Re: Did I Do Something Stupid???
The Playbook has an onscreen keyboard which is adequate for short emails and writing short reports in the provided Docs to Go. For longer messages you can compose them in Docs to Go and copy and paste in your email. Before you worry too much about spending money on a keyboard you ought to try to see whether you can live without it. Download the manual and Discover Now! 2.0 and use the Help to get answers to most of your questions. And be careful to plug the micro USB charging plug in correctly with the correct side up. First thing look in the USB port using a small flashlight to see if it is OK.
My typing was not great on this post but then I'm using my N7 not the BBPB.
Did I Do Something Stupid???
Excellent post on stack-charging! Explains a lot of the science behind it.
However, one other "presentation" of this charging problem I've seen happened on a friend's Playbook, which I fixed. Goes like this (on OS 2.1):
Playbook shows red battery "charge me" icon with lightning bolt through it. Plug into wall for hours and hours, still won't charge or boot. You press power button, screen goes on a few seconds, shows nice battery icon with lightning bolt, then screen goes off. Nothing more.
So it must be ABOVE the 2.67 volt mark because there is enough juice to turn on the LCD and display a graphic, which I presume must be using the processor. I think this is RIM's way of dealing with the hardware issue, to have some micro-OS running just to show the battery icon to keep people from really getting it too low?
Anyways, the fix:
Open the back of the Playbook (yes open it) and unplug battery, then plug back in. Immediately the Playbook begins to boot!!! (before you even have a chance to close it back up). Then proceed to charge it once booted.
What explains that? Any ideas? Had to fix a friend's Playbook this way. Not the easiest to open up, but can do it without a scratch or trace using plastic tools.
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Re: Did I Do Something Stupid???
the playbook needs to be at 20% to set up.