I've had my Nook Simple Touch for a few years now, and hadn't used it in quite some time because it wouldn't charge. I was about to pull the trigger on getting a replacement battery for it, and had even taken the unit apart a few weeks ago to do that. After taking it apart and disconnecting the battery, and then reconnecting it, I tried to see if it would charge. It still just sat there, with the screen saying, "Your Nook's battery is to low to power on. Wait fifteen minutes," or something to that effect. Well, an hour and a half later, the same message was still being displayed.
Last weekend, Deborah and I went to quite a few estate sales, and found a small flea market that was having a 50% of on EVERYTHING sale. I found another Nook that was marked $10, and figured if it would at least power on, I could scavenge the battery from that one to replace the one in my old unit. At only five bucks, why not, right? So I took the new-to-me unit home, and it charged right up. This morning, I was finally going to swap the batteries out, but somehow, I've misplaced the only screwdriver I own that was small enough to take the single screw out of the Nook I just purchased to take it apart. After searching and searching without finding the screwdriver, I had planned on going to the Evil Empire to buy another one, when I figured, "Why don't I just plug the old Nook in and give it another shot at charging?" So, I unplugged the battery from the mother board, reconnected it, and plugged the charger in. For the first time in well over a year, (maybe 2) it's powered up and still charging. Weird how electronics act sometimes, isn't it?
Of course, I still need to run to the store-that-shall-not-be-named to get another mini screwdriver so I can put the thing back together, but at least it's working now. I've been downloading books from Amazon and reading them on my phone for the past few weeks, but I don't really like reading on a backlit screen. I kept downloading books that will work on my Nook, as well, in an effort to force myself to get it back up and running again so I don't have all these books just sitting on my computer without a non-backlit screen with which to read them. For some reason, I didn't want to put them on the Nook I just bought. Probably because I bought it with the intention of selling it if it worked, I guess. If I put books on it, I'd just have to move them over to the other unit. Who wants to go through all that file transfer? Apparently, not me! LOL!
Be patient, everyone who follows the book reviews around these parts. More will be coming soon. In fact, I'm gonna post another new one right after this blog entry goes up, so keep an eye out for it.
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