Thread: bricked n800 - out of the blue
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carboncopy is offline carboncopy
2008-08-14 , 16:27
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Originally Posted by briand View Post
...or, it could be that the battery is dead and needs to be recharged.

The unit will not run directly off the charger without the battery installed. put the battery in, plug the charger in and wait. no need to panic or to wildly speculate that Diablo "bricked your device". Thus far, your description sounds exactly like what has always happened with the N800's when the battery is exhausted; this is not new behaviour introduced by an OS update.
Alright, thanks.

Well, I do notice my battery is a little cranky.

1. It will not say it Battery is Full even after a VERY LONG time such as 5-6 hours charging with the tablet switched off.
2. It will say Battery is charged after a reasonable time when the tablet is switched on and charged. But it will continue to charge if I switch it off and leave the charger on, usually with the effects of condition no 1.
3. Sometimes, it behaves perfectly well and charged within reasonable amount of time with the tablet switched off.

This happened since I bought it and flashed with the first OS2008.

I'll let it charge over night (the battery does get warm though there's no display of battery charging).
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