I have a 3 year old Amazon Kindle 3 (Now branded as the Kindle Keyboard).
I had misplaced it during the summer but I found it in an old bag a few days ago, thrilled to have found it again I plugged it in and left it to charge for a day or so.
Alas, it will not turn on.
I contacted Amazon about it yesterday and despite it being over 2 years outside warranty they have sent me a brand new one, cant fault that service!
However, I doubt the issue is a serious one and as they have not requested the old one back I'd like to try and fix it.
Firstly I have already tried the software resets, they are a no go.
I have checked the battery voltage, its showing 3.7v despite being on charge for many hours.
I've checked the power switch and the power delivery, the switch works and the device has power when plugged in.
Would I be correct in thinking its almost certainly the battery that has died?
3.7v seems odd given that it has been charging for so long.
Much obliged!
James
Edit:
I forgot to mention, the device did very briefly turn on at one point but after I put it back to sleep and left it to charge it refused to turn back on.
I had misplaced it during the summer but I found it in an old bag a few days ago, thrilled to have found it again I plugged it in and left it to charge for a day or so.
Alas, it will not turn on.
I contacted Amazon about it yesterday and despite it being over 2 years outside warranty they have sent me a brand new one, cant fault that service!
However, I doubt the issue is a serious one and as they have not requested the old one back I'd like to try and fix it.
Firstly I have already tried the software resets, they are a no go.
I have checked the battery voltage, its showing 3.7v despite being on charge for many hours.
I've checked the power switch and the power delivery, the switch works and the device has power when plugged in.
Would I be correct in thinking its almost certainly the battery that has died?
3.7v seems odd given that it has been charging for so long.
Much obliged!
James
Edit:
I forgot to mention, the device did very briefly turn on at one point but after I put it back to sleep and left it to charge it refused to turn back on.