[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

I had a similar problem, and I had contact to the support from BB, so try following.

The playbook don't charge when power off, but it charges for 1 minute, everytime without power-on.

Try to do this 10 times.

disconnect you PB


connect your PB for 1 minute
disconnect for 1 minute

connect your PB for 1 minute
disconnect for 1 minute

repeat this 10X

when everything is OK with your hardware, then your PB has enough power to make a system start
regards

I've been doing that, and everything else in the book for hours

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

Can someone comment on how support reacts when you call if you are past the one year period, let alone the 90 day

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

about to LOSE IT on this PB. I swear to god if this doesn't work soon I am going to forget about it and she will just have to live without video chat while I go away on holidays

[FF22]

Call and find out how they react:

The PB has a one year warranty to the original purchaser. It also has 90 free Tech support. I do not know how Rim deals with "quasi-tech support v. warranty"

Rim Support
Tel:
Canada Toll Free: 1-877-644-8405
United States Toll Free: 1-877-644-8410
Puerto Rico Toll Free: 1-855-651-4936
Email: [email protected] (this route generally does not work and a call is necessary)

(UK Support) 0800 096 2805

Playbook French Support
http://fr.blackberry.com/playbook-ta...ok-support.jsp
Phone : 0800 914 533 (within 90 days from activation)

[oilgeo10]

doing more stacks. I'm actually doing it using usb to the computer. on my last stack cycle the computer actually recognized that a blackberry device was plugged in. Still not able to start but I feel Im getting closer

Connecting the usb to the pc will not provide enough power to charge the PB, definitely not for stack charging. The new 2.1 OS now gives a message indicating this when it is connected to a pc usb. You have to use the wall charger that came with the PB for the stack charging.

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

Call and find out how they react:

The PB has a one year warranty to the original purchaser. It also has 90 free Tech support. I do not know how Rim deals with "quasi-tech support v. warranty"

Rim Support
Tel:
Canada Toll Free: 1-877-644-8405
United States Toll Free: 1-877-644-8410
Puerto Rico Toll Free: 1-855-651-4936
Email: [email protected] (this route generally does not work and a call is necessary)

(UK Support) 0800 096 2805

Playbook French Support
http://fr.blackberry.com/playbook-ta...ok-support.jsp
Phone : 0800 914 533 (within 90 days from activation)

I just tried. They won't do it.


Sir, you are out of the 90 day tech support period. If you would like to make a warranty claim we will gladly send you a box so you can ship us your playbook. If we find it defective we will gladly repair it.

Well doesn't this suck! She is out of the warranty period as well

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

After endless hopeless stack charges using various chargers the device is finally showing the beacon of charging. Yellow light on and off. I was about to give up and put it on my cradle over night. As soon as I put it on the cradle the red battery with the bolt/zap through it appeared. then the traditional blackberry charging beacon. Thank god.

[Chaddface]

I never had this issue so I can only say what I think would work best.
Definitely use the charger that came with the PB. The charger that plugs into the micro USB port. Plug it in and as soon as the red light goes out unplug. Wait just a few seconds and plug back in. Repeat this process until you get bored with it or you see the green light pulsing. I would also do the plug/unplug at the wall socket and not the USB port on the PB.

Seems like you're making progress. Good Luck.

[Chaddface]

After endless hopeless stack charges using various chargers the device is finally showing the beacon of charging. Yellow light on and off. I was about to give up and put it on my cradle over night. As soon as I put it on the cradle the red battery with the bolt/zap through it appeared. then the traditional blackberry charging beacon. Thank god.

Glad you got it going. When the yellowish/greenish light stays on its fully charged.

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

Connecting the usb to the pc will not provide enough power to charge the PB, definitely not for stack charging. The new 2.1 OS now gives a message indicating this when it is connected to a pc usb. You have to use the wall charger that came with the PB for the stack charging.

It ended up working. I stacked charged for hours using usb. Then without pressing any buttons I threw it onto my cradle and it started regular charging sequence.

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

It ended up working. I stacked charged for hours using usb. Then without pressing any buttons I threw it onto my cradle and it started regular charging sequence.

#teamblackberry

[FF22]

OKAY!

Many of us believe that whatever Rim had in mind with its charging circuitry - it is a real and total pain in the nether regions.

How many Stack Charges, how long the interval, Dock/Travel???? No one is really sure - probably not even rim.

A few very brave souls have even taken to electro-shock therapy - opening the case, detaching the wires and applying current to the battery terminals!

[Bold_until_Hybrid_Comes]

OKAY!

Many of us believe that whatever Rim had in mind with its charging circuitry - it is a real and total pain in the nether regions.

How many Stack Charges, how long the interval, Dock/Travel???? No one is really sure - probably not even rim.

A few very brave souls have even taken to electro-shock therapy - opening the case, detaching the wires and applying current to the battery terminals!

For the record i would say i must have done like 200 stacks. Some 2 minutes, some 1 minute, some just until red light went off then unplug, etc. Some with original charger, some with usb charger, in the end the charging cradle. Didnt keep exact records other then 17 second red light then 5 flash yellow. Hopefully, this is fixed before bb10 on my phone. I imagine it will be fixed.

The shock therapy is something else lol

[mapsonburt]

The 2 minutes is just wasting time (and running down what little charge you've managed to put in). I took mine apart when it was doing this and measured right at the battery. The charging circuits take an initial charge for <1 minute (ranged from 30-55 seconds) and then shut down... you could leave the thing plugged in all night and it would never again attempt to take a charge. Unplugging and immediately replugging in (better at the wall than at the device unless you have a rapid charger as the USB port is pretty fragile), starts the cycle once again. When the PlayBook's battery is below 2.7 volts, it looks dead as a door nail. The trick is to get enough charge into the battery (above 2.7volts) so the charging circuits can come alive and manage the charge from there. Sounds like you got there eventually but you wasted a heck of a lot of 2 minutes sitting on your hands (and an extra minute charging when nothing was happening). I set a timer and every minute I'd unplug/replug and I could start the thing in under an hour. (I've done it twice now... PlayBooks don't take well to not being run for weeks at a time as I've found out). ALSO, don't do the power-vol thing for 15 seconds as you are just running down the battery even further... get enough charge into the thing and it'll eventually take a charge and start properly.

[wek10]

I had a similar problem , one day working, they next day totally dead. When tried to charge just got red then green light. Tried another regular charger and same thing. After hours on phone with Rim they suggested I send it to them. I did and few days later they phoned to say it had water damage and was beyond repair. I had no idea how this possible. Rim asked me should they scrap it or return it to me. I asked they return it and they said as a good will gesture, if I purchased a new playbook they would send me a new rapid charger. I bought a new one, they sent the charger and guess what, I first tried it in the playbook they said was beyond repair and the playbook immediately jumped to life and after full charge worked fine. The problem was obviously in the middle charging port. Many back and forward emails with Rim but they refuse to accept any responibility. They say the fiirst thing they do is check for water dammage and if positive then go no further. This email is written on the tablet Rim said was beyond repair.

[tarektoverso]

We call that chinese stack torture...

[1CagedTiger]

OMG! The quick fix - hold power button for 20 sec, plug in wall charger - worked on my very first try!!! My Playbook has been down for well over a month and I have been going crazy without it. Thank you SO very much!!!

[jmcintosh1]

Worked for me. But it took more than 30 repeated plug in efforts before the lights appeared and charging commenced. Patience is required!

[jules2705]

I had the same problem tried everything suggested online, stack charging etc etc etc, gave up for a couple of months, decided to take back to where I brought it from before warranty ran out, it turned out that because at some stage the usb charger had been put in upside down (blaming the kids) it had pushed the connector up so when putting charger in it wasn't touching connectors, he pushed the little connector down to bottom, plugged in charger with straight part at bottom and away it went, how dumb did I feel, but just so pleased to have it working again.

[chocolate66]

that same thing happened to me .I got the bbpb on my b-day . feb 1 .since then it's been dead as a door nail I've tried a lot of thing 1 week ago my day who's a computure /tecnology genius found that there was somthing wrong with where you connect the charger he took a mini scroll driver and wiggled it a little ,then he put a multi-charger in it and it started charging .It turned on!!!! I had to restart it ,but i didn't care i was just glad it turned the first time in weeks!!! Sadly it turned of i was so depressed like all my hard work for nothing .(some of my dads hard work also) i'm still working on it ( stupid playbook) i tryed connecting a usb cord onto blackberry link ,but it didn't work. still working on it

chocolate66 out

[WeAreNotAlone]

that same thing happened to me .I got the bbpb on my b-day . feb 1 .since then it's been dead as a door nail I've tried a lot of thing 1 week ago my day who's a computure /tecnology genius found that there was somthing wrong with where you connect the charger he took a mini scroll driver and wiggled it a little ,then he put a multi-charger in it and it started charging .It turned on!!!! I had to restart it ,but i didn't care i was just glad it turned the first time in weeks!!! Sadly it turned of i was so depressed like all my hard work for nothing .(some of my dads hard work also) i'm still working on it ( stupid playbook) i tryed connecting a usb cord onto blackberry link ,but it didn't work. still working on it

chocolate66 out

RE: there was somthing wrong with where you connect the charger he took a mini scroll driver and wiggled it a little ,then he put a multi-charger in it and it started charging


You need to obtain the RAPID CHARGING BASE. (it uses a separate set of connectors, connectors to right of micro charging por)t


RE: i tryed connecting a usb cord onto blackberry link ,but it didn't work


Don't know what you mean by blackberry link. If you're trying to charge via a USB port, most ports are regulated to 380/500ma and the Playbook needs 5vdc @ 1.00, or 2.00 amp IIRC. Use a 2amp "powered" hub instead of plugging directly into USB port.

[Babaluzer]

The Playbook was my girlfriend's that she took on a cruise. A few days in to her cruise it stops accepting a charge and eventually dies. When she gets back, I try all the tips and tricks I can find. I literally spent 4+ hours attempting to stack charge it without any luck. I tried disconnecting the battery, holding the buttons, etc. Nothing. I gave it up for lost and she went out and got a slick little Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7" this past weekend. Hating that I couldn't get it working, I tried again tonight. I read your post about the plug being put in upside down and sure enough that's what she must have done on the cruise ship. I used a little screwdriver to force the center piece inside the mini USB socket back down to where it was supposed to go. I plugged in the charger and it immediately started taking a charge. :P Awesome. Of course, now we have an extra tablet (I don't think she's going to go back to the playbook after that speedy little Galaxy Tab).

[jarviser]

That's because BB made all the plugs with the usb logo underneath instead of on top like all other usb plugs. Typical they thought BB logo scored more important. Spot of correction fluid on the top face is what is needed. Lucky she didnt do permanent damage. BB should have put the rapid charger in the box from the get go and reserve usb for data.

[damianiw]

Interestingly in uk the playbook comes with the rapid charger and the usb cable

Rapid charger has orange plug on end right ?

[FF22]

Interestingly in uk the playbook comes with the rapid charger and the usb cable

Rapid charger has orange plug on end right ?

I don't know the UK or Euro colors but the RAPID charger uses a magnetic attachment. It connects to the rightmost connector (screen facing UP) where you can see 3 shinny points. Both the Dock and the Travel version connect to that same place.