Blackberry playbook how long to charge first time

Can you be kind to put down your experiment in words for others to gain help? Thank you. Was this comment helpful? Did you ever figure out how to fix this, im haveing the same problem. Anonymous 0. Same problem, have you managed to find any solution???????? No more good so throw it away and get new one for your phone. I also have that problem. What can we do? Someone pls help!!!! Hi my play book wont charge and wont light up whut shood i do. Add Your Answer How long does it take a playbook to charge when it is flat dead?

I plugged my phone on the charger but all i see is plain yellow colour on the display nonthing else My phone is on the charger but i cant see a thing apart from the plain yellow display only. What I did was to remove the battery for a while, then i connected the plug again an voila! My playbook has been dead for a while now how do i get it back? Its flat dead i wannna know how to get it back. This discussion closely relates to:.

I am charging my Blackberry playbook for the first time. However there is no light indicating that it is charging or not. Is this the way it should Is this the way it should be, or do I need to waight longer to see results. I have been charging the unit for about an hour? Can you help us by answering one of these related questions? We need your help! Please help us improve our content by removing questions that are essentially the same and merging them into this question.

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To extend the BlackBerry PlayBook battery life, charge it regularly, close unused applications and keep the BlackBerry Playbook out of the sun and other hot places. The following may also be used to extend battery life:. With the upgrade to PlayBook OS 2. This message is displayed because the voltage provided is insufficient for charging. Toggle navigation. Knowledge Base. The device will show a red light when the charger is connected and then nothing more. Repeated connection of the charger can recover the device in some instances.

Once the battery voltage rises above 3. This is followed by a yellow pulsating LED indicating charging in progress. The time span between the red and yellow lights can be as long as 45 seconds as the device boots into charging mode.

Just remember to do this often, and that it will require lots of patience. You should also consider to use an AC wall charger since they supply a higher amperage than a USB port. Hope this helps, good luck. Hi, Thank u for these answers. For me number 3 worked. My Playbook seemed that just had no solution but after doing this process of plugging and unplugging the charger did the trick.

I did it for about 25 times until the image of charging appeared, and then the blinking green light. I havent turn it on yet until I charge for about an hour. Show 6 more comments. Allan Ramogo. A much easier solution is to get hold of a powerbank that has a high Amp rating I used a 2. This is if you are in a place where getting the rapid charger or the original charger or anything of the sort is hard or very expensive.

I am in Kenya so that ticks a lot of those boxes. After 2 hours it is on and charging. Power block did the trick My guess is the charger I was using may have not have been pushing enough current. Thanks Allan. Great solution, powerbank uses direct current DC which enables the Blackberry to charge. When plugged in to wall outlet which uses alternate current AC the Blackberry does not charge unless you keep unplugging and plugging it back in which is inconvenient.

Thanks for your help! Mohammed aljar mode I connecting usb charger and red light jump when red light change to yellow I do hard rest like solution number 2 without disconnecting usb it come again to red light I did that like 15 times blackberry logo show and start. Martin Dimcevski. Over and over and over depress button, immediately plug in the charger cable while it's red, unplug when green and repeat - depress button After about 10 cycles of this the battery was charged enough during the seconds the light is solid red to actually take a charge.