Toshiba gigabeat F10 battery issues

[thyme]

I'm having some battery issues.I've had my gigabeat plugged into a charger for about 1 week, yet the battery is still half full/ orange battery sign.I'm not sure if it's something with the battery, but I'l leave it plugged into the charger for a full day, come back the next day and turn it on and itd still have the little battery sign saying half full or empty.. whats going on  


now every time i turn it on, rockbox says battery empty RECHARGE shutting down. then it shuts down.
I've installed the original firmware and it turns on, but if I unplug the charger, the whole thing will turn off. I've opened it up and dettached and reattched the battery, but no luck, plus my parents won't get me a new mp3 player so I really need to figure out how to fix this problem

I'm thinking of just buying a new battery, but I can't seem to find one anywhere...also does anyone know how to attach the face plate? I'm currently using a rubberband to hold it on

[Chronon]

It sounds like a dead battery to me.  Have you checked eBay?

[elborak]

To state the obvious (but you never know)... you do have the battery switch on the bottom set to "on", right?

[Styleism]

apoligies for dragging up an old thread, but i didnt want to start a new one and thought this was an appropriate place to post. I have the same problem and was about to buy a new battery when i noticed that the component on my gigabeat labeled r87 had come partially unsoldered from the circuit board, can anyone confirm that this would cause such a problem. thanks for any replys in advance and thankyou for all the continued work on rockbox, you do a great job.

[Chronon]

Well it's entirely plausible.  Why don't you replace the resistor and see if it fixes your problem?