Anyone brick an IdeaPad A1 yet? [ Edited ]

[ZenMasta]

Last night I was switching between youtube and google voice and after changing back to youtube the screen went dark (not off just black) so I thought the video was loading. But then it actually turned off completely. Now the power button doesn't turn the device on. I've tried pressing for a few seconds. I'm pretty sure there wasstill a good 30% left on the battery as I had charged it earlier. when I connect it to usb/charge nothing happens

[JameZ]

ZenMasta,

Try leaving it charged overnight and see if it helps.

//JameZ

[ZenMasta]

Well, its been plugged in for nearly 24 hours now and still nothing. No led light that I can see and nothing happens when I press the power button. Guess I need to call for exchange.

[tinybeetle]

Hold tbd power button at least 30 seconds. You should then get a Lenovo logo.

[ZenMasta]

no, I tried that. still nothing.

[Max1001001]

Something similar happened to me.

I had the A1 plugged in with the battery charged to 100%. I turned the backlight off & let it sit for awhile. A few hours later I noticed that the LED was blinking. I pushed the power button & the display said that the battery was at 1%. This also told me that the device had shut itself off. The LED then went off.

After unplugging the charger & plugging it back in I pushed the power button again & nothing happened. I pushed & held the power button for 3 - 4 seconds the way I usually do to power on but nothing happened. Having read this thread I pushed & held the power button again. After about 12 - 14 seconds the Lenovo logo appeared & the device booted up normally. The A1 said that the battery was now at 100% & it has been working OK ever since.

You say WIFI causes this?

Max

[ZenMasta]

I tried pressing the power button again for a long period and it finally booted up. When it turned on the battery life was about what I remembered before this all happened, say 30%. It's now plugged into the wall charger while I got out to the store.

My concern is if/when this might happen again is it going to be past warranty.

I forgot to notice if there is only 30/90 day warranty or whatever on this thing.

When I enter my serial etc online it doesn't say anything for warranty period/status.

Do I live with this or call anyway to report the issue?

Generally, I like this device but so far the reliability is an issue.

p.s. I just got a notice about a system update. It didn't say anything about a specific version or anything but I opted to download anyway. this isn't ICS is it? not that I dont want it, just surprised if it is.

[praetor1]

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p.s. I just got a notice about a system update. It didn't say anything about a specific version or anything but I opted to download anyway. this isn't ICS is it? not that I dont want it, just surprised if it is.

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My understanding was that what we have (2.3.4) is what we are stuck with. I seem to recall some note I read a couple of weeks ago saying that we can't upgrade to Honeycomb (something having to do with a single core in the A1 vs dual-core required for 3.x?). So IF that's true and we can't run Honeycomb on the A1, I doubt very much that we'll ever see an ICS upgrade.

[tinybeetle]

Turn the antennas off prior to charging. Set the A1 to airplane mode, then charge it. Doing this has solved my problem with lockup.

[tinybeetle]

Not true, if the hacker community got Honeycomb (android 3) running on the original Nook color, then it can certainly run on the A1.