More Kindle Fire fun... (not!)
Jun. 10th, 2012 09:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI never had any battery trouble with my old second-generation Kindle reader. My experience with the Kindle Fire has been... spotty.
When we were in New York, I was surprised by how quickly the Fire's wifi connection could deplete the battery (this, despite the fact the Fire sat only about a dozen feet from my router). I was also surprised at how finicky (that's the only word that comes to mind) the Fire was about returning from a "deep discharge" of its battery.
One time, my Fire apparently got very deeply discharged, as pressing the power button elicited no response at all. When the Fire failed to acquire a charge despite being plugged into a USB port for over 24 hours, I was ready to call Amazon support. But then, recalling how my iPad will often inform me that it's not actually charging (despite being connected to a USB source of power that—theoretically—provides just enough power to run the unit without either charging or discharging the battery), I plugged the Fire into the USB charger that came with my iPad (5.1 V, 2.1 A), and after a few moments, the power button illuminated yellow and everything proceeded smoothly.
Yesterday, I plugged the Fire into a 5-V, 0.85-A charger and by the end of the day, all the Fire could do was to have the power button illuminate green for a few seconds and then go out. I have since learned that this is indicative of a low battery, which makes no intuitive sense. (I mean, what hoops need to be jumped through to commence a recharge? The fact the battery is low should be, at the very least, immaterial.)
In any event, it turns out the solution to this behavior (other than buying a Nook, which ain't gonna happen, 'cause I've got too much invested in Kindle content) is to depress the Fire's power button for a full 20 seconds to reset the unit, after which it will behave as expected when connected to a charger.
New day, same stuff. It'd be nice to get a little ahead of where I need to be by the end of the day, but I'll take what comes.
Cheers...
When we were in New York, I was surprised by how quickly the Fire's wifi connection could deplete the battery (this, despite the fact the Fire sat only about a dozen feet from my router). I was also surprised at how finicky (that's the only word that comes to mind) the Fire was about returning from a "deep discharge" of its battery.
One time, my Fire apparently got very deeply discharged, as pressing the power button elicited no response at all. When the Fire failed to acquire a charge despite being plugged into a USB port for over 24 hours, I was ready to call Amazon support. But then, recalling how my iPad will often inform me that it's not actually charging (despite being connected to a USB source of power that—theoretically—provides just enough power to run the unit without either charging or discharging the battery), I plugged the Fire into the USB charger that came with my iPad (5.1 V, 2.1 A), and after a few moments, the power button illuminated yellow and everything proceeded smoothly.
Yesterday, I plugged the Fire into a 5-V, 0.85-A charger and by the end of the day, all the Fire could do was to have the power button illuminate green for a few seconds and then go out. I have since learned that this is indicative of a low battery, which makes no intuitive sense. (I mean, what hoops need to be jumped through to commence a recharge? The fact the battery is low should be, at the very least, immaterial.)
In any event, it turns out the solution to this behavior (other than buying a Nook, which ain't gonna happen, 'cause I've got too much invested in Kindle content) is to depress the Fire's power button for a full 20 seconds to reset the unit, after which it will behave as expected when connected to a charger.
New day, same stuff. It'd be nice to get a little ahead of where I need to be by the end of the day, but I'll take what comes.
Cheers...
