My Amazon Fire seems to have died on me.
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Try a different charging cable? I find cheaper USB cables tend to break after a lot of use.
PaulSB
Legendary Member
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- Chorley, Lancashire
Can you see an indicator light of any sort when it's plugged in? If there's a red light hold down the power for 20 seconds to ensure it's switched off. Leave on charge for three hours before switching on. If there's a green light hold down power button for 40 seconds which should shutdown, reboot and switch on.
If that doesn't work try charging from a USB port on a laptop/PC to see if the charger is at fault. If it charges then the charger is faulty. Lastly I've devices which just don't like particular cables, try a different cable and make sure it's very firmly in the charging port.
You may gather this house has been there, done that, got the T-shirt 👍
There is no red light. Absolutely nothing.
The charging point is fine. We use it for both phones and both tablets.
I will try a different cable and point
Thanks.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Sounds as if it's suffered a catastrophic failure - probably the battery. Don't think it would be the charge lead or charger but try another. They are priced so as to be disposable so just not worth spending money to get it repaired. Tough but only thing to do is buy a replacement.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Leave it on charge for a while, then hold the power button down for at least 30 seconds, that may be enough to restart it.
Tried that.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
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- Accra, Ghana
Or if you're feeling brave. Doesn't look too onerous:
View: https://youtu.be/_zaQVY2wu58
Battery is around £13 on eBay.
View: https://youtu.be/_zaQVY2wu58
Battery is around £13 on eBay.
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
Similar thing just happened to my Samsung phone. Took it to the menders who diagnosed a fault with the processor and un repairable 
wonderloaf
Veteran
Could always buy a refurbished one for £32.99, less hassle than buying and putting a new battery in ...Amazon Certified Refurbished Fire HD 8 Tablet, 8" HD display, 32 GB, Black with Special Offers:
View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Staging-Product-Not-Retail-Sale/dp/B07WVN6CHZ/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=WFJfh&content-id=amzn1.sym.174592a4-b448-4d40-b99a-45f7f86c619e&pf_rd_p=174592a4-b448-4d40-b99a-45f7f86c619e&pf_rd_r=GM9TXV732GB0B3589ZKQ&pd_rd_wg=TEiAl&pd_rd_r=18d166bd-4325-4475-87d4-79682477b3d9&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi
In my experience the refurbished units are usually as good as new . This is the 2020 model which is meant to be a bit slower than the 2022 one, but Mrs W and I have both versions and we really don't notice any difference between them.
View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Staging-Product-Not-Retail-Sale/dp/B07WVN6CHZ/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=WFJfh&content-id=amzn1.sym.174592a4-b448-4d40-b99a-45f7f86c619e&pf_rd_p=174592a4-b448-4d40-b99a-45f7f86c619e&pf_rd_r=GM9TXV732GB0B3589ZKQ&pd_rd_wg=TEiAl&pd_rd_r=18d166bd-4325-4475-87d4-79682477b3d9&ref_=pd_gw_ci_mcx_mi
In my experience the refurbished units are usually as good as new . This is the 2020 model which is meant to be a bit slower than the 2022 one, but Mrs W and I have both versions and we really don't notice any difference between them.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Fabulous. I have a Window's tablet that sometimes needs the power button held down for a while otherwise it won't charge.
DRM
Guru
- Location
- West Yorks
Tail End Charlie
Well, write it down boy ......
- Location
- In green and pleasant hills.
This is my worst nightmare. I've had my Fire for nearly ten years and use it loads every day. There's loads of stuff on it which I wouldn't want to lose. I know some stuff is on a cloud somewhere but I wouldn't have the foggiest how to transfer that if my machine went bust. I'm not convinced all the stuff is on the cloud either, I know books I've got through Amazon are but other stuff? Who knows, I certainly don't and part of me is happy muddling along until something goes wrong.
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
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- Plymouth
If you have access to a laptop or PC, log in to your Amazon account and see what the back-up/synch settings are. I can't remember of the top of my head, but all your purchases, subscriptions, back-up will be on there somewhere. If you can't find it all my mmuddling around, google how to find it. IME the Amazon platforms have their annoyances but eventually you can view/retrieve all of your activity one way or another
