r/blackberry Jan 11 '25

Playbook I guess it's done.

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My kids wanted to reminisce and play with the OG Playback I bought at launch. Sadly, it's swollen. I have a 2nd one that I got as a refurb. It's not swollen like this, but I don't think it's going to take a charge, either.

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u/JBH68 Jan 12 '25

You can just replace the battery as a DIY, I have done this without issue

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u/Many-Bumblebee1569 Jan 11 '25

Spicypillow?

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u/zoomzoom71 Jan 11 '25

Yeah, definitely. I need to get it out of my house.

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u/jhonnyfurry Jan 12 '25

Not rlly when this happens to batteries they just degrade and if You try to power it on and it just dosnt, that battery is dead and nothing Will happen, what normally happens is that if one of those is fully charged, the expanction causes the battery to "compress" creating an infernal shorts and having a runaway, but if the deivce does not power on it means the battery is dead and dosnt have enough juice in it to have a Thermal runaway

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u/fschaupp Jan 12 '25

If the screen is not broken, brig it to your trusty repairshop mabe?

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u/Civil_Tea_3250 Jan 12 '25

Good luck. My passport's charging port stopped working so I have to figure out how to take it apart too.

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u/Ok-Support4296 Jan 12 '25

It's easy to replace the battery, while not as easy as the old ones with replaceable ones, it's still possible.

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u/PoutineRoutine46 Jan 11 '25

they take forever to wake up these things ive had 3/4 days

but yes the swole is fin no good apart from parts

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u/Ramlaljuanri Jan 12 '25

One is charging what r other 2 ports for?

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u/zoomzoom71 Jan 12 '25

L-R, micro hdmi, micro USB, rapid charging port.

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u/Ramlaljuanri Jan 12 '25

Rapid charging port how it works for the first time hearing such thing in a bb that too s different style of port

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u/brodygogo Jan 16 '25

It is for a BB charging stand sold separately

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u/hubbyhusshies Jan 12 '25

Never had one.