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Len Stein Posted on Nov 25, 2016

My kindle fire will not take a charge. I have had it for about 6 years.

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Kindle Fire tablets are notorious for having the AC adaptor and/or the port where it plugs in to the device wear out. I've had three of them wear out when the devices were barely a year old. At six years of usage, you're way ahead of the game. It's possible that you'll be able to recharge your Kindle Fire if you purchase a new AC adaptor, but if the problem is in the tablet itself and not in the cord, you may have to replace or repair the tablet. You didn't say whether it's still under warranty or not, so hopefully you renewed your warranty and won't have to pay for a new one. If it's no longer covered, and you have to pay for a new one, I'm sorry. The good news is that the newest Kindle Fire HD's have the p lug in port set at an angle, which helps prevent it from wearing out so quickly.

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Have you tried to long-hold(60s) the power button? If that fails, you can try Power+Volume up down(either) together. There may be a way to force into recovery mode, but I will update the response.

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Resetting your Kindle Fire is actually really easy, just hold down the power button for at least 20 seconds.

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ka4iup

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  • Posted on Feb 04, 2015

SOURCE: My kindle fire does not charge.

First, it is important to make sure your charger is working. It should be the one that came with your tablet, or one capable of supplying about 2 Amps of current at 5 volts. All USB chargers will provide the correct voltage, but the current may be different. Look on the plug side of the charger to see what the current supply is. Using this charger, plug it into another device with the same connector (cell phone, friends tablet, etc.) to see if it will charge that device.
If the charger is working, then you may want to try a different charger on your tablet as a test. If the device will not charge, then you might want to try a reset, following the steps provided here: http://www.lovemyfire.com/kindle-fire-reset.html
Good luck,

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Marvin

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  • Posted on Oct 21, 2016

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Defective battery, if the battery will not take a charge the AC adapter will not run the tablet (not enough power) by its lonesome.

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SOURCE: How do I fix a Kindle Fire whose battery runs low too often.

For users to choose their own to replace the amazon kindle fire parts, you can come to this site for help. amazon

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