Stupid playbook didn't charge because of the dumbest reason...

**range.stormer** · 04-25-2011, 10:04 AM

I had my playbook turning off.

While it was turning off, I plugged it in. Apparently, this isn't "allowed" and this stupid thing would rather me wait until it's completely turned off and THEN plug it in, because I left it plugged in for 9 hours and woke up to 8% battery life.

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**Technerd.McLeod** · 04-25-2011, 10:06 AM

Plugging your PB in while it is off will not charge it. Charge it while it is still on, or in standby. If you don't, you will never charge your PB.

**dennie82** · 04-25-2011, 10:09 AM

So it won't charge if it's turned off. Better change that for your next firmware PB.

**JustAnotherBeerbot** · 04-25-2011, 10:11 AM

Whenever I plug mine in via USB or the quick charger, and it was previously off, it powers on.
If you plugged it in before it was actually in a powered-off state, then yes, I could see that being problematic.

**MedChemist** · 04-25-2011, 10:33 AM

I have had my e-Ink NooK for a year. It charges only when on or in standby as well. I have never considered this an issue. I like my devices ready to go when I want to use them. My BB Curve i only turn off when traveling by air. As far as I am concerned this is a non issue. Many other things i would rather RIM concentrate on than this.

**Rudee66** · 04-25-2011, 11:19 AM

I called into RIM support about this same problem the day after the Playbook was launched, as I also found my Playbook wasn't charging after being plugged in all night. RIM support wasn't even aware that the Playbook doesn't charge when turned off. Sad.

**Michelle Haag** · 04-25-2011, 01:11 PM

I have cleaned this thread of pointless arguing and name calling. Keep it on topic, or move along.

**mickrg123** · 04-25-2011, 01:47 PM

So in other words you didn't agree with the negative defects that were being said about the PB? Humm!

**arteekay** · 04-25-2011, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by Rudee66

RIM support wasn't even aware that the Playbook doesn't charge when turned off. Sad.

Not intentionally calling BS, but this is clearly spelled out in the publicly available manual, it's not like it's hidden away in some technote somewhere.

**Michelle Haag** · 04-25-2011, 11:06 PM

Originally Posted by BBStormOS6

So in other words you didn't agree with the negative defects that were being said about the PB? Humm!

I could care less what ya'll say about the PlayBook.. but the personal attacks are not cool. If the posts contained said personal attacks, they were deleted. End of story.

**mickrg123** · 04-25-2011, 11:13 PM

My posts were deleted and I have never posted any personal attacts to anyone!

**range.stormer** · 04-25-2011, 11:18 PM

I'm sorry - are some of you seriously trying to defend the PlayBook in its inability to charge while powered off? In what world is it okay that I have to pay attention to what power mode my PlayBook, or any other electronic device, is in, in order to charge it?

No. That's not okay. End of story.

**JRSCCivic98** · 04-25-2011, 11:21 PM

This sounds like there's no hardware logic to control the charging. It's all on the QNX part of the puzzle. Kind of a strange way to do things I guess...

**jesse_h** · 04-26-2011, 12:11 AM

I'm amazed that people are still powering off their devices in this day and age. Unless you're for sure not going to be using your PB for several days then i really don't see the need to fully power off.

By the way, i'm posting this from my pb, which i love.

**Invader3K** · 04-26-2011, 06:51 AM

Originally Posted by jesseh

I'm amazed that people are still powering off their devices in this day and age. Unless you're for sure not going to be using your PB for several days then i really don't see the need to fully power off.

By the way, i'm posting this from my pb, which i love.

Agreed. I just put my in sleep mode when I'm not going to use it for several hours (or before I go to bed at night). There's no reason to fully turn it off, as far as I'm concerned.

**kyroguy** · 04-26-2011, 07:08 AM

I don't have a pb so this may be a dumb question. What happens if the battery completely discharges? Then you couldn't turn the unit on. How would it charge?

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**Technerd.McLeod** · 04-26-2011, 07:18 AM

Originally Posted by boldman4

Here's the answer to your question:

http://forums.crackberry.com/f222/pl...ck-0-a-607203/

Looks like if you accidentally let your playbook go to 0%, you officially have a brick. Haven't experienced this with mine yet.

Not true. I had my PlayBook get to 0% last night. I purposely did it because before going to bed I was at about 10% so I decided just to kill the rest of the battery. Eventually, it did just die. I plugged it in, and it did turn itself back on. So I don't understand why it can't charge when it's off, but if you run it down to 0% you can still plug it in and it will power it on then charge it.

**nycspaces.** · 04-26-2011, 07:27 AM

Something is indeed wrong with something! i have experienced overnight discharging of the battery in the power charger/dock on two occasions.

**Intosh** · 04-26-2011, 10:20 AM

Originally Posted by boldman4

Here's the answer to your question:

http://forums.crackberry.com/f222/pl...ck-0-a-607203/

Looks like if you accidentally let your playbook go to 0%, you officially have a brick. Haven't experienced this with mine yet.

I had let mine go to 0% and it shutdown by itself. Then, plugged it in and it's back on. Works as expected.

I think you are generalizing way too quickly on an issue that might be affecting only two or three users on this forum. (They are the ones unlucky, instead of us with working device being lucky.) Start a poll and see how widespread this issue is. Some threads made it sound like the power button was failing on numerous PBs too, until someone started a poll. And guess what? 80 users said it didn't fail; only one said it failed.

**ad396** · 05-20-2011, 08:26 PM

I just found out about it not charging this morning when I try to charge it the whole night last night. I'm charging it now but I can't really use it coz the touchscreen seem to be unresponsive. Does this happened to anybody else? Like I try to open an app and it just moves the screen or try to minimized the home screen. And when I try to scroll it minimized the app.

**Superhyper** · 05-21-2011, 06:32 AM

Part of the reason the PB (and an increasingly large array of other devices) won't charge while turned off is that it requires an OS function to handle its (smart charging). My understanding is that the OS identifies whether the charger is compatible and how much juice to draw on an individual charger basis, which is why some chargers don't work at all. I know the Nokia N900 and quite a few other recent devices do things similarly.

**raremage** · 05-21-2011, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by arteekay

Not intentionally calling BS, but this is clearly spelled out in the publicly available manual, it's not like it's hidden away in some technote somewhere.

edit: OK, others have said basically the same thing, if you run it all the way down what would happen? It should turn on and recharge.

**evolutionPlaybook** · 05-21-2011, 08:19 AM

The 3yrs that I had my MBP I have never, ever intentionally turned it off. It has died on me when on battery but that's about it. The whole point of having these devices is to have quick access to them, turning them on and off everytime is pointless.

As far as charging goes, yes the PB should charge while is turned off, even though there are a lot of other devices that don't either, so RIM please fix that in order to please everyone.

As for me that is a non issue since I never turn my devices off.

**sk8er_tor** · 05-21-2011, 09:17 AM

This is intentional to increase the life of the battery. Considering the battery is not replaceable, why would anyone not want this? Stop complaining about something that is actually a good thing! If you run your battery down to 0, well... the PlayBook automatically turns on when you plug it in to the AC adapter so you should be fine.

**TnTimberry** · 05-21-2011, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by nycspaces.

Something is indeed wrong with something! i have experienced overnight discharging of the battery in the power charger/dock on two occasions.

Just had this happen to me last night. I checked to be sure it was seated properly and it was. I now have it on wall charger and it is charging. If I hadn't noticed it when I did it woulda been to 0.