for free so I'm not going to bother paying for a replacement. Just an auxiliary device.
I cracked it open yesterday to take a look at that very issue but didn't have a small enough screwdriver with me at the time to take the board off to look. I've soldered things here and there.
I don't necessarily hold out much hope that is the issue because the charging light stays lit and never seems to falter no matter if I wiggle or move around. But who knows, I've seen weirder things...I just find it interesting that I get no response at all from my computer even when it's stuck on the boot logo. Typically with most devices, that seems to be far enough for it to be sending something out at that point. Maybe it is stopping just short of that moment though....who knows...
I really want to root this dang KF but every time I hook it up to any charger or cable it goes black and shuts down.... I have read all over the net the last few weeks and seems this isnt super common like the charging port problem... It works good when running on the battery. Anyone have any ideas before it gets used for target practice?
Oh and I am not a total newbie, but its been several years since I have been here and made a new user name.
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I really want to root this dang KF but every time I hook it up to any charger or cable it goes black and shuts down.... I have read all over the net the last few weeks and seems this isnt super common like the charging port problem... It works good when running on the battery. Anyone have any ideas before it gets used for target practice?
Oh and I am not a total newbie, but its been several years since I have been here and made a new user name.
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First generation kindle fire? Are you using the correct cable? If both of these are true seems you have a kindle with a serious hardware issue. How do you manage to charge it? Best to avoid rooting this one till that issue has been remedied.
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First generation kindle fire? Are you using the correct cable? If both of these are true seems you have a kindle with a serious hardware issue. How do you manage to charge it? Best to avoid rooting this one till that issue has been remedied.
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1st gen and Yes I have tried the amazon cable/plug, and many others that I have laying around.. It charges just fine, it just goes black screen when I plug any cable into it via wall or PC. I have done every hard reset I can find on the net... I got this at a friends pawn shop so I am not out much.. I was wanting to root it and give it to the neighbor kid that has downs syndrome.
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1st gen and Yes I have tried the amazon cable/plug, and many others that I have laying around.. It charges just fine, it just goes black screen when I plug any cable into it via wall or PC. I have done every hard reset I can find on the net... I got this at a friends pawn shop so I am not out much.. I was wanting to root it and give it to the neighbor kid that has downs syndrome.
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Try this when connected to charger long press power button for 1 min. then let go then press as if to simply power on the device. Sending a bootloader to this Kindle is extremely risky if it powers off during the send the bootloader can be broken. This is the second hardest brick to recover from the first being a dead battery . Chances are this device has been rooted before and that`s why it was pawned look for evidence of being opened maybe someone incorrectly applied the short trick to recover from a hard brick. Which might be the best way to go about rooting it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038 . Are you sure the backlight is not remaining on but just giving the appearance that it is off? The first gen. kindle fire will not charge without a running system.
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Try this when connected to charger long press power button for 1 min. then let go then press as if to simply power on the device. Sending a bootloader to this Kindle is extremely risky if it powers off during the send the bootloader can be broken. This is the second hardest brick to recover from the first being a dead battery . Chances are this device has been rooted before and that`s why it was pawned look for evidence of being opened maybe someone incorrectly applied the short trick to recover from a hard brick. Which might be the best way to go about rooting it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430038 . Are you sure the backlight is not remaining on but just giving the appearance that it is off? The first gen. kindle fire will not charge without a running system.
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I am not home right now, but will try your suggestion when I get home. I have never owned a kindle so I am not sure of how the start up progression is.. But when I plug it in the screen seems to go black ( in a dark room) and once I take it off the charger and push power button it brings up the "Kindle Fire" screen and it kind of pulses then goes to the unlock screen.. Its there suppose to be a charging indicator light? I dont see one when I plug it in
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I am not home right now, but will try your suggestion when I get home. I have never owned a kindle so I am not sure of how the start up progression is.. But when I plug it in the screen seems to go black ( in a dark room) and once I take it off the charger and push power button it brings up the "Kindle Fire" screen and it kind of pulses then goes to the unlock screen.. Its there suppose to be a charging indicator light? I dont see one when I plug it in
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Yes the led should light green for charged and orange for depleted or charging.
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Yes the led should light green for charged and orange for depleted or charging.
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Ok I tried the 1 minute reset deal again, no joy.. I inspected the case and there is zero sings of tampering.. While I was out , I ran by my friends pawn shop and got another kindle charger.. He had another kindle he just gave me in case I needed parts... This new kindle wont boot on Press the power button and nothing shows up .. It shows orange charging light and green power light comes on briefly when power is pushed and then the green light shuts off after 3 seconds.. I am going to read the thread about firekit and shorting info.. Goal is to get the one that actutally boots repaired then might study up on the other one..
Just an update.. Dumb me , I said it was a 1st but it is indeed a 2nd gen... Sorry all for posting in the wrong forum.. But even with that said, it still shuts off the minute I connect a charging cable LOL.
2nd gen same issue...shuts down when connected to computer- computer won't recognize
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Just an update.. Dumb me , I said it was a 1st but it is indeed a 2nd gen... Sorry all for posting in the wrong forum.. But even with that said, it still shuts off the minute I connect a charging cable LOL.
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Did you ever figure out how to solve issue? I have same problem. It used to work fine. I have another, identical, it works fine. All the sudden, one of the kindles 2nd gen HD started to act up. If I connect it to computer it gives me error message that it is a low powering device.. computer does not recognize anything was plugged in then kindle shuts down exact way as you described it. Tried reboot computer, kindle, long holding power button, connect while off then start up...you name it. (Charges up fine with wall plug in too... I fully charged it to make sure that is not the issue...all I keep seeing on net is reset...but that did not solve my issue.) So if you can share any wisdom it would be great!!!
Thanks!!!
Long time reader, first time poster. I've been coming here for years for all my Kindle needs, but unfortunately I'm a bit stuck, and I'm asking for some help.
So I have an original Kindle Fire. Back probably in 2011 or 2012, I rooted the device and installed a custom ROM. I didn't exactly know what I was doing, but I read some tutorials and followed them carefully, and everything seemed to work fine. I avidly used it until I bought newer devices. I ultimately lost interest in it. It traveled with me from house to dorm to apartment.
Now just recently I get it out, and the thing won't start. Completely dead. The screen won't light up; the button doesn't glow; it is completely unresponsive. From what I've read, this seems to indicate that my "bootloader and recovery ... are broken".
Following some other help threads on xda, I was ultimately directed to pokey9000's Firekit LiveUSB repair kit, where I installed Ubuntu, opened the Kindle, performed the "USB Boot Shorting Trick", and through FireKit, managed to successfully send USB-Boot commands to the Kindle:
the Kindle powers on and displays a yellow triangle with fire logo inside of it. The kindle says something along the lines of "press power button for recovery", but that doesn't do anything.
On my computer, FireKit hangs at <Waiting For Device>, and nothing happens.
I feel like I'm so close to fixing it, I can't just give up. But I honestly don't know how to proceed; I'm stuck and asking for help.
I take it, the yellow triangle is an old version of FireFireFire. Does this mean I'm in FastBoot? Ostensibly, shouldn't I be able to reboot into Windows and use a tool such as Kindle Fire Utility or Kindle Fire Unbrick Utility to send fastboot commands, and fix any problems from there? Because that doesn't seem to work.
Willing to throw some Walmart or Dunkin' Donut e-gift cards your way if you can point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advanced. :good:
I'm guessing that the battery is dead, and that is all.
Can take hours even days to on Wall charger to see progress.
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I'm guessing that the battery is dead, and that is all.
Can take hours even days to on Wall charger to see progress.
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That's an interesting thought. I know I've left it plugged in 'overnight', but not for a few days. I'll give it a try.
Finger's crossed, thanks.
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That's an interesting thought. I know I've left it plugged in 'overnight', but not for a few days. I'll give it a try.
Finger's crossed, thanks.
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Hmm okay, so it's been charging with the OEM charger since April 20th, and it still won't power on.
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know; I would love to get it working again.
I'll be playing around with Linix/FireKit/USB-Boot, and hopefully make some progress. Thanks so much.
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Hmm okay, so it's been charging with the OEM charger since April 20th, and it still won't power on.
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know; I would love to get it working again.
I'll be playing around with Linix/FireKit/USB-Boot, and hopefully make some progress. Thanks so much.
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Have you tried a different charger (or are you certain that the OEM charger works)? Is the USB port in good shape (no wiggling, your kids didn't dry to tight-rope walk the USB cable when it was plugged in)?
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Have you tried a different charger (or are you certain that the OEM charger works)? Is the USB port in good shape (no wiggling, your kids didn't dry to tight-rope walk the USB cable when it was plugged in)?
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Nah, I left it in the corner of my bedroom plugged in all by itself, just pressed the power button a few times a week to see if it would power on. Only tried the one charger, which charges other devices just fine. Seems to be a 'high-power" charger because on a working Kindle, I do not get the message "Connected to Low-Power Charger".
I'm pretty sure the battery is charging. A few weeks ago I usb-booted and left it sit at the (fff?) yellow-fire-triangle, device unplugged and screen constantly on. It stayed that way for at least an hour, before I manually turned it off. So that would lead me to believe the battery is in good shape, and the USB port is fine.
Could give it another week or so with a different charger. Got nothing to lose, I suppose.
Thanks for your reply.
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Nah, I left it in the corner of my bedroom plugged in all by itself, just pressed the power button a few times a week to see if it would power on. Only tried the one charger, which charges other devices just fine. Seems to be a 'high-power" charger because on a working Kindle, I do not get the message "Connected to Low-Power Charger".
I'm pretty sure the battery is charging. A few weeks ago I usb-booted and left it sit at the (fff?) yellow-fire-triangle, device unplugged and screen constantly on. It stayed that way for at least an hour, before I manually turned it off. So that would lead me to believe the battery is in good shape, and the USB port is fine.
Could give it another week or so with a different charger. Got nothing to lose, I suppose.
Thanks for your reply.
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@ (fff?) yellow-fire-triangle, do you see press power for options?
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@ (fff?) yellow-fire-triangle, do you see press power for options?
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Yeah I do. But pressing power doesn't do anything. Whether it's a long press, or a short press, or a quick press right as the triangle appears, nothing.
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Yeah I do. But pressing power doesn't do anything. Whether it's a long press, or a short press, or a quick press right as the triangle appears, nothing.
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Have you tried flashing by sending fastboot commands, then powering on kindle like in my
[url="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54156780&postcount=5]"Flashing Twrp in FFF bootloader with fastboot.exe[/url]
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Have you tried using a Linux OS? I've seen lots of threads/posts all over XDA about how people can't get their device to work with Windows. Maybe you could grab a live version of some OS and put it and the binaries for adb and fastboot on a flash drive and boot from it. The only time I've ever had issues with my devices and Linux is just recently when I discovered a faulty USB cable (is your cable good?).
Perhaps it may be easier to just replace the motherboard. I did that when my USB port got wrecked. The best deal I've found is here: http://www.powerbookmedic.com/Kindl...-REGISTER----Good-Micro-USB-Port-p-27164.html If you don't intend to run Amazon's OS, then it doesn't matter that it can't be registered. If you do replace the board, be very careful of the data cable for the LCD; it is fragile.