I recently purchased a Toshiba Excite Write AT10PE-A-104 32GB Android tablet. I managed to get it very cheap since it has a problem in that the battery won't hold charge. The tablet was described as being otherwise new apart from the battery problem and was described as old stock, which seems a little strange since the tablet hasn't been out that much over a year though maybe that's classed as a long time in terms of tablets?
Anyway I received the tablet and while it seems ok on the mains adapter, there definitely seems to be a problem with the battery as the status in Android shows it constantly hopping from empty to apparently fully charged. When the tablet is shut down though the battery (an icon comes up on screen) shows as near empty at all times and won't budge even if I leave it on several hours.
I am considering buying a replacement battery for it as it is otherwise a very high spec tablet and I’d like to have it fully functional but I want to make sure that A. It is something I can accomplish, I have worked on PCs, laptops and consoles but I can’t even see how you open a tablet? and B. that a new battery is likely to fix the problem i.e. could it be something else like the charging circuitry? And finally C. before I even do that, are there any tricks I can try without opening it that might revive an apparently dead battery? E.g. if it isn't working simply due sitting on some store shelf for a year plus could I somehow coax it back into life even with limited capacity?
Also is there any diagnostic software you can get for Android that can determine exactly what has happened to make the battery go bad or what exactly is wrong with it? Whilst I could probably live with using it on the mains if I have to, I am a little concerned that, if the battery is malfunctioning inside the tablet, that it might decide to go bang when I’m using it.
As you can probably guess I am beginning to have second thoughts about the whole thing but it seemed such a cheap way to get such a well specced tablet…..
Any advice greatly appreciated.
Anyway I received the tablet and while it seems ok on the mains adapter, there definitely seems to be a problem with the battery as the status in Android shows it constantly hopping from empty to apparently fully charged. When the tablet is shut down though the battery (an icon comes up on screen) shows as near empty at all times and won't budge even if I leave it on several hours.
I am considering buying a replacement battery for it as it is otherwise a very high spec tablet and I’d like to have it fully functional but I want to make sure that A. It is something I can accomplish, I have worked on PCs, laptops and consoles but I can’t even see how you open a tablet? and B. that a new battery is likely to fix the problem i.e. could it be something else like the charging circuitry? And finally C. before I even do that, are there any tricks I can try without opening it that might revive an apparently dead battery? E.g. if it isn't working simply due sitting on some store shelf for a year plus could I somehow coax it back into life even with limited capacity?
Also is there any diagnostic software you can get for Android that can determine exactly what has happened to make the battery go bad or what exactly is wrong with it? Whilst I could probably live with using it on the mains if I have to, I am a little concerned that, if the battery is malfunctioning inside the tablet, that it might decide to go bang when I’m using it.
As you can probably guess I am beginning to have second thoughts about the whole thing but it seemed such a cheap way to get such a well specced tablet…..Any advice greatly appreciated.


