Dead eSlick

[ebencooke]

My foxit has gone kaput. Power light blinks once and the screen gets spattered with eInk dots, and then just stays there. If I press power again it just puts more dots on the screen, but doesn't turn on. Anybody have a clue what to do about this?

A picture of what it looks like right now is here: http://imgur.com/2A5LA.jpg

[ebencooke]

By removing the battery and reinserting it, then holding down reset, I got it to turn on. It thinks it's out of battery (absurd! I left it to charge overnight) and turns immediately off. Didn't bring my charger with me, unfortunately, so I'll have to wait until I get home. Hope this helps anybody else who thinks their eSlick has died.

Signed,

Eagerly awaiting firmware update

[Erik_Bryant]

Sorry about that. The firmware update will fix this. We'll release this very soon.

[Yau-Hsien]

Originally Posted by ebencooke

By removing the battery and reinserting it, then holding down reset, I got it to turn on. It thinks it's out of battery (absurd! I left it to charge overnight) and turns immediately off. Didn't bring my charger with me, unfortunately, so I'll have to wait until I get home. Hope this helps anybody else who thinks their eSlick has died.

I've seen my eSlick blinking two or three times and I thought that it's not dead but out of charge. So I tried charging it again. Some time it could not be charged, and I'd tried re-plugging the battery. Now it works normally.

At least, if it's doubted that the battery may malfunction, trying to check its voltage and purchase new battery is an alternative way.