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Hi,
mi n2e only with 1 week and has got frozen in the middle of a book. It doesn't respond. Soft reset doesn't work. Battery was about 50%.
I have disassembled it and try a lot of things, remove battery, connect to supply without battery... but the screen is in the same page of the book. There is no way to turn off screen.
Now with the nook connected to supply the led indicator is off and my computer doesn't detect it. This morning I got the light turned red (charging perhaps???) In this situation when I pushed button to turn off, the red changed to green for 2-3 seconds and then turned red again. And my computer detected it.
But now the light indicator is off again.
This is a gift from a friend in Usa. I live in Spain, so there is no warranty and for this reason I've tried to repair myself.
Any help, please? I'm desperate with it. I can't understand it fails in only 1 week.
Thanks.
> Soft reset doesn't work.
What do you mean by "doesn't work". It happened to me that my touch screen stucked but when I pressed "power off" button for a long time (e.g. 15 s) my nook rebooted and then if was OK.
But in you case whole system is stucked (no menu after pressing "n"), right?
Right. Whole system is out. Anything works... Now when I plug to power, there is no light on (led is off).
Hi Esfinge
Did you find a solution?
Same thing happened to me, I'm in South Africa, so can't take it back to B&N.
Got it brand new, charged it, connected to wi-fi, registered, loaded a book via Caliber (on Mac), switched off wi-fi.
The next time I picked it up it had the message that the unit is switched off and that
you have to power it up by pressing the power button on the back.
Tried removing the battery, did not help at all, also holding power button for 20 sec.
If I plug it into power the light goes green and then orange after a couple of seconds, if I connect it to a computer I can access the files on the nook.
esfinge said:
I have disassembled it and try a lot of things, remove battery, connect to supply without battery... but the screen is in the same page of the book. There is no way to turn off screen.
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Dude, it's a e-ink screen..
When powered down it still retains its last image, it wont go blank unless told to do so.
JDRZA said:
Hi Esfinge
If I plug it into power the light goes green and then orange after a couple of seconds, if I connect it to a computer I can access the files on the nook.
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That doesn't make sense, a powered down N2 will not mount the sdcard on your pc when connected via usb.
So if you're able to access the Nook partition while the N2 is still showing its "powered down" screen, you're in some serious trouble, as that would indicate the N2 is powered on and running, but not communicating with the e-Ink screen
So if you're able to access the Nook partition while the N2 is still showing its "powered down" screen, you're in some serious trouble, as that would indicate the N2 is powered on and running, but not communicating with the e-Ink screen [/QUOTE]
This seems to be the case, worked perfectly and then suddenly not, I might be sitting with a 'Friday' model.... anyone know where I can get a new screen?
JDRZA said:
So if you're able to access the Nook partition while the N2 is still showing its "powered down" screen, you're in some serious trouble, as that would indicate the N2 is powered on and running, but not communicating with the e-Ink screen
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This seems to be the case, worked perfectly and then suddenly not, I might be sitting with a 'Friday' model.... anyone know where I can get a new screen?[/QUOTE]
Screen is black blank, hasnt came back since it first shut off after the first or second reboot on the first try restoring it to 1.4.3. The Screen was working fine before I used it everyday then i wanted to switch roms from phirmod 7.1 to NookieJoyOS it worked but the wifey didnt like it. She wanted her original nook color back. So I went back to original stock rom and then i started having problems. At first i though i had formatted something wrong in cw3.0.2.8. Above I was stating scenarios in threads i was reading on what possibly happened.
dbole said:
This seems to be the case, worked perfectly and then suddenly not, I might be sitting with a 'Friday' model.... anyone know where I can get a new screen?
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I recently got an NST screen/digitizer for ~$40US on eBay, it took 5minutes to replace it.
I've been handed an Orange San Francisco by my brother which seems to be dead.
The symptoms are:
The screen illuminates (But is still black)
The phone will charge.
If I attempt to turn the phone on, it stays black, but after a few minutes the back light flashes green.
Any combination of Vol+ Menu and Power yield no results.
I've copied the TPT image to the memory card into the /image folder.
He says that he was just using the phone, and it crashed. He pulled the battery and it sat at the green android until the battery went flat. Then it wouldn't do anything so he lost his temper and broke the digitizer.
The screen itself is intact.
I have no way of running Mr Pigfish on this so I don't know if it's a Gen1, 2 or 3.
Can anyone shed any light on this, or shall I just dispose of it.
If the led flashes green after a couple of minutes, then android has started & he's got a notification. "he lost his temper and broke the digitizer" - I think you mean that he broke the screen.
Screen underneath the digitizer intact.
I've taken it to pieces to check!
I don't see how he can have a notification, when there's no simcard in it and it doesn't know my wifi.
Interestingly, if I leave it connected to the computer with it turned on, every few minutes I'm getting the hardware connected / disconnected sounds.
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I think it's broken
Thought I'd pass this fix along.
I have a rooted nook that would not power up (stuck on last display screen). When I'd plug it in -- it showed a GREEN light (already charged). I tried all of the reset fixes (20 seconds hold, 1 min hold, wait a minute, 15 secs) -- nothing worked.
Finally, I pulled it apart using this tutorial on Youtube:
[Can't post link because I'm a newbie --- just search for "How to Take Apart a Nook Simple Touch"]
Very easy to do if you have a T-6 torx driver. I unhooked the battery. Held down the power button (white button if disassembled) for about 30 seconds to discharge the board. Then hooked the battery back up, reassembled, plugged in -- and it started charging (orange light).
It looks like the issue was -- the nook was registering the battery as fully charged -- and it was completed depleted. The above fix seemed to reset it.
Hope that helps someone.
M
mjj777 said:
Very easy to do if you have a T-6 torx driver.
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I thought that it was a T-5 Torx?
Renate NST said:
I thought that it was a T-5 Torx?
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I thought that too, but -- at least with the torx set I have, t-5 was too small.
Had the exact same problem and your procedure fixed it! Thanks!
liquor said:
Had the exact same problem and your procedure fixed it! Thanks!
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I also had this problem this afternoon. This procedure worked for me too. Thanks a lot because it helped to revive my reader.
However, for Nook to have such a problem and we need to fixed it in such a complicated way is not acceptable.
Fantastic. I had the same problem and now it is solved. Thank you.
After I bought a Nexus 7 my NST was resting for a while. Now, when I wanted to use it again, it was totally dead. Then your tip bring it back to life.
Thank you. When plugged, instead of "Charging (AC)" my nook was showing "Not Charging" in device info/battery. And in the end, it went dead.
After your fix, it works
That's the ticket
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Thought I'd pass this fix along.
M
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THANKS!
Just the tip I needed! :good:
Thanks!
That seemed to work
It's now showing the "Your Nook's battery charge is too low to power up. Please wait 15 minutes! screen and a loading animation :good:
I was seriously worried.
This is really weird...is there any reason for this issue?
I am quite new to the nook in general. (Nook simple touch glowlight in my case.)
Maybe we can check for similarities and find what was causing the problem.
So what did I do to my Nook:
Rooted, Nook Manager
Nooks gapps flashed, market downloads work (search not)
Installed a bunch of apps
Installed a custom Launcher (Lightning Launcher)
Installed Swiftkey as a custom keyboard (needed several language charactersets)
Left Wifi turned on all the time
Used the feature to restore the glowlight setting after being woken up again
Used the setting to skip the lock-screen swipe
Used a custom screensaver/lockscreen text
Changed button links in the main menu (n-button) to adress the original home, as well as the custom launcher home
That's what I can remember :/
And as far as I can remember I had more than 15% of battery (at least).
With the 1.2.1 software there is an automatic shutdown that kicks in at around 20% battery.
It doesn't work very well.
It will also give you warnings when it's under 20% but plugged into the wall and charging.
Green light issue, fix not work
I recently got a brand new nook simple touch and after trying various fixes to try and start my nook up I came across this. I was hoping this would work but it is still on green when battery is plugged in and charging off mains. The light is also green when plugged into mains without battery attached. It wont go past the "Fully charge before first use" start screen and can't find any more information on what to do.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for the fix. It worked the first time I tried but after only one day the problem presented itself again and after that the fix doesn't seem to work anymore. I'm leaving the battery disconected a few hours in addition, to try if it fixes this problem completely (but I'm not too optimistic).
Renate NST said:
With the 1.2.1 software there is an automatic shutdown that kicks in at around 20% battery.
It doesn't work very well.
It will also give you warnings when it's under 20% but plugged into the wall and charging.
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This firmware, does it still count even if you have rooted the device? If so, do you think a downgrade to 1.1.1 would fix the problem? It is rather funny that I didn't have this problem until a couple of days ago, even if my NST is only 2 months old!
Update:
It seems that my battery is not yet dead after all. It turns out that I was measuring it wrong (thank you Engineering degree) and now it reads 4.15V as it is supposed to.
So, that brings me back to the theory that there is something wrong with my software. Right now it can boot for a few seconds but as soon as it goes to sleep mode (either by clicking on the "power" button or just waiting), it freezes. I recovered the official firmware and the problem persists.
Thanks, this trick fixed mine too!
Does anyone know if this fix can be achieved by simply charging the nook for an extended period of time? I have the exact same problem but I'm not so sure about opening the back cover as it voids my warranty and I only purchased this device in early June, and the problem appeared by the end of June :/
I have to confess, I never did charge my nook fully when I bought it as recommended, and simply dived in to using it as soon as the battery had a sufficiently high enough % as I was too excited lol
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However, for Nook to have such a problem and we need to fixed it in such a complicated way is not acceptable.
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I find it acceptable. After all, if we weren't messing around with the devices in the first place, we wouldn't ever need to do this.
Plus, really, it's not that complicated. A couple of screwdrivers and it's open. I mean, should we expect it to open itself with a voice command or something?
Anders
Thanks, this method worked ok with mine.
HI dudes,
it seems I've got a similar problem, green light on usb and stuck on "YOur Nook has turned off completely"
I take it apart with no success ... any idea ? Mu NST is nearly brand new, ever used a lot ...
thanks
I had the same problem, the reason was completly dead battery. After bat replacement nook works great!.
When battery have to small voltage, noow won't start to charge. You can try with external charger, to bring battery to life.
I think some nooks was matured in stock, thats why battery was completly discharged...and wont charge with nook.
Nook showing green light, main board drain and nothing
My Nook shows the green light when plugged in either to the pc or wall charger. I've held down the button twice for 30 seconds and disconnected the batery holding the power button 30+ seconds. Neither worked. Any more suggestions? I do notice a slight flicker of amber whilst holding the button down with the power cord plugged in.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
bux
Hi everyone,
I sat down with my Nook in my back pocket today, and when I got up it was frozen on the startup screen, displaying "Nook by Barnes & Noble" and 5 dots with the first filled in. Since then the screen has not changed no matter what I do.
The device is responsive in two ways. Firstly, when plugged into a computer, the contents of the My Files and screensavers folders are visible and interactive. Secondly, when plugged into a computer or wall socket, the charging light comes on orange, and if the power button is held down for 10 seconds it turns green briefly, then goes back to orange. No change whatsoever is observed on the display, not so much as a flicker.
So, that being the case, any suggestions for fixing it? If the current display cannot be salvaged, is it worthwhile to try to buy a dead unit and Frankenstein a functional Nook? If so, how much could I expect to pay?
Thanks in advance!
New NSTs are currently going for £30 in the UK, so I'd put that at the top end of what to pay for a used one.
There's a 0.01% chance that the display connector needs to be reseated.
Open up your Nook and try reseating the connector.
Thanks! I'll go ahead and try reseating the display connector as soon as I can find a T5 screwdriver.
My Nook gets display frozen as well
My Nook Glowlight is in the exact situation as the OP.
I tried to reseat the connector to the screen on the mainboard by opening the rear case, no luck.
Any suggestions?
update: I replaced the mainboard with the one from my fathers, who has the same glowlight, it works. So it seems something is wrong on my own mainboard, not the whole main board though. Have no idea where to fix it.
I have a same issue with Nook Touch...its stuck half on "connect to charge" screen and only 25% display is working. Is there any guide on reseating the display connector?
Reseating the display connector is only a shot in the dark.
I don't think that that is the problem, but it would be stupid if it were.
There could be many things that cause the display to die.
Power circuitry is always suspect and the eInk uses higher voltages.
viny2cool said:
I have a same issue with Nook Touch...its stuck half on "connect to charge" screen and only 25% display is working. Is there any guide on reseating the display connector?
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Did you solve it, i have the same issue.
I used my phone heavily today (GPS, google maps, 4g, social media apps, camera) when I got back home I plugged the charger and left it untill It was fully charged I unplugged it and I noticed the clock still has some white lines on the screen :'( it disappeared in few seconds but I'm afraid that's a bad sign :'( did anyone experience that before ? : (
Any screen shots??
I wouldn't worry about it. The image retention that you are experiencing isn't permanent and is fairly typical for an LCD. I have it on one of my tablets.
But it is there! if you were an owner, shouldn't you be worried
da'vinci said:
I used my phone heavily today (GPS, google maps, 4g, social media apps, camera) when I got back home I plugged the charger and left it untill It was fully charged I unplugged it and I noticed the clock still has some white lines on the screen :'( it disappeared in few seconds but I'm afraid that's a bad sign :'( did anyone experience that before ? : (
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Typical behavior of LCD.
LCD has always had this issue.
You can get stuck crystals but displaying differing screens will help save the issue.
Running a rapid pixel test will usually solve a persistent image problem.
It will be fine...