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I had a hunch that the TP was only getting charged when the doctor failed and made the charging symbol appear and it wasn't charging or was discharging too quickly when the HP logo showed (Because there was no OS, it would stay there indefinitely).
So what I did was start the doctor, let it fail and then waited until the USB icon showed again. As soon as it changed I plugged it into my PC and it just managed to start the doctor. I guess in previous attempts it stopped charging and instantly went down to 24% and failed.
So now it looks like webOS is booting, I'll edit this later to see if the battery like Hp EV088AA battery , Hp HSTNN-LB31 battery , HP Pavilion dv2000 battery , HP Pavilion dv2700 battery , HP Pavilion dv6000 battery , HP Pavilion dv6300 battery , HP HSTNN-FB21 battery , HP RW556AA battery , HP EV087AA battery , HP EX942AA battery , HP Pavilion dv9000 battery , HP Pavilion dv9600 battery charges in webos to rule out a battery or charger issue.
For now it seems that without webOS, the TP didn't know how to charge the battery past the initial little bit needed to switch it on.
EDIT: left it for a while and it's charging. Everything's working except restoring my Exchange email account (crashes the Accounts, Email and Calendar apps whenever I try and enter my email). Looks like I got a free Touchpad.
tl;dr: TP only charged at certain screen when no OS installed, so only a small window to doctor in. Managed it, everything's fine.
I had a hunch that the TP was only getting charged when the doctor failed and made the charging symbol appear and it wasn't charging or was discharging too quickly when the HP logo showed (Because there was no OS, it would stay there indefinitely).
So what I did was start the doctor, let it fail and then waited until the USB icon showed again. As soon as it changed I plugged it into my PC and it just managed to start the doctor. I guess in previous attempts it stopped charging and instantly went down to 24% and failed.
So now it looks like webOS is booting, I'll edit this later to see if the battery charges in webos to rule out a battery or charger issue.
For now it seems that without webOS, the TP didn't know how to charge the battery past the initial little bit needed to switch it on.
EDIT: left it for a while and it's charging. Everything's working except restoring my Exchange email account (crashes the Accounts, Email and Calendar apps whenever I try and enter my email). Looks like I got a free Touchpad.
tl;dr: TP only charged at certain screen when no OS installed, so only a small window to doctor in. Managed it, everything's fine.
Hmmm strange sorry I couldn't be of more help. When you plug in the charger is there any life at all? Sometimes mine refuses to take a charge and a hard reset fixes the issue (hold power and home for twenty seconds) have you tried a different computer to do this? If your touchpad shows any sign of life it should be fixable. Bad micro USB port maybe? I'm wondering if a touchstone would make a difference