Since you said that the wall charger didn't work well lately, though, there is a good chance that the battery is now below the limit of the charging circuitry and won't be charged anymore, i.e. It will turn off and you need to manually turn it on again. Software glitches can make the Kindle consume much more power than both Hub or PC can deliver (not so for the wall charger, though). That might have happened when you connected it for the first time. The 'empty battery' screen might still be showing when the device is powered off completely. Keep it charging there for at least a day - and try turning the device on. So, wise ones - any suggestions? I'm I just SOL? I did break down this afternoon and order a paperwhite from amazon.ca - is my keyboard jealous and on strike?īoth Hub and PC most probably only deliver a minimal amount of charge. Lately it has charged much better using usb than through the wall charger. I've never used a wall charger except for the Kindle charger that I ordered from amazon. Some extra info: I don't keep the wifi on except when downloading from amazon - it isn't on now. It's now plugged into my tower (instead of usb hub) and yellow light is still on (and lightening bolt shows in battery icon,) but I have no confidence that it's charging. I got online and restarted the device as recommended by several threads. So apparently they yellow charging light means nothing.

I ejected it the exclamation point low battery warning came on. The charging light is still yellow, but I didn't really worry, because the charging light means it's charging - right? Wrong. So I leave it charging and come back several hours later. The yellow charge light come on and stayed on, so I didn't think there were any problems. Today I noticed the battery was just under 50% (and it's been losing a charge more rapidly lately, but still I can read for several hours a day for a week on a charge) so I plugged it into my desktop usb hub and did some housework through Calibre while it was charging. I've had my kindle keyboard for exactly 2 years (ordered in Feb 2011) and have had few issues until now. I tried to search the forum but couldn't find a thread that addressed my issue.

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