kindle Charger port.

[ivtec]

Hi guys;first of all i'm happy that Badcaps is back up again and stronger, thanks;Now i'm Bringing up the Missing traces Charging port issue, and admitting that i failed completely on soldering it to the board due most and for most poor Vision,i wasted 3 ports,cause i have to admit that i'm damn stubborn and i never give up,even if that costs me money,
Now i took another way in order to salvage the kindle,at least to make it work,
so i grabbed a USB cable and connected it to power supply and striped one end and checked for the 5 v wires so i got 5v on black +brown wire and cut off the remaining wires then i soldered the 5v wires strait to the board to the 1 and 5 traces or the traces on the outside,
now Kindle is working great but i have to plug in power supply in order for it to turn on in, that's ok and it's better than nothing or trash it.

Now i just want your expertise on this circuit,connecting the 5 v this way to the motherboard! is it getting power from the power supply strait to the the motherboard or does it go to the battery then motherboard?,it does turn off the screen after being not in use for some time or unplugged


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[stj]

Re: kindle Charger port.

your port has nothing to do with this, it's a seperate problem.
either your battery is toast, or the charging is faulty.
meter the voltage at the battery connection with and without the usb conected - see if it tries to charge.

[ivtec]

Re: kindle Charger port.

your port has nothing to do with this, it's a seperate problem.
either your battery is toast, or the charging is faulty.
meter the voltage at the battery connection with and without the usb conected - see if it tries to charge.

Thanks stj; it's charging all right,the only issue,it wont turn on if i do not plug in charger,if battery is charged enough i can unplug charger and use it,

[stj]

Re: kindle Charger port.

so the battery is not supplying the power switching circuit - probaby something small like a diode or resistor missing / bad

[ivtec]

Re: kindle Charger port.

so the battery is not supplying the power switching circuit - probaby something small like a diode or resistor missing / bad

Maybe but it's working find this way,it's for my grand-kid to play with it, so it's find till i get her a new one for her birthday,i intend to get her this


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[ivtec]

Re: kindle Charger port.

so the battery is not supplying the power switching circuit - probaby something small like a diode or resistor missing / bad

Hi stj and thanks for Bad-caps coming back stronger,.

now i was satisfied with the way this kindle was working but it's back to being dead after i tried to tuck up the charger wire that part of it came off,i used Glue to hold cable inside,but the damn epoxy glue did not glue the cable and was hanging out,so i opened it up and tried to secure firm inside i did not do anything,just made an opening to pass it through,i put it together and it did go dead, ho well i gave it a shot,i guess i got to get another one,