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I navigated to Settings→ Device Options→ and chose “Reset to Factory Defaults.” It asked me if this was what I really wanted to do (or something like that) and my response was…”Let the Games Begin!” Yes, I decided to go for the factory reset option. I had very little to lose and potentially much to gain. That meant the website was of no use to me so I’d have to contact customer service and get lost that loop.īefore annoying myself with that, I decided to try one more thing. When I found the order, it did not give me the option to print a return shipping label. When I navigated to the “return/replacement” page in the Online Returns Center, I was instructed to find the order of the item I wanted to return. More frustrating than having the Fire HD’s refund window closed was the impossible loop of attempting to initiate a replacement through the Amazon website. Because I purchased the device on 11/28/18, my return window closed on 1/31/19 with a possible replacement through 11/28/19. Amazon Return – Refund/Exchangeīy this time I started searching around the Amazon site to see if I could send the tablet back for an exchange or refund. The following morning after 10 hours, the battery charge increased to 75%. I turned the device off and allowed it to charge 10 hours overnight. Not acceptable.įinally, I was disgusted and discouraged.

After the 40 seconds, I turned the device back on and charged it for about an hour and a half. Several articles gave the advice to press and hold the on/off button for 40 seconds (I used a timer to make sure it was actually 40 seconds). I searched Google and Amazon for troubleshooting tips. After an hour of charging, the battery life dropped to 57%. Unfortunately, this didn’t solve the issue. My next troubleshooting step was to turn the device off and allow it to charge. So now I’ve ruled out a defective cord and defective outlet. When I checked it again the battery was at 58%. I let the device charge for another 2 hours. Next, I used a different charging outlet. When I came back, the battery charge was at 56%. At first, I thought my cord was defective so I borrowed my husband’s power cord, plugged it in and left it for an hour.

Questionable USB Cord and Fast Connect Cordįortunately, there are other Amazon tablets in the house so I was able to run a few tests. An hour later I checked in and the tablet was still at 53%. I adjusted the cord and went on with my day. I was a little concerned but figured I hadn’t secured the USB connections correctly. Hmmm, maybe I didn’t plug things in properly. Much to my surprise, four hours later it was only charged to 53%. It wasn’t until late morning when I checked to see how it was doing. I plugged it in and went about my usual morning routine. My tablet’s battery was at 49% charge, so I knew it wouldn’t take too long to get it up to 100%. The following morning, my ritual was to charge the tablet in preparation for another day’s use. When I found myself reading the same paragraph twice, I’d turn off the device, place it in the nightstand drawer and go to sleep. Then I’d make sure the blue shade feature is on and begin to read as much as I could before I got too sleepy. No sense in attracting more EMFs than necessary. Normally, when settling down to my nightly reading, I’d put the tablet in airplane mode. All was going well until it stopped charging.

#Amazon kindle fire won t charge portable

It was my portable movie/YouTube player when I was cooking and my Kindle book reader before bed. I was really getting into the swing of using the device.

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In addition to its seamless integration with my downloaded Amazon books, I was able to download almost all the apps I previously had on my Samsung. The fire tablet’s integration with Amazon’s videos and downloaded books made my life easy. It’s quick, relatively inexpensive (compared to my now defunct overpriced Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1). A few months ago ( November 2018) I bought an Amazon HD 10 Fire tablet.