Subject: re: Tablet Issues
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Posted on: 2020-01-30 04:27:20 UTC
It's an Amazon tablet, and I have no idea what happened. I was charging it, once it was at 100% I removed the plug... and then it just died on me, and no amount of charging could help. I have no luck with electronics, I swear... I think I have the warranty, but I'm also relying on my laptop. Only issue is not being able to pictures of my art for DA anymore...
So.. my tablet, which I have Discord on, just up and died on me. I don't know what happened, one moment it was working, and the next, I couldn't turn it on, despite it apparently being fully charged. I'm paranoid as heck about what went wrong, and I don't want to get another one since this one was already a replacement for my first one...
Er, yeah. If you don't hear from me on Discord for a while, this is why.
Actually, I was thinking of just getting Discord on my laptop. There is a warning about "this kind of file damaging my computer", should I just go ahead and do it anyway?
I downloaded it, but how do I sign in? I think I might have made another profile by accident? I'm kinda new at this, so...
Every time I open it I go to the new account and I don't want that. I also ended up having to use another email server, which does not help...
iPad? Surface? A pukes on the inside Android machine? It’s a Android, isn’t it?
Do you at least have warranty on it? Is there a 1st or 3rd party repair vendor you can bring it to? Have you tried turning it off then on again?
It's an Amazon tablet, and I have no idea what happened. I was charging it, once it was at 100% I removed the plug... and then it just died on me, and no amount of charging could help. I have no luck with electronics, I swear... I think I have the warranty, but I'm also relying on my laptop. Only issue is not being able to pictures of my art for DA anymore...
I mean, is it a Lithium battery? If you've been consistently running it down below 40%, that actually damages the battery's charge capacity. It might be that it can only hold a charge when connected to mains power.
Was the screen on when it was connected to the wall? If you plug it in again, will it still function, or is it still dead?
I had a simular problem with two of my Amazon Kindles. They just died on me one day, and wouldn't power on again. Then there's the one my dog tried to eat, and that's how I know that a dog's jaw can bite through a Kindle. But I digress.
If you have warranty, you should try getting it fixed, or getting a free replacement. Amazon isn't known for making products that last. All six of my cheap kindles have died on me about a month or two after purchase, and the time I purchased one of their more expensive paperwhite screen Kindles, the damm thing didn't last more than three weeks before something broke. Thankfully I got warranty-backed repairs on that one, and then it broke again a week later.
I'd highly reccommend looking into alternatives to Amazon devices. While some of their other products are built well, their Kindle and tablet computer line are really badly made.
I'm pretty sure it was at 100% when I removed it from the charger... maybe the battery failed?
I've already had to replace a tablet, so I'm hesitant to replace it yet again. I have a laptop to fall back upon... but maybe I will get a new tablet. I haven't decided yet.
Hilariously, I have a Kindle from...I think it's late in the year, so late 2012, that's still working perfectly. I can't even think of any glitches. The only thing that's so much as begun to break is the case. (Would mention the model, but I'd have to look it up--don't know it off the top of my head anymore.)
In all fairness, it hasn't seen constant use--most often, I've on and off forgotten it's a thing I could be using when I'm not traveling--but still, that's a good seven-closing-on-eight years. There's even a bunch of stuff on it.
(Though, yikes, dog biting through one? I hope your dog was okay. Apart from that, it's a funny mental image.)
...and because at this point I can't not: while I still kind of hate Macs to a point because of that time when a lot of the school computers were Macs that...let's go with "frequently sucked", so I do get it, I've also had very good experiences with Android phones. (Tablet too, actually, though that's a whole other story.) I think it's probably (with Macs and non-Android devices, too) down to the device and model (and a touch of luck to not get a faulty device--the original Kindle actually didn't work pretty much right away, and had to be exchanged. On the other hand, the replacement has lasted about seven and a half years and shows no signs of breaking anytime soon). With the phones, which see the heaviest use, they eventually glitch a bit with age, but even then a lot of the time it takes another couple years before they develop glitches that are actually cause for "replace this phone ASAP or you'll regret it" territory. I'd call that a pretty good track record.
(On the other hand, part of why I own all of one, I think, Apple device is that the last time I looked at...I think I had similar thoughts with both an iPhone and a full size iPod, actually, I found myself thinking I'd use half the features, at best. It just wasn't worth it for me, and it wasn't what I wanted. So...Android, up til now. And PC for a handful of reasons, though that may change when my current laptop breaks, depending what the available version of Windows looks like at that point. Not super excited to reach that point, or the point of replacing my current phone, apart from the usual "shiny new toy to learn all about!!" excitement.)
And, uh, I guess that's what I'm doing with my post-semi accidental nap energy. Right, then.
I give up. I hope you have better luck the next time you try a Kindle or whatever else, if you do.
~Z
PS: for the actual tech problem...potentially try leaving it unplugged for a few hours to a day, and then hold down the power button and see if it turns on? I've seen that work for laptops a few times. Past that, I'm not sure I have advice that hasn't been mentioned. I'm sorry it broke like that; that sucks.